Evening Star Newspaper, June 23, 1894, Page 15

ooo THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, JUNE 23, 1891-TWENTY PAGES ON TO LITTLE ROCK Preparations Among Militiamer to Attend the Drill. COMPANIES THAT WILL COMPETE The Fencibles and Emmet Guard Diligently Training. PROGRAM TO BE FOLLOWED | Little Rock is pow the Mvcca toward which the eyes of the militiamen of the Uni- ted States are turned, as the Arkansas Dem- ecrat aptly puts it. Armories are resound- img with the tread of drilling feet and the/ sharp words of command are obsyed with | the alacrity natural to men on their mettle. | The prospects for the great interstate competitive drill grow brighter every day, | and no doubt exists that it will be the great- est interstate military event that ever took place in the United States. The flower of the national militia will be in Little Rock to compete for the championship of the country and for the large and attractive | purses hung up by the Little Rock Drill As-| sociation. It is estimated that the-e will not} be less than 2,000 men tn camp during the | Week. Of these, 500 will be state troops and the remainder a composition of the finest riled companies tn the United States. To accommodate the vast crowds that will pour into the capital city of Arkansas during the encampment the railroads and the hotels have made comprehensive plans, It is ex- ‘yected to have not iese than 20,000 spec- Only a Few Spectators Can “Get In.” tators present on the grounds on the Fourth of July and as many more on the day of the sham battle. As there will be three com- panies enlisted in the drill from Memphis and at least that number from St. Louis, large crowds from those cities will undoubt- edly be on hand to encourage their represent- ative organizations. Before that vast mul- titude our own National Fencibles and Em- met Guards will strive to uphold the reputa- tion of the District of Columbia National Guard. Very few friends will be there to cheer them on. Strangers will surround them, but the boys may rest assured that the hearts of all Washingtonians, although hundreds of miles away, will be with them. | Walsh, | to begin drilling. nights, when the temperature js way up to- ward the century mark, the boys do not shirk in the slightest degree. Early each evening the company rooms are scenes of great activity It means hard work and plenty of it to supply and fit half a hundred men with several sets of uniforms and ac- couterments, but that is being accomplished quickly and satisfactorily. Although the Fencibles have secured Con- vention Hall for a drill ground, the men assemble at the Center Market Armory to don their working attire, and a varied sight is presented during the operation. The other evening the wife and sister of one member, unaware of the doings in progress, happen- ed to enter the locker room, and the result produced thereby is almost beyond descrip- tion. Consternation and scurrying followed the entry, and the way in which the gal- lant Fencibles endeavored to secrete them- selves behind locker doors, rifie stands and Preparin, sweaters was creditable, if not in every instance successful. The agony was soon over, however, and now a sentry is posted each evening until all have become unt-} formed. In groups and by pairs the Fencibies wend their way to Convention Hail, and shortly after 8 o'clock respond to the com- mand “Fall in,” and begin work in earnest. But very few rests are allowed, but when @ breathing spell is granted by the captain it ts fully taken advantage of. The men wear white sweaters, which present an at- tractive appearance. The drills are private, but a select few being admitted to the hail. Capt. Domer is of the opinion that the | Fencibles are in far better shape than ever before, the work of the present team sur- | passing that of the Omaha organization in j almost every particular. The boys have no | fears as to the outcome of the comnetition. | The drills of the Emmet Guard take place im the Center Market Drill Hal! ana are/ open to everyone. The men, under Capt. | assemble early in their company room, put on uniforms and rest until time It is clearly evident that the boys mean business, for they work ser- jously and with no attempt at jocularity. “These minor errors are becoming entirely | too numerous of late,"’ said Capt. Walsh to | his soldiers, immediately after the forma- tion of the company the other evenin, “They are entirely inexcusable, and I w not submit to them longer.” That appeared to be all that was necessary, for during the | remainder of the three-hour drill not the | semblance of a mistake was visible. ‘The | Emmets are truly putting up a remarkable drill and will give a good account of them- selves at Little Rock. The Fencibles are booked to leave the 6th street depot next Friday night on the Rich- mond and Danville solid vestibule limited | Ready for Work. Accounts of their movements will be eagerly read and a royal welcome will be awaiting them on their return, with honor and prizes. The latter is what the boys are going for, and that is what each command firmly in- tends shall return with it. The affair at Little Rock {s to be conduct- ed on an elaborate scale. Two thousand soldiers, representing infantry, artillery, zouave and cavalry, the crack military com- panies of the United States, the flower of America’s National Guard, will be encamp- ed for one week, July 2 to 8, inclusive, in the beautiful West Hind Park, said to be the best site for a military encampment in the United Stat Five thousand dolla’ will be spent on entertainments. of the encampment will be a gorgeous di: play of pyrotechnics on the evenings of July 4 and 6. Then, a most realistic sham bat- tle has been arranged, engaging all the armed forces of the encampment, and which is intended to reproduce in all {ts grandeur and apparent frightful carnag historic | and famous battle. An imposing street; is also booked as a