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12 SS THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGY0 , D. C, THURSDAY, MAY 18, 1893—SIXTEEN PAGES. THE GARBAGE QUESTION. How It Has Been Solved in the City of | Detroit. SEERE WERE BUT ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY- THREE COMPLAINTS DURING LasT MONTH— A PENALTY PAID BY THE COMPANY REMOVING ‘THE GARBAGE FOR NEGLECT OF ITs DUTY—A THOROUGH EXAMINATION OF THE SYSTEM. Correspondence of The Evening Star. Dernorr, May 9, 1893. ‘The writer being in the city of Detroit and having «little spare time, thought an investi- gation of that city’s method of garbage dis- posal might be interesting. It was exceod- fngly so; and as the plan in operation seems to Present not only matters of interest, but also ‘of instruction, it oceurs that the readers of Tax Star may be pleased to accompany the writer on his tour of inspection. A call was first made upon the health depart- ment of Detroit as a starting point. Dr. Duf- field, the health officer, received the visitor most courteously and cordially. He stated in the interview that the whole matter was in the eharge of the Detroit Sanitary Company. A call was made upon Mr. Walter Glines, the sec- er company, and also upon Mr. M. ‘Wail the jberlain, the general manager. With the cfty authorities tho disposal is a matter of bygicne, with the De- it Sanitary Company it is purely an indus- enterprise. ‘The city desires the Farbage to de effectually removed as # matter of healt! ‘The company desires the effectual removal so 8 to fully utilize it. Under their contract the company collects all the garbage of the city and removes it to its factory some twenty miles out, where it is con- ‘Yerted into articles of commerce. RESPONSIUILITY OF THE COMPANT. ‘The city is divided into circles of varying radii, Within a circle of two miles the com- pany makes daily collections: within that of three miles tri-weekly collections; within that ef four miles weekly collections. Under their contract if two complaints from the same premises are received in one month the com- 3 responsible for the double neglect, is toa fine of $10. During the month of April, 1893, there were exly 123 complaints, or an average of four per day. And in the city of Detroit there are some 40,000 families, which makes one complaint per day for each 10,000 families. in the city. ‘The city pays this company to remove all garbage up fo 10.000 tons per annum. For all above that amount the company agrees to pay the city 80 cents per ton. The company em- ploys about sixty wagons to make the collec- ‘ions. These wagons consist of an ordinary ‘wagon frame or bed on which rests the garbage tacle or caisson. This is a rectangular, or as it is populariy styled, an oblong metal b: which has a lid on each side, so that it mi filled from both sides. At each end there is Projection or pintie, which much puzzled the ‘writer when he first saw a wagon on the street. Accompanied by Mr. Glines, the writer went 4m the afternoon to the company's city depot to see the handling of the garbage as the wagons | ame in. What was seen at first was a sub- stantial brick building located down by the Wabasa railroad aud vear the bank of the De- troit river. On entering the office there was nothing to distinguish the place from any other Dasiness office. Leaving this the stable was first entered. This simply appeared like any large siable,with perhaps ihe noticeable feature that the some dozen horses there were all large, fine, healthy looking and well-kept animal Through this we proceeded and out into the yard. “Here upoaaswitch from the Wabash Failroad was a railway c.r somewhat like « -y gondola car or acar without any car the garbage caissons were bei MOW IT I8 TRANSPORTED. ‘The wagon was driven up to the track and a trolley on an overhead track was ram along over the caisson. Rings were slipp.d over the pro- Jections at the ends of the cxisson. and the latter ‘was litted from the bed, and the troiley slid along over the car, upon which the caisson was lowered. ‘This was to be continued until all the enisson+ were loaded on the cars, there being two of the latter required for each day’s col tion. At nic! leaded, company’s works at French Landing. on the Evroa mver, twenty miles from De It will thus be seen that the «: moved in De’ end is nt, bage is r it from the private premises ever disturbed until it reaches the com- ‘There ix no dumping of it_in ering mass. Standing within tloaded with these caissous t of sour garbage. collected, and, in iy jas, of course, not ed or naieous condition, and i quiet handling of the caissons precluded any agitation or stirring of the mass &s mast bap and there was what was in the caissons, or leaving the devot, the writer,under the ge of the dent, ir.’ Chamber- is oat t ory, situated upon the banks of the Huroa river. There was nothing in the appearance, nor in the air to denote thathere the garbage of great city was being disposed of. The loca- tion isa beautiful one, upon the kigh bank of ® swiftly ruuning 5 @ grove of trees, and farm hous tered around. HOW THE GAREAGE 18 DISPOSED oF. At the immediate entrance, whence could be Seen on the receiving tloor the garbage of the Gey before, there was only a slightly tible odor. At this entrance the ca Femoved from the cars by a trolley similar to the one by which they are loaded. On this are run into the mped upon the receiving enings through pipes into the steamers, n Teceptacle conssting of ther. a steam space in the inner eylinder trolley the being between them. 4s a dasber, and mto thw cy 4s introduced. between the t am is let into the space nders and the garbage is or distilled, the dasher motion so as roughly agi- or blower comumnicating linder draw: and pases down a sluice into the n odor passes off with this s of odor in| As # a Fesiduum, wh fe quite comm: driven off the dry i by the action of the dashers uted. is drawn off from the Steamers. This residuum has very much the appearance of cotfe carriers and 15 deposited another set of re- eeivers, which are the Into these separators at the top. ‘This naphtha h the masa therein. On re: comes in cont end is vapo: om the naphtha ed by ng through the As Teaches the top it comes in kept filled with cold water rough the mass. tha continues the is thoroughly sep: dl rising to the ss for the htha in- » from grease The residaura densed, As this movement of the rease in the mas from the sold fs then withdras eparator, serene: ground and put in cartels. It is known as “tankage” and y valuable as an ingredient | im making fertilizers. The © is put into Darrels disposed of to the candle makers. PROFIT 10 THE coMPANY. It is obvious from ¢ Valuable industry to those engaged 1 are paid by the city to remove the gar they also realize a merce derived th thorough removal o: - the coutractor. The more he re larger the amount of raw materi larger the ou:p: . inverested garba, my 8 eal a ebarge to Natural cation of ton. Le ditions here, that the Detroi Washing’ @ dve-y ‘Terrified # A dynamite cartrid at the door of the Ce @ntrance to a sc! itended b Belonging to the most se Bpain, and vicinity into the anarchists, who aze once more becoming Active in Spain. these cars are removed to the | inder the garbage | | this year. DOINGS AT FREDERICK. The Coming Firemen’s Convention—The Electric Kailroad Project. Corespondence of The Evening Star. Farpenick, Mp., May 17, 1898. There is no longer any doubt about the building of an electric railroad between Fred- erick and Middletown, eight miles distant, a company having already been organized for that purpose and a franchise granted by the | aldermen of Frederick for the use of several of | the principal streets on which to lay the | tracks. ‘The right of way has been se- cured over the National turnpike where needed, and options have been obtained on | land at various points where it wiil be neces- | sary to make a detour from the pike, and also | in Middletown for the location of the power ‘house. The trolley system will be used, and it is estimated the road will cost about $250,000. A of northern capitalists are (members of the company, and Messrs. George William Smith, C. 