Evening Star Newspaper, August 1, 1891, Page 13

OFF FOR ALBANY. How Dien @o From the Jail to the Penitentiary. TAKING A GANG OF EIGHT. A Star Man's Experience With the Convicts oa the Trip-Singing Religious Hymns All Night—The Ordeal of Keception—A Tour ‘Through the Prison and Workshops. E District of Columbia ime punishable by imprisonment with labor for a term exceed- ing one year is sent to some designated by the Attorney Gen- because the government pos- seenes no prison in the Distric Properiy execute that part of thesentence which imposes labor. At the pi the Albany county penitentiary at J Prison so designated, and tothat institution the warden of the District jail transports the peni- tentiary-sentenced criminals it A representative of Tue Stax. through the courtesy of Maj. on of the Dis- tict jail, accompanied the ba’ sent to Albany a few days ago in charge of Capt. Cole of the jail for The convicts are usually sent to Albany in batches of #tx, eight or ten, and b: of six prisoners ar : there in ch prison outside of his comm: forwarding in the court the law is expat ome e of the par rtitied the Di eme Court of URE KEPT secker. exact time at which tarted is kepta for dep | for the reason sired. The | capies about able pomsible te d ton to Al ours, aud the 1 en he 1:29 p.m. train on the Bainmore and Obio railros usually taken. At this tr entative | arge of the came | by ud also by placin lett ankle of the o the richt Was rather eeeape rendered et comvict might sk Hy impos the bandeuff, chained As qu kly as th it allow the the to one ¢ aiting tra tat the fort- | ated the eight prisoners e oti | cers m charge. O0D-BYFS ON TH Pefors entering the « halted on the that thewr f good-bye. PLATFORM. r the prisoners were | & moment s might bid them or two excop- | g fellow | With pe t F 1 -tive years @ge and was on Alban. deed was the case wit! ¥ other me the batch. His unpleasant position seeme have reudered bin ‘oin the minds of his female friends, for t ly provided him ‘With a well-stocked baske+ tables, of which | browned mp s, bat embraced | than friendly The dainties and em- das mere mat- and his parting sala- ed good advice: home ninety days! | stout. The starting of ths t-nia was the signal for thewonvicts to breas into song. and as we of the city they sang with the per- ge refrain of From then reached entirely n to Bt ual sight | braces were ¢ ters of form as be steppe i aboard the tation was also on you nigger we th first thing y: vealed i y. with fe ppeared to sing it ig Worthy of that to1 which appeared to be a great with them, as was crowds of ett who | door | at favorite with the stood and in on the way from Wasi Was a relig of which was, “Je ous at peopie the compat passed on ag srt stop in Baltimore had inter- 1, was resumed and with renewed vigor. And in smging, eating and now and then in Ssuort cat naps the night was pa A bag filled with sandwi sent along with every batch of convicts. and from this aud | from tye basket given the highwayman fi queat demands were ho Some smoking | ald °| es Is alwa ored. | of him are fully recorded. ts were gratified. ed upon their smo! ing by the officers in charge. every indulgence eousistent with safety and proper decorum being granted. THE CRIMES THEY HAD ComMITTED. The crimes of which the prisoners had been @onvicted and for which their punishment was about to begin (for in penitentiary sentences the term does not begin until the convict ar- Fives atthe prison) ran from tho taking of Man's goods and chattels to the taking of man’s | Life! And the youngest convict in the batch, a only fifteen years, xo he claimed, had | mvicted and sentenced to ten years’ im- Prisonment with bard labor for takiag the lite of another boy No restriction eating or sing- mee, not one of guilt; | When, in answer to the innumerable in- quires of the curious lookers-on en Toute, the crimes id terms of the iven them by the officers in as this boy picked out One of the prisoners was for false pretenses, one for bige: assault and the rest for robber ‘the terms of imprisonment running from eig! teen months to ten years. Jermey City was Feached about 7 o'elock, at a hour in the morning when the ferries ure Greatly crowded; the eof the manacled convicts from the in to the ferry boat and On the way across to New York was a spectacle which drew an innumerable throng. and it re- quire? both force and persuasion to keep the erowd back out of reach of the prisoners. On landing at York a large transfer coach, which had been telegraphed for ahead, was utilized iu transferring the men to the Grand Central depot. Despite their unpleasant posi- ton the enjoyed the drive from the ferry to the depot hugely. YROM NEW YORK TO ALBANY. Seats were taken in the smoking car of the 9:10 New York Central and Hudson River train for Albany, and just before the train started and Manager Trott of the Washington nine. The run from New York to Albany was madein three hours and thirteen minutes, and for the entire ee frais Fam onthe enstern bank mak of tae jadson. ‘he river's seenery Was therefore constantly in view, and VERY CRIMINAL CONVICTED IN THE} 40 provided as to | F, N.Y., is the | h of convicts | °F | Saperin | was furnis! \1 { rities for instant use in the event of in- de resistance was in the shape of two | gj | sharp, | there, | of the newly arrived convict are so worn and His appearance was one of |" to the credit of the tastes of the criminals thetr exes seldom left it. To the base ball players aboard the convicts furnished seemingly endless amusement by their singing and hilarity, for in this last stage of their journey they seemed to be in better spirits than when they started. The plavers at times joined in the singing, and al- together male themselves quite popular with the prisoners, the convicts being asked every now and then for Low long they had signed fo play at Albany and whether they would play for their release. BEGINSING TO REALIZE THEIR POSITION. Not until the train passed over the bridge over the Hudson at Albany did the prisoners | appear to fully realize their true position. Then | it was that wong and jest were hushed and a | focling