Evening Star Newspaper, April 6, 1895, Page 22

22 THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 1895—TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. FRIEND OF LINCOLN Personal Chat About the Veteran Politician, Lyman Trombull. A CAREER BOTH LOCAL AND NATIONAL Still in Active Practice at an Ad- vanced Age. SOME POLITICAL HISTORY T HERE WAS A POW- erful and impressive figure of a man here in the earlier days of the week,:’ said an old Illinoisan to a Star writer recently. “I refer to Judge Ly- man Trumbull, who was before the Su- preme Court for Debs. It’s almost sixty years since the day I first saw Trum- 3 bull. He impressed me even then with his tall form and smooth beardless face as a man of much force and character. He has been a mighty factor in state and national politics and justified every promise of his younger days. “Trumbull is quite old now; born, I be- Neve, in 1813. His cradle was in Connccti- cut, and he comes of the old Jonathan ‘Trumbull brood. As a young man, like many a young and book-taught Yankee of his time, he went scuth to teach school. He headed for Georgia and gave himself up to ferrule and spelling book as a method of support. But he liked it not; and as he put out the lessons and paddled the shock- headed youth of those regions he dipped into the law books as deeply as he might. “This was in the earlier '30’s. As soon as he was equal to his examination he was called to the Georgia bar; but he never aused to practice there. He migrated to Ilinois, then the utter west, and settled at Belleville, St. Clair county, in that pro- found part of the state known as ‘Egypt.’ This was, I believe, just sixty years ago, and possibly about the time that Dickens colonized his characters of Martin Chuzzle- wit and Mark Tapley in the same damp region to make a peg whereon he might hang his slanders of America. “Immediately Judge Trumbull—not judge then—took a leading place at the bar. He was always courtly; always carefully po- lite; what, Indeed, one might call a bit cold; yet he had a great sway with the juries. He was and Is a clear, cogent reas- oner, and has a trick of admonishing with is forefinger. Sometimes it would seem as if that potent forefinger wove a spell. His Impressive Look. “It has, I doubt not, brought many a fury in its time to Judge Trumbull’s side of the question—such were the impres- sive looks of Trumbull as far back as fifty years ago, that I recall what Gov. Ray- nolds once said of them as he closed his argument in the case. Trumbull was on the other side. “*And now, gentlemen,’ sala Raynolds as he prepared'to close, ‘I've answered his arg@ments, I've over-turred his statement of facts; I've undone the fallacious law he has announced to you; but, gentlemen, the man never lived who can reply to his looks!” “In those days the lawyers and the judges ‘were won't to ride a circuit. During the noon recess and after court at night they would talk politics. Young Trumbull was always a leader. He was a democrat of the uncompromising shag-bark school of An- drew Jackson. During the dispute with England about the Oregon boundary Trum- ball, I recollect, was decidedly bitter against the old country. He was for run- ning the line at 54 degrees 40 minutes north latitude, some 35 miles north of where it is now, and would have gone to war for a ird aioe with England if need be to es- ish it." They called Trumbull and others who sided with him in the boundary matter ‘the fifty-four forties.’ I recall how Trum- bull made a very bitter speech from the court house steps, and spoke of the -men- dacious greed of England, ‘who based her flimsy claim,’ he said, ‘on the lies of a irate named Francis’ Drake.’ No; had Lyman ‘Trumbull and others like him been heeded we would now have all of the Brit- ish possessions in America worth having, and there would be mighty little left to annex. Opposed to Slavery. “In time Trumbull was a member of the Milinois legislature, her secretary of state end a judge on her supreme bench. All these 1s a democrat. It was during the free soil fight when the Nebraska bill was up an the pro-slavery people were trying to force their pet institution into the terri- tories that democrats like Lyman Trum- bull, who were against slavery in fact, and would not listen to any talk of its exten- sion, began to pack their trunks to leave the party. Trumbull was always out- spoken and free; he warned the pro-slavery folk where they would land. He denounced the Dred Scott decision and Judge Taney for delivering it. When Douglas and Lin- coin held their famous series of debates he was heart and soul for the Lincoln side. Finally, in 1 there came a senatorial election. Gen. Shields, whose statue in very bad bronze stands in statuary hall, and, his term expiring, he up for ré-election. He was a democrat, and Abraham Lin- coln, whom Douglas had beaten just be- fore, ran against him for the free soilers. The vote stood 50 for Lincoln and 45 for Shields, with /00 votes cast. What became of the other five? I'll tell you, and it may be that a great deal of American history pivoted on those five votes. Senator Palm- er was the leader of the fiv democrat, but, like Trumbull, like flint against slaver thes He was a et his face So Palmer took 2 four democrats away from Shields, and, with himself, making five, cast a quintet of free soil democratic votes for an ‘Trumbull. ‘Col. W. R. Morrison, then a young man, was in legislature, voting straight for Shields. Thus it stood: Lincoln, 50; il, though elds, After a vote or two, Lin- he needed but one vote, coln, withdr in favor of Trumbull; and the latter was elected by 55 votes; 10 majority. No; Lincoln didn't do this from any per- sonal hatred he had for Shields. Lincoln rdid anything because of hate in his life. He may have been afraid he couldn't hold his people, or a dozen reasons may ave intervenes It's a long way back forty years, and one can’t tell. But Trum- bull was elected and went to the Senate and remained eighteen years. Lincoln joined kim at Washington four years later fo take up his residence at the White fouse. Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amend- ments. “Trumbull and Lincoln, although coming from different political tribes, were both re- Publicans from the origin of that party, and w ry intimate when one was at the White House and the other in the Senate. Lincoln put much trust in Trumbull. As chief of the Senate judic committee It was Trumbull who conceived and framed the thirteenth and fourteenth amendments. Montgomery Blair was in Lincoln’s cabinet, ard both he and Trumbull doubted in some of its features the constitutional good- ness and validity of Lincoln’s proclamation of emancipation. They claimed that he could not emancipate the slaves in Ken- tucky and Misseuri, where no ordinances of secession were passed, and which, as states, were never in rebellion. So they put their heads together and the thirteenth and fourteenth amendments were invented,: to ccver up whatever emancipationary short- ages might legally exist. The evolution and adoption of these amendments were due mainly to Lyman Trumbull. “Yes, the old judge is back in the dem- ocracy again, unless he has gone off with the third party. It was in Grant's day when Trumbull’s republicanism began to be shaky. He could stand a war tariff wkile war existed, but not afterward. So it was that along in the early ’70’s Trumbull became a leader of that wing of the party which called itself the ‘liberal republicans.’ The fact was Trumbull tried hard to be named for the presidency at. Cincinnati in 1872. Juége David Davis, another liberal republican from Illinois, was after the rcmination, too. “Davis had been an old line whig, while Trumbull had been an old line democrat,but in 1872 they had become jumbled together in the rude jolting of the times in the same party of liberal republicanism, and both wanted the White House. They fought each other to a stand still for the nomina- ticn. Either might have had ‘it, were the other out of the fight; but as it turned Greeley got in and broke his heart on it like a vessel on a reef. Since Gresley’s day Trumbull has always been with the demo- crats, and was one of the ‘visiting states- men’ to New Orleans in the Hayes-Tilden Ievss. : “Since his close in the Senate Trumbull has held no oflice. He is fairly well to do in the gear of this world; not rich, but ecmfortably so-so; and still practices law. He has for twelve years, perhaps longer, made his home in Chicago, where his part- ners are his two sons, Perry and ‘Tom’ Trumbull. There are not many like Lyman Trumbull left. He was in the full vigor of his power, a leader among men, when the present world was in its baby clothes. He is much left alone. The Lincolns and the Douglases, the Blairs and the Davises, the old friends and the cld foes, have .passed cn and away. Save Morrison and Palmer there are none now but Trumbull of a time when Illinois nourished the giants of poli- tics. Trumbull still goes and comes among us, with all of an old man's majesty. The least that can be said of him is that he was great in.a stern hour when greatness was not taken for granted.” so LIFTING THE SKIRTS. The New Style That is im Vogue in Paris. From the European Edition N. ¥. Herald. Now that dresses are worn much wider ladies are forced to take up their dresses with both hands when they cross the street. The action ts graceful. This is the new style. Formerly—that is, yesterday—one hand was enough. The skirts were grasped at the back, and the action was not at all graceful, even when cleverly done. That was the old style. In both cases the result was to show the boots, which should not be chosen without full consideration, and which should be most carefully kept in condition. The evolutions of fashions have great in- fluence ever boots and shoes, as over all ence only acts slowly. the English fashion has, if not superseded, considerably modified the style of footwear, especially boots as they used to be worn in Paris. It must be admitted that the ma- jority of women otherwise well dressed are At the present time badly shod. It 1s only the women of the United States who fully comprehend this elegance, and are ar: exception to the rule. Have you ever, when in a tram car, no- ticed the feet of your traveling compan- fons? If you have, how often have you seen the slightest sign of cachet or ele- gance, except in the case of English wo- men—and they. are scarce. This applies es- pecially to walking boots, for in regard to the house, the theater or the ball, the French shoe is not yet dethroned. —_+e-—_____ Gave Away His Birthday. From the New York Times. A charming story of Rcbert Loufs Steven- son sees the light now, it 1s believed, for the first time. He was visiting a friend, afterward consul to Samoa, in Northern Vermont. This gentleman had a little daughter about eleven years old, who very speedily became a devoted friend of the novelist. In pouring forth her joys and sorrows in existence, she confided to Mr. Stevenson the woeful fact that she was born