'U. 8. Levy and other leading citizens here are interested, | Surveys of ~ route SS are now in rogress, and it is thought that work upon the Construction of the line will be compisted by next September. The road will pass through & fertile aud pictusesque region, and crosses the Catoctin mountain weet of this city on its way. Itis thought that if the road is completed ss planned many handsome summer residences will be erected on the mountain along the route of the road. A LAW CONVENTION. Edward S. Eichelberger, state’s attorney for Frederick county, has taken the initiative ina movement lookiyg to the much-needed revision of the criminal process and pleading of the ftate of Maryland. Ho has ealled a convention of the state's attorneys of each of the counties in the state toassemble in Baltimore on the 14th of June. The object of their conference will be to formulate a pill for a revision of the system of criminal pleading and practice Whereby the:method will be simplified and robbed of its present trivial details, in order that a prisoner when guilty will not be able to escape punishment by means of technical quib- bles and the innocent be acquitted with less risk of being made the victim of an unjust verdict. In the matter of the revision of the criminal laws it is hoped to be able to accomplish some- thing that will render them capable of uniform execution in each of the counties of the state. THE BIG FIREMEN'S CONVENTION. The firemen’s demonstration which is to be held in this city on the 7th and 8th of June next, in celebration of the seventy-fifth anni- versary of the Independent Hose Company, will be one of the largest demo: ns ever beld by the firemen in this country. Upward of 4,000 delegates from companies in all parts of the Union will be in attendance, and an interesting program of prize contests has been arranged for the second day. On the first day there will be a parade and reception to the visitors, “concluding in the evening with a convention at the city opera house, when a state firemen’s association will be organized, composed of the volunteer fire de- artments in all the towns and cities of Mary- land. Many of the firemen’s organizations which will be here will come attended by large parties of ladies, and many of these have made arrangements to extend their trip to Washing- ton and take in the sights of the national cap- ital. RINGING THE CHIMES. Prof. J. R. Gibion, ringer of the chimes of the Metropolitan Church, Washington, D. C., the last Saturday evening set of chimes zecently steeple of r giving a concert, the program including twelve popular airs. He also rang the chimes Sunday morning, afternoon and evening. The beaatiful music of the bells was novel and in- | teresting for the people of Frederick, this be- | ing the first complete set of chimes ever brought j bere. The bells are ten in number and cost }. the bulk of the fund for their putchase | having been the gift of the late Lewis Markell and wife of Frederick. A NEW RESERVOIR. The board of aldermen of Frederick are about to have erected on the Tuscarora creek, near Frederick, a receiving reservoit of 6,000,000 gallons capacity, and to cost about $15.00. This “"inerease in the city’s water supply has beea demanded by |the growth of manufacturing industries inaugurated erected it Chureh | aud increase of population. There was a partial water famine lust «uramer owing to the drouth, and it is the intention to have the new reservoir completed in time to prevent arepetition of that trouble. y Engineer J. A. charge of the work. BUSINESS TROUBLES. One of the most extensive business failures that has ever occurred in Frederick is that of William Wilcoxon, proprietor of the Union foundry and stove works, who has filed a peti- tion of insolvener in the cireuit court here, with the result that Messrs, Wm. P. Maulsby. jr.. and Benjamin F. Reich were appointed pi liminary trustees. His failure also brought about the financial col- lapse of his father, Andrew J. Wileoxon of the lumber firm of Wilcoxon & Brown, who has filed a deed of trust, the trus- tees being the same as appointed by the court for his son. Wiltiam ‘on’ liabilities will range anywhere from 232,000 to $60,000, and many well-known citizens of Frederick are in- volved. F. MeK. ge TO BREAK UP CYCLONES. Haydon has A Kansas Scientist Has a Plan by Which They Can Be Dispersed. Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. Torexa, Kan., May 15, 1893, A Kansas scientist has evolved a plan by which approaching cyclones can be bombarded and many lives and thousands of dollars’ worth of property saved from destruction. The scientist is Dr.C. R. Carpenter of Leaven- worth, who has given this subject a great deul of study during the past five years, Dr. Carpenter says that the great Mississippi and Missouri valleys compose the eyclone center of the continent. His theory is to have every city that is large enough to have a fire department also have a cyclone station, where men could be trained to watch for a coming twister and then destroy it before it could reach the city, by exploding it with torpedoes. in an interview with the doctor as to the modus operandi of tackling a Kansas cyclone, corraling and destroving its force, he said: “I would have astation sufficiently high to permit the watchmen to see one when it is coming. Let the watchmen give the alarm and then turn out a sufficient number of trained men to throw torpedoes into the center of the cyclone and scatter itto pieces, I think it could be done, and I believe the theory is worth experimenting upon. The torpedoes would have to be sent into the cloud scientiti- cally, ef course; that is why Isay men should be ‘trained to the service. Secretary Rusk thought it wise to spend considerable sums ia rder to test a theory of how to cause rain in plac Why not spend a little in a life-saving and property-protecting service? | Millions of dollars’ worth of property and |scores of lives are lost in this country every few years by cyclones. Power- ful torpedoes thrown into these disastrous bal- | loons would certainly cause them to collapse. i would say have the station attached to the weather b u. There we have a service by which the storm may be detected at a sufticient stance to be prepared for it when it arrives. hen destroy it before it comes in dangerous proximity. ‘Strong marine glasses could be used at night by watchmen and an alarm could be given in plenty of t My method would of course be of no use in hurricanes, but Iam fully 1 that my theory is a good one l well worth a trial.” sof Dr. Carpenter are cre wide comment throughout the west an ill undoubtedly be put into operation in many of the cities of Kansas, Nebraska and Missouri | avines nes Alleged Discrimination Against Washington. © Faitor eman from Hartford, going to C this week. gives me the following sta d-trip tickets from Hartford Baltimore and Wash- t this place with the 11:35 8.00; sleeping section, two 00. ‘To his surprise (having to take sof his family at Washington, and | yhe found here the fol- | tip by fast express, do he made a saving single tickets. One ht, $10.00. It seems »me that tue clear, illuminating rs Stam should be turned upon this matter, end that this diserimination against this com- munity may be corrected. It 1s possible that the only ones benetited by the low rates are the favored denizens of New England. At all | events it presents a very am ous condition | of thin, south be Why sho criminated 4 1 Washington and the | Staceste. Wats Hare the nataral | food aud color inatter for the bait. and medicinal | herbs for the scaip, curing grayness, baldness, dandruff and scalpsores. | | The grounds of the actions a TEMPERANCE TALK. The Cause of Temperance and Its Ups and Downs—Demon Drink’s Hard Luck. THE MOIST-FINGERED BARMAID AND THE GOOD SHE DOES—THE PEOPLE OF ENGLAND ARE WAKING UP TO THE IMPORTANCE OF THE LIQUOR QUESTION—A SUCCESSOR TO HOME RULE. Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. Loxpos, April 30, 1893. Hand in hand the two greatest nations of the earth are struggling onward toward that bright millennium when man shalldrink but water. It may be added that these two greatest nations, England and America, are also the two drunk- enest nations. Perhaps this is the reason they are able to boast that they lead the world inthe cause of temperance. But it does not seem as though the temper- ance workers fitly appreciated the extent to which England and America are confederated in this great work. To England the good peo- ple of the states are indebted for Lady Somer- set's benign persuasiveness. Merry England's temperance workers are now turning longingly toward the Yankee notion of local option and hope to see the bil now in parliament become alaw. WATER IN WHISKY. The practice of putting water in whisky, that has become so prevalent of late in America, is another instance. Of course, if a man who has always drunk his whisky without any water in it is led to drink it half water he is taken halt way ovec the road that ends at total absti- nence. English people water their whisky be- cause it is 60 or 80 per cent alcohol and the cop- per linings that are necessary to enable one to drink it “straight” are not only expensive, but inconveniently heavy. The style is rapidly spreading to America and is another evidence of the good influence that is being exerted by this tight little isle, as people are so fond of calling it, though the amount of drunkenness there, as here, does not justify the unqualified use of the word “tight.” THE PARMAID. Perhaps the most interesting element of the temperance question in England is the bar- | maid. And, mark you, if the people of the states do not, metaphorically speaking, em- brace this innovation too, this corner of THe Stax 1s no better prophet than the weather in- dications corner. One New York saloort keeper has already tried the idea, but it was not suc- cessful. It used to be positively pathetic to see a man whose t ke a dust rush in and gasp caught sight of the white-aproned young lady behind the bar, add “Excuse me, I thought this was a saloon,” and rush out. ‘THE STARVATION ARMY. ‘This great, starving army of the unempl in London now gives peculiar force to the temperance question. Imagine a big, broad- shouldered with the muscies and the courage that should enable him to earn a living | anywhere in the world, who has not been able toget an hour's work for six months. ‘The mother of his two children died for want of food and care. The man sits on the ground in the corner of a back cellar, where he and his children are allowed to hve, like dogs, rent free. The hungry-eyed son leans his skin: face against the father’s ragged sleeve and sol “Ob, dad, dad! I'm so “ungry.” “Aye, aye, my lad, so am Hi The little gisi on the floor rolls her great, sunken eyes, but is too wi to move. ‘here are tears in the man’s eyes as he unbuttons his son's torn, greasy little coat, As be pulls it off the bones of the little boy's flesiless shoulders seem almost to prick through the skin. Rolling the child's coat into a small bundle the man, his own coat pawned long ago, goes ont, hatless and in his shict sleeves.” Two hours later he comes home blind drunk. Does not this speak volumes for the liberality of the British pawnbrokers and saloon keepers? THE SECRET OF PERPETUAL YouTat. But tocome back to the bar maids. One usually does. They are really remarkable young persons in many ways, For instance, they seem to know the secret of perpetual youth. They will generativ be found, h to be more mine who is f keep it all the a bar maid who he declared had had forty or fifty birthdays according to his diary. © My friend was good enough to introduce me to her. I complimented her on the freshness of her appearance and said that 1t seemed incred- able that she should not be tired after her long day's work. She explained that she was in ex- ceptionally good spirits becanse the mor- row was her birthday and she was to havea day o “But,” interjected my friend, “you have already had two birthdays this wel ‘“ shesnid,with a hauteur such as one sel- dom sees save in'a cable car gripman, “You forget yourself.” I saw that my friend had lacerated her sensitive nature, and in_ order to change the current of her thoughts I asked if she expected to receive many birthday prese She said that she could not think of accepting valuable presents from a gentleman she had known so short a time as she had me. She could not think of allowing me to give her any- thing more than a brooch or ring or some such trifle. The dear, modest creature. Of conrse, if one makes presents to barmaids the necessary hi-ti—which is English for money is deducted from one's beer money, aud so the good work goes on. SUNDAY DRINKING IN WALES. It was not a great while ago that the im- perial parliament accomplished a grand good thing by passing the Sunday-closing act for Wales, According to the provisions of this act one must travel three miles from home before he can legally take a drink, in the principality, on Sunday. It has dene wonders for the cause of temperance and the street car companies. As the law is unique in its way an explanation here may not be uninteresting. The law pun- ishes any one whosells intoxicants on Sunday, and also any,one who is found on_ “licensed premises,” i. €.,a saloon, on Sunday. The law says, however, that the right of a bona fide traveler to get what refreshments he wants shall not be abridged. The courts construed a bona ide traveler to be any one who had traveled three miles from the place where he last slept. People seemed very well satisfied with this and did their three miles without grumbling, though it sometimes made it inconvenient for them to go to church. Recently an almost Gil- bertian twist has been added to this interesting law. A few weeks ago the courts decided that the quenehing of thirst was not legally busi- ness, and that a boua fide traveler must have some more legitimate business than a desire ink as the occasion for his traveling. This uction of the law has given m won- derful stimulus, naturally, to the inventive faculties of the people of Wales. One young man with what is called in home rule land “an ilhgant thirst” was arrested for being on licensed premises on Sunday and accounted for his presence there by saying that he was court- ing the barmaid. aequitted and now the barmaid for breach of promise. THE S\BSATARIAN SENTIMENT. Sand: is really coming to mean more in England than it used to. Of course, the