Evening Star Newspaper, September 12, 1891, Page 10

. THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D.C, SATURDAY, 8S WISCONSIN AVENU ROADSIDE SKETCHES. A Tramp to Brightwood Through the Rock Creek Valley. FORT-cCROW Picturesque Kegions Along Well-Known KoadsBrightwood and Its Vicinity—Fort De Kasay and Fort Stevens—The Pioneers of Brightwood—The Videst House There. [Db HEIGHTS. Written for The f vening Star TRAMP TO ELIGHTWOOD BY WAY OF 2% Pierce's M d Milk House Ford. Koute Take m Hill road at the we end of Park street. Mount Pleasant, Fierce’s Mili road, to Broed Branc Milk House Fo: Military road, to Lini asant, thence t mill, to turn . which fol- the aneh r creek to the of ch, when it bears to the left along of the At the Junction of the streams y the right the entrance to blagden’s Mill road, the ol mull being visible a few Lundred yards to the eastward. The scgnery hereagont is grand and in- spiring. and as you proceed along the side of Wee branch to Milk Ford road the at tractiveness hardly diminishes for an instant High bluffs, projecting vine-clad roek. apt crags. richiy shaded glens, mppling water cheerily gliding by—a variety of scenes io Kiadden the heart be expression. At the junction of Grant road, about three- quarters of a mile from Kock creek, the Chil- dren's Country Home is espied on « command- ing bill to the lett. Another half mile brings you to Milk House Ford road, which is taken to the right. There was a dairy in the Vicinity in the old days and wepring house stood near the ford, which is now spanned by a bridge. ‘ibis will account for the name of the road. i Climbing asteep hill.over a rather rough piece of road, you stang upon an eminence some 300 feet above tide level. which affords a tine view of the country around, the Washi ment, five anda quarter miles one of the many interesti Battery Kingsbury, au outpost o stood ‘here during the wer, and apart of te earthworks are still to be seen. A short distance north of the b road forks, the left fork, Milk road, running in a northwesterly dircetion Broad Braneb road, which it eniers a quarter of @ mile south of the junction of the latter road with the Brookville road. The right fork is known as Military road, which you will fol- low to Brightwood. two and a half miles dis- tant The distance from Tenleytown is about two mtiles. The house occupying the north- east angle was the home of the lute Mr. Bb. Dearts. ttery the | OLD FORT DE RUsSsY. | Reaching the high ground as you advance you get a glimpse of the village of Brightwood. ‘The remains of old Fort De Kussy occapy one Of the highest points in the vicinity, being 354 feet above tide level, and the earthworks are picucus to the left. * The old fort is well worth « visit. It is the best preserved of ull the works within the defenses of Washingtou. It is very little changed from the old days of bus- tie and excitement upon its ramp guns and the soldiers are not the thworks remain about the sumeas they were tive years ago. The old fort played an important part in the battle of July 12, 1564, when Gen. Early undertook the capture of Washington. A fine, far-reaching view is pre- eeuted from the vid works. Alexandria, twelve Milles distaut. can be seen ona ‘This | fortis to be within the proposed KockUrcek Park. | and steps will be taken to preserve the old | works, Daniels road runs in a northwesterly tion along the west side of the fort to the ‘Maryland ud quarter distant. 2 quarter of « mile went of Leighiwood you 2row Kock creek. F feast side of the » Will notice an pines. A batte ition during the war MBcwring Brighteoced at the junction o Bearing to the left to You turn to the left on ¢ ims throughs t Jour leit, buck o rthworks of old Por Dessachusetts). The thie leve Old Port be the westword ihe dustration shows the old earthworks of the fort us seen from the re ch. Four srEv One of the most rem baitticn of the fu Suix, 196 Sabai A. Early earned at Monn: ny, M wee Fey esting fozee, mauie up corps, Home ¢ f the ehui California Trout From the Over!and Monthly. One peculiar feature connected with tro t Beking here, which has not been mentioned, end which must not be fergoticu, is camp life. Is is quite safe to say that in no other part of the United States is out-ofdoor life so freely enjoyed as im Californis. Even in the Sierra, Jost at this season, ali the well-known lakesides ay be seen dotted with white tents by day and illuminated by red camp fires at nic! aerme might be said of almost every accessible Fiver and stream. Aclimate which makes such @ wiate of affairs possible is to be praised, even though the croaker croaks. Aud tuo much can- Bot be suid in favor of this method of living in the mountains. Untrequented waters may be weached, # natural aud easy existence led. and rary good instinet stumulited afresh. Then, ‘oo, it s economical,and he is not by any me: the poorest angler who has to keep P watch on his pocket. It may wem exaggerated. but nevertheless the statement wv made by & prominent firm of tent manufacturers in San Francisco that dur- fig the present year it hax rented more than tents to eae axmy of tent | Br the city. This institution was incorporated in | 1867, but the idea of its establishment as con- | ceived some time previously by influential yr ~ E AT BRIGHTWOOD, | been expected of them; but it is aafe to say that had it not been for the timely arrival of a con- ple of divisi the Po c I. Maj. Gen. Alexander McD. mmanded the Union forces. While ¢ skirtishing along the line of ses in the vicky | Reno, Bayard and Simmons, the principal | attack was directed against Fort Stevens. There w. neitrally inteuxe excitement in the city and country around i President Lincoln ari Secretaries Seward and Stanton and oti uivied men eagerly witnessed nt from Fort Stevens. The Presi- | ped a buliet that struck the engagem nt 8 by his side. The batie was | at, but Early was forced to re- | amg & heavy loss. A short dis- up the road, on the right, is Battie ceme- Where some forty Union soldiers, killed atile,are buried. This will Le reserved | for a fature visit. : Church (Southern Methodist), the | historic an the village. ng turned over to a | ih Lurdings were ‘The present neat ed shortly W.W. Watersis th is ama flour as named } pastor ishing condition. in honor of bishop . one of brightest names in the Methodist eh BEIGHTWoOD. Now retracing steps through the village, some interesting facts are learned. It is found that Brightwood was founded about the year 1555. ‘The location was originally a famous mp meetix K Grove, and was rech: runett, who owned most of the vicinity. He and William Bell, nd Archibald White were the’ pio: the place. Bell and Butts lived on the of the pike, op- posite Emery Chureh, at Fort Stevens, but | ir houses were destroyed during the war. unett lived in the house now occupied by Mr. A. G. Osborn as a residence, store and post otiice. ‘This is the oldest house in. the place aud was probably the first that was built. A post office was established here in June, 1861, Mr. Branett being the first postmaste: He held the office until 187), when he was sue- ceeied by Mr. Osborn, who has held it continu- ously ever sine Masonik Vin 1873. cod should not Je was ereet i half « mule distant by either roxd. The scenery is grand and the woods are full of flowers—inemones, violets, forget-me- nots, liverleat, trillium, laur TWOP AVENUE. 