Evening Star Newspaper, March 31, 1894, Page 9

THE EVENING STAR. ees HED DAILY aT THE STAR Bi EVENING STAR is served to subscribers in by carrigrs. on thelr own sccount. a: 10 coaas week. or $4c. per month. Copies at Bea conte cork. By mail—eaywhers in the United er Canads—postage prepaid—30 ‘ts per ‘Wonth. ATURDAY QUINTUPLE Sweer Stan $1.00 per year, with foreica ‘postage $2.00. TRE city added, Gatered at the Office at Washington, * © second-class mail matter.) mS (All mat so! must be paid in advance. Rates of atvertisine mate Rnewn on application. AMUSEMENTS. Part 2. Ch Ig Fpyening Siar. Pages 9-10. WASHINGTON, D. C.,, SATURDAY, MARCH 31, .1894-—TWENTY PAGES. TO ADVERTISERS, AGvertisers are urgently rev quested to hand in advertisements the day prior to publication, m order that insertion may be as sured, Want advertisements will be received up to noon of the day of publication, precedence being Given to those first received. AMUSEMENTS. LECTU _ . . Edgar Emerson, Wonderful Test Medium. METZEROTT MUSIC HALL See religious advertisements. mb31-lawst The Creation. THE CHORAL SOCIETY. BALTIMORE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. $88 LILLIAN BLAUVELT, Prima Donna Soprano. MR. WILLIAM H. RIEGER, Tenor. DR. B. MERRILL HOPKLNSON, Baritone, UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MR. JOSEF KASPAR. CONVENTION HALL, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 11. RESERVED SEATS, 50 AND 15 CENTS AND $1. er ON SALE AT METZEROTT’S.T3 Convention ¥ Hall, ORMOND H. BUTLER. «+.-..-.. Manager, NINE NIGHTS AND EIGHT AFTERNOONS, MMENCING THURSDAY, April 12. GRAND REPRODUCTION OF THE FAMOUS Midway Plaisance COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION | ‘AN DISPLAY, Corner L and Sth st. ow. t in Cairo; Moorish Maze; Electric Scene Theater, Old Vienna, numerous " other BAZAAR. St. Clement's P. E. Mission, Masonie Temple, ape 3 and 4, 1804 Tickets, 10e. “naz Albaugh? Ss. Extra. 2 Weeks, Commencing Monday, April MATI- WEDNESDAY xcs SATURDAY First Time 1 Washington of EUGENE TOMPKINS’ Grand and Glorious Revival of the BLACK CROOK, Under the Stage Direction of LAWRENCE McCARTY. Given fn its Entirety Wih = People The Same as Seen at the ACADEMY ee a YORK, ONE SOLID AR. 300= =300 CHICAGO DURING THE WORLD'S COLUMBIAN FAIR. BOSTON 20 WEEKS. PHILADELPHIA 6 WEEES, Sexts on sale THURSDAY, APRIL 5. REGULAR PRICES. mb31-7t NEW NATIONAL THEATER. Tonight at 8, Last Time of HOYT’S A TEXAS STEER. With TIM MURPHY and a specially selected cast. TOMORROW Gol. R. G. INGERSOLL, “WHAT SHALL WE DO TO BE SAVED?” Seats ready at the Box Office, AT empl Next Weck—FELIX MOERIS. Seats now on sale. 1s @LBAUGH'S GRAND OPFRA HOUSE. Stuart Robson Direction of WM. R. HAYDEN. TONIGHT AT 3, LAST TIME OF BUCKSTONE’S REVISED COMEDY, Leap Year, OR THE LADIES’ PRIVILEGE. MR. ROBSON AS MR. DIONYSIUS DIMPLE, Next week—CRESTON CLARXE IN SHAKESPEAREAN REPERTOIRE. SEATS NOW ON SALE. mb3L BOX OF CANDY FREE To all ladies who & ticket National Candy Expo- sition Between the hours of 1 to 6 p.1 WASHINGTON LIGHT INFANTRY » TMORY. Special Contest Tonight. Candy Basket-making by six expert young ladies. Musteal concert. Admission, 25¢. Children, 15¢. 1t METZEROTT MUSIC HALL. TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 8, AT § O'CLOCK. LECTURE BY Decipterer of Sir Francis Bacou’s Cipher Story. W. OWEN, How I Found) the Cipher. TICKETS. 50 CENTS AND $1, FOR SALE aT) METZEROTT’S. mb30-4t* THE SOLDIERS UPITY MISSION. THERE WILL BE A LUNCH APRIL 2, 8 AND 4 AT WILLARD’S HALL FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE AL CVE NAMED CHAR- mbs0-2° + MONDAY, APRIL 2, ESTON CLARKE, | Ww ITH A SELECT espearean Company, | ing Miss Martha Ford s eference to the April e poet's 330th -HAMLET t HAMLI VENI +. .RICHELL MEO AND JULIET {EO AND JULIET . MLET “giais 4D Boxhs'S OW ON SALE mb28-4t 9 oe =a GRAND SHAD DINN! — OF THE SEASON AT MARSHALL HALL, SUNDAY, APRIL 1. 