Evening Star Newspaper, March 5, 1892, Page 10

BOVE MO NTEVIDEO. CAMPO SANTO. The Great Cemetery in the Capital of Uruguay. THE RICHEST HOSPITAL. It is Supported by = Lottery Scheme, Which Gives It the Most Extensive Revenue of Any Similar Institution in the World—The Great Opera House, Post Office and Other Buildings. Voom The Star's Traveling Commissioner. Mowtevivgo, Urvorar. 21 NE OF THE SIGHTS of Montevideo which the traveler must not cipal cemetery, situated long way from the city’s busy center, near ite south beach, within round of the murmur- ing sea. Though its nateral beauties are not so great as those of Greenwood, Mount Au- burn, Spring Grove and many the dead in the United State of and though a flew tombs in each of the latter may equal any Of these in point of elegance, yet, taken whole, there is nowhere in North America such an aggregate display of wealth ground—such in any one burial luxurious interment of dust to dust—as here. This is by all odds the finest in South America, its nearest rival being the splendid cemetery of Santiago de Chile—both im startling contrast to the horrors of many bone-strewn campos santos we have shuddered &t on this southern continent. THE FIELD OF SarNts. Montevideo’ ‘Field of Saints” (the literal rendering of the common name, Campo Santo) has s monumental entrance and @ very costly and elaborate chapel, which alone represent | the expenditure of 21,000,000. ap ornamental dome, jloo: parest marble, » beautiful ‘The chapel has nd inner walls of baster altar, can- labra and ornaments of gold and silver, and @ basement of equal elegance. wherein some of the more illustrious dead. presidents—are interre: ‘Vided into thr twe sections and ach as bisbo The cemeter surrounded by five feet high, being a continuous series of vaults, one above another, each vault having an opening just large enough tolet ina casket. is Each of the innumerabie little niches fronted by « marble tablet. bearing in letters of black or gold the names of those whose mor- tal remains were deposited cisely alike are all of ins So pre- em, save the slight dif- ference in lettering, that if it be true spooks walk the witching hour when grave- .."it must be as perplexing for each his especial nicheagain as for the occu- | f those endless rows of red brick houses Tien marble steps, alike as so many pers ins pod. that charxcterize errtain streets in Phila- @elpbia and New Yorr, to distin doors when comin, the befuddled condition that sometimes con- fuses shoe Luttoners with latch keys. To reach the upper cells coffins by means of @ombine | —« ribbon, ail of which the white m e wound up wingsand ina shock- t and shove it into the nar- | ipulated amount per annum; so that the helpless dead Gre not sure of a “long home, of wealth m: die without having concerning the grave for all from failure to pay the rent ever much the time of time to come, or from any cause, the remains are evicted and dropped into the common pit aud the vault comers. rented to other PRIVATE oR§raMTLY VacrTs. The ground floor, so to speak, of the vast @ometery, is fuily occupied with private or family vaults (owned, not rented), all of them very costly and elaborate, crowded close to- ther with narrow, well-paved streets be- een. Such an array of spicndid monuments gad exquisite works of art done by the sculp- tors Rome and Milan may yualed in some European cemeteries, but cer- ly nowhere else in the western world. The | calleda “complete” ticket (unenterito), sells for $10im gold, aud it consists of five quintos (fiiths ‘vaults are built up from the ground of marble alabaster. or tem| walle are covered bake-oven shape or in the form of and most of them have plate-giass | with pictures and other edornments, profusely decorat ‘ted with flowers guish their own | late from club or caucus in | poi nicatio | | erished by spending their boxe souls out of purgatory. The agony depicted the faces of the poor things in torment,who @ pleading for succor with unlifted arms, is warranted to haunt the most hardened for many a da and a forcible argument in favor of Hasser for the dead is set forth in the Vir- gin’s attitude, who is portrayed as watching the pravers on earth and affecting rescues ac- cordingly. Ido not imagine that Uruguayans mourn their dear departed more deeply than the peo- ple of other parts of South America, where cemeteries are neglected. It is merely a matter of fashion—in Montevideo the style has gone tosuch extremes that not unfre ilies impoverixh therasolves in ma ently fam- g the irre- sponsible dead keep up a gruesome rivalry, Vieing with one another in pious luxury and magnificence of eurroundings. the crowded space, the vegetation of this cem- etery is remarkable. and” willows and Considering Besides the usual yews cypress trees, there are blossoming shrubs of many kinds, while the multitude of gariands and bouquets of cut flowers, continually renewed, burden the air with their fragrance, and the distant voice of the sea sounds like a requiem. THE GREAT OPERA HOUSE. According to the ways of lifo— from grave to gay, from lively to severe"—most strangers on the route to town after a visit to the ceme- d by the great opera house, Teatro Solis, the pride of Montevideo. It is an enormous building, with a pillared portico in front and a pair of huge the whole covering the wings serves as a saloon, the ot! m the sec seum. ing is furnished with tables and ch smoke and drink auditorium is ve ing 4,900 peop! orated in red, white, ¢ fourth cire for ladies alc all Spanish wish Spain. could gain admissior the cazuela, az with the beauties thither by their huss who leave them at the « for 01 N men may mance tosce their ladic: jealous rale can Le vi the southern prope like murder, “will out’ the more surely be- cause of the mistake handed down from th that environ aristocratic that most of the matches of Montevideo are made, not in heaven, as the old saw goes, but in this gallery, though the ladies have no chance to extend their flirtations beyond the t of meeting eyes and tel isome, ea} 10 the sacre Hery ab notions female Though an entire squar lendid win ssafely home. wings, One of he main build nt distan for those who The oval-shaped pable of scat- five tiers of boxes dec- eén and gold. la The d precincts of uiter might it is filled Montevideo, fathers or brothers, 1 go away to ewhere or take escorted ove, but being r Though tation, which, of seclusion, Moorish ancestors. s. It is said aphic ‘commu- ith fans and flowers and hancker- chiefs—a language natura! to youth