3 long Brightwood avenue to- ward the city many pleasant scenes are wit- nessed. a the left at the south end of the village is | ne summer place of Matthew G. ety road, which enters Shepherd house, being its southern it is bounded on the north by | ¥ left between her the stream the 5: the left. while gardens are to the r srightwood Park, a new subdivision, ison the and Piney branch. ‘South of wlivision of Petworth is on n Saal's nursery and floral ht. Kock Creek ¢ r are soon passed on the itt and Spring street ud right, respect- ively. A itle south of Rock Creck Church road you ors Whitney avena-, th fork leading to e Soldiers’ Home,w ile tue rijat runs to 4th | tat Mount Pleaswut. | ‘The old Schuetzen Pars is passed on the left alittle soudief Whitney avenue. This prop- | erty wus Tecently sed by a syndicate aud will soon b: -d into building lots. Corcoran lane, leading over to the Corcoran | gate of the Sobiiers’ Home grounds, is the | southern boundary line of this property. | HOWARD UNIVERSITY. Howard University, oceupying a command- ing site, is passed on the left us you approach fricnds of the colored race, wio perceived the | necessity for the establishment of a college for the education of the reccuily freed blacks. Al- | | | i] { ' i of the privilege. The pu argely evlored. The univ ays having bad an excep- y. It was probably us 1. who was at the hew » bureau at the time of the in- versity. He was al Ati justitution one Bat 3 the as Leonor of Jubn iioward, the great | English philanthropist. S c university, on the same side of the read, is Freedman's Hospilai, which was estel A si th: t the ciose of th ein receive liberal appro ions irom Congress annuall Nearing Fiorida avenue street) the old Washington Hotel (uow rejuvenated and called the and t This was a famous nickers and others ding is badiy de be no- rt for e old years it was used as a pool jortion of the now ball grounds by the Washington sociation, © and you are on the south enue and the excursion end Sit | A Man Who Abhors Womankind. | ly ' From the Portland Orevon‘an. Be ea On a cross street running south from the Base Line roud, a short distance beyond W. 8. 3 a house which is not a Trap- Fs but imside of which, never- theless, it ix “said woman has ever been allowed to set foot. The proprietor is a stout, solid-looking m». prebably about forty years of age, who li The house is # neat structure, quite ..ncifuily painted, and every- thing around it isin good order, but it has a lonely, deserted look withal. It is not known what this oceupant's grudge against woman- | Kind is, but it is evidentlyja deep-seated one, | as it is reported that the property has been | willed to 4 man on the condition that he | Bever allows a woman to come on the place, and in case he does it is to escheat to the state. The neighbors look askance at the piace, 28 they go by and whispear with bated reath: “That 1 2 @ house in which a woman has never set foot.” It is safe to bet that not- withstanding the will it will not be long after the present owner has vacated the premises till women folks are running the roost there. Arthur Hunt and his sister of Sc \.Y.. were drowned in the | ouly one of the many’ im| 1 | no society in Washington until 1861,” oe 12, 1891—SIXTEEN PAGES. LONG BEFORE THE WAR What Washington Society Was in the Twenties, THE BELLES AND BEAUX. Intelicetaal Entertainment at the Dinner ‘Table—The Introduction of the Waltz and Polka—Meeting With a Distinguished Belle—Thirty Years After. Written for The Evening Star. AM INDEBTED TO MR. QUINCY'S VERY entertaining book for a confirmation of my tribute to the social life of Washington in the Jong past, when, as Mr. Quiney says, “The | dining room was the temple in which social priesthood were accustomed to deliver their oracles, where the intellectual entertainment | was far more prominent than the devices of the cook;” where there was not the profuse decor- ation of today, but the social provocative of the choicest win powers attractive and, indeed in some measure, almost professional, in its wit and wiedom and reparte. Just here let me rocall a dinner, an in- promptu dinner, given to that prince of wi | John Brougham, on a Sunday afternoon, as the | given up to the suppor. guest was to leave the next morning. Lintended to be en famille, but in those days Washing- ton abounded in the intellectual material for delightful dinner and the guests bidden to say "10 Mr. Brougham had increased w numbered about twenty. As a con- cession to th iy we had an early din 3 ck. and, as Tremember th years, th were George ugham, se, Messrn. Hugh Caperion, Vober Thomas F Pike, Robert W. Jolmsen, Anthony Kenedy, Mr. Burlingame, C estor of t Jack Savage called | ry of dead languages” Dimetry, nnd some , whose name | not at’ this moment recail. if all the good | which were sard on thal have been col it would Song, jest and wit and ri ¢ sparkle the wines which lent their aid to the normai wit of those whose names recall the flashes of humor of which they were capa ‘This is romtu gatherings of . Those who remember these guests “feast of reason and a Siow t | h of t ‘an imagine what a How of soul” was enjoyed. ANTEBELLUM WASHINGTON. Some of those whe write today of the Wash- ington they never saw, and others who date | their reminiscenses from 1861, as a sapient there was know as little about the Washington of ante-bellum vs, and of that earlier period of which Mr. Quiney writes, as they do of the social life of Siam. Mr. Quiney says: “The evening parties were the social features of the plage at the time of my visit—1826. ‘The company assembled about sand began to break up shortly after 11, having enjoyed the recreation of dancing, card playing, music and conversation. Everybody in ‘the city who occupied the necessary social position appeared at these gatherings, My first Washfugton party was at Mrs, Wirt's (the Attorney General s), where I was taken by Mr. and Mrs. Webster.” Referring to his journal Mr. Quincy says “He enjoyed the conversation of Miss