Evening Star Newspaper, July 16, 1892, Page 8

8 SOME NOTED TREES. |faxcmevie ex-Senator other at the Their Foliage and Shade Tributes to the Memory of Statesmen. intendent Smith is keeping the Gov. Alerander who mitted to plant it anew wi from his WASHINGTON’S VISTAS. ‘The Shade Trees of the National Capital = Revelation tn Arboriculture—A Hundred Distinct Varieties—Trees Planted by Prom- iment Men—The Collection in the Botanical Gardens. HAT MOST STRIKES ‘the stranger within our ‘gates, whether from across the sea or from / sas wherein America, is the prodigal and seem- ingly boundless profa- sion of trees throughout the city. Foreign min- ‘THE SUMNER TREE. Perhaps the most famous tree in the United States, with the possible exception of the cele- brated Charter Oak of Hartford, Conn., and the - isters, diplomats and | apple tree of Appomattox, is the “Sumner tree,” ramet 27 bread Thich recently vocupled « conspicuous position = near the Washington elm. It wasa glo- ge —COtice itand cease not | rioug of the umbrageous Italian beech to dilate rapturously | or horn beam, of the identical sort under which upon it,and the strong- est single impression of Washington that visitors the ancient Etruscan shepherds tuned their pas- toral pipes and tended their woolly flocks—the mentioned by Virgil in his “First carry away in their minds is a grateful vision of | Forygues swaying trees, infinite in number and incom- % an parable in beauty, to which all the other sub- lvestrem au “item ae cy stantial attractions of the national ital are es Reebeateehece tac aaerels accemory and incidental. To a balloon. ormosamn Fesonare doces Alnaryilida syivas* fet ing high overhead the city, encom yndered : by the Petemen, lool ike a vast fooern~ earn on pedeatpee flied with fresh greem leaves, girded by a band | “Beneath the shade which beechen boughs diffuse, $f silver and walled in by the dim blue hills of | Bound tie wide woria ty banianinent we Virginia and Maryland, our matchless mar! ‘orced from our pleasing fiel ive home: soe oneness And Ainarilie Sis the shady grotcns” Po? 70% 8 ing simply as tiny white e and red dotting bere and there the otherwise | But sside from its intrinsle and classical merits the name and fame of this particular | tree were acquired through a eulogium pi nownced upon it publicly by Charles Sumner in | the Senate chamber on January 22, 1874. Prob- ably no other tres ever enjoyed the publicity of such a splendid advertisement. | ment and remodeling of the Capitol grounds, upon which millions of dollars have been well spent, was then in progress and a debate was on in the Senate concerning the propriety of | cutting down the bluffs which rose nine feet above the surrounding level on the east side. | Sumner apprehended that many of the beauti- ful trees there would be sacrificed as an inci- dent to that work. After speaking generally of the Ghpitol trees he said: “There is one tree, however, in the grounds that must at any cost be spared. Itis a beau- tiful beech, not an American beech, but I be- lieve a classical beech, and there it is, to my mind, a thing of perfect beauty. When it is clothed in all its foliage during the summer I know of nothing in the District of Columbia that is equal to it in beauty. It is distinctly seen from the marble steps that conduct to the Senate chamber, and I hope my friends will see that that tree does not snffer.”* The commission to whom the grading was intrusted had respect for the great Senator's dying wishes—for his death occurred only a few weeks later—and allowed the tree to re- main, cutting down the soil about it and leav- ing the beech stand onalitile rising knoll. This plan, however, proved a failure, and the tree, lacking its necustomed moisture and nourishment, ina few years became decrepit. == | Then the earth was excavated under it and ite roots lowered, but either the workmen made a | mess of the job or the idea itself was impracti- | cable, for the noble forest monarch slowly | withered and died. The accompanying photo- ph represents it as it appeared in its prime, ith its heavy and admirable leafage unim- paired. A gentle hillock on the greensward | marks the spot where it once stood. solid expanse of emerald foliage. A