Evening Star Newspaper, May 4, 1895, Page 9

THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennsylvania Avenue, Cor. 11th Street, by The Evening Star Newspaper Company, 8. H. KAUFFMANN, Prest. New York Office, 49 Potter Building, pobinta es ‘The Evening Star is served to subscribers in the eity by carriers, on their own account, at 10 cents week, or 44c. per month, Copies at the counter cents each. By mail—anywhere in the Unitcd Btates or Canada—postage prepald--50 cents per wenth. Saturday quintuply Sheet Star, $1.00 per year; with Yorelgn'postize aticd, $2.00, © = (Entered at the Dost Othe at Woshington, D. C., as second-cinss mail matter.) G7 All mall -abecriptlons rust be paid in advarce, ten of advertising made known on applicatica. Part. Che Fy ening STA races 0-20 WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, MAY 4, 1895-TWENTY PAGES. Printers’ Inf, ctBe fitffe scBooks master of advertising, saps: JE is cfaime> for fhe Washinston Star, and proBaffp ftrulSfuffp- cfaimed, Bat no offer newspaper in fe counfrp goes info 60 farze a percentage of aff te Bouses within a radius of fwenfp mifes from Be office of puffication. CATHEDRAL PLANS The Gothic and the Renaissance Style Compared. MODERN NEEDS AND CONSTRUCTION Gothic Style Not Adapted to Nine- teenth Century Requirements. VIEWS OF THE ARCHITECT At the meeting yesterday afternoon of the board of trustees of the Protestant Episco- pal Cathedral it was decided, as an- nounced in The Star, to adopt the Renais- sance style of architecture for the cathe- dral buildings. This decision, which was made after full discussion and on examina- tion of the plans proposed, was due in part to the fact that the Renaissance style, in accordance with the agreement with Mrs. Hearst, has been adopted in planning the Hearst School for Girls, and it is desired to make the whole group of buildings har- monious architecturaliy, and in part to the preference of the trustees. After carefully considering the subject Mr. Ernest Flagg, the architect, who has been commissioned to make the plans for the cathedral build- ings, presented at the meeting yesterday a paper urging the employment of the Re- naissance rather than the Gothic style in the construction of such editices as are pro- posed. Gothic Architecture. Mr. Flagg said: “Gothic architecture, or what passes for such, was introduced into the United States about fifty years ago. Our liking for it followed what is known in England as the Gothic revival, just as a few years earlier we developed a taste for what was thought to be Grecian architecture, and built our cottages and all other buildings in the form of temples, as a result of the movement known in Eng- Jand as the Classic revival. Like this fash- ion, the Gothic, except for church purposes, soon went out of favor, for it was discover- ed that it was no better suited to our wants than the other style. However, the taste for so-called Gothic churches still continues to this day, kept alive doubtless by the large number of Americans who travel abroad and who see and admire the mediaeval churches of Europe. For the American these ancient edifices have a pe- culiar charm, they appeal to him in a way which no buildings on this side of the water can, and they beget in him the desire to have structures of the same kind at home. Unfortunately, between the wish and the realization there is a great gulf fixed, which, try as we may, we never can cross. “Gothic architecture was the product of peculiar conditions which do not now ex- ist. It was tke solution of a problem which occupied the attention and taxed the in- genulty and resources of the builders of western Europe for more than 50 years before is was successfully solved by the development of the complicated system of construction known as pure Gothic. The problem was to build churches entirely of stone, or in other words, to make them fireproof. The difficulty lay in constrict- ing and sustaining the vault in a satisfac- tery manner, which was only accomplished toward the latter part of the twelfth een- tury.” Beauty of the Pare Gothic. Mr. Flagg traced in an interesting way the progress in the art of building after the overthrow of the Roman empire, and the development of the true Gothic architec- ture in the twelfth certury resulting from efforts to obtain a satisfactory system of vaulting. “The whole system,” said Mr. Flags, “was logical and truthful, and it is these qualities more than anything else which impart to true Gothic work the charn that captivates us, and it Is the absence of these qualities in our modern imitations which makes them so tasteless and unsatis- factory. The whole system of Gothic archi- tecture grew out of and was based upon the logical development of what may be called balanced construction in masonry, or the sustaining in place of stone vaults by counteracting thrusts. When this sys- tem of construction is abandoned the neces- sity no longer exists for the forms em- ployed; jn this case they have lost their meaning, and the use of them is a sham and an affectation. Moreover, to build in our time by the Gothic system, making use of the forms and methods which che Gothic architects employed, seems equaily absurd; for we can now build fireproof buildings for a tithe of the time, labor and trouble which they cost the Gothic builders. It seems as foolish to go back 70) years and to build in the manner of that time, disregarding all that has been learned since, as it would be to construct ships for modern uses in the fashion of former ages. No one would think of aban- doning steam power