Evening Star Newspaper, August 8, 1891, Page 11

<< THE EVENING STAR: . ’ WASHINGTON, D.C. SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 1891—SIXTEEN PAGES. SS SNE ey COUNTRY RESIDENCE. A COUNTRY HOME. The New Residence on the Noyes Farm, “Alton.” DESIGNED FOR COMFORT. AStructure in Keeping With the Surround- ings—A Good Type of an American Country Home — Pleasing Exterior—The Arrange- ment of Rooms. M= ckosey 8 Noves AND FaMILy ~¥L have taken possession of the new resi- dence which bas been built on the Noyes farm, “Alton,” near Silver Spring, Md. It is on the site of the old house and is@ quiet, dignified structure, admirably adapted to the fine nat- ural surroundings. It is situated on rising ground, somo three hundred feet distant from the turnpike road, and is approached by a driveway arched over with the spreading branches of » donble row of veteran maples, The lawn abont the house is well shaded, and im the midst of the foliage the soft outlines of the house, with its graceful proportions and | play of lights and shadows, are seen to good ad- vantage. The exterior cannot be classed with any architectural style, but is a good type of an American country home. The architect, Mr. William J. Marsh, has given to the design characteristic originality and freshness without resorting to sensational or eccentric devices, anc bis teas were very ably carried out by the builder, Mr. John Simpson. who not only understood the exthetic reasons advanced, but saw by his constant personal supervision that all the construction was done in a thorough manuer. DESCRIPTION OF THE HOUSE. The house is built of wood and has = front- age of seventy-two feet, with an average depth of fifty feet, aud from the rear there is an irregular L-shaped extension twenty feet in width, running back some seventy feet. The lower portions of the outside walls are covered with narrow clapboards, while shingles are used for the upper stories and roof. A feature of the exterior ts the recessing of the veran- das, which are twelve feet in width, and ex- tending on three sides of the house ‘afford a continuous promenads of abont 160 feet. The main front is well balanced by the two end pavilions, one with « projecting gable, the other with the oriel and hipped roof. These are connected by the open balcony, the railing of which is rounded out, the projection form- ing a shelter for carriages. The chimney stacks are effective features, boldly rising from t outer edge of the veranda. An opening in center of the stacks near the ground forms pretty receptacie for plants. The building is crowned with a high-pitched roof, picturesque With dormers, gables and chimney stacks, and groups well from any point of view. The ef- fectiveness of the building as a whole is due net only to careful attention to the details and the softening of angular lines, but also to the choice of materials and colors. THE WALLS AND ROOF. But tw. colors are used, an olive-buff shade for the wails aud arich russet for the roof. ‘The shingles are not painted, but were dipped in stain, giving them a soft, velvety appear- ance, which is very pleasing. The general effect of the shingle work is aiso increased by the judicious use bere and there of pattern work, while the notching of the shingle ends along the string courses adds considerable life to the design. “All of the windows are of gen- erous dimensions, those opening upon the verandas extending to within a few inches of the tloor. ESTRANCE DOOR AND HALLWAY. The entrance door is placed a little to one side of the center of the house, and is flanked on either side by windows in small panes. The door itself is not only of Dutch design, being divided horizontally at the center, but is of hospitable Dutch width and opens into « spacious entrance hall that suggests something more than @ mere means of egress and ingress. This hall is finished im oak, the walls being panelled to a height of eight feet. The doors of the rooms opening into the hall are made a part of the wainscoting, leaving a clear space above for a broad frieze, which, with the ceil- ing. is plastered with a roughened surface, oF “wand fin colored a pale shade of old gold. KEAL ESTATE 0881 A Feature in House Building That is Some- times Nexlected. SOME MODERN METHODS OF LOCATING THE WASTE PIPES OF A HOUSE—A HOTEL PROJECT AND WHAT 1S PROPOSED—OTHER MATTERS OF INTEREST TO WasuINeToN ProrLe. OME TIMES THE SEWERAGE OF A house is as carefully planned as any other detail, Then, again, but little attention is paid toit. The location of the pipes and the con- nections with the sewer are left pretty well to | an oak cornice molding marke the function of the frieze and the ceilin; A low arch with column oak balusters separates the entrance hall from the staircase hall, which is also richly wain- scoted in oak. At one side of this hall there is & picturesque ingle-nook, with windows and broad seats at each end of the capacious hearth. The fire place is wide and deep and is faced with old gold Pompeiian brick, above which there is a massive mantel shelf and to one side a small recessed cupboard for books and china. ‘THE sTAIcasE, well placed at the opposite end of the | hall, is broad and roomy and has a re- | cessed landing, lighted by a handsome window. | The landing is six by fifteen feet in sizeand is | equally useful for a few books and chairs as | well af'a point of observation of the balls be- |low. The main staircase extends to the second story only, which permits the lines of the high- up roof timbers to be seen from the lower hall. From the rear of the stairease hall the an entrance by wide sliding doors into the dit ing room, which in 16 by 24 feet in size, with a ceiling made somewhat low. ‘This room is well lighted by windows on each side and is finished in oak. with a low wainscotin d the walls j anda cornice molding at the ceiling passing | close to the tops of the windows and doors. On one side of the room there is # curving pro- | jection filled with windows, wide and low, above ‘a wide cushioned seat. At the end of the room opposite the entrance door there is a fireplaee, fitted with an old-fash- foned hob grate with a facing of small glazed tiles, and finished above with a mantel of a handsome design extending to the ceiling. On one side of the entrance to the room there is a corner china closet with glass doors, displaying to advantage some choice bits of old china and pottery. Opposite the china closet there is a {space ‘provided for the sideboard, a quaint piece of furniture designed by the architect, and showing admirable workmanship by Mr. Burroughs, a Washington cabinet make In the rear of the dining room there is a but- | ler’s pantry, kitehen and other domestic of- tices. d screen of carved PARLOR AXD LIBRARY. On the left of the entrance hall the entire space is occupied by the parlor, which isa well-proportioned room twenty-one by thirty- two feet, with a high ceiling divided into square panels by wooden beams, and finished at the wall line by ® cornice of wood. The wide entrance from the hall is marked by wide jambs, which receive the