of yuiet nervouvanxiety overcame each one of the Latch; then it was, so it seemed, that they fully realized for the first time since they left Washington what was in ‘store for them. For some reason, which was not quite apparent, afear that they would never leave the peni- tentiary alive seemed to possess them, espe- cully s0 with those of the bateh who were to ser Yet each one had Jently determ: je of the institutio: ibechavior w | | was tn c | Wayma: ‘Well, boys, here pom fur a! good’ long | time, now, but hard work, an’ plenty of it. But, tis all dey want, an’ a-mindin® why I kin do all dat. Pur dis swine to work bard, an’ yon kin bet yer life dere ain't goin’ to be no rules broke by |him. Ef he pegs out befo’ his time is up, de Lord's will be done!” IN THE VAN AT ALBANY. As the train slowed up the irons about the | ankles of the men were taken off and the march from the train to the prison van, a short distance away, was quickly made. An otlicer of the penitentiary accompanied the driv of the van, but the real transfer of the prisoners was not made then. This van,a rather -worn, primitive affair, comfortably ed the eight convicts and officers, and Ta Sraks man took a seat in front beside th driver. ‘The prison ig situated on the southern s of the city, about a mile or so from station, and very prettily a heavily built structure of nd brick, and is surrounded by ample neatly kept grounds. High stone walls rum back from the main prison buildings and close the various workshops of the inetitu- tion. Upon these walls are stationed, short distances apart, small guard houses, between which sentries, armed with Winchester repeat- ing rifles, constantly stroll back and forth These men are noted marksmen and thelr carry no blank cartridges; the inmates of the penitentiary are well aware of this fact, and hence it is needless to state that no scaling of the walls is ever successfully attempted. INSIDE THE PRISON. The superintendent of the penitentiary, Mr. Melutyre, received the party in state as the van drove up te his office door. The newly ar- rived convicts were quickly unloaded from the van aud formally delivered into his keeping. . Cole handed the superintendent the cial” eominit the prisoners were merched off to the main ball of the prison while the transporting party was invited by the superintendent into bis private apartments, where the stains of the long ride from Washington were removed. — After that an introduction to the wife of Mr. Me- Intyre followed, and at her invitation aj very tempting Innch was enjoyed. Luncheon over Tux Stan's representative explained to udent McIntyre the object he had in ing the conviets, and that he would ing aud be told everything | and inmates which was | hear. Mr. Mcintyre stated | ez I say, ef }of dere rm jn THE EVENING STAR: ‘THE DIFFERENT WORKSHOPS. The different workshops of the institution were then visited. In one shirts were being made, the most intelligent male prisoners be- ing put upon this work, and the speed and dex- teridy with which the machines wererun showed no little skill. In addition to the keeper in charge the men were also under the instruction of s regular shirt manufacturer. Near by was the laundry, where the shirts were starched and ironed.’ Forty shirts a day a man was con- sidered capable of ironing, and this amount of Work was exacted. In this’ shop a life convict from Washington by the name of Williams was seen busily at work. The chair shop was next visited and on the Fray S former prominent bank official of Nor. folk, Va., was noticed teaching a number of timple-minded. decrepid negroes their AB C's. In the chair shops cane-bottomed sents were being made by the men, and another life man from the District was observed instructing newly arrived man. In the adjoining shop biacking brushes were being made, in another the prison clothes were washed and ironed. The first impression made upon the visitor in visiting the workshops was the rfect system and discipline maintained and ¢ vigor with which every con’ bored. All work isdone with not a word spoken by keeper or convict, and when a privoner wishes to make a request he first obtains permission by holding up his right hand. The hours of labor average eight the year round. Breakfast in gummer is eaten at 5:30 a.m., dinner at noon and supper at the close of the day's labor, the latter “meal being regulated by the season of the year. Of the 715 convicts which the nitentiary contains fifty-one wore females. fhe women are clothed in blue and white striped dresses, made exceedingly plain,and are for the most part utilized as seamstress cooks and chorewomen. Among those engaged in sewing was a white convict from Wasuing- ton doing five years for arson, and another was one of the two noted shoplifters sentenced ear or so ago, the other having escaped ona hnicality. ‘The superintendent's private cook was a bright mulatto woman from Wash- ington doing a second term for larceny. THE HUNGRY CELL. What are known as U. 9. prisoners formed no inconsiderable number of the inmates. The U. 8. prisoners usually come from the entire south and east, and the District convicts largely predominate in this class. Uncle Sam “pays the Albany penitentiary 30 cents = day for the board and custody of each prisoner he sends there and receives nothing in return. Inspectors from the Department of Justice regulary visit the prison and to them the gov- ernment convicts make, unheard by the prison officials, what complaints they may have. If one might judge from the appearace of Superintendent |“ Melntyre's charges and from all which was ween and heard in the prison one would have no hesitation in saying that there was no just ground for cor laint. ‘There is but one mode of punishmer nficted, and that is incarceration in what is called the “hungry cell.” This cell is a small, narrow one, utterly bare of furniture, with no bedding but a hard plank floor, and as dark as the regions of evil. Dry bread and water is the sole fuod given the ocetipant and he is visited but once in twenty-four hours. So salutary iy its effect that rarely is confinement for more than twenty-four