Henry niece of Patrick Heury; the musi and harp of Miss Wirt and ot Hotfman of critic writes to a Sunday journal, on piano Mrs. David itimore, whom he describes as ned and agreeable.” He was pre- to alady whose beauty was the admira- tion of Washington and whose name was conse- quently upon every tongue—ut least, something Like her name, for society had decreed that this air woman skould-be known ws Mrs. Florida White, her husband being a delegate from our most southern territory.” MEETING A BELLE. In his journal Mr. Quincy gives am account of his introduction to a young lady who at that period was the acknowledged chief of the ele- gant and fashionable young women of our coun february 16, 1826—I spent this even- ing af ball given by Mrs. Jobnson of Louisiana (wife of the Senator from that state). I was to have gone there with Everett (Edward): but the death of his brother prevented him from | appearing. * * * I found a crowd in com- arison with which all other crowds that I have experienced sink into nothing. jammed so closely that it was impossible to se the fuces of those who stood at our sides. I hada striking exemplification of this fact by finding ¢ lady hanging upon my arm, who was | unable to look up and see who I was.” I, on my part, exerted all my skill in cramology in w vain attempt to discover who she migut be. It Was ouiy after a cousiderable time that we made each other ont. The lady proved be a Miss Atkinson from Lonisville, we hud together on discoverin, mistake. As there was no dancing I contented myself with moving in the current round the room, first conduct- David Hoffman.” By the latter lady I was in- troduced to Miss Cora Livingston,and I must be able to paint the rose to deseriue a lady who undoubtedly is the greatest belle in the Cnited States. In the first piace, she is not handsome Tmean transcendenily handsome, Sue has a figure, a pretty face, dances well and dre.ses to admiration. It isthe height of the ton to be her admirer and she is certainly belle of the country. 1 suppress much that might be bout my acquaintanc ming Miss Cora. “Shat was ¢ tly fas ed with her, uy journal cout upon * * At the public ball tooms, where all W ingten 1 note my gr: tion in the honor done me by diiss reserving for me the £ ter teotillion, and sea mat- ery one gathered about our set to e grace of amy fair partner. i7 * © And now she oe going to perform one of the greatest acts of heroism of whieh a woman can be capable. Lam going to you to my rival’ So Miss Cora divided « grou Rathered aboat Miss Catherine Van Albany—a tail, gemiecl girl, says my journgl lacuuicaily, ‘aud. said to have p of gentiemen @ five meni and a rx father. ss. eS When 1 Cora on leaving Washington there was perhaps a litle feeling on bota We had been much together, meeting nearly every day, 1u fact. We acanowl- iy turned, J suppose, to the seu: young feliows who were coveting ber swiles, and I bore away an image of jovelincas and grace never to be erased.” ARTER TUINTY YEARS. But we did meet again, and if the reader will kindly suppose thirty years to have elapsed I Wiil tell him how. Frou this she! of old jour- nals Iselect the volume for 1836 and. open to the record of Saturday, the 30th of August. I am now with some fricuds on the North river and am taken to Montgomery place to see the fine arboretum belonging to Mr. Barton, aud Mr. barton himself me us at the door of his house, and although lame from the gout walks With us about the choicest trees. At last coma which fills we with a ncrvous apprehension, ‘Will you come aiuto the house aud eve Mrs. Barton?’ Yes, L was to see what remained of the lovely Cora Lividgstoa. ‘Ibe pictere of arden and points out his What she had been was perfect in my mind aud remains so today. ‘Surely never lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch, a Burke's famous | apostrophe to the Queen of France is noue too — * * 1 will not describe the old dy, in cap and dress of studied sim- pheity, to whom I was presented — by | alr. “Barton. My nap had lasted ten years longer than Rip Van Winkle’s, aud this was the penalty. * * * ‘You would not have known me," said Mrs. Barton. I could only be sileut. ‘Come into the next room, shen, and you shall see the Cora Livingston | you kuew “in Washington.’ A full-length por- | wait of a young lady iu a ball dress hung upon the wall. “Yes, fixed upon the artist’s cauvas was the lovely being who shone upon the so ciety of Washington thirty years before. I wouder where that portrait is now and whether . which rendered conversational | We were | ing Mrs. Florida White and afterward Mrs. | with the | the invitation, | perfect outline of a charming woman that the poet has drawn. A PUBLIC BALL OF 1826. “‘And now lot us go back again to the Washing- ton of 1826. At the public ball of which I have spoken I saw the waltz introduced inte society for the first time. The conspicuous performer was Baron Siackelburg, the minister from Sweden, who whirled through im mazes with a huge pair of dragoon spurs bound to his heels. The danger of interfering with the other dancers, which seemed always imminent, was carefully avoided by the baron, who received a murmar of appreciative applause as he led his partner to her seat. ‘The question of the deco- Fum of this strange dance was distinctly raised twenty-five years to be heard. AT THE FRENCH MINISTERS. “I find in my journal an account of a ball at French minister. elegant and dispia The decorations were very red the perfection of French Kentucky, Miss Tayloe and other young ladies, also my introduction to Mrs. A and Miss B (for | these initials will do to represent them), the j first being @ beautiful creature bound to a great clumsy fellow of a husband: the latter Very protty. but iguorant of everything except omplisisments and vain and susceptible of attery toany amount. It is thus that our sisiers are sometimes entered in the pri- vate records of young gentlemen. BUT THE FINEST BALL I attended was given by Mr. Vanghan (Sir Charles Vanghan), the Euglish minister. Here the dancing was ina large room on the second | floor in order that the lower hall might be A table of liberal | dimensions, profusely laden and constantly re- | plenished, was the feature of the even | Another ball egon’s, the Mexican he patronage of Mrs. ad Miss Livingston, is duly recorded, as well as many lesser part persons holding no oficial position. ‘The society was exclusive and a proper was rigoroa qnirea, * te enormou wealth without labor wlich speculators since te peace of Be ‘ocution Of chauce almost a legitimate business. AMONG THE NOTABLE MATRONS ston perhaps the first ¢ must be accorded to Mr She was the gr: gton, an intellizen and from the heights of £ud ce looked upon the demscrutic administrations of jccussors ina spirit of seorn- a8 accustomed to speak of | them as ‘our present ruiers.” 