1806 ‘And every Sunday hereafter in Apr May. THE EVER POPULAI wu fave, er whart ne of 7th st. for ON ats NDA, Svith ad piso at RETURNING ri 630 PAL ‘ARE, ROUND TIP, 25c. a PLANK SHAD DINNER, TBe. It L. L. BLAKE,” Capt UNIVERSALI URCH, APRIL 18, 1 GRAND nee CON! omplimentary) re y NOR MATNA'S PUPILS, Supported minent artist, CHEVALIER AGOSTINO MONTEGRIFFO, — act of Faust, fourth act of Trovatore, and Miscellaneous Music. THE NATIONAL. NEXT WEEK—MONDAY, APRIL 2, ‘The famous Character Feel ON! DAY, AND HIS COMEDY COMPANY. TUESDAY NIGHTS and THE “ROSE.” "Sititionnee THE VAGABOND.” ssudsi.tton “MOSES.” * °° Eras UNS aoe WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, — FRIDAY NIGHTS EB, “THE GLO MUSIGIAM.” "pris THE PAPER CHASE.” sort “EERRY PO en | TRE VACABOND sx» MOSES, (CELLENT CAST—COMPLETE DETAIL, ___ Sale opens for seats Thursday, March 29. ‘HARRIS’ THEATER. WEEK MARCI 26. tinees Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. ios Chas. L. Davis, Alvin ‘Joslin. 180 LAUGHS IN 18) MINUTES. NIE WARD 1 ¥._ mh26-6t WITH Miss Kate Field, BUILDERS’ EXCHANGE HALL, 13th st. and H, O'CLOCK P.M. TUESDAY, APRIL 3D— | Eyes and Ears in London. | Tickets. $1. | For sale at, the office of the Shoreham ee Builders Exchange room. | _ mh29-toap3ine GENTLEMEN'S DRIVING PARK, NEAR ST. Asaph Jauction, Va. Information’ received daily. ‘Trains leave B. and P. depot at 11:50 a.m. and 8:28 p.m. Fifteen minutes to driving park. mb16-Im* | KERNANS LYCEUM THEATER. ALL THIS WEEK— PROF. RICARDO'S | Performing Leopards, Fay Foster Burlesque Co. ‘Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights Jack Bolan, 126'ib. champion, will meet all comers. CHURCH OF OUR FATHER, Corner of 16th and L. sts, REV. A. G. ROGERS wil preach st ‘DAY “April 2. AM. “The Triumphant Answer of Christianity to the Attack cf, Skepticism.” 3 “From Church to, churci’-Neligious Life im a ny Sit welcou it Mr. Edgar Emerson, Wonderful Test Tiedium. METZEROTT MUSIC HALL. _Bee ee religious advertisements. mb31- ‘law5t_ LECTURE.—PROF. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON.— Subject: Side Lights, From “Tuskegee,” at Y. M. ©. A. Hall, 1607-1609 11th st. n.w., bie March 80. Admission, 25 cents. Benet Young Men's Christian Association. mh10-6w EDUCATIONAL. IN WASHINGTON, THE FISK TEACHERS’ AGENCIES, EVERETY 0. FISK & CO., Proprietors, 4 Ashburton place, Bostou, Moss, 70 Sth avenue, New York,’ N. Y. $03 12th st. n:w., Washington, D. 0, Celeago, MN Room 8, 131 Portland, Or Dg De: 03 Angeles, Cal. 82 Church st., om ato, Canada. Send to any of the above agencies for 100-page Agency Manual. Correspordence with employers is invited. Registration forms sent to teachers on eprlicaticn. ite TEACHER OF PIANO MUSIC, instructor in Western Mui care with beginners; highest city refs.; terms moderate. Residence, 1941 Vt. ave. — mb30-2t° COLUMBIA, CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC, 900° K Piano, harmony, &c. Evening lessons if HAR?,Principal, from New Eng- MISS DAVIS, LATE nd College; ‘special _land Couservatory of Music, Boston, fe21-6w* MISS DAME, Formerly of Washington, WILL TAKE A SMALL PARTY ABROAD in JUNE. iss DAME, For circulars address _mh24631¢ if ACME. PHONO R “LEARN and best system of shorthand. Profisien ed in from shorthand and. typewritin SCHOOL OF PHONOG: 2 to 3 months. Oldest exclusively school in city. ACME HY, 1110 F st. nw. INE MEZZO- siel, and to Kee vf FRAME STORE, mh26-6t* Saree SCHOOL. OF YANGUAGES, 206 F New and original method, indorsed by the lead- ing, eucaters of France, England and Americe. mb21-Im MME. TAYLOR, OPERATIC ‘TEACHER, HAS had eight years’ experience In New York’ city in placing the volce correctly for operas and con- certs. 616 11th st. n.w. mh3- 1m PROF. ARNOLD W. MEYER, GRADUATE LEIP- zig—Piano, Leteschitzkt method; voice culture, orlginal system, based on pare nological aw guar. lute perfection of trainin; h and i at TREMILY'S al WIMOD. ASS) 328 typewriting, elocution, chorus singing, modern language; terms, $1 a month to m ADA L. SMITH, Supt. bers. mh19-20. WHITTINGHAM TAKOMA PARK, | boarding and day school for young ladies ‘and children. Full ‘graduating course in English, Latin, modern languages, &c. Miss ROSS, Prin. miity-3m ALCH'S CIVIL SERVICE INSTITUTE AND iness College, 1207 successfully for’ civil census examinations. Stenography OLNEY INSTITUTE, 1827 1 ST. School for young ladies and ttle girls, do-tt Virginia Mason Dorsey, Miss Laura Lee Dorsey, Pri RENCH TAUGHT TO KE SPOKEN AND derstood. ood wrouunclation: classes of ail rade aud private l term Mareb 1 pe MRS. ALICE SWAIN HUNTER, STUDIO 1316 N ST.