and substituting the galley system of propulsion in vessels in- tended for real work; the older system may be more poetical, and the vessels may present a more interesting appearance, but for real use we employ modern methods. If the church is for real use it should do likewise, and at the same time find some modern method to express the unchanging devotional feeling “The Gothic style has certain characteris- tics, which, as [ have tried to show, grew out of the exigencies of construction. If these characteristics are abandoned the Style loses its charm. One chief character- istic is the multiplicity of supports ren- dered essary by the vault; and another is the narrowness of the nave. Not only must the nave be narrow, but at the cross- ing, where the most space is needed, there is the least room, owing to the great piers necessary to carry the increased span of the vaulting; and this difficulty is greatly aggravated where a central tower is used. The multiplicity of supports destroys the view from the aisles. Moreover, the ef- fectiveness, of the church must depend largely upon its length, and as this ex- agserated length cannot be used for con- regational purposes, and as out lturgy supplies no other use for it, it becomes so much waste space. The buildings could scarcely be contrived in a way which would make them less adapted for the seeing and hearing of large congregations. The con- gregation which can he seated within hear- ing distance of the preacher, even in such a building as Westminster Abbey, is com- paratively small, and still fewer can both see and hear him at the same time. The Gothic churches were not intended to meet such requirements; in the age to which they belong, if the congregation was large, the people were not expected to either see all that took place or to understand what was said; it was sufficient that they were pres- ent. The Renaissance and the Reformation Referring to the decadence of the Gothic style after the thirteenth centry, Mr. Flagg said: “In place of the virile construction of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, we find trickery In stone; the great principles of art were lost sight of in the desire for the display of technique and skill in the art of stone cutting. The time was ripe for a reformation in art, and it came with that of religion. At the reformation men cast off Gothic art just as they cast off Gothie superstition. The Renaissance style is emblematic of modern times and liberal ideas. It typifies the reformation, using the word in its broadest sense, the reformation which affected all christendom and ush- ered in modern times and thought, and of which Protestantism was but the extreme outcome. The gloom of the middle ages had passed and the light of learning and reason took its place. The architecture of Europe was reborn, having more of the characteristics of its mother, classic art. “Again, the refinement of the Grecians exerted its power, though presented to the world at that time through the debased medium of the Roman remains. In the great churches of this age we find mixed with these classic forms certain features of By- zantine construction. From the Byzantine structures the Renaissance architects learned how to cover a square chamber with a spherical vauit, their great churches combined the characteristics of both St. Sophia and the Pantheon, while the bal- anced construction of the Gothic architects gave place to the rigid method of the Ro- mans. The grandeur of the interior no longer depended upon the extreme length and a great disproportion of the height to the breadth, but all three proportions might be used harmoniously. Men were no longer hampered by the limitation of Gothic times; the facilities for transport and the handling of larger masses were improved; and the new style afforded abundant op- portunity for the employment of stones and masses of greater dimensions than those used during the middle ages. Approved by Modern Culture. “From the time of the reformation to the present day the Renaissance style has maintained its supremacy in all civilized countries. The more cultivated and refined the community, the more strongly does it cling to this style. What wonderful vi- tality there is in these classic forms, now they survive after centuries of oblivion and centuries of use. They must be won- derfully well adapted to their purposes, and based upon sound principles of logic’ and art to maintain their hold as they do. In ali parts of the civilized world one may see the classic profiles and orders, no matter how much debased, still maintaining a cer- tain resemblance to the forms invented by the Grecians. “Of all nations the French have followed most closeiy the course of true art devel- opment in architecture since the Renais- sance. The progress of architecture since that time in France has been regular and orderly; modification and progress have been constantly going on; the style has gradually changed from decade to decade, just as Gothic architecture changed from decade to decade before the Renaissance; so that by seeing a building we can teli almost with certainty the approximate date of its erection. The successive phases of style are named after the kings in regular order fron Francis I to Louis XVI, and since his time after the government in pewer. The work is still gojng on, and to- day we see the style of the second republic. Influence of the French. “For some years past many young Amer- ican architects have been receiving their training at the great government art school of Paris; and the French influence thus