folding doors, these forming panels. The mantel in this room isa special feature, the woodwork being united in one design with the finish of the doors. The fireplace is large and has a facing and bearth of narrow tiles. There is a broad mantel shelf supported by carved brackets, and the mirrors above it aro slightly recessed and_ divided into three parts, the side mirrors being set on an angle. ‘The brary on the side of the entrance hall opposite the parlor is an inviting room 17 by 21 feet in size, and is furnished with a view of its use as a family sitting room. The walls are lined with dwarf bookcases, and on one sie is a fireplace with mantel and soft-tinted facings of tile. Back of the library is tho study or retreat, a cozy and carefully planned room with « low secure the quietude which is the requisite of such a room. There is a dainty little fireplace and mantel in one corner. and the walls from floor to ceiling are lined with shelves for books and portfolios. SPACIOUS UPPER STORIES. The house shows its spaciousness in the upper stories, where the space over the ver- ‘andas is utilized. Besides unlimited hall space, the second story provides eight large bed rooms and ample closets. The bed rooms are all planned to secure a Pleasing outlook, and each of them has some quaint feature, such as a recessed alcove or fireplace or a group of windows, adding very much to the individual character of the rooms by the special furnish- ings involved. Another pretty effect in the second story is the hall alcove, forming a cozy corner: and lounging place, with windows opening upon the front balcony. Attached to each bed room are roomy closets, some with cases of drawers and eupboards—an addition which is much appreciated by house- keepers. There are also sfecial linen and store rooms, finely fitted up with drawers and shely- ing. There are fireplaces in each bed room with tiled facings and hearths and wood man- tels of special design, harmonizing and colored with the woodwork of the rooms. ‘The third story has nine good rooms for use as bed rooms, play room, &c. In addition to the fireplaces the house is sup- lied with a hot-air furnace, which alone will cep the temperature pleasant during the win- ter months. | which will be their home. The large double residence 1406 G street, which has been the | headquarters of the club, has been leased for a term of yenrs to the real estate firm of Fitch, Fox & Brown. Plans have been prepared by Harvey L. Page, architect. for the remodelin; of this building so as to adapt it to the needs o} ACTRESSES AT REST. How the Queens of the Footlights Pass Their Summer Vacations, THE OPENING OF THE SEASON ‘Two Cases of Stage Fright—The Horseback Drama— Between the Seasons—Theatrical People Enjoying Country Life—The Actress | i" at the Summer Hotel. Correspondence of The Evening Star. New Yong, August 7, 1891. HE NEW THEATRICAL SEASON IS CON- sidered to have opened here this weck because three of the closed theaters were re- opened with new plays, while other produc- tions will follow numerously and rapidly throughout August. Cases of stage fright were the odd things in two of the fresh ventures. Johnstone Bennett and Barney Fagan were the persons attacked. Each had undertaken for the first time a long and important comic role, and old actors will tell you that the faculty of merriment is the first to be paralyzed by terror on the stage. Miss Ben- nett was to have duplicated the success of a famous London comedienne in an imported farce, and her preparation for the ordeal had included a visit to London, where she studied the original performance, and thorough coach- ing by an expert here, so she was made ready for the occasion by the most elaborate train- ing. Moreover, she had been a particularly droll and assertive creature. Nevertheless, on the first night she was scared ont of her wits, and so poor was her achievement that, fully ro- alizing it herself, she sent in her resignation before going to’ bed. Stage fright had com- pletely incapacitated her. But she pulled her- self together for the second night and has been doing well ever since. STAGE FRIGHT IN FARCE COMEDY. Barney Fagan had been assigned toa fore- most place in anew and pretentious farce comedy. His prior achievements had becn in mingtrelsy, but for well nigh year he had been working himself into a fitness for_the fun making in a white faced character. Notwith- standing that he had practiced the part during & week of performances ont of town he was as- sailed by stage fright upon facing a New York audience, and his failure, resulting therefrom, was #0 complete that an apology was made for him—fatigue and a bad cold being named in- d of his real malady. He, too, has recov. ed during the week, and’ so in his ev case, no more’ than in Miss Bennett's, is any damage done by this publication of their temporary failures. Butacencry isn't subject to stage fright, and for that reason the chief feature in’ the third new play of the week was trustworthy on the first night. This was that old, old friend of the playright, a ro- volving scene, which poor old Boueicault wasn’t the first nor the last to employ when he put it into “The Shaughran.” In this fresh illustra- tion of its power to astonish and mystify an audience it showed the interior and then the exterior of Libby privon, illustrating the es cape of prisoners aud helping greatly to the success of the drama. RIVAL ACTRESSES. Helen Barry is the greatest actress in Amer- fea—physically. She is above six feet in height and can’t be much under 200 pounds in weight. Rose Coghlan is neither so tall nor so heavy, but she looks more muscular, and it would be hard to gives straight tip as to a wrestling mateb between them. They are antagonists, though not in an athletic way as yet, but who knows? They are very fierce agaiust each other. Each appropriated without payment to the author the same German farce and had it altered for Ame: use, with a view to figuring in as a dashing woman in an army officer's trousers and other clothes. Miss Barry made the venture last spring, aad was variously regarded with disgust and admiration, accord- ing as one viewed a big woman in such ‘a plight. Rose Coghlan is getting ready for the same im- propriety, and she will commit part of the offense on horseback. It is in connection with the horse that comes the singular thing as to which this paragraph is revelatory. Miss Coghlan is practicing equestrianism over on Staten Island. The newspapers contained, a few mornings ago, circumstantial accounts of her having been thrown from the saddle and considerably hurt. ‘WAS IT AN AD.? Now the city editors on our daily journals are extremely cynical and sceptical as to actresses’ adventures of any sort ard are not inclined to print them without clear evidence. Miss Coghlan’s advertising agent promptly sent the news around and reporters were aaigned to an investigation, which revealed bruives on the ectress and other apparent proofs of the genuineness of the accident, such as the testi- mony of @ country doctor and several other rsons. Nevertheless a