Evening Star Newspaper, September 9, 1893, Page 2

THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D. C.. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1893-SIXTEEN PAGES. LADIES’ RECEPTION ROOM, STATUARY HALL. ABOUT THE CAPITOL. Mr. Voorhees’ Weary Watch of the Silver Forces. KEEPING THEM ON THEIR FEET. Scenes in the Ladies’ Corner of the House. & MATTER OF HEADGEAR. One of the weartest men in the United States today is Senator Voorhees. The rest of the Senate may come and go as they please and it is sekiom that more than a few of them are in their seats for long at a time, but he has to remain in the Senate chamber each day as long as the session lasts. He has to listen to all the protracted Speeches on the silver question, though the rest may fly from the persecution. He Must hear the oft repeated denunciations of the gold bugs by Mr. Stewart, and all about the “crime of 73,” though the other seats In the Senate be empty and the other Senators be seeking refuge in the cloak Fooms, corridors, or the restaurant. He ‘would make @ model for an artist for Picture of the martyrs. With an expres- sion of determination, patience and forti- | Bude on his face. and in an attitude of ab- | | | Tare SME A Grovr fect weariness, he leans back In his chair ‘and listens and watches and waits. During the most trying speeches he does not desert his post. He sits in one place most of the time. Once In a while, when there is some Interest in the proceedings, he is surround- ed by a number of his colleagues, and at times Gorman sits by his side to join in the vigil Then the two Senators consult and talk over the situation, and of course, whether In the Senate chamber or out, the shrewd Maryland Senator ts lending the as- sistance of ail his skill to the fight. But as | chairman of the finance committee and author of the bill under consideration, Voorhees has to conduct the siege himself, always in person. Sometimes when he gets up from his seat to move about the chamber and stretch his legs, he moves with evident stiffmess and effort. At the close of the day his movements, attitude and expres- sion indicate physical and mental weari- ness, but he comes back In the morning | with freshness and vigor to begin again the weary watch. He appears to make no 2 FiRvin Oxarors ——— | effort to save himself, and if he goes to et a lunch in the restaurant during the day his absence from the chamber is for but a few minutes. The strongest mark of his impatience is when he leans back In his chair and runs his fingers through his hair. But if he is being tired out and bored, he does not let the opposition rest. He gives them but the choice of two things, to keep up their talk without intermission, or to take a vote on the question. He prods the silver men up when they get weary of their own talk and try to gain time and rest. The moment there ts a break in the debate he ts reaty to urge a vote. The Ladies’ Corner. One of the most striking scenes about the Capitol during the daily sessions 1s about | ladies’ corner” in the statuary h This corner 1s one of the most curious at tachments of any legislative body. It is unique and full of interest to the members ‘The place, which is behind the great cr umns and guarded by the statues of ( field and Ethan Allen, and f feather-covered sofas been frequently des: picture in all its never been given, and will be done full justice. ber of the ladies who recetve visits !n_the galleries from friends on the floor, and some day scene there is of the most Interesting ceptions. But t al corner, the Place of more seclusion and comfort. | amid the soft leather furnt behind ‘the trusty statues, Many a re the great people spends a soct or so there with comfort an ft is t poctal Ife f be quite im ing room any other circumstances | card cases. sofa beside some fair creature there with an easy familiarity, which ts sure to rub uff some of his roughness of manner and shy- ness. The ladies who frequent this corner perform a great work in the way of over- coming the shyness of the new members. In many cases, however, those who have LOG UP Fa rHve Fewe Fis A ns Jong since forgotten that they ever were awkward or bashful in ladies’ society still cling to the habit of visiting this coruer, and appear to take some delight in the re- laxation it affords from their heavy labors in Congress. This institution was not started as a training school. That feature has merely developed incidentally. Primarily it was intended as a place where ladies coming to see Congressmen might sit and wait while @ messenger carried their cards in on the floor. The backs of a line of sofas up ‘against the columns form the boundary of the sacred precincts of the blessed ond and a card reads in big black : “Exclusively for ladies,” c. An elderly man sits at a table, with two or | three pages at his side, and blank cards for | the elevation, and find the cai the use of those who do not carry their A colored messenger sits at the entrance to keep intruders out. An in- interesting and lively reception is always in progress there during certain hours of the day while the House ts in session, and the receiving party 1s usually numerous and attractive. Sometimes ten or a dozen | members will be among the visitors at one time, some seated on the sofas and some standing behind the columns or statues in earnest conversation with thelr fair habit- ues. During the day there is a constant coming and going between the House and this reception room. All the members who are called there do not go from chotce, and | the woman hater who is compelled by po- liteness to go in response to a card may be | known by his flushed and annoyed coun- aL: Puen Coplpeneniee tenance and his impatience to get away. ‘There are some men who cannot be cultl- vated in a social wa’ nm when sur- rounded by all these advantages. A Display of Congressional Hats. ‘The pride of the House during these sunny days is MeMillin's hat. ‘Tis a thing of beauty and a joy in season. It fs a white panama of the most jaunty shape and sults his southern air and graceful carriage. ‘There are four members who are frequently together, the contrast of whose headwear is the occasion of numerous amiable fests among their associates. They are McMillin, with his panama, which all the rest