saloon business is controlled by act of parliament only, and there is no immediate prospect of a eha s0 far as Sunday selling in England and Scot- land iseoncerned. It 14 in other directions that the Sabbatarian sentiment is making itself fe n Bromagem—which is English for ‘mingham+—t e been having lively times. ‘The moral: t city are officially looked after by what is called “the watch com- tte,” and this committee has revived somo forgotten laws by which the sale of tobacco and cigars and newspapers on Sunday is pro- hibited. More r nt laws than this one of the late King Charles permit the saloons to open on Sunday, and as saloons are ullowed to sell. to- bacco and cigars the temperance smokers have to buy th ir smokes at the saloons, law According crime of selling newspapers punished fine of two ‘The Sunday newspapers have de- ‘0 tight the watch committee and pay the boys’ fines. The com tee insists that the boys shall be arrested, aud so the slops—which is English for police ‘good old Brum” are having a lively time of it Sunda Strange as it may scem, there is 1 no! pol ery rea eve that the temperance question will be its successor, Perhaps my son will live longenough to write something about it then. HANK Pork. =< gar's Sult Against ir. Morse, president of the Woman's Suffrage of Indiana, one against Congressma Morse, the other against Editor N, A. Mowton of Atileborough, have been formally e in the United States circuit court at Boston. % out to be statements made by the Congressman while on. the stump daring the last national _campxign, and which were, it is said, published in Mow- rond | ton’s paper. The plaintiff sues the Congress- mau for $25,000 und the editor for $10,000. FALLS CHURCH. Many Happenings of Interest in This Pretty Virginia Town. Correspondence of The Evening Star. Fats Cuvacu, Va., May 18, 1893, Quarterly meeting of the M. E. Church South was held on Sunday and Monday last. Rev. Rumsey Smithson preached Sunday morn- ing and night. ‘The ordinance recently adopted by the coun- cil requiring all dogs to be muzzled is not being enforced by the town sergeant. The Young People’s Society of Christian Endeavor held an unusually interesting meet- ing on Sunday afternoon. Dr. George B. Fadely presided, and the subject, “Winning Souls,” was discussed by Messra. Lynn 8. Abbott, Frank Eastman, Daniel Rollins, Carl Rathbun, Wirt Kinsley, Rev. D. L. Rathbun, Miss Maud Rathbun and Mra. Wood. An ad- jonmed meeting was held at Ford’s school ouse later in the evening, which was conducted by L. 8. Abbott, Frank Eastman, Carl Rath- bun, Miss Fanny Bugg, Miss Clara Gulager, ‘Miss Ella Ford and Miss Nellie Ford. The so- cicty has accepted an invitation to holda union meeting at Ballston with the society there next Sunday night, and Dr. Geo: B. Fadely, Carl Rathbun, George W. Hawxhurst, Miss Clara Gulager ‘and Miss Maud Rathbun were ap- pointed to take part from this society, Incon- Sequence of this no meeting will be held at Falls Church that night. Mise Doremus of Arlington is visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Newlon. Mr. Blanton of Farmville is stopping at Mrs. AE. Lounsbury’s. Miss Emma Garner is an applicant for the post office here, and her petition is being nu- merously signed by the citizens. The republican district convention to nomi- nate a district ticket will be held bere tomor- row night. A pleasant surprise party visited the resi- dence of Mr. and Mrs. 8. V. Proudfit on Satur- day night in honor of the seventeenth birth- day of their daughter, Miss Persis. The even- ing was enjoyably spent by the young people. Those present were Miss Elia Ford, Miss Lottie Patton, Miss Mary Simons, Miss’ Nellie Ford, Miss Claudie Curtis, Mise Louise Randall, Mr. Webster Flagg, Mr. Ray Blanchard, Mr. Will Patton, Mr. Bennie Klock, Mr. Hudson Patton and Mr. Frank Eastman, ‘The White Ribbon Band, organized in con- nection with the Presbyterian Church, held an interesting meeting on Monday night, at which Mr. W, J. Allen presided. It was voted to hold a sociable on the second Monday night in June at the parsonage, and Rey. D. L. Rathbun, Dr. George B. Fadely and Geo. B. Ives were ap- pointed a committeo of arrangements. Short addresses were made by Messrs, W. J, Allen, Rev. D. L. Rathbun, Dr. Fadely and others and selections read by Misses Etta and Mabel Ailen and Maud Rathbun, ‘Mra, Clara Williams, colored, a ister of Asbury Honesty, is said to have been bitten some ten days ago by amad dog. She started for New York, but learning that there was a madstone in Washington she had it applied. It adhered for over an hour and she returned home much relieved from anxiety. Yirs A. H. McCormick, M F. W. Clarke, M. C, Ball, 0. F. nt and J. Stuart Ball of Washington, B. F. Mackall of Langley and M. J. Layton of Front Toyal are at the Eagle House. A party of tive surveyors in charge of Mr. B. F. Mackail were at Falls Church Monday surveying a route for a railroad, but declined to be interviewed and nothing could be ascer- tained as to their intentions. ———___ TAKOMA PARK. McCauley, Mr. J. R. Swormstedt is having his house, on Maple avenue, renovated and improved, and will move in about the 25th instant. Miss C. E. Bitzer has gone to Balti- more, from which place she will go by water to Savannah, Ga., accompanied by her brother, Kev. George Bitzer of Leesburg, Va., who goes to Macon to attend the Presbyterian assembly to be held in thet city May 29. Mr. Hamilton Colman isa guest of Mr. and Mrs. B. G. Cowl at their home on Holly avenue. Aclub has been formed, composed of the Misses Gussie Thomas, Grace Favorite, Bertie Page, Etta Danforth and Mand Watkins, with Messrs. Clyde Lamond, W. H. Tucker, Ray Follmer, Ward Favorite and Chas. Page, the object of which will be to give entertainments from time to time, A meeting will be held at lay for the purpose of organizing, electing officers, &e. Mr. and Mrs. G. Garlan, with their family, have returned to their home here after an | absence of several years, during which the place has been rented to strangers, Mrs. Mabel Childs, who recently removed from this place to Brookland, bas sold her property there and will shortly jo her rela- tives near West End, Va. Mrs. Hiram T. Doyle, who has been quite ill at her home on Chestnut avenue, is slowly con- valescing. Mrs. George Freeze is much improved, and her physicians think, with the settled spring weather, her recovery will be rapid. Miss Fanny McDowell and the Misses Pennocks, with Mr. H. A. Lichlichter, were guests Tues day of Mr. and Mrs. C. M.'Heaton, jr. Mrs. Louise Losekam of Baltimore is visiting Dr. and Mra. A. V. Parsons. Albert Dempsey, formerly of Takoma, has returned from Asheville, N. C., where he spent the winter. ———— HOME OF THE RED CROSS. Miss Clara Barton and Dr. Gardner Inspect- ing the New Station in Indiana. ‘Miss Clara Barton, president, and J. B. Hub- bell, secretary of American Red Cross Society, accompanied by Dr. Joseph Gardner of Bedford, ind., donor of the large tract of land of which the society is the beneficiary, are at Mitchell, Ind., on & tour of inspection to the Red Cross station, located four miles north of there, ‘on the line of Monon and border- ing on the White river for one and a quarter miles. Dwellings, stables and warehouses are erected or are in course of construction. ‘The farm will be stocked with herds of horses and cattle and fitted with the most improved farm implements, ‘The proceeds of the harvest will be applied to alleviate suffering humanity in times of fire, flood. famine and other public disastera, Rail road and telegraphic communication will be established, A’ post offico now exists on the farm. ‘This plat of earth is strictly neutral territory, free from invasion and destruction, the com: pact being signed by the representatives of forty-six nations. Valuable deposits of the famous Lawrence county limestone are_ within ts borders, which will be quarried and afford contributions to the resources of the associa- tion. A Misplaced Cue. THE IRISH VILLAGE. ‘The Successful Undertaking of Lady Aber- deen. THE VILLAGE INDUSTRIES AXD HOW THE GEN- ERAL PUBLIC 18 EXPECTED TO AID THEM—EV- ERYTHING TINGED WITH GREEX—THE BLAR- ‘NEY STONE. Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. Curcaco, May 16, 1898. The Countessof Aberdecn is a handsome woman, of ruddy complexion and easy, demo- cratic manners. She is, moreover a very good speaker and can say what she wants to say to an audience without any greater degree’of em- barrassment than is necessary to thoroughly arouse its sympathios, She is half Scotch and half Irish, and each half has a good dash of English in it, but her present undertaking is wholly an Irish one, for she is the person who planned, and toiled, and schemed for the Irish village at the world’s fair, It was opened on Wednesday of Inst week, when, by invitation of Lord and Lady Aberdeen, a goodly sr of people were admitted to see what the cottage industries are and precisely why the mimic little Ireland is erected in the Midway Plaisance, PRETTY IRISH GIRLS. The first impression made on the visitor was of rosy cheeks. All the Irish girls in the vil- lage have them; so has Lady Aberdeen, the patron saint of the village; so have the men who work in the village, and so hada good many of the visitors who came to see the open- ing. The second impression was that the vil- lagers intend to make all the money they can for their excellent cause. Pretty Irish girls offered green silk handkerchiefs with harps all over them for the moderate sum of 50 cents; thoy insisted upon inserting green silk clovers in your button hole, and for this you had to pay 15 cents or 25 cents, according to the value of the decoration. They also offered genuine Irish shillalahs for the moderate sum of $1. A. good many people bought them and having done so did not know what on earth to do with them. Then there was tea and coffee anda long bar over which was sold ginger ale and lemonade in lien of the Dublin stout and genuine poteen which the viliago hopes it will later secure a concession to dispose of. Thero is an Irish cross in the court yard of this village and a reproduction of the famous Blarney Castle. Some of the houses havestraw- thatched roofs and others have shingles. They are all built of rough gray stucco and in about a month’s time will look a hunared years old. ‘There is an assembly room appropriately called “Tara's Hall,” and on the opening day, of course, there’ was some one to play a harp there. It is strange that Americans should go to an Irish village to see Irish men and girls, when there are really more Irish in this country than there are in Ireland itself, nor can any one in- lage into a terpret the, interest shown in the wish that all the Irish were in their own vil+ lages at home. Tho real reason why this ex- hibit has aroused #uch widespread attention is decauso it is a display with adistinct object, and aclever woman is #0 thoroughly in earnest in her determination to advance it that she has compelied people to fall mand work in fhe ranks she has command of. Let us eee what it is for. OX THE PLAISANCE. In the first place, it must be premised that the Midway Plaisance is one of the pleasantest spots in the fair grounds, but that the people who make it so pleasant are there primarily for profit. Before the residents of the street in Cairo were well in their inclosure they were offering to dispose of the copper coins they had brought from their native land in return for coins of silver, and as for the Turks, with the baggy trousers, who carry yon about in a Sedan chair (if you can afford it), they are not content with ‘the regular fees, but crowd around you after your ride is over and implore you for anything from a copper toa dollar. There is the disagreeable consciousness, too, that if you succumb to their demands they will be pretty certain to spend whatever you give them in riotous living. THE OBJECT OF THE IRIeH VILLAGE. It is therefore refreshing to find at least one exhibit in the plaisance where the people are not striving to get your money for their own benefit, but for the benefit of others. The object ‘sought is to show the world the im- portance of the cottage industries of Ireland \d to induce people to patronize those indus- tries. All the people connected with the vil- lage are working without salary, and all the money made will be applied in’ Ireland to the further development of the cottage industries These consist in dairy work of high order, lace making and weaving, and in the village the men and girls carry on these industries before your eyes. Here, at least, is something unique. You are not asked to encourage a new labor- saving machine, or to assist in some elaborate scheme of co-operation which will terminate all the ills that flesh is heir to, but you are simply invited to help the poor people in an overcrowded country to find a good market for the labor of their hands. This labor, too, is of an unusually high order, and no machine can rival it. If the products of these cottagers once become popular no capital need enter the country to start large works, but the le will simply have work to do in their homes and will do it. Of course, it would be strange if Irish people entered into anything half way, and thus far, it must be enid, that Lady Aberdeen’s enterprise has met with a more genuine assistance than has been accorded to any other. THE BLARNEY STONE. Going back to the village itself, one of its chief xttractions is a faithful reproduction in Biarney Castle of the famous blarney stone. It is reached by climbing an iron balcony and over it is this verse: ‘This is the stone that whoever kisses He never misses to grow eloquent; A clever spouter he'll turn out or ‘An out-of-order in parliament. ‘The full meaning of the last line of this verse is not apparent to the uninitiated American, but the legend that any one who kisses the blarne} stone will be # great talker is familiar to all. It is promised that later in the season Sir George Colthwest, the owner of the original Blarney Castle, will send over a fragment of the gen- uine stone, and then wo may expect to seo it worn away by the kisses of the ambitious pub- lic speakers, or would-be public speakers, who will resort 10 the fair. cuRrovs staxs. In the village the signs of the work people are quite striking. For instance, you sce a board roughly painted, which says simply: “Patrick Onahan, County Limerick, weaver. Mary O'Higgins, ‘County Cork, spinner.” Tho two names being on ono sign it is presumed they mean simply thet Miss O'Higgins wields the spinning wheel and that Mr. Onahan weaves the results of his labor into cloth. Among the lace makers the best one is said to be a young girl of only seventeen from County Limerick. ‘The web is stretched over a light frame and her fingers fly about with the needle, forming in- tricate patterns, ‘The village fairly gleams with bright green. There is a large green flag flying from the cas- tle and green signs bid the visitor welcome. But perhaps the most welcome thing of all to the Irishman was the sight of little groups of Irish turf, tied up with