similar conception, though less marked in degree, is gained on looking over the city from the top of the monument and from the dome of the Cap- Hol, Everywhere are endiew vistes of, cool Greenery, a joy to the eye anda blessed tism to the spirit of man. “e OVER SEVENTY THOUSAND. ‘The truth is no other city in the wide world ean boast #0 many trees and such perfect, beau- tiful and interesting specimens as Washington. THE CRITTENDON TREE (GREAT OVERCUP OAK) and public squares with a Inxuriance seen no- | i where cise in the United States. and. under the hand of consnmmate art, they make of this cap- ftala veritable paradise of living leafage all summer long. ‘they include more than 800 dis- tinet kinds and species, and among them are more than score of ‘famous memorial trees, | Planted by eminent men of the country, from orge Washington up to Benjamin Harrison, besides many rarities to be found nowhere else en this continent. WHEN TREE PLANTING BEGAN. While tree planting was an important detail al design of the city, it was not en- tered upon with anything like system until netically and vigor- framed by the fathers. the peculiar structure he open s med where- intervect the regular streets in the construction of little circular cal elbas THE CAMERON ELM. , There are 331| Another stately tree, an elm, commanding inelnding the | much attention near the House entrance of the , hu vation | Capitol, alittle to the south, is the Cameron ciear from the Capitol westward to | tree, so called from the fact that Senator Simon ument, two miles away. and they cover | Cameron in 1878. while a member of the Senate sn aggrezate area of 900 acres.and year by | committee on public buildings and grounds, now, in pursuance of the policy then | ned por in its behait so parsmance of the policy then | intervened powerfully in its f and pre th forest growths of ornamental hile the streets and avenues ga ne have been handsomely flanked with trees of | jaoienam. spare that tee) oven fitness for shade purposes. Nearly | It had sheltered him on many a hot summer Visreco is expended aueually tp ake gorern-| afternoon when he lived across the street on ‘ment and the District in the cultivation, plant- | the sie now occupied by the Butler building, ing. preserv: trimming and renewal of &Mdalthough it obstructed and still obstructs these trees, under the auspices of the engii the principal pathway leading to the House near digetanah af the atue tad of te the south terrace, it has been permitted to live commission. and for this oatlay the nurseries, | and be admired. | Up to 1851 there stood close Public green homes and propegating gardens PY ita fine hickory, planted by President An- are made to produce a rich harvest of arboreal | 4¥¢¥ Jackson, but it was cut down to make eeu. | room for the corner stone of the House exten- & REVELATION IN ARBORICULTURE. ston, laid im that year. The result isa revelation of the possibilities of advanced and enlightened arboriculture that may well serve as xn example to the whole civi- lized world. Few people can fully realize what consohdated vented its destruction during the regrading proctss by saying simply: exceeding beauty there is in tree they see them under the ideal conditions and man- agement that obtain in Washington. Cent: Park in New York, Fairmount Park in Phila- delphia and even the Arnold Arboretum near Boston have no collection that can in any re- spect approach, much less rival, those in our capital city. ONE EUNDRED DISTINCT VARIETIES. Approximately every variety of tree that will grow in this latitude can be seen here. In the President's Park alone there are no less than 100 distinet varieties of deciduous trees and fifty-two of evergreen trees. In the Smithson- ian Park are seventy-four varieties of decidnous and twenty-six of evergreen. In Lafayette Square are thirty-seven varieties of deciduous ‘and twenty-four of evergreen. In most of the lie spaces the rarer « are legibly at the trunks, both with their botanical and popular names, so that he who runs may Yead and understand. ‘THAD. STEVENS’ PLANE TREE. A superb specimen of the oriental platane or plane tree, planted in 1862 by Thaddeus Stevens, | Pennsylvania's great commoner during the war, | forms