are ac- cused of being envious of; Fellows, with a low-crowned stiff brimmer little straw hat; Bailey of Texas, with a broad-brimmed black felt hat, the size and style of a som- brero, and Cummings beneath a new nar- row brimmer derby, which he has lately donned. The four were seated in a carriage in front of one of the hotels the other after- noon, and the striking contrast of their hats pyres attracted the passers by. Some of their joking colleagues insist upon saying they are trying to get a popular judgment as to superiority of taste in the matter of hats. The House would give the prize to McMillin, but it ts believed that the smooth-faced Texan would get the votes of the ladies. eins! tdi He Was Consctenttous. From the Detroit Trine. Once upon a time there lived a goose which laid golden eggs exclusively. The fowl was naturally the subject of much re- mark among the neighbors. One day the owner of the goose cut off its head, whereat the nefghbors were great- ly shocked and mystitted. Why,” they demanded of the man, “did you kill the goose that iald the golden exes was the reply, “as a conscien- in the doubie standard I use for the bird.” They marveled much and were silent. BUILDING HOUSES. A Few Facts in Regard to Domestic Architecture, A WASHINGTON WOMAN'S EXPERIENCE. Don’t Trust to Your Own Ideas for Good Results. HOW YOU CAN ECONOMIZE. HERE ARE TWO classes who build— those who order what they want and pay the bill and those persons of restricted means who wish the largest modicum of comfort for the least | expenditure of mon- ey. To the latter class this article is addr a. The former needs no points. He cives his order to a prominent architect, who, having his plans approved, recommends a respon- sible and expensive contractor. If the con- tractor is a reliable man he is necessarily expensive, since he takes no more work than he can attend to, and his price rises with his reputation. As his services ure shut away from less moneyed people it be- comes a matter of vital interest to know how they can obtain the best results with- | gut the services of the high-priced butld- ers. The writer having had some expe- Fence in seeking light in dark places, and having made many costly blunders, tenders @ small lantern of lence to light the Pathway of the anxious home builder, whose most interesting work will be found in this field, ‘The First Question. ‘The first question to be settled—shall it be a city or suburban house? I take it ai strong evidence of the widening intelli- gence of people generally that the ten- dency to suburban living is every day in- creasing. With all the disadvantages of the longer tramps to and from business and the increased difficulty of good servant still these disadvantages are offset by th pleasures of the garden, the real profit and | luxury of a cow, a poultry yard und the | clean, fresh air and wholesome life for the | children. One may take the most languid | interest in the florists’ productions for sale | at every street corner, yet when the first | blooms that have sprung from seeds of [one’s own planting adorn the lawn, what a difference! Those home-grown flowers | are Ike our children; we can see merit them that are hidden from the disinter- | ested eye. And the chickens that we rescue from the storm and “raised by hand," the rose that grew from a slip and the pony |that was only a colt when it came—ail these delights are distinctly rural and not | to be overestimated. They add largely to | the sum of human happiness, and rome | day, it is to be hoped, there will be adopted the English idea that a city is only fit to| be a workshop or a social rendezvous for a | brief season. That domestic life at its | | best will be found in the country. Should | | it be decided, however, that the jot !s to! | be cast in the city, and its proportions lim- ited, as the means wherewith to supply the | superstructure, the first item that may be saved is the architect's fee. To accomplish this I have found the best plan to be an examination of the latest houses of the size desired in large cities. Philadelphia, New York, Boston or Chicago will supply |many types. Having chosen the nearest | Tealization of one’s idea, find the architect | \or his assistant and buy a tracing of the design, and obtain data as to cost, &c. A | little money will go a great bets in this |matter. Or take your kodak capture iter, who | will give you a duplicate of working drawings and much information for a small fee. Don't Try to Be Original. Of all things discourage yourself in the wish to be original, for tf you indulge this ambition the net result will probably be original ugliness and disappointment. If you can afford an architect seek one that will permit you to know something. They generally “know it all,” especially If you are a woman. If you can find one who will allow you to locate a bath room you will be in luck. Most architects cling to the prejudice that women know nothing but cookery and baby science, and very little of that. They listen assentingly and ig- nore your instructions. Do not let any but the best known architects—those who have demonstrated their talents—experiment with your money in brick and mortar. Ten to one your cheap man will give you an elevation which will be a mixture of the Corinthian, Doric and Roman that may look a sweet thing on paper, but which embodied in solid materials will give your artistic neighbor the jumps whenever he looks out his window. In the smallest En- glish community a builder must submit the design of his prospective building to a board of architects. A man there is not allowed to injure a neighborhood with his original monstrosities. The esthetic fiends who dwell among us are not allowed to live in older civilizations to demonstrate in public their injurtous egotism. Having se- cured the drawings and specifications one can obtain competitive bids for the excava- tion and for each branch cf work in the building from well known and responsible workmen. If they have earned a reputa- tion for fair dealing they are not likely to give it away for a small job like yours, Seek the assistance of the vity’s inspector of buildings and the inspector of plumb- ing. Their services cost you nothing. Gb- tain also competitive bids for the mill work, trimming, heating, &c., and