infused into the country is bound to play an important part in the future of ar- chitecture in America, and that architecture will undoubtedly be strongly impregnated with the classic feeling, which is so pecu- liarly adapted and suitable to a high civili- zation and in harmony with modern ideas. Up to the present time we have wandered vaguely from post to pillar with no settled aim, copying this, that and the other at the dictate of fancy. We have had no tra- ditions or monuments from former ages as a foundation for modern style. Moreover, until recently, have had no education in this art and no chance to practice it on a large scale. With great opportunities and @ better education we may look for the de- velopment of a national style; and it is ai- most ceftain that we, like all other civil- ized people of modern times, will draw our inspirations from classical antiquity, and that the style will grow and develop to meet the taste and requirements of the times. Whims and fashions not based on common serse are sure to pass away, but structures erected in accordance ‘with sound principles of art and planned in a way to meet the requirements for which they were erected will always be interest- ing and useful so long as the conditions whieh called them into existence continue.” — UNIVERSITY NOTES. Georgetown University. President Richards and Father Hogen, professor of astronomy, went to Buffalo last Monday to attend the twenty-fifth an- niversary of Canisius College. At the commencement of the school of medicine next Tuesday four members of the ‘varsity team will graduate, Messrs. Mahoney, Carmody, McGrath and Sullivan, Mahoney, captain of the team, fs the vale- dictorian of his class. They all passed an excellent examination, which goes to show that brawn and brain exist among the athleti The final written examination will begin in the school of arts next Wednesday. ‘The annual public debate of the Philo- romosian Society will take place this year May 15. The debators will be Messrs. Pierce, Clark, Waggaman, Ford and Staf- ford. The final examinations in the law school will begin May 19 and end May 29. Columbian University. An entertainment under the auspices of the: Columbian Women will shortly take place for the purpose of. establishing the “Lucy Stone” scholarship in the university. At the next mecting of the Columbian Law Society, which will take place on May 10, the “Married Woman’s Act,” which was also the subject of the last discussion, wili be again discussed. Papers will be read by F.C. O'Connell and James A. Finch. Examinations in the law school will be- gin May 13 and end May 21, Judge Cox will conduct. the examinations of the juniors, and Profs. Harlan, Maury and Johnson will conduct those of the seniors and post graduates. Those of the students who were excellent in April essays are Messrs. Frisby, Patten and Tyssowski, Misses Bingham, Jacobs, Kelton and Metcalf. The entertainment given by the Latin class yesterday was a great success. The program consisted of a Latin address by Dr. Montague, recitation of odes from Hor- ace and Cattallees, an original Latin thesis from a member of the senior class, a Latin selo, a Latin chorus and part of a Latin play. The entertainment was under the direction of Dr. Montague, professor of Latin in the university. Catholic University. According to the will of the late Mary D. Peabody, the Catholic University will re- ceive at least three or four scholarships in the department of cnemistry and physics, which were left in memory of her father, Joseph W. Peabody. Bishop Scannol of Omaha and Bishop Cosgrove of Davenport, Iowa, were guests at the university during the past week, on their way to make their canonical visit to Rome. Bishop Keane will leave on Monday to make his annual visitation of the colleges ir. New York and New England. The bishop will not return home until after the golden jubilee of the archbishop of Boston, on the 16th and 17th of May. On the latter date he will deliver a sermon. Ground has been broken in the untyersity grounds for the residence of Judge Robin- son, dean of the new law schgol. This will be the first of the series of cottages for the professors which will one day dot the uni- versity grounds. ——_—_ Eccentricities of Diet. From the Philydelphia Record. The Fregch snail-eating habit is sald to be growing apace in America. Its ultimate popular adoption should by no means oc- casion surprise. Snail-eating is no more queer than turtle-eating. The development of cookery is the miracle of civilization, and yet the American custom of pickled pigs’ feet might offend the African epicura, who dines upon elephants’ feet baked in a hole in the ground. Rattlesnakes, black- snakes and lizards were all pronounced edible by the late Frank Buckland, the naturalist, and are no more repulsive, in a way, than the misshapen frog. In New Zealand a great delicacy Is the boiled grass- hopper, afterward crisped in an oven and served headless. The flavor is said to re- semble that of shrimp. Here is a sugges- tion for the Kansas farmer. Why not the pate de grasshopper as a rival edible to the hors d’oeuvre de snail? REAL ESTATE GOSSIP A Noticeable Increase in the Volume of Business. A FACTOR IN PLANS FOR THE SUMMER Growing Importance of This City as a Manufacturing Center. SOME IMPROVEMENTS No doubt the gentle but persistent rain of the past week has had a good effect on vegetation and eventually will be of bene- fit to the real estate market, inasmuch as it has improved the appearance of urban and suburban real estate and made it more attractive to the