Evening Star Newspaper, March 19, 1894, Page 8

_THE EVENING’STAR, MONDAY, MARCH 19, 1894—TWELVE PAGES. a ——— nese NTION. LOCAL ME THE WEATHER. Foreenst Til 8 p.m. Tuesday. ct of Columbia, Maryiand wers tonight or Tuesday; stationary ‘emperature Tuesday morning, = followe2 by colder, winds ‘becoming north- Westerly. Condition of the Water. Temperature and condition of water at S am. alla, temperature, 54; condt- tion. ving resery temperature, muection, 86; con- 36; distributing G; condition at in- fluent gate house, ee eee WOOBWARD & LOTHROP. will sell to- {morrow a smal lot of Fancily Decorated “Low. Dishes, round and square, plam and fiute?, suitable for fruit, salad, berries, &c., at 2c. each. Would be cunsidered good value at Se. p Ten your friends that a dollar will go farther at Keister’s, cor. 9th and La. ‘av for FRUITS, GROCERIES and PROVIS- z ————— THE TRIUMPH OF THE SEASON, Our Candy sale is a drawing card. The most popular of all our delicious Confec- tfons, our 35 and 6¥-cent Mixtures, are go- ing at 23 CENTS A POUND. As these are not equaled at their origtaal prices, it’s no wonder crowds visit us. 4 EETZ, Candies, 10TH AND F STS. Palmer's Qpening Spring Millinery. French and Engitsh Patterns, Wednesda} and Thursday next. a Pure Aluminum Cooking Utensils and house- furnishing’ specialties at Morsei!’s, L107 7th. Y AND DISTRICL AMUSEMENTS TONIGHT. eel Albaugh's Grand Opera House.—“Sinbad, of the 3 of Balsora.” Academy Stoddard on Herris’ Bijou “China. Theater.—“Peck's e Company. Metzerott Music’ Hall—Lecture by Gen. Ino. B. Gordon on “Last Days of the Con- federacy.” ; es Washington Light Infantry 4 jory.— Micrend tomar of the Old Guard. seg oe EXCURSIONS TOMORROW. Mount Vernon.—Macalester leaves at 10 am. Mount Vernon.—By Yoad every hour daily. Harry Randall for Chapel Point, Colontal Beach and river landings at 7 a.m Stexmer Mattano for Mattox creek and intermedidte landings at 7 a.m. ae ‘ally-Ho coach, S11 13th street, for Ar- ‘saree and Cabin John bridge. TEMPERANCE WORK. Pennsylvania rail- Luther Benson's Eloquent Talk at the Congresutional Church. The meetings arranged by the Woman's Christian Temperatice Union, to be held during the present and following weeks were auspiciouSiy inaugurated at the First Congregational Church yesterday after- ‘oon with a lecture by the eloquent Luther “Benson of Indiana. There was a large au- dience in attendance, and for nearly two hours Mr. Benson held its attention with his powerful portrayal of the evils ef in- temperance. ‘Invective, scorn, denuncla- tion, vivid imagery and striking humor swere blended deftly into an interestiig ad- dress that proved most eifective. T eded by prayer and and at Its close the s to be beld during athe next annouaced. Mrs. Mattte McClelland Brown will tecture Lyon “The Problem of Progress” at Luther. Me- morial Church tonight, and tomorrow even- ing. Gen. Neal Dow's birtiday will Le cele- brated at Convention Hail. @ gospel tenfperance meeting Union Mission Wednesday afterao’ Tass meeting in Georgetown at night,which -Mr. Benson will address: ‘Temperance meetings will be held in various churches Thursday evening; a literary and musical entertainment wiil be he!d fom Veter- at Central and a tv an Hali Friday night, and Saturday after- ‘noon a children’s temperance mass meet- ing will he heid"in Wesley Chapel. Wednesday of next week~the Young Woman's Christian Temperance Union will bold a mass meeting at the First Exptist Church, which will be addressed by Mrs. Francis J. Barnes of: New York, and on March 20 the quarterly meeting will be held dt the Vermont Avenue Christian Church. oe adry Church. Foundry Epworth Seciable at The social of the League Friday evening was one of the most enjoyable yet held. Mrs. W. F. Woolard, the new chairman of the social department, had charge, being ably assisted by the ladies ef her committee. The program was ¢om- pdsed of three parts. The first was literary -and musical, the second ssive con- Yersazione and the : ed of ight fefreshments. The following number$ were greatly enjoyed: Piano solo, Mrs. Kall; reading, Miss Laws; cornet solo, Mr. Chand- » Mr. Hannen; recitation, Mra. Misses Wheeler and Hannen .“Drown, and Balt; piano solo, suck. Prof. J. W. Dyre, Mr. H. 0. Hime and a number of other visitors from the various leagues were present. . ee Salem Baptist Chureb. A“irge congregation of both white and coldred assembled at Woodicy Lane bridge at 12 m. yesterday to witness the immer- sion of a large number of candidates by ns, pastor ¢f the Sa- ayenue northwest. presented with anew b: fi 2 y night his by the Heart ehureh, ti roceeds of a very succesful souvenir e at the resi- dence of Ge L. 2 2 club was ‘Mrs. Be ines, treasurer; rs. Mar- aria Lee. It is es- © Bundred people Visit- »wing mem! Peeach at each s choir, with’ several fine svioists, organized to lead the singing. topics for th hele Tax. The Debat! Ss the National Academy of Oratory his evening at 8 oc discuss at their hall, 919 F street Rorthwest, the qu tion of room, corner: lth and ‘West, daily at lla Nature vs. Scie poMterons to ck rn) an ‘There wili be | ¢ ‘chorus j has been | auction. } 1105 7th street north- } ass |The President's Action in the Case Severely Criticised. CONGRESSIONAL TEMPERANCE