on the 20th day of February, and, therefore, had en- joyed only two birthdays in all her eleven years. The poet sympathized not only in comforting words, but also in action. He meditated a few moments, then went to the writing desk and drew up the following document: ‘I, Robert Louis Stevenson, in a sound state of mind and body, having arrived at that age when I no longer have any use for birthdays, do give and bequeath my birthday, on the 13th of November, to Miss Adelaide Ide, to be hers from this year as long as she wishes It. “ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON.” The little girl’s delight at this rare and most welcome gift has shown its appre- ciation once a year through several years of birttidays, and now the anniversary will be doubly treasured. Diagnosed by Telephone. From the San Francisco Examiner. ‘The beneficent uses of the telephone are net, as yet, fully understood. The other morning young Smythe awoke about 8 o'clock with an excruciating pain in his stomach. The more he squirmed the worse he grew. Finally, the terrible thought flashed upon him that he had been poison- ed. In a moment he dashed out of bed, downstairs to the telephone and demanded to be switched on to his physician's num- ber without delay. “For heaven's sake, doctor, come at once! I’m poisoned.” The M. D., who had also crawled out of bed to answer the summons, growled back, “What makes you think so?’ “Frightful pain— awful cramps—insides on fire—hurry up, or I'm a dead man!” “Humph! Does—er— does your stomach make any noise?” “Yes; kinder growls—must be arsenic, or something.” “‘Growls, eh? . Just put the ‘phone against the pit of your stomach. Ah! I thought so—you've been to the French hospital fete this evening, haven't you?” “Yes, sir.” ‘Exactly. You're suffering from’ a general fermentation of lemonade, crab salad, fruit cake, pickled oysters and Roman punch. You're all right. Just take a little peppermint and ginger, then go to bed and grin it through.” COC Shocking Him. From the Syracuse Post. McSwattcrs—“I wish I could get out of paying Dobson that $10 I owe him.” MeSwitters—“Why don’{,You go to him with a roll of bills in you hand and say: ‘Dobson, here's that fifty I borrowed of you. McSwatters—“But I only borrowed ten!” McSwitters—“That's all right. The ob- ject 1s to kill Dobson by the shock, and the $10 is yours.” ——_—__+e+ April Fools’ Day in Africa. From Truth. onary—"“Did you notice which way my colleague went? Cannibal—“He just passed down five min- ates ago.” THE FOOD WE EAT An Investigation Into the Nutri- tive Value of Foods. WILL BE EXTENDED 10 PRIVATE HOUSES The Waste in Supplying the Tables of the Rich and Poor. SOME DIETARY STANDARDS ——— Written for The Evening Star. N ow IS THE TIME for matrons to learn how to improve on their housekeeping, if they are disposed to accept instruction from Uncle Sam. If you are willing, madam, a govern- ment agent will call at your house and put your family un- der temporary sur- veillance. He will make note of the kinds and quantities of foods you buy and how much you pay for them. Having taken a complete inventory of the edible stock in kitchen, pantry and cellar, he will weigh your meat, milk, molasses and eggs. Samples of everything he will desire for chemical analysis, only requiring that all of the refuse trom the table and other waste shall be kept for subsequent weigh- ing. Finally, he will probably be able to suggest a system of diet more wholesome and more economical. The last Congress appropriated $10,000 for the purpose of investigating the nutritive values of foods for human beings, the spe- cial purpose in view being to suggest to the People of this country a mere wholesome end economical dietary system. The De- partment of Agriculture gas charge of the work, which is to cover as far as possible all ‘classes—rich and poor, whites and negroes, rural and city people. Agents are instructed that they must exercise great care and tact. There is no point on which the average housewife is so sensitive as in respect to her housekeeping. It 1s a deli- cate matter to go into a household and make critical notes of what is eaten and drunk. A boarding house mistress 1s like- ly to object to Paving ner kitchen and ac- count hook subjected to examination. Yet the present object is only to be attained by study of precisely this kind. Selection will be made of families in town and country which are willing to subject themselves to the test. It is further recommended that agents shall gaia the confidence of the peo- ple, stating with the utmost frankness the purposes of the investigation. The Investigation Begun. Examination will be made in a general way of the food supply of various locali- ties. ‘It will be ascertained what foods are purchased by people of different occupa- tions and how much they pay for them. The question whether these foods are most economical and best suited to the condition of the consumers will be a point of in- quiry. Already work has been started at the Maine State College, near Bangor; University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Uni- versity of Missouri, at Columbia; Purdue University, at Lafayette, Ind.; Middletown and Hartford, Conn.; Hull House, head- quarters of a charitable organization in Chicago; experiment station at New Bruns- wick, N. J., and in New York city. It will soon be taken up also in Charleston, S. C. at the experiment station at Auburn, Ala and at the Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee, Ala. Students at the educational