the central arboreal attraction of Lincoln Park, on Capitol Hill. It is full seventy feet high and its lower branches sweep the ground. Fam Rootes wentend s It was first planted in the Botanic Garden in- the poplar, never drys planted in nie Garden raak, pale tine et lemony closure, but being threatened with destruction ere, rood for staves; the <ypress funeral, by the overflow of the Potomac in 1870, it was posts sees ths Bethel Sevteth eal; removed bodily to Lincoln Park, fifteen blocks to te banees wilt apaniel Webster used ta particular I A G pder's i niel Webster used to affect a jo- gt cust tree out near the Soldiers’ Home, on the Robinson estate, and the friends whom he visited there had a little platform placed in the lower crotch for his especial ease and comfort. In that shady retreat the great statesman used to spend hours upon hours reading and medi- tating on affairs of national policy. At latest report the old tree is still alive. Washing- tonians are familiar with the much-talked-of “tree-house” or “house-tree,” out in Airy Cas- tle Park, near Mount Pleasant. It still remains ry ‘object of curiosity and interest to SUPT. SMITH'S MEMORIAL TREES. Supt. Smith has been in charge of the Botanic Garden since the close of Millard Fillmore’s ad- ministration, and probably possesses» more and intimate knowledge of trees, practically and ex ntally, than anybod: else in America. A lover of trees himsel he thinks all others should love them, too, favorite fad with him for years back has been AN Pe i aay The improve- | b aceite vis IND ‘THE BOTANICAL GARDEN Within the Botanical collection unequaled in interest and historical amociations, At the east end is a great over- PLANTED BY PORREST AND FORNEY IN 1868. an old specimen known as the Masonic cassia, planted in 1882 by the late Gen. Albert Pike, chief of the Scottish order, the highest rank of Masons, Near it two other cedars, planted respectively by Senators Lott Morrill of Maine and Justin 8, Morrill of Vermont. Close by is another cedar of Lebanon, well grown, planted in 1867 by Frank Blair, the elder, who was President Andrew Jackson's influential editor of the Washington @lohe, and the father of Gen. Frank P. Blair of Missouri. PRESIDENT HARRISON'S PLANTING. Down on the east side of the garden is a Ori- mean fir, set out by Judge Holman of Indians twenty-five years ago, Even now it does not FRANK BLAIR'S TREE (CEDAR OF LEBANON). measure over nine feet high, but it is, neverthe- Jess, a unique and charming tree. A host of other trees, planted by persons of less distinc- tion, stand scattered among the billowy sea of green that invests the garden, but nobody ex- cept Supt. Smith and his assistant, Sergt. Rey- nolds, an point them out. The latest memo- rial tree planting here was done last spring by President Harrison in the White House in- closure, when, with his own hands, he inserted half a dozen little cedars in the ground near ‘the executive conservatory. LANDMARKS CONFUSED, An amusing amount of confusion and misap- prehension exists in the city regarding certain of the more prorginent memorial treos, but doubtless this is®but natural. One repeatedly hears mention of “the Stanton tree,” where “‘the Cameron” is meant, the probable explana- tion being that occasionally the memory of the two war Secretaries gets slightly mixed in the aris Bite ASHING REAL ESTATE GOSSIP. The Attractions of the Suburbs In- creased by Good Roads. THE CITY’S EXPENSE ACCOUNT A Picturesque Country Lying Outside of the Olty—The Work of Road Making in the Suburbe—The Running Expenses of the District—Other Matters of Interest. STORY I8 TOLD OF ® farmer living in » part of New Hampshire which has in recent years become quite a resort for summer vis- itors that when one of the strangers spoke about the location of the barn on his place, remarking that it -ehut off afine view of the from the house, the old fellow replied: “Wall, that barn was built long before the scenery was discovered.” No doubt « great many people who have lived fora number of years in the suburbs of this city can readily appreciate this point of view. Before the growth of the city reached the when the Population was pressed beyond municipal limits property fi the sasarbe was