special attrac-j as well as dress parades, guard! mounts, grand reviews, fancy drills, and concerts by famous bands. But a week only remains before the Fen- | | ‘Three Minutes for Breathing. eibles and Emmets will be off for the fray. Around the company rooms of the two or- tions named, located in the Center tive, and, on or would think the 01 izations were within an hour's time of leaving. Packing has been already end things are decidedly business- ke. As is reasonable to assume, the very | busiest men of the whole number are Capts. Domer and Walsh. It is an interesting sight to witness the enthusiasm displayed by the members of both local organizations. Although it is/ indoors these S ~ “Fall In.” at 10:43 o'clock, reaching Atlanta, Ga., the following afternoon at 3:55 o'clock for a Stop of fifteen minutes. The champions, if | all goes weil, will pass through Birming- | ham, Ala. Saturday evening at 10:20/ o'clock, and Memphis, Tenn., at 7:25 o'clock | on the morning of Sunday, July 1. After a Fest of sixty-five minutes, the journey is | to be continued, and the boys will arrive | at Little Rock Sunday afternoon at 2:07 o'clock, having covered 1,189 miles. Re-| turning, the company is to start from Lit- ue Rock at 11:45 p.m. Monday, July 9, pass. ing through Memphis the following morning | at 6:05 o'clock, for a rest of four hours, | after which the ride toward Atlanta will | be resumed, that city being reached at 9) p.m. The Fencibles will spend the night of | Tuesday, July 10, in the Georgia city, as well as all day Wednesday, July 11, leav- ing for home that evening at 9 o'clock and pulling into the depot here at 8:30 o'clock on _the evening of Thursday, July 12. Capt. Walsh and the Emmet Guard will take advantage of next Friday evening to work in an extra drill, they not leaving Washington until Saturday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock from the Baltimore and Ohio depot. The Norfolk and Western is the road to be traversed by the Irish lads, and it is claimed the journey will be a most delightful one. A stop will be made at Luray and an inspection of the caverns made. After passing through the Shenan- doah valley and getting a view of Natural Bridge, Blue Ridge and Massaneta moun- tains, and stopping at Roanoke, Chatta- nooga and Memphis, Little Rock will be reached about 2:30 o'clock on the after+ noon of Monday, July 2. Returning, the Emmets intend to leave the site of the en- campment after dress parade on Sunday, July 8, and after spending a day each in Memphis, Chattanooga and Roanoke, ar- rive home on the 15th of July. Capt. Domer and his men will undoubted- ly be better clad than any other organiza- tion in attendance at the encampment. The company will travel in the company black fatigue suits and make use of them 1 & “After Drill is Over.” for general wear. Brand-new full-dress regular army attire is to be shipped and worn inspection. The company full- dress green will clothe the second battalion beys on the occasions of parades and re- ceptions, and the National Guard fatigue is | to be taken along for use in the sham | tattle and for hard practice drills. In ad- | dition to the above the command is sup-| Med with heavily braided white duck uni- | forms and an extra supply of white duck trousers. Thus {t wil! be seen that the| National Fencibles are as well dressed as | any military organization in the United States. ‘All in the way of uniforms to be carried | by the Emmets will be two sets of regula- tion National Guard fatigue uniforms, al- though a number of the men Intend to car- ry the full-dresa green company attire. Two seis of rifles are to be taken by both ! lr the Fencibles and the Emmets, one to be vsed at inspection and the other for or- dinary drill. Canvas cases are to cover each gun. The Fencibles, in addition to the regular team of forty men, will be augmented by ten substitutes, marching color guards, and a staff consisting of Maj. Prackett, Surgeon R. A. Foster and the quartermas- ter of the company. Two servants are to accompany the boys. The Emmets will also have a number of substitutes with them, and Maj. Campbell and Surgeon M. F. Gallagher of the fourth battalion are going as a staff. An organization that will undoubtedly en- liven the trip and the camp, as weil as earn fame for itself and for the Fencibles, is @ musical club, consisting of Messrs. Thornton, Moore, Mosher, McAlwee, Stott, Lowe, Murray, Dunn and Lewis, who man- ipulate sweet-toned banjos, itars, man- dolins and flutes as artistically as profes- sionals. Daily rehearsals are in progress and the boys have attained a high degree of proficiency. A group of popular soldiers, who have heretofore earned a certain utation for themselves, banded together under the mys- tie title of “Wing Trimmers,” and who are Perpetually antagonistic to the remainder of the Fencibles, declared that they will make themselves heard on the trip. It is the intention of the Trimmers to execute sothe marvelous trimming at an open de- Lae to be administered on the evening of uly 4, and Capt. Tommy Costigan is now busily engaged in revising the constitution po Cag organization in preparation for the Drill Teams Entered. Below {s given a complete and official list of the companies that have entered for the interstate drill up to date: National Fencibles, Washington, D. C., Capt. C. 8. Domer. Sealey Rifles, Galveston, Tex., Capt. Wor- thy Boyd. Branch Guards, St. Louis, Mo., Capt. C. 8. Sinclair, McCarthy Light Guards, Little Rock,Capt. M. Wing. c. Emmet Guards, Washington, D. C., Capt. Harry Walsh. vies = Governor's Guards, Austin, Tex., t. R._C. Roberdea . bite Sad Governor’s Guards, Memphis, Tenn., Capt. T. E. Patterson, s 2 Louisiana Grays, New Orleans, La., Capt. P. Percy Viosco. Bullene Guards, Kansas City, Capt. C. E. Milne city @ ima City Guards, Lima, Ohio, Capt. Frank M. Bell. : Lloyd Rifles, Fort Worth, Tex. A. B. Keller. Phoenix Light