institutions mentioned will afford exceptional oppor- tunities for study. To begin with they will be studied under ordinary conditions and furnished with their customary diet. Thus an opportunity will be afforded for comparisons, for example, between New England college boys, fed on pork and beans, with youths of the same age and condition in the south, consuming bacon and hoe-cake. Afterward, selected groups of students will be subjected to what are called “feeding experiments.” Dietaries will be made up for them such as are deemed most wholesome and economical, and they will be restricted to a stated bill of fare for a period long enough to make it possible to draw conclusions. An aver- age gain in health and strength would demonstrate the superiority of the dietary, while loss of weight or physical derange- ment would go to prove the opposite. Work of the same kind has just been be- gun with students at the Tuskegee Insti- tute, all of whom are negroes. As in the case of the white boys, the foods and liquids consumed will be weighed. At Suf- field, Conn., experiments have been com- menced with selected families of farmers. In some localities the inquiry will not be carried farther thap to find out what foods are in the market and what is consumed by typical households, with notes of ex- penditures for edibles by such households. In other plices, as at the experiment sta- tions in New Brunswick, N. J., and Au- burn, Ala., where there are laporatories, chemical analyses of samples will be made. At the same time all waste will be saved and weighed carefully, in order to deter- mine the proportion thrown away. In Private Houses. Having obtained the consent of a family to be investigated, the government agent will first make his inventory of the stock of food on hand in the house. He will welgh everything, not trusting to purchase weights. Tea, coffee, salt, spices, beef ex- tract and condiments will not be taken in- to account. Beef tea made from beef ex- tract is a stimulant, but is not nourishing to any extent. Beer will be considered as food, and likewise spirits. Whatever Is bought during the term of the trial will be subjected to like treatment, and at the end another inventory will be taken, the stock remaining being subtracted from the total. Choice will not be made of fam- ilies in which there are invalids, aged per- sons, greatly oversized or undersized indi- viduals, or excessive users of stimulants. In New York city the work is being con- ducted through the Society for the Im- provement of the Condition of the Poor. Families are selected by the advice of the society, choice being made of those which are most respectable and reliable. Obvi- ously, some allowance must be made for lying, which is so common a human pro- pensity. Errors arising from this cause, whick might seriously impair the accu- racy of conclusions, are guarded against as carefuliy as possible. Efforts are be- ing made by the government agents to ascertain what foods these poor folks of the metropolis buy, and what they pay for them; what they eat ard what goes to waste. Samples are sent to Prof. Atwater at Middletown, Conn., for analysis. Some of the results already obtained are quite striking. One family investigated was so poor that its members had not de- cent clothes. The mother, for lack of a respectable dress, was a prisoner in her own house and unable to appear on the street. Yet that household, which -com- prised six persons, spent $14 a week for raw food. Another case was that of a stu- dents’ boarding house, where the quan- tity of food material wasted was equal to the amount éaten. It is expected that the evidence obtained respecting the waste of food by rich people will be surprising. Errors in Diet. Eventually the Department of Agricul- ture will issue a report that will be wide- ly distributed, pointing out conspicuous errors in the diet of the people, and mak- ing recommendations. The community at large will go on doing just as it has done hitherto, but a few intelligent persons will become interested in the subject and the ideas will gradually spread. This has been the experience in similar researches direct- ed to the economical feeding of animals. Adopting the suggestions with reluctance, many farmers and stock raisers are now using with considerable saving the ra- tions recommended on a scientific basis by the government. It takes a good while to saturate the popular mind with a new idea. Rations for the German army are al- ready arranged on a strictly scientific ba- sis, being varied according to the work which the soldiers are obliged to do at tr different times. The-ffeace ration is lighter than the war ration, representing less fuel for the bodily machine. During a severe campaign, when fighting is to be done and forced matches are required, the ration rises to a maximum. - Investigations in this direction are only beginning. Study is nqw being made of the digestion that is aetomplished in the mouth by the salivary fluids, as distin- guished from the stomach digestion. Men, hired to submit themselves to such pro- cesses, are fed with various edibles and pumped out at interVals, to find out how far the digestive progesses have gone. Most valuable data, cn which tables of dietetic figures have been formed, were obtained a few years ago from observation of a man who had a hole in his stomach made by a bullet. He recovered and was able to earn a good living by permitting physi- cians to inspect the workings of the pel forated organ and te make notes of