the world over, as birds know how to build their nests without instruction. a gentleman dare not epeak to the fair enslaver whom he been staring out of countenance, night Near the door are some qu which remind one of c » Frenen of Spanish is the rule. ntiago, Valparaiso and arly all wear hats or bonnet ks or satins of gorgeou Here, Li colors, alter night, at the opera, he can follow at a respectful ‘distance when the author of her being hurries her home, discover where she re- sides and thenceforth p dows and become her shadow when she goes to chureh or promenades in the plaza. chievous god “laughs at locksmiths guay as elsewh: call upon the obj ce before her win- he mis- in Ura- and though a lover may not ct of ni# devotion, they man- age it somehow—possibly with the more eager- ness and success because no opportunity is af- forded for acquaintance before marriage. To the fifth circle men only are admitted. est oking latticed in windows in ese quarter of San Franci-co. Inquiry | developed the fuet that these are wet apart for | | the use of persons in mourning, who wish to | | alleviate their woo with diverticment without being seen of men. ‘Tickets to the parquet cont | from $3 to $4 euch, in gold: and light opera— with really good | ke the custom of | Indies id dress in few being bareheaded and none in either black or white. ‘There are three other fine theat video—the San Felipe, Cibils and Politeama— | the last named being exclusive Another of the handsomest editi der and elevator | guay’s capital is the Hospital de Ca stories high and 300 feet lon, the pallbearers skip up the | Caile Viente ye Cinco de Mayo (25th of May | reet), covering more than anacre of ground | whole surface of the walls | and containing beds for 350 pe ih flowers Wreaths of immortelies and. de @f black and white beads and long | opera boutfe. in Monte- ly devoted to THE HOSPITAL DE CARIDAD. Its beds are in Urn- idad, three situated on the Iris one nd hung with | of the richest hospitals in the world, and, e ely supported and main- nearly always | fali and the patients are eared for by the Her- manas de Caridad (Sisters of Charity), an or- ganization similar to the “ srothers who are doing such good work in Terra del Fuego and other heathen countries. ‘This hospital owes much of its popularity to the meaus of its maintenance, the lottery being the favorite institution, next to the church, of every South Americi an. In every city oxe meets men, women and children on the streets selling tery tickets, as common! 4 lot- scen selling papers in the United States. Every day in the year, from early morning till late at night, the ubiquitous venders wander about the streets, thrusting tickets into the faces of passers by and crying “Cincuenta mil pesos para mavana. Cincuenta mil (peses-p) Ia | suerte. Tenemos el bueno, caballero. Tenemos enteritos, Senor; tenemos quintos tambien.” “Pifty thousand dollars for tomorrow. ‘The prize is fifty thousaud dollars. We have the winning number, sir. tickets and quarters also.” The scheme of th We have complete lottery is as follows: | five caterpillars, fifty-seven There are seven drawings every month, the haps be! grand prize at one time being $50,000: at an- I | other £25,000 and at another $12,000. What is which may be bought separately at the rate of each. At every drawing 12,000 complete tick- doors back of the gilded gates of open wrought | ets are issued, or 66,000 quintos, and there are fron, plainly showing the interior. The inner | 1,200 prizes. ‘Should all the tickets be sold the tickets would amount to $120,000, while the amount devoted to prizes would be $90,000, thus leaving to the Hos: ital de Caridad a clear Profit of €90,000—not a bad income in « single month—showing that in this case “charity be- gins at home.” How many ople are impov- i for lottery tickets | and wind up as recipients of charity in the how. ; pital that bas absorbed their funds I am una- Ble to say. ‘The lottery craze, like gamtone ts \ | avice that grows upon the victims, an wr, are addicted to it. all “Americans, male and female, rich and ‘Ihe Loteria de Cari- has a handsome building down town, where ite manifold business is transacted. It reaches to the remotest parts of the republic, tickets the from unsold numbers. not sold every time, but the hospital rane same chance as othor people of winning ‘the Caridad is the British Hos substantial stracture, which cost accommodate about seventy- tending physicians and “THE ‘EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON: D.C. own time for it, finishes his conversation with some other employe before paying reluctant attention to you, meanwhile smoking his cigar- ette; then he stares at you curiously, reads the superscription on the letter, evident! lating upon its contents, weighs it on bis hand and finally condescends ‘to put a blotch of ink om the big blue square of the Uruguayan stamp. By the way, have you ever seen the fiag of Uruguay? In my opinion it is the prettiest in the world, next to the stars and stripes of “God's country” and the sky blue and white stripes of Argentina. This is also in alternate stripes of blue and white, with a full-rayed golden sun in the upper corner uearest the staff, where the square of stars ap] in the American banner. Fayxre B Wamp. ———_+0-+—____ THE COST OF SILKS. How to Pick Out Good Pieces—Some of the Tricks of Manufacture. ‘From the New York Sun. Some silks sell for a dollar # yard, others sell for $10, on account of two things, the quality of the silk thread and the amount of that silk. The raw silk as it comes from the cocoons is of very different kinds. Some of it is long and even and smooth, while inferior qualities aro rough and brittle and in short lengths. The Poor qualities do not stand wear so well as the best ones do, and, not being worth so much money, are utilized for the cheaper grades of silk. The long, glossy threads go into the best silks, and because in these beauty is sought before cheapness, @ greater amount of silk thread is put intoa yard—that is, the silk is heavier. Another way in which the expense of « silk is decided is by the quality of the filling that is used in it. Itisno secret thats large number of the medium-priced silks are filled with cot- ton or with linen. ‘They give additional weight without commensurate expense. If the filling | be of silk the price of the silk is largely in- creased. One firm of American manufactur- ers has recently adopted the plan of using the | waste silk, that is, the short rough threads, for | filling, making an all-silk fabric that will’ not turn brown, as those that are filled with cotton do, and yet 18 not very expensive. The cost of putting a brocaded figure toa plain baskground varies greatly with the ma- terial used for the brocade, the number of colors used in the figure and the elaboration of the pattern. ‘The simplest brocaded figure can be added to a piece of silk at a cost of about 15 cents a yard; it may add twenty times that sum to the cost of a yard, because it may be of sil- ver or gold thread and be heavily jeweled. To the natural query, “How may a woman she is buying?” a manufacturer's answer w: “she can't. ‘The experts are not always able to tell, and even the manufacturers are often honestly puzzled as to why a piece of silk doesn't wear well. By twisting the piece of silk about her fingor and then smoothing it out a buyer can tell something about it. If it smooths out without creascs it is more likely to wear weil than not. By touching # match toa small bit of it she can tell if there is cotton in it. If itis all silk it will burn with difficulty; shop that has reputation for honesty in silks and everything else, and then take the sales- man’s word for it. ‘He is much more likely to know a good silk than she, and can make her believe a very dishonest piece good if he chooses. io woman can be haif of the trade. at cards. one of the most common tricks of manufacture 18 to load up the silk in the dye with iron fil- ings or lead dust to increase the weight. stone, gum arabic and rosin are also common adulterations in the process of manufacture.” ee egg ee MEALS BY SCHEDULE. to What Can Be Eaten From the Boston Herald. “have only two minutes to get my break- fast and catch my train,” said a tall man i Irish frieze ulster to the waiter ina railway station the other morning. “What can you give mein the smallest possible time? Take into consideration, too, the fact that 1 have left my false teeth under the pillow at my hotel.” ‘e have just the thing for you sir,” and he immediately brought » cup of coffee anda piece of lemon pie. ‘The gentleman sat down, and in less than a minute from the time he gave his order was rushing toward the office for his ticket. “se made pretty good time,” remarked a customer who sat at the next table. “Oh, that’s nothing,” replied the waiter: ‘wo beat that every day. I once knewa man who came in here who had only sixty seconds in which to get his breakfast, buy his ticket and reach his train. “What did you give him?” “Two soft baked apples and a glass of milk. | He finished in just fifteen seconds, took an- other fifteen for the purchase of his ticket, and | when I last eaw him he was walking up’ and | down the platform smoking cigar, impatiently | waiting for the train to start.” “I suppose most passengers who come in here | are in a hurry?” ‘Never but two who were not, and one soldier who had lost both legs in the war and the other was « tramp who was waiting for the night freight. n & customer comes in and says he wants something to eatin aburry I ask him | how much time he has or what train he wants | tocatch. Now,L havea listof those articles that Lean serve and which can be eaten in ex- actly the time the passenger has to spare. To the customer having one minute for luncheon Iserve baked apples and milk: if he has twe minutes, lemon pie and cold coffee; three min- | utes, apple pie and hot coffee; four minutes, slapjacks and coffee; five minutes, ready cooked Sausages and mashed potatoes; six minutes, fishballs and hash; seven minutes, cold roast beef, and so on. I tell you we work on springs ali the time.” "And the waiter rushed off to serve another customer who appeared to be in @ hurry. A Champion of the Birds, From the New York Evening Post. Mr. S. & Boynton, a California naturalist, comes to the defense of some of our domestic birds that are charged with high crimes against the The meadow lark, he says, is roundly abused by the farmer, and one of the atrocities laid at ite door is pulling up shoots of young wheat. A caroful examination of the stomachs of a large number of larks show that their food is mostly insects, and hence the damage done by them is slight compared to the good they perform. In the stomachs of thirty Jarks opened by Mr. Boynton 100 seeds, twenty: oppers and eighty beotles were found. From thus showing the conclusion flows that the lark isa genuine friend of the farmer. Robins have also been much maligned. Two of these birds under surveillance for an hour were seen to take to their fifty cut worms in « coun! where were plentiful. The blue jay is another public opinion. ter sarcasm, “If jay a hun funeral and to supply - breeds: rot his bill of fare. Audi asa daily mated that two jaysand their five young re- quire for food in 100 days 20,000 insects that ‘are harmful to fruit and food plants. Another bird on the black list is the downy woodpecker ker, but it also sabsista on in secteland grubs that are harmfal to frat. Not inthe ruby-throated humming bird only a Boney thief, for while be bas « aweet bill be fers oe. Then there is the whic ‘one ont ia bird naniiatae, enemy, but this ties be sure of getting a good piece of silk when | Augus if there is cotton in it it wililight readily. but | the best way a woman can do is to pick out a| markably | There are | Bisl, again at the celebration(of the anniversary ing at silks than there are | An expert bas to carry a whole | apothecary's shop in his pocket to make his ree the eater anit besides, becatee | Sootat Alexandria the Fencibles were given Soap- | ry Mia | taken an activ8interest THE FENCIBLES’ FAIR 4 Crack National Guard Company Arranging for » Big Basaar. COMMITTEES APPOINTED AXD BUSY PREPARATIONS IH PROGRESS—4 SKETCH OF THE COMPANY AND OF THE LEADING SPIRITS IN THE PRESENT MOVEMENT—LADIES WHO WILL HELP. HE NATIONAL FEN- cibles will hold a fair at the Rifles’ Armory, commencing Monday, March 14, and contina- ing until March 24. Thie military company was organized June 21, 1887, and was mustered into the then newly organized tional Guard of the District July 18, 1887. From the beginning of its| F. ¥ organization the company has always occupied ahigh standard of excellence both as to its | Pi membership and matters militaire. With an original membership of tweive the company has steadily grown until It has now the largest active membership of any separate company in the guard. It was singularly fortunate in the start to secure able and efficient officers, Capt. Domer and Lieuts Mosher and Tomlinson ing had experience