SOCIETY The People Are Being Educated in the Total Abstinence Cause. SOME STIRRING SPEECHES . - The Congressional Temperance Society celebrated its sixtieth anniversary and the ninetieth birthday: of Hon. Neal Dow last night at Metropolitan M. E. Church. The meeting was a large one and productive of some noteworthy incidents, The secretary of the society, Rev. Fred D. Power, in hig report criticised the Shea pardon without restraint, end his sentiments were-greezed epplausively. Congressman Pickler of stoners for having suspended the iaw pro- j viding that no suloon shall be within 400 | tect of a church, till an exception could be | made tr favor of hotels. From what he resolution inquiring “into the authority of the Commissioners to do that of ‘which he complained. The exercises opened with music und prayez by Rev. Mr. Daker. Rev. Dr. Hugh Johnston, pastor of the church, then in- troduced Rev. Mr. Power, the secretary, who read the followiig. tepore: Seerctary Power's Report. Once in thirty years, it is said, the peo- pie of thé United States drink the full value of all thelr property. Three millions of wage earners Walk our streets with militons of the people’s gold goes yearly to sadsty the rum king. Kighteen thousand 2 ed through the streets of Chica- bearing a banner ins¢ribed “Our Chil- go, dren Cry tor Bread,” paraded to a grove, settled down to a picnic, and drank 1,400 kegs of beer. Two hundred and titty thousand saloons are busy in this Christian land, and the Woe of women and the want of ittle children appeal for mercy, as fathers and husbands, and brothe:s and sons crowd the way to the gutter, the almshouse, the jail, and the potter's field— sacrifices on the altar of this bloody Mo- loch. Silver agitates the people from sea to sea, though the éntire sum coined into money ts less than five hundred millions, while the liquor bill of the nation is a thousand mililons. Qariif stirs society from base to summit, though the entire revenue from this source is less than three hundred millions, while the nation’s drink bill is one thousand millions! Pensioning cld soldiers to relieve spftering is a live ques- tion with all parties, thoush the fult sum paid this cause is one hundred and sixty amiliions, while the liquor bill, whieh cre- ates endiess misery and want, is a thous- and millions! More than war, famine und tilence combined, says Mr. Gladstone, ntoxtcating drinks cost the nations. This, then, is the dominant question. Men Are Learning. Men are learning. Never was there sq much serious consideration given to the drink curse as now. Never were so many children studying in schools the principles of purity and sobriety. Never were there such gatherings of tempezance work=rs and teachers, such sermons and lectures, and papers and lessons from platform and pulpit end press. Never were there so many total -abstainers or such intelligent advocates of total abstinence. Never was there such stirring of temperance politics, of such respectful public sentiment toward temperance reform. N . A worlds temperance congress in Chi- cago, with over 600 delegates, and with pers and addresses from over two huh- ed writers and workers trum al! coun- tries of the gh gives its testirnony to interest in the temperance tion the world over. Great Britain, the foremost nation df the world, the past year adopted a plank in the platform of the dominant party with the peinciple that the people shall them- e3 decide whether or not they want the public ho and now parliament is \ 1 considering the report of a commission of }experts which recommends that power be given the police to arrest, without ‘ant, alj persons found drunk, and to strates to commit drunkards to re- formatories. for restraint aud treatme thus denying the right of ary man sto be a drunkard, or even to be pubitciy tipsy. A subject once given over to a few temperance workers Is now stildted . by scientists, legislators, soctolagists, nologists, men of affairs, and even children in the public schovis. Ac }tee of Ufty of the most eminent edu | divines and scientiic and business j this mation is now considering this subject in New York in all its physiologi- cal, ethical and legislative aspects,” wh j} will spend $30,000 in physlolegical exp: } ments alone } is good or bad for civilize? man. And men are not only ‘thinking, they are doing. . The Indiana Decision. ‘The recent decision of the supreme jeourt of Indiana declaring saloons nul- sahces under the common luw, and Lable’ for any damage helghboring property: may |sulfer by reason of their proximity, is a ju- dicial deliverance of profound moment. The owner of & building in the residexce part of Indlanapolis rented it for about double the ordinary rental for saloon purposes. De- | spite the protests of adjacent property owh- ers and residents, litease wus granted. Twa women, owners of an adjoining nzuse and lot, brought sult for damages on the ground shat befure the saloon was opened their property brought $33 rent per mouth, and would hav jand sell for no more th one dissenting fr | preme court jness ls immoral, license and ré at; that the legislature has a constitutional right to license, but ft is not competent to authorize an obvious in- | jury to the property.of the