1 atriotic lady had named her three « | Columbia and Britanzia, th | a8 a significant rebuke "to | Wes of the third President. A VERY HANDSOME WoMAN. The Mrs. Vlorida White spoken of by Mr. Quiney reign ader in fashionable life | for many y Tyrone Power in 1835 de- scribes a fancy ball given by this lady, and I her some years after that. “She was ‘y handsome worian, aud after becoming a | widow returned to Washington and spent. a or with her sister, Mrs. Iicnjamin F. | Pleasants, whose daughter, equally as hand- | soime as her mother aud aunt, iarried the Re j Mason Noble. While at school somewhere in the north Mrs. Noble met and was courted | by President Franklin Pierce, whom she re- fused, it was said. The Baron Stuekelburg | mentioned by Mr. Quincy as the first waltzer | here was a very conspicuous personage at that period and for several years thereat (his return to Sweden Mr. Christophe of Laltimore was our representative at Sweden and the baron was full of praise of Mr. Job: | Quiney Adams, who, Le suid, was the most per- feet genticman he ad met in America, “for he would meet me on my way home at aver carly hour of the moruing and never recog- nize me.” INTRODUCTION OF THE POLKA. | About 1851-2 Col. Korpony, a Hungarian ref- | ugee, introduced the polka and gave dancing [lessons ‘That dance met with as much oppo- sition as the waltz. It was more elaborate as | taught by him than it became when American- ized. Only two of his pupils survive, I think— Mr. Ashton White and myseif—but, alas! our | dancing days are over. A friend—an old mem- ber of the iues, Mr. J. A. Anderson—who shared the discomforts of the Baltimore en- camptent of 1342 and the danger of the ca irip to the Winchester Clay convention of 18i4, writes me from Los Angeles and seriously asks: “Do you waltz now?” ile has not seen me for forty years, and don’t realize that age and. its concomicants have made me “seant oi breath.” | He tells me that Prot. Hewett, who died only a short while ago at nivety years of age. was « major in the United 5 and ardent fede the Gullie proclivi- the tield for gallant conduct im ‘the seminole ware | NOTED AcTons, | Mr. Quiney speaks very admiringly of Mr. Cooper, who he saw play in F phia and in Washington. He played “Mark Anthony” |and “Romeo,” and he relates the enthusiasm with which be was grected. He aleo describes Kean’s “ilamlet” and Jeiferson’s (th nd. futuer of the preseut Jeiterson) “Dogierr: (of which he says: “lt was a revelation of the power of comic acting. It was magnificent. |Leould not get rid of that superb pa-pouige of Goodman Verges and of the monstro.in ine flation of “the rich fellow enough who knew the Jaw and had Lad losses. At THE CAPITOL. Mr. Quincy speaks of the eloquence which in those days found attentive audiences in the Senate and the House of Representatives. He The gallery of the old House of Repre- ives was, in fact, no gallery at all, it being simply a plat‘orm raised a foot or two nbove the floor of the hall, which gave the honorable mmnbers an exceticnt opportunity of attending to te ladics who iad come to listen to them.” | MERTING MR. CaRROLE. Mr. Quincy left Wasuington at 7 o'clock a.m. on the 4th of March, 1826, for Baltimore in a hearse-lihe conveyance with a dz: pas- sengers, and after eight hours’ riding reached Laltimore. There he met the yencrable Charles Carroll of Carrollton, then in his nineticth year, who carried himself as if thirty years Younger thin his contemporary, John Adama, He s have never seen an old wan so solutely unconscious of his age. On terminat- ing my first svery active patriarch hair, rat and of t door. apected proceeding I began tsa tion in caus ’ exclaimed ‘oll, ‘why, what do yon take mu for? on hor: Aghast at to mur- ““ that Mr. ¢ see every you shi added. the street riage b them.” house Gen rroli made it point of etiquett guest well over his threshol id see him when there are la ‘the old geutiemman will tuen run into nd throw dowa the steps of the car- efore the fovunan bas a chance to reech voll and Albert tons, where the service, tT had ever seen, i i the conversation.” ” of the family—Mrs. Caton and M (mother and sister, as my journal is tucntion, to the Marchioness of Wellesley)— Were tine-locking women and bore the impress of refivement and high bre Another ¢ Due! an Eng | Bir Thomas Lawreye were known a he Slirce Graces.” At this dinner Mr. Carroll was rich in anec- | doies of Franklin and other great men of the revolution. * * * “In social meetings of those days men talked much of the past because there was none of the varied and moxhaustible present which steam and telegraph now thrusts upon their attention. Let it be mentioned that wuen I met Mr. Carrell at the dinaer table not a word had been beard trom Europe tor filty- eight days. nowise cclip became the nd @ third di ped me. m, and they BALTIMORE Mosritaziry. Mr. Quincy enjoyed the hospitality for which | Baltimore was famed, of Mr. Kobert Gilmore, | Joun Hoffman, George Hofman, Lobert Oliver |and other leading federalists, who thus ex. | pressed their regard for his futher, one of he leaders of the federal party, aud saya: “One little incideat connected with these | dinners foreibly reminded me that I was | the latitude of Boston. Tengaged to dine with Mr. one of the principal citizens, but ©:-cived # polite note from him regretting that the pw y must be post; as he had received word thit bis son had just been shot in'aduel.” jtimore notin those who daily see it have @ proper sense FROM BALTIMOUE TO PHILADELPULA, efiner vrrege:sSovue jeu age be eae” |g, THOM BALTINOLE To PLD able Mrs. Barton passed to the world of spirits, | , M*- Quincy saad cate need but before her death a veri yey tations unaccepted and says: “My journey to , by which the four folio Shakespeares she pos- | Philadelphia was by boat, stage und then sessed exme to the Boston city library. Inter- | another boat, the latter with no accommoda- esting old volumes they prized by | tion for sleeping save the tables, upon which the many owners through wi Inger the passengers extended themucives. Seven- Cerys 43 ‘ali rk #een hours Of Rnsomatoriable traveling peonent metoa house.” While in the | New York be saw aud Hieneee hse i ), but spares the meg stodg en- usiasm over ber. Mr. speak- last ing of bolle and of period makes ‘most | excuses extencta from his upon its first appearance, and it was nearly | ter before remonstrances | the house of Baron Durand de Mareuil, the | taste. I mention talking with Miss Morphin of | cs ‘army, promoted on | down stairs be- | journal