hours therein found cessary. A view of one of these dark cells completed the tour of the prison, and bidding the genial superintendent and his wife good-bye we were driven to the night boat for New York behind his finest team. As we left the grim old prison @young colored man who had just completed a three-years' term for robbery did also. ‘A suit of new clothes,a railroad ticket: to Washington and $5 in money was furnished him, and as he left in company with the officer who was to see him on the train the superintendent shook nds with him and said that he hoped never iu his management of the prison there was to hide or silence, and that he would jest pleasure in personally con- utative of THEStar through ate office Superintendent Me- Intyre led the way to the keepers’ room of the r . where, as it was then dinner hour, tthe entire force of the officers of the were congregated. The room, a large narrow ene, looking out upon the prison yard, ed with desks, tables, &c., and ina ast the wall were placed a number of surrectic on the part of the convicts. Before | J out of the room dinner hour came to | and theskeepers hurried off to escort | sto the various workshops. The | ts here do not, as in some other similar titutions, take their meals seated together in large dining hall, but their meals are served Besides the food these pans also contain a knife and fork, all of which are carefully collected when mealtime is over. ‘TRE LOCK-STEP MARCH. said Mr. McIntyre, “you can see from here the march of the men to the work- And just then was heard the loud, d carefully measured stamp of some one upon the stone floor of the main prison, and a moment later along line of men, of ali colors and sizes, entered the prison yard one of the lower doorways of the main ng. The man leading the line took hort step forward with his right foot, thei Lifting his left foot brought it down flat with a amphatic sound. ‘The man immediately behind him placed his right hand upon the leader s shoulder and. bung his left hand close to his own bor soit ran to the end of the the keeping as closely together as possible. The movement of the right foot was more in the nature of a glide than anything | else, while the movement of the left one was | high and forward. ‘Ihe whole movement of line was slow and methodical and allowed Beside each line of convicts ceper, the officer in charge of the om or shop to which the particular onvicts belonged. These lines com- d from twenty-five to fifty or seventy-five enand were marched along in perfect silence, conversstion between prisoners or between prisoners and visitors being strictly prohibited. THE RECEPTION ORDEAL. As the last gang of men left the main prison building Superintendent McIntyre led the way As it was entered the batch of newly rived Washington convicts were undergoing What is known as the reception ordeal The moment a bateh of convicts are received their irons are taken off of them and they are then given the'first sample of prison discipline by march to see him there aguin. KW. D. ————— A BILLY Goat, And the Joy He Caused a Man on His Wed- ding Day. REPORTER FOR THE STAR MET A gentleman whose business causes him to travel a great deala day or so ego and found him talking about goats. tell you,” he said, “the goat isa splendid animal. I never owned one myself and I do not expect to, but I have a very kindly feeling | toward gonts, and I will tell you why. I am a city-bred man and never go into the country for longer than a day or two ata time. I don't like it. You have to put up with too many in- conveniences. There is no place to go in the evenings. You don’t see company enough. In short, it's stupid and I like the city better. However, that’s not the reason why like Roats, but it has something to do with it. When you are traveling through the rural dis- tricts you don't see a goat, but as soon as you begin to approach city you see billies and nannies in plenty. Well, it hap- ened to me once on my return from New ‘ork to Washington that I took the Baltimore and Ohio railroad and that we broke down. I was going to be married at noon the next day and I tell’ you I felt frightened when I tumbled out of the conch late in theafternoon and found that we were wrecked and couldn't get back- ward or forward. The conductor and the brakemen hustled andjafter four or five hours we got off again on another train. Along to ward morning again we came to a stand. time we weren't wrecked, but some train ahead, of us was. A delay of five or six hours again would put mein a pretty fix. There was the bride, who would be waiting at the altar, and the best man vainly watching each incoming train, and I high and dry somewhere between Wilmington and Philadelphia. “I found the conductor had to get on to Washington; that the com- pany would have to give me a special train, if necessary; that the government of the United States would go to pieces if I wasn’t in Wash- ington before 11 o'clock. To make a long story short, I managed to catch a slow accommod: tion train not due in Washington till 11:15 a. m., already three-quarters of an hour late and usually an hour behind time when it got to —— However, it was the best I could 0. “You may talk about the longest night of your life, but I honestly believe no man ever saw a longer night than the one I spent on those cars. When morning came we seemed to be creeping along. We were now an hour and a half behind time. Then I did what I ought to have done before. I went tothe engineer of being ordered to step up to the wall and face it with hands dropped at their sides. From | that moment their conversation with each other or with any other being ceases until after permirsion from the proper jcial is had. Any violation of this rule and indeed the violation of any other rule of the prison is followed by instant punishment. As ch convict is wanted by the receiving officer he is directed to step up before « high desk. His name, age, nationality, &c.,as well as a ost minute personal and physical description je is then handed ever to the pear barber, al re himeelf a d the man’s hair closely suepet and sface closely shaven. From ‘the