citizen, und did Rot intend to place Mquor selling above + 4 Ss of the igen and s' | nui, eand consequer fefit of the saloon keeper; and the court holds that “if the an 3.00, With only of five the su- the saicon busi- the law and can be abate on who operates, the saloon is the measure of damages is the measure ct 1ry to prop : All khonor to the hoosier.state for speuk- jing ont .what nt man s! v ta f Said the } | The Eve s city: “Stace pro } hibition, *! ption, steady agitation and | ja great of rational argument have feombined to in, H ure and compress the traffic | im intoxicating Tiquors, but none of t suses, nor all of them, have s business such a terrific blow es thi A Serious Naixance. There is .no lente quarter in y ely ta ‘America Where the proximity o) is not recognized as a seric a@ sa | looon ‘3 nul- Sa by the common sen jmity, and that the law F is sense. Even the man who ffe 2 a place to drink will, as a rule, the traffle obtrudi itself within his threshold. Why f this District ob mitagio disea ty aoa y and a saloon ve ts simply an. appli- pr their ballois for or SHEA PARDON. {but one voted against the saloca, South Dakota scored the District, Commis- | {sald the spectatorg thought it probable | Goa’ that he would introduce in the Houde‘a | idig and empty hands, while one thousand ont, | erimi-; to determine whether aléohol | for 35,500, but with the sa-{ g it would yield bat $4 rental! efore subject to| ed party, and! against prohibition, and the result was an overwhelming majority—over $0,000—for the | prohibition of the liquor traffic. Every city The \ great whisky stronghold of Toronto, where ‘the liquor’ men had concentrated all their, , forces, went for prohibition by 2000 ma- jority Of 5,000 women entitled to vote, in {Poronto only 28 per cent of thoag who cast the ballot Voted for the saloon, an tndica- ‘tion of what the women of the United | States will do when, in the good time com- ing, they shall be allowed to give expres- ston’ to their will pn this question. This action of our Canadian neighbors means a | prohibition law. Seven Prohibition States. | Coming into our own territory,.we see | hopeful signs. of the coming kingdom. Seven | prohfbition states are on the honoy roll— | Kaneas, Towa, Sduth Rakota, North Da- | Kota, Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont |In our southern states there has been a | mighty progress. In Georgia thres-fourchs j of the counties have prohibitory laws. Ken- { tucky, though. regarded es a Sourbon | State, is more of a temperance than a rum | commonwealth today. A hundred and nine- , teen coundes, and in eighty of them no sa- loons exist. Twenty-seven thousaad square |iniles of the state, two-thirds of its entire \area, bas been wholly freed from the 2a- that state would vote the saloon out. Mis- sissipp! has seventy-five counties, 50,Si0 | Square miles. Only eight counties tolerate »the saloon. There are sixty-seven dry coun- ‘ties. Eight-ninths of the area of the state }is freed from the shackles of the dram ghop. More than fifty states the size of Rhode Island could be carved from the re- deeme? area of Kentucky and Misetssippi combined. And this {8 not ‘all. Let the frienis of prohibition be encouraged. Their cause is the home, of the { state, of the church, of the race, must go idown. The flood tide ts with us; the ebb is {with them. No quarter! must be the cry. jit must be war to the knife; and the knife to the hilt. Carthago delenda est. What of the capital? Society has made | advances. The first state dinner of the season was given to the cabinet. Forty- eight guests were present, and at euch lute, except that of the mistress of. the White House, were six glasses for wines, ghe more than marked the dinners of Mr. Cleveland's first administration. Mrs. Cleveland's plate, as heretofore, had only water glasses. Such a practice of wine drinking is a social precedeat which reu- ders still more difficult the labors of total abstainers for the abolition of the drink ; ut ull praise to “the frst lady of the ‘land” for her personal protest! Among recent entertainments an elegant dinner to the President, cabinet aud Erit- ish ambassador by Secretary and Mrs, Car- lisle was served without wine. All honor to this representative Christian woman, who thus shows the courage of her con- victions. A Reprehensible Practice. No practice can be more reprehensible than'’the serving of wine aad punch at social entertainments to young men. “I have to banish wine from my table,” says Prof. Drummond. “I hate to do it, but I hear the clanking of the chains of those who have been led captive by it. I trv to help them in this poor, rough way.” Sons of statesmen are not proof against the tempter. It {s said in a certain Kentucky town at the same time a grandson of Hesry Clay lay dying of a wound received in a drunken brawi a grandson of Joha J. Crit- tenden was wrestling with delirium tremend ‘und a graudson of Patrick Henry was serv- ing out a term of imprisoament for at- tempted murder, the result, Mkewise, of drink. Could the young lady that “pre- sides at the punch bowl” by some occult [siphon unvell the hidden beiug who shares her distinction she would find herself aided by a horned creature with cloven hoofs and a forked