Evening Star Newspaper, June 8, 1894, Page 9

THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. 4T THE STAR BUILDINGS, non ‘Avenue, Cor. Lith Street, by The Evening Star Newspaper Company, 8. H. KAUFFMANN, Pres’t. Now York Ofice, 49 Potter Building n-ne <n The Evening is served to subscribers tm the ity by carriers, on their owm account, at 10 cents week, or 44¢. per month. Copies at the counter cents each. By muail—anywhere in the aes Canada—postage prepaid—SO cents eS Saturday Quintuple Sheet Star, $1.00 per year; With foreigm postage addeJ. $3.00. (Entered at the Post (ice at Washington, D. C, @s second-class mail “Bn.ter.) “CF ait mail subscriptions must be paid in advance, Rates of advertising made known om application er. Che £pening Slav. ees 0» WASHINGTON, D. ©. FRIDAY, JUNE 8, 1894-TWELVE PAGES. AMUSEMENTS. j EXCURSIONS. é&o. iA “BASE BALL TODAY. Washingtow: — Hi, There! Going? witn “0, B. Societies of Calvary Baptist Church “eatier p Feats. eRe am, 2: ™ Cincinnati. mekets, Ser; children” under “12 years. 16e. GAME CALLED AT 4:30 P. M 1t ADMISSION 25. AND 500. Old Dominion Jockey Club. FIVE RACES BACH DAY. Race Rain or Shine. Books on New York and Western Races. ‘Trains leave the B. & P. depot at 12:50 and 1:50. First race at 2:30. Trains return after the races. Positively no improper characters admitted. Retresbavents ADMISSION....+2++++++.50 CENTS. Je8-3m_ “?HE FIFTH SELECT EXCURSION Of the VIOLET SOCIALS Will be given ‘TUESDAY, JUNE 12, TO RIVER VIEW, On the palace steamer Samuel J. Pents. Boat leaves wharf at 9:45 a.m. and 1:45 and 7 Pm. Tickets, 25 cents. Je8-st* Epworth League Excursion to Indian Head, Under auspices of Foundry Chapter. Steamer“ YY RANDALL” ‘Will leave 7th st. wharf at 6:30 p.m. MONDAY, JUNE 11. River View. NOW IN ITS GLORY AND ‘TIME SCHEDULE. SUNDAY_—The feamer SAM'L J. PENTZ Summer Garden). ving Riv : SoaaxD - Bee Bis" at PENTZ_ leav cee u A . al moun Wittgo wren leet a as as ce ae TP OF THE WORLD. Gren, ‘15e. a = 72—Hourw’ 72 Indian Head every WEDNESDAY at 6: @—Hours at River View both ways, Home at 11:18 p-u- Afterncons—4 to 6. tei 38 BS. RANDALL, Sole Proprietor. werd Wid ANN Bt eW BANJO QUICKLY AND ae TAUGHT by ucte or simplified method; reduced rates for vs non Tonight—Ail the W the 1e Week, OLIVETTE, Strakosch e= |Marshall Hall. NEW SCENERY. NEW COSTUMES. rucs.. 25, 50 and 75° C7NEXT WHEK—“GYPSY BARON.” KERNAN’S LYCEUM THEATER. arasbamaen p= ee Bex oe Colored <‘nitintematihaiineiaitaal FOu THE ZAICHARD K. FOX GOLD MEDAIA, et ae IARLES MACKAY, JOHN FINDLAY. HERBERT Pai GaLcaTiN, Rickard ‘Museum Co, == GALLATIN, Richard Mansfield Co. GRAND TESTIMONIAL EMMET GUA INTERSTATE DRILL FUND. EVENING, JUNE 16, 1804, ARK, depot i130 50 a1 at ana 4:28 pm 1S LECTURES. THEOsoPHY — LECTURE BY erott Small Hal, SATURDAY t's Smal a} Admission free. ‘MR. CLAUDE EXCURSIONS, &c. ~~ MOUNT VERNON. HOME AND TOMB OF WASHINGTON. ‘The Palatial Steamer Charles Macalester ‘Will leave 7th and M sts. le wi rcept Sun- day) st To ‘aa and 2:30 oe SOc. GROUNDS, 25e. @dmission to Mansion Arsenal, ve. Fort Washington leaves 10 ‘s.m., 2:30 and 6:30 p.m. Musical rogram rendered at the Hall. - Th ~~ _Chlidren, 25e. — jeraee DE sf SCOTLAND, ENGLAND, Pans, expenses incl 175." ne “Sete and EUR i BF. Cie, & SONS, my19-1m* Tay HO COACH LINE DAILY, 9:30 A.M. 2 from 311 13th st.—Arilugton, Cabin J.” B. End ‘all points of interest. Pridaps sugeiai, Ft. A gil, 9 am Trip, Sde.; imlvea, my21-1m* 5) Fi iar, 8 veloc. Berth was Billed: Gen. Braddock'a, headquarters, This company alone ‘permttted to sell tickets of | Mt. Vernon and return. ‘Eo cents, and Grounds. Xary | FOR RENT—BY THE DAY. NIGHT, WEEK OR MERCHANTS’ AND MIN! $7.00 8 a0 state room berths extras, $1.50 one trip. Each state room hire and sale. CUMBI foot of Fret. and N. Bl. ave, Rw. ummer Sc Schedule. Bigicangisaree Tiga = MACALESTER leaves ss 11 .m,, 2:00 and iSaves Marshall ital at te Macalester’s wharf at Hall "at 8:80 Es. as eeu: Jeaves by cna at 6:30 ad at 9:30 ee ‘and after- company’s ‘ashington on Seren re Fare, ., Round Trip, 25 cts. Rauning time, either way, about one hour. Music by Schroder’s Band. Music and Dancing All Day. even-T2 summer at 7:30 0 thus ‘Fine our guests