ber’ chair he steps to ‘bath room, where be is stripped of the clothes in which he arrived at the prison and ordered to thoroughly cleanse himself. On emerging from the bath he is directed to don the striped suit and cap of the prison. These suits are made of coarse, stout cui, the stripes being a dirty white and brown, and every article of his attire is fur- dby the prison, his other clothes, if they are worth keeping, being carefully cleaned and put away until his term have expired. In very many instances the clothes filthy that they are instantly burned. The 2 suit donned the convict is either then assigned to his cell or to @ work shop, the hour of the day governing that point, and after the rules of the prison are explained to Lim his term of punishment has actually com- menced. The assignment to labor in every case is made either on the former occupation of the convict or on bis personal sppearance and evident fitness. ‘THEIR SOLE RECREATION. From his reception to the day of his dis- charge the convict’s sole recreation is attend- ing divine services every Sunday morning in the prison chapel and once in a great while a musical entertainment given there by charita- the locomotive and took him into confi- dence. He was a good fellow, and he said he'd try to get through on time, but that he had doubts whether he could do so on account of all the stops he had to make. “inglh ssid Z you get me in Washington at 11:15 and this $50 bill is yours.” ‘No, sir,” says he, send me a piece of your wedding cake—that will be good ‘pay- ment.” “I went back tomy seat and waited. The old train went as she had never gone before, but those confounded way stations hud to be stopped at and it was really hard to get up any steam between them, they were so close to one another. “There used to be in those days a particular billy goat that had arange of his own about two miles beyond the capital. He was a great big fellow, with a noble long beard, and when- ever Isaw him I used to be glad, for then f know Iwas getting near home. His pasture was on abigh embankment near the railroad “As the hour approached 11 I kept my eyes Petled for the goat. ‘The engineer was doing best, for I know he passed one or two little stations at a tremendous and the passe gers who were waiting to get out there began tocomplain. However, I didn’t care for that. It was just 11:12 o'clock ‘when we rounded a curve in the road and I forgot where I was in my excitement and screamed out in delight, goat! the goat!” “Yes, there was old Billy standing on the bluff, wiggling his stump of a tail, munching piece of brown paper and looking as saucy as & goat ever looked, and goats can look very saucy when they try. ee, ped pay hepa My best man seized me and me to a carriage, and I dressed and got to the cbureh just tlrée ‘minutes belind je. But I never see a billy goat without as- sociating him in my mind. with home and the lucky escape I had on my wedding day.” “And mgineer—did he get his cake?” asked the reporter. Diy inclined people from Albany. These re- oe —— helt stternately by Leones antand Catholic ministers, and no con obliged to attend either if he otherwise desires. Under the direction of Mr. Meintyre, a noble, kind-hearted woman, music is by a choir selected from the prison inmates and ren- dered remarkably well. At these services, as upon all other occasions, the female convicts The cells of both the male and female alike, very mach asin pris- the are gn poe than eight by four feet, and ha ing, the-barred iron door. E' bered and the conviet is known and number. On returning fo1 labor each convict as Sete behind Nias Seca Sete oor i; a tal of the tier of ‘cells pulls forward ment o% the lever locks every cell and 40 ut o'clock every are doubly locked up for the ‘You can bet he did. He got more cake than any one else at the wedding and I think he de- served the €60 bill, only he was too iu dependent to take it.”” ~ ‘The Odds Against Him. ‘From the 8t. Paul Globe. An amusing scene occurred the other day in one of the courts, and those who saw it have d told him that I | WASHINGTON, A D.C. SATURDAY, AUGUST 1, 1891—SIXTEEN PAGES. 13 THE YACHTING WORLD ABROAD. Gowns Worm by the Fair Yachts-Women at the English Races. The model here given, designed by Redfern, will bo seen in a few days on the lawn of the B. ¥. 8. club house at Cowes, Isle of Wight. It has a serge skirt of dark crimson over which is a drapery of ivory-white flannel with a wide crimson stripe, partly woven in silk. ‘The back and sides of the bodice and the elbow cuffs are of the serge, while the upper part of the sleeve is of striped stuff, buttoned on the inner seam with small gilt buttons. A white linen shirt and Russia leather belt are worn with this costume, which is also furnished with a crimson silk blouse waist. The wh sailor has a large rosette of white silk, pinked im the edges, and s narrow band of crimson velvet. This other hat, which may be used for summer drives. is one of Redfern’s newest shapes, and the trimming is embroidered chiffon ribbon and ostfich tips, all of shaded green, It is im- possible for chiffon to be more in favor or in greater variety than it is now. A novel kind is similar in effect to the changeable silks. bemg woven in all colors, pink, shot, yellow, and pink, heliotrope and old gold, 4 the colors being tuated by a'rather wide selvedge of the dominar dea. Even still never are the flowered chitfon's white colors Pronounced, but havea faded look as in china silks. —__. - see --_ THREE AND SEVEN. Some Odd Facts About These Two Nu- merals, rs From the Boston Transcript. Mr. John W. Kirk, the white-haired veteran who was with Morse when the first working telegraph line was stretched, and who stood be- side the great inventoz when the first message Was transmitted from Annapolis junction to Washington, has made during his life a great many interesting calculations in numbers. The two most remarkable numbers in the worldare Sand 7. “The numeral seven,” says Mr. Kirk, “the Arabians got from India, and all followiug have taken it from the Arabians. It ie conspicuous in biblical lore, being mentioned over 300 times