if you are not an idiot and are willing to take the trouble you will get your house at the jJowest modicum of cost. You will further have the satisfaction of knowing that every dollar has a representative value in the house at the market price of labor and materials. Avoid Exterior Ornamentation. Avoid exterior ornamentations. Save the price of frills, brackets, and turrets, and put it in a cellar for coal storage, and heat- ing, and in plate glass, which latter is not only a thing of beauty, but a joy forever. ‘There are dwellings in this city which cost $20,000 with glass so wavy that you cannot tell by gazing through the window whether the horse across the street has ten or twelve legs. It is the easfest thing in the world to destroy the value of a house by a blunder. A stairway badly placed where the head room is so limited that a porter will batter the ceiling when he carries a trunk up- stairs, or a kitchen whose odors take a di- rect route to the drawing room, will be ir- retrievable damage. Avold closets that are | $0 dark one must choose a gown therefrom by @ sense of touch alone, and a stairway that will, in the course of time, twist your | legs into its own convolutions.’ The draw- ing room must be far enough away from the dining room to prevent the possibility | of the rattle of knives or rumble of the | dumb waiter from being heard by visitors. | See that the monotonous song of the wa- | ter tank in the bath room does not =cho | down the corridors. Make the first essen- tial light. Light everywhere. If the lot is narrow, insist on a shaft with a white lin- ing to be placed in the center of the build- | ing, with an outlook to the sky. Do not place your drawing room next the front door, where you, while entertaining a guest, ean hear the maid parley with the man who, presenting a bill, insists on “seeing the madam right away.” Dicken, in de- scribing New York dwellings, notes this characteristic feature. He describes amus- ingly the rows of brown stone houses all alike, with “stone ladders leaiing to the j elevated entrance, where the drawing room is to be found next the street door.” Look Out for Light. The high stoop house is even dying out in New York, and the best houses there no longer compel one to descend a dark stair- way to the basement to dine. For narrow lots there is nothing better than the French basement, where the entrance floor | on the street level Is given up to the bust- ness part of the house—Its office, reception room, and kitchen. This allows the whole width of lot for the drawing room above, a central hall and dining room en suite. This | plan affords, in a narrow lot, a broad stair- | way, square platforms, broad treads, low rises, and an alr of space not fount in that other style that divides the width of the iot between the hall and drawing room on the entrance floor. For the interior finish cling to the plain | tints In cartridge paper. For wear there |is nothing like it. It can be cleaned and re- paired to any extent. The simplest picture looks well upon it, A vase or a bracket with a bit of drapery Is lost on a floriated wail paper when {t would be almost classi- cal against the clothlike texture of a wari tinted cartridge, which is not expensive if ordered direct from the factory and a good journeyman employed at day’s wages to put it on. A Point in Regard to Taxes. Another plea for the severe style of the front elevation is that the tax assessor never crosses the threshold of your house when he comes to appraise for the tax col- lector. Your interior may be done in fresco and carved mahogany of whitewash and pine wood, yet it is all the same in the tax bill. Appearances are st you with the tax man. He will punish you for adorning the street with your money, but you can Indulge in the purely selfish’ enjoyment of an expensive interior without any addition- tax. In relation to building a country house it will always be more difficult to guide the slender purse because ten to one the owner will demand one of those atrocious clap- boarded horrors that meet us on every road- way with its wooden “cut work,” ite penny brackets and those atrocious excrescences with which the average suburban villa is broken out like a vile eruption on the face of the bullding. But happily the eruption becomes a veritable Vesuvius when a fire starts the flimsy plile,and then one may read in the next day's paper a graphic obituary over the country house of which nothing 1s left but the foundation to mark the site da small insurance to add to the owner's poignant grief. The fact is that insurance upon these timber boxes as well as the an- nual outlay for paint are serious items. Then comes the suburban house afflicted with the shingles, stained to varlous tints, looking dry and hot under our torrid sun. Stone Cott of England. In strong contrast to these dwellings are the stone cottages of the humblest laborer of the British Isles, with their thatched roofs and roses climbing to the very chim- ney tops. It is to be hoped that the day will come when our rural architecture will be created from the abundant stone that may be had for the cartage in many ad- jacent localities. This native stone when put up by a rural stone mason by the perch is a very cheap structure. It {s moreover picturesque when green vines tone down its rugged harmony, and especially if the architect shows any taste in ifs treatment. A fine specimen of “broken Eshler” in the crude stone may be seen in the gateway of the Davidson place on the Rockville pike. It is of cream color quartz stone, which abounds in the Bethesda district. Another specimen of rugged stone work that has withstood the storms of a cen- tury and is still young in Its old age the Nourse homestead and the President's country house adjacent on the same road. No paint pots needed for their unfading colors nor harrassing fear of the fire fiend. By purring out the interior of a stone house for the plasterer one obtains a cool, dry house for summer and a warm, close shelter in winter. I have found the best modern type of the stone suburban house near Philadelphia, where they are low and broad, of one or two stories with an attic. Insist on broad fireplaces in the country, where one may have the real luxury of a log fire. It might be superfluous to