purchaser. For the time being, however, the constant drizzle of moisture, varied by lively downfalls of rain, tended to keep people indoors as much as possible and served to check the in- crease in the number of inquiries, which have been pleasantly growing more nu- merous in the real estate offices. It 1s likely that if the weather had been more favorable the past week would have sur- passed the record thus far this spring in the line of activity in the real estate mar- ket. Now that the climatic conditions are presumably more settled real estate deal- ers look forward to quite a good deal in their way of business. All the dealers have noticed a very sensible increase in the vol- ume of business, and it is believed that this will continue to be a feature of the market for some weeks to come. Favorable reports come from the archi- tects’ offices, where it is said an unusual number of plans for new buildings are in various stages of completion. Some of these, of course, are merely suggestive as showing what can be done with a certain piece of property, as well as forming a basis for an estimate. of the amount of money that would be necessary to carry them out. It is quite usual for those con- templating improvements to have plans prepared to see exactly what can be dene in order to determine whether it would be advisable to make the improv: ments. Some of these tentative enterp! will involve large sums of moncy in their execution and will result in handsome im- provements both in the business and resi- dent sections of the city. As a Summer Resort. Naturally the attention of the public is now being turned toward the suburbs and the possibilities of the country are being studied, either with a reference to making @ permanent home there or merely se- curing quarters for the summer, The sub- urbs of this city receive important consider- ation when people are making their plans for the summer. A constantly increasing number of people are realizing not only the attractiveness of the suburbs as a place of residence and their conveniences to the city, but their advantages in point of health, especially as compared ith the many so-called summer resorts. This de- mand for summer residences near the city has led to the erection of quite a number of houses which are available for lease for a_period of a few months. The merits of Washington as a summer resort are now recognized and the possibilities of the sub- urbs in this direction are also being util- ized. The increase in facilities of commu- nication between the city and the suburbs has no doubt contributed materially to this result, but, however that may be, the fact remains, and it needs only to be gen- erally recognized. Our Manufacturing Interests. Recently a resident ofWashington,received an inquiry from the head of a manufactur- ing firm in a western city stating that it was the intention to remove the plant to some point east, and that his attention had recently been called to published state- ments that Washington had become quite a manufacturing center. He desired to k1.ow if this was the case, and what advan- tages this city possessed for enterprises of this character and what grounds there were for saying that Washington was a manu- facturing city. If such an inguiry had come to a citizen of the nation’s cap- ital who does not keep posted on the progress the city is making in this direc- tion, as well as in others, the chances are that the inquirer would have been told that it was all a mistake, and that the manufacturing interests here were extreme- ly small. However, as it happened, the recipient of the letter was familiar with the statis- tics of manufactures, as compiled under the direction of the general government in the census of 1890. He knew that in that year there were 2, manufacturing establish- ments here with an invested capital of nearly $29,000,000, giving employment to over 23,000 people and paying in total wages nearly $15,000,000 annually. These figures, remarkable in the evidence they give of the extent and importance of the manufacturies of Washington, represent cenditions which existed five years ago. Be- yond question, this phase of the active life of the city has kept pace with the general growth and prosperity of the city, which has witnessed an addition to the population of 5,000 each year and the expenditure of millions of dollars in the erection of new buildings and in improvements. A Promising Fature. Shrewd capitalists have noted the grow- ing importance of the manufacturing inter- ests of the city, and, as already is known to the readers of The Star, land has been purchased at the Little Falls of the Po- tomac with a view of erecting a plant there and transforming the power of the river into electricity to turn the wheels of manufacturing establishments, and also, possibly, to provide the motive power for street railroads. Another company has a location at the Great Falls, and it is stated that it is proposed to estab- lish a plant for a similar purpose at that point. Large buildings have in recent years been erected in this city, which are suppli- ed with power for the use of manufactur- ing concerns. As Washington stands at the head of tide water of the Potomac, it has excellent water communication with Baltimore, Phil- adelphia, New York and points along the coast, both north and south, and in addi- tion, of course, it has the railroad facili- ties which are in these days enjoyed by large cities. From this hasty summary of some of the advantages which this city possesses for manufacturing purposes, it is evident that the board of