in the Scriptures. either alone or compounded with other words It seems a favorite numeral with ghe divine mind, outside as well as inside the Bible, as nature demonstrates in many ways, and’ all the cther numerals bow to it. ‘There is also another divine favorite, the num- ber three, the trinity. This is brought out by i res that is somewhat re- the six figures 142.857: ultiply this by 2, the answer is 285,714. ultiply this by 8 the answer is 428.571. ultiply this by 4, the answer is 571.428. ultiply this by 5, the answer is 714,285. ultiply this by 6, tlie answer is $57,142. “Exch answer contains the same figures as the original sum, and no others,and threo of the figures of the sum remain together in each answer, thus showing that figures preserve the trinity. “Thus 285 appears in the first and second numbers, 571 in the second and third, 428in the third and fourth and 142 in the fourth and fitt “It is also interesting to note that taking out of any two of these sums the group of three common to both, the other three, read in the usual order, from left to right, will also be in the same order in both sums. “Take the first and second sums, for example. ‘The group of 285 is common to both. Having read 285 out of the second sum, read rightalong and bring in the first figure of the thousands last. It will read 714. All the others will read in the aame way. “Again, note that the two groups of three in the first sum are the same as the two groups of three in the fourth reversed in order, and that the same thing is true of the second and third. The last multiplication has its groups of threes the same as those of the original number, re- versed again. “Examine these results again and you will see that in these calculations all the numerals have ppeared save the 9 Now multiply the original sum by the mighty 7—the divine favorite of the Bible and of creation—and be- hold the ans ert The last of ofa namerals, a at one only groups reo—again the trinity: 142,857 7 999,999 “No other combination of numbers will pro- duce the same results. Does not this show the imperial multipotent numeral 7 and ite divin- ity?” ae Just Out of Them, From Smith, Gray & Co.'s Monthly. NEW YORK DESERTED. Not Depopulated, but the Best People Are Out of Town. TWO MUNDRED THOUSAND FEWER IN THE METROPOLIS IN DOG DAYS THAN IN THE WIX- TER—PLANS FOR THE NEW PROTESTANT CATHR- DRAL—THE WOMELIKE PLAYERS’ CLUB—NOTES. Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. New Youx, July $0, 1891. HIS 18 JUST ABOUT LOW TIDE IN NEW York life. It is estimated that the mid- winter population of the city is 200,000 in excess of the inhabitants in the dog days, Hence, 4s you remember, our tears at the census enumeration. At present our loathed million- aires and a vast multitude who would like to be so loathed are scattered throngh the country and the whole world redistributing their ill- gotten gains in a golden shower that falls, like heaven's rain, upon the just and the unjust. The centrifugal impulse this year has not shown any novel or very marked tendency. The idea apparently is to stick to'the approved. It is easier to be conventional and, asa rule, it is more comfortabl In making an analysis of the hegira one would be interested to find how much larger the ratio would be in the intellectual life to that of ordinary trade. Doos the mind in its higher energies need a holiday more than other faculties? Tt would seem sofrom the practice of mankind. The parsons have long been the theme of censure for their protracted rest, but they are by no means exceptional. Ihe ‘law- yere clear out in a body; so do the literary clans, the artists, the actors and almost every- body who lives a bookish life. The chief ception, as a class, are the doctors, and even they arrange their business so as to be absent a large part of the summer. It’s very im- prudent for any New Yorker to get sick in July or August, as ton to one he will have to serve ag a subject for experiment by crude substitute talent. “Thus both soul and body are left pretty much to shift for themselves by the regular supply. With regard to clerical absences, however, it must be said that much higher standard of duty has been fixed of late years. More clergymen stay with the can't-get-away million for # part of the summer at least, or if they do not the churches make more adequate arrangements for the maintenance of religious facilijies. And these efforts are supplemented, as Lhave noticed in previous letters, by a won- derful activity in practical Christianity in the shape of physical relief for the poor and im- prisoned. ‘THE NEW CATHEDRAL. Along step forward in the-great enterprise of providing the city and America with a befit- ting Protestant cathedral has been taken in the final selection of architects. Thefortunate firm is Heims & Lafarge. The style, which is to be Byzantine, reflects a compromise between the adherents on the board of trustees of the dome and the spire. It was maintained that any purely Gothic structure would be open to the charge of imitating St. Patrick's Cathedral, on 5th avenue; on the other hand no Michael ngel_appeared with new ideas about a dome. he Byzantine will embrace both features in an original und effective combination, and it will afford an opportunity for decoration in accord with the genius of our day for the sumptuous. We shall, no doubt, be given a feast of color as well as form. And especially grand will be the glass work, a field of art in Which the United States now challenges the best contemporary skill of the world, and the best that the past ages with their “lost arts” show. Very properly the architects are given large discretion, and they will have yeurs of leisure in which to perfect their plans, but now it is reasonably clear sailing. ‘ike money will come as needed, for some of the richest men in the world are behind the enterprise snd committed to its success, and hence we assume that in time New York will have one of the greatest temples on the footstool, And by the time it is dedicated the wisdom of those who located it will be amply justified. ‘THE LATEST FAD IN CLUBS. The pet among the New York