private detective has n hard at work all the week down there on Staten Island endeavoring to expose the epi- sode as a fabrication. it is urged that the black «nd blue on Miss Coghian’s exterior may have been painted and that her witnesses are good-natured lars. That seems improbable, but Miss Barry's backers declare that it is so and that Miss Coghlan has worked the most successful free advertising device ever in- vented. Who cares/ BETWEEN SEASONS. What do the players do between one season and another? Some of them keep at work. Often such a summer engagement is really a vacation. Out of a winter company a summor company organizes itself and goes to out-of- the-way towns, where its members can live in and own the one hotel and be the lions of the place at emall expense, covered by the receipts. A merry-go-incky crowd they make, wearing out their old stage gowns, rambling through fields and lanes, making the old veranda rin with laughter, turning the nead of the g host and now and then setting his daughter into craze for the stage. Wise and Incky are they who thus while away their summer. Players of more note may not do this, however, yet upon them this firm. ‘There will be an entire new front, which will be treated in the colonial style Buff and white will be the prevailing colors, and some of the handsome details of that style will, be introduced. The building. when ready for occupancy, about the Ist of November, will be an’ effective addition to | the architecture of that immediate locality, | which been improved recently by sev: eral fine business structures. The interior chance or is made subordinate to the gen- eral plan. The bath room is located with not much if any reference to other sewer connec- tions in the houde. There are architects and house builders, however, who lay great stress upon these necessary adjuncts of a modern house. The sewerage is an important feat inthe pln. In many cases the aim is to all the sewer connections in a direct line from the upper to the lower floor, so that there will be nu more turns in the waste pipe than are ab- solutely necessary. An eifort is also made to have the waste pipe exposed along its entire passage from the house connection tothe sewer, nd then in case of s break or leak there ie a ready access to the pipe. In the ordiuary house built on an inside lot this is not alw even if the waste pipe is loca: outside of the rear wail it is neces- rry it beneath the basement floor in the proper grade to the street. ty can medied in houses as no sewer connection in the buse- such a case the waste pipe can be bavement wall The general pin be that the sewer connec- tions inwde of s house id be reduced to a minimum, and this is shown by the great ebange which has taken place in the use of stationary wash basins. A few years ago these basins were found in nearly every bed room. Now they are seiiom seen even in the most costly horses aud when they are put in the counections are carefully looked after. in some of the handsome houses erceted in late years some novel features have been in- troduced. The residence which is being ecceted for Mr. Alexander Graham Bell on Comnectiont avenue is an example of a house where ail the waste pipes are entirely on the outside. This house, however, has tage of asice yard,and the pipe connecting with ‘the sewer was laid in a treuch dug through the e yard from the rear of the house to the street | sewer. Then the waste pipes from the bath room, for example, pass directly out through the wall of the house and are earried down the Outerle walls to the ground, where they are Joined to the main pipe. In anotuer climate this plan would’ not be practicable, but bere it is said thats waste pipe, even on a north wall, 38 Dot apt to freeze unless the water is allowed to trickle tarough it constantly. ‘The different methods of arranging the plan of the sewerage of are here regarded as merely precau- ‘The danger of sewer gas coming into is greatly reduced im this city be- tbe abundant use of water, which hecps the sewers weil flushed out. A SEW REAL ESTATE oFytce. The Wimodaughsis Club has purchased prop- erty on I sizeet between 13th and Lith streets, ae advan- | ‘ill be inlly planned 40 as to suit the | business of the firm. An extensive back build- ing will be erected and a fine suite of offices will be secured. On one side of the main entrance will be located the offices of Fitch, Fox & Brown and on the other side the ‘banking | house of Bell & Co. A large vault will be one of the features of this improvement. Messrs, Fitch, Fox & Brown have been located for so many years at the corner of Pennsylvania ave- nue and 15th street that their removal will make it seem almost as if an old fand mark bad been taken away. PROPOSED NEW HOTEL. The big hotel project about which there has | been a good deal of talk has not yet material | ized. ‘The idea, however, has not been entirely abandoned. Mr. Roesselle, the proprietor of | the Arlington, believes that a fine hovel erected | at the corner of 16th street and Florida avenue would be well patronized. His plan is toe Pend, about €2,000,000 im the erection of uilding and the purchase of the ground. He has a sketch plan of the proposed building and | the ground can be obtained. Allthat is needed money, and this can be raised if ten men | can be found to invest s couple of hundred thousaud dollars each. He ‘oposes to take j ths management of the hotel hinvelf and ‘lao ok: to become a stock! 3 IMPROVING A RESIDENCE. ‘The residence of Mr. Francis Miller on L street between 11th and 12th streets is being re- modeled and enlarged from plans prepared by | RE. Crump, architect. An entire new front is being built of briekand stone. There will bea square projection finished at the top of the house with a tower. Anew back building | is being erected and the entire house is being | improved and | ——— | & Woman Obtsiue an Enginese’s License. From the Selentific American. Chicago has a woman engineer, who has suc- cessfully passed a rigid examination. ‘The young woman walked into the board of examiners’ room in the city.ball, presented her spplication ina manly way, deposited the official fee (#2), and then made her way into the line of the applicants to await her tara. Among other questions she was asked was as to the size of the blow off required for a horse presses the need of coin, and’ some of them “do” a season in New York, if fortunate, or get parts in special productions. Theater ‘rent is cheaper in summer than in the regular season; salaries are lower and managers are therefore prone to put on new pieces for trial. But it is nofuan. fhe audience is cooled with iced air and electrical fan mills. But what for the poor actor folk? Hot is no name for the heat be- hmd the scenes in summer. The dressing rooms are mere boxes usually and almost with- out ventilation. Clothes stick fast when they should come off for a quick change and facial make-up runs off in streaks. ‘There is sure to be a Stberia scene, too, or something like it. ‘The property snow is refreshing to the spec- tators, but it carries only