the time required to dispose of ajl sorts of eat- ables, such as rice, potatoes, bread, lean beef, etc. Food and Occupations. At Middletown Prof. Atwater, who has general charge of the investigations, has set up a metal box, in which he can put a man and keep him for any reasonable length of time, feeding him on weighed and analyzed foods. All waste of the body 1s weighed, and even what is thrown off into the air by breathing is determined. The apparatus has not got beyond the experimental stage as yet. From actual trials in other ways Prof. Atwater has made out a very interesting table, illustrat- ing the varying quantities of fuel employ- ed to run the machine of the human body urder different conditions. The contrast between the underfed laborer of Italy and the hard-worked.teamster of Boston is very striking. As will be observed, the latter consumes about three and a half times as much fuel as the former. It should be understood that the fuel value of the food, not its absolute quantity, is rep- resented. For example, the diet of the Japanese students was mainly.rice, which has less fuel value than meat. The table is as follows: Underfed laborers, Italy Japanese students Well-paid German mechanic Well-fed English blacksmith German soldier, peace footing German soldier, war footing New England college students Well-to-do Cornecticut families Factory hands, Massachusetts Hard-worked teamster, Boston Machinist, Boston United States army ration —— Prof. Atwater suggests the following dietary standards, showing the relative amounts of fuel required by a man en- gaged at light, moderate and hard work: Man at light work — Man at moderate work Man at hard work RENE BACHE. —__ -— IT WAS THE OLD MAID. The Whole Car Sniffed and Smelicd Her Lintment. From the Denver Times, She was a prim, tall woman of the class called old maids. Her gown was spick and span and she wore a stylish cape. Her hat was broad rimmed. It lent a suggestion of youth to a head over which forty summers had passed. She stepped on a Broadway car and chose a place near the front door. In her hand she carried a handsome leather shopping bag. As she sank upon the long seat a slight spasm contracted her mouth and a frown made little ridges in the pearl pow- der on her forehead, but she was soon sit- ting up very straight and prim, with her full black skirt carefully spread out, so that not a peep at:her feet could be had by the horrid men opposite. About thirty seconds ‘after the woman’s appearance every one in the car began to sniff. The staid business man looked over th top of his newspaper and then cough- ed. The dapper young man looked around, drew a long breath and: buried his nose in his scented pocket handkerchief. “It seems to me I ‘smell paint,” remarked the sociable man. “So do I,” returned a good-natured citi- zen with an exceedingly promipent nasal orgon. “At least I smell something, and it may be paint All the passengers inthe car joined in a chorus of sniffs. The‘prim old maid blush- ed beneath her picturesque hat. “It is not paint,” declared the man who knows everything. “It's lniment.” “So it is” argued two or three. “Some one’s had rheumatism,” said the man with the aggressive nose. “It’s just the time of year for persons to get stiff in their joint: “My knees went back on me last week,” announced the sociable man, “but I’m all I haven't liniment on any of my joints. i The prim old maid blushed some more. Ty, but it is strong!” exclaimed the dapper young man, fanning himself with his scented handkerchief. “I hope I shall not live to be old anc rheumatic.” ‘The feathers on the hat of the woman of forty trembled from an indignant nod of the head wearing the hat. “It is strange, but liniment does see: sink in and limber up one’s bones to re- marked the sociable man. “One's shoulder blades and knee joints always are the first home for rheumatism, although I haye had it in my toes so that I could hardly walk.” “Did you ever try wearing red flannel?” inquired the staid business man, folding his paper and putting it in his pocket. “If the person addicted to liniment would only wear red flannel, there wouldn't be any need of his rubbing himself with any kind of medicine.” The old maid's face was crimson. Her feathers were in a perfect palsy of indig- nation. She signaled to the conductor to stop the car, and gathering up her pre- cious bag, walked to the door. As she stepped off the car the dapper young man noticed that she had difficulty fin bending her knees. She descended to the ground with difficulty. “It's her as wore the liniment,” announc- ed the messenger boy, who had silently listened to the ccnversation. Then all the men locked at one another and began to talk about politics. SASS MOVING A BIG TREE. A Giant Cherry Taken Up and Moved to Another Place. From the Lowell Mail. Just kefore midnight one night in the middle cf February last a cherry tree, with earth attached, weighing twelve and three- quarter tons, began the passage from the Jefferson Knowles estate at Pawtucket and Fletcher streets to the grounds of ex- Mayor Field’s residence in Middlesex street. The tree was on a sled, and the way it got off there is an interesting story. Dur- ing the cold snap a trench was dug around the tree, which is an old one, and grown on the grounds. The trench described a circle six feet from the tree. It was sev- eral feet deep. The tree was propped up so that it could not fall, and then the earth was dug from under the roots, until the tree stcod free, except that a platform of earth two feet deep and twelve feet in diameter clung to it. The roots and the frost held the earth intact. Then the tree was tipped over gently with jacks to measure its length on the ground, so that thé, twelve-foot circle of horizontal earth was made perpendicular. More jackscrews were used to raise the circle of frozen earth, s0, that the sled was slipped under it, ang then it was lowered and the horses pulled the combination out of the orchard. Wooden shears braced the reeling tree on the sled. All this was done a ccuple of weeks ago. ‘The earth cracked during the work, andthe cracks were plastered with mud_and allowed to freeze tight. 