as officers of the Na- tional Rifle ets. There been but one change in the personnel of these, that being caused by the resignation of Second Lieut. Tomlinson and the election , “Ah ester a gr Medical College, Mr. E. J. B. O'Neill is @ prac- ticing attorney before the District bar, having juated from Georgetown, while Mr. E. M. ‘ardwell is now a student of that institution. Mr. F.L. Donnelly is assistant chief clerk of the fish commission and Mr. Helphenstine is partowner of the Hotel Cochran pharmacy. ir. W. F. Dugan. while not an active memver of the company, is ever ready to assist. He 4 the senior member of the real estate firm Dugan & Butler. THR COMMITTEES. This fair will be under the management of » committee of fifteen and an advisory board as follows: Fair committee—Capt C. 8. Domer, chair- mau; J. G. Stelle, secretary; W. A. Domer, treasurer; E. 8. Newman, jr., assistant secre- tary; J. A. Butler, jr., purchasing; J. G. Gess- ford, photography: J. G. Stelle, printing and advertising; W. Crist, decorations; C. E Sessford, music; C. J. F. Graff, donations; H. E. Kondrup, admissions; G. F. Bruckett, votin and raffiing: W. W. Mortimer, fair paper; F. D. Hester, E. J. B. O'Neill, E. M. Wardwell, F. 8. Donnelly, W. J. Dugan, E. C. Helphenstine. Advisory board—Gon. ‘Albert Ordway, Col. W. G. Moore, Geo. H. Hai Geo. W. Evani . Draney, M. E. Urell, E.'S. Parker, I. D. ilbert, L. D. Wine, W. A. ‘Maj. Fred Brackett, B. F. Harris, Thos. J. King, Julius Lansburgh, J. H. Small, C. A. Small. It has been mainly through the exertions of Capt. Domer, the chairman of the fair commit- tee, and his’ personal popularity among the members of his command that the Fencibles have attained such prominence among the best- drilled companies of the United States. He will have general supervision of allmatters per- taining to the fair and its success will be the outcome of his judgment in the selection of his committees. At present he is in the employ of the American Security and ‘Trust Company, oc- cupyiug the important position of assistant scc- of Sergt. W. W. Mortimer to fill the vacancy. The first public event in which the company participated was on the occasion of Gov. Shepherd's return in October, 1887. On this occasion the company paraded thirty men, fully equipped and uniformed, the individual members buying their uniforms. By close ap- plication the company ranked among the high- est at the first annual spring inspection. On 1888, the company departed for a ten days’ trip to White Sulphur Springs, Va. They had, in the meantime, adopted a full white duck fatigue uniform. which was pur- chased by the individual members, and their appearance and behavior won for them great praise from the guests of the hotel. The next public appearance of the company was when they gave nn exhibition drill at Albaugh’s at an eniertainment for the benefit of the Elks. | On Washington's birthday (February 22, 1889,) the company made its first appearance in their handsome green uniforms, having out the full strength of the company in ranks, which num- bered forty at that time. HONORS WON ABROAD. ‘The company has made three trips to Balti- more—once on the occasion of the bi-centen- of the battle of North Points and the last time to give an exhibition drill at the big Masonic fair in the Fifth Regiment Armory. On the oc- casion of the unveiling of the soldiers’ monu- the place of honor in the ine. ‘The one great event to which reference is often made by mem- bers of the company is the part taken in the Washington centeuuial, held in New York April 80, 1889. From the battery to the end of the march at 57th street the Fencibles were greeted with @ continued ovation. especially when in passing in review before the President they marched by with a company front of forty meu, changing from platoon to company front inaspace of fifty fect. The rapidity with which this movement was executed and the perfect line that passed before the reviewing ssand evoked the praise of army officers, July, 1889, the company went into e ‘National Guard at Fort Washington. ‘This being their first experience in camp duty it was not expected that they would do thing to cause them to be expecially noticed; but when im the face of a blinding rainstorm they marched to the parade ground and put uy; a guard mount, which for nicety of detail an romptnessof action has seldom been equaled, Lemly, then acting adjutant gencral, hey marched on the field amid a blind- and their whole action was that of veterans—as good asi haveever seen in the regular army.” Since then the company has often been calied Capt. Domer'’s veterans. ‘They have entered several drills in this city and have always come out victors. At Kansas City they won second and third places and also two individual prizes. ‘The tri to Kansas City, as also the one to Indianapolis a year later, was taken at the individual ex- pense of the members in attendance, though most of the companies present at these en- campments were sent there by the cities to which they belonged. To Indianapolis the city of Omaha sent their celebrated Omaha Guard in a special train, besides giving 81,500 for miscellaneous expenses, while all the com- anies in attendance with but two exceptions \d their expenses paid. It 1s hardly neces- sary to state that the Fencibles were one of those two. While other cities have been send- ing their crack drilled companies the Fencibles | have been honorably representing Washington | and asking no aid, but they hope by this fair to decrease the cost to them of the Omaha drill, from which they hope to bring to Washington first prize. ing rai Lieut. W. W. Morti- ‘mer will have chai 0 of ment of which his past experience will be of value, The lieu- tenant is @ charter member of the com- company has added military laurels to the ional Guard of the Morti- mer, who is a bright and witty writer, will be assisted by a repor- torial staff comprising LIEUT, MORTIMER. the literary talent of the company. Mr. C. Berryman, a clever cartoonist, artist. To a groat extent the success of the fair and much hard work de- volve upon the secre- tary, Corp. J. G. Stelle, Ps act as staff his assistant, Mr. . 