discomfort to the fur- laden players. Even the actress who shivers in the snow scene in “Lhe Two Orphans” has to perspire in August. Rough comedy is warm work, too, and the leading lady who crouches over the crackling fire doesn’t find its “cheery Dlaze” as “grateful to me chilled limbs” as she pretends. Givea sympathetic thought to those who dance away the hot evenings in summer in a great comis opera season. Even the fair and smooth prima donna gets warm like the rest of us, and think of the violent comedian with his fat make up. To SOME QUIET LITTLE Howe. Of course, some of the theater folk slip away for at least a month's rest to some quiet little “home.” Muybe it is a wee cottage that they hire for three or four week, and which they calle home and array in Jap-lantern fashion. Maybe it is really a home. Maybe, oh happy player! itis a bit of an old country house, tl from years before because of ite prowic dullness, and now sought for peaceful- ness and quietude. Here the woman, a few yearwago @ fretful girl who chafed’ against such totl, dons a big apron, and dusts, pares, mixes, fixes and is happy. "She rakes’ out an old forgotten straw hat and goes romping over the little farm, lappy that “it shuts out the world, instead of erying for more room. she lets herself get canght smoking cigarettes, she reads yellow-covered books, it creeps about that she is going to star in Juliet” next sea- son and she és ant, than she wil Oné would think the hard wo! would make her dread the noise, clatter and jumpitiveness of a summer hotel, but it doesn't. 1e revels in it. a? LIBERTY IN THE CITT. Some there are before whom stands the re- cord “At liberty,” and such haunt the city. They live, oh, heaven knows how. Sometimes tucked away in a corner of a fredging, friend's fiat, sometimes cinbbing in wit chum, some- times in a far up oven house, often in a dollar room of abig hotel in which they never take thelr meal ‘The room matters ifftle, for they are ont all day, and it is wearing, heart-breaking work seeking an en it ithe agencies are visited, the managers are dogged, friends are clung fo, hope is conxed ‘and pushed and worn ont. Perhaps a poor luncheon is bought at some cheap side place, or, perhaps, since it Jooks well to be seen’ there, some eating is done at a swell restaurant. In tho evening, by hook or by crook, they get “in front” ata theater and afterward comes a little supper, perhaps of cold water and crackers at home; of of ale, cheese and brown bread “around at a little place I know;” or, if an old friend is run across—who has “just struck it!'—a bottle of wine isdrunk somewhere. Heavy hearts and tired feet go home to the stuffy room. To be sure, the room may be a suite. All her saving: may be plunged at once on the chance of get- ting a better (gee ey by seeming to need one very little. The fighters for next season's laces have sorry summers, and no wonder the Fire and brightness goce out of so many pretty faces. A FLYING TRIP To EUROPE. Europe gets some tourists from the stage. A flying trip 18 not so expensivo after all if one is careful, and the dramatic papers will say you have gone over to buy costumes. That starts rumors of “starring,” and such ramors do one no harm. The sea voyage gives back energy and courage and the utter rest is good. Many alittle actress saves strenuously all the season for asummer trip abroad, and when summer comes the savings disappear unregretted. Easy come easy go is the motto of the majority in the profession. Some few keep honse for their friends, as the saying goes, and many visit such ones. In this pro- fesmion of shifting homelessness hospitality burns brightly. The couple lucky enough to own a little ‘place will turn ft inside out for their friends, und Jack and Jill and Jane and John “run down fora few days” all summer long. They are easy guests and hosts, these people. Cots are put up, and when cots fire out the piasza is strung with hammocks. ating goes by pot In: i ith a turn for cookery. be sure, rarebit is the chief of their diet, but such rarebit! and so much beer that who could complain? Actors go in for camping. Two weeks’ tenting “off somewhere” sets them up lato athletes for leading parts, and gives to them a ruddy bronze which supplies color to their talk of “up through the lakes with my friend So-and-8o.” Now and then a little wite ia taken along to attend to pots and kettles, and lucky the little wife is; but as a rule the boys prefer to rough it by themselves. No people in the busy world hurl themselves so completely into nature as do actor folk. They drink in the quiet and the peace, the green and the gold of summer way-otfness as do none others. It is all so different from the stuffy theater work, the railroading and the weariness. Summer isa great time for getting rid of superfluous flesh, and many asoubretto puts herself through a course that would make John L. weary. She walks, she runs, she rows if she can get hold of a boat. She wears her. stage furs and sits inthe sun. She drinks vinegar. She is rubbed down and rubbed up and rubbed sideways. She rolls on the floor, she falls up and down stairs, sho stands on her hend, she hangs on the line. She starves. She lives on sawdust and lime juice and nobody gucsses her private tortures. WHEN SHE LOSES HER HEART. It isn't during the season, in the glaring theater and during tho same old taik of the pisy, that an actross loses her heart. It is in the summer time, when she puts on a sun bon- net and goes for the cows with a freckled coun- try giant, dreams of horself doing ‘“Esmerald really and sighs for peace and believes the en- thusiastic collogian who says, “Let me take you away from the blaze of the footlights, you were not meant for such a life.” Itis in summer, when she has eaten too many gooseberrics, that she belioves she has mistaken Ler life and writes to the leading man that she won't marry him unless he will go and live with her in funny Italy—far, far from tho stage and its garisl spleudors: It is in summer time that she inks she has discovered the difforence be- tween moonlight and a calcium and says she will marry the dark-eyed somebody or other who wooes her, and it is in winter that she goes back to work to take care of him. It is in summer that she dreams of simple joys and peaceful years; that she loathes bills of fare and fancies “porridge with the children clam- bering about her knee; and itisin summer when some broad-shouldered real lover asks her to wait till he has won a home for her and she gets swamped with an ambition to wait. In the winter when she is playing such fool nonsense in dramas she is a practical little bus- iness woman, but in the summer time when she is “resting” and wearing broad hate and freckles she is as ingenuous and confiding as the most weak-minded of her stage heroines. REAL BEST. She “reste” more in one week than her sis- ter in private life does in a year. She throws away her painted, dressed-up and self-confident self and if she gets half @ chance turns herself loose, a regular hid in the buttercups and daisies. She will get more salt out of the