tall, and could she witness the real brewing of the HMquor vhe dispenses she would behold the dark cave, the cauldron in the center, the witches hovering over.and hear the mystic chant: “Fillet of a fehny snake, In the cauldron boil und bak Eye of newt, and toe of frog, Wool of bat, and tongue ‘of dog, dder’s fork, and blind worm’. sting, Lizacd’s leg, owlet's wing, For a charm of powerful trouble Like a hell broth boil aud Hubble. Double, double, toil and trouble, Fire burn and cauldron bubble. * , So far as legislation is concerned, Sena- tor Frye, a viée president of tuls sociviy, introduced again the bill for a national commission of.inquiry concerning the alco- holle liquor traffic, and another vice presi- dent, Hon. E. A. Morse, a bill to prohibit the liquor traffic in the District of Colum- bia. The liquor men, restive under the re- strictive clauses embodied In the excise law of the last Conzress, have. sougit its repeal, but. by the vigilance of the members of this soclety, so far they have+been thwart- ed. Our Commissioners, courts and police have done well. The Pardon of Shea. The most disastrous blunier in the ad- | ministration of the iaiv, we griave to say, | has come from the President of the Uajted | States in granting the pardon of the hho- torfous Johh Shea, Whea the President lays lance in rest for the Widow Domints we are not so greatly concernet, for she is | ! more surely places her beyond the ‘power to do mischief, but when his chivalry leads shim ‘to come to the rescue of the woman | Shea we demur, because she {g a present | terror, and his good offices place the Shea | family again in position to. work desola- ; ten and ruin. An outrageous, persistent | lawbreaker of nearly twenty years’ stand- | ing; a creature who either in Ins own per- son or that of one of his family has been 141 times before the court and convictad in a majority. of the causes; a transgressor who, convicted of selling whisity without license and dined, has, by his wile, declared defiantly in open court he would continue to sell, license or no license; a rum seller who kepf one of the vilest hells in the city, corrupting the whole neighbortivod; w con- scienceless criminal, who, at his last of- fense, béing justly refused a licease for his grogers, defies the law, and when raid- ed by officers of the law, alde] by ‘the hoodfums of bis household, gives savage battle, and, after a big fight in the court, ig righteously sentenced, to the satisfaction | of every decent citizen of the District-in | the interest of this creature’ the chief ex- ecutive comes forward, and because the Shea women are not géntly suppressed in the fierce struggle of thelr own making remits a sufficient amount of Slrex’s iine to sett him up again in his lawiess and wicked career! Could anything tend ni ty to encourage the violati {to Mscourage our police offi © pre- | vention of erime? Altgeld pardons NeeLe, the condemned anarchist, and immediately be opens a saloon. Mr. Clevaland dees the game service for Shea and his work of Mabolism ts renewed. All credit ‘to the cliief magistrate when he advises Conrress that it is the plain duty of this govern. to ald in suppressing this nefartous traffic in the Congo country and recommending that an act be passed prohibizing the sd of arms and intoxicants to nations regulated not the same principle hold fnatives of “Willow ‘Tree alle deed, throughout the District of Columbia Mr. President, the growth of the “temper- han entiment can best be seen in the ist single lif he 2Uth instant the of your Maine’ law, the vetern ice one of the nob ard bearers in the cause of total < ‘ liquors an Infatmous crime and prohibited it. The oceasion of his ninetieth anniv sary ts ane of con ula Yor the friend: of total abstine: the world ov The nce of t ance cause has been marvelous in these ninety years. Let it be ‘23 mighty In the Ifetime of te babe era- dled tonigut in some temperance | hold that shall see his ninety eum-neys i | prohthitfon fur the race will be here. 1 President Dingley’s Remarks. | President Dingley in his remarks told a ! deai of the Mf and works of > \Dow. He e ted the condition of the cause of temperance now With {ts condition sixty years ago, when the Congressional | Temperance Society was organized. He re | gulled several talks which he had had, wita | the great apostle of temperance. In -1434, when Dow entered upon his temperance work, the drink habit was Almost unlversal. ance peoplé as there were at 41d not preach the doctrine of but only that of abstinence gs had been the of the Congressionat Society when founded. Mr. Dingley then’ told a hich Gen. Dow had giver him, of perance Crusade.in Maine Dow, he sxid, entered a le a Plea with the saloon i to @ certain man for cer- fly reasons. The Hquor man 'replfed had a Heense tg sell and that he ardent spirits. uid sell. From that moment Gen. Dow turned his attention not only, to the mo: “t of the case, but to the politi gts. Mr. Dingl ated that a he had sat in the g: of the capitol at Maine and Beard the roll called on the gon. It is quite probable in a free vote} far away, and his tntefvention onty the) famous first Maine law which had outlawed the dranistop in that state. Representative Morse’s Speech. Congressman