Infantry, Dayton, Ohio, Capt. John A. Miller. Company D, first infantry, A. 8. G., Little Rock, Capt. John A. Mitchell. Helena Light Guards, Helena, Ark., Capt. D. T. Hargraves. Jefferson Guards, Pine Bluff, Ark., Capt. J. H. Hudson. Faulkner Volunteers, Conway, Ark., Capt. W. A Willers. Company E, first infantry, A. 8. G., Hope, Capt. Ruff Boyett. Capt. C. Hale Zouaves, Kansas Lechtman. Chicago Zouaves,Chicago, Ill, Capt. Thos. ‘ord. City, ues: Zouaves, Memphis, Tenn., Capt. ‘iS ry. Busch Zouaves, St. Louls, Mo. T. R. Reemer. Fletcher Zouaves, Little Rock, Capt. John A. Mitchell. Indianapolis Light Artillery, Indianapolis, 1 ‘apt. James B. Curtis. Ds F. V. Blythe. Light Battery A, A. S. G., Little Rock, Capt. W. D. Krantz. All companies or detachments thereof, other than state troops, that may be en- camped at West End Park during the pe- riod of the state encampment and inter- ate competittive drill will be temporari! x orgs and regiments and he wil to command the same. CURIOUS BASE BALL ENGLISH. zed into battalions i designate officers Expressions Which Might Puassie Shakespeare and Even Authors of This Day. From the New York Tribune. Base ball English, as she is wrote for the edification of the public, is luridly pictur- esque. The writer used to go to base ball games. Later he became so busy that he could not go, Wut he read accounts of the games with a certain amount of pleasure and instruction. Finally he ceased to read about the “green diamend sport." The other however, he went up to the polo grounds to court his old love. It was a prettily played game and he enjoyed it. With his interest still keen he glanced over @ published account of the same game and found that his tmpressions of it, formed on the grounds, were entirely wrong. In the first place, players who were supposed to have family names hadn’t any such useless things. In the paper one was “Midget, another was “Spud.” There was a “Fatty, with “Skeleton” to keep him company, &c. Family names, like pedigrees, it seems, do not make base bail players. The first man who came to the bat did not make a base hit. He “walloped out a sin- ‘The next did not do anything so tame and antique as to send a fly to center field or fly out. He got real demoniac and “fun- goed to center.” The center fielder wasn’t a bit terrified, either, for he “hugged the musty fly.” What the innocent lover of base ball had taken for a three-base hit was nothing of the kind. Such conventional things are not allowed on the grounds. It was worse than crying twins. It was a “whistling triplet.” A fielder did not catch a high fly. He “connected with a balloon fly,” and the young man who was rash enough to follow up this phenomenon was not put out at first base; he arranged his own funeral and “died an easy death at first.” Catching has gone out of fashion entirely. When a piayer catches @ ball he is fined by the umpire for insulting the intelligence of the spectators. He “clasps @ high one,” or “hauls in a tly,” or “pulls a throw down.” It seems that at this game, according to the published report, an active player had “wings on his heels” and “tabasco sauce in bis arms.” Yet he was perfectly tame and tractable when not “larruping scrapers,” or “slapping out dahdy singles,” or “lacing an easy one," “siashing out a peach.” There Was @ nice-appearing young man in one of the teams, who did not look as if he would harm a tly, but he was really a fiend incar- nate, for he deliberately and in cold blood “uachained a cyclone with his willow and tore out the ground back of center field.” it isn’t safe to judge by appearances, One Player seemed to jog along to first base when the umpire gave him his base on balls. But the base bali Shakespeare denies this malicious ¢ He says that he “ambled to the bag.” ‘1 same man did not steal second base; he “pilfered it.” Altogether he Was @ pretty disreputable fellow, for he also “robbed the visitors of third.” His career of crime was checkea, however, tor when he tried to “‘embezzie the plate" he was “nailed,” though to what is not on record. The players all had peculiar gaits. Some of them galloped, some of them romped, some of them cantered, some of them scam- pered, some of them “piked to second,” some of them “trotted a heat.” One man even got so mixed up in his seasons that, though it was as hot as Tophet, he “tohogganed to third.” But not a soul of them ever walked or fan. One man, evidently jealous of the forms of locomotion possessed by his broth- ers in deformity, “kangarvoed to second.” A batsman can do lots of things that the Unsophisticated person would never dream of. On this day one man, who had three strikes called on him, “cut the plate with three called balls." Another “filed softly,” and “Denny froze it sweetly.” So, in spite of the stabbing and cutting and slashing, there is sometimes rural gentleness. A man Who was excited sent a “sizzling grounder rattling through the legs” of somebody, and another, who was politeness itself, “tanned the warm air.” One player ‘sent a biffer past second,” and a rival “popped a mushy one abaft first.” Nothing happened, though, to the lee scuppers. Speaking of batsmen, none of them used a bat. Only “duffers” so tar forget themselves as to play base ball with a bat and ball. These men “wielded the ash and willow handles” and “toyed with the sphere.” Players never get put out in these days. The methods of disposing of them vary. Some are put to sleep, some are allowed to languish in soHtude and some are tortured to death. In this game, so vividly described, one man “groped vainly for the elusive” and “played dead on the bench.” One was “cop- pered at first,” and another was “cinched at the plate;” still another “expired in an- at first, ard an unoffending but un- youth was “smothered to death at There is a suspicion on the part of tender- hearted people that foot ball is a rough game. As for base ball, the players only wallop, cut, larrup, baste, hug, squeeze, nip, freeze, slap, pike, lace, cinch, slash, biff, punch, pound, scrape, toboggan, smother, choke and strangle. At least this is base ball as set down by the historian! 