trade and indi- vidual citizens have made no mistake when they have set up the claim that this city has now large manufacturing interests and is destined to become a still more popuiar center for enterprise of this character. Some Improvements. Plans fer three dwellings to be erected for Thomas T. Keane at 3d street and Virginia avenue southwest have been prepared by A. B. Mullett & Co., architects. They are to be two stories, with bay fronts of press brick and stone. Mrs. M. A. Conner will build a cota | at Takoma Park. It is to be frame, two stories, and 40x33 feet. Plans for two houses to be erected on New Hampshire avenue between S and T streets for C. C. Waring have been com- pleted by N. T. Haller, architect. They are to be four stories and basement, 20x70 feet, ee bay fronts of brown stone and buff rick. Columbia Heights is to get another fine improvement in the shape of a row of three handsome three-story and basement brick aid stone dwellings, at 1315, 1317 and 1319 Yale street. These houses were de- signed by Messrs. Francis & Schneider for Baker & Lampton, and are models of convenience. They will have a frontage of nineteen feet six inches by a depth of 140 feet to a ten-foot alley. Indiana lime stone will be used for the front, which will be topped with a mansard roof. Thomas Ruppert is building at 470 C street southwest, a three-story and cellar stere and dwelling. The building will have a frontage of 20 feet by a depth of 54 feet. The Week's Record. The week ending yesterday was the poor- est of the spring building season. But eight permits were issued, and their ag- gregate cost was only $29,550. Building In- spector Brady attributes the decrease in the figures to the fact that the offices of the District were moving, and builders held off until he predicts a much better showing, and as the season advances says the building business will pick up materially. Of the eight permits issued this week none went to the northwest, which is a most peculiar thing, for in the past, no matter how poor the record has been, the northwestern section has always come in for its share. The southwest took out three permits, at an aggregate cost of $9,300. The northeast fared as badly as the northwest, and the southeast went it one better, the permit calling for an expenditure of $100. The county took the lead with four per- mits, aggregating in cost, $20,150. ies Aas BALDNESS AND INDIGESTION. Why Are Women Who Suffer From Digestive Troubles Never Bald? From the British Medical Journal. ‘The cause of baldness is a question which has a personal interest for many people in these days, when the “new man” finds it almost as difficult to keep his hair as the. “new woman” does to find a husband. The theory of the baldheaded man generally is that his excepticnally active brain has used up the blood supply which should have nourisked his scalp; but those whose crop of hair still standS untouched by the scythe of time unkindly hint that this explanation is of a piece with Falstaff’s excuse that he had lost his voice by “singing of anthems.” Then there is the theory of the hat, which we are told makes for sanitary unright- eousness in two ways—ellowing no ventila- tion, and by its hard rim cutting off part of the Llood cupply from the scalp. Again, there is seborrhoea, which prepares the way for fungi that blight the hair. It would have been wonderful if that patho- legical scapegoat, indigestion, had not had this particular misdeed laid to its charge. We are not surprised, therefore, to read in an American contemporary that dyspep- sia is the great cause of baldness. This is how the mischief is dome: “Nature,” we are assured, “is very caretul to guard and protect and supply ‘the vital organs with the proper amount of nutriment, but when she cannot command a sufficient quantity of blood supply for, all the organs, natural- ly she cuts off the supply of parts the least vital, like the hiir and mails’—just as one of our “‘splendid paupers” discontinues his subscription to a hospital in view of the death duties. The hair, in fact, dies that the nobler parts may live up to a proper standard of physiological efficiency. The best way to escape baldness is therefore to be careful in our diet, and above all to avoid irregularity in meals—a counsel of | perfection which the busy man too often finds it impossible to follow. We are not prepated to deny that indi- gestion may have something to do with baldness, but the part/It plays is probably altogether secordary. e know of no ev dence that batdheaded men are more dy: peptic than thelr neighbors, and women, who suffer much—chiefly through their own fault—from digestive troubles, are very sel- dom bald. “The increasing prevalence of baldness might, with at- least as much plausibility, be ascribed to the general bet- terment in our social condition that is tak- ing place. The late prince consort (who himself lost his hair early) held that bald- ness is a sign of breeding; heredity, there- fore, rather than indigestion, would account for its frequency in the upper ranks of so- ciety. On the other hand, hairiness and anarchism often go together, as if the bomb-throwing brotherhood had determin- ed to throw off eyen the mild tyranny of the barber with otker forms of government. ———-+e-. PHOTOGRAPHS IN COLOR. ——_ Prof. Frederic E. Ives Explains How He Solved the Problem. From the New York Times. Prof. Frederic E. Ives of Philadelphia ex- plained to a large and distinguished gather- irg of scientists recently at the American Museum of Natural History his discovery of reproducing by photography