a desirable investinent. A great pie few years ago for property in the city. In @ measure this transfer property has taka waco and large tracts of land have passed into other hands. During all this Tiod of change and enhancement of values natural advantages of the country surrounding this city have in the main remained the same. A change of proprietors, however, has followed by changes in the property. The lawns about the old places have been improved, the area of cultivated fields has been increased, new houses have been erected and there is an ab- sence of the slovenliness and neglect which was formerly noticed. All thie served to — the natural advantages of the country, which are undoubtedly very great, and when it can be viewed in a comfortable carriage rolling along over well-kept roads it is, perbaps, not a matter of surprise that so much is heard nowa- days about the picturesque scenery which marks the suburbs of Washington. There is no ques- tion that the country about the city is very beautiful, and the statement is made by compe- tent judges that there are few cities with such attractive suburbs. No doubt the most matter- of-fact man would coincide with this opinion after learning something of the prices asked and the prices received for suburban property. OUR COUNTRY ROADS. ‘The facilities for reaching the suburbs hav been enlarged by the building of electric rail- roads, and the beauties of the oper d during the simmer season can be enjoyed by those who cannot afford to own or hire a horse and car- riage. The work of improving the country roads which is carried on by the District gov- ernment each year, while not as extensive ns those in charge would like or the conditions of the roads demand, is still gradually raising the standard of these thoroughfares. There are some 180 miles of country roads, according to Mr. Beale, the superintendent in charge. year the amount appropriated for the improve- ment of the roads was $60,000. In addition to making the ordinary repairs, which naturally absorbs a large part of this sum, the authorities were able fo gumseadamie ised : of the important thoroughfares into the city. An improvement of this sort was carried out on the Benning read from the bridge to the stock yards. The Bladensburg road was macadamized from the Boundary to Mt. Olivet cemetery, the Brentwood road from Boundary to R street extended, and it is pro- during the coming year ‘to continue th improvement to Harmony cemetery. It is stated that all the main thoroughfares leadin, from the city are now improved. A number o} intersecting and minor roads have been sur- faced with gravel, and the road has been graded from the New Cut to the Lough- borough road. This year the appropriation country roads is $50,000, a reduction of $10,000 a Kreg torr with last year. There is need of better bridges and more extended work in road building all through the suburbs, ‘The advantage of good roads in the country is as (aoe lemon there is hardly anyone thing that will add more to the at- HOLMAX'S CRIMEAN FIR. public mind. A few mornings since, while a party of strangers were riding up the hill on ‘the Senate side in a herdic, an obliging citizen volunteered to point out some local landmarks. “That tree yonder,” said he, pointing to George | Washington’s namesake, “is known as the Sum- | ner tree, because Senator Charles Summer saved | it from’ being eut down one day by some| thoughtless laborers. ‘The samo evening he went home and at one sitting composed that beautiful poem, ‘Woodmafi, Spare That Tree!"” The visitors, unconscious of any mixture of facts = {infringement of George P. Morrie’ copyright, thought it a most interesting lit historical moreel. ON STREETS AXD AVENUES. The special varieties of shade trees planted along tho streets and avenues ate selected in accordance with the requirements of each thor- oughfare and in pursuance of a well-defined system, which takes into account the nature of ground, whether level ti r inclining, the character of the soil and the special object to be subserved. Sixty-five separate varieties are ¢1 tant throughout the city streets, embracing the maple (11 species), chestnut, catalpa, white aah, | locust, Kentucky coffee, Chinese cypress, sweet , tulip, negu: poplar (8 species), zel- re nes), plane, cocoa oak (8 willow (8 species), ginkgo, elm (5 ), birch (2 species), mul berry (2 species), nettle tree, judas tree, per- simmon, walnut (2 7. utternut, sassa- fras, osage orange and paulonia, IN THE CAPITOL GROUNDS. The most varied and fanciful assortments of treesareassembled in the grounds about the Capi- tol, in the Botanical Garden and in the various | which easily absorb the million and 3 | $150,000 for the tractiveness of the contiguous country and bind it closer in business an relations with the city than a system of fi highways. OUR MUNICIPAL FUXD. There will be less monéy spent for various municipal purposes during the coming year than the District Commissioners estimated could be spent with advantage. But the total amount appropriated by the new bill is| only about €270,000 less than theexpenditures of last year. and as the city got along very well during the year that is past there seems tobe no reason to fear a set beck because Congress was not dis- to be liberal. As it is some @5,300,000 we been made available for the current ex- penses of the District government, and in balk this seems to be a large sum. Bui when it is considered that it keeps the municipal govern- ment of a population of some 250,000 going for one year it does not seem to be so large after all. Especially is this true when the various items of ex] considered. The single item of interest on the debt of the District and the yments into the sinking fund amounts to $1'213,000. ‘Then there wae expended. duri the year about a million and a quarter of dol- tars on the streets. ‘Fhe public schools cost nearly million, the police force nearly a half million, and these items alone, when counted up, amount to nearly 4,000,000. ' Then there is the fire de- partment and the other expenses of a great city, ‘a quarter All these large sums of money are expended by payments from the United States treasury, with all the safeguards which are thrown about treasury disbursements, and it is safe to say that in no city in this country is such a large percentage of the money collected from taxpayers expended for their benefit and and that of citizens generally as is the case in this city. SOME OF THE DISTRICT'S EXTRAS. As the government owns 67 per cent of the real estate in the city it contributes toward the expense of the city one-half of the amount of the yearly appropriations. Upon this basia the District pays for the coming year something over €2,500,000-and the government a similar amount. But this sum does not represent the entire expenditure of the District funds for the reason that the _ $90,000 appropriated of the Grand toward defraying the ex Army rge on the District funds the remaining. encampment is a cl exclusively. So ment installment for the Creek of the Zoological Park. Altogether there will be expended this year of District funds about 2,700,000, which is about the amount of the brr re revenue. It Ag mage ag me 4 of the money raised by taxation from citizens of the Dis t and - into the U. 6 ry is not ap] riates ‘ongress. thus leaving a balance of District funds ury unexpended. Several years ago this ance or surplus reached quite ice ime rag wmoting ea i BE i parks and reservations, where, in addition to foworlng planta od kitum, topsther with the i ta tum, Seastainn, Cataonand eipmtig m pate, they pro- duce the refreshing and delightful effects known toall it W: but seldom exy Fienced by dwellers in other cities. Seated ease in any ‘one cannot help but i ¢ Limit {The patntod flowers: the trees u pshooting high; The adiistor shade the hills for Neath gece Hy tren the or; 1 a that, which rwords doth most he are'waich ell taal wrowae ii no tet Ps i a! ik ie £ t 5 e ak Be, |S derek A tw dwelling will and basemen’ be built by L. cost $25,000. A two-story be built for J. street W. of $1,900, From 1634 b areal and will cos frame $1,600. one bi Tynehead, uns Bed Cross for the in the treas- | the will be 173¢ b; Architect, 2". Cooper. at 114 19th street basement Be feet, at a cost of $2,500. the contract for the strect northwest at a cost of 62,500. have » prose briok front, will build for Margaret back buildings 14 by 11 basement Donohoe at 