green ribbon, to be carried home and kept as mementoes of the old country. Pugilist Sullivan Attacks a One-Armed Man. A warrant for assault and battery was issued from the Biddeford, Me., court Monday morn- ing and given toa deputy sheriff to serve on Jobn L, Sullivan, Tho assault was com- mitted on the Pullman train Sunday night on which Sullivan and Lawyer Max L, Lizotte of Biddeford were passengers. Lawyer Lizotte reached in front of the ex-champion to shake hands with John Shechan, a member of the Sullivan party with whom Lizotte is acquainted, As he did so Sullivan gave hima kick in the roin, which sent the lawyer across the car. icotte is a powerful man, though he has only one arm, and he rallied and went at Sullivan, clinching him and turning him over a car seat. They were separated, but hardly parted before other member of ‘the Sullivan party struck Lizotte in the face, cutting h ‘and making his nose bleed. Sullivan took advantage of the situation and choked the lawyer. leaving his finger marks upon histhroat, They were finally separated, Lawyer Lizotte says he sball have Sullivan bound ‘over to the grand jury. He will be brought to Biddeford for trial. ——_o-___ Prof. Bickmore's Lecture. Prof, Albert 8. Bickmore will deliver an illus- trated lecture on “Moorish Spain” at a special meeting of the National Geographic Society, to be helé in the Geographic Hall, Builders’ Ex- change, Friday evening. The lecture will be repeuted in the lecture hall of National Museum Saturday evening. A TONIC. Horsford’s Acid Phosphate, Dr. J. C. Wilson, Philadelphia, Pa., says: “I have ‘use: it as @ general tonic, and in particular in the debility aud dyspepsia of overworked aaa ed men with THE CHINESE QUESTION. Six Reasons in Favor of the Geary Law. To the Editor of The Evening Star: Your paper is always fair in discussing public issues, so I venture to ask for apace to state & few things that seem to be overlooked relating to the Chinese and the exclusion law, just de- clared constitutional by the Supreme Court. Before doing so I venture to say that I have studied the question which it seems, perhaps, that some editorial writers have not, except 80 faras they are supplied with “pointers” by the astute attorneys of the Chinese merchants and Six Companies. I was for four years editor-in-chief of a San Francisco daily and made mal investiga- tion of the subject before I wrote about it, Those who know me need not be told that I have no prejudices of race to overcome. 80 I may say. without egotism, that Iam not like the late Henry Ward Beecher, who once spent seven weeks in California, nearly one-half of it in the Sierras sightseeing, gave two or three days to visiting, under police guidance, the Chinese quarters in ’Frisco, and yet returned home to nounce the larger majority of Californians as knowing nothing of the Chinese — and ‘as being unmitigated raffians in what they did know or do. I want to say, then,— Ist. That the hotogenph and registration deary cl features of the inese law are copied, as I learn, from similar provisions of law in the Anglo-Australian colon! Nobody bas sug- gested that the Chinese government turned the ritish ont of China. Therefore, right or wrong, China would not dare to propose that. 2d. ‘The Chinese government has little or nothing to do with it, for no Chinaman emi- grates to this country from China. He comes under British colonial protection from the British colony of Hong Kong. China hasnever favor the emigration of its people. 3d. The Chinese Six Companies, with hend- quarters at San Francisco, are virtually a foreign government, exercising power over and virtually controlling for their own profit 100.000 alien residents of this innd. Like the mayor of Chinatown in New York, they exercise police force and constitute themselves a . separate power. 4th. There are not over 1,000 Americans in China and there are 110,000 (or thereabouts) Chinewe in America. | No American competes with the Chinese; he only trades with or teaches them. Every Chinaman here competes with our labor, avoids taxpaying or other du- ties, controls and monopolizes neariy all the commerce with and from China and the Urrited States. The Americans spend as well as earn money in China; the Chinese make and save it here, sending as much as possible out of the country. Sth. No Chinaman ever landed in America with the expectation of becoming a citizen or remaining a resident. For over two years they had the right to become citizons, that is after the war and before Senator Sargent got the naturalization law amended against them—and yet though there were 50,000 adult Chinese tales at” least with the qualifications of resi- dence living on the Pacific coast. not a dozen of them ever sought to take out their papers. The Six Companies are opposed thereto. 6th, No Chineso laborer ever entered the United States the first time as a free man. He was a debt siave and his wife or sister, or ‘There have been some gross outrages against Chinese in isolated corners ot the United States. Sometimes the toughs have insulted them. But T cannot recall any outrage 80 gross as some of the native American ones against foreigners forty years ago, or like that perpetrated on the Italians at New Orleans, Let's play fair. The Chinese are undesirable; that’s no reason for abusing them, but their alien character is no reason why all’ opposition totheir presence should be libelously assailed. Ricuarp J. Hiytos. ——— The Zoological Park and Kenesaw Avenze. To the Editor of The Evening Star ‘My attention has been called to certain arti- cles lately published in your columns, consist- ing mainly of quotations from late communica- tions addressed to the District Commissioners— one of Prof. Langley, another of Mr. T. Trum- bull—concerning the present conditions of ac- cess to the Zoological and National Parks, and the very great need of their improvement. These communications are emanations of an honorable and most commen: public spirit, and take the earliest opportunity since my return from a western trip to express, what cannot be other than the universal sentiment of Washing- ton, a feeling of great gratification that public attention is being aroused to this important matter. It can be very safely said that of the cities of our land having near their borders so attractive an object as our Zoological Park there is not one whose avenues of approach thereto are 80 unsuitable and inconvenient, or which so un- justly reflect the judgment and taste of its people. ; It is, however, to be remembered in partial extenuation that there is also not another be- tween the two oceans so honored and so ham- pered by the complications of a burdensomely majestic government, But now that an appropriation of $4,000, made by the late Congress, is actually being expended in the extension of Kenesaw avenue from 16th street to the Zoo Park, and in ac- cordance with the conditions of that appropri- ation the necessary donation of a ninety-foot roadway has been secured, it only remains that the municipal authoritiesexert their fully vested Powers in the prosecution of that wisely con- sidered work to accomplish what our citizens have so long and so hopefully waited for, the most direct and dignified, and to the great est number the most convenient access to both the National and Zoological Parks. It is not disputed, I think, by any one fully conversant with the matter that wen all the intorsecting and tributary streets are properly extended Kenesaw avenue will be the chief en- trance and exit of the Iatter.and evea now there is no