Morse of Massavhudetts was the second speaker. He.referred pleasantly to the manner in which Mr. Dingley pad used up the subject. He told’ the tale~of , Abou Ben Adhem, who found his name writ- ten im the golten book because he had told the angel that he loved his fellow man. Mr, Morse said ‘that he sometimes doubted whether he loved the Lord as much ag he should, but he never had reason, tg doubt his love for his fellow man. yr this reason Was a.temperance man. He referred to the example set by Webster of abstinenge from drink. He said that probably the greatest hindrance to temperance progress was lack of co-operation among its advo- cates, In answer to the argument that Nquor Meenses were productive of revenue, he said that it would be just as rational to {nnoculate people with ‘smallpox and -ralse the revenue by a tax on coffins. Money that | went over the devil’s back went under his | belly, and there wasn’t any money in it. He repeated the statement once made by Father Mathew, that if a grain consumed tn drink in Ireland had been -made into flour, there would have been no famine. He exhorted the people to be totg! abstainers for the sake of their children. “Look out for the sufe path, for the boys are following.” He believed in bending all suasions to the | work; moral, legal and religious suasiéps. Tn conclusion, Mr. Morse @ congratula- tory ‘telegram which he would have sent to Gen. Dow, and President Dingley stated that it would be done. Dakota Congressmen. Congressman Johnson of North Dakota was the next speaker. He expressed pleas- ure at being present and taking part™in the oldest temperance society in America. Con- gressman Ells of Oregon reported progress in his state. He felt that the theory of total abstinence was progressing even among the saloon men, for they recognized that no business success was possible without sobri- ety. He did not believe ih license; he be- lieved that it is wrong to compromise an evil, but at the present stage of the game this compromise might be good palicy, be~ cause ground-was very often lost by being too radical. Representative Pickler of South Dakota followed, and opened with some complimentary allusions to the company in which he was. It was getting, he sald, to be quite respectable to be a prohibitiontst. If half the church men in the United States would take the stand of the Woman's | Christian Temperance Union, the question | would not last twelve months. The temper- ance people of the District of Columbia would produce better ‘results by working in the committees of Congress rather than by fighting against the bill after it had been introduced. He thought~that if the moral element of the city would’ unite, it could get from Congress what is wanted. The Recent Suspension. Then he went into the action of the Com- missioners suspending the rule providing that saloons Should be 400 feet distant from a church till an exception should be made tp favor of hotels. What right had the Commissioners, he satd, to suspend a law that hotels might run bars? He did not know where their authority Came from, and thought that it would be a good idea for Congress to inquire into it. He-had never voted for a license_and never would. His point was that the temperance people of Washington ought to make Congress under- stand that they meant bGsiness. ” Prohibi- tion was nowhere a fallure,.and only its enemiesthad announced that it was. “Sup- pose there had been no fight against the habit of intemperance, where would the na- tion have been now?’ He believed that work and prayer, in God’s own time, would sweep the evil from the face of the-earth. | EX-Gov. Elliott was the last speaker. He | told of the temperance movement made in ~ Maine and quoted much temperance statisti- | cal data. .Prayer by Rev. Dr. Johnston | closed the meeting. | t | ‘The Concert Last Nirht.—Phere was a good attendance at the New National Thea- ter last night, the occasion being a concert for the benefit of Washingtoh Lodge, No! Theatrical Mechanics’ Association. The program was an attractive one and the par- ticipants! all acquitted . themselves to the satisfaction of the audience, neatly every number being encored. Mr. Leo Wheat played a fantasia on themes from “Faust” tn such a mahner as to fully justify his high reputdtion as a pianist, and as an encore gaye his latest composition, a set of waltzes, entitled “Girls of the South;" subsequently, in connection with the Tuxedo Quartet, he played a serigs of southern mélodies which excited greaf enthusiasm. Mrs. J.W. Collins sang “Once” effecttyely, AnU in response to the emphatie demand Jor ihore, she gave Hub Smith’s ‘soug, “If You Love Me, Teil Me With Your Eyes," with orchestral ac- companiment. She has, a pleasing’ voive, which she handies with torsiderabie skill! Immediately, following her, came Mr. Hub Smith himself, who sang the answer to the jong she had sung, and which he calls Read the Answer, Darling, Read-Itn sly | Of course, he was ehcored, and he gave “Is ‘Oo Seepy.” Mr.Raymond Schroeder gaye fine promise as a violinist in his varia- tons on “Old Folks at Home." Miss Emma Sauter recited “The Chariot Race from Ben Hur" tr a &pirited manner, and Mr. iwin Ferry was effective in a recitation of ‘Asleep at the Switch.” Mr, Joe Cullen's anjo solo was well rece! | as was the work of the Tuxedo Club, the tenor solo of Mr. Herndon Morsell, the bass solo of Mr. A. E, Middleton and ‘the music of the Co- lumbla Musical Club. The entire program wa’ arranged by “Zeff,” who managed the stage, and the net profits of the entertain- ment are said to be about $400. Gen. Gordon's Letture.