8 Light Artillery, Dallas, Tex., Capt. | will be under the orders of the officer tn command of the | his directions. They | REAL ESTATE GOSSIP! The Building Season is by NoMeans Over Here, ANOTHER TALL BUILDING PLANNED The Handsome Details of Fine Residence Exterior. SOME IMPROVEMENTS It is likely that there will not be the usual interest in the figures presented this year in the annual report of the building inspector, especially those which relate to the amount of building done during the | past vear. The year in the office of the building inspector is drawing to a close, as; that period conforms with the dates of the fiscal year rather than that of the calendar year, The building record for the year will therefore end on the 30th of June, and then Mr. Brady, the able assistant of the build- ing inspecto-, will begin to tabulate the re- turns and add up the number of buildings for which permits have been taken out and the estimates of the value which the own- ers have seen fit to give. It is not expected these figures will show that there have been as many buildings erected during the past year as there were in the preceding year, nor that the amount of money expended in building equals that of last year. There a decided falling | off in the returns of last year as compared with the preceding year. At the latter per- fod the building record reached the high- water mark, as it showed that some eleven millions of dollars were expended in the | construction of buildings during that year. Last year there were some nine millions of dollars laid out in improvements of this kind. It is not known exactly, of course, what the amount of the building outlay duz- ing the past year has been, but it {s eati- mated that four or five million dollars will | represent quite accurately the footing up of | the official figures. | | Building in the Winter. Unlike most cities, especially those in the north, this period of the year is not the close of the building season here. Owing to the moderate weather, building can be | carried on up to the middle of winter and | cometimes all the way through. Even if} the meteorological conditions are such a8 to prevent outdoor work it is considered | desirable if the building can be at least ip- | closed and then allowed to stand during the cold season until the work can be re- sumed in the spring. Houses built in this way are found to be more satisfactory for | the reason that the walls have an oppor- tunity of settling and the floor and parti- tion timbers get dried out and thoroughly seasoned so that when the plaster is put on and the house nears completion none of those cracks appear which are so common in newly built houses. 1t is therefore not vnusual to have quite a building boom in the midsummer or cariy fall. Lt may be that will be the case this year, and perhaps the rather deflcient building record 4 shown by the iigures for the fiscal year will be exceeded by the record for the calendar year. Another Tall Bullding. | Another building of the sky-scraper order, | &s has been stated in ‘fhe Star, is ubout to | be built. Mr. I. F. Schneider has prepared plans for # butiding which Judge Lowery | proposes to put up at the northeast corner | of 7th and G streets. It is understood that | all arrangements have been made for ome | erection of the building, and that the struc- | tures now on that site wili be removed, and | after the lst of September building opera- | tions’ will be begun. ‘The dimeusions of Lhe | ground are about W by lw ivet, the first hamed figure applying to the frontage on | 7th street and the latter to ihe G-sireet frontage. According to the plans which Mr. Schneider has prepared a swel-frame building is to be erec.ed at a height of nine stories. ‘Lhe consirucuion is to oe similar to that of the new apartment house which | ig now in course of erection on Q street. | ‘The steei frame-work is to be Uiled in with | tion of a Masonic Hall at 328, 328 and 330 Pennsylvania avenue southeast. This build- ing, when completed, will be five stories and cellar, 86 1-4 feet deep, 96 1-2 front and @0 feet high, *o be built of pressed brick, by Messrs. Yost & Bro., to cost $34.0"). It will have a brick and consrete foundation, en. will be heated .arcugnout by not water. Wm. J. Palmer is the architect. Frederick Boettcher is building a two- story and cellar brick dwelling at 822 9th street southeast. Edgar Bal! has commenced the erection of @ row of four small two-story brick dwell- ings from 735 to 741 Marshali street, Pleas- ant Plains. C. T. S. Brent is the archi- tect. A neat three-story brick dwelling will shortly be erected at 1616 Vermont avenue for Joseph A. Goldstein. J. C. Johnson is the architect, and Hough Bros. the bulld- ers. Robert Stead is building for the Lenthal Home a three-story and basement brick dwelling at 1904 G street uorthwest. John Houtz is the builder. A row of three small two-story brick dwellings is now in course of erection eat 1204, 1206 und 1208 O street northeast, for E. E. Mellick. R. Crandall is the architect. The foundation for a neat row of four two-story brick dwellings, from 52h to 531 5th street northeast, has been commenced. The houses are owned by S. H. Walker, and are being erected by J. W. Trumble. ——— — PIE HABIT, © Comments by a Newspaper in the Pie Belt. From the Provideuce Journal. It is quite plausible that his diet ts large- ly responsible for the New Englander, His crabbedness and obduracy are the natural consequences of the Puritans; but three centuries of pie eating and cider drinking have unquestionably filtered additional ver- juice into his blood. There is authority for the asrertion that pie has been a greater moral and jhysical bane to New England than whisky. One may not be able in sup- pert of