—VOCAL INSTRUCTIONS—ITALIAN METH- Prevost, Ettore | Barilli, fe21-2m* “FRANK E. WARD, PIANO AND ORGAN LESSONS, xt week—BILLY PLIMMER'S OWN CO. mb26-6t mh9-1m* 21¢ 9th st. 8.W. ‘Base Ball Today. GREAT TEST GAMES. Kids vs. Vets. Game called at 4:30 p.m. mh2ttt Admission, 25 and 60c. weg MUSIC HALL. 63 MUSICIANS. Second Concert AY, APRIL 2, 8 P. M. sath mae 47th Grand Concert of the EORGETOWN ORCHESTRA, HERMAN C. RAKEMANN, Conductor, Assisted. by Mrs. R. ORTMA Mins ALICE E. BURBAG te Mr. H. C. RAKEMANN, Violinist. Harpist. ADM Miss ANITA CLUSS, ‘Te. 50e. Tirs. Jarley’ s Wax Works FOR THR BENEFIT OF ST. JOHN'S ORPHANAGE Tetzerott’s Hall, SATURDAY, MARCH 81, AT 8 P.M. Tickets for sale by Mrs. Mony, 1718 H st.; Mra Biddle, 1713 R. 1. ave.; Mrs. Riggs, 1311 Mass, =) and at Met- mh26-6t_ Bey THOROU GHLY TAUGHT BY NOTE “OR simplified method; only $7 per quarter. I guar antee to teach the un person to play a perfect tune my simple Method or no charge. en from 10 a.m. until 9 p.m. GEORGE DRAEGER, 631 I st. n.w. mh13-1m CALIFORNIA, TEXAS, MEXICO. Special sem!-monthly Tourist Parties over the Southern Pucitic Company's Sunset and Ogden Routes. Cheap rates. Apply to THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 343 Broadway, N. Y., 49 8. 8d $i, Fala. oF 200 E. German st.,, Baitimore, wl __ EXCURSIONS, &c. By Electric Railway to Mount Vernon. By Penna Railroad, 9:45, 10:57, 11:50, 1:50. Alexandria Ferry, 9:20, 10:30, 1 30, 1:80, FARE, G0'CENTS ROUND TRIP. mh24-t? TALLY HO, Da from 511 ington, Cabin J. B. ite of interest. Trip, 50 ‘to 75c. “Finest Tally oon earth. No cars to Arlington, fel92m* STEAMER MAC. ALeSTER TO MOUNT VERNON. Tomb of Washington, Daily (except Sunday), At 10 a.m., returning by 2: p.m. FARE, ROUND TRIP, 50 CENTS. Admission to grounds, 25 cents. Tickets, with Mount Vernon admission coupon, for sale at wharf and at hotels. ‘Will also make river landings as far as Glymonnt, stopping for freight and passengers both ways. For ebarters, &c., apply at office of Steamer Macalester. May 12, Central Europe, 4 days” tou day tour, $199. tour, $100. ; also excur- July 4, Vacation Exeurs S day Send for programs of above tom siou to Mexico and Ap a oneal tickets sold to any part the we Fates. Seud for Gaze" mhis-sawet W. P. | For CABIN JOHN BRIDGE Florence will make two trips, Sun leaves 324 st. and canal Boat for charter for the sels LL. BLAKE, Capt. Europe. GAZE'S CONDUCTED TOURS LEAVE WASHING- TON, | March 24, Holy Land, di April 7, italy, 62 days, $450. 101 days, 0 pb. Falls and Upper Potomac at reasonable rates. Ingutre of nt bet at 420 11th st. mw, or J. MANCONSIEIS 1088 82d st. uw. For RENT BY THE month, Odd Fellows’ st. between D and E sts. n.w.; largest staged hall in the city; with ante rooms and supper room attached. Suitable for lis, concerts, fairs and en tainmerts of all kinds. Parties desiring ast. | class, centrally located ball at moderate rental | wal find it to their — fe 0, call for terms | A ROWN, { shaitm ae high. SERUM URES 8 7— D dahl LAN G UAG ES. THE BERLITZ SCHOOL OF LANGUAGES, 123 1ith st. n.w. Branches in the prineipal American and Enropean cities. New term begins now. French and German comedies free every aa at in the parlor of Y. M. No charge for voice examination. — MOUNT VERNON SEMINARY, Roarding and lith sts, and Day School for Young Ladies and modern and progressive in meth- P Primary, secondary and col Blate classes. Spring term begins February se Mus. "EEIZaBETHs, sows, ja9-tt Principal. WOOD'S COMMERCIA! LLEGE AND SCHOOL of Shorthand and Typewritiag. Not Capitol st. Young people of good character of oth aexes welcome. Positions secured. Day and evening ous. Rates reduced. Call or write for circular. SECOND ‘TEI BEGI Jal6-3m ov ART STUDENTS’ Day classes—Antiqu color’ and women’s life. Eveuing classes—Antique and men's life. For circulars send to _oc8-cotf 808 ‘7th MISS AMY C. LEAVITT, 1131 VERMONT AVE. N.W., PL ND_ HARMONY. tf LESSONS oN THe JANKO KEYBOARD, nw. MR. J. BE. SCHEEL, TEACHER OF PIANO, OR- apanying at sight. Particular atten- sinuers, as well as those further aw _vanced, Terms moderate, 734 12th st.n.w..a3-s1m* SCHOOL. OF LOCUTION e and voice’ culture, ven during ‘OWNSEND, Mi , ORATORY, ACTING, 13i7 18th st. alte, 433,08, erent iss ADA‘L. TOWS- a2. i Wikeimtt 4ND HEIGHTS ENGLISH CH SCHOOL, COR. ‘19TH WASHINGTON 1850 WYOMING AVE rin ‘bee MISS FRANCES MAR’ Address until, March ISS FR. ART! Exouisit, AND FReNcH {,StHOOr, §all-3m 1205 Q ST. 3 COLUMBIA COLLEGE OF COMMER 23 La. ave., 6th and 7th st GK. URNER, AM. CE. Prin, ‘The leading school of business and shorthand. Highest attainable grade of instruction at moder ate cost. Catalogue. fe26 Norwood Institute, 14TH