—Tonight at Meta- | erott Hall Gen. John B. Gordon wilt repeat | his lecture on “The Last Days of the.Con- federacy.” This ts done at the request of a umber of distinguished citizens and army | organizations, and it is eXpected that the, hall will be crowded. \ —— Woman's Press Club, The Woman's National Press Club held an intergsting open meeting Friday evening at the club parlors. The program was a varied one, Miss Richardson gave some fine violin. selections with plano accompani- ment by Miss Sutton, and Mrs. Vale, Mrs. | Barringer and Miss Johnston guve vocal selections with fine effect. Miss Doughty read a semi psychological paper entitled “The Twentieth Centui The subject for discussion was “Cremation,” advocated by | Mrs. Richardson of Boston, and opposéd by Miss Pike, Miss Ewing read an original i ' { I poem by Mrs, Voorhis, Mrs. Jane Lock- wood gave two, character readings, whic) were quite acceptable, The president, Mrs. Lockwood, read scine cofrespondence rela- tive to the contemplated trip of the \Press } Club to San Francisca, A private car, orf cars, will be chartered, and the ciub ‘Will leave for the Pacific coast on the lth of April, After HOOD'S SARSAPATILLA WAS THE PHYSICIAN WHICH SAVED. “My wife had diphtheria and sue lay at death’ | door for six weeks, She “recovered, but she did{ | not get her strength and she was POORLY FOR ONE YEAR. She was suddenly taken {U again tors called $t rheumatisin, others gout, and one + antl some doc- sid it was consumption, AN the pain was in| her feet and At last I culled a reside: physiclan of Harprs's Hospital, who terme’ the} trcuble blood polsening from diphtheria and advised | acluinge of climate, but as Iwas a wv eonld aot afford it. pas acter & eke at the house udvertising Hood's Sarsaps read of a case similar. to my wiie’s, which [Hood's }ihd cured, Without telimg ber wliat if was, I began giving it to ht vewulerty THE THIRD DAY SHE WAS BEPTER, and in two weeks she put on ber shves for the Hood’s Sarsaparilia Cures D. first time m teo months. I got six more bottles, aud before the fourth was used she was able fo du the housework, [ saved from death with Hood's § la azd I kuow it. a since enjoyed the des loctor ineall { \ * EARL | He served this church for several yeors, |the Presbyterian Church were set forth /Church, | Words ‘‘Sick Headache.” A world of relief is wrapped | monthly; rent, §U.50 to $8.50; Seaton st. be- | Ast. Diphtheria |. t Gt ih gf Ol AN. ASSOCIATE PASTOR. Ret. Mz. Allen's Opening Sermon at the First Presbyterian Church. The associate pastor-eiect of the First | Presbyterian Church, Rev. Adolos «Allen, | occupied the pulpit.of that church yesterday | “Up to date Shoe Men” morning for.the first time since hé accepted 402 7th St. the call. The topic of his sermon was “The Greatness of God,” and was delivered with SIGN: THE OLD WOMAN IN SHOR. C7 Olose wt 6 p.m except Saturday. } an earnestness and effect that heli the at- tention of the audience. Before beginning the sermon’ Rev. Mr, Ailen said he was. not unmindtul of the greatness of the task oe . which’ he had a in accepting the co-} Sinarstic puey oan pastorship with Dr. Sunderland, or of the! : wt greatness of the: privilege wiich was of. | et these tiive all-important ‘seqglrements.— an fered for service {n a down-town church of |S, Dut Ot ewan eae ehlng “today — for you the capital city. He asked that the people } |, oi ail pen BX’ would lend him‘a hearty support. $ ‘The new pastar was born in Iowa City, TRAORDINARY INDUCEMENTS IN Jowa. His father Was pastor for gome Ume | 9 of a Presbyterian church in Jersey City. | ts Sh He was in business in New York city be- Gen ? O€S.; fore he studied for the ministry. He pre- bared for college at Hasbrouck Institute, in gerry Sy ae iiiams oS" On a i SOLID DRESS SHOES, $1.50. Jersey City, and graduated from W EXTRAORDINARY INDUCEMENTS IN in the Class of 1878 His theological train- Ladies’ Shoes. ing wes received at Princeton Theological Seminary, where he graduated in the class VICI KID BUTTON BOOTS AND BLUCHERS, $1.87. : of 18$1. Before his graduation from the seminary he re¢eived a call to the lar. DONGOLA AND RUSSET GOAT JULIETS, $1.49, TAN, GRAY AND. BLACK SUEDE BEADEI mont Presbyterian Church of Jersey City. SILPPERS, 89c. AND A HOST OF OTHERS. Our extensive improvements are searly com- pleted ‘They watch us, 3 {7 FREE—AN INDESTRUCTIBLE TOP FOR and then accepted a call to the Third Pres- pyterian Church of Williamsport, Pa, He Was pastor of this church a little over seyen years. Then he was called to the Glasgow Avenue Presbyterian Church of St. Louls, but declined. He was called to the co-pas- torship of the First Presbyterian Chi of this city on. the 7th instant. ——_— YOUNG PEOPLE AND MISSIONS. Miss Wishard's Work Among the Presbyterian Churches Here. The progress and the néeds of the home missionary work under the special cafe of