sea, more oxone out of the air, more shine from the glisten como into her weary eyes with just half achance. Her stop, grown weary throug! fong veaton, litts lightly and the stage ring goes out of her laugh, leaving it like a child's, She eats bread und butter and falls in love easily in Angust as she will ft-shell crabs and look out for herself ber. She will jook more like a simple country maiden in July than does the simple country maiden herself, but in January she will play tue part of an “actress” and dress as never un actress was heard of. In August her skin is brown and like velvet; in September it is ala- buster and like satin. She is light hearted‘and light headed in summer and she is light hearted and level headed in winter. When you see her in the city you very likely will know her a block off. When you seo her in the country you will think that you have at last found the milkmaid of whom you have read. ——— A Contrast. Two men toiled side by side from gun to sun, And both were poor; 5 Both sat with children, when the day was done, About their door. ‘One saw the beautiful in crimson cloud Aud shining moon; ‘The other, with his head in sadness bowed, ‘Made night of noon. One loved each tree and fower and singing bird ‘On mount or plain; ‘No music in the soul of one was stirred By leaf or rain. One saw the good in every fellow-man, And hoped the best; ‘The other marveled at his Mustet’s plan, And doubt confessed, One, having heaven above and heaven below, Yue satisli Was The other, discontented, lived in we And hopeless died. - —Sanau E. Boutox. ———_+02 “And the Band Played—." rigtor—‘What are you yelling in that - Rooral—“Wa-all, ateyin’ thar’ rae iPad hoc The Visitor—-But beocme engaged if marry Man? pa In the hammock —‘Because he is s0 sensitive. ROBBING DAVY JONES. ™t |The Survivors of the Fatal Samoan Naval Disaster. THE WRECK OF THE VANDALIA A Thrilling Narrative by One of the Surviving ‘Naval Officers—On Board the Trenton—How the Night Was Passed—Joy at Dawn When the Gale Subsided—Hospitality Ashore, ‘Written for The Evening Star. N RECOUNTING MY EXPERIENCES during the day and part of the night of March 16, 1889, the date of the wreck of the Vandalia, the events following that affair have received so far no attention, and it is proposed in the present paper to recite the occarrences immediately succeeding the wreck, including also the life of the survivors ashore during the forty-four days of waiting for the welcome arrival of the ohartered steamer from the colonies, which finally took a large part of the survivors of the Trenton and all from the Van- dalia to the Mare Island navy yard. The condition of things on board the Tren- ton while the half dead survivors of the Van- dalia's officers and men were being slowly rescued was far from cheering. The gule con- tinued with stoadily increasing velocity, the sea, a8 a consequence, growing higher and higher with ench hour of wind, until it seemed at times as though wo had but delayed the in- evitable end, and that our last hours were steadily growing nearer as the old ship groaned and staggered with each onset of win: and fea. No lives had been lost on the ‘Trenton, but we learned for the first time, after getting on board, that the fires had been put ont before noon, and that in spite of the steady drain of the pumps the water in the ship could not be reduced below the dangerous depth of some six or eight fect. ON BOARD THE TRENTON. Every part of the ship was dripping with son water, and the appearance of the men and of- ficers gave ample evidence of the terrible day of work and danger passed through. Every soul on board must have been soaking wet for hours, the fresh water tanks were rendered brackish and unfit to drink through the terri- blo seas which had bosrded the ship at inter- vals all day, and as no fire had been possible for the samo reason nothing beyond afew sodden hardtack had been enten by any one since the night previous. The ship was hard and fart aground a short distance to seaward of the poor Vandalia, and every once in awhile a sheet of foam and water wonld come pouring over the port hammock rail from stem to stern, delnging the decks and increasing the misery of those obliged to face the gale, the spray go- ing as high as the crons trees, and, as I remiem- ber, at timer extending as far as what was left of the Vandalia. ‘THE CRIPPLED VANDALIA. As was feared by those clinging to the rig- ging of the last named ship, tie collision of the Trenton had resulted in so demolishing the port chains and stays of the main and mizzen masts of the Vandalia that in less than forty- five minutes after the shock these two masts Rent by the board, breaking off a short dis- tance above the deck and falling over the star- board side. Fortunately no lives were lost by this occur- rence, although several very natrow escapes were made by those who, from long exposure and consequent weakness, were partially dis- abled and almost incapable of helping them- selves. On first stepping over the low rail to the forecastle of the Trenton I was thrown vio- lently to the deck by the uneven motions of the ship. and from sheer lack of strongth lay there for some time before making any effort to go aft in search of something to eat and drink. ‘There were but few men forward, the larger part of the crew being aft at work on the pumps, essaying, as was found out later, to pump the ocean dry, a large hole in the stern allowing ingress of ‘water many times faster than one pump could draw it out. After having been dashed several times by the sea as it occasionally poured across the deok I managed to get as far aftas the main hatch, down which I made my wey in search of food and water. Several of the ehip's officers passed me on the way, but I felt no surprise at not being recognized, for in the semi-darkness prevailing close inspection was impracticable. A HOSPITABLE CHINAMAN. Orossing the gun deck I passed the admiral’s pentry and experienced a pleasant surprise by being addressed by the steward, ® Chinaman named Ah Fat, who exclaimed: “Hello, Miss Lebs, you all light?” “Spose you hungly?” On receiving an assurance that not only was I hungry, but dying with thirst, this Chinese Samaritan open a can of mutton, poured out a lass of water from the small store remaining fi""fhe admirals water cooler and, with the addition of a crisp hardtack, I felt compara- tively comfortable. Nor did the good offices of Ah Fat cease here, for, noting the scant con- dition of my wardrobe, he promptly ‘ot 8 pair pajamas and a Chinese blouse and under- shirt, so that in a brief space of time hunger and thirst wore somewhat appeased and dry clothes bad taken the place of the sodden gar- ments in which this eventful day had been passed. This kindness and attention arose from the fact that we had been shipmates on the Iroquois three years before, where he was the ward-room cook. ‘A fow minutes after this feast in the admi- ral’s pantry I entered his cabin, where were already Lieuts. Carlin and Wilson’ and Ensign Gibbons, all from the Vandalia. Carlin was pretty badly bruised, having