and says: “It is the old story of maid- enly fascinations upon a young man. Let me hope that the intuitive sympathy of a few youthful rea@ers will give piquancy to the fool- ish words which chronicle experiences once #0 vivid.” A BALTIMORE BELLE. In returning to the hospitality of Baltimore he says: “At yet another ball I was introdaced to Miss —, the great bello of the city,” and testifies that he found her “pretty, agreeable and sensible,” and tells some gossip of the Zonns feliows of Baltimore about this fair jady. “The question with them was, why did not Miss —- marry? She was nearly as old as the century and'had had annual crops of eligible offers from her youth up. Then ex- cellent aud apparently conclusive reasons why the lady had not marricd and never would | marry @ere alloged and these were duly con- | fided to'the guardianship of my journal, * + * | A few vears after this (that is, It seemed a few years fo me) a gentieman from Baltimore was | dining at my house. During one of the pauses in the conversation it occurred to me to in- quire after the former belle of his city, about | Whom [had heard so much speculation. Ex- pecting an immediate acquiescence in the neg- | ative Dcarelessly threw out the remark: ‘Miss | —— of Baltimore, I believe, was never muar- ried.’ No sooner were the words uttered than | [saw something was wrong. My guest changed color aud was silent for some inoments. At |length came the overwhelming reply: ‘Sir, I hope she was married. She is my mother.’ Morai: We cannot be too cautious in our in- quiries concerning the life, health or cireum- stances of anv mortal knowa in other yeurs and bounded by another horizon.” Another extract from Mr. Quiney’s journal of a debate in Congress and I close my article “On the morning of Thursday, Fe ¥ 16, | the galleries of the House we re, filled at anu carly hour. It was known that the The Pleasures of Coaching Through Historie Regions, SOME OF THE GOOD THINGS ADOPTED FROM THE EXGLISH—TEE PRETTY VIEWS PROM TEE COACH TOP—A TYPICAL COLONIAL RESIDENCE—Aa Wasm- INGTON Panty. Correspontence of The Evening Star. Mancursren, September 4, 1891. IRULY WE ARE BECOMING VERY EN- glish over here in America now. One good feature of the life led in the o!d mother coun- try and then another has been introduced, has gained ground and been gradualiy adopted by as well, but they are harmless, have served only ‘as fads to engross and amuse our youth and as subjects or objects for the derision of their lately by itself. Now that we are growing wiser we are follow- ing more and more the fashion our English Cousins have set,of passing more time in the country. Now, instead of packing up our lares and penites at the firet approach of the clear cool days of autumn, os was formerly the custom, and flying to stone houses and brick pavements as soon as Jack Frost begins to trace his wonderful, delicate and peculiar pat- terns, we tramp off in the country on long walks that send the blood tingling thron: veins or place ourselves on or behind ug steeds Whose hoots clatter sharp ¢ hard roads, ing wealth of colors th: and on our return thrown on few more great he Oss th. tional orator of the time, George adie of | South Carolina, a bitier opponent of the ad-! ministration of Mr. Adams, was to ask a hy ing of his country Lhe occasion gained | interest from that a young lady to | whom the orator was very atte d wiom Lielieve he subseq: was con- spieuous in the gallery. 2 is Miss | opposite. Depei it, Mr. Mae- outdo himee the Indies of my party as we took our. sea! «i these same lndies whom I attended were | 88 Mease and Miss Hetle the former re- | markable for her powers of conversation, the latter a niece of Mrs. Adams, whom I hud often netin Quincy.” The iatter lady was, 1 presume, the sister of “Mr. Johusou Heilen, the father of | Mrs. Hamilton G. Fant. ‘this’ speech, Mr. | Quincy says, 8 A most violent arraigument | ot the ad ort of an amend + a uni form systenrof voting by dis should be | established in the states and to prevent th | election of President from ever desolving upon | either branch of Con; Jous F. Coxne. ——— A ROOM GRIEVES N WHE: The Angles of Its Ornaments Point Upward With One Accord, The Uphoisterer has evolved an interesting theory. It thinks that the great trouble with | folks is that when they attempt to arrange the | movable articles of a room--ihe bri | pictures and such things—they don’t know | what they are after. They don't understand | | the theory of arrangement, and results are con | sequently haphazard. There's nothing novel sbont this statement REPOSE, JOY, OnIEF. thus far, but what comes after deserves atten- tion. A room is to be made altogether human by following as literally as possible in its decora- | tion the lines that“ govern facial expression. What this meaus is explained us follows: “When the lines whieh form the mouth and eyes remain parallel with the lines of the nose, then | thefaceisin repose; when the lines are length- ened to form downward angles, the face ex- | presses joy:when lengthened to form upwardan- gles, grief is depicted. Apply these principles to | your home surroundings and the expression | | will Le the sam j A WEEPING PARLOR. | _ That is to say, if you wanta crying parlor let | the iines from the tops of the different articles | with which you decorate the mantel point w: | ward; the ‘etiect will be dismal. Your parloi | will bein mourning hke the weeping willow | Whose drooping branches also form upturning | angles. Hf, on the other hand, you wanta smiling par- lor, given to ali good fellowship and jollity, let DIGNITY AND SEVER! | the lines from the tops of the mantel and other | iting downward. | ornaments form angles p Then you wiil have tinent as cheerful asa popiar tree with its upshooting branches | forming down-pointing angles, ‘This is bringing the animal and y wus Very close tozether and making your | getable | house quite animal and vegetable, but the prin- | cipte is carriea farther. “This rule as pulied vo | |farniture: “A high ¢ ith a chair | upon exch side gives an upwer eney which is undesirabi: |echair by the side of ihe p his casel would give a neutral effect and the other chair could be re; but the arrangement of be’ cheerful, should preserve a angle aspect.” OSPEL OF DECORATION. the new gospel of decoration. Look out for your angles. Straight lines, it is said, as well as curved lines, produce the ef- fect of s ability und support. This ACEEUL on this principle ntels are built in rved lines. but it would be iy Wrong to furnish x mantel with or- aments Whose tops or proportions would give rounding or straight effect mnless you desire such a room to bestiff and prim, ABOUT PICTURE HANGING. That