STREET AND MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE, c30 Mr. and Mra. W. D. CABELL, Principals. NEW PUBLICATIONS. Gracie Dean. One of the prettiest Waltz Songs ever pub- lished In America. Price, 60 cents per copy. Will be sent upon recetpt of 25 cents in silver oF postage stamps, by addressing M. MUETZLER, Music Pubifsher, 271 6th w York. It —— It Was a Close Call. An attempt was made Thursday night to wreck the St. Louis express on the Cin- cinnati, Hamilton and Dayton road, which | leaves Cincinnati at 7:15, and is due at Oxford, Ohio, at 8:28. A through train which passed’ Oxford at 7:45, running forty miles an hour, was almost derailed by an obstruction on the high bridge south ot Oxford. ‘The extra heavy engine and tte great speed prevented a terrible wreck, and also saved the express, which the wreckers were after, and which carried a large amount of money, as well as a large num- ber of passengers. The bridge is 100 feet —_+o-+___ Saturday and Sunday Excursions to Baltimore. The B. and O. will sell round-trip tickets to Baltimore for all trains, including the royal blue flyer, Saturday and Sunday, March 81 and April 1, at $1.25. Good for return until following mide i Mr. Curtis early ‘nit life met Daniel Web- | ster. At the laying of the corner stone of | Bunker Hill monument, June 17, 1825, he Was present, S. KANN, SONS & CO. 711 Market Space. April Weather Brings April Showers and our method of serving the Public brings the trade. which brings us still further to the front in the hearts of the people. of bargains for Monday Dress Silks. The values will circulate just as rapidly as you trade your dollars for our Silks. The list below gives a catalogue of Silks and prices that will be very pleasing to the many readers and buyers: At 35c.—Fancy Wash Silks that embrace over two hundred styles. We save you 20c. a yard. At 6¥c.—Changeable Bengalines, twenty-seven different effects, all the new shadings, for spring trimming. We save you Sic. a yard. At $1.25—Very Fine New Colored Silk More, 4 shades of brown, 3 shades of tan, “3 shades of navy, 2 shades of red, 2 shades of heliotrope, pink, lavender, old rose, silver gray, olive and myrtle. ‘They all cry impossible to get these shades. We have got them and save you 75c. a yard. At 50c.—No less than one hundred different pat- terns in Fine Printed India Silks, a great many new browns among the assortment, extra quality and width. We save you 25c. a yard. At 89c.—New Peau d’Sole, all the new spring colorings, silver grays, golden browns, reseda, tans and other shades. We save you 30c. a yard. At 69c.—Colored Satin Duchesse, all whades, in- cluding black. We save you 20c. a yard. At 59c.—Changeable Double Warp Surahs, @ dazzling effect of shades, can match any sbade of | dress goods and save you 16c. a yard. | At 98c.—Black Satin Colored Novelties, 8 colors, from neat dots to a medium-sized brocade, saving you 27c. a yard. | At 50c.—@8-inch Fine Quality Black China, Wear ‘25e.—Colored Satin Selicia. 28¢.—Colored China Silks. 25-inch Colored Serabe. At 49¢,—Figured All-silk Jap. Crepes. Wander at will among our stock of silks, you will find every new style you’ve heard of, scores and scores of mew and newer styles that have not yet had a word. Not an old pattern, not alast year’s sort in sight and prices are 25 to 50 per cent under normal rates for such goods. If you are buying silks our house is your fort. We have laid the foundation of a most successful business within five months. houses that many years to accomplish like results. WE ARE JOBBERS, A SHOWER and the entire week: Dress Goods. If a buyer of Dress Goods should happen to be somewhat careless in making his selections be will soon load down his shelves with old patterns and side-tracked styles. But if there is real mastery of the situation, success seems to come as easily as a summer cloud drops rain. This random dozen or so of styles touches only @ part of the price scale, but it shows dimes and dollars saved on every yard: At 39c. the yard.—All-wool Silk Finished Serges, in black and colors. A standard material for quiet dressing merit in every yard. Won't muss, won't stay crushed—shed dust with a shake. We never knew this grade at less than 2c, At 89c.—All-wool Valkyrie Suiting, for stylish wear or knock around; 10 mixtures; 7 yards ($2.73) ample for a dress. At 49c.