Evening Star Newspaper, May 11, 1895, Page 9

THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SCNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennsylvania Avenue, Cor. 11th Street, by The Evening Star Newspaper Company, 8. H. KAUFFMANN, Prost, —_——> New York Office, 49 Potter Building. ————— ‘The Evening Star is served to subscribers in the city by carriers, on their own account, ut 10 cents f week, or 44c. per month. Copies at the counter Brcents each. By mail—anywhere inthe United States of Canada—postage prevald—O0 cents per menth. Suturday quintupls Sheet Star, $1.00 per year; With foreign postaze alded, $2.00. Entered at the Post Otis at Washington, D. C., as second-class tail matter.) EAM mail subscript! Rates of adverti: ” 4 must be pald In advarce. de known on application. rte, Che Fp ening SEA, cose: 920 WASHINGTON, D. G,, SATURDAY, MAY 11, 1895-TWENTY PAGES. Printers’ Inf, fBe fittfe scGools master of advertising, saps: Jt is claimed for the Washingfory Sfor, and profiabfp trutSfuty cfaimed, 1Bat no offer newspaper in fe country goes info 80 far: a percenfage of aff fhe within a radius of fwenfe mifes from Be office of pubfication, REAL ESTATE GOSSIP The Handsome Residence Erected for Mrs. Geo. W. Childs. A PROPOSED RAILROAD BUILDING An Enterprise Which Will Require a Large Sum of Money. SOME IMPROVEMENTS A good deal of interest is manifested in the residence, which is nearing completion, end which will be the home of Mrs. George W. Childs. It occupies a commanding frontage on the north side of K street near 16th, adjoining the Hale residence. A large part of the public attention attracted to this structure is due to the fact that its de- sign represents a type of architecture that bas no other example in this city. In ad- dition, terra cotta is used in the construc- tion on a more extensive scale than is the case of any private residence in this city. The designers of the house, who are a firm of Philadelphia architects, wisely deter- mined not to cover the entire frontage of the lot, so that quite an ample space Is left or. the west side for light and air. The entire side wall is treated in the Same nanner as the front, so that really the house, from an architectural stand- point, may practically be considered as if it were located on a corner. The color echeme is a soft shade of cream, and the materials used, which are mainly terra cotta and brick, are of that color. The house rests on a_ strong foundation of with a course ‘The upper rock-face granite, finished of ashlar of the same material. portion of the structure ts built entirely of terra cotta and brick, comparative! a small proportion of the latter, however, being used. ‘The general design of the front suggests the French school of architecture, although the tendency to ornamentation is re- strained, and what appears ts delicately dore, and softens the severity in the out- lines of the building. There are no pro- fections. The openings for the windows are Lroad, and the m ve effect is accen- tated by the sills, which are deeply bev- eled. Between each story there are string courses of terra cotta, with the sill and head courses marked out by heavy blocks of the same material. Leaf ornamentation molded in terra cotta forms a feature in the central portion in each course. ‘The lines of the window heads, as well as of the sills, are straight, and the same style is followed in the cornice, which is supported by corbels, with a dental course below. The piers in the window openings as well as the windows jams are of terra cotta. In the section of the front of the house irectly over the main entrance, which 1s at the extreme east end, there are some good illustrations of ornameniation in terra cotta. The doorway, which Is on a level with the ground, ts flanked on each side by fluted pillars, with carved capitals, sup- porting conventional figures of Mons. In the center of the pediment of the doorway is a design consisting of a shield, with fig- ures of Cupids on each side, the whole sur- rounded by lines of foliage carving. Above and on a line with the second story win- dows a panel is set in the wall, which is filled with foliage, and shows the figures of the year in which the house was erected. This section {s finished with a mansard reof effect and a dormer window, the pedi- ment and sides-of the latter being richly ornamented. On the side of the house over- looking the lawn, as well -s that of the Hale house, a small baleony has Leen built from the second story. The chimney stacks, which are carried up some distance above the roof, show some pleasing designs In ornamentation worked out im terra cotta. A Spacious Interior. The Interior plan of the house, which has received the careful personal supervision of Mrs. Childs, shows to advantage the generous proportions. The entrance steps are within the vestibule and lead into a large staircase hall, and from the latter access Is had to the various rooms on the floor. These are arranged en suite, so as to afford an extended sweep from the front to the rear of the house. The parlor,which is a very large room, occupies the front of the house. Then comes the library, and last of all the dining room. All these rooms are large, unusually so for a city house, but owing to the provision made for light and air on the side they will be attractive and cheerful. Just at present the interior of the house ts being pl: ered, but itis the Intention to finish the parlor In pine, the liorary in mahogany and the hall and din- ing room in oak. The basement will be used for domestic purposes and a subcel- lar will contain the heating apparatus. The house is being built in a substantial