been knocked about # good deal during the day, and Wilson, after nearly losing his life in the attempt to ‘escape from the Vandalia to the Trenton, was stretched out on a lounge at the after end of the cabin in a complete state of misery, retch- ing violentiy and ¢0 weak as to be hardly able to stir. iy THE TRENTON'S DANGEROUS PostTION. The stern of the Trenton was on the edge of the terrible reef which she had skirted for so many hours while drifting down toward the shore, and as a frequent sea would cause hor tosurge and settle again on the bottom the most doleful groans and noises seemed to come from every timber of the doomed whip. ‘These noises, added to the steady roar of the gale, the thundor of the waves as they struck the oaken sides of tho ship, and the loud voices of com- mand mingling with the regular thump and thud of the deck pumps, @ combination of noises easier to imagine than to describe. About 11 o'clock, with an extra heavy s and the rattle of a’greon sea on deck, the cabin air port was partly torn from its fastenings,and in an instant the water came pass into the cabin, effectually disposing of all sleeping on the deck. For the first time I learned of the death of Capt. Schoonmaker, Lieut. Sutton and the probable drowning of Paymaster Arms, the Int- ter not having been seen for several hours: pre- vious to the Wreek of the Trenton. Thad seen Pay Clork Roche go down quite early in the afternoon, 90 there Were four offi- cers gone aud no one knew how many of the ore ‘The loss of Capt. Schoonmaker left Lieut. Carlin in command of the survivors, he hay- heen the exeoative oficer Ran 20 wore on, the, gale showin; no signs of abatement, Shanes, teadily rising, had reached @ pitch when it seem ‘Was not less than nine fathoms ( ‘The two articles of clothing I remo Ah Fat came to my assistance, were every Aber with mud and sand forced into thom by the long buffeting of ten hours in tho rigging exposed to every wave. About 3 clock on tom of the harbor, although the depth of water joms (64 feet). throughout the ship and by daylight the great Il = == —— | Sovering the ¢ntire shtp save a bit of the wer, the Kava root fs fre- aj deck rail and a portion of the topgallant Re 10 oF grated on a piece of T ‘ castle; off on the port quarter the German of deterence, 1t ie suppomnd, A TRACTIV E HOMES. ——- Ss her ee high up = the wishes of their — one 4 nese e reef, her propeller and radder gone, mu spor eres pped fs about as refresh- : 515 Solon tl the mts ter beng erected” i | Mp tet at cup of horemng sea wet ery | How This Month May Be Utilized by close proximity to the German were great | Nature, except that, aniike . i R Bock of coral rake fromthe ret dioring the | Ba at night's elighaty feporiic eect Those in the City. n 2 —_— of the foree of the terrific een prevailing 1 In | sult from a mixture of some clean tasting soap © rar tp KF ITP various places the masts or some portion of the | 4nd a little peppermint—not at all disagreeable) FIXING UP FOR WINTER, noper ae of several merchant ee grand ee ewe werening. saute ore mute and end evidence of loss of life a hospitality natives always made i roperty. Directly astern of the water-covered | first manifestat ‘with an offer of » cup of | Werkmen Can Be More Kasily Secured Now— Vacdalis aod, cory de from the starboard quar- | Kava. H. Weneren, Mow @ Baby's Crib May Me Kenovated- ite ter of the Trenton lay the broadside of « schooner which had been dashed to piects on the reef during the night and which, mak- ing the tour of the reef-locked bight containing the wrecks of the two American men-of-war, hhad stuck fast on a protuberance of the jagged reef and remained fixed for weeks afterward. Directly opposite the Trenton and Vandalia and between them and the beach lay the Nipsie, boats gone, emokepipe gone, rigging broken, lying keeled over to port, a plote helpless- Ress and disaster. For off toward Matafele, with her bows point- ing toward the mouth of the Vaisigano river, lay the Gorman war ship Olga, bard and fast on the coral sand bottom, and beyond a few droken ropes and a general appearance of un- fidiness, looking, at this distance, not ane ¢ Worse for the perilous the past forty-eight hours. oma THE BEACH A MASS OF WRECKAGE. The beach, as far as the eye could reach, both toward Matafele and Matonto, seemed a mass of wreckage, a prominent object directly op- Potite the American ships being the ornamental w and figure of the lost German man- of-war Eber. This vessel had been one of the first of the war vessels in port to go on the reef, and bad struck the Jagged edge, hung for A moment, and then hed down with all hi men and one officer were washed ashore throngh the surf with life enough remaining to pull through. TRE BAND PLAYED JOYFULLY. As soon ss the members of the fiag ship's band could recover their wits and instramente, equally ®eattered by recent events, the strains of well-remembered airs were once more heard on the morning air, and as the daylight strengthened and the Sunday sun beamed upon the disconsolate crowd gathered upon the deck of the Trenton, more or lest congratulations Were oxchenged between the survivors, and already plans began to be discussed for the im- mediate future. In obedience to the admiral's order, I, a8 paymaster of the Vandalia, prepared to go’ sshore by the first opportunity to make arrangements for the messing and shelter of our men. The first craft to approach the ship was @ native boat manned by the crew of thet noble Samoan, Chief Suamanatafa, he being at the steering oar. [ato this boat I was speedily lowered, « Tope being passed around under my arma, and 80 [ left the Trenton, as it proved, for the last ¢, for I never set foot on her ‘decks again. As the chief skilfully guided the boat throt intricacies of the reef from the stern of ship we passed quite close to the starboard side of the Vandalia and I noted the fact that her Roo, deck had been entirely torn loose from e stern of the ship and by a strange irony had floated about until stranded on the top- ee forecastle, the opposite end of the ship. ‘he landing on th pa 3 was effected without incident, there being no surf. Several of the officers of the Nipsic were on the beach, as also pretty nearly all of the popu- lation of the town, native and foreign. Mr. Gurr, an ish resident, at once had me taken to one of the lange general furnishing stores with which Apia was supplied, and spite of the day «pcedily had me in fair busi- ness condition, with alight straw hat, a pair of thin trousers, soft socks, a pair of canvas vhoor and a Chinese sort of blouse. On the way from the beach the oft-repeated native expression “Kalo'ta Alf,” “poor fellow,” gave evidence of the real commiseration felt by these gentle savages. The procurement of a comfortable barrack for the crew of survi ‘was accomplished by noon of that notable day, and a short message in writing to Lieut. Carlin brought all of the Vandalin’s men ashore the same afternoon, the night being passed in a native church edifice not far from the landing. LIVING IN COMPARATIVE COMFORT. Rations in plenty