the full enjoyment of summer afternoons eveni sunsets. “MARSHALL HALL has enone for beauty, cleanliness and_good order. soit ves the ject all objectionable persoos on ME. VERNON AND MARSHALL HALL POs. = “McKIBBIN, Genl. Manager. ELECTKIC RAIL ROUTE TO MOUNT VERNON, Passing over the famous Long Bridge, in ae of ington, through the principal streets of Alex- is; pest, Christ opi te ‘Washington the Marshall House. where Col. Elis- ye and other historic thence scuth, you'traverse the high bluffs, ‘giving & Ddeautiful ‘view of Maryland and the Potomac River for miles; yon then enter the Washington estete, 7,600 acres — ancient and revolutionary mansions), which run through four miles to the gate vet maneies and tomb. See the Departments in the morning and visit Le service, 8:20 ‘The only route giving an opportunity of seeing all putts for the Tourist, and’ takes but 2% hours for the round trip; no delays; no smoke; no dust. tratne Penna. 1 zB jttation, 9:48, 10:57. gt ka oc t of Te 11:30 a.m. 5 sh reg. 1:30, 2:30, 3 ashington, AMUSEMENT HALL. month, Odd Fellows’ and B sts. n.w.; Hall, on 7th st. between largest staged hall in the will find it to their advantaze to call for terms on WALTER A. BROWN: 1423 Pa. ave. Great reduction in rent“wntii fall. mb2l-3m EDUCATIONAL. IN WASHINGTON. JUNE 18-SUMMER FRENCH CLASSES OF ALL grades; good pronunciation; easy and rapid method for hegimners: experienced and successful teacher. V. PRUD'HOMME, 307 D st.n.w. Jet-Im* WOOD'S COMMERCIAL COLLEGE AND SCHOOL of Shortband and Typewriting, 311 East Capitol st. Young people of good character of both sexes welcome. Positions ‘secured. evening sessions. Rates reduced. Call or write for elreular. 4 Bay Ridge. OPENING DAY, Saturday, June 9. aD AL EXCURSION OF The District of Columbia Christian Endeavor Union. Trains leave B. and 0. 1:20 and station at 9:15 am., TICKETS. ---ONE DOLLAR. To be obtained from W. S. McArthur, 924 oth n.w.; John B. Sleman, jr., 1222 F st. nw. Norman T. Hillott, 623 D st. n.w. He63t ORFOLK AND RETURN, $2.00, By palatial steamer LADY OF. THE LAKE Entirely remodeles EVERY SATURDAY EV RETURNING MONDAY M in loth directions, and in- Charles and Henry. and to secure ticket and aw Hoth, Ist. And’ METZEROTT peo call 1 Sjgitall. cor. 12th and side ACOB BURGESS, | 7 COOPER im charge | S, Pr THOS. Capt. 108 V BITTINGILAM INST., TAROMA PARI D.0.. ding a young children. “Fun fradnating puree, 30 Bein Latin, modern languages, dc. Stise ROSS, Prin. ronie'3m LANGUAGES. THE BERLITZ SCHOOL, OF LANGUAGES, 4th st. Branches in te Principal American and European cl Open all summer, WASHINGTON ies "OF MUSIC, 1225 10th Bw, Twenty-A0th year Pia olin, ‘fute, comet. dc. . BULLARD, Director. * Gowns. Fine Cotton Gowns, Mother Hub- bard yoke of 18 fine tucks, cambrie Tuffle around wy os amps tandard”” 50c, | This Sale, 38c. Fine “Anchor Brand” Cotton Gown, Mother Hubbard yoke of 32 fine tucks, deep Hamburg edge around neck, yoke and sleeves, Dlaited back. ‘The standard 69c. This Sale, 42c. Fine Lonsdale Cambrie Gowns, Mother Hubbard yoke, with four ows of fine torchon lace inserting, torchon lace around neck, yoke and aleeves. ‘The standard $1 Gown. This Sale, 7ic. ‘Covers. 100 dozen Cotton Corset Covers, finished with button and buttonholes, felled seams. The standard $12\4c. Corset Covers. This Sale, oc. i Fine Lonsdale Cambrie Corset Covers, ‘“‘Ve'' back and front. The This Sale, 25c. Fine Lonstale Cambrie Corset Covers, square neck, neck and arm- hole trimmed with wide embroidery dy _. “uttons, felled seams. The standard pve. Corset Covers. This Sale, 39c. Fine Lonsdale Cambric Corset Covers, trimmed with deep Vaien- efennes Ince around neck and arm- holes. The standard 69. Corset Covers.” This Sale, 30c. Rn an omen iLadies’ Fine Cotton Underwear ; Less Than Cost of Materials At Bon [larche. Here is how we propose to quickly and ef- fectively introduce the new stock of Fine Cot- ton and Cambric Underwear. A little figuring will show you that these prices do not cover the cost of the cotton, trimmings, buttons and work. attention to the fact that these garments are cut extra full and extra long and are finished [3 in true *‘custom”’ style. pieces of these “‘specials’’ to one purchaser to | revent merchants from buying up the stock. Extra clerks tomorrow. | ‘The above lots are not put out simply to draw you, as we have also filled the tables with the Fine High-grade Underwear at proportiouately low . BON MARCHE, 314 & 316 7th St. We call your Not more than two §@ Drawers. 