man- ner, under the direction of Mr. Lowry, who is the representative of the architects. It is expected that it will be ready for occu- pancy some time next September. As the size of the lot permitted not only the erec- of a spacious residence, but left space for @ stable as well, one has been built of brick simiiar to that used in the construc- tien of the house, with an opening on a thirty-foot alle: he lot, which has a frontage of fifty-three feet, the house being forty feet in width, contains about 6,200 square feet, and cost about $32,000. It is estimated that the expenditure for the house and lot will be something over $100,- ou. As a Place of Residence. The erection of this house may be re- garded as another of the many substan- tial tgibutes of the same character which has been paid in recent years to the de- sirability of this city as a place of resi- dence. The owner of the house, Mrs. Childs, as Is weil known, is the widow of George W. Childs, the distinguished Philadelphia newspaper and philanthropist. Her hor Jelphia, where her husband's } was. But upon the death of her hust when she found that the ne ess no longer bound her to ene place, she followed her ations and of all the cities in the that Washington pos- i and advantages other. ot alone. t our resident popu- ed by the removal prominent in social > and art cir like to live in a pleasant pla are free from mauy of the life in other who have come to W years because they lik residence and have homes here Warder, Mrs Scott “Townsend, as a pla shington it as a je their place permanent of Mrs. B. H. Lean, Mrs. Patten, Mrs, Hunt, Samuel G. Ward, Mad- am Bonaparte, Mrs. Tuckerman, S. S. How- land, Miss _G Henry May, Mrs. Fred May, Mrs. D. P. Morgan, Mr. Munn, Henry Adams, John Hay, George Fraser, A. C. Barney, Mrs. N. L. Anderson, Alexander Graham Bell, Gardiner G. Hubbard, Miss Grace Denio Litchfield, Mr. Boardman, Col. Colton, Harriet Lane Jotmston, Thomas Nelson Page, Philip S. Chapin, Mr. Ffoulke, H. E. Pellew, W. Whittemore, L. Z. Leiter, Mrs. Sartoris, Mrs. U. S. Grant Parker Mann, C. M. Heaton, Mrs. Hearst. G. W. McLanahan, Robert Hinckley, Mrs. Norton, J. F. Leech and Mz. De Pyster. A Proposed Railroad Building. For some time past the authorities of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company have had under consideration the purchase of the property at the northeast corner of 15th and G streets, which is owned by the Messrs. Tyssowski. No decision has been reached as yet, and it is not known whether the proposed plan either for the purchase of the property or its improvement will be carried out. The main purpose which tt company had in view in giving this mat any consideration at all was to s: quarters for their ticket office. it Is pzcb- able that the idea of having a ticket cffice farther up town was suggested by the re- cent move made by the Baltimore and Ohio in locating at the corner of New York avenue and 15th street. However that may be, if this project was carried out provision would be made not only for the ticket office, but for the offices of the passenger agent of the southern district, now at the depo As generally understood, it was proposed to erect on this site a six-story office build- ing, with room not only ior the use of the railroad company, but for general office purposes. A Suburban Enterprise. The recent visit of several men to city who are in! plan for the purchase of the land ly between Rock eresk and the Tenleyt road and the Woodley road on ‘he north has aroused fresh interest in the matter. As it is understood, these men came on (o look over the ground and to determine the merits of the proposed enterprise. In ad- dition to going over the I: with a nuinber of the le: of the city. It is stated thy y y vers much pleased with the present and future prospects of the land which it is intended to inclute in the purenase. Ef- forts are being made by the promoters of this enterprise to interest capitalists, both in this country and avroad, and to sé the money which will be needed to ca out. It seems to be the cpinion of the best real estate autho in this city that the enterprise. is a good one, and, if the money could be procur to would prove to be a profitabl It is stated that a liberal 1 haS been allowed to th2 proj cure the money, and that they until next fall to close up the deal. The Building Record. The week ending yesterday was not a good one in building circles, and few p: mits were taken out to build new houses. Those issued were for small houses. Twenty-two permits .for the erection of- buildings were issued during the week, the aggregate cost of the houses amount- ing to $30,000. Of these eight will be built in the northwest, costing $15,600; three in the southwest, costing $4,500; two in the northeast, costing $4,6U0; two in the south- east, costing $3,000, and seven in the coun- ty, costing $11,300. Some Improvements. Atkinson & Sherwood are building a row of two-story brick and stone dwell- ings on Whitney avenue northwest, to be numbered from 632 to 640. The foundation for a two-story and cel- lar brick dwelling at 1339 Maryland avenue northeast has been laid for Mary Gibbs. N. T. Haller Is the architect and L. F. McGee the builder, Plans have been prepared for a hand- some three-story brick and brownstone house for William A. Hungerford. It is to be situated at the intersection of Euclid avenue and University place on Columbia Heights. Clarence L. Harding is the archi- tect and Nicholas Eckhardt is the builder. It is to be completed by September 15 It is proposed to erect a th tory struc- ture at 1225 F street. The front is to be of white stone and buff brick, and the