is to ea is a construciive axiom, an 8, doors and t progr se you were to hang three pictures of equal width, but of un- 4 GOOD ARTANGEMENT. equal height—the first. one foot long; the sec- ond, two; the third, three. Yon must not hang | them according to their size, because in this | way tho line would be no longer a broken line, buta straight one, iosing thereby th property nd forming a regular and precise siair- You should arrange them according to | jfigure 4. There is much'to think about in this theory, and the more von think about it the more you will see that there area great_many things to be taken into account in farnizhing a room. aE WELL-CHOSEN SLANG, One Girl Who Worked It Down to a Paternal Point. From the Detroit Free Press. A pretty Woodward avenue girl, with a love for slang and the proud possessor Of a father with money enough, but smali inclination to let go of it, asked hor mother the other day about taking a voyage up the lakes, “Where's the money to come from?” inquired the mother. “Papa, of course,” said the girl. “Not much, of course,” corrected the mother. “He growls eo at every additional expense that smetimes I really think he is as poor as tama- rack swamp land. I wouldn't start him to scolding for anything by asking him for money. “Well, I'm not afraid,” heroically the daughter; ‘you, say Tcan go and I'll work | been on the road. long mg our youths. Afow y sad. but rs. ago tis suinma yihing new or party do they carr through ‘the moun: uot to speak of time, years back, when the was run, asa matter of cou of more laxuric e are the pr t with the exception o: that makes its rans in New York from the Branswick o ack in the spring there has been no suc portuniy coachin: erate expe netits without the e s of the bank accoun: muscment that draws heavily on until this summer. h Independence, which has en running since the ist of July, will con- coach Tuntiv t tinue during the first part of September. All mmer long the seats have beeu beoked way in vance, sometimes engaged from Manchester, then again from I’ride’s Crossing or the Parker | House, Boston, while the di perhaps hailed or boarded it various stops along the course. Every day, rain or shine, the Independence has started with its happy load, leaving Prides Cro. o'clock, revehing Pigeon Cove at 12 j there at 2:15 and acriving at Pri in nt 4:20, and from whatever stopping place | e the passengers may be picked is pretty sure to pass by it ou the up ever; return, heeping ou directly to Pride's Crossin one and so missing nothing of the homew. j then returning to their destinations Ly rail. | From iiar Harbor, Newport, in fact, from | the various summer ris and trom different cities, people have come to take the tri ey onc and ail have been euthusiastic and loud in their praise of the drive and of the public spirit- edness of the organizers, Mr. ilitcheuck, W. Corcoran Enstis, 3 A. P. Gardner and Mr. Beylard, who also take turns iu acting as whips. A PRETTY siguIT. It is certainly a very pretty sight to see the gay coach asit leaves Pride's Crossing or is driven through the grounds in frout of the hotel, with iis sprinkling of light gowns in among the dark coats of the sterner sex, and | the bright, many colored sunshades, and with its handsome, spirited, prancing hor periect coutvol and tirmis held in by most efficient of whips, Mr. Bey’ mastered thoroughly the art of driving and who handies the many reius the long-lashed whip with practiced hand. It was most inter- esting to watch from the box seat, where through the kindness of friends I found my- self for awhile enscouced, his killiul turns | and guidance. In various part of the | world has he driven, in Englund, France and other countries, and his large experience and thoroughly accomphshed manners wake bita a most desivable whip, and fortunate is the pas- venger who has the piivilege of occupying the Through the air ring out musically 1 is Howlett, an ideal guard ishe, with his short, stocky figure, his fresh, Tosy cheeks, that simost match lus bright sca let coat, aud his perfectly rendered tines. Why should he not be a great saceess in his chosen line? His family tor generations have His grandaiber was the brothers all salling.” while James Gordon whose service Le was, only re- mi from his employ, st is said, s the beautiful drives along’ this north sho: iia the desire to help mase them Letter known. Another brother is also in this Country,ou the couch Myopia. FROM THE coAcH TP. | If one is fond of driving what pleasure can he have equal to that of being perched high on a well-appointed coach, traveling over good roads, under hue heavens and sux beautiful scenc eclebrated Howlett aud his tollow the same L emnett, In ies, past and with most deligi company? Those favorable coniitions were ail ours one day not long ago. The usual er from the hctel and cottages, that never fail to gather on the arrival of the coach in the morn- ing and again in tho afternoon, waved farewell as the spirited horses, fresh for the fray, about and ecoquetted to show tit nal buckle was strapped to t the word was given, and then looking down from our seats on ali the turnouts and carts of every Y nm the road, that Lustened to get out of and keep out of our way in the most | respectfal manner. ALONG THE NORTE som ‘That drive along thenorth shore is beautiful, | however one may make its acquaintance and choose to take it, but views and dainty little bits are caught from one’s elevation on the coach that are not drear limpses of siug lit- foot of ti sedge, where p the br: on the Tippling waves, cnerusted with precious goms, picturesque touch to the lovely: scene. Many euch bits that welook down upon from a coach are shut out otherwise frou ue the rows of trees shad side. to think that we never have suspected such den beauties before! Pretty little cottages we pass overgrown with green ivy that clambers xbout at its own sweet Will, encircling the low windows and makin frame of gecea for some fresh face that glax out at us, attracted by the melody o: the bugle echoing throngh the stilInes+.and then the face as quickly drappears. Tul! trees shade the little boxes protectingly, and their gardens of wild towers, where grow dainty sweet peas, bright feraniums and rich-hued hellylecks make them vee like the sweet rustic eonntry cousius of the more imposing villas of finely tanned architecture, with their green velvet. Fixe iawns and artistically arranged beds “af towers. ONE PERFECT OLD COLONIAL RESIDENCE that slope down to the ys awhite sail be making it seem adds adecid colorings of white and yellow, and completing the picture it made against its background of green bush and trees, Back over 200’ years this old