suggest that one avolds the dust of the highways and obtains better effects by building well back from the road, and, of course, upon an elevation, elther natural or artificial. Unless you have plenty of money do not spend it on elaborate mantels. Five or ten dollars will buy them in pine unpainted, in good shapes with mastic moldings that can be painted to match the woodwork and wall paper. Over the log fireplace it is desirable to have a high shelf on the chimney breast. Indian red cement makes cheaper hearths than tiles, which ought to be used in the bath room and about sinks. There should be long French windows upon @ broad piazza at the sides, where the pur- ple clematis will grow and hammocks may swing at ease, cushions and rockers abound that one may lounge in neglige sheltered from the gaze of the highwaymen. If one lives all the year around in the country double sashes and weather strips will prove an economy of fuel and added comfort. | Ensconced in a home like this, where the landlord never calls, where the butcher is & rare visitor, where one’s sheltered hens provide brollers for the table, a Jersey cow renders an equivalent return of rich milk for the white clover, where the orchard and garden supply the table, fill the cellar and the jam pots, one may defy panics and cease to care very much whether or not the silver bill is ever settled by Congress. B. PLO. —_—. In Behalf of Gripman and Condact To the Editor of The Evening Star: If the spirit of investigation were to prompt the acting president of the Wash- ington and Georgetown railroad to play con- ductor or gripman for a day or two I am pretty sure that he would revoke the order, which compels them to call out the streets they are passing at once. True, it is only @ short sentence which they have to utter, but when this sentence has to be spoken continuously and against a rush of air it becomes an infliction of gigantic propor- tions. Let any one who doubts this try it by speaking three or four syllables every half minute, without cessation, for sev- eral hours and if, at the end of that time, his throat and chest are not thoroughly tired then he need not bestow an lota of sympathy upon the men who undergo this ordeal day in and day out. .And there is so little need of it; those of us who ride back and forth, day after day, count it a nuis- ance to have the information showered upon us, as it were, and if a stranger wishes to stop at any particular point all he has to do is to say so and not only the con- ductor, but every passenger within hearing distance will do his level best to land him at his place of destination. I have stated before and now repeat it that on no street railroad—and I have trav- eled on many—have I found so fine a corps of employes as on this in question. Now and then one comes across a boor, it f true, but the majority are men above ¢ average attentive, courteous and kind, who fully deserve that their well-being should be taken into consideration. Besides, the road has just overcome its attacks of cable cut- ting and other accidents peculiar to. an untrained service, and as a wholesale emi- gration of the present effective force— which is threatened through the discontent engendered by the obnoxious onder—would necessarily cause a repetition of the whole chapter of delays and troubles, every pa- tron of the road ts directly interested in having the cause of discontent removed. Therefore: Let nothing be heard, but the bell’s clear note, As past the corners we're gliding; And spare the conductor's and gripman’s throat, To make their presence abiding. MISS BROWN. —___ Continue the Fair. To the Editor of The Evening Star: September 6, 1893. Julian Hawthorne in Once a Week has voiced the sentiments of thousands of our people when he writes that the Columbian fair should be made a permanent thing. It required the thought and labor of years to call it forth, then why should it be ruth- lessly swept away at the end of six months? Occurring as it does in a season of great financial depression a multitude of work- ing people, whom it would most benefit, are unable to attend, although they lack not enthusiasm and ambition to reap the good from this vast treasure house of the genius and industry of the globe. Hawthorne says, “If {t educates the people in six months how much more would it educate in six or sixty years?” Should it not prove advisable to make it permanent, surely every one will agree that it ought not to close at the end of six months. Do set the ball rolling. JMS. — Cherokee Allotments, Sixty-two Indian allotments in the Cher- okee outlet have been approved by Secretary Smith. By agreement with the Cherokee nation it was provided that such of the citizens of that nation as were bona fide residents upon the lands of the outlet prior to November 1, 1881, and who had made per- manent improvements thereon, might select eighty acres to embrace such improvement ‘The number of these special allotments w lmited to seventy. Only sixty-two proved rights under this agreement. —— rtment Changes. The following changes have been made in the Department of the Interior: Office of the Secretary.—Resignation: Jno. J. 8. Hassler of South Dakota, chief clerk of the Department of the Interior and superintendent of the patent office building, $2,750, to take effect September 14, Capt. Hassler was appointed to said position June 5, 1893. He will remain at his desk until next Saturday and then start for the Chero- kee outlet for duty as receiver of public moneys at the Enid land office. Appointment: Wm. C. Pollock of Tilinois, chief of Indian division, $2,000, by transfer from law clerk at $2,000 in office of assist- ant attorney general, vice J. J. Noah, re- signed. General land office.—Appointment: L. R. Swift of St. Cloud, Minn., an examiner of Chippewa Indian lands, $6 per day, vice Robt. London, declined. Patent office-Promotion: John M. Coit of South Carolina, fourth assistant ex- aminer, $1,200, to third assistant, at $1,400. Office of Indian affairs.