—All-wool 46-inch Colored Henriettas, 12 shades, has a silk luster, which any one would take for the $1 kind. At 59c.—Novelty Armure, 7 colorings, the newest spring tints, combined to produce entirely new ef- fects, every pretty color ts represented; not gay, but rich in tone. At 60c.—Silk Finished Henriettas, in black, French goods with maker's name, 6 yards is all you need, it comes extra wide. At 89c.—Black and Colored Broadcloth, doesxin finished surface, full yard and a half wide, will make exquisite spring wrap, You ean buy the identical thing of others at §$1.2%e At 29¢.—Fancy Plaids. At 20c.—All-wool Cheviots, At 19¢.—86-inch Black Novelties, At 22e,—Fancy Wool Effects. At 15c,—Colored Diagonal Weaves, The presentation of our Dress Goods stock is un- equaled in magnitude, elegance, exclusiveness and the best selection in each sort of goods. Prices that surpass the market for cheapness. We serve the interests of the Public in- telligently and _ consist- ently. The only prices tolerated here are the low- est. Remnants. In this line we are masters of the situation. The amount of Remnants that pass through our hands yearly would fill a freicht train fve long. We give you all the newest things long be- fore*the regular stock is put on sale. You shall enjoy a rich treat in this line, commencing Mon. day, and continuing balance of the week: 2%. @ yard for extra wide new style Cotton Challies, the identical kind you pay 8c. for from the piece. FOR MONDAY'S SALE. 2%e. a yard for Fest Black Mourniug Print. None better at Sc. @ yard. FOR MONDAY'S SALE. 2%ec. a yard for Heavy a Muslin, the Be. quality. FOR MONDAY'S SALE. Bige. a yard for New Light Sbirting Prints, per- cale finish. FOR MONDAY'S SALE. S%e. a yard for yard-wide Bieached Muslin, Se See oe oe FOR MONDAY’S SALE. Sc. yard for the Finest Quality of American Sateens, including plain black and the handsomest styles of fancies ever shown. 1c. is the regular price. FOR MONDAY’S SALE. S%e. a yard for the New Style Duck Suitings, nothing more tastly can be vripted than the line of new effects shown in this lot. Se. is the price from the piece. FOR MONDAY'S SALB. Sie. yard for new styles in Flannelettes, band- some wrapper wiaterial for spring wear. Good value at 15c. FOR MONDAY'S SALE. 0c. @ yard fr a new line of 40-inch English Pereales, the ‘prettiest styles ever shown, FOR MONDAY'S SALE. 15e. yard for French Satcens, best imported goods, in plain black, black brocade, black and white and fancy styles. At 30c. a yard you buy none better, For Monday’s Sale. These few mentions are like so many grains of sand to the desert, when you see how many other good things we are unable to mention on account of the limited space. Our Success has bred a great many imitators, It has taken many our goods are all bought direct from the largest Commission Houses in the country and abroad. This ine sures to the wearer a saving of at least one-third and in some cases even more. Different Picking. Best Quality Scotch Ginghams, entirely new ideas and the prettiest combination of colorings you ever saw, about a yard wide, at 390. ‘Quite @ difference between this and S5e. Serpentine Crepes, any quantity, from the piece, in such colors as pink, canary, rose, nile, lavender, cardinal, orange, light blue, navy and black, at 12%e. e 19e. @ yard is quoted for the same by others. New Zephyr Ginghams,, the styles are as band- some as a great many imported, and if it was mt for the width @ great many would take them for that kind, Se. yard. New Hop Sack Ducking, full yard wide, stripés, checks, plaid or plain, 20c. Makes elegant wash dresses. 50 pairs of 10-4 Fancy Double Blankets, your last chance, the same we sold at $1.50, 09c. 500 Sheets, T2xS1, ench one stamped with the ex- ect size, 9c, Kind. 43c. 1,000 Pillow Cases, 86 by 45. deen bem, Utica cloth, 15e, kind, 10, 800 Lace Curtain Ends, 1% yards long, 19¢. 