the natural colors of objects. This has long been the dream of science. Prof. Ives illustrated his lecture by many beautiful color photographs. He first out- lined the latest discoveries in relation to light and light rays in general, and then, by experiments in separating and com- bining the elementary and compound ccl- ors, showed the theory he had followed in reaching his discovery of the secret of color photography. In plain language, this astonishing result was achieved by photographing the object chosen on the most modern and sensitive plates through three different-colored glass slides—red, green and blue-violet. The ob- ject was first photographed through one, then through another, and then through the third. Each colored slide took up its cwn spectrum colors, and when the three plates are over tie other, and looking in a stereoscope through the three plates, there was seen a resultant photograph of the object chosen with all the natural colors retained. Prof. Ives next explained how, by mir- rors and other devices, he had progressed from this initial stage in the discovery to the making of his photochromoszope cam- era, which makes at a single exposure on a commercial photographic sensitive plate the three pairs of images for combination into the color photograph. Then he ex- plained his stereophotochromoscope, by which the color photograph !s translated to the eye, so that the very object photo- graphed appears to be seen through It. He caused some ef his color photographs to be thrown on a large screen. The nat- ural colors were wonderfully reproduced in all their variety. His typical color photo- graph was of a basket of fruit. Another was of a vase of flowers, and there were many beautiful color photographs of scen- ery in the Alps and in the American Yel- lowstone Park. Finally, Prof. Ives described the method by which he had succeeded in permanently fixing natural colors in a photograph. This ‘a3 a mechanical process, and not a direct process of light transfixture. In brief, as described, it consisted in developing three negatives of the three main colors, and then pasting the three together, the result being, however, a photograph of comple- mentary colors, and not of the original full natural colors. The basis of the whole process, Prof. Ives pointed out, was the now perfectly de- termined laboratory measurements cf the mixture of spectrum colors. He indicated further that his color photographs would not convey accurate color ideas to the color blind, for the reason, among cthers, that the so-called green seen by the normal eye is not the real elementary green, the latter being observable only by the color blind. At the close of the lecture these in the audience were given an opportunity to see Prof. Ives’ color photographs through his own special instruments. +00. Renewal of Sectional Bitterness, From the Chicago Tribune. Texan (at the grocery store) you call them things?” Grocer—“Those are olives.” “Are they good to eat?” “Certainly. Try one of them.” Gites into one.) “Just as I expected. Got a wooden core. Come from Connecti- cut, don’t they?” ‘What do everything settled. Next week [ THE NATIONAL GUARD Complaints About Insufficient Light’ at the Armory Continue. A TALK ON BATTALION ORGANIZATION Troop A Will Go on Its Proposed Road March. NOTES OF INTEREST a It was supposed by the average National Guardsman that by this time all grounds for complaint in the matter of artificial light in the armory would have been re- moved, but as a matter of fact there is quite as much reason for kicking now as there was for the kicking which has been a conspicuous feature of National Guard ex- istence ever since the brigade moved into the new armory. The original understand- ing was that each company room should have in it four incandescent electric lamps; as everybody who has been in the armory knows, there are but two. In the rifle gal- lcry, where illumination is a very essential feature, there is frequent and annoying failure. Hardly an inspector of rifle prac- tice but reports very pointedly on the weak- ness or absence of light. It is entirely too common an occurrence, say the riflemen, to have the lamps extinguished entirely right in the middle of a score. Gen. Ordway is soon to give his personal attention to some of the more prominent shortcomings, and amendments will surely follow. Unless the quantity and quality of the electric light speedily improve, it is the intention of all of the officers who have much desk work to set up illuminating plants of their own— more or less elaborate oil lamps. These will endanger the safety of the building, but as some of the quartermasters and adju- tants say, they would just as soon have trcir whiskers singed in a rush to the street, there to await the coming of the fire department, as be deprived of their eyesight by the tallow-candle quality of illumination which is furnished at this time. Fast Driving and Gong Ringing. Some of the members of the ambulance company seem to have been very much dis- turbed by the announcement of misconduct cn the part of themselves or other mem- bers of the company which appeared in The Star a week ago. One or two lame ef- fcrts at Genial have put in an appearance, but none of them could be regarded as do- ing what their authors intended them to do. The adjutant general, after hearing the testimony of officers of the guard, who Were either eye-witnesses of the misbe- havior or who had been reliably informed by eye-witnesses—many of whom are avail- able—has called upon the commanding offi- cer of the company for a report, and