yesterday afternoon at the ‘first Pres- byterilan Church. The occasion was a 5 ae Heilbron & Co,, 402 7th St. mass meeting of the Christian Endeavor Societies of the Presbyterian churches of | _1t 3 the” District, which was. held ‘spectally, to +6 6960¢66060600006000000004 hear an alidress from Miss Elizabeth M. ; | Es d Wishard, the Christian Endeavor secretary (Ga vanize Garbage and of the woman executive committee of the Ash Cans. ‘There is only cne proper home mission board. Miss Wishard gave receptacle for Garbage or an instructive account of the work. «Ad- dresses were made by Rev. Dr. Bartlett, Rev. Dr. Sheldon Jackson and Mrs. ‘f. 8, Hamlin, Steps were taken to form a per- Ash, and that’s a Galvan ized can that doesn’t cor- rode, &e. You can buy them how at manent association. Aittler prices than ever be- Miss Wishatd was appointed by the board of home missions in New York aa secretary for Christian Endeavor work for home mis- sions for Presbyterian societies in the United States. She has been sent to this’ city to interest the Presbyterian young people in the home mission work for young people throughout the ‘country, She has just returned from the state convention of Kentucky, and goes from here to attend af similar convention in Detroit, Mich. Her first address was given to the junior socie- | ues Saturday afternoon in the New York Avenue Church, Miss Wishard spoke ut the Metropolitan rand Eastern churches last evening to their C. E. societies, and will speak at the West- minster and Sixth churches this evening, She will also present the needs of the home mission board at the annual woman's pres= byteriai meeting, to be held tomorrow at 30 o'clock In the Gunton Temple Memorial No. 24—$2 each. Guivanized Water Pails, 250. tRarher & ‘Ross, Hardware oat Duilting Ma- 1ith and G sts. nw. POU SOLOS pleco Prof. Munroe on Color. "Professor Chas. E. Mimroe's talk toright at the Columbian ‘University lecture hall on “Color in Its Relation to Health” | promises to be intéresting. The lectut'e’ 13 | one of the free public lectures arranged by Pi eannary, League, and every one is in- vi Drink | Pure Water. To get it pure it must be filtered. 4 ‘The Stmpiest, Best and Cheapest Filter is the Columbia Automatic, ‘The iuvention of U. 8. Fish Comntissioner ‘McDonald. It filters automatically. It cleans itself automatically. Servants cannot ‘get it out of order. It ,bas the highest indorsements. But its best” indorsement is its own gperaticn, Merits established by severest tests. High- est award by U.S. Museum of Hygiene and by world’s fair. Price, $30.00, which does not incldde plumbing. Will be placed in your house op trial for 36 days, and you will be so well pleased that 10 times $30 will not get it away from you. : CALL AND SEE IT. THE JULIUS LANSBURGH A WORLD OF MISERY IS IMPLIED IN THE up in a twenty-five cent box of Beecham’s wan ° FURNITURE AND CARPET ©0., Guinn Pill “RINK,” N. ¥. ave. bet. 18th and 14th. aos mi10-3m A Good Digestion Means Long Life And HAPPINESS. On this delicate bit of “machinery” depends the whole organization of the stomach. Happi- ness fg the natural result of PER- FECT DIGESTION. (Tasteless) CITY ITEMS. Hotel Johnsen Cate =| Cherrystone Oysters, Solid Fat Potomac | Shad and Shad Roe, Deviled Crabs and cther marine products. Main entrance fo. Lédies’ and Gents’ Cafe, 13th st. (elevator).1 Your Choice Of twenty-two new cattages, $000 to $1,150 each. * “Six rooms, porches, front and baék yards: small cash payment, and balance $12.50 Is easily digestéd—that’s the reason it’s more healthful and more nutri- tious than any other bread. Try 1t— very delicious, . cronly 5, tween 20th and 2ist sts. ne.; tive blocks from H st. cars. Don't you want one? M. C. GRASTY, own mh19-3t 1510 7th nw. ee Last Call for $1.19 Fata. Tuesday evening the sale ends. If you can use a $2.40, 2 or $t,90 Hat for $1.19 “talk quick.” HENRY FRANC & SON, mhid-2t Cor. 7th and D. oe I will positively close out the entire stock of fine Groceries; Wines, &c., by April the The stock must he sold. Now ts the time to get goods at your own price. We have many desirable Ines of goods, which it will pay you to examine, Ss. H. meee Assizgabe, 10 and 15e a loaf. Write or telephone. Krafft’s Bakery, Cor. 18th St. & Pa. Ave. i that was even slightly datuaged by ‘smoke dat a biz discount off ‘4 or water is being ire aif 7th st nw. [+ Sig er es ote : Royal-Hendacie Powders, 10c. = Free Trial Samples at all Druggista, . v.fsestt ‘. QF foe” that hurts’ your, feet “ot you’! we to Wear u ie af sour: fe, “Better. let ue take Seas Bl lt tt ttt |e “razor toe" to measure—we guar- fy rit ntee stile, matertal-and ®t oF money \ refunded. 