6-4 Derby Table Covers, silk and Linon fringed ends, $1.50 kind, 9Sc. 11-4 Marseilles Finished Spreads, extra heavy, the $1.50 kind, 95c. 11-4 Marseilles Spreads, five different patterns, elegant quality, $2 kind, $1.29. Heavy Chenille Portieres, in olé gold, new Vine and red, Gado top and bottom, the $3.50 kind, F249, This ends a chapter of bargains that will cause a | rush and a crush. We are |prepared for the attack, | with a large forceof extra | hands. Monday we begin this sale. 1 | REAL ESTATE GOSSIP| The Merits of the Summer Climate of This City. ‘oe| PREPARING FOR EXTENSION OF STREETS The Various Plans for Increasing the Street Railway Facilities. IMPROVEMENTS SOME NEW ‘The rather unseasonable weather of the | past week has had much the same effect on | |the budding plans for summer homes in | the country as it had on the swelling buds and starting leaves. The buds have closed up and retired as far as possible, to await better times, and there has been a corres- ponding check on summer thoughts. How- ever, it 1s not to be expected that the spring will be much longer delayed, nor the time | deferred when plans are to be made for the summer. Those who have decided not to spend the summer in this city will, in the majority of cases, no doubt, locate in this immediate vicinity. The advantages as well as the attractions of the suburbs of Washington are too widely known to need repetition. 'A notable tribute to the desirability of the suburbs of this city was paid the other evening in an address before the board of | trade by Mr. Gardner G. Hubbard. He | stated that he had been a resident in this | city for the past twenty years. It was nec- essary for him to leave his home in Boston to escape the rigors of the winters in that climate. He was obliged to seek a more genial climate and he added: “I found it in | Washington, and owe my life to it, and the longer I live the greater my obligation and the more desirable the capital appears, both | as a winter and summer residence. If the winter residents would spend the summer | months on the hills in the suburbs of this | | | elty, they will find here as healthy and | | grateful a climate as in the suburbs of the | | northern cities. Our hot weather continues longer, but the thermometer rarely rises as high as in either Philadelphia, New York, Boston or Montreal, while the changes both in summer and winter temperature are | much less severe.” Also a Summer Resort. It will, no doubt, be a revelation to a great many people who have not given the matter | the careful attention that Mr. Hubbard evidently has to learn that our suburbs, as well as our city, has a climate of a lower summer temperature than New York, Bos- ton or Montreal. The facts will be found to bear out this statement, and, as has of- ten been maintained in this column, the hot days of summer can be more comfortably | endured in this city than in any other large Vekty in in this part of the country, and, in fact, than in most of the country resorts. Washington has been spoken of a great deal as a winter resort. 1t is also a summer resort, and has been for years, only people are just beginning to find it out. The foolish prejudice that has been given such wide circulation by the newspapers about the intense heat that prevuils in Washington is gradually giving place to a ™more just and correct knowledge of the climate. It has been th® fashion to speak of Washington, especially in the summer months, as a hot place. It has always —_ made to appear that the heat hei more intense and more unendurable than in other large cities, when the facts are just the reverse. Washington in midsum- mer is cooler and more comfortable and life is more endurable than in Jaltimore or Philadelphia, or in any other lurge city in this section of the country. The ex- perience of those who have long resided here indorses this estimate of the summer climate of the capital city, and there is in addition, perhaps, the sul stronger testi- mony of those more recent resideats of the city, who not only spend the winter here, but find themselves prolonging the season through the 5 ot and far into the summer. The fact of it is that the Wash- ington season, so far as it relates to the residence of people here, hac 2xpanded of | late years at both ends. The Pepple Know It. It is now the custom for people to return to the city after the summer vacation much earlier in the fall than in former years it was thought possible that life could be made endurable here. Then again, the Ist of May, at the farthest, formerly marked the time of the beginning of the flight fer the summer from this city; now it is well through June, and sometimes in July, be- fore a great many think of leaving their comfortable homes. In other words, the situation here, in regard to a summer's cut- ing, is much the same as in any other city. For those who have the time and the money,and who can find comfortable quart- ers