clubs just now is “The Players.” It is vastly popular, and for very good reasons, the chief being that it really cozy and ‘homelike. Most clubs ar merely splendid: this one is interesting. As you may remember. it owes its existence to the liberality of Edwin Booth, who bought an old- fashioned residence i rammerey Park, next door to the vacant Tilden mansion, filled it fall of his literary and artistic treasures and his professional memorabilia, making it a sort of museum, and then gave the whole property and collection outright to. the Players’ Club, the organization that was to inhabit this shell and constitute its life. The idea “took” tamously. By the constitu- tion the membership was not restricted to actors, and outsiders of all professions began to apply for admission. Soon the roll grew until now it includes a large number of the best men in New York clubdom. So varied, in- deed, is the membe: that some wit ‘has voiced the situation by the widely quoted mot that he liked “The Players” because there you didn’t meet those blanked actors, ‘The palaces on 6th avenue might all tak a lesson in true comfort from the quiet, re tired, home-like Players. The effect is due rtly to the neighborhood, which thus far has successfully resisted the “march of trade” and remained an oasis, and the last down-town oasis, of quiet, shaded home life amid the roar and rush of metropolitan traftic. Another con- tributing cause is the charming arrangement of the broad, roomy old house, very wisely left carefully alone in the adaptation to club pur- poses. ‘Thus the members and their guests may be served at lunch on the wide and vine- trellised veranda at the rear, overlooking the well-kept garden and the neat yards of neighbors, as utterly retired from the whirl of life as if a hundred miles from Madison Square instead of a few rods. But more than all, perhaps, there is a feeling of honest good fellowship "and. an element of genuine interest in the club asa unique and valuable depository that forms a bond of com- mon delight and pride, and create an esprit du corps. It looks, therefore, as if Mr. Booth had either builded very wisely or builded bet- ter than he knew in ‘establishing a club that should offer a social home and center to the brisk minds of the city. Doubly grateful should Bohemia be to its benefactor, now that the Century has relinquished its old territory, and very largely its old simplicity, and followed the fashion by inoving up town ito a conven- tional club palace. THE CHARM OF A VOICE. Tennyson and others have taught that the individual withers before the corporation. But the world has not yet outgrown personality. A striking instance was afforded a few days ago at Coney Island. § uperb orchestra plays regularly at Brighton Beach, and asa rule to a beggarly attendance. But on the night in question one of the German opera stare was advertised in a “farewell,” when, lo and be- hold! the music room on the beach was jammed. full of people. The program was scarcely up to the average, and the star’s efforts were v uninteresting, but the crowd came and cheere Seidl, by the way, is keeping his band in splen- did trim against nextseason, when he is to take advantage of the passing ‘madness of Italian opera at the Metropolitan to make a wide cir- cuit and show the provinces the latest and best in orchestral music. It is quite a feat fora star or any other at- traction to bring a crowd to Coney Island nowadays. Occasionally a hot Sunday revives its ancient glories, but Ichabod is written all over the sprawling hotels, the merry-go- rounds and the big elephant. Heyry R. Exzior. ———+e+ —__ ‘Tema—A New Game, From the London Daily News. Yesterday at the Queen’s Club, West Kensing- ton, an exhibition was given of the new lawn game tema, which has recently been intro- duced. Tho game, whieh can be played with equal enjoyment by both sexes, possesses many claims to popular favor. It can be followed in any season, and by as few as four or as many a8 fourteen persons at once. Skill, agility and a ye are far more requisite than mere phys- rength, and the proper manipulation of the wand by means of quick wrist turns devel- ops and renders flexible the muscles of the arms and wrist. A screen of wood or canvas, fixed on t frame, und having in the center a ci aperture eighteen inches in diameter, erected. Behind the hole is ized a bag net, players, who , is to throw a ‘number of means of the wand into this = £ H iy: oy besa tongue ee side before it can com the game with the m1 players on each nde. When elther Pe I it enters uj a obtains a single “zoned” ball. ‘Whichever 2 & if dee BE AUCTION SALES. FUTURE Da¥s. zt DOWLING & SON. RATCLIFFE, DARR & CO., aucnoneere. EXECUTOR’ SLES Upelitardd cad hice the sanare nage be Tellows: Bovine for Street, south sixty-seven feet west fi the southiane corner of maid lot one (ipand running fl Tost hateen “fects thence “north seventy ve fect six i to the rear Line of said lot ope tbe east sixteen feet and thence south seventy-five Sachs the place of Penis wees Prgrementa be” aa Foes Set 4y30-d&as Auctiy: ere RA! CLIFF, DARR & CO., AUCTION: Sy, 20 PA. AVE NW. TRUSTEES’ SALF OF VERY DESIRABLE. a LETH AND F STREETS NOMT! 00% KOOMS, “al DELS STkLET AINING SEVEN IL Bs Rt 8, PARKING ON BOT! recorded, amnope id records of the District of Columbia im Lil ieeh'by wulls: auchow is treur at the AUGUST FIFTH, A: in they of Washingtoat fat ; 5 D.C., to wit: zt . Lot numbered twenty-seven in Oliver Co: division of lot in square eight i jand thirt; with ‘ ‘umbrance of ‘h bears interest at the rate of 6 per cent Pad Payable seuj-annually, amd tures Oc- lober 10, 183.) to be paid im cash, or allcesh, at option of the purcbaser . a deposit of @200 required at the tine of sale." Teruis to be complied with in Diteen days from day of sale, otherwise the trustees reserve ‘the right to resell the proveny it the risk and cost of ‘the detaulting purchaser. ies purchaser's cont. lOHN 8. SWORMSTEDT,; OBERT E, BRADLEY, '§ ‘Trustess, _iy30-dbds Lau & SLOAN, Auctioneers. SALE BY AUCTION OF EXCELLENT HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS, MBKA PART ROCKING