carried us in imagination, and coed eh OR interior’ ‘the traight-backed chairs, old cupboard with the a ty ching and the delicate bric-Drac ur lo spinning wheel where some ga, prety Frisian ‘her quaint may have sat of an evening tale ‘that never grows old. At us. Of course mincr affectations have crept in | | wiser elders. It is hard to get the good abso- | rts are | | more or less stea Cove House, and ont in front of the botel and on the piazza nnd steps were its “guests” awaiting our arrival We removed the dust that had clung to ms, investigated the neat, coo! house and then were shown into the private dining room reserved each day for the coaching parties, and the ox- cellent country cooking appealed to us—our appetites made keen Ly our fong drive. Stop of at Manebester on the return? Not We. And one and all kept on the coach until Pride’s Crossing wns reached and the afternoon sun bad gradually be ma back © thick, flevey cloads, leaving just a royal purple over the threatening skioa, 4 Wasmixoron Part. Our party is composed tonians, among them being Guire, the Misses Patten, Miss Mason McPherson, daughter of S who (his summer is esta ing family in a cotta Au the hotel is the dearest and most romarkab of old ladies, who, with her gracious k manners and bright never-t: aged rson, s charm: sweet face framed by its snowy Is, is admired and loved — know her and b: the anger as woll—-Mrs. Frank Tay ington. At h ¢ also her daughters, Mrs. Robert Tavlor of Poughkeepie, ‘N. and Mrs. F. iB. MeGaire of Washington, » ho is one of asant coterie of tutives of nees, while Gen. an adjacent cottuze near by and the members of the were here last season ure summer in Europe. —_— reac Tiow the Fruit ts Car IN THE MEN, WOMEN AXD CIOLAMEN AT Won Paup— PROCESS OF CANNING—tIGHT- HEARTED PEELERS—cCooKING TUR FRUIT IN CANS—Aa GOOD PACKING SEASON. pondence of The Evenn Barrimour, Septe | Cor n © peach wharves are secing tively times this season with the immonse tide of fruit that | dily up the river the lower Every has Loen pressed into the rusty-looiing, barnacle to trim excursion boats, which ches than in receipts for ‘ator, the best of which could be ht tor 50 ccuts! cents for 1 leaving the ost of treigiat, sion 1 his own pocket. poor "in f the to pocket the short end of the Dut the packing houses are re There are bout tor tem 2 town, giving negroes | na ities, though 1 tus mass isan sent ioremen leaye- and to poor ¥ ion. mostly German. skilled Ia ning the whole hw TH commences about un Day's work rise and from that time | script train of wagons a noad plies steadily between wharf and packing house With erates of fruit, which are delivered on their arrival at the door to a group of negroes who pick out the bad specimens and send th rest down the long low table, This isan’ inclined sides like a bogatelle boara end a gate, throuzh which stream of fruit into the basket below The table is an automaticnily moving negro, with ug check apron and a girl's straw hat stuck | m n the back of his head. He | is surrounded by 2 constant crowd of children, | who take the i truit in baskets to their friends or re the peclers, 1 am sorry to say the inost of these children look | wear deep slat bonnets and large eyed and overworked, but they are factors of ccouoms, every three or four peelers having Achiid who empiies cuttings and keeps the supplied with fresh fruit. With exci Lasket of fruit Le of the plaid apron sends a tin chock and this is cashable at the end of th day for various cordimg to the grade of truit pre de peaches pay 10 cents ver two-peck basket, for they have to be pecied and cut, but “pie peaches,” which are merely opeucd to remove the stone, pay bus Scents, THE Waces. | At this rate an expert can carn as much as $3 | a day, but the average is much lower. A fam ily at is, 2 wom ral children—can | turn in about 5 a week, provided they steady work, Which they seldom do. But not- y nding thi uncertainty the wages are gl enough to tempt ny Who might have | y employment and a “home out” te prefer | the packing Louse, and this coutributes largely | to the dearth of *ielp” all over we city. | THE PEFLERS, | who form the bulk of the hands, work in long whites in one and blacks other. Of or there are all sorts and 4 *, from al polished ebony stock to the light- est “valler,” which the trde black eyes with se- pt. ‘They are irregularly Over the floor, seated on Loses or hes, with nar- agen go the lutle 1 ing Waste and ihe ti flower da . laughing and taking, but : ng the cut peaches ints the bas- ket betwoen their feet, The whites area marked contrast and have nrore old and shite therm. They gath y work silently, having none of the goud-nature light-heartedness of the negroes. Muils with them babies of all aj CANNING THE PrAcuES. The peaches, cut and pared clean, are taken | from the shi in the main hh structures | With 2 row of women ng round it. A emuil boy keeps with empty cans frow a d the women tli th ng Speed churacteristie of ‘The workers themseives are rights. groupsand vile on a with that piece work, arly ail ure peach tion to the elbows One weighs the fuil cans and #8 them to standa Tom the uucertain | f the balances sud the speed of the | hing one would judge this to bea mere matter of form. COOKING THE PEACHES. ‘The full cans are carried by the tray load to a brick-tloored, whitewashed room, where the cooking is done at a lighining specd that keeps pace with the rest of the work. I mite a juice and perspi woman at each tabl iy shining ash | the clouds of steam, loading yy of cans, still oven, upon the ators over the ws. When 120 cans are | ce they are lowered beneath the surface, team turned oa airesi and in two manuutes and a half tiey are otsted out cooked. Now | comes the quickest part of the work. ‘The « who cap them before they get half « clanee to cool. “These men are regular sleight-o/-haud artisis. —« SOLDEKING, ETC. ‘Their soldering iron is like a pair of com- passes, which trace a circle the size of the tobe soldered on. The workman picks up eighteen can tops and strews them with a quick | tter over the eighteen cans, and with another | Sextrons wave drops on casei a littie triangle of soft solder. A single twist of the bot iron runs the solder into plice and the tray of cons is shot gaily up the elevazor to the second floor, where girls put on the labels and men box thon. for shipment. Some of these giris are said to handle 6,000 cans per day. This finishes the ‘operation and the packing boxes are dropped | down another elevaicr shaft to the storage Hoor ready for the farmer to buy back neat winter at starvation prices, 4 GOOD PACKING SEASON. i E ETSE: if Ti ht ail | whet! 1 is one of the most crowded nections of the