it to point out an instance where, after eating a quarter section, a man went home and killed his wife. The methods of the pie-euter are slower; he kilis with lingering torments, with harrying day in and day out the meek, long-suitering wife, Auss Wilkins has shown in “Pemprok What a piuless, unrelenting browbeater a wan can make of himself through indul- Bence of the pie habit. Were it nut for his abnormal appelite ior pies—suggesting to his ‘ancy Unat even pies maue from the Weeds of the held are edivie—one could ae- clare old Cephas inpossivie, thal uppetite, ne is wholly credible. Iron- jawed Deborah Taayer, whose unreliey: usperity was the cause of lite Eparaim's twag.c escapade, was likewise a victim of tus New kngland vice. Miss Wilains has her undergo poetic but exquisitely just penisument, aud whether the poor boy aied of his moiher’s crueiiy or of one of her cider-cooked mince pies doesn’t in the least aflect the meaning of the situation, Mr. Kipling is the last to remark upon the gastronemic depravity of the New Englander. He told some one in London the other day that his Vermont home was on the ‘border of the great pie belt,” and when asked a leading question about the temper of the people he now lived among replied, thoughtfully, with: “Have you con- sidered the physiological condition of @ people which eats pie for breakfast, pie for dinner, pie for supper, and takes sweet- stuffs between whiles? Dyspepsia is endem- ic; you can’t expect anything else.” a diet is notoriously unhealthful. Accom- panied by the drinking of a beverage that turns the juices of human kindness to vin- cgar, and influenced by “makes brains more than muscle, and nerves more than either,” and the action of it all upon @ constitution singularly ir- rivable by inheritance might have been ac- curately foretold. We Khode islanders are near the middie of the east boundary of the pie belt. All New England, all New York state, part of Pennsylvania, most of Maryland, and the country lying between the northern and southern limits thus indicated to as far West as the western boundary of Indiana, comprise the American pie belt. In the back counties, especially, do the people serve pie at the three regular daily meals, | and the children, when they can by hook or crook, eat it at all times. Hot dough- nuts and cheese not half such luncheon favorites. On many an urban breakfast table the pie still holds its own against the restrictions of the doctors and the protes of the ventricles, which have to extract from it nutriment. Probably Boston consumes more pies than any other city in the belt, They have there the largest ple factories, We have here- it is not said boastfully—the little brother of that factory, which is tantamount to saying that as eaters of what Johnson called “past we cannot occupy any closer relation than that to Boston’s full- grown reputation. They have there a pie factory that not only stands on patriotic Duff brick and terra cota and limestone. | fay ORY, (hat not only stands on patriotic ‘The distance from the pavement Ww te “ Rds hora: cornice will be about 1lu fee, which is| Churn Building. And thus the shadow of about the height of the Wasiington Loan and ‘Trust Company's building. it is stated that the owner has made a lease of tue proposed builaing for # term of ty years to @ Philadeiphia man, who to use it for notel purposes. ground floor there will be the hotel office and cafe and other apartments, whe the lower floor, which will be the basement, and will extend under the sidewalks on botn streets, will be arranged for use as a beer cellar, in imitation of some of the German resorts of that character. The parlors, etc., will be on the second floor, and the remain- der of the bullding will be devoted to bed The building, all told, will contain Some Features of a Fine How A pleasing combination of color in the ex- terior of a house is seen in the residence which is being erected for Mr, Boardman at the corner of 18th and P streets. The great size of the house alone, although it ts in the near neighborhood of Mr. Leiter's palatial residence, is beginning to excite a good deal of attention. The walls of the square structure have now reached a point where they are to be crowned by the high roof. These walls present @ color scheme in which stone and brick and terra cotts have been combined in a harmonious whole. The bricks used are the long, thin speci- mens of the brickmaker’s art, which have me fashionable in recent years. Ihe color is @ light brown, and the surface is mottled with datk spots. The terra cotta and the stone are of different shades of brown, The feature that is perhaps unusual in domestic architecture in this city is the introduction of a delicate line of carving in terra cotta just above the openings of the first story, and beneath a rather elaborate course, or frieze of bricks in pattern de- sign with belt courses of terra cotta, both above and beneath. The walls are sur- mounted by projecting eaves,the terra cotta cornice being supported by a line of brack- ets of the same material. The corbel, which springs from the center of the arch over the main entrance, and supports a rounded Projection, is also of terra cotta. The de- tails, which are worked out in terra cotta, are refined and pleasing, and give not only variety to the design, but does not detract from the appearance of strength. A feature of the house is the main entrance, which is on P street, and is through an arch, through which is a drivetvay beneath the second story of the house, and separated from the side yard by an arcaded partition. At the Building Inspector's Office. The building record for the week ending yesterday shows a total of twenty-six per- mits to erect new dwellings, aggregating in cost $96,400. This was divided among the several sections of the city as follows: Northwest, five permits, $37,800; southwest, three permits, $4,800; northeast, eight