any explanatory comments the lieutenant may care to make. The authorities are satisfied that the allegations made public in The Star have already been proven, and can be substantiated, if necessary, until those who by fast driving and gong ringing disgraced the guard develop considerable weariness. First Battalion Rifle Practice, Althcugh the segson for rifle practice in the gallery has almost come to an end, the first battalion has not as yet fired a shot. This rather remarkable state of affairs is said to be due to the fact that the first battalion armory has been rented out for amusements so frequently that there could be no regularity as to drill and no rifle practice. Arrangements have now been made to have the battalion do the neglected rifle work in the brigade gal- lery; Maj. Ross will, within a day or so, is- sue the orders that will send the battalion to the gallery by companics, the nights set apart being the 20th, ist, 23d and 24th. There are in the battalion a great many fairly good shots, and it is believed that with the advantage of a little prelimfhary Practice—which may be had from 4 to 6 ary week day—some very good scores will be put up. Road March of Troop A. Troop A, having received the required permission from the commanding general, will carry out the road march proposed some time ago, and described in The Star at the time, in conjunction with the fa- mous troop A of New York. Capt. Bar- bcur ard his men will be excused from the brigade encampment of the National Guard end mean to start on the march June 18. ‘They will probably go over the same route cevered on the outing taken in 1892, and not make Gettysburg the objective point,as contemplated. The full strength of the troop will participate, and it is expected that troop A of New York will send a large complement of men to accompany the local cavalrymen on the jaunt. Although no formal action has been taken it is more than probable that bat- tery A, instead of going into camp at Fort Washington, will also go on a road march, As it is now being talked over among the members the plan is for the battery to Meet the troopers at some point on their march and accompany them during a por- tion of the outing. A Warrant of Arrest. It is reported that the town marshal of Falls Church, Va., is carrying with him constantly a warrant of arrest for the com- manding officer of company B, third bat- talion, District of Columbia National Guard. Two weeks ago, it will be remem- bered, company B indulged in a practice march to the Virginia village named and the following day, Sunday, heid a skirmish drill, in connection with which blank car- tridges were fired. Although some dis- tance from Falls Church it has developed that the firing took place within the town limits, which was a violation of the law. It is further reported that the official named in the foregoing, with a warrant in his hand, calmly watched Capt. Mattingly and his soldiers pass through Falls Church on their homeward march, and when they had covered a mile or two, rushed to the site of the vacated camp to-serve the warrant. Capt. Mattingly, it is claimed, has a body guard with him at all times since the oc- currence described. Some Transfers and Discharges. Transfers as follows have been ordered: Private L. J. Gilbert, ambulance company to company C, sixth battalion; Privates P. J. Brant and J. F. Nichols, company B, fourth battalion, to company A, third bat- talion. In the interest of the service the follow- ing have been discharged: Privates Mars Cassidy, Gebrge N. Page and William H. Walker, first separate compan Privates J. C. Tilton, Hugh J. Dyer and George M. Nix, battery A; Privates John R. Purvis, Arthur 8. Teller and Carlos B. Tomlin, company C, first battalion; Privates Wm. Eckstein and John R. McCormick, company A, third battalion; Privates F. C. Beres- ford, Benjamin H. Davis, Horace H. Hig- gins, J. R. Reily, Henry Sears and Sergt. Clarence Hamilton, company D, third bat- talion; Privates Harry Jones, Charles A. Little and George L. Koehler, company D, fourth battalion; Privates Gordon B. Hook- er and Robert M. Parkinson, company B, sixth battalion; Privates Thomas B. Crit- tenden, Fred B. Mohler, Warren C. Talbert and Dan C. Vaughan, company C, sixth battalion; Private Clyde C. Fuller, com- oe D, sixth battalion, and Privates Chas. . Adkins and Percy H. Towson, com- pany B, sixth battalion. On account of removal from the Dis- trict, the following have been honorably “Don’t Refuse to Investigate; (Means don’t live within yourself). Z 4 2 Don’t Be Stubborn! THESE ARE FACTS We Defy Contradiction! “s Is 5 Xe op, 2. ‘Thirty-five Dwellings completed. Many more are being planned. tion is now under way. Washington. A new Post Office is promised. Trees are set out on every lot. 