BRONZE LATIMER & SLOAN. Auctioneers. EDUCATIONAL _ IN WASHINGTON. "UE MISSES KERR HAYE REMOVED FROM 15:8 fare prevated to receive boardins penile as well as day ebciars. Inspection of schoo! reows invited. —e No=woon ixsritere, WASHINGTOX, D. c. A Select and Limited Boarding and Day Schoo! for ‘Young Ladies and Lite Girls. ~ ‘Tenth session begins WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30. Address the $ - Principals, Mr. and Mre WM. 3y20-3m_ 1407 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE. S7,, JOUN'S COLLPGE, VERMONT AVE_ES- Sri eo Paee pS aif phonography taught in course. buys under ten Pesegrhl brimuary devartment, send for circular. BOF GAILLARD S FICIER DACADEMIN ISTS' and PREPARATORY UNIVEKSIT most Magnificent end. Luxuric RAILROADS, Ei OND AND DANVILLE RATLMOAD a OE ae Siatgen, Wamncton, Dee mL =i — Sepiey, for Manassa, Datly for Manassas, Wi . Onl . Chatiotteevilie, Lanchbure, Beenie, ; Salisivary ana etetrons Western Vision “Char atte abi stations south an wiation: fon Seapets empaar ae Bon Sinan at vsatbory Gah Fan Doxvilie via Asheville and H. Spee sey ere ot Manasmas { Olsetwation € tor thie Nervice. An COURSES bela” dati a OF LAN- min im connection © SUAGES, 11 oONR, Avie SCHOOL CESS: | Rule rain in, conection, po i SOUNDED IN 1 "=. | mediate connections with fast tratae fe F THE BPENCERT BUSINESS COLLEGE, } eg a, National Bank of the Republic butiding, corner of 70h Rieeper Wash: sj sot Ben ne. ne | Rn are com ‘urgent requests ta the | inane pewriting, day aud even= >. reas for Lyp-bl 2 . ree | mancities Sabury ant erento’ jand Accounts, Prac eal and “Archi- raining will re- B.. Principat. toe Pri stegcher, IMOGENE LOBTS: | 0 LESS ‘AN EXPERIENCED AN Successful teacher, new and rapid method for be Rippers terme. 0s. per aur. jo hour, best organ, voice, vicltt tages. 0. B. BULLART J. E scieer ony and {Einmere a8 weil an hose wishin to be Qual aplde&wan" hs M!58 aay © ceavitt oF Boston, 7M at. PIANO AND HARMONY, Lemons during the wuminer. OF THE HOLY CROSS, Jassachusctts ave. Bor Young Ladies and Little Wilmoyec seek ae aug? Cy SERVICE | EXAMINATIONS, —SUCCERS- ful preparation, full information, Sinsetly coud: dential private lessons in all branches of « general educaticu." Special attention to those whose early et Beaton bas Leen neglected. Preperation tor covewe, ‘West Foint, Annapyiis sud al! exeuinatious. Iype ‘Writing cone. 8. W. ri YNN. AM. Ivy Institute, sttapnsued 1870, aw. oor. Sth aid K wit. aw Tur BERLITZ SCHOOL OF LANGUAGES. 723 lath st. aw. Open all summer. Lower summer rates. Preparing for collexe a specialty. ork, Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, mu. “Also summer sehoul at Asbury THs E, WAGGAMAN, Beal Estate Auctioneer. OF VALUABLE LOT, IM- ‘ORY BRICK HOUSE, No. 1312 BSIKEET SOULHWESL- y virtue of a decree of the Supreme Cor + of Coltimbia, passed in equity No. T's E'O'CLOCK P.M Subdivision of original lot 14. top, D.C. swith the uproveinents above stated. ‘Terns, as prescrited by said decree: Oue-third of the purciuase money to be paid in cash, of which #de- positot e100 must be iuade atthe thne of sale, and ie balance in three equal installinonts in six, twelvs d eighteen months, for which the wotes aser bearing interest from the day uf cured by deed of trust en property sold or all cash, at the optgon of the purchaser. All convey: img and ‘recounting at pUrcauser's coat. If terine uot complied with im ten days. from sale the tus: Teserve the rit to resell at the Fisk and cost of thedetaulting purchaser alter ten da) s’ advertisement IeViNG WILLIAMSON, i be taken, “408 Louisiana ave. BERNARD LEONARD," ¢ Trustess, 407 45 stew. AMAN, Auct. Dy2S-kas JUNCANSON BMOS., Auctioneers, ‘vt and D'sts. now. LUABLE IMPROVED ON “THE NORTH. EIGHIH STRE KNOWN AS “GOCKELER'S By virtue of a decree of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, Passed the twenty-second day Of July. AC D.ISM1, ih equity cause muuiber 12,055, Wherein Goitiov Gockeler et al. are complainants ari Binnie C. Goekes Getendenis, the un ter- uulie auction, dn front of Sbai. THe LIFTH DAY AR. at HALE-VAST FIVE ibe following. described real estate, situate in the city or Washington, D. C.. Part of urls: inal lot three (3) in squary tour Lundred and twenty: tonr (424), Levinning for the same at the southwest corner of said square aud?aauine thence alone the horth line of M street east twenty-one (21) tect eight (S) inches, thence north to the rear line of ‘said lot. thence duo west twenty-one (21) ‘feet eight (8) inches fe bizurh’ street, ond thence south iu the place of uuning, M*fermus0f sale as prescribed by the decree: One-thire cash and the balance :n two equal ustallueute at ous and two years, with tuserest irom the day of sale, to be secured by a deed of trust upon’ the premises sla, oF all cash, af the yptioa of the purchaser. A depost: Of tho hutidred (8200) dollars will be required wt tue time of sale. Ali comveyanciux and recording at the PUschaser’s cost. LEUN TOBKINER, Trustee, dads No.820 45 ste ae G50. W. STICKNEY, Auctioneer, 936 F at. TRUSTEES’ SALE OF VERY VALUABLE UNIM- PROVED LOT FRONTING FouTt FEEL ON T NEAR THE CORNER UF TWENTA- FIKST STREET NORTHWEST. BY Nirtue of a certain deed of trust recorded tm Liver No. 1501, tolio 410, one of the land records for the District of Columbia, and at the request of the secured therevy,, we Will offer 1or be RCCUS:, fhor, arrive OeLoTK follow ‘ “ ow ing dese tied real sstate in Washington city, D. of C.- to'wit: Allo! lot se C)? in equare even ‘abject toa certain deed of trast iin excess of the hereinbef #100 deposit at timne of sete. ‘with in Biteen days or the prop: erty will beresold at tue tisk aud’ rost ot the deen ing purchaser aiter five days’ advertisement in lhe Brena SFA Ht. SMITH. 2 HOWARD 'H. WILLIAMe,} Trustees. ta,thor RATCLIFFE, DARR& CO., Auctioneers, SPECIAL AND PEREMPTORY SALE OF CBAl ERS IN 1, ved 2. 