elsewhere, their absence for the sum- mer covers perhaps two or three months; but for the great bulk of people who have | heither the time, or if they have the time, | have not the inclination to spend any long period away from home, a summer vacation of a few weeks is all that is deemed neces- sary. There is no longer any thought of the necessity of being out of the city dur- ing hot weather; that idea is exploded long | ago. The people find that they can be just as comfortable here as they can in any other part of the country. To the wholesomeness of the climate of Washington during the heated term may be attributed, in a large measure, that ten- dency toward suburban life, which is such | a marked feature in the development of the |city. Anyone who has driven aboat the picturesque country which surrounds this city must conclude that the prevailiag mo- tive which has led the occupants of the handsome country places, which ure so numerous, to seek a country home, is not mere economy. Especially when it Is seen that the outlay on these places and the cost of maintaining them probably exceeds that of keeping up a city establishment. There is, of course, a large number of sub- urban residents, who have homes in the country, because it is cheaper to buy and it is cheaper to live there than in the city; at the same time there is very noticeably the presence of the other class to whom economy is not such a pressing motive. It is evident from the number of our citizens who are engaged in large business enterprises and are at the head of exten- sive business concerns, in the country, which they occupy at least during the summer, that the business in- terests of this city have reached such mag- nitude that it is impossible for those who a should be absent for any great who have homes | | interested in the active managementi length of time. A home in the country makes such an absence unnecessary, for they can pass the heated term surrounded with the com- forts of home and the members of their family, and, if they desire, they can, in| addition, enjoy the usual summer outing of three or four weeks. Of Absorbing Interest. There is a good deal of interest, as it is natural that there should be, displayed | by the citizens generally in the various | Projects for the building of new street | railway lines or the extension of old ones | which are constantly being presented to Congress. There are so many of these | bills that it is rather difficult for the aver- age man to keep track of them, although efforts in this direction are greatly assisted by the publicity which is given to the va. rious measures. Generally an abstract of | each bill is printed in the newspapers at the time the bill is introduced, n it is re- ferred to the District Commissioners for their report, and the latter give those in- terested an opportunity to express their Nlews as to the merits of the measure. Then the Commissioners report back the bill to the congressional committee, and this latter body considers the bill and hears goa citizens and others have to say about The details of these various stages are! laid before the public, and it would seem that everybody ought to be well informed. But the facts do not suit the theory in thi Particular. However, it may be said gen- erally that the residents of the city are anxious for improved railway facilities | within and without the city. It is largely a matter of indifference by what medium these facilities are supplied. There seems to be an impression that somehow out of all this mass of street railway projects our local legislature, in its wisdom, will evolve some practical scheme which will not 4 to i Talseries of municipal life jut will rather increase {i rs mecwaeee, ts comforts and Preparing for Street Extensto: The feature of the week at the head- quarters of the building inspector was the | application of several persons for permits to erect dwellings in the line of the pro- jected extension of certain streets. W! hen an application of this kind ts received the office makes a foot note in writing to the effect®that the lot upon which the house is to be built is such a number of feet on the line of the proposed extension of such and such an avenue. This is done at the suggestion of the Commissioners, who be- lieve it may have something to do with the owner’s claim for damages when the time comes for widening the