150 dozen Fine Cambric Drawers, 8 tucks above a deep hem, yoke band. These are not to be confound- ed with the 25c, Cambric Drawers advertised about town, belng the standard 85¢c, Drawers. This Sale, 23c. Fine Soft Muslin Drawers, fine tucked cambriec ruffle, with fine tucks in and above the ruttle, yoke band. ‘The standard 89¢. Drawers, This Sale, 29¢. 50 dozen Fine Muslin Drawers, 2 inch Hamburg ruffle, 6 fine tucks above, yoke band, ‘The standard This Sale, 39c. irts. | Fine “Dwight” Cotton Skirts, fin- Ashed with deep cambric rutile, with tucks in and above the ruffle, 2-tuch hem. ‘The standard 5dc. Titis Sale, 39c. Pine Lonsdale Cambric Skirts, deep cambric ruttle edged with Hamburg, with tucks tn and above the ruffle. ‘The standard 0c. Skirts. This Sale, 47c. Fine “Fruit of the Loom” Cotton Skirts, Swier S-irch eambric rutile, caged with deep button hole em- broidery, yoke band, The standard $1.25 Skirts, This Sale, 98c. Chemise. 70 dozen Fine Cotton Chemise, |e square neck of 38-inch eambrie em- iB) Uroidery, yoke, neck and armholes le trimmed with Hamburg edging. ‘The standard 59c. Chemise. This Sale, 45c. “special” prices. IN WASHINGTON. BANJO QUICKLY AND CORRECTLY TAUGHT by note or simplified method; reduced rates for stmfrer months. pen from 10 a.m. to R, 904 K st. nw. Miss Virginta Mason Dorw Hiss Haura Lee Dorsey, Principals. eight years’ renee will exp Classics and English. give lessons Coaching for college exnmi- nations. Call after 4, WILBUR F. DALI _Ph. 2 € st. m; q Swill take | peaplis at | trial free. GEO, nwe mya IVY _INSTIVUTE BUSIX DOR. STH & K STS. N.W petting and’ all bust- fund plano, $8.00 off et : _TAWRENCE, Studio 1003 9th st. SUMMER COURSE. COLLEGE, 8. the best fa- ithmetic and Totter writhug. Fol business course, day or night, $25 a year. The typewriting and sborthand course, $16, Established 1976. Central location.” Diplomas for announce- tes. Send 2 . M., Principal. MISS BALCH’S CIVIL SERVICE 1D ‘Business Colles: 10th n.w.” Papils prepared successfully for’ civil service, depart and census examinations. Stenography fa! se2. apt-in Steere AND BROOKE HALL SEMINARY, MEDIA, PA y EAR Thiladelphia. Suburban school for girls and young ladies. Phiiadeiphia advantages. Local _ refer- ences: Jusiice Howell E. Ja Enloe and Washington. de on, Congressmen Miss C. E. MASON. SYLVANTA. us for the College of the University of Pennsylvania will be held in this ., Tomas W. Sidnell's school, 1811 on Tuesdas inesday, June 12 and id, 'at 9 o'clock a.m. CRCIL CLAY, Local Examiner, Je6-5t STORAGE If Your Furniture Is Sepa storing why not place it in a fire- proof building? One with concrete floors and we an the only ode that ean offer you these AMBIICAS SECU RITY AND TRUST O., 1140 15TH STREET N Je5 WASHIN' @TON Mg et ae AND FRENCH 1850 Wrerning cor. 19th st. api-2m Miss Fits MARTIN, Principal. Gunston Institute. he ja16-6m0 air, and Mrs. B. R. MASON. Norwood Institute, 14TH STREET AND MASSACHUSETTS AVENUR, oc30 Mr. and Mrs. W. D. CABELL, Principals, Fe. It’s a Bad Plan To leave your PIANOS in your house while You're away, for the summuer. Strings, likely to mst and woodwork to warp. ST THEM WITH US. We'll give them constant attention. SANDERS & STAYMAN, 984 F ST. N.W. SENATE STORAGE ROO’ pi buliding; separate rooms: call and. tnspect. front mouth per load: HERRING, 225 Pa CovumBia cori LEGE OF COMMERCE, ave., bet. 6th and 7th sts. nw. GK. URNER AM CE Fria, ‘The leading school of business and shorthand, Highest attalaaie grade of instruction at moder ute cost. Catalogue. ‘e286 aao AVY ee asmaee ARATE, ge 1407 G st. C. G. SLOAN & CO., ns. Low rates. my19-1mo Chile Wants Gold. ‘The bureau of American republics is ad- vised that the Chilean government has is- sued a decree ordering all custon® duties to be paid in gold, 4A GRADUATE STUDENT OF | ia | his home in Kelly, Tazewell county, - | He has brought home an intelligent Hay- ith | in spite of which, Ww. | T| mint. } | States, | MINISTER SMYTHE’S PARROT. Ie Can Hurrah for Cleveland and Swear in Several Lungurges. Mr. Henry M. Smythe, U. S. minister to Hayti, after a very short sojourn in that reppiblic, is home again on a three months’ leave of absence. He is now in this city preparing a report for the State Depart- ment of American affairs in the “black republic.” He will spend his vacation at Vv: ist* "| ten parrot of strictly religious training, however, it has an inordi- nate capacity for profanity in various lan- guages. The minister has taught it to hur- ‘ah for Cleveland, While here Minister Smythe took occa- |sion to emphasize his contradiction of the | story that he had undertaken to improve the political administration of Haytl. He |had had a very pleasant time at Port-au- | Prince, and he had no reason to believe the | people were not friendly to him. In his opinion Hayti ts a great little country, ts {making progress, and there is a fine class of people at the capital of the island. The trade of the United States is rapidly increasing. and instead of the Haytians being displeased because a white man was sent there from this country as min- ister, Mr. Smythe says the natives are pleased at the change, as they realize that the administration selected a man from the dominant intelligent race in the United es Philadelphia Mint Site. There are prospects of another delay in the selection of a site for the Philadelphia Representative Money of Mississippi is not satisfied with the reply Secretary Carlisle has made to his resolution asking for information on the subject. One of the features of Mr. Money's resolution was the request for the Secretary's opinion on the advisability of proceeding in the selection of a new mint site. In his reply Mr. Carlisle | gives no opinion on this point, but recites cetlings, Irom roome, and no connecting stable. | the proceedings taken to secure a site. Mr. Morey said today: “I do not consider the reply responsive to the resolution, The main purpose was to find out whether it was advisable to spend any money on a site, but Mr. Carlisle confines his answer to reciting the details of condemnation pro- ceedings. It looks, therefore, as though I would have to introduce another resolution of inquiry.” The Ship-Building Industry. The commissioner of navigation reports that during the first three quarters of the present fiscal year there were built in the United States and officially numbered 839 wooden sailing vessels of 24,271 tons, an 221 wooden steam vessels of 29,948 ton: During the same period three iron or st vessels were built of 4,749 tons, and twen. ty-seven fron or steel vessels of 26,920 ton: The entire number of vessels bullt and num. bered was 590, the tonnage being 85.890. Barber & Ross, Corner 1th and G Sts. Another of Our Famous Special Sales. We are determined to do the business of this city in Summer Household, Lawn and Garden Requisites. Already we are quot- ing the lowest prices in this city—ptices that are really lower than what most deal- ers pay in buying at wholesale. 25-ft. Garden Hose, $1.65. C7 REPAIRING YOUR OLD HOSE, 25c, Hose Reels Poultry Netting ‘10-in. Lawn [lowers = tl i 75C- Per 100 sq. feet by the roll... ot Per 100 sq. feet cut... $3. ©7Your old mower repaired and sharpened, $1. i2-bur. Oil Stoves = - i2-bur. Gas Stoves $1.3 S135 “Fire King” Gas Ranges. 3-Light 4-Light ‘Wire Screen Doors, ‘Wire Window Screens,25¢.; $3-qt. “Blizzard” Freezers = BARBER & ROSS, Hardware and Building Materials, Cor. G and 1th Sts. $16. $18. 85c. $1.35 THE CITY’S PARKS ® ——_.