8 Newman, jr. Corp. Joe, as he is in bi miliarly known outa : hus fellow compositors, is employed in re ing room uy Bran. Ho hae been af in the welfare of the company, having been CORP. STELLE. a of several important committees. He is now i plume as the best-drilled member of the com- mand. Besides being secretary he is chairman of the subcommittees on printing and adyer- ‘The treasurer of the committee is Mr. W. A. Domer, note clerk at Columbia National Bank. He is also treasurer of the Law Bchool. He 1G secretary of the com- retary. Capt. Domer isa young manof fine Presence, popular and highiy céteemed among the officers of the Nutional Guard aad business men generally, and by no means unpopular with the soldier-loving sex. THE LADIES’ COMMITTEES. ThB parlors of the Lincoln were comfortabiy filled Thursday afternoon with the ladies who have volunteered to assist the company during their coming fair. The tables were arranged 88 follows, and will be added to at the mecting next Monday afternoon at the same place at 4:30 o'clock: ‘The refreshment room will be in charge of Mrs. Capt. Platt, who will have as her assist- ants the isses Mullan and several others yet to be assigned. Coffee, chocolate, ice cream and light refreshments will be served. At the bean board Mrs. Robert MeMurray, Mrs. Barber and Misses Byrne, Johnson and Tomlinson will parcel out the nicknacks to the lucky winners. ‘Ihe Misses Gurtizen, Van Ness and Geib will seethat all are satisfied with their photo- graphs. Miss Jeanne McDermott will deliver leap- year greetings to those who may call at post Ottice. ‘The flower stand will be in charge of Mrs, Col. von Haake and Mrs. Lillian White, while among their assistants will be found the Mixses Wilson, Zeh, Cave, Larman, Hadgar and Platte. _ Mra, Mullan will have charge of the coniec- tionery booth and will be ably assisted by Miss Edith’ Mullan, the Misses White, Newman, Vickery, Hawele, Mason, Wallace and Altemus, ‘The cigar stand will be in charge of Misses Proctor, Ackers, Slees, Rynex and Robinson. Those who tempt fate will be amply repaid by @ brigh tuture in visiting Miss Georgia Jeffrey at the gipsy tent. Mrs. J. C. Kondrup and Mrs. Jennie Brown and their assistants will supply the thirsty with lemonade and punch. Fancy table No. 1 will be in charge of Mrs. Eugene Wardwell, with the Misses Sadie White, Kingsberry, Moler, Johnson, Williams and oth- ers yet to be assigned. Capitol Hill will be represented at table No. 2 by the Misses Fair, Foss, West, Joyce and others. Gen. Albest Ordway will be present on the first night and make the opening address. The brigade staff and the regimental and battalion staffs have been invited, and it is expected they will be present in full uniform. Besides these large number of representative citizens and business men have been sent invitations and have signified their intentions of being Present at the opening of the fair. —— THE VIRGINIA CONFERENCE. Business Transacted at the Session at Falls Church This Morning. The third day of the Virginia M. E. confer- ence, J. M. Walden, president, opened yesterday morning at 8:30 with devotional ex- ercises led by Rev. W. G. Schooley, who read a part of the fourth chapter of Hebrews, com- menting on the same concerning the present rest of faith, which is the privilege of every believer. The bishop then called the confer- ence to order and urged the necessity of fol- lowing the directions of the disciples in wor- ship. Geo. W. Stallings and Samuel C. Morgan were passed in their studies and elected to the order of deacon and were then addressed by the bishop concerning their re- lations to the church and its doctrine and concerning the care of its children. The order of the day was taken up at 11 o'clock, as follows: First, change in the third re- stricting rule of discipline, by which change women may be admitted to the general con- ference as delegates. The vote wasi2 to 4 12 again. Second, to equalize the min- terial and lay delegates to the gen- eral conference. Lost. Third, election of Tinistorial delegates to the general conference. Upon the sixth ballot Rev. W. G. Schooley was elected. During this ballot there was consider- able interest manifested, as there were five can- didates voted for. At 3 p.m. there was & joint session of tho ministers and laymen to consider the interest of the chureh. The lay conference, J. P. O'Neil, president, and Miss Angie Vancom, sec- retary, was held at the Congregationai Church. Dr. A.J. Kynett addresred the conference Thureday night on church extensign, “The Decorative Craze, From the National Keview. Under the rule and inspiration of the art decorator # curious confusion and introver- sion of ideas has come to pass. Instead of a room being the reflection of the person who mostly lives therein (which should make the sight of a room, even more than that of a per- son's frionds, be s true index of character), the room is now looked upon as the ruling guide. The owner must live up, dress up, to the room, Sho must try to harmonize with ‘the room, in- | gold stead of her room being brought into harmony with her. In fact, she is like a person who has bonght a artokr Picture frame and must strive to find some picture that will All it fairly A woman's room should be her frame, which completes and perfects the picture of reek music room for Sharp whereim to sing Yvette Guilbert's latest success to the Marquis of Steyne without ry roffling his serene self-satisfaction. ‘The genre atelier was one of the modes of this cragze for domestic decoration which was, per- haps, the most ludicrous, when estimable souls, wo knew painting than a cat does Of a case of pistols, thought ic necessary to es- tablish cassis sbout their rooms, and even went Saarne “SATURDAY, MARCH 6. 1892-SIXTEEN PAGER. PLAYING POKER. How a Business Man Was Cured of His Infatuation, A MOST REMARKABLE BLUFF. A Big Winning on a Straight Flush Which He Thought He Had, but Hadn’t—Betting With Money Taken From Funds Intrusted WAS CURED OF playing poker by an in- cident the like of which Thave never heard of,” said a business man to a Stan writer. “It was just about dicted to the game at that period, spending all my spare time and a - vice gets a wonderful hold upon a man,so that I bave known more than one good fellow who became so devoted to it as to be unable to get enjoyment out of anything else. Business and ull other employments were neglected for the fascinating occupation of sitting bebind five cards. “That is pretty much the way it was with me. Iwas employed in a commercial estab- lishment, occupying a position of some respon- sibility, but during the day my mind was con- stantly taking flight from my workand I always felt a feverish longing for the hour, 8 in the evening, when play regularly began ina club towhich I belonged. The organization, though nominally for social purposes, had no other object than poker, thoug! Were