—Promotion:Frank M. Conser of Ohio, copyist, $900, to clerk, 31,000. Walter M. Wooster of Virginia was transferred as a clerk at $1,000 from the regular rol to the depredations roll. Ap- pointment: Frank Kyselka of Michigan, copyist, $200, IN SPITE OF THEMSELVES, THE COMEDY OF AKISS. From Vogue. Miss Ethel De Budd. ‘The Count. Mrs Pensley-Pym. Several others, alphabetically. Fairy bower in the conservatory during the Pensley-Pym reception. I ISS DE BUDD (with almost a sob): “No, count, it can never be: The Count (appeal- ingly): “Vy, my tear Miss de Butt, I pray you?” Miss De Budd (ner- vously): “Because—er +++ 0h, don’t ask I don’t know. about it.” The Count (with a quiver of emotion): “Zen . . . I mus’ leafe you—forefer?” Miss De Budd (almost tragically): . « - “Forever: ‘The Count (with a sigh): “Mon Dieu! c’est possible? Apres tout cela . . . But, my tear Miss de Butt, before I go, I pray zat you gif me wan token of your May I not hope for efen zat?” Miss De Budd (freezingly): “Oh, yes; a hand-shake!” (Holds out her hand.) Count (clasping the trembling finger-tips fervently): “Only zis? Ah, eet is cruale— 80 cruale! Mais, Dieu vous benisse, ma belle—(bends down, burying his lips in the warm dimples with lingering ecstacy, just as Mrs. Van A. peeps over the edge of the bower of orchids, utters a little ex- clamation, then retreats precipitately). Miss De Budd (seeking to repair her | shattered nerves in the solitude of the @ressing-room): ‘There! thank heaven, that disagreeable matter is done.” The Count (lighting a cigar on the cony): “Bah! ces Americaines ci! . . it Here and there about the grand salon dur- ing the preparations for the cotillion. Mrs. van A. to Mrs. de B.: “Dear! dear! I people would be discreet. I acci- dentally ran upon Ethel de Budd and her Count ‘spooning outrageously in the con- | servatory a moment ago. They certainly | must be engaged, &c.”” | irs. de B. to Miss von C. (whispering): ‘Entre nous, Maud, don’t go into the con- servatory, for Ethel de Budd and her fiance, the Count, are—well, making hay while, ete.” “Ah, yea; a handshake Miss von C. to Colonel D.: “By the bye, Colonel, have you congratulated Miss de Budd upon her engagement to the Count? I_know it’s not quite good form to con- gratulate the prospective bride; but the Count is so exceptionally genuine, ete. Colonel D. to Mrs. Pensley-Pym, the hostess: “Everybody seems going wiid to- night over Miss de Budd's engagement. Wasn't it quite a surprise Mrs. Pensley-Pym (who has had the morceau from four different sources by this time): “Surprise? Oh, my dear Col- onel, that’s quite an old tory, I assure, &c."" (Hastens to the dressing room, where she finds Ethel reclining pensively over a vinaigrette, and whom she kisses with much affectionate warmth.) “I was ever 80 glad to hear it, dear; and I know you will be so happy with the dear Count, for he adores you—actually adores you!” “Culm Yourself and ¢ Ethel (too much stunned “Bute—" Mrs. Pensley-Pym: “Oh, don’t deny, dear; it’s no longer good form, you know. Be- you were caught spooning delight- fully in the conservatory, which was too bad of you, but we forgive you, now that we have the good news— Ethel (horrified): “But, my dear Mrs, Pen—" (chokes and bursts into tears), Mrs. Pensiey-Pym: “Oh, don't excuse it; we were all young and in love too, orce, though few so fortunate as to be loved by a second cousin of a queen—' to Ethel (sobbing): “But... but, I don’t love him. I hate him!’ Mrs. Pensley-Pym: “Tut! tut! What! a quarrel—so soon? Why, the poor tellow adores you, worships you. He has told me s0 a dozen times. And he is such a prize, too, Eth; pray don’t do anything disa- “We'll go.” greeable just when everybody below 1s waiting to shower their blessings upon you. Calm yourself and come right down; they are wild with delight, &. . .” Ethel (left alone at last) So I'm engaged in spite of And all because I was caught allowing the Count that one tender little privilege. It seemed too mean to send him off without even that much. . . . So he really loves me? After all it's rather nice to be adored by a cousin to a reigning queen, and... now—now I suppose the poor chap will go and blow his brains out. Dear me! what a scandal! Really, that would be too bad of me. I—I must not actually allow that. Be- sides, I feel rather sorry for him—really I do... And now I must go to supper with him. (Sighs) What an ordeal! .. (Arranges herself before the mirror) I—T hope he won't see that I’ve been crying.” pied Ethel, looking more ravishing than ever, saunters down the grand stair, at the foot of which she finds the Count pacing up and down like a caged panther. Count: “Oh, Miss de Butt! Miss de Butt! I look eferywhere for you. Ethel (calmly): “Really?” (Allows him to approach near enough to whisper.) Count: “Mon Dieu! eferbody congratulate me: zey sink we air engaged. I come to pray you zat you will not accuse me of ze a “Oh, is that all? You need not have mind Know you to be too honor- able for that. (Chokes.) You-er-contra- dicted, of course.”” Count: “Contradeek ze Americains?—Sa- prist!! Zey will not let mg In ze smok- ing room, in ze salon, in ze conservatoire— ‘Ah, Count, we all know; zare is no use to deny!” Wot can I do? Cest horrible!” Ethel (with averted eyes): x. So—really so. . . awfully. (Chokes.) Count: “Eet is—vot you say?—embarrass- ment. For myself I care nossing: I only sink of you, an’ my heart ees sorry!” Ethel: “How the poor fellows love me! Count: “Mon Dieu! vot shall I do? Vy you do not speak? Vot shall I answer sem?" Ethel (quivering): “Nothing!” Count (in a whisper): “Nossing?” Ethel (still lower): “Nothing!” Count: “M: (bewildered) but zey will continue — ceiving her silent emotion) Vy - 5 = POR: haf been—how you say?—weeping! Nom de Dieu! zose air tears——’ Ethel (lancing up): “Well, aren't you enough to—to make a—e stone shed tears?" Count (bewildered): “Vy?—I. . . haf I done somesing: Ethel: ; that’s the trouble. You have +. - You are so stupid!” y-Pym (bursting upon them ‘Oh, here you are, off in one corner again when everybody is down at supper. We've left the places of honor for you. You will receive an ovation. Come, right now!’ (Disappears.) Count (tenderly): “If ve go . belle amie, you know vot zat mean: Ethel (looking up with the smile of a seraph and taking the Count's arm): “We'll go!” Count: “Dieu! Dieu! ces belles Ameri- caines sont enigmes . . . mais, tres joli pourtant . . . n'est pas?" (Treads the thin air of seventh heaven.) ie meme THE MEDICAL CONGRESS. Notes About Members—Attermath of the Convention. Three delegates to the Pan-American congress were especially honored during the sessions of the congress. They were Dr. Frederick Montezambert of Quebec, su- perintendent of the Canpdian sanitary ser- vice, the man who ig in charge of the quar- antine and other: health arrangements along the St, Lawrence, and Dr. Irving A. Watson, secretary of the American Pubiic Health ‘Association, and Medical Director Albert L. Gihon, U. 8. N., w such a prominent part in the dell! of the congress. They were made asso- clate members of the Mexican National Academy of Medicine. Dr. Fernando Zer- ragas of the state of Durango, Mexico, was deputed by the academy to present their credentials to the gentlemen selected for THE NATIONAL GUARD Substantial Rumors as to an Im- ‘ portant Battalion Change. THE VETERAN “THIRD? WILL MOVE Voluntary Practice May Take Place in the Gallery Next Week. THE LAST OPPORTUNITY. Few members of the District National Guard but are aware of the fuct that the third battalion is about to move from its old quarte>s in the Globe building to the rooms in the Center Market armory, oc- cupied since the practical decease of the ‘fifth battalion by the engineer corps, but its will probably be news to most of the local soldiery to hear even the rumor which has it that the third battalion will not only change Its quarters, but will soon lose its number and become the A{th battalion. This, of course, means a transfer from the first to the second regiment, and as the transfer is earnestly desired by the mem- bers of the third it seems quite probable that their request will receive all the at- tention it deserves and probably an af- firmative reply from brigade headquarters. None of the officers of the third care to say why the change is desired, but there is practical unanimity of belief from one end of No. 3 to the other that the shift will in some way or other be advantageous. It is unquestionably true thet there is in the first regiment less of the regimental spirit than is really necessary for the well being of the command, and it is also true that in the second regiment the organization is much more concrete and harmonious. It is quite probable that the three battalions now composing the fizet regiment would be just as solidly linked together as are the two in the second if they were only brought more closely in contact with each other, but they | this unusual honor, and the presentations Were made occasions of more than a little pleasant formality. Dr. Day! Conspicuous among the members of the Pan-American medical congress is Dr. David Lobo of Venezuela, who delivered before the section on general medicine an address on the clinical study of prolonged fever; a subject to which he has given life- long study and attention. The doctor, who is now the charge Waffairs of the Venezuelan legation, was torn in Puerto Cabello in 1860, and received @ classical and medical education at the University of Caracas, from which institu- {ion he recelved the degrees of M. A. and . D. After having practiced his profession for five years he was appointed professor of Physiology at the university from which he Sraduated—a position which he filled with ility and distinction until he received the ppointment of first secretary of the Ven- ezuelan legation to the United States. Dr. Lobo was appointed secretary for Venezuela by President Pepper, in the sec- tion of surgery and obstetrics. Acknowledging the superior facilities of the American schools of medicine from an analytical standpoint, Dr. Lobo on arriving in this city selected the Columbian Univer- ity as the institution from which to receive @ post graduate degree. Some of the Papers. At the session of the section on oral and dental surgery Thursday Dr. John A. Daly of this city’read an interesting paper on “Hygiene in Prosthetic Dentistry.” He treated the subject of the decomposition of the secretions of the mouth in the pores of ordinary rubber dental plates not protected by having the palative surface covered with gold. Dr. Daly claimed that the ordinary rub- ber plate when fitted in the mouth without this protection was a breeding apparatus for microbes and germs. Before the section on general medicine yesterday Dr. T. Drummond Burch of gave an interesting talk on He asserted that the mud of the Ganges, sacred to the pilgrims of India for 1,500 miles of its course, was re- sponsible for the scourge. He showed how the present epidemic began Its march in Afghanistan in December, 1891,until it reach- ed Hamburg in the summer of 18”. He maintained that filth does not generate cholera, nor cleanliness exempt from it. He also raised a question about the coma bacil- M recently discovered in the intestines of | files, and maintained that the disease could be dangerously disseminated by these in- sects. Dr. G. Saussure of Charleston, S. C., dis cussed the disease known as Filaris Hom- | ints Sanguinis, which it is said killed King Herod. According to the description, little white snakes get into the blood and’ cause death. Several of these were exhibited. The snakes, which are long, white sub- stances, retire to the secluded organs of the body in’ the day when the subject is moving about, the doctor sald, but come into the veins and azteries at night when he is sleeping. The disease is said to be of rare occurrence. A Paper on Bone Filling. Dr. Oscar J. Mayer of San Francisco presented a paper on bone filling to the sur- gical section of the Pan-American medical congress at the Emergency Hospital. This is a new departure in bone surgery, aiming to obliterate cavities resulting from osteo- myelitis and bone tuberculosis, where form- erly amputation was necessary. The ma- terials used for filling are chiefly copper amalgam and cements. The former was shown by bacteriological experiments to be | possessed of strong antiseptic properties, and able to destroy the germs of tubercu- | losis and osteomyelitis. Experiments were made on dogs, specimens of which were demonstrated and shown that foreign bod- fes can become healed into bones. This method has been practiced on patients suf- fering from the above diseases, but it 1s too early to judge the final results. On account of the antiseptic effects of copper amalgam instruments were de- signed by which this metal could find ap- | plication