1118-15 28d street northwest two have two storiesand 11% ressed-brick ni built by 8. Carr at 680 E street regs It will be 20 by $2 feet and will cost J, W. Hunt will build for Davidson & David- son at 901-11 8 street prthwest six three-story Prewed-brick dwellings. | They feet and will cost $27,009. basement dwellings will Meline at 2109-11 O street 8. southeast for Harry basement brick dwelling, 14 by 32 feet, a ns by 8. R. Turner Charles Hanback will erect four pressed-brick dwelli po digs) northeast. northwest. They will be 20 by 52 feet and will J.W. Serrin will erect for A.B. Hines at | 204-8 9th street northeast three three-story brick dwellings, 15 by 96 feet, at a cost of and cellar -brick dwelling. 20 by 32 feet, back Dallding 16 by 16 feet, will by KS Yost at 215 9th southeast at a cost of $8,000. From plans by J. G. Germuiller Hengy Klinge will erect for E.Sonnemann atwo-story pressed- brick dwelling at 1717 North Capitol strest ex- tended. It will be 20 by 35 feet, back building 16 by 15 fect,and will cost @8,400. Edmonston will build for Woodward & Lothrop, on lote 30-84, story brick warehouse an inches by 80 feet, at @ cost of $15,000. A two-story and cellar brick bakery, 40 by 60 feet, will be erected for Carl Hoffman by J. L. Schaffirt on lot 8, block 8, Pleasan street, at a cost of $4,000. Pritchett will build at 621 10th strect Mallory a two-story and juare 369, a three- stable, 69 feet 7 t Plains,Grant cost at 134- cost $8,000. . F. Getz will build for Davidson & David- son, from plans by George 8. Cooper, a six- story and cellar apartment house at 1115 9th street northwest. It will be of brown stone and pressed brick, nok 90 feet, heated by steam, Cora White will build on Frankfort street, Brookland, lot 28, block 12, a two-story frame for | dwelling, 12 by 20, at a cost of $300. Chilton Brothers will build for Wilton Har- vey at Langdon station, county, two two-story wellings, 16 by 24 feet, at a cost of THE WEEK's RECORD. During-the week ending July 15 there were issued twenty-nine building permite for the erection of sixty-one buildings, at an average cost of $3,470, The permits were divided as follows: Northwest, eight ata cost of five permits for fifteen buildings at a cost of 844,600; southwest, two permits for two build- ings ata cost of $3,550; southeast, four permits for ten buildings ‘at a cost of $25,400; county, ten Ea for thirteen buildings at a cost of 64, —— for twenty- 118,350; northeast, —_—__ THE WASHINGTON SHIP. A Report Received by the State Department of Its Reception in Russia. ‘The following official dispatch, handed yester- day by the State Department to Miss Barton, | making official announcement of the arrival and reception of’ the Washington ship Tynehcad, will be read with grateful interest by the people of the city who took so generous and graceful & part in sending abroad this immense and val- ubble cargo of food. DEPARTMENT oF StaTE, Wasurxorox, July 1, 1892. ‘Miss Clara Barton, Red Cross Society, Wash- ington, D. C. Madam: I inclose herewith, for your infor- mation, anextract from a dispatch, No. 204, from our charge d’affairs in Russia, reporting the reception accordéd the steamer Tynehead upon its arrival at Riga, with provisons for the fatmine-stricken Russin.” me Tam, madam, your obedient servant, Joux W. Foster. Legation or THE Unitxp States, St. Pereassuro, June 21, i892. stricken To the Hon. William F. Wharton, Acting Secre- tary of State. Sir: Although the sending of the steamer der the auspices of the Bed Cross Society and Mr. B. F. wenport Democrat, Iowa, with provisions famine “ American B. P. Tilli it of of Bussia, has not formed YOUTH AND GRACE. The Art of Dressing Beoomingly Must Be Learned. SOME FETCHING COSTUMES. ‘The Summer Girl's Splendor—Displaying Her Daintiest Gowns—How the Sktrt Should Be Set Off—Dainty Dresses for Lawn Parties— All Kinds of Hats for Summer—Fashion Notes. Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. New Yore, July 14, 1892. FASHIONABLY youth is always besuti- ful. This is no more true than to say that youth is always grace- ful. In rare cases women have an instinet- ive sense of the becom- © ing, but as « rule the art of dressing becom- ingly must be learned, like any other art, by close study and deep application. I know a lady who glways makes point to send to Paris for her bonnets, and when I mect her I feel like advising her to send for a French woman to show her how to wear them. She would then learn that a French woman wears her bonnet on her head, and not perched on a towering coil of hair in an alto- gether ridiculous manner. Nor does a French wom: n @ ver allow a train to drag behind her on the side walk, exercising the functions of a street ‘sweeper. And, speaking of skirts, let me call your at- tention to the fact that in all woolen materials it is customary te set off the skirt with a ruch- ing of the same material. But it is possible to = it deal of taste in this matter of rac me way is to make a double ruchii composed of two pleats, set close together an pinked out on each edge. Another style is to fet asingle rufile at the bottom and head it with guipure lace. Some, however, prefer the skirt quite plain,as shown in my initial illustra- tion. Here you see a charming outdoor cos- tume which may be made up either in wool or silk. In this instance it has a oream ground, with ared figure. It will be noted that this dress consists of two parts, a skirt and redin- gote. ‘The plastron and sleeve puffs are of red wilk. At the back there isa half belt of the ilk and the cuffs are turned back with the silk. The yoke is covered with ecru gupure. THE SUMMER GIRL'S SPLENDOR. To catch a glimpse of the summer gir! opening splendor you must run down to the seaside resorts within easy distance of the metropolis.» She -is wise in making choice of these pisces to display. her dainticst gowns, for here she is sure to find throngs of male admir- ers. You find little else save college boys and rich men’s sons at the distant summer resorts, The business man can’t go so far. He must content himself with the Jersey coast. Your young man in the twenties is not satii asa judge of a brilliant toilet. He knowsa pretty face when he sees it, but he has not been educated up to the art of a gored skirt, the love fit of a cor or the proper hang of a ‘atteau fold. He is too apt to be dazzled by the sparkle of two black eves or led away from ‘a sweet nocturn in two shades of ecru by the sweeter voice of the girl inside, GARDEN PARTY COSTUME. The second illustration pictures a lovely summer costume in barege and taffeta glace, very appropriate for a garden or lawn party of serves as foundation for the ba: }gown must be made princess and iting. The plastron is | puffed sleeves are caught up with a bor of ribbon. FARE i j a H ! i it if 268 I 3 it i if 5 REET cn os we a oan coulda’ oe pour te urged ‘the artless maid Seme of the combinations of mauve and cream are delightful. For instance, an exquisite cream muslin inted with manve sprigs of flowers is set by a deep sash of mauve and crean®ribbon. The front of the corsage has @ fichu of lace brought down under the sash and the of the skirt is gurnitured with two tiny flounoes, lace embroidered. LAWN Games As it is hard for the orator to be eloquent be- fore a array of empty benc! very diffeuit for a young girl to chow to good ry bet ay toshow to ge advantage in her and parcel of this semi-masculine rig. which is extremely becoming to some girls and positively disfiguring to others. THE COMBINATION OF LACE AXD RIRBONS continues to Be much in vogue. In one in- stance Isawa lace bodice wound around with ribbon from bust line to the waist, and then there was a loose, full bib falling from the on a fine figure is altogether In the matter of elesves the a ‘ straight line from the shoulders. nothing is so pretty and inexpensive withal as aserge skirt anda foulard blouse in some light de chine and #0 cut as to over- upper sleeves. | The omnipresent Eton Jackot in blue serge looks very taking over an accor- deon pleated blouse of heliotrope erepe de QUEEN KAPIOLANI’S GIFT. A Bearing Cocoanut Tree Sent to San Fran- isco From Honolu! From the San Francisco Chronicle. Wrapped in its armor of protecting burlaps it looked very much like an exaggeration of the little wooden toy trees familiar to every child. But it was a queenly present. To be exact in a land where titles are transitory, the tree is the gift of the Dowager Queen Kapiolani of