other line proposed for unprove- ment which combines so many commanding advan’ It is the most direct; it is the cheapest in construction; it is the most con- venient and agreeabie in grade. H. D. Watpawor, i ‘The Burning of Garbage. Tothe Editor of The Evening Star: ~ The housekeeper near 9th and E who be- lieves that it isa good plan to burn garbage asks neighbors who may be annoyed at the odor thereof to inform him or her of it. Ido not live near enough to that vicinity to report about the odors there, but in the neighborhood where I do live, near E on 4th, Iam often an- noyed by the odors of burning garbage pol- luting the air. Truly it is no trifling evil in “the rosy time of the year” to find that every time you go to the door or window to inhale the sweet breath of spring you find yourself re- pulsed by such a foul waft of air from burnin, furbage that you are driven back at once, and only find relief in shutting out all outer air from your house. Heaven grant that this fashion may never become a general one;and yet thereis a large, bulky portion of garbage, such as potato skins and skins of bananas, oranges, lemons and apples, that does not give out offensive odors while burning; but are cooks and housemaids always to be depended on to make the separa- tion that should keep ont meat, fat, bones and egg shells (the last most detestable of all) from these bulky and harmless skins? If such separation could be made, and the bones and refuse that wouid enrich the farmer's land could be made to grow vegetables, then we might all be glad, but without this separation let us hope the garbage man will save our beau- tiful city from the foul, suffocating, unhealthy odors usually attending the burning of garbage. If the movement to have this city remove hes, as the northern cities do, is effective, householders must generally rejoice. With the heavy taxes paid here, it is a matter of surprise that in this respect the burden should not long agohave been lifted from individuals, H.C.L ‘May 15, 1893. ——— Overhead Wires Delay the Firemen. The establishment of O. F. Day, Son & Co., at 32 West Baltimore street, Baltimore, was gutted by fire Tuesday afternoon, ‘The fire originated in the cellar, and within ten minutes flames were pouring from the windows of all five stories of the building. Many of the em- ployes hed narrow escapes, ~ Cushing's book store at 34 West Baltimore street was damaged to the extent of afew thousand dollara. The evils of overhead wires were again illustrated, ‘Ten minutes was lost by the firemen in cutting through @ mass of them before a Indder could be raised. Day's loss on stock and building is over $100,000; insurance, $70,000. Mr. Cushing states that his stock was insured for $15,000, and that this would amply cover his loss. ——_+e+- Phillips, the “Green Goods” Man, Dead. George Phillips, the “green goods” operator who was shot in Williamsburg on Saturday night last by the Pennsylvanians giving the names of Joseph and Robert Hall, died Tues- afternoon in New York. The prisoners now realize their serious position for the first time since their arrest. When arraigned in court their examination was adjourned for a week. Joseph Hall.who did the shooting, is said to be Edward K. Koerner. Phillips was supposed to be Tony Martin, @ notorious criminal and “green goods” operator, Municipal vs. Private Lighting. ‘Tothe Editor of The Evening Star: In his attempt to answer the facts and figures Which I gave, Mr. Foote wades through an en- tire column of irrelevant matter in the effort to divert public attention from the only ques- tion at issue, viz., whether we now pay an ex- orbitantand unreasonable price for electric lights and whether it would not be for the public interest for the District to own and run its own plant. That is the real and only ques- ‘If a company rofit, and wi Profitabie, if they are sensible men, they quit the business, Now, the municipaiity buy and run the plant just as cheaply private company can, and supposing it pays same for service, deterioration, taxes everything else that the private com! is it not clear that there will be a savi public of just what the profit of the ‘priva company would be? It makes no differe: e i beet ty 855 QUAINT CHAIRS. | Peculiar Styles Which Are Popular With 4 the Public Just Now. ‘There is a decided penchant for o&@ chats Jast now, and it therefore behooves the makers of these indispensable commodities to take early advantage of the fact. Tat us see what quaintness renily is. Ist novelty? No, for we frequently see designs | which, though they are decidedly original, are | far from being quaint n character. | _ is it, the quality of bel a ae again, omy Seen whether the price be reduced to simply equal the cost or it be kept at the same the private company charges, and the profit be paid into the municipal treasury—the taxpaying public will have the benefit just the same in either case. And why shouldn't the public have the ben- efit? Why should I and the rest of the public be made to pay an unreasonable and unneces~ sary price or tax for puble lights simply to BLt Money into the pockets of a few stock- jolders in a private company, and who are usually men of means? If is any justice oF reason in it I should like tohave Mr. “Foote show us how and where. I know the usual answer is that political in- fluence and dishonesty in municipal affuire ren- der it impossible for a municipality toconduct any such business as economically or success- fully as private companies do; but that humbug has been exploded, not only by the experience of many years in European cities, but also by experience at home, where it has been tried, as is shown by Prof. Ely of the Johns Hopkins Universit If-any one has doubt on this point he should read Prof. Shaw's lecture before the Johus Hopkins University as to municipal govern- mentin England, published by the Johns Hop- Kins prow. And if not satisfied with thone, then I suggest he read the description of “The Best Governed City in the World,” Birming- ham, by Julian Ralph, in Harper's ine, page 99, of June, 1890; “A Model Munici- pality,” Dresden, in the Cosmopolitan of June, ‘91, page 163; “Paris, the Typical City,” in the Century of July, 1891, page 449; “Budapest, the Rise of the New Metropolis,” in the Centary of June, 1892, page 172, and the description of the municipal government of Berlin, which ia today the acknowledged model municipal gov- ernment of the world, in the Reporton Foreign Relations for 1881, page 478, or as described in the address of the editor of the Boston Herald at Baltimore a year or so since and published in pamphlet form. Iam well aware that our municipal affairy when managed by the Tweeds and that clase politicians, have been most digraceful, but they do not constitute the majority of the American public by any means, and, for one, I am not willing to admit that we cannot find just as honest and just as competent men to Manage these affairs in the United States as they have in Europe. And now to show that the price we are pay- ing for public’ lighting is exorbitant and un- reasonable I will cite some more facts and fig- ures. In January, 1891, in auswer to ® pro- vision in the District bill requiring “the Com- missioners to investigate, ascertain and report what deduction may be made for gas and clec- tric lighting” (the same as in the present Dis- trict bil!) they submitted a report from the En- gineer Commissioner. prepared by Capt. Lusk, in which he says he sent out about 600 in- quiries and received nearly 500 replies, from which, be says, “two