street. Last Tuesday a case of this kind came before the building inspector, and the repr. tatives of the owner became highly tnd! nant when he was called upon to take the permit with the attached note revarding the alleged encroachment of the‘lot on the | roposed extension of the street. At first e refused to accept the permit, but finally took it, after filing the following statement | with the papers: “TI declined to receive the permit except as ordinarily issued under the law and | regulations, and, upon further rei the inspe: gr relinquish the erection ‘which would cause me great damage and loss, In accepting the said permit, I file this protest with my application therefor, that the said indorsement upon the permit is without authority of law; that IT have a right to build upon said lots without e traordinary words in: du that in accepting it I do not y in any particular to claim 4: payment for land or improvements, should said land and improvements or any part thereof be taken for pul In the meantim lic uw: e the engineers in charge | of the work are going ahead perfecting the | plan of extension. Every day prominent real estate men and property owners hol@ consultations with the Engineer Commis- sioner upon this subject, and give him the benefit of their views. Capt. Powell invited all interested in the general plan of street extension to call at the District building and discuss the matter. It will be rome | time, however, before the maps are com- pleted and ready for filing. Regulations Amendments. There is another delay by the Commis- sioners in disposing of the new ameadments | to the building regulations. The issuance | of the new regulations now depends upon | the action of the Commissioners on the pro- posed amendment relative to the establish- ment of theaters. At present they are wait- jing for the replies to the circular letter which they sent to the mayors of all of the large cities relative to the regulations in force in their city relative to the location of theaters. A number of these replies have been received, and in not one of them there any mention of a regulation pearing upon the subject. The indications are that the Commissioners will amend the regula- tion on this subject, so that those who pro- pose to build a theater need not be required to get the consent of the property owners in | the opposite square as a condition precedent. Effect of the Cold Weather. | suas tes Sete & Bak week Or bee operations. The cold snap scared the bulld- ers, and they are holding off for milder | weather. A total of twenty-two permits were issued for new bulidings during the week, aggregating in cost $48,042. A com- parison with last year’s figures, for the month of March, shows a great falling off. Last March 301 permits were issued, the aggregate cost of which was something over | $125,000. ‘ There ave few applications for permits to | build alley houses these days, and since the | new law went into effect but two permits have been issued for alley houses. The rea- son for this is, there are few alleys where the new law can be complied with in the building of houses. Some New Buildings. Plans have been made by N. chitect, for seven dwellings which he in- tends to erect for himself on Riggs street between 16th and 17th streets. They will have fronts of Indiana limestone up to the second story and the rest will be of buff brick. The center house will be topped with a tower and the corner houses will be fin- ished with a pediment. will have a bay story, The other houses wielow up to the second ‘Tnished with a pediment fs covered with buif and will "have galvanized tron cornices, y will be four rooms in depth and will have large reception halls. F. A. Linger is building three frame dwell. ings at the corner of Taylor and Hamilton Anacostia. J. L. Poston is the A tareo-stery and cellar brick dwelling is ed by H. C. Mockabee for M. J, t 200 E street southwest. tion for a neat two-story and brick dwelling at 1822 12th street commenced. C. V. Pettys is the H. Dyer, is . Fardon, agent for W. ling a row of four two-story and cellar j dwellings, from 1763 to 1769 Superior | avenue, He is also building | for the same gentleman a row of three iwo- story brick dwellings, from 2432 to 2427 Ontario avenue. | Work has been commenced on the erection of a handsome three-story and cellar brick dwelling at 906 East Capitol street for T. J, Hi |