4‘ow’ll Make bie > Remember the Old Reliable $3.50 ? bI° Shoe for tender feet. Paying Purchases ( Wi L S Here, while we're selting out all. gf” our . j Stock’ of M: LANTERNS ERA GLASSES and OPTICAL GOODS. Byerything > o ae et usual iin Nothing injured as far as its) { Claflin Optical Co., > 929.F St. NW ‘ 1214 F St. N. W. i “Successor to Wilson & Care.” mhi2 ) mhl7 (Soon back under Masonic Temple.) f [peesaineenaeemreanneaneaaa “i Suen wr ve vee |The Perfect Woman | 66 299 [exon iHas -Perfect Health Easter” Headgear |8 — erect tealth. | HE dressy man will wear a Dunlap | 3 °° * why dou't you become strong § = not ft ge lind and ba occa in bedy? You cap 3 p is the muost durable “dressy” 3) ipGitiedio’ pet agomaged oe your 3 vgn) are slowly tut. surely, ‘ ington to buy straw sailors |=} Ba . Tu ih} Willett & Ruoff, 905Pa. Av. mbi7 Ae 2k ee ee eee ANA $3.75 buys a $6 French Pateat Calf. DF , ° ° 4 2 « i] r itt — ‘Smail Cash Payment-»| Fascinating. balance monthly othe plan for selling f ~~ ty of best makes of 1S mnde! On e strh Ladies’ a 5 ‘YX PRIC vars, are ap ienfperig lh, x val purr al SAVEST tustruwents ta 4 i in Appearance Ama prices. where. Come and be con- : The following Tew items will give you an idea of what we are offering, “The Piano Exchange, ?| eve ge, | $2.00 Quality for $1.35. D 913 Penn. Ave. | $3.00 Quality for $2.00.- ane t $8.50 Quality for $2.50, | We also hate the newest styles in Ph Ne ew er we ew ewe tf Men's Yellow and French Patent Calf SE Sg Shoes, HoIMA DENMAN os buys a good $5 Russia Calf. OPENING. HARRISON, y spring. “HoOD'S PILLS cure at, sick Jheadac: indi Sold by all druggists, estioa, billousm Is, produced by all othets fail. YCURA REMEDIES when dleanse the scalp of trrt tating, scaly, erusted and Ulotchy 4itmors, .stimu- le tn late*the hilr folileles and di sects, which fevd on. the when the bést physicians and all other remedies fa. Svld tufouguout the world. hair | The Warren Shoe House, Geo. W. Rich, 919 F St. ett People’s Favorite Pedal Stadio. spring tmporta- iiinery are now arriving aud that ber will be on Thursday and Friday, March 22 and 23. mibl EYESIGHT — VISUAL IMPERFECTIONS OVER come and’ the injary which arises from wearing er exte ms enables improperly udjusted glasses, “W. H. ORING! her to © models ald the teal Bee. WaLFouD: 'S, 477 Pa. ave. a io newest desigus. aab17-6t mbb- Lua PAOD ont onnennceennenneeneey :Drop All The Foolish Notions=< ‘You are not saddling yourself witha Furniture, Carpets, Draperies, Baby Carriages, ete., of us on ermdit. Our ‘credit is different trom all other sorts, It is a perfectly planned Equitabié Credit System that amounts to the same thing as thongh you bouglt each week or month What you dan afford ig pay for out of Four income-only we give*you all the foods at ance—and take ou” pay at Such Intervals and jn such amounts as 1s convenient for you. ‘There ts no sherlff in ours—no hotes— Ro tangles of any Kind. It discounts cash buying. House & Herrmann, 917, 919, 921 and 923 7th St. 636 Mass. Ave. mhi? $ sessssssnesesvenecrsssee A’ | Nod Of Your Head Starts our shears into the carpet—londs a Wagon full of furniture and delivers tt “at your house. That's bow easf it is to buy of Bs on credit: No notes to sign—no such thing “as interest—Just a little money once ‘a Wook or once a month. Our Peerless Credit Systew | Furnishes | The House Fram top to bottom—AND FOR LESS Mow- EY THAN- TRE ‘ENTICAL anTIcLrs WOULD COST IN ANY CASH FURNITUKE ROUSE IN” WASHINGTON. Wedon't say this because it sounds BRATE—we are ready To live up to every word of it, Credit Costs | Nothing! BABY CARRIAGES. . ce suite, in o haircloth, $22.50 cand bn up to ‘00. BED ROOM SUITES. A. whol: Brussels pets,” 50 cout pet yard. Lae grain Carpet, 35 cents per yan. Mattings on all reliable” grades, including the famous All carpet and matt im matching figures. n $2.50, 40-pound Mair s. Wi rity. ese are ensh prices of CREDIT Help yourself ‘either way. — GROGAN’S MAMMOTH CREDIT HOUSE, 819, S21, $23: 7TH ST. NW, . BET. HB AND I STS. We clos» every evening at 7. ad “Cotton Warp.”” Just The :Plain Facts. That's what we want you to keow. about us and our work—just the plain 1) facts—no more—no less. Our dentistry ‘eo! needs no bolstering up. It needs only intelligent imypection and ctitieal con- ¢, Sideration. We only want you to teal- ¢ ize the fact that it is as good as any ° @entist i the world cap do, hnd that Bo place else can you get as goud, without paying doutle. or triple our Prices. See eee eee ee ee eee : Grossn aad Beide work « epoctait [7 bVoAss’n, = ad Ie aes 8 be Aenea SEATS | Ladies, Bé Beautiful! Why be afflicted with wrinkles, fabhy fesn, trooping eyelids, liver spots or freckles? | De Armond’s agent will be im Washingtor March S$, Z Register the 19th, With, 2st and receive « coupon for @ treatment “of hygienle steaming, Sclentifie massage and beautifying with her poer | lets Flour-de-tis. - Adere to her eystem of plysical culture en | You will~become beantiful. Graduate in attendance. ‘We cardially invite you to tall. Te avoid hotel | Pabiicity we Jocate privately. Doa't tlm this im valuable opportunity, as it will last two weeks only. ile a ‘737 13TH ST. N. _Gall_early and avoid the rash. fiit-a2re FIV FF TT PPP PSG OVD PPO SEO OL EM ; Blame Your ; }¢Gas Burner > 3 ” tor your muiscratie Mght-oe % TheWelsbachGas Burner > > 3 > 4 |¢ At $2.25 Each ¢ burns the gas perfectly and gives > @ steady, brilliant light. It's > easily adjustable to any gas pipe, Gas Appliance Exchange,$ ° t ” : 1428 N. Y. Ave. { o miué <A {No Dust Or Dirt —= In the CONNELISVILLE CRUSHED Com, and very Uttle ashes. 93 per cent of the fod burns up entirely. Yok may as well be eo fomical with fuel ag with anything cise. You can save by using C. C. COKE. 40 bush- els at $4 equals a ton of the best anthracite, Pa. Coke Co., 615 7th St. whl?