per- mits, $9,500; southeast, two permits, $36,500, and county, eight permits, $7,800. An effort was made during the week to have the hitching posts about the city re- moved and rings in the sidewalk substitut- ed. The building inspector was so much opposed to the idea that it was abandoned. Rings in the sidewalk, he held, were far more dangerous than hitching posts. Contrary to expectation, but little opposi- tion has manifested itself against the new building regulation of the Commissioners which prohibits the building of projections to houses on streets less than sixty feet in width. The regulation was passed at the earnest solicitation of several promt- nent citizens of Georgetown, who com- plained that the narrow streets were being ruined and rendered unsightly by the build- ing of these projections. It is generally conceded that the regulation is a proper one. Some Improvements. The inspector of buildings has issued a permit to Mr. James 8. Davis for the erec- tion of a handsome dwelling on Columbia Heights. The building will be erected at 1333 Roanoke street, and when completed will cost $14,000. The structure will be three stories and cellar, built of pressed brick, forty-eight and one-half feet deep, twenty-nine feet front and thirty-four feet high, with double pitched slate roof. W. M. Poindexter is the architect and F. L. Hanvey the builder. Gaddis, Bury and Dunn, trustees of the Naval Lodge, have been granted a permit by the inspector of buildings for the erec- Bunker Hil! and the shade of Cotton Mather both help to consecrate this native form of dessert—Cotton Mather doing his part upon the under crust, which ts doubtless the essential cause of its utter indigestibility. — THE HAREM OF A SULTAN. Unveiled Women in Pretty Gowns in a Turkish Garden. From the New York Journal. It is only on rare and special occasions that ladies are permitted to visit the sul- tan’s harem. It is considered a very great privilege, and few beneath the rank of an ambassadress can ever aspire to it. There are a great number of ladies in the harem, some of them being very beautiful. Each has her own allowance for dress and other expenses, and the young and pretty women generally get all their clothes from Paris, though many are still content with the old- fashioned Turkish dress, which is not un- like our own tea gowns. They wear no veils in the house, and they usually wear their hair in short, loose curls, upon which is often worn a smart little toque orna- mented with jewels or a white aigrette. The great distinction which they all covet is the decoration of “the three tails," which is only conferred on the greatest ladies of the palace or some special favorite. These tails are composed of plaited hair, not un- like the Chinese pigtail, though shorter, as they only reach a little below the waist. To have one of these tails is a great honor, while the bestowal of all three will go far to make the recipient a proud and happy woman for life. Another decoration, a very handsome one in diamonds, which is occa- sionally conferred upon ladies, is the Shef- kat, and that has also been bestowed upon European ladies. The gardens of Yildiz Kiosk are beautifully Jaid out, with much ornamental water in the form of lakes, fountains and streams; over the latter are pretty rustic bridges, while upon the stretches of lawn rare and beautiful plants and flowers are to be seen, and shady gtoves lie beyond. There are a number of pretty summer houses in the grounds; some of these are richly furnished, and are large enough to serve a residence for an honor- ed guest. The sultan is very fond of ani- mals and has a magnificent collection of | his family are at the Dennis. birds in large aviaries. Sie From Life. “Now, when I give de command you Is to see dat you is tereckly behin’ me. Now, ‘cover.’ * ‘Good Lawd, chile. Yo nuit, but dat ain’t tactics,’ Such | the climate that | u'se covered sure] Dedbroke—‘Yes, easier than to acquire she ters a DOWN BY THE SEA Current Topics of Interest at Atlantio City. Washington People Who Have Gone te the Ocean—The New Fashion im Bathing Costumes. Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., June 22, 1894. Atlantic City is to keep up with the other seaside resorts this year in the possession of a crack ball team. Athletic In- structor W. C. Bryan of the U. of P., and ex-Captain H. A. Mackey of the univer- sity’s foot ball club, are in charge of the team and have already secured some of the it college talent. Coogan, U. of P., behind the bat and there is no one amateur circle who can excel him. substitute he will have Alien of Am- who is reckoned among the cracks. Schoenhut, U. of P., will twirl the sphere for the new club and when he goes off will have three effective substitutes in Dowd of Geo>getown, Gregory of Amherst end Georgetown, second base; Spies, German- town, and McGill, Brown, third base; Aril, A. of P., short stop; Barclay, Lafayette, centerfield; McCarthy, Holy Cross, fielder. program, the first one being due Saturday, June 80. The open dates of the league clubs will be filled in down here, and among those scheduled are four with the “Phillies,” two with the Baltimores and others with the Washington, Cincinnati, Pittsburg, Boston, New York and Brooklyn, and games with the Pennsylvania State League and about twenty amateur clubs are already pro- vided for. ‘The summer season of pleasure was con- siderably enhanced last year by the pres- ence here of the Gaiety Opera Company. So successful was their sojourn that they have been secured for another run of ten weeks, commencing next Thursday. During the winter the company been engaged in New York and Boston, and during that time have prepared a number of new operas, which they will include in this summer's repeitoire. Milton Aborn is the comedian of the 0! ‘igation. Ida Mulle has been en- gaged for the leading parts. Edgar Temple, late of the Bostonians; Fanny Rudesill, Warren Lom! Frank Woolley, Hattie