in the treatment of chronic gon- | orrhoea, diphtheria and other infectious | diseases. | After presentation of the paper and de- | monstration Dr. Mayer, by general request, | demonstrated the technique of operation on living dogs to the members assembled. oo A Good Suggestion. To the Editor of The Evening Star: The announcement recently that Prof, Bickmore of the Natural History Museum intends to deliver a series of Mlustrated lectures in New York on the world’s fair and what is to be seen and learned there, shows how much may be done to popularize some of the object lessons presented by the Columbian fair at Chicago. The lectures will be given weekly and will be on such subjects as “World's Fairs, From That of London in 181 to That of Paris in 18% “The Columbian Fair,” “Mines and Min- ing: Iron, Copper and Salt;” “Stiver, Gold and Precious Stones;” “Foods: Tea, Coffee and Sugar; “Wheat, Rice and Indian Corn;” “Machinery and Manufactures:” “Educational Exhibit;” “Ethnology, With Illustrations From Men of All Races tn the Midway Plaisance,” and “Varieties and Mi- srations of Mankind.” The facility for enabling the citizens of Washington to proft by the same lessons exist to a far greater extent here than in New York. Why should not a series of popular lec- tures be delivered during the winter on these topics? Or if not suffictently scien- Ufic for the @ignity of the professor why not provide a seasoning of philosuphy to the dish of mind and matter? Why not en- able some of the thousands who can not be eferywhere zey clasp ‘my han’, w'en I say, ‘Pardon, Mesdames! .. . pardon, Mes- slours! mais, eet 1s wan meestake!” ey say, transported to Chicago to see the reflex of the wonders gathered there? HENRY E. PELLEW. have met only a8 strangers, and then at rare intervals, so that the opportunities for cultivating the pleasant relations which should exist in every regiment have been too few to be of any real advantage. It is therefore not an unreasonable conclusion to imagine that the third wants more of the companionship which is common in the second regiment than it has ever been able to get in the first, and because their is no regimental spirit in the first it desires to reach out after more congenial associates. It has been stated by members of the third that the regimental officers took no visible or practical interest in the welfare of the battalion, and that but for the regimentally- unaided efforts of a small portion of the membership the battalion would some time since have been nothing more than # mem- ory. At brigade headquarters nothing can as yet be learned of the proposed transfer, but unless several of the third's officers aré very much mistaken the change will be made within a week or two. This reduction of the first regiment to two battalions will not have any material effect on its appear- ance when it parades, for the understanding seems to be that the third sparate company which has in ranks about 10) men— will take the place of the third battalion, so that the rst regiment will make about as good a showing as usual when it par- ticipates in any of the outdoor ceremonies. Next week will afford the closing oppor- tunities of the season for those who have not completed their scores in the gallery or who desire to better scores already made. Each day from 3 to 6 p.m. and each even- ing from 7:30 to 10 the brigade galiery will be open for voluntary practice. An inspec- tor of rifie practice will be on hand to look after things generally and to certify all scores made. The sensible man will get his work in just as early as possible, for to-| ward the latter end of the week there is certain to be a very heavy attendance, and practice will consequently be a trifle less satisfactory than on the first day or two. Men who have made their scores on range, but who, perhaps because they were not members during the earlier part of the sea- son, should take advantage of the chance offered by a week of continuous ——4 and ought in that time to get rid of en amunition to make qualification certain. In no other subdivision of all the National Guard have the opportunities been anything | like so extended as here during the season now about to close. If any officer or en- listed man fails to complete his scores—and many of them unfortunately have so failed —the blame cannot be laid on other should- ers than their own. Already have several of the careless ones discovered that by fail- ing to do the shooting which orders called for they have shut themselves out of the competitions which will be held tn October —an unfortunate condition of affairs for Which the individuals alone are responsible. ‘The assignment of inspectors of rifle prac tice for duty at the brigade gallery is as follows: Monday evening, Lieut. Laird: Tuesday evening, Lieut. day jevening, “Lieut evening, Lieut. V: Lieu Cardozo; Saturday evening. Lieut Pollard, During the day Lieut. King will certify scores. As to the practice which may take place in the first battalion armory, arrange- ments will be made by Lieut. Ebert, and members of the battalion will receive from him proper notification. An interesting rifle match took place at Creedmoor today, the contestants being teams of twelve from the twenty-third New York, the seventh New York and the thirteenth Pennsylvania. According to the terms stated some days ago the teams will shoot ten shots each man at 200 and 5i) yards, and then seven shots per man ut 2, 500 and 600 yards—duplications of the National Rifle Association's interstate and Fititon scores, The result will be looked for with interest. The fourth floor of the D Street Armory is now being fitted up for the reception of the engineer corps, displaced by the mov- ing in of the third battalion from the Globe buliding to the Center Market Armory. | A, R. Kuser of the staff of Gov. Werts of New Jersey was in the city yes- y. The colonel is one of those Jersey- men who are good enough to be residents of the District of Columbia, He will re- turn to Washington in company with the many who are going to visit the District National Guard during the second week in October. He will probably be one of the team of six that will shoot against a team of lke number selected from the brigade team of the present season. From very many sources—most of