2 — The Curfew Bell in Iowa. From the Iowa State Register. Several of the smaller towns of the state are adopting the 9 o'clock curfew bell, to be rurg as a warning for children to leave the streets unless accompanied by their elders. Even Creston is credited with the revival of this institution. The custom is a little old and a little odd, but it ts not to be despised on that account. There is only one place for children at night, say, after 9 o'clock, and that is at home. Children be- low year of discretion. which begins at different times in different children, who are out on the streets at night will he heard from in the future among the idle and the vicious, if not in the penitentiaries. The curfew bell smacks a little of’ pater- nalism, but it should be remembered by those who object to paternalism that the city government, which undertakes to ring the curfew bell, simply undertakes to make it possible for parents to train their own children in the ways they should go. So is every compulsory school law pater- relistio. VOICES OF PRAISE Musical Preparation in the Churches for Easter. - THE BEST MUSIC BY TRAINED CHOIRS Work of Preparation Now in Active Progress. AS AN AID TO WORSHIP T NO CHURCH festival Is the subject of music considered of so great import- ance as at Easter. Not even on Christ- mas is there greater attention paid by the different church choirs to the charac- ter of the music ren- dered at the various services. Of course the most elaborate programs are fur- nished by the Catholic and Episcopal churches, but all denominations make a special effort to present good music on Easter. In this city the choirs are usually augmented for that occasion, and some of them have the assistance of an orchestra in addition to the organ. This is true es- pecially in the Catholic churches, where, on Easter Sunday, several choirs will be ac- companied by full orchestras. : The choir practice for the Easter music commences long before the approach of the festal day, and the different directors are anxious that the forces under their control should do their best work. Addi- tional rehearsals are given as the time draws near, and the finishing touches are sometimes put on only within the last week. There are- thirteen Episcopal churches in this city that have vested choirs. Two of these, the Epiphany and Trinity, have ladies vested as well as the men and boys. In the others the vestments are confined to the male members of the choir. With such a complete combination of voices the choirs are enabled to render some exceedingly beautiful music with re- markable effect. Some of these choir boys have voices as true, as pure, as clear and as sweet as the most finished soprano; and they deliver the devotional work assigned them with exceeding beauty. These elaborate programs of music add to the impressiveness of the services and imbue the congregation with a higher de- votional sentiment. The character of the music on Easter is, of course, of the most Joyous character, ‘for it all’ typifies the risen Christ and the completion of the di- vine scheme of salvation. It is in great ccntrast with the somber and weird chants that are sung during holy week in the Episcopal and Catholic churches. In the Catholic churches during holy week, while the music is of a mournful character, it is very elaborate, nearly so much as that of Bester. Mercadante’s “Seven Last Words” is usually given in one or more of the Cath- olic churches, and those who have heard the solemn strains of this great composi- tion know how thrillingly it affects a con- gregation. Weshington is fortunate in possessing a large number of excellent singers who are beard in the different choirs, and so there is no composition too difficult or intricate to be given a proper interpretation by Washington church choirs. All the churches cannot afford high-priced choirs, but those that are in gocd circumstances usually have a paid quartet supported by a chorus of greater or less size. The mas‘es used in the Catholic church and the te deums and jubilates of the Episcopal service demand for their proper and effective delivery not only good solo voices, but the support of a full and well-trained chorus. The greatest composers have put forth their loftiest and highest efforts in church music, and, of course, these works need to be given by the best trained choirs. The masses of Haydn, Rossini and Gounod are among the best of the works of those great musicians, and they can be heard in some one of the Catholic churches on ‘any Sun- day. There are also in this city a large rumber of excellent musicians, so that the orchestras that will be required for the dif- ferent churches are easily obtained. In many instances the players are amateurs, but the reliance is placed upon the pro- fessional musicians who are engaged for the day. The task of a choir director at ‘this time is by no means an