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Dixon, fourth battalion; Private Howard 8. Knox, company C, fourth battalion, and Private Bernard R. Lee, company A, fifth battalion. By reason of expulsion from their compa- nies, the following have been dishonorably discharged: Privates Wiliiam T. Barbour and Frank N. Brown, company D, first sep- arate battalion; Privates Frank R. Gillis, Henry L. Holst and Ernest Hendle, com- pany A, second battalion; Privates Dwight Anderson, Neill S. Brown, William W. Brown, Wiliam A. Garland and Phineas G. McLean, company C, second battalion. Lighting the Rifle Gallery. Speaking of the visit of the engineer bat- talion to the rifle gallery for official prac- tice Saturday evening last, the command- ing officer of that organization has for- warded to the inspector general of rifle practice the following communicatio: “The lights were generally bad, and at times so indistinct that the targets could not be seen. I wish not merely to mention the discouragement at being obliged to shoot under the circumstances, but that the results are not fair to the riflemen of the corps. Other organizations the same evening fared no better, except that the lights went out and the men were saved aiming at nothing.” The battalion will be given another opportunity to shoot its April score. Capt. H. S. Barbour has requested that the first separate company be permitted to alternate with the engineer battalion in shooting first on the nights the organi- zations named are ordered for gallery prac- tice. It is claimed that hitherto, although the troop has generally been ready to shoot at 8 o’clock, the preference has been given to the engineers on every occasion. The inspector general of rifle practice has de- cided that hereafter the troop will have allotted to it a proportionate number of targets, so that the practice of both or- ganizations will proceed simultaneously. Those local guar: en who have at- tended the annual rifle competitions held at Sea Girt, N. J., and entertain only the most pleasant recollections of their visits, were surprised to read the following in a recent issue of the New York Times: 5 “There is considerable agitation in mfli- tary circles because the National Guard is to come in for an investigation. It will be not only a search for extravagances, but for the lack of discipline in certain quar- ters. The Jersey National Guard costs the state considerable money, much to the dis- trust of the ordinary taxpayer and the dis- gust of the agriculiurists. The expense of the guard last year was $150,882. A long season of rifle practice is maintained. There is a yearly camp for one of the brigades, and the week of camp is one of much gay- ety. The state capitol is practically trans- ferred to Sea Girt, where much official bus- iness is done, because the heads of depart- ments are temporarily there. “The object of the investigation is to tind out whether all the luxuries that are en- joyed by the officers are paid for by them- selves or by the state. The impression pre- vails that a good many bottles of wine and @ good many soft-shelled crabs are includ- ed in the legitimate expenses of the camp. It is also charged that ammunition is used for private purposes, and that a private corporation, known as the New Jersey State Rifle Association, has erected a club- house on the state’s property and adjoin- ing the camp proper, where there is con- siderable revelry, much to the chagrin of the officers and men who are not members, and to the destruction of the general disci- pline of the camp. The Woman's Chris- tian Temperance Union complains that the state allows the liquor laws to be violated by the selling of liquor both at the club and at the camp restaurant. “There is a division of sentiment among the Guardsmen about the investigation. Many of the rank and fiie would be satis- fied to see a general shaking-up, because they believe that the officers, and particu- larly those who wear stars and eagles, get a good many of the good things of this earth at the expense of the state. The in- vestigation, of course, would have to pro- ceed through the quartermaster general’ department, and the officers on Gen. Don- elly’s staff court the investigation.” Notes. The resignation of Capt. Clarence B, Story, second separate company, has been accepted. Monday, May 13, is the date fixed for the annual inspection and muster of the third separate company. Permission has been granted company C, second battalion, to attend the interstate Grill at Memphis. The inspection of this organization will be held Monday, May 6 Promotions as follows have been made in company B, fifth battalion: Privaie R. B. Mackey to fourth sergeant, Private C. F. Bremmerman to second sergeant, Private W. C. Fisher to third sergeant, and Lance Corporals Archer and Clifford to corporals. Although not formally settled, it is a certainty that the proposed trip of the first battalion to Brooklyn May 30 will be declared off. This action is necessary be- cause many members of the organization will be unable to go to Brooklyn and also participate in the brigade encampment, The organization of the Officers’ Assocla- tion of the second regiment for the com- ing year was completed at a meeting held Thursday evening last, when Capt. James E. Bell, Capt. George Phebus, Lieut. F. 8. Hodgson and Lieut. Otto G. Simonson were elected a council of administration. Capts Harry Walsh was chosen sergeant-at-arms, The next meeting of the association will be May 30. —_—_—__ A Prankish Lad is Wooed and Won: From the Indianapolis News. 5 A correspondence which had its origin in the “personal columns” of a daily paper has just come to a ludicrous ending at Ar- lington. Several months ago a young man of Madison advertised for a correspondent, having matrimony in view. He received almost one hundred replies, and out of the lot he chose one signing herself Miss Rurhie Lee of Arlington. The correspond- ence continued until photographs were ex- changed and there was a betrothal in mary riage. Last Saturday night the Madison man went to Arlington to claim his bride, but imegine his discomfiture and disap- pointment upon discovering that he had been corresponding with an overgrown and prankish young lad named Rush Lee, who had sent the photograph of a young lady, friend to the lover on the banks of the Ohio. The Madisonian took the first train for home, are. |