men of excellent social standing. Many of them had large means. But 1 have never known poker-playmg club which was not broken up sooner or later by disputes of a se- rious nature. The ono I speak of was no ex- ception to the rule, and from first to last there Were not less than half a dozen fellows in it who became demoralized by the gambling fever and procured money to gratify the mor- bid taste by illogitimate means, the inevitable result being exposure and ruin. A REMARKABLE OCCURRENCE. “I don't know what my own fate might have been but for the remarkable occurrence which Tam about to relate to you. My salary was all Thad to live upon and I was not over careful in my expenditures generally, being a single man. My impression is that I played rather more skilifaly than the average of my oppo- nents. The only reason I have for thinking eo is that Iwon pretty constantly. I have rarely met a poker player who did not imagine that he was ‘rather expert at the game, so that I hesitate to claim any superiority for myself in that regard. How- ever, I was so far successful that I came to count upon my winnings as a reasonably sure source of money supply. This went on for nearly two years, but finally I struck a very bad streak of luck and lost largely. I gave sev- eral notes of hand for eash due and got myself so snarled up in various ways financially that I could not see my way out of trouble at al:. “In this situation I found myself very un- happy, of course. Naturally, I sought distrac- tion at the poker table. It wasastonishing how my unlucky streak continued. The only perstition which I indulge,so faras Iam aware, relates to the apparent tendency of fortune to runin streaks, If you have ever gambled you must have observed how, if you are wiuning, everything runs your way, aud otherwise con: trariwise. At all events, Icontinued to lose and found myself at length in so desperate a plight that goodness only knows what might ave happened in the end. You will remem that, as have told you, Loccupied @ position of trust. Large funds in cash belonging to others were placed in my hands. TOOK FUNDS NOT BELOXGIXG To HMw. “Did I say that it was doubtfal what might have happened? ‘That was not putting it truly. But for an accident my fate would have been reasoned to myself, I could notafford to retrain from throw- ing everything upon a single cast. At that time the play at the club I speak of had rison very high. We had begun with # modest limit, established by a regulation, but it is the expe- rience of every one who has played poker that the stakes are subject to an almost inevitable law of increase. The lover demands this op- portunity in order that he may recover his losses, and the winner can hardly refuse, beii confident besides that Lis good fortune wi continne. #So it happened that the game in which I had beon accustomed to play, where two or three tables wore occupied nightly, had been shorn of its limit entirely. It was evident that many of the members were gambling altogether beyond their means, but they would bave taken it as an insult if the winners had suggested such an idea to them. In the long run when a certain coterie of men play poker with each other nearly all of them ‘lose, while perhaps only two or three win the money. There were three players in the club I belonged to who were believed to have scooped in the greater part of the wealth. One of them was a highly re- spectable merchant, while the other two were persons of nominally good repute who toiled not at other occupations save poker. My be- lief had even then come to be that they de- pended chiefly for a livelihood upon their suc- cess in the game. LOST FROM TRE START. “On the night I speak of, when I had taken for purposes of play the money which was not my own, I encountered at the same table those three men. There were two other players, both of indifferent quality, besides. As usual, I began losing from the very start and con- tinued todo so right along. ‘This made me reckless and thus tle game rose very high. As I subsequently ascertained the two men of whom I have particularly spoken were cheats. They played into each other's hands and one of them at all events understood the difficult art of putting up. the cards in whatever fashion he desired. ‘They were both expelled from the club three mouths later. There is the best possible rea- son for believing thatat a certain period, when a big jack pot was in dispate, something wrong was done in the shufile. Any way, one of these fellows got four aces and the other drew a fourth king. Of course, I did not know that until afterward. “Thad four of » straight flush to start with. It was » small one—only deuce, tray. four spotand six spot of spades—but it afforded great poseibilities. I drow for it in the middie, and when I gianced at the card drawn my heart gavea bound. The pot had been opened and raised twice, while Ihad simply stayed in. After the draw the betting became tremendous. Three of my opponents dropped out, leaving only my- self and the twomen I have spoken of, Bach of us raised the others until. there being no limit on the game, there was $9,000 in the pot—not in promises ‘to pay, mind you, but in actual and notes. At le: ee the four kings, as subsequently appeai dropped out, presumabiy because he knew that his partner held four aces. A MOST ASTONISHING BLUFF. “He and I raised each other twice more, $200 ataclip. You can imagine how excited I ERS Ele okind H i a ie i li " FHL i more too in pursuing its varying chances. The the members of it ‘Written for The Bventag Star, NOW CHICAGO DID 1, ‘The Way Things Wore Mode Pleasant for Excursionists. the Washington NOTES OF A FAMOUS EXCURSION —PecLiAnttirs OP CHICAGO AND CHICAGOANS AS THEY STRUCK A ROMORIET'S RYE—THE ENTERTAIWME NTs, ‘TEE BUILDINGS aXD THE WEATHER ‘The finest excursion ever going out of Wash- ington was that one which left here Friday afternoon. February 19, over the Baltimore and Ohio in four vestibuled trains for Chicago. Is was composed of Senators, members, diplo- ‘mats, journalists and the ladies of their familiost and it went as the combined guest of the city ‘of Chicago and everybody had a good time, even Major Kirby with a broken foot. Its object was to give our national appropria- tors an opportanity of seeing what work bad already been done toward the completion of the Columbian exposition buildings and grounds and to decide whether Uncle Sum should pu, up #5,000,000 more. In the words of Col. Julius Cesar of Rome, Italy: We came, we saw, we