easy one. He is anxious that the musie should go with Its best ef- fect. He knows that rehearsals are nec- essary, and yet he is not always sure of having a full force at the rehearsals. If he has engaged an orchestra, he knows that rehearsals with that orchestra must be had, and oftentimes it is impossible to se-- cure more than one meeting of choir and orchestra together. But with all his care and anxiety, when the day comes and the ion is assembled and his choir chestra are in their places and the hour for the service arrives, he waves his baton with a confidence born of his knowl- edge of the work, and usually everything passes off satisfactorily. The churches are usually more, crowded on Easter than on other festival days, be- cause it comes in the spring of the year, when the sun is just beginning to make the warmth of his rays felt, when the cold weather has passed and’ both sexes don their spring attire. The young girl who hasn't u new suit or bonnet for Easter is in awful hard luck. She generally has, and she goes to church not particularly to show tfat new spring suit, but incidentally she knows that people will observe it. The sermons at Easter are, as a rule, of a higher order than on ordinary Sundays, for the clergyman feels that with the ad- ditional preparation of the choir for good music, he must also put forth additional efforts to attract the attention of his hear- ers and to impress upon them the great lesson of the day. : es It Cont Little. From the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. It is related of the late Elder Tooker, of venerated and caintly memory, that he was once conducting a love feast, when a brother rose and joined in that peculiar and Interesting free parliament. “I thank the Lord for a free salvation,” he said. “I have been a member of this church for forty years, and it hasn’t cost me but $40.” The venerable Elder Tooker had a habit of presiding over these love feast meetings with closed eyes and dignified air. With- out opening his eyes or departing from his usual dignity, he remarked: “May the Lord have mercy on your poor penurious soul. Verily, a hundred such souls could hold a jubilee in a mustard seed and still have rooms to let. Will some other brother give us his experience? “Oh my Dear Mrs. , how glad I am to see you. It Is four years since we met, and you recognized me immediately. “Oh yes. I recognized the hat."—Fliegen- de Blaetter. PAIN BANISHED SLEEP A Rheumatic Tells a Wonderful Story. Less Than Half a Bottle of Munyon's New Remedy Restored Him z to Health. James Buckley, 215 Washington street, Newark, N. J., says: “I have beeti suffering from rheuma- tism for a number of years. The pains were ex- ceedingly severe and I could not sleep nights. The remedies I obtained did me little or no good, nor did the doctors whom I consulted. This had gone on, each recurring attack being more painful and prolonged than the previous one. I could not get relief until I commenced taking Munyon’s Rheu- tatism Cure. Less than one-half a bottle drove all the rheumatism out of my system and I am as well and strong as I ever was in my life. I consider the remedy a wonderful one and take pleasure in recommending it.”” Munyon's Rheumatism Cure is guaranteed to cure rheumatism in any part of the body. Acute or muscular rheumatism cured in from one to five days. It never fails to cure sharp, shooting pains in the arms, legs, sides, back or breast, or sore- ness in any part of the body in from one to three hours. It 1s guaranteed to promptly cure lame- ness, stiff and swollen joints, stiff back, and all pains in the hips and loins. Chronie rheumatism, eae lumbago or pain in the back are speedily cured. Munyon's Homeopathic Home Remedy Company of Philadelphia, put up specifics for nearly every disease, which are sold by all druggists, mostly for 25 cents a bottle. ‘Those who are in doubt as to the nature of their disease should address Professor Munyon, 1505 Arch street, Philadelphia, giving full symptoms of their disease. Professor Munyon will. carefully diagnose the case and give you the benefit of his advice absolutely free of all charge. The remedies will be sent to any address on receipt of retail price. MM Latest and Best, SONNETTE CORSETS. The C. P. Jmporters make them. 27-4250 A ILLSBURY’S BES “FLOUR=: “The universal verdict.” Absolutely no better flour made. Pillsbury’s Best is the Best. SOONG + RANGES Are made of STEEL AND MAL- LEABLE IRON. “One-half of the oS % world does not know how the other half lives.” It it did—if every one = could look into the happy homes of the BS users of Majestic Ranges there would 3 be a big jump in Majestic’ sales. Sf ‘They save time, money and trouble— % insure good cooking. Write for = “Majestic Ilustrated.’” & * = 999 ¢ Majestic M’f¢ Co., = $ St. Louis, Mo. + Sold by B. F. GUY & 00, & 1005, Pennsylvania ave. Selecetectetectetegeteetetoegetentetoeteeet $ Partiai Prize Award For articles on Pillsbury’s Best Flour. I wish to inform the ladies interested in this contest that, contrary to all expectations, the entries have been very large. Although promptly deltvered to the Judges on April 1, they have found great difficulty, on account of the many meritoricts contributions, to deci"e upon the best articles within the alloted time, and consequently have asked for a few days longer extension to render their final decision. All they requested me to say today is that after three days’ hard work they have simmered their selections for first prize down to the following 14 contributors, from among whom they will select the first six prize winners, The order of publica- tion does NOT indicate the grade of merit: ‘Minnesota.”