—__—_ Beauty Spots and Breathing Places of the Capital. SOME SUGGESTIONS FOR THE FOIUAE, i BE A Report Made ington Association. pee Ss THE ANACOSTIA FLATS) —_>——— Parks and public spaces formed the sub- | ject that occupied the major portion of the regular monthly meeting of the East Wash- | ington Citizens’ Association, held last night. Prof. T. N. Conrad, chairman of the com- mittee on public parks and spaces, in ac- cordance with a request from the executive | committee, presented his report, paying par- ticular attention to the scheme of Capt. | Powell, the Ergineer Commissioner, for a | system of parks about the city, His re- port is an interesting document, and is as follows: Parks nnd Spaces. It is Interesting to trace the evolution of the present parking systems of the large and more progressive cities of this country, | from the Boston common of 1634, with its limited acres, to the Chicago system of the present day, with its 1,066 acres, and its sixty miles of continuous driveways. Such an evolution, the outgrowth of more than two centuries, has been the result of an / environment, natural, healthful, economic, demeeratic and philosophic. The Boston common was not originally in- tended for the rest and recreation of those early settlers, but was set apurt for the “pasturage of co sheep, goats and geese.” The family supply of milk and meat was then more imperative than rec- reative enjoyments, and this felt want, de- manding immediate attention, received It, leaving to future generations the question of city sanitation and aestheticel land- scapes. If cows and goats and sheep needed open space and “common” in order to supply pure milk, healthy meat and sus- tain a vigorous organism, the time would soon come, as in the old country, when crowded cities, with narrow streets and | “com- obscure alleys, would demand other mons,” this time for bipeds as well as quadrupeds, for man and children, well as for cows and@ goats. So the “common” grew into public squares, the public square: into. spacious parks, and the spacious parks into delightful driveways and costly boule- yards, So, too, the forty-eight acres of the Boston common, the initial conception of this early system, has enlarged into the 2,000 acres of the Chicago system. ‘This wonderful development has been evolved through the aggressive enterprise, public spirit, intelligent observation, philan- thropic endeavor and far-regthing fore- thought and foresight of authorities: and enlightened public men.” The trend of the eventful present is toward the greatest good to the greatest number, and every ob- struction obtruding will be swept away by the resistless current. The health of the unthinking masses must be provided for by every facility within corporate reach. Physical development and healthy sur- roundings must be encouraged within reas- p to the East Wash- |clologist. to so adjust the vital factors of | |onable bounds by municipal enactments to insure a vigorous manhood, lessen the death- rate and train the race for the exacting de- mands of future citizenship Food inspec- tions, sanitary plumbing, healthy vendia- tion, public recreations, ‘cleanly surround- ings, public baths and other hygienic and athletic opportunities and facilities are all jin the line of public institutes and training | echoois for vigorous and stalwart manhood. The conventional restrictions of aivancing lization must be counteracted by proper al “agencies, otherwise effeminacy, e and gradual extinction zation is death-producing. [Stagnation is death itself. Sesregation is jhealth-inspiring. It fs part of the so- 3 these perplexing problems that the heaven- erdeined giant may not be mummyized into pigmyhood or minimized into dudeism e 1 into galvanized skeletons. all have reservoirs of re air, |as well as reservoirs of pure water, and the means for circulating the former should be as complete as for the latter. Compell- jing people to inhale the death-germs of an | infected atmosphere is no less criminal than ompelling thera io drink the water of a poisoned reservoir. Air moving over rods of street rot, through alleys of diseased | filth, under archways of buried death-germs, jover cesspools of liquefied pestilence, im- ibing and bearing upon its breath this con- centrated current of infectious products into the lungs and systems of thousands |who are crowded together in these miser- jable localities, becomes a besom of destruc- jtion, a sirocco of death. Open up in the | midst of one of these districts of the city a public square, with its green sward, ample follage, graded walkways, comfortable sit- tings and delightful fountains, and invite therein the weak-lunged, bent-formed, limb- wearled, careworn, weary workers of the vicinity, with their children and infants, to sit long enough, at