tables have been compiled relating toarc’ lights of 2,000 nominal candle power" and two other tables for cities with more or less population. Table 3 refers to cities which, by the eleventh censas, contained not less than 100,000 population, in all of which the lamps were 2,000 candle power and were run all uight the whole year. In those twenty-four cities, he says, the aver- age is $140 per year per lamp, or 38.4 cents night, and he adds: “It will ‘be observed that corresponding prices ton aro about D6 pet cent higher than fue shove average.” He further says: “The average price per lamp per year, burning all of every night, for all places (148'in number) from which were received, is $121.79, or $3.4 cents per lamp per night. The corresponding prices for Wash- ington exceed this average by 80 per cent. Again he says he has computed the cost from & more extended list, part from Whipple's Na- tional Electrical Directory, of lamps that burn all night throughout the Fear, and he finds the average cost to be $124.85, or 34.2 cents per lanap per night, and he dds: “The price now paid in Washington exceeds this average by about 75 per cent”—or considering the differ- ence in lamps, 159 per cent! Now, mark'you, the above prices in the twenty-four cities fret mentioned, and so far ts appeara in the other lists also, are for elec- tric lights furnished by private ‘companies contenct. Had the couparwon been with thoes cities where the municipality owus and runs its own plant the difference would have been much greater, asshown by the following list copied from his table No. 4, which includes 355 cities. These thirteen own and run their ovvn plant, viz: West Troy... St. Joseph, No. Bay City, Mich. Topeka, Kan. Ne. Lewiston, Mo. Little Rock, Ark. Aurora, IIL. Bloomington, Decatur, Ill. Elgm, lil Moline, Ii 22.75.00 Average ......100 lamps at $57.74 ir And this, remember, is for 2,000 candle power lamps, while we pay’ 8182.50 per year for w 1,000 candle power lamp! If Mr. Foote can find a private company who will furnish Washington with electric lights at the same rate now is the time to do it, and when he docs he will do the public a vastly greater benefit than by trying to make it ap- pear that the —— price is not exorbitant and out of all kind of reason, But he may say, as the company did, that 1 costs them more because they are required to use underground wires, and which a few years ago they insisted could not be done, although itthen was and for years had been done in Chicago, As shown by this same report the average cost in New York city with underground wires, whore the expense of running the conduits is much greater than here, is 41.7 cents per lam per night for 2,000 ¢. p. lamps, while we pay cents for 1,009 c. p. lamps! Moreover, the general manager of the com- pany here in his letter to the electrical com- mission March 1, 1891, says that all things con- sidered the company Considers it more advan- tageons to place the lines underground, and that ‘‘we regard the extra outlay for an under- ground system fully warranted by the freedom trom interferences caused by storms, fires, &c.,” So there is nothing in that objection. As with the underground conductor for street cars, it costs more than the overhead trolley in the first instance, but is cheaper, safer and betier m the Jong ran, In answer to Mr. Foote’s inquiry I would say that the company here say they use for the are lights a direct current of about 2,400 volts, or just double what was used to electrocute Gar- lisie Harris, Yor incandescent lights an alter- nating primary current of 1,000 volts, the secondary current being 55 and 110 volts, und a direct current of 110 Yoits for the Edison in- candescent lighting. What current is used at Peabody I have no means of knowing, nor is it of the slightest consequence, for, as I eaid be- fore, what we pay for is light, Whether it be furnished with a current of more or less volts, so longas the wires are made safe, the public does not care a straw. What we want iclight, plenty of it, and us cheap as possible—so cheap and so plenty that there shall not bea dark alley or spot in the city. In conclusion, will Mr. Foote please answer the following ques- tions: 1. Does or does not a 1,000. p. electri lamp give as much light as a 2,000 eb. lnup? 2 Isthe price paid here—$i82.50 for 1,000 ©. p. lamps—a fair and reasonable price?” 3. Where is the private company who will furnish us with 2,000 c. p. electric lamps at the same rate as they are furnished above xamed thirteen cities? spies sad will answer these questions squarely. without evasion oF pretcaded explanations: ao public will know where he stands, ond if he Will. as he said he would, produce ‘a private company who will furnish us the Ieght ae cheaply as the above municipalities furnish it to their citizens he will g benefactor. May 15, 1893, 46.15 71.52 aeteesesecs W. C. Dover. —_—-__ Neu Kxva, through her G Hartnett, has by Me J. Colbert ted a bul sgainst Henry Klug for alimony, il be a public | What, then, is it that constita mired quality? It does not seem toany distinct style or age. for looking seats of medieval times, “spinning chair,” the marguerite st eagle reading chair are all widely di actual stsle, but closely allied in fe Quaintness means the quality unusual. It presents us with the and permits us to express in « thi ant ways a constant, playful violation monotony of claseical taste; in short, it regarded es a side light from the benny. It fs anivermily admitted Loy t beanty should pervading qi of our handicraft, and as an ideal it is whole- jate. Unforta- 2 ii ( te i the aforesaid lamp of beauty bas to be occasion- ally stimulated by the side light of quaintness, Thas at the present time we may see in any fasb- red sale and pe Paar Rng i of fant Which are strangely dainty and interestiog, which eannot be as being in taste. So far as novelty and curious are concerned the chair is in reality @ most ao- commodating article. Nowadays it is frequently induced to carry itself on th five sui while during the reign William it assumed quite « centipedsl character and took upon (or rather under) self the additional distinction of legs—making eight in all. In ages Spain is essentially the land ot crose-legged: Evenat the present day furnitare of this largely manufactured at Barcelona and This particular pattern, by the bye, was called by the loquacious Spamards a chair.” It was evidently regarded by them & dignified seat, too, for the painted of worthy personages and nobles generally show the sitter proudly posed between the | comely arms of the popular “scissors,” while elderly foik and invalids were as represented as lounging in the lunge padi “grandfather,” which, on account of ite luz urious comfortableness, is, even nowadayt despicably described by the valorous and atte letic Castilian asa “‘silla poitrono,” or lazy chai’ sont, 8 ‘The usual manner of upho!stering these “sels fore chairs” is worthy of comment, It will be noticed that a etrip of padded velvet is stretched serons the back, from arm to arm, This ap parently meager’ upholstery is, in reality, em ceedingly comfortal cinlly in a bot elt) | mate like 8; It is loose and % back, while it is just soft cnough able without becoming hot or — +4 Jour thicker kind of stuffing would econ ba” |1t generally cousists of a stout canval )” | back, which ix covered on both sides 7 with’ a thick layer of wadding. : colored | velvet or soft prown leather, | ranterials are stitched te that a seri a fixed to the chai with a plain piece of velv metal studs or broad braid