concurred, iat is to say Chicago onght to have the €5,000,000. She onght to have #10.000.000 if she wants it,or any amount to make that world’s fair of ours, not bers, such « glittering success | as will dazzle the eyes of the whole world. THE RECEPTION 1x CHICAGO. ‘The excursionsts were taken by various committees te the Auditorium, the Palmer | House and the Grand Pacitic, where they were duly ticketed and told if they didn't seo what they wanted to asx for it. 1e general impression seemed to be that they did, but with a modesty that was startling to the Chicago idea. Each visitor was given a silk button as badge and after two days’ trial of the ci hospitality @ visiting poet handed in these lines: Ah, what » satisfaction It is to be your guest, ‘We simply press the button, Chicago does the rest. That first night everybody who had evening | tr. dress and some who hadn't went to Mra. Potter | Palmer's reception. Nothing short of the ornate pen of the lady who decorates the #o- | av ciety columns of the newspapers can describe . this delightful occasion. Suffice it to say that | of the aval ‘in Mrs. Palmer's house is almost as beautiful as she is. ‘ Sunday was devoted to church, to driving, | to sight-secing and to a reception at the Press Club 'to the visiting journalists. Chicago churches as a rule are kandsome boards in them to make them more home like. Driving in Chicago at this season is attended by difficulty and m| ‘The newspapers ssid the streets were nicely cleaned in honor of the occasion of our visit. ‘The newspapers say a good many things. Isaw a man who had slipped off a crossing swimming ashore and I mentioned the fact to ail himself him as he caught at the curbing to up on the sidewalk. He remarked that I should have seen them the week before we arrived. OPAQUE WEATHER. Bight seeing was also attended by difficulties owing to the thickness of the wosther. Given 8 certain amount of lake mist, Chicago smoke and the ordinary atmosphere of respiration, when one takes a long breath in that town he has to bite it off or be dragged whither the wind listeth. If endden storm should arise on a fog would be swept out to sea with citize: fastened all over it by their bronchial tubes, like so many gallinippers with their bills stuck in a bale of unbleached cotton. It has ite advan however, for when the stranger sees one of thuse monumental build- angsand asksa resident how many stories high it is he is quite as likely to say & hundred or 80 a8 not, and the stranger dare not question his veracity, for he can't possibly tell how far up into that illimitable fog the lofty structure has penetrated. ‘The Press Club reception was a phenomenal success and the men composing the club are bright enough to serv ubstitutes for light- ing the city if the electric light plint should drop @ cog some time during @ revolution of ite flywheels. Sunday night the theaters were open and f. the first time in agood many years on « Sund: night I went. The most pleasing feature of th entertainment I found in the fact that in Chicago, as in t every American city where theaters open Sunday night, the audience Was not a representative American audience. It may come in time, but the best of our public sentiment is against the Sunday show business, THE CHICAGO Womax's Foor. Speaking of Chicago's muddy strects Iam fmformed that a Chicago woman is readily differentiated from her non-resident sister by the glimpses one may catch as she trips grace- fully on tip toe over acrossing. The Chicago woman never wears anything white or of auy color lighter than that of the street soil, and the consequence is she always wears black. Another argument in favor of the theory of natural selection. ‘The Chicago woman's foot is no larger than | " the foot of any other worthy. I offer no argument on this point. I simply state a fact. My address is Washington, D. C. | Monday we struck the raison detre of our visit: the exposition buildings and grounds. A litth was made by Mr. Boker in the Woman's building [Talk—Woman’s building — 7], some explanations by Constructor Burnham, and on a string of flat cars we were taken over the grounds. And what a work it is! What a testimonial to the genius of push! What an unanswerable argument in favor of the additional appropriation asked ! THE EXPOSITION BUILDIFGS. Here, where a thousand acres stretoh Along the blue lake's level shore, Have risen ina single night Grand traceries in iron and wood Of what shail be, within the year, A city, all of palaces. Their lofty towers and burnished domes Shall glisten in the summer sun And mark the spot to which the world Will turn ite wondering eyes, and come To bring its tribute, as of old The lesser to the greater came. Here is the province. Here the faith, Such as Columbus in his day Gave to the Queen of Aragon And she through him found haifa world And gave it to complete the earth. Which, being interpreted, means: Are we going to repudiate Columbus and leave it to the municipality of Chicago to uphold our ap- preciation of that worthy man for having dis- covered a roost for the American eagle and « homestead for the Goddess of Liberty? Well, not hardly. To come down to the prose of the situation the work already done is in itsclf a monument to Chiengo’s pluck and industry, and if it should stop right where it is Chicago could climb to the ridge pole and crow over New York until that town would drop its feathers and try to hido in the shadow of the Graut monument at Riverside. Having lunched sumptuously on cold victuals of fine texture at the Washington Park Ciub house we went back to the Auditorium to hear Gen. Woodford’s Washington's birthday oration and to take in the colouial tea at the Art Museum. ‘The oration took place about 4 p.m., and a peculiarity of it was that there were a good many men there in dress suits, and they weren't all Chicago men either. The minister who in- voked the divine blessing was, however, and be wore one. Ihave since learned that the distances in Chicago are so great that when a man on one town is invited toany affair onthe other side of town at 2 or 3 p.m., with another one on atsay,8or9p.m., he must either wear his dress suit or takes satchel along with him, a Tecourse which is inconvenient for social fanc~ tions. Chicago fs a huge joke. Her great buildi limitless extent, her immeasurable bouie- her it residences, E her newspapers, her every: more than any other eity bas made people laugh, and yet it is all there und will be til Ga blows it away with his trumpet, unless « Chicago man