least, to allow the pure air of that blessed acreage to sweep through their weakened lungs its invigorating, life imparting currents, and quicken the heart beats of their sluggish circulations, and impart the glow of health to impaired sys- tems, and you have planted an Eden in a valley of death. Broaden the paved streets and avenues leading to this public square, and border them with luxuriant shade, con- nect public square with public square until every section of the city is supplied, then with driveways link them to suburban parks and complete the grand circuit of healthy circulation. This ts the present endeavor of the park commissioners, and this should be the ambition of all public- spirited citizens. The Park Mo mt in New York. New York city has taken a bold step in this advancing movement, and while ap- preciating the Battery, Bowling Green and City Hall parks~historic grounds—and ad- ding Washington, Union, Madison and many other squares of taste and beauty to differ- ent localities, she has opened up her Cen- tral Park of 900 acres, for the rest and recreation of her moving masses, and as a driveway for her pleasure-seeking people, recognizing the fact that the political as well as the — and moral health of her people is largely due to such an en- viseuwoonte, This park is two and a half mil one-half mile wide, and contains S07 Re Of this, fifty-five acres are in meadow;fifty- four acres in smaller glades of turf: acres in rocky and woody surface; forty. three acres in six sheets of water, the =e being owed acres; acres In Ing-ways; y-two in ‘ways; thirty-nine in walk-ways; > oe natant and other spaces embrace the remaining acreage. There are five and a half miles of ride-ways; nine and a half miles of car- riage-ways; twenty-eight miles of walk- ways. The average breadth of the drive- Ways is fifty feet, and of the walk-ways thirteen feet. The number of visitors to this park exceeds 10,000 daily, and about 10,000,000 yearly. The cost of this park, in- cluding the original purchase, is about wquares and ‘Southside Park contains nine acres; Lake acres; Madison Square, six and a half acres; Manhattan Square, twenty-four acres; Mt Morris Square, twen! a acres, one ly many other squares of The total pk acres, are distributed in the several sections of the city, north, south, east and west, whilst Forest Park, containing 1,350 acres, is west of the center. Lindell ‘connects with the Forest Park boulevard, 150 feet wide, and joinuly constitute a @riveway into the very heart of the city. ‘Tower Park, containing 776 acres and laid off in old French style, is the most popular park of the city. It has eight miles of driveway. Cost of maintenance is $25,000 nrotiy, A bend of music plays every | Sunday during the summer season, thousands of people attend. Aa Wayette rare ot thuty acres ts = Cy. AUN AS expended. “annually im the maintenance of this park. A band of music plays every Thursday during the summer season, and the occasion is a gala day. Upon the eighteen smailer Sqvares of the city $30,000 is annually expended, making $75,000 annually expended upon the parks and squares of the city—exclusive of the suburban parks. Total acreage in parks and squares, 2,500 acres. Chicago. Chicago has a magnificent system of pub- lic parks, embracing more then 2,000 acres, and giving handsome driveways and boule- vards of ninety or more miles, with an average breadth of 250 feet. These parks are wisely distributed to the several sections of the city. Lincoln Park of 230 acres, in the northern poruion; Hum- belt Park of 174 acres and Douglas Park of 171 acres, in the western; Jackson Park of 586 acres and Washington Park of 371 acres, in the southern; Central Park of 171 acres and Lake Front Park, on the lake shore, are in the very heart of the business dis- trict. Jackson Park and Washington Park are connected by a magnificent plaisancé, G*® feet in width. The parks are connected by a cordon of boulevards, making a con- tinuous, straightforward drive of sixty miles, the most extensive park system of the world, and these boulevards, with the othér driveways, measure ninety miles. The beautiful lakes and lagoons of the city cover 140 acres, which