3,4, 5 AND HTS, MALL IGHTS AND Sidi BuACkrs af AUCTION. Ou MONDAY MORNING, AUGUST THIKD, AT TEN O'CLOCK, we will sel'within our sales rooms, 920 Pennsylvania avenue northwest, without reserve: a large assortment of Chandeliers aia Hall Pepdants. Parties building and im search of such goods are New roudy for ibapection ™ or " BATC DARR& CO. ia LIFFE, DARI (THOMAS DOWLING & BON, AUCTIONEERS. ASSIGNEE’S SALE OF FIXTURES AN! - TEN1S OF GROCERY SLORE 1500 © STREET GI NORTHWEST. in rte Biscce ot By virtue of an assignment to ‘at public auction on the Pa. tolio 14S. Of the ind. rece AY AUGUSL THIRD. Tel. at TES K A.M.. ail the Fixtures and Fittines in store est, tect order and ‘Termscash. MICHAEL J. COLBERT, Assiznes, IBA ‘Sun buuding. ([HOMAS DOWLING & SON. Auctioneers. ‘TRUSTEE’S SALE OF VALUABLE Lor, Sine ED NORTHWEST CORSE OE £ TH AND D STREETS i re RTHWEST. By virtue of of the Supreme Court of the District of ‘Coluatb in equity cause No. wl ty rm and iat pabiee suction, in front of tee presto ok aoa tb Day Or vAUGUsT, RD 1i0k, i ope (1. a PaUare as wundred and in. &: ity ot ‘north- 2M.» 10k seventy-two (175), District of Columbia. aid ‘lot fronse 80 tect ‘ith atreot and 75 tect on D street is BALCH'S CIVILSERVICE INSTITU usibess collewe, 1207 10th st. uw. Pu Jaren success! ully 10F GV servicn, Geyartunen seuss exanbauons. (graduate of | aul-Ow PscoraL ys ‘Near Alexandria, Va. L. M. BLACKFORD, M. A., Principal. ©. Lc. MINOK, LL Associate Principal. For boys. ‘The 53d year opens Sept. 30, S01 tensive 1 Fx etry ‘OF CANDIDATES FOR | THE NAVAL ACADEN\. | Address the President, THOMAS F111. iL. D.,PH.D. NEW WINDson COLLEGE. WINDSOK FFMALE. WINDSOR BUSINESS. Full courses in each cotisse, with diplomas and ee Alo thorstch Preierathry Seluwoin sohable charzes. Opens Septeuiter 16. Adaress| weet see RD De yk liga CHAT ty. Md. — Intel rourh English, Datueimatical. Commercial aud Muita tuition, inciuding Want . $10, for term of ten Linportant, spec i Situatiou Unsurpassed for heath, ai. TASES Fax a SEMINAKS FOR YOUNG LADIES, WINCHESTEK, VAL Reopens September i. 181. For + LLIN: Prue addrese Miss aIAML i. BI 325-skwim US VERSIE OF Vinging SESSION BEGINS OCTOBER 1. Extensive courses oi instruction and. a ment in Letters aii Science, Law, Medic apacy, and Civil, Minityg and ale tianieal b: Apply for cataioxue to WM. MM. —T aan, U ay4- a NOTRE DAME OF MAKYTAND. “Collegiate Institute for Young Ladies and Prepara- tory School tor Latte Gris, couducted bp the Bacal of Notre Dane EMBLA, P.U., near Baltimore, Md. jy4-skw2m" hiversity of Va. , Charlottesville, ‘Maryland, Baltimore, 16 NT VERNON TSri 7 cant Vernon Place Bast. | Mx TIPU TE aMh Mrs. JULIA K. TUrw 101k ALEK and Mrs. ANNE CABELL RUST, Princtpals.” Boarding and Day School for Young Ladies and ‘Little Giris. “Boardias Pups red tOtwenty. Studeuts pi 10F col heer ‘prepared tor culiege. ERoral FEMALE INSTITUTE, WINCHES. ic ‘Year beyins September It. thoroughly equipped with special partwents. Catalogue seut. A. MAGILL S. Principal ayws-eo! FACQUIER INSTITUTE. For YOUNG Lavies, v . 7.1801. Situa- x on’ the Kichmome and Danvitie K. n.. Sd miles trom Washington, D.C. A very successful School, with superior buildings and iscuity, and deilgtiul woration, a fare CLOG. BULLER, VM Broth, 8,t.30t Principal V EW YORK MILITARY ACADEMY, PREP. DEPT. Noman anny a COL. ©. J. WKIGHT, A. M.. Prest 2 PENNINGTON (3) SEMINARY AND L. College. 52d fers rare ec Hes. Lerms moderate. High and healthful. Easy of access. THUS. tons Sou Charlotte ab Atlanta ection te wade in Union SMation. for athwest. Through ASHING inet vacept Sunday Tarcugh tains from th Information 00 ene er 2 and Bets, AMES LTA’ VLVANIA ROUTE. DRT, WENT AND SOU? . RACK. | SPLENDID RCESE MY STECL AILS. MAGNIELC ST EQULPED®, i eft a, Ts WASHINGTON FROM STATION SD BATS. AN FOLLOWS 740 to Chk at Harrisburg with Louisville and Memphis. 1 une to Richuom LAND PoTOMAC RAILROAD, erand Niagara Palle ator daily: for B: t saturdas inet For Williamsport, Kenovo aud Elmira, daily, exce; t Sun tay For Witiiiann FORPHILA’ t 10:20 arm. e103 i ii Td a ana 11 dllinen ‘Parlor Care, 240 am. daily, K cniy, Limited Expres with Dining FOR PHILADELPHIA ONLY werk days and 3 45 p.m datly. mn dally 3-1 p.m. every day. GTON SOUTHERN RAILWAY IN LEFECI JUAP 1 For Alexandria, 4 12.01 n 3. K. Wud, ral “Dy 20]_General Passenger Ageme (CHESAPEAKE AND OnTO RAILWAY. Schedule in Leave (union De 20:57 a.m. for Newport ‘Nortoik daily. Arrive s, a sper tor Lame Jo Puliuan Care are open 0 P. aid 14d deuiodivania avenne, HOW. TULLE Genera, Pasens! my ALTIMORE & ONT BS Ledtiie tn ‘ed Liucttedse- roll, Vous. ‘ity, wa an exp Twp For Pittsvary and Cleveland, express em. ands 404 Jor bexinartou and St 10-408, Dor Luray. 7 ee For Koanvike, 16-00 pan dally Yor Sin aan l Mew: LAS 320 abd % 30a... 12:10 ands a 4 i to Boston without change a situhocme, edie, sxuding pammengece Ie tion at Boston i 10:00 an@ 11:55am. Sam ket ascents thexcept Sutaay *Daity. {Sunday ony. Bagware calied for and checked from hoteis aad dence by Trannter Co te rn RP a WN SEMINAR’ and Music and AGERS; Mar Co! schoo! ferritin, eReib ies it St jyl4-2m [HE FREDERICK FEMALE SEMINARY WILL Degin te torty-sighth session: Bepte - | Ma. For catal apply t Eecage Sea ie T. HILDA’S SCHOOL FOR GIRLS, MORKIS- s town, N.J.; twelfth year Logins September 23. ee eS July 1, uv. eee | jet SISTER SUPERIOR. | RELAND SCHOOL FOR G{BLS. SANDY | 15. “Poors trainings sumed ats with tie’ ind as far aspomibie, of a home xoverniment. the Wunuber isdunited. For circulars and further fore. fon address HENRY €: HALLOWELES A. Staveley, Bendy Spring, Md. rie Hom mis) and Th Pus, as far as Colonial Beach, Cx berry. fa rt veaia apd - ee eerie cal, Tw 421 Pevus. 0 “iyi ALFRED WOOD, TEAMER T. V. AKKOWSMITH, PROM 77 tact Om Mona and Wray, $ abs for “Colonial Beach. Colton's, Nouns Creek, eee ‘Het land o& Wastuuton Wedmew “0 p.an., for Colonial Beash. fc ‘rule, land st ot Washington Same ©. W. RIDLEY, Gen"! Manager. FORTRESS MONROE, OR | NORFOL! (finia Beach, Kichncnd and si points 0 = ithe Sew’ a Paiage, thenamere TON hd NOMPOLK tity fron tag f 7 ti rivabiia ave ate of teasers. pce ARYLAND AND VIRGIN! F Mpoat Corte. ‘Company. —Steawmer Fue, ie Seert, Cs sobu “ug Sader my treat a4 frewrbt ahi) Ode Ne Sint Clemente Bay, 2a, CW. RIDLEY, “WAKEFIELD wharton MONDAYS THURSDA.S faa pais at fai. Kevurniug 1UeBbAie Ay ‘oF Naser ays General Manager.