corners itend Gabriel. it I i i Ear Chlcge p “tickers” and bulletinbiack- Both Are Anxions to Secure Control of the Coast Defenses. THE RIVALRY NAS BREN GOINO ON FOR some THER, BUT Now IS QUITE ACTIVE—Wwmar OFricERs OP EACH BRANCH OF TRE SERVICE HAVE TOSAT PON THE SUBJECT. For some time past there have beonevidences that the relations exis betwoen the officers of the army and those of the navy have been somewhat strained owing to the desire of matter of coast to have control of the som, It is realized that this featare of the armament is more importa: now than it has ever been be and willl become even more #o it immediate future, The question of supremacy in the contr the const def * is one that bas giv considerable troulde to European nations and now that it has » on this side of the water it will probably continue to be « bone of con- tention until euch time as Congress may step in and detino clearly the betwoon the jaris- dictions of the two arms of the sry Bat little has bee: y on either fide and when the ques toan army or |mavy officer diroct * are that be "will bever heard . a state of J the const { the army, « tieed among Wai powers of the old . , arch of preg! | and ther haw | factory capats | seacoxst tort | tablished jaud mortar detense out- lined plan for barbor defense that has been approved by the highort experts in that b | Bave ail this incl | reai naval as j tion of thas bure orma’ velopments 1: m understood, | the two branches has gone so far that the naval intelligence men have iven up their fi Practice of keeping their army bretht formed as to whut is going on and that there is Considerable covincss evident between them TROUBLE IN A NEW PLACE. From information received recently on au- thority 80 good that the can hardly be the trouble has out ino Asis gour wn, both the 4 d at to the different lopmen port improveme give wil information w P ted States service do the same thing, but wh the army and navy wo: spirit of rivalry aud joa tu on th bureau © naval intelligence some time ago in sued orders to the navai atta 2 Earope not to assist oF i co-operate with the mil Mary attach Fenton, it is understood, being this same Coast defenses. An ofticer who ranks list in the arm gut over the control of the -¥ near the top of the sid when his attention was story byw Stam reporter that it ly without foundation, In hie ‘opinion it was ail the baseless fabric of @ dream ud scarcely worth denyin AN AlXY OFFiceL’s VIEWS. “The whole matter of coust defense,” said the officer, “is not one for discussion by us et any rate, for it lics entirely with Congress for their action. As far as the army is concerned the u question is not an open one aud 1 would not like to discuss it. Them led by @ very laud ambitio desirous of Laving its creased and there im that. and author to find tauit li sur x to be found among: the service. Still 1 side to the question. i there is no reason otha I should not ome much the otticers o: think there can ‘Whe army has con in the world why 1 “lu the first militia, ou principal be put in time of war would be the jprotec- tion of the seacoast. For ne person believes that any army could be landed on our suores strong ¢ ope with us at home. Now, in that sa ney the navy would 1 powubly attend to on board suip aud it would be foolish in the extreme we load at down vith « work that is already being so admirably one, Yousee we have built up an engineer © t io none, if not the very bert in the world, and 1am unable to see the | Wusdom of trausterring the coast defenses to the navy, for while ai engincers are unex- celled in their own branch they are entirely un- familiar with the class of work they would be called Upon todo, and the result would be detrimental to te service in tue extreme. The Ravy in case of a war would be invaluable the line of coast defense and harbor vessels, but when it comes to doing the work from the shore then the army must step in. “Ldont biame tiv y tor claiming this control, forit there is anything @ sailor likes Letter than being on laud it as sailing im stud water. They're rigut, too, for we in the army would rather do our ighting on dry land owr- 9 selves. WHAT COMMODORE FOLGER TAINKS. When the story of the straine tween the army and navy was called to the at- tention of Commodore f viger, chief of the ba-# reau of ordnance, he said that the whole story, when we Departine ward War get it and when the they thing from us always ask for it. Now, for exa rthere on the floor isa pressure gauge like one used in the army. I got one from them as a | turned out at the ord yard. 1 renlly do An Improvement in Koll From tue New York Sua. A recent improvement in rolling miils ia em nounced by which beams can Le made of any size and in perfect finish with great facility, and with results us to spoed and quality hitherto unattained. ‘The novel and conspicuous feature in this case consists in (ue simple management of @ pair of rolis rotating in horizonal plane these rolis being journwed ty to the horizontal rolis that thelr per es all turn in to form the treme verse outline of aa I bewm. In this system the horwontally rotating rolls form the top and bottom faces of the 1, while the wev faces are i by the horizon! Tolis; the housings of the horizuntally rotati roils are alro arrat or Interal adjustment, being movable wong screws. ‘This arrangement is said to be most satiel toriiy effected, and this without interfe with the bea: the horizontal rolls, iueways and adjusted by securing perioct concurrence of action et common point of compression, and subj | the enuire e toa clear, clean aption. Tl method tely overcomes the difficulty oducing tis form of beam perfectly, im size, by ordiuary roliing mille, | ——~oo———_— Burglar-Proof Giass. ‘From Iron. ‘ Under the name of wire glass a new inven tion has been brought on the market in Dres- | den. The process of mauufacture consists im furnishing glass in @ hot, plastic condition, with @ flexible metullic layer, irou-witr netting, for | instance, which is completely inelosed by the vitreous substance and effectively protected against exterior influences, as rust, &e. The Jase much greater power than’ the ordinery material and te, it te claimed, indifiereut to the most abrupt changes of temperature and will even withstand open fire. Glass is especially adapted for skylights, the powerful resirting qualities of ‘olse, the sub- to beim © measure burglar] i “Bure, [couldn't see mum; he on. Life's Calendar. ——_—_— ‘A Kemedy for (he Grippe Cangh. ‘Take email auc trequent duses uf Kemp's