exceeds Boston, New York and St. Louis jointly by aif acres. Boston has a parking system of 1,399 acres, 900 acres of which are as yet unde- veloped. Her sixty odd squares and open Spaces embrace 250 acres, or an average of four acres each, and extend into suburban cities—ten in Roxbury, three in Dorchester, four in Charleston, two in West Roxbury, two in Brighton, three in South Boston and eleven in the city proper. The large park contains 107 acres. The marsh at the foot of the Common, now known as the public garden, contains twenty-four acres. The Common contains forty-eight acres. The lakes and water expanses cover any-stx acres. Annual cost of maintaining these pleasure grounds is $50,000. The ccst of purchase and a $5,000,000. The three larger parks are to be connected with driveways ‘ana consutute a boulevard Buffalo. Buffalo has a superb system of parks, embracing 530 acres, and they are located in the northern,western and eastern districts of the city, the southern district being on the lake and river. These parks are connected broad boulevards, constituting a hand- by ome, driveway of some ten or more miles. Philade! fet aside five squares as public grounds, and Rocated them in different sections of the jetty. creation. $5,000,000, and $5,000,000 more have been expended in its construction. The increase of the property in its vicinity since the be- ginning of the enterprise has been estimated at $35,000,000. One hundred thousand = lars annually have been expended in ‘maintenance. Cincinnati and Other Cities. Cincinnati has over 400 acres of publie recreation grounds, of which Eden Park contains 207 acres, and Burnett Wood 168 acres, with six miles of driveway. San Francisco has over 1,000 acres in pleasure grounds, the Golden Gate Park embracing the most of it, with a boulevard ranging from 200 to 400 feet wide and stretching three miles along the ocean shore. Cleveland, the forest city of Ohio, has het S uncommon beauty. ‘View Park, ten acres; Wade Park, sixty- ‘three acres; Gordon Park, 120 acres, and the public square, in the trade center of the city, ten acres. Two of these parks, Wade and Gordon, are soon to be connected by @ driveway or boulevard. New Haven, the city of elms, with its park of 350 acres, 2nd Baltimore, the monu- mental city, with its Druid Hill Park of 600 acres, together with other enterprising cities, are crowning their centers of popu- lation with these luxuries of agriculture. Tt will thus be seen that the progressive cities of this country are looking well to the future health and recreation of their inhabi- tants and are making strenuous and costly efforts to entice all classes from the un- wholesome surroundings of trade and traffic, from the disease-breeding localities of filth band poverty and from the polson-laden atmosphere of tenement apartments, to open spaces, refreshing squares and health-in- spiring parks and boulevards. Is it any wonder, then, that the enterprising and effi- cient Engineer Commissioner of this city is preparing a system of driveways and boule- vards for our city, which, if adopted, will excel everything of the-kind upon this con- tinent, and that, too, at a cost wonderfully less than that of any other American sys- tem? The time and the conditions have met. The engineer and the materials ere at hand. It only femains for the guardians of the city, wil er from Congress, to clasp hands and lock shields, to cohsummate @ magnificent achievement. Washington, The naturai advantages of Washington city, from its very foundation, have been happily utilized, and are contributing great- ly to the development of its beautiful park- Ing system. The long line of water front om its east, west and south; its heights and in- creasing elevations north and westward; its native forest growths within and contigu- ous to its outer lines; the cheapness of its adjacent lands; the great breadth and regu- larity of its’ streets and avenues; the artistic tri speces at the intersec- tion of its ways; the green sewards and ornamented grounds surrounding the public buildings; the cent structures of the federal go with their aesthetic adornments of art amd landscape, the circles ‘Continued on page eleven)