elie, Bat perhepe they wero supposed te te meant; | is discbarged, but that seoms tobe THE WERK IN NEW YORK. Observations on Recent Happenings In the Big City. THE NOMINATION OF XR. FASSETT POR THE GOW SKNORSHIP—a CHURCH LEFT BY THER UrTOwN AUGRATION—A STLENDID NEW WERREW axa CoOUE ON FIPTH AVENUE—TEE CRUSH oF OORAN TRAVEL. Correspondence of The Rvening & New Youk, September 20, 1891. RLMIRA MUST GROW MORE POLITICS 4 than almost any other towa in the state. It is the home of Governor Hill and now the republican party comes to the ame nterprising little city for its candidate. The teves afew who see more of “the gentioman in politics,” but is universally acknowledged to be ising act from a political point of view. if not an Andrew D. White, is per- sonaily a most excellent man. He is in tho rime of life, is a m fine education and e and hasan unblemished character. rd an the legislature Las been « brilliant vernor of the state he would have & practical familiarity with business at the cap- ital that would prove of great value to tax- a nd to the cause of honest government. Pigeon holeing of Andrew D. White the crisis e was @ characteristic fe oliticioms to do. Newerth idron of this world are sometim ‘on than the ehak would have been a very weit have led the party defeat at # time wh The New York yard of ut it does et © of Mr. } Pevhaps by t «enough to let the grave digger get y work. Has MACE OF Mot Dlic Interest since he Col. Erhardt’ Nas ie honaling of the Russell Harrison tis i y Inhew in ate indate uf, ungadir. Har the new col- but this episode is not likely to huveany ie effect on the campaig ANS BELOW FOURTEENTH STREET, t Presbyterian Chureh, om i street, extended a call to ward Daficld of Detroit, Mich. supplying the pulpit mor Mr. Harland resigne Hee to sco this elureh makin « Pa who has bee rly mince ti having a charp discussion over ry. dby tradition it as one of vain ine city and denomina- lina measure ble popa- as question its cutonomy at all wed up and dation, so that it rit can maint whether it should merged in the net ibort ager church of Dr. George Alexauder in University place. The trustees stood out pertinaciously against paying a salary of more tian £4,000 a year. but were overralod, aud a salary of £5,000 was voted »the newcomer. The trustees may be right in saying that the Firet Presbyterian Chut New York cannot now pay more than salary, but if so it isa wottl comedown Ty and pretensions. Such # confession t'to make the gust of James Lenox groan behind his tomb. “It is @ fresh proof of the wi f Dr. Kainsford’s coutention that all the down tow os ought to be endowed, fo that tiey pendent of the tdes of Ps in permanent bulw. Sgniuot Ue rus of paganism us it shows below Lith street. FIPTH AVENUE'S LATEST. Fifth avenue has no prejudices. Like the landlord of the poem, it “welcomes every strauger that can pay.” Its hospitality doon net stop with the nabob who wish to crown weer by 8 palace. It has toom as weil for trade, ior the hovel, the club and the church. Even now twe aky-picrcing bostelries near the Kut the very jatest rof this highway as the new Jewish eyn- sogue, Which ix vow about completed and wail be dedicated in a few daya This structure competes with any on the island for arct itectural splendor. — Magnificent in design aud juaurious in every detail it as already a notable landmark. I aia told it is the most costly yhegogue in the Caited States, and Idoube it there is a nuer one any wk No expense bas been spared by the weulthy Hebrews of tue city o without and within. One of a compositfon full of inter- SUrprises a6 an Immense oriental . which is now beginuing to shine under the hands of the gilders. We have no 4 dome in New ork, unless that of the 4 bo counted as such, and hence this feature will give an added distinction to the structure, AN ATTENDANT To Witcat LIFE Was SWEET. At this distance,after the Park place tragedy Unique featur esting novelties T may recall with « smile an incident which occurred some time before it. Iwas lunching in a restat *s on the food. We ail ut the panic was over in an instant, a3 it Was secon that the trouble came from patches of joosened plaster. But my just- lasted viands were ruined, and I looked around: for the waiter to remove the wreck. He was nowhere to be seen, and I attended to the “chores” myself. ae cently, however, the sable servant ap area, looking rather ined, “when that crash came ail l knew Was 1 Was standing in the middie of the street. 1 tell you, sir. a man dou't know how swat life is tll a time comes like that!” True enough, and what « moment of agony that must have nie for lite was beaten back én d masonry and Sret AP AS A PRuEY.” ts u lorge number ef people ina vory awkward fix just now on the other side of the water. A number of my own friends are on the further shore, look- ing anxiously tds way and unable to get any sort of necommmodation on the ocean ferey boats, ‘The rue of travel has been jented and . especially on the more wore than exhausted. The 1 steamship business is something like Tanning @ lunch room: there isa tremendous crash fcr two hours and nothing to de the rest of the twenty-four. Af some genius would only show bow to spread out the patronage more evenly through the year iue would be elected the patron sciut of the steamship companies. These eom sare looking ahead to still greater tnvel and are increasing their fleets as padiy as possille, but they cannot keep up with the midsummer demand. NEW YORK'S ODLIGING JATL. It was obviously New York and its vicinity that the poct hud in mind when be sang: ne walls do not a prison make, Nor tron bars a cage. Within the last week two prisoners have es- caped trom Jeficrson Market prison, one from Sing Sing and one from the Jersey City cou! jail. The sing Sing conviet bad bis labor his pains, for he was recaptured and taken though he succeeded in getting as far as Tarry- town in his brief excursion into the But the others have not yet reported them- selves and will hardly be likely todo so while the weather continues fine aud they do not fool the need of warm quarters. It ecoms odd thas Prisoners could easuaily let themscives down 1e window and leisurely climb over the f Jetierson Market prison, which for taking « ttle acrobatic exercise, ‘The keeper shutting the stable door a litte subsequently, #0 to Discharging any number of opens wil oss bring Lack the wayward prisoners, doubdess amusing themselves with uon that larceny as well as love may —— os in one © i id aud a yt ascction Mbabiled by outcasts of where frowsy women hang out dower aud palo. men E F f f t j i j & H t i i mangy-looking drinking holes, may be sven the peculiarly peste te KEN, mC ladies’ and ‘oul ik