were assured from the stock on band in various stores and m: means for replenishment from Auckland being at once perfected, to be put into operation by the next steamer of the fortnightly service from that port. Of necessity the police regulations ware of the strictest order and a set of orders was speedily formulated by Admiral Kimberly, drawn with especial reference to the novelty of the situation, and which experience proved to be amply sufficient for the maintenance of order rere ‘weary weeks which followed the wreck. ‘The crew of the Nipsic returned to their ship when it became evident that the in- juries to her hull and bottom were not of so serious a nature as was at first feared, so that the Trenton’s crew and the survivors from the Vandalia were the two bodies of Americaus liv- ing ashore. the German survivors we came in contact with but seldom, for the best of feelings did not exist between us, and their headquarters were more than a mile distant up the shore of the bay and not far from Munuluu point. Naturally grent care was taken to prevent the occurrence of anything like an pt entry ‘and one of the first things attended to the cepa dng the drink ‘The river called the Vaisigano ran not far from “Camp Vandalia,” as our barracks were called, and atfirst it was hoped that this stream, coming, as it does, directly from the mountain range dividing the island of Upolo in an east and west direction, would be available for these A few’ cases, however, of stomach ur; rouble among the men gave cause to suspect the water, so search was made for another source of supply. Fortumately this was not hard to find, and a spring of perfectly safe and, for that climate, cool water was discovered, and thereafter a’ “watering party” was one of ‘the first of the daily items in the routine car- ried out by the officer of the day. Bringing water, sweeping the street for some distance each way from the barracks, removing the multitudinous debris constantly accumulat- ing and the collection of eatables from the va- rious stores able to supply our requisitions, em- ployed quite a large percentage of the Vandalia survivors, and for those not so employed a daily drill and inspection kept every man and officer from idleness and tended greatly to the con- tentment aud average heal ‘enjoyed during the long wait for relief. BUT LITTLE Faurr. Of fruit there was a comparative dearth, the gale having destroyed great numbers of banana plants, and the white man does not take kindly to taro. ‘The alligator pear, so nutritious and toothsome, was not in season, and the medical staff discor ‘the use of cocoanut milk. After the first few days succeeding the wreck the dietary comprised beef, both fresh and salt, canned salmon, rice, hardtack, fresh bread, salt fish, canned meats, pri colonial mutton, an occasional pork, beans, ten’ coffee, sugar, pic eccasional “blow-out” on “plum di uff,” that plenty of pudding dear to a sailor heart, with sauce. A German baker lit not far from head- f Passed Assistant Engineer, U. 8. N. peter cetsnating & CHILIAN INQUISITION. One of Balmaceda’s Lieutenants Tortares = Suspected Kebel. A shocking story of torture and barbarity has just reached New York from Antofagasta, Chili. In the mail received at the barge office wasn copy of Ki Industrial, containing a page account of the cruelties practiced on Senor Barahona by order of President Ralmaceia. Stripped of its disgusting details, the interview is as follows: “About 9:0 a. m. on the 28th of February,” said Senor Barahona, “I had a brief, friendly Conversation with Col. Desiderio Ilabaca at the agricultural school in Santiago. When I was about to depart Col. Julio Garcia Videla wns placed over me. "An bour and a half later Carvalla Orrego, chief of police, appeared and conducted’ me personally to. police headquarters. Here I was placed in « cell, and Senor Valdes Calderon told me that Would formulate au accusation. He did £0 at once, changing me with Laving at- tempted to tempt Col. Habaca and the officers of the seventh regiment from their allegiance. I denied the charge, and exp i that my visit to Tabaca had for ite sole object a £ chat with an old friend and was utterly of political siguiticance. TAKEN TO A DUNGFOX. “Valdes Calderon declared that I must con- fess my guilt. He had me putin irons and taken toa dungeon, where he insisted upon a gonfession. Again I protested my innocence Thea mselt hana: me, with my arm crossed upon my back and my elbows gether with ropes. He put a stick throngh tli ropes and begun to twist it around, eausing the most horrible pains. “after every question and my denial he gave # turn of the stick, crushing my chest and arms. Jn despair I begged for death, declaring that L would rather die than make such « statement as they wereattempting to force from me. Valdes Calderon that be did not carea straw for ‘my life, but that he wished to get of those who had commissioned me he believed were the committe. thdt I should be tortured until I had confessed or until should die. He continued to twist the stick until the ropes broke, jeaving my body in an indescribabie condition. STRIFFED AxD sCOUROED. “He left the dungeon and returned again al- most immediately with his agent, Garrido, and notified me that I should receive five bundred lashes. Half an hour later Valder Calderon en- tered the dungeon, accompanied by Gar- rido and four other’ men, ‘They stripped me and stretched me upon the floor, and the scourging was begun by a tall, power- ful man. Thick, crooked sticks were used in . After covery five blows Valdes confession, which 1 refused to make. This was not until I had received one | hundred lashes. Then Valdes ordered the man to turn me over on my back so that my chest d stomach might be lashed. nally, being angered at not attaining his object, he said: ‘Let us make an end of it’ He directed two soldiors to enter the dungeoa. I was ordered to kueel, while the soldiers lev- eled their guns at me. “After a moment, sceing my silence, Valdes ordered them to lift me up. Tendeavored to rise, but my wretched body Would not obey my will. Secing this, Valdes exclail : “Drop him; let him die.” MORE TORTURE. “At length they dressed me again and car- ried me between two of them and seated mo in achair. All this time I was shackled and hand- cuffed, with my arme ined seated I remai 8 pm. of the following day. After that was loft in strict solitary coutinement, except that a physician came to examine my wounds. I remained for nineteen days in “I had been whipped on the cheeks and finger tips. 1do not know whether it was by accident or through intention. The whippe tof my body remained one huge swelling. ty the pressure of the ropes which Vakios had twisted with all his strength and with the rage of impotence at not suc- ceeding in bis object, the blood bad been ex- to the extremities, making my arms ‘and lege like logs of wood. When the ropes suddenly snapped the blood rushed forcibly to the heart aud brain, producing a sensation 0 horrible that I believed myself passing through the agonies of death.” = 707 THIS TIME THE WIFE