* 0. 1591."" ‘Look Out for No. One." “The Housewife’s Favorite.’” “The Flour of the Family.” “Ainst Soit I.” “In Hoe Signo Vinces: P.’s B. XXX M. T. D.” ‘Magnum Bonum."* Betsy Trotwood.’ ‘Lorraine.”" o““Veritas.”” “Once Tried, Always Preferrcd.”* L. H. WIEMA) Miller's Agent for Pillsbury’s Best Flour, 216 10th +» Wash D. Cc. Wouldn’t You Like To Pay Less for Gas? —To have the bills reduced about half? Call and let us show you how it can be done—by using the SLEE- MAN GAS-SAVING GOVERNOR. We'll explain just why it makes brighter light—a steadier lght—and saves from 25 to 40 per cent of any gas bi, S>'We'll put one in on trial. If it docsn't do ALL we claim for it it won't cost a penny. R. B. Caverly & Co., 1418 New York Ave. apb-28d aT Ala Spirite Corsets. C. B. Here's a corset bargain that beats them all. 25 dozen ©. B. a la Spirite Cor- sets, extra long waist, in 79C. white and gray. Would be wonderfully cheap at $1. pr. Only 7: We don’t sell groceries, wood, cozl, dry goods or anything but corsets. ‘That's the reason We can sell them lower than anybody else. HOWARD'S CORSET NEXT TO STORE, | 1003 F St. 3osrox novss. poe ESC COTE TCDS SOOT S SES ECO SEND Bargain Shoes.: Prices in We're quoting the mest ridiculously low prices on all the odds and ends of our recent closing-out shoe sale, All kinds of stylish, serviceable foo'wear here for you to sclect from. ‘The following are ideas of the prices: ? Ladies’ Fine Shoes for. Men's Shoes for. } Children’s Shoes fo: $1.00 AAPA ACCA BHGWEY AAPA SOOO : TUCKER’S, 1237 32¢ St. &4¢ ap5-28 SISSSSSSESSSS SSS seSS Ss ce | = ———— Great Opportunity! Thomson’s Music Store, 521 Eleventh St., Will soon be extinct. Prior to which event we offer to musical people one of the greatest chances ever pre- serted. Bre Das Bane, ie nut upright Pian’ in our wi yw is only $190. That Ek 12 Mandolin only. Famous $12 “Stewart” Banjos, only $30 Viol il-wood Hat Ciassic Music Books, Piano Folios, only 25c. least, Standa: lar Music, only. GLASS Show 3 Cts. Bargains In Long Hair Switches, $2.50. Formerly $5.00. 2 $4.50. Formerly $6.50. $6.50. Formerly $10.50. G7 Hair Dressing, Cutting, Shampooing, a¥ S. HELLER’S, 720 7th Street N.W. Pretty, Dainty Spring Shoes ——— Are here, embodying the cleverest an@ —— ideas of shoe designer and maker. ONE OF THE PRETIIEST AND HAND- —— SOMEST STOCKS OF SPRING SHOES WE HAVE EVER OFIERED. Our Bargain Tables are alwars full of choice pickipgs in odds and ends. Oxfords—A fine lot, $1.35 to $2.50. THESE PRICES REPRESENT 23 OF} THEIR ACTUAL WORTH. —— There are all sorts and a wealth of —— styles for a choice. The prices enumerated —— serve as an index to the prices ruling, ——— throughout our entire stock. The Warren Shoe House, Geo. W. Rich, 919 F St. = —— NOW IS THE TIME TO PREPARE FOR i Electric Fans. SUMMER WILL SOON BE HERE, Electricity furnishes the coolest, cleanest - and cheapest light and a sure, safe and stable power. See practical application of Electrie Motors on large scale at New Corcoran Art Gallery. If you want it or Are” lighting or power telephone us. i UNITED STATES-ELECTRIC LIGHTING 00. Tel. No. Ti. . mh21-20t¢ B13 14th st. mw. a) Elegant Silver Ware ‘SAPPHIRES. ‘The best goods sold at moderate ‘Sami. Kirk & Son, Manufactures. 106 Baltimore at., © ap2-2w BALTIMORE, MD, —» The Particular ‘ BEAUTY - Your HAIR Your —the something: in which your hair excels others" be ft @ curl look—or glossy appearance—GOLDEN' BARK HA: WASH beings it out in a wonderful) —— “TIS NOT A DYE—but a scientific prepa-! — ration rfectly harmless—and 1s the Rat positively cures dundrut! ‘Soe. & bottles MME. WORTH, 516 9TH ST., { Hair-dressing Parlors. ap2-208 ae Do You Paint? : If you do we want you to know that we have a full stock of Painters’ Sup- plies, Ready-mixed Paints, Floor Stains, - Varnish, ete., for either inside or out« side work. Quality all right. Prices all right for you. Geo. F. Muth & Co., 418 7th St. N.W., Successors to Geo. Ryneal, jr. + ap5-244 | 3Not a Gas eee stoves that heat the curling iron without “‘smutting’”’ it. “Bad iron heaters, bread toasters, Bunsen burners (for laboratories), “economist” gas-saving burners. &. foot for covered gas tubing. GasAppliance Ex change, 1428 New York Ave. mh25-284 seee eee Gray Hair A thi of the when Nattans stal seray it at Beets "eee vet Me an Seam ae eal Sut, arrests dandruff and makes the nicest di for the hair one can use. No poison. No ment. No stains. Price, $1. Trial size, SOc. . N.W. nt, ex] a Ss Sitin oe amet Bae ad The Season of Going Away —is at band. Tho traveling requisites— tal eee So eemsincic at Saree —are here, ef priced more reasonably than anywhere else in this city. if you're going abroad, here’s a Steamer ‘Trunk as low as $2.25—and better ones for $2.75, up to $20. Here's a Telescope Case for a short = 4 for as low as 65c. A Trunk Strap free, your name marked on all Trunks. a Perhaps your old Trunk can be repaired. We'll call for it. Kneessi, 425 7th St. apS-28d Get the Best. THE CONCORD MARNESS, LUTZ & BRO., 497 Penn. ave., adjoining National Hotel, Trunks and Satchels in great variety at lowest prices. mh27-164 Heath’s Hats —direct from his factory in London, have. arrived. Heath's colors are not eq Great Britain what Knox is to ‘s Spring Sailors for e most beautifal i ladies ‘need not fear ‘the rain if yor have one of these Mandelberg Mackintoshes. B. H. Stinemetz & Son, 1237 Pennsylvania Ave.