the Hawaiian Islands, It is the largest cocoanut tree ever successfully transplanted, and the men about Golden Gate Park will testify to ite “heft,” for eleven of them spent three hours in getting it off a wagon and transplanting it in the conservatory. The Australia brought into port this queen's present ase sort of recognition of favors re- ceived from San Francisco. W. N. Gifford was made the instrument through which the ex- queen transmitted her good will, freight pre- paid, to Golden Gate Park. Mrg Gifford is in business in Hawaii, and, knowing that several attempts had been made to transplant « fruit- bearing cocoanut tree to the park, he started in to help from the Hawaiian end. Ina letter accompanying the tree he tells of some of the trouble encountered. ‘The tree selected was the best to be obtained within easy access to roads leading to town, he and is fairly well supplied with young fruit. To better appreciate the difficulty of ob- | | taining the particular tree wanted, Mr. Gifford | writes, one should be on the spot and see the lay of the country. , especially older Trees, ones of dwarf habit having fruit on them, are particularly difficult to find when warted in lar ef i E | fe 4 et t ian tit EI f Le throat to meet theribbon corselet. The effect | For everyday wear as general knockabouts | j Some blouses are made in accordeon | ble TRE CHESS WORLD. Problems, Games —The New Vork Chess sociation Notes. The three positions wubj od were at honorable mentiow by the judges in Tue Sti Fecently concluded problem tourney. No. 194. By H.C. PAINTER. White to play and m No. 135, By H. ©. PAINTER. wit Bed 25 B Bisa Bw White to play and No. 136. By. F. A. COOLEY @S GAMBIT. Ikbeer-Lallerer counter -« r wing how the ereat Auderssn anuihilated Bchallopp of Berlin fame. White —Anderssen, Binck Sch: £P-04.) Qxor Okeus Re kEs ty : And black restened Very goo:l book te here, but ian"t this of question utility? (>) Giving up a second p GAME No. 70. BISHOP'S GAMBIT. A Cuban brilliant, perpetrated by the world’s c! Black —Stei ERS semen ce ra KG ob 5 5 ‘And biack wine. The New York State Chess Association wil hold its usual summer meeting at Xkaneatel N. ¥., from August 1 to 6 inclusive. A well filled program is promised. including a ma between Eugene Delmar and A. B. Hodges fe a money prize and the championship of Ne York; the second interciub tournament for | Btaate Zeitung cup and the customarr bandicay and free for all. Mes«rs. Steinitz and Lipschw will probatiy be present and the latter take part in the various contests, ores, On the 28th ultimo Mr. I. ¥. Knight play against three very strong players, Capt. Key, C. Dunham and J. Macfarland simul ously, at Washington, defeating the two # named. We still fail to fathom the *forwar ‘ness in holding back” frow a match with Bal more on the part of the Senators. —Baltin Sunday News. We also “fail to fathom,” &c. There is still some prospect of the triangul between Lasker, Dlackburne and Gunsberg ta ing at fast in September. but it fared thet Lasker's heshth may prevent from participating. ‘The score in the Janowwhi-Littenfeld stands 5 to 8 and 4 draws in the latter's favor The outlook for the Dresden congress is ¥ bright. Tarrasch, Schallonp, Caro, Walbrod Von Scheve, Shmid of Germany, Marke am Albin of Austria, Mason and Tinsley of Englaud, Baird of the United States and Von Popiel off Russian Polaud will compete in the mas section. see BROOKLAND. Miss Carrie Ewald of Mount Savage, M4., in Brookland as the guest of Miss Alice Mare There is talk of organizing a W. C. T. U. Brookland. Mrs. 8. Williamson and daughters, Mi Bertha and Bessie, have gone for a loug visit Trenton, N. J. Mesers. Farnham and Chappel are putt Mr. George Schwier is about to build a addition to bis home. ghanging the front Frankfort street, which street will be open by Mesers, Weeks aud Schwier as far as street northenst. A part of the estate of the late Henry Ceney will be sold at auction on Thursday premises, at the corner of Queew and the Brentwood roads. part of “Ouckold's Delight” and “ ‘end it will iy uubdivided handle. Miss Grace Thomas bas returned from s EEE fil if | iff et i fe H f F4 2. i ad e i j | : | | i Hy I ? i t fa iE t in af i | f i t 5 4 if & &