Arnold and others are with the company. Audran’s “Mascot” is selected as the open- Mg attraction, and will be followed by a change weekly. The living pictures, one of the past spring's developments, will be introduced in connection with the operas. Many Bridal Couples. Just now Atlantic City seems to be @ favorite spot with newly married couples, and it is no unusual thing to find fifteen or | twenty of them registering in the course of a day at the big hotels. An odd matter in connection with the brides and grooms | who have been appearing here this spring ls the fact that #0 many of the newly | married young ladies, in meee the ag | majority, are petite, dainty little creatures, i = not the tall, willowy bride it is the cus- |tom to pieture strolling along the sand during her honeymoon, They are more coy and shy, and make up in beauty what they lack in size. At the Traymore, where | quite a number of bridal couples sojourn, | there occurred a coincidence which is not | likely to be repeated in the course of a good many years, At the same time there ‘were registered at the house three of the | couples, each bearing the surname of Stephen, and each unacquainted with the oulfer. Since bathing is in vigorous progress for the season of 1804, the bathing robe, an article which is as much subject to the changes of fashion as any other part of | woman's apparel, has been drawing #tten- tion. This year the change is a radical one, and the costume is now an article fair to look especially when it en- cases a pretty devotee of the surf. One of the prettiest suits is that worn by a young | actress. It was of blue bengaline and | fitted her form to perfection. The yoke was jot white China silk, with deep revers of the same material. On her dainty head was settled a “mortar board” cap of black | material. A garland of costly roses pended from shoulder to shoulder in front completed the pretty picture. ‘The costume of Miss Agnes Sellers of Philadelphia probably comes nearer giving & correct idea of what the correct style | this summer will be than any other. It is | of a clinging black material, with deep | yoke and revers of white duck. Balloon siceves are fitted at the bottom with white sleeves, while the skirt, which, by the way, comes slightly abové the knee, is trimmed in the same manner, The robes worn by the Misses Milings, two of the Quaker city’s society leaders, are also decidedly neat in appearance, though departing somewhat from the ordi- nary run of dark colors. One of the dresses was of black and white striped bengaline was of the same material, but of blue and with heavy red trimmings, while the other white stripe and light blue trimming. The fair bathers will be protected in the gambols the waves, for the city life guards have gone on duty and will continue to patrol the beach from now until the buik of the visitérs have departed. ‘Their pic- turesque costumes of white cans, red «hirts, with A. C. B. P. in white letters actoss the front and blue trousers distinguishes them in an mstant from the mass of bathers who make the beach black fn the summer time. The newly-created office of beach patrol captain, which is filled by ex-Councilman Joha W. Parsons, ia designed w exercise a watch over the men and make more ef™fi- cient the service. ‘Ine men have not as yet had any serious work to do, nor Will they until July Fourth and after, as the bathers who go in mow display a degree of pru- ence not usual with the summer crowd. There is a new fad here this summer, and especially does it obtain among the members of the fair seX, where the poetic nature is ™ore evident than in their brothers of a sterner make. The fed is that of indulging in a view of the sutrise at sea. And, in- deed, the sight is one it is well worth the little extra inconvenience experienced in having to get up at such en early hour to About forty games are on the summer — 15 “A PHYSICIAN'S STORY. Dr. C. H. Porter, of Kentucky, Suffers For Over Twenty-five Years Before He Finds Relief. (Prom the Mt. Sterling, Ky., Gasette,) In the mountains of astern Kentucky, se eral miles from the line of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad, tives @ retired physician an@ farmer, surrounded by » happy and interesting family. His name is Dr. C. H. Porter, and for 47 years he has ministered to the sick in the counties of Rowan and Morgan, and for years he suffered more than many of the patients on whom be called. He was at last cured, and his cure was 60 Startling and mimculous that it was soon the talk ofthe mountains, and finslly reached the Blue-grass. A reporter of the Gazette hear- ing of the remarkable case, concluded to inves tigate the matter in the interest of suffering bumanity. | The reporter reached the home of Dr. Porter, and after introducing himself, said: “Dr, Porter, 1 learn that for years you bave been @ great sufferer, and that you bave st last bees cured and by a new discovery tn medicine Will you oblige me by relating your experi- ence?” In reply, Dr. Porter related the followingt | «Twenty years ago, while living in Morgan | county and practicing my profession, I had # terrible nervous shock that completely pros | trated me, and from thet time until e few months ago I suffered untold agony, and in fact never knew @ well day. J tried everything in the way of medicine that I could hear of, and consulted physicians for miles around, but I found no relief, and I resigned myself to the inevitable, as ] thought, and awaited the end. A few months ago my son saw an ac count in your paper ofa new medicine called Dr. Williams’ Pink Pilis and wanted me to try it, I told him it was no use, that they would | do me no good; but Anaily be persuaded me to get Mr. B. L. Tabor, our merchant, to order some forme. After takings few Goses I felt better, and again hope revived im my breast. Icontinued taking the pills, an@ continied to improve, and now I believe I bave finally re covered. That is about all of thestory; I be leve Pink Pills saved my life,and I never fail to recommend them toanyone whois suffering. In fact, I can tell youof aman that you will pass on your road home who has been elmost completely cured of rheumatism after years of suffering, Mr. 8. G. Bailey, is bis name,and you can stop and see him.” After thanking Dr. Porter, and bidding him farewell, the Gazelle man started for Mr. Bailey s residence. He was found on bis farm cutting some trees down. In reply to our in quiry, Mr. Batley said: “Yes, Dr. Porter bas told you the truth. 