them disinterested—comes a great deal of inte>- esting eulogy on the behavior of those sub- divisions of the brigade that went into | camp all over the eastern part of the United States during the last summer. To select one of the organziations for praise would be unfair to the others, for there is not a single one but has been the subject of com- ment most complimentary to the member- ship and extremely gratifying to those who are interested in the welfare of the brigade. It is not quite certain that there will be this year—as there was last—a National Guard match in the competitions to be held in October. Last year the first and second regiments and the engineer corps each gave a medal, but this year there does not seem to be any certainty about it, and for some days at least it will not be known Whether the match will take place or not. The orders for the matches, which w doubtless make their appearance by Sat day next, will probably contain a paragraph providing for conditional entries in the match in question. Two Street Railrond Suggestions. To the Editor of The Evening Star: I wish to add two suggestions to the many that you have printed respecting the Wash- ington and Georgetown railroad. First. The many deplorable accidents that are occurring so frequently appear to make it necessary that the stupid, the drunken, the dazed or “rattled” and the obstinate shall be protected against themselves from the consequences of thelr own acts by pre- venting them from alighting from or get- ting on the cars except on the right side of the track—that fs, the outside. ‘This is now | done on the closed cars and can readily be done by arrangements that can be shifted at_the terminals of the road. Second. On the avenue opposite Willerd’s Hotel the two sets of tracks should be spread far enough to allow a small transfer station to be erected between them. An area of 15 feet by sufficient for the station, taking 7 feet from each half width of this wide avenue. ‘This can no doubt be spared without any inconventence to travel, and even on parade occasions the station would be no more of an obstruction to the marching of columns than the curbed little spaces or “islands” that are provided in the middle of the wide avenues of Parts and other cities of Europe for the safety of pedestrians crossing them. i | , | birth of a child. #9 feet would probably be | HAY AND FODDER. ery severely from a scarcity of hay and fodder. “The deficit,” he says, “ie 80 great that it has taken the form of a ma- tional calamity, Jn places protests are be ing made against the fall army maneuvers, because of the so-called futternot scarcity). : “The crop failure is widespread. Its in- | fluence will linger for @ jong time, and Will be felt in all the meat markets and ex- changes of the empire. Farmers, to sav have been obliged to sell or kill the least valuable of their herds. “Reports from some districts show thnt for, here, Sheep could not be sold at all, the lowest Brtoee == portion to other there mand. “Inasmuch as young cattle fell the ax, when it was found &@ great scarcity of oreeding cat! ported. feared that, notwithstanding the “It great efforts now being made to prevent It, yet hay and fodder being so dear and the forelgn surplus, 80 far as reported, so small, fully one-half of the cattle in many districts will have to be killed this fall or winter, order to save the other half. “All this cannot fall to affect markets for a long time to come. by, as the source of supply grows meat must be dearer. There json why American meats | Dig and ready sales in a | meats wholesale at prevailing The primary cause of the almost un i i Fy 5 i ih f hit | 4 i i j i % iay? i i t" i vf its ef The steamer Falcon returned to st. |John’s, N. F., Tuesday afternoon from Bowdoin bay, West Greenland, having sue- | cessfully accomplished the landing of the Peary expedition at that place. The Falcon left St. John's July 15 bound for Labrader to purchase dogs necessary for the success Bite gate tretez? B & i ze Putte oft 5252 ilar iy ig ik sf 28 i Z iu i 8 the pole ftself, ts likely ta be abandoned, to return next summer 18%, as was his been definitely settled that return for him next year. Exhaustive inquiries concerni who was su a to have been ear by falling into @ crevasse By the party, but nothing could of him, and now no doubt fate. Search was also for | Norwegian scientists, Kelstermun | Djorling. who left St. John’s early last | im the schooner Ripple to sound. Nothing was known of them at | of the points touched, so it is probable that | they and the crew of four men were all fees: Pe ty were well and in ‘All of the Peary par | good spirits at the thwe the Falcom left Falcon harbor. One incident of this expedition will be the Late in September Mrs. | Peary is expected to become a mother. The | infant wil! be the firet white child born In that high latitude. In fact, it will be born farther north than the habitat of any human being of the present The party staying in Greenland until next year is as follows: Licut. R. E. Peary and it Fi : g iE4 if itt | Mrs. Josephine Peary, Mrs. Cross, Mrs, Peary’s maid; Dr. E. Vincent, surgeon Mr. S.J. trikin, second in command) Savind ‘Astrup, W. 8 Swain, secretary; Es H. Clarke, taxidermist; E. B. Bald- win, meteorologist; F. W. Stokes, artixt; George W. Carr, Hugh Lee and J. W. Daviison. Mrs. Hodge. Peary’s stenop rapher, returned in the Falcon. = RAPID TRANSIT F NEW YORK. ‘The reported proposal of a number of capitalists, ahead and bulld an under- |ground and viaduct rafiroad according to the plans of the rapid transit commission- lers, was confirmed yesterday morning by | Commissioner Steinway at his residence, 28 |Grammercy Park, New York. Mr. Steinway stated that at the last meeting of the commission a well-know | Wall street banking firm, representing @ | number of capitalists of New York, had pro- fessed their willingness to carry out the | proposed underground railroad plans of the ‘The small amount of transferring between | commission. the Washington and Georgetown and Eck- ington lines at 15th and G streets can doubt- less be provided for in the cars themsel ‘September 6, 1833. Furthermore, they will furnish the neces- sary capital for the entire enterprise, and ask no aid from the city or any othe source.