PAaxs. She Must Give Her Cowboy Husband 63 a Week as Alimony. APatterson, N.J., dispatch says: George Grimshaw claims to beacowboy. He was married several years ago to a buxom widow. It was a case of love at first sight. The couple lived happily together for several years. Last spring they began to have disagreements. George wanted to move out west, where he could toss the lariat and bring the angry steer to grass. Mrs. Grimshaw preferred to end her days in a little cottage on Sandy Hill and re- fused toaccompany her cowboy to any place further away than Coney Island. This dissatisfied George. He took things in bis own hands ayd attempted to run the Grim- shaw ranch. He made o disastrous failure of it. His wife left him and went to keep house in the mountains at Preakness for John De Witt, the owner of a sual truck farm. was much put out by his wife's ab- sence and, being a full-fledged cowboy, he would not deigu to lower himself by working. He called on Lawyer Randall to see if there was any law in New Jersey whereby a wife could be compelled to contribute toward her better half» support pending divorce . Lawyer Handall summoned before a jury and at the jurors’ advice she con: sented to allow her husband ¢3.0 week alimony. Grimshaw felt elated over the jury's verdict and said he would like to give expression to a gouple of Apache warwloops, similur to those ne beard in Arizona, in the San Cutlina moun- ‘tains, several He expects bis frat week's payment Monday. @etained me and had me taken as 4 Prisoner to the barracks of the | seventh regiment, where wentivel Dainty Furnishinge—A New Use for Old- Fashioned Fans, omnenmeatpeneneninn Written for The Evening Star. AUGUST IX TOWN 18 THE DULLPSE 2% month in the year, both @ocin! mereially, but, like many other dv ueefal things, it ie In some ways it isan advantage to be s city home during Auguat, for, thro being absent, it is easier to any other time, and if Ii repairs and alterations are projected, the time when work people wil keep Promises, ifever. Ax most of one’s frionds Absent one is joss interrupted, tuo, in August than atalmost any other senson, and so more may be done, for a few days’ steady application }at anything will accomplish what at takes @ much longer time to do in snatches taking up and putting downconsumes more minutes than, be readily realized. In consequence of this leisure some houses L know of will show new touches and bits of decoration by tember, which will give much satisfaction to their various projectors, if success covers cle have been achieved here that one has more onvers in home decors by the widespread intel ence whch the papers and magazines give such etideavors succom in their tnd is wow all but a foregone conclusion, —— MENOVATING THE MARY'S CRIB. For one thing an ingenions young mother i Soing to renovate her baby's crib, eo that i Ip make, and notaar. the new mureery which Mies Baby will formally take pomessinn of next month. ‘The ertb at 7 the ordinary kind, with open al: four sides, one of which lets down, and is of the usual lark wood. Jt is comparatively me | and ferves its purpose conveniently, and ax i® wall uot be outgrown for sume little mother feelsas if it must as #0 many women have le cult thing to do one’s self. jis going to absorb many | the ‘nursery furnishings wail coction as far as practicab of pure white, not cream, is th the trimming ‘will be quickly needlework Will all be done while the paint is irying. A DOUBLE YATANCE ALL Anornp. First, all around the criba valance will be put, reaching from the frame work for the Mattress to the floor, and a double valance, im fact, will be used, fore foundation frill of white cambric or imuslin will be firat put on, and over this one of fine striped white dimity, the quality which sells for 30 cents a vara. the under valance will bo shirred on» tape and fnstened with a tack at each corner and once oF twice between if necessary. The dimity frill will have a heading like asash curtain end be fastened to the cmb in the aime way sash cor. tains are managed, with small brass rod and fixtures, one on each of the four sides, or on three sides if the bead is close to the wall. The frill will be full enough so that sufficient fuil- test will come at the corners to nearly or quite conecal the sockets, and arranged in this way it is easily removed for washing. At the head Of the crib curved rod will be screwed for curtains, and upon this will be hong dimity curtains, full and long, reaching to the floor and edged with a rnfile three inches wide, Ag the front point of the rod the curtains are to be caught up with alarge bow of broad blue THE DAINTY FURNIEMIROS. The crib furnishings are already dainty enough to suit the new fitmentas, the blankets being white with blue borders, and the hitde sheets and pillow cases lace trimmed. Two new eprends will be added of white ribbed pique, very slightly embroidered. one with white silk and the other with blue, a few flowers pow= over being the designs. The blue to bare corn flowers, three in « bunch, wi jong stems tied with « ribbon, which is merely outlined and shaded with the blue, and the other will have clover leaves simply outlined in white A MODEL TABLE. Another piece of home manufacture which igintended for this same new house is a lithe table, which may serve as a model for others, possibly. A carpenter is to make the table of pine after the proportions given him, and Phich would vary “according” to individual ney. In this case it is accurate enough to say it is to bea rather small, low table, with round ty and four straight lege tapering ‘a littie toward the bottom. This is simple enough for almom any workman in wood to accomplish, but most be smooth and strong. A band of wood, like the casing for a drawer, will exteud five inches below the top on the four sides, between the legs, and set a little farther in, xo that the top of the legs mrkes a corner finish. When the carpenter labors are ended a staall festoon of “comps” will be glued to ech of the small pancls made by this band. Very pretty designs of different sizes can be bought, aud ae it is delicate stuff to handle, probably the app! tion of the festoons will not be attempted ab home, but « picture framer can do the work satisfactorily. As soon as the festoons are firmly glued on nothing remains bat to app! Aspinwall paint of ivory white,wum @ pretty inexpensive table will be the result. THE USE OF OLD-FasmoNED Pays. In almost every household is one or more old-fashioned fans, too «mall for present usa, of sandal wood, carved ivory or tortoise shelly They are not sufficiently decorative of them selves, like painted fans, to be need as ornag ments, and so they are put away im boxes and only seen remi-océasio: Some ingenious woman has devised a nse and display for them, and in an English book © saw a description of the idea, whi the sides, leaving the top open, 0 that between them snd against the plain part of the silk few photographs may be carcieesly stuck. A soft ribbon is fastened to the back on each side i E & ? F i t ff ' » g Ee i a! 2 ry 5 . | j iH : s i i Bie