1 suffered for years with rheumatism, and was only able to leave my room in good weather, and then was not able todoany work. Isaw Pink Pills advertised, and was urged by Dr. Porter and other friends to try them, but I had no faith in patent medi cines, and for several weeks positively refused totry them. They finally overcame my preju dices, however, and | am glad of it, for you can see yourself what Pink Pills bave done for me Come to the house, and I will show you my crutch and cane which Pink Pills have em abled me to lay aside. I have also been giving these pills to a neighbor's child, which bag scrofula, and it is improving right along.” The reporter next visited the store ofB. Ip Tabor, who corroborated the testimony of Dr. Porter and Mr. Baller. Mr. Tabor further eai@ that he had never handled a medicine that ha@ given such universal satisfaction as Pink Pilla, and it was almost impossibie to supply the der mand, The address of all the gentlemen ree ferred to is, Elliotisville, Rowan County, Kens tucky, and anyone can have these statements verified by writing to them. Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills contain, im @ com densed form, all the elements necessary to give new life and richuess to the blood and restor@ shattered nerves. They are an unfailing sper cific for such @iseases as locomotor ataxia, par tial paralysis, St. Vitus’ dance, sciatica, neurak gla, rheumatism, nervous headache, the aft effects of la grippe, palpitation of the heart, pale and sallow complexions, and all forms of weakness either in male or female. Pink Pilis are sold by all dealers, or will be sent post paid ‘on receipt of price, (50 cents a box or six boxes for $2.50—they are never soid in bulk or by the WO) by addressing Dr. Williams’ Medicine Cay Qebenectady, N. ¥. | Don’t Worry About It! If Summer tas he | frigerator that yoo want is ‘our for « PROMISE to pug. | zor CREDIT 18 GooD |” For the best retrigerator made or sold } couutrs. It's the GURNEY —and there a | tyaizes here for you to select from—prices ise | origi * S328, and od wherever you aay. CREDIT SYSTEM | "Not only helps yon to the refrigerator, but other articde known te modern = penny ‘of ine terest, We are +fter reur are gial to Tchad eee ake ert it. Leave the matter of payments te We'll aoe that they are arrsnged te PLEASS you. If you need some MaTTiNG For the bed room, you'l find a ferns here to choose from—Co: [i y by asking yeu to sign a serie mor do we require ywo to pay buptred we YOUR RARY Needs Reren-plece or _hair-cloth eb. rior suite. upholstered in _Eiice, RS BO om Solid oek Sot we ee oe witness it, The board walk, in the vicinity Splendid Brossels carpet, 50 conte of the lighthouse, is the favorite point of Ratishle tagrais cope. 5 sume Suet observation. No less than five parties f Prery, zara, of carpet mate ant bell <n yu Girerent hotes: wane han five parties from | oor tree of cost no extra charge for Waste Ig iced enjo; spectacle Wednesday > stad on Personal Notes. William R. Spear of the Treasury Depart- ment is at the Sea Side. Arthur O. Trippe ts one of the Washing- tonians who will figure in the cottage colony this year. His summer home is on West- minster avenue Congressman Raynor of Maryland and J. McElwell of the army ts a visitor here. He is accompanied by his sister, Bishop Keane, president of the Catholic University, has been a visitor here. He re- turned to Washington to be present at the commencement exercises at the university Thursday. Tony Rodier was with the Washin, oe Pe e this week. er: me of the Washingtonians registered here this week include: Bingham—Miss M. Davis, Miss Sadie De Boise, Sidney Short, —— whe a an Robinson. Ington—Miss McKeon, Miss Phorm sie er Washingtonians here are; Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Aspinwall, Miss Susan A. Hi Mrs. C. Murrely, 8. Wolf, 8. J. King, Loui: Mundheim, Wm. L. McLeod, Mrs. F. H. | Salwee, Frank Dorian, Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Kingsley, Miss 4 A. Kingsley, Miss A. M. Kingsley, Miss F. A. Kingsley, Mrs. C. A. Bryan and child, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Rock- ‘hill, Mi ‘hill, Mrs. Lawrence Lands, matching feares. Solid ock extension table, $3.50—seats You can get the om prople comfortably. table elsewhere for $5.00. Forts pound hair mattress, $7.00—sold elses where for $1: a Woven wire springs, $1.75—regule: $2.00. These prices are cash oF creait- yourself. GROGAN’S MAMMOTH GREDIT HOUSE. £19-$21-823 Tth Street Northwest, Between H and I Streets. 33 Elgin Creamery Butter, 5 Ib. Jars. We're making this cut for the balance of this week. No need of telling what the butter’s lke. Everybody knows the Hagin Creamery's celebrated $1.10 rgaret ds, Mrs. C. C. Clements, for its butter. Send postal 3, Held. LB. Brooke, Geo. 'B. Mason, J. =e we. ; . Brady, Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Hay, A. W.| 4 Speeds [maa ax “F. Gute, re | N. T. Redman, ,P. le yer, im. . ude, Fratices H. Plummer, Miss Julia Phelps | . on Miss Plummer, Mrs. A. E. Evans and 9950 La. Ave. nurse, Master Aldes J. Browne, A. B., Browne, Master Brinten Browne, Mrs. M. H. Still, E. D. Easton, Philip K. Retley, lace, Henry Brock, jr. H. W. McFeely, V. E. Alder, Mrs. A_ A. Hoehling, Miss Bessie Hoehling, W. C. Hicks, P. F. Hayes, Mrs. M. L. 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