interior will be arranged for office rooms on the upper floors, and for business purposes on the first floor. Plans for a row of ten houses to be erected on P street west of Dupont circle Fave been prepared by A. B. Morgan, archi- tect. They are to be three stories in height, 18x60 feet, with fronts of red sand- store, combined with garnet and buff brick. Cc. B. Keferstein, architect, has prepared plers for a rcw of seven houses to be erected at the northeast corner of 30th and Q streets. They are to be three stories in Peight, 17x50 feet, with fronts of brown stone and press brick. Plans for a hall and lodge building to be erected on I between 2d and 3d streets southwest have been prepared by N. R. Grimm, architect. It will be known as “Samaritan Temple,’’ and will be two stories and cellar, 56x90 feet, with red brick and brownstone front. The building at 1115 G street is being re- modeled. The new front will be built of buff brick and terra cotta. —<—<__ Florence Nightingale at Seventy-Five. From the Ladies’ Hothe Journal. On the 15th day of this month she cele- brates her seventy-fifth birthday—as great @ woman and as great a public benefactor, and ag much of a heroine as she was forty years ago, when she went forth from her comfortable home in England, not as a mere nurse to attend to the wants of the wounded and dying British soldiers in the Crimea, but as a fearless organizer of a great field hospital system, which the Brit- ish war office authorities, staff officers and generals had looked upon as a mere ter of afterthought in the preliminar rangements of one of the most campaigns in the history of the ci world. Miss Nightingale loathes anything in the form of publicity. To journalists she never opens her mouth, nor even her coor, but to any one who seeks advice on a question affecting the interests of the sick or those who nurse them a hearty welcome and a word of encouragement and counsel are always cheerfully accorded. She has a very comfortable home on one of the best streets in the West End of London, but spends most of the year at Claydon House in Buckinghamshire, the home of her sis- ter, Lady Verney. She is a tall woman, rather stout, with gray hair, and fine, open face. Although a great sufferer, she Coes not show a trace of it. She has not known what It Is to be without pain for many ars. Her fea- tures are finely modeled, while her hands and feet are very small. Her voice is low and musical. She often reads aloud, and sometimes she hums a song or a kymn. She is very devout, and an omniverous reader. Her room {8 littered with papers, magazines, writing paper, p and letters. She is alwa: ecrful. soe His Prescription. From the Philadelphia Record. Commenting on the general tendency of humanity to indulge in fancied disea: well-known doctor of this city said y day that halt his patients were not in the slightest need of medicine. Some of them, he said, were tired and worn out, but all they needed was a little rest, and ff he refused <o prescribe he would surely be discharged. He has a special remedy for all such cases, and while the prescription leoks formidable, the* apothecary under- stands it as a little bread, with just enough scap added to give it flavor, and to keep the bread in the form of a pill. ful Woman. and Purnisher. What do you think of my It's a present from my wife in of time or3 to ll have —Fine! So thoughtful of her,wasn’t Nodd—“Yes. She di@n’t have room enough in the other to put all her clothes in it,” THE NATIONAL GUARD Getting Ready to Start the Long- Projected Rifle Association. A MEETING 10 BE HELD THURSDAY Major Thompson Talks Instructively About Organization. OTHER MATTERS OF INTEREST Now that the outdoor rifle range seems to be a certainty—for the ground has been plowed and harrowed,- anw seeded and har- rowed, and relied, and the grass is spring- ing up—the rifle association, which was organized some time ago, will probably commence to be something. Next Thurs- day evening there is to be a meeting of officers of the department of rifle practice and of others interested in the organiza- ticn, and arrangements will, if possible, be made at that time for commencing cpera- ticns. Whatever shooting may be done by the association during the month of June will be done in the gallery, but after the ist of July gallery work will temporarily be at an end, and the crack of the explod- ing cartridge will be heard on the range. The sclation proposition, as now un- derstood, looks to one day of practice in each Week for members of the association. 1 ed, and throughout the or shine, whether the wind members of the neiation will compete for glory and for p: With such a memt such an organiza- tion should h treuble in secur tion upon which fee and di est reasonibls puint, and ev will ke done to encourage the part of a very large proportion of the in the National Guard, and are not mem! there ought to be no © a pretty solid founda- to build. The entrance rything proper ipation 1 shots other of any riflemen who were 1 no place in > OF ssociation > them the chance they have been for. Cuntrcl of the ors nizat ves’ , an arrange to which no exception can reason taken, because the as: tion in it ity as an association ¥ make terms with the Na the use of the range. Offic: ciation say that all persons ested in the associatio present at the mee evening in the brigade ri Capt. Tomlinson's Texm the Winner. An interesting match between a team from co! <th battalion, under command of . S. Tomlinson, and a team selected from the fifth battalion,com- manded by Lieut. George C. S' tk: P, tock place last night at the b gallery, in which the team from company B of the sixth came out winner b of 585 to 400. The match consi: round of ten shots per man, at a distance of 200 yards. ey individual score follows: Company ixth battalion; out of a possible 50— Glover, ‘Tomlinson, e Buell, Davenport, monson, Kirk, ow, Hi arrett, 4 Corpl. Private ~- lisworth, and Private Stock, . Total, S85. Z Fifth tailon—Corpl. Appleby, 46; Lieut. Shaw, 45; Corpl. Whitaker, 44; Corpi, Clem= Private Norton, ; Lieut. Swigart, Capt. Hevus, 32; Mock, 31; Corpl.’ D , and Lieut. Neely, B. Total, About Battalion Organization. “As I see the statements from time to time in the National Guard column of The Star that this or that company is about to disband,” said Maj. Gilbert Thompson of the engineer battalion to a Star reporter yesterday, “it ems to me there must be a defect somewhere in the batialion organi- zation. It appears that when a company starts upon the down grade the battalion allows it to continue until the bottom is reached, and whatever check has been given or encouragement furnished to pre- Vent such a result comes from general headquarters or trom the energy and tact of some one man of the company or one who is brought into the company for this purpose. “There does not appear to he a general pride in the battalions among the members thereof. The battalion unit in some in- tangible shape is somewhere in the battal- ion staff, while the company unit is v distinct and good for all it fs worth as long as it lasts. I will admit right away that this condition is almost unavoidable from y way in which the D.C. N. G. was organized at the start, and the contingencies which have — since Battalions have been made up of ch were independent of each respect; in military objects, 1 standing and its consequent restric- en. companies wh soc! tions. The battalion staff, in many re- , Was just as independent and in the e directions; thus there were four units Instead of one,’and they liable to become even antagonistic. The Battalion Also a Unit. “I believe that all who are interested in the general progress and welfare of the guard do not approve such a condition, and are working as far as possible to get out of it. To illustrate the great difficulty of the solution of this problem, let us sup- pose that the National Rifles, the Emmet Guard and the Washington Light Infantry were formed into a battalion. Each is a permanent, self-sustaining unit, and cf un- doubted reputation and = standing. Now weld them into a battalion unit, with as much interest in the whole as they have company pride and spirit, and you have something to think o “The first rule to adopt would be that there should be no change in the companies as soon as it was settled what companies could form the battali For better or for worse, they should stick together forever fterward, and if this impossible or im- Pp ticable then th is nothing left but the four units battalion, and if any unit disappeared it is not at all probable that there would be any unity of action on the part of the remaining three in offering a reward for its return. I will not go into extended filustrations and speculations, but it seems to me that the best way is for the battalion to grow from the company. unit, and {f the battalion organization was after- ward given up fer any reason, the com- pany unit would remain intact. If I am ght, the champion Fencibles have begun ha movement. They are hampered, how- ver, by the continuation of the company t with the objects they have In view s atever shape and at any time, there will be no question as to their unity of purpose of battalion pride, and any one would hesitate to.decide as to which would be the prefera- ble poiut of attack, either as a battalion or a company. If they do not succeed with their four-company battalion, with a two-company battalion. The Engineer Corp: “The best example, and one which may be accepted as a precedent, is that of the engineer corps. Under the comprehensive word ‘corps’ It can have the organization of a brigade or of a squad of sixteen men only. It was started in October, 1890, as a they may company of three platoons, and has grown until now it is a battalion of three com- panies. Each company is dependent as ary company -need be, each has its pre- scribed objects and duties, its captain at- tends to all military duties, drill and prop- erty business, as do other officers of the same rank and position. “Each company has its own civil organiza tion, the orly restriction being that there skall be nothing therein to conflict with that of the corps as a whole, where there is also a civil organization in which every member of the corps takes part. The staff pay their duties to the corps treasurer, and the treasurer of each company also pays to him a stated amount each calender quarter, according to the number of men on the quarterly returns. This constitutes a corps fund, which is appropriated by a Yote of the corps for purposes of general welfare. A corps library has been accu- mulated, a reading room established,medals purchased, ete. "The engineer corps has had its ups and downs as well as other organizations of the guard,” concluded Major Thompson, “tut whether halting or progressing it has never lost the corps feeling which has been a power in times of discouragement and perplexity, and, what is more to the point, has carried along and put on its feet some one of its companies when the latter needed a little help. Such an esprit de corps should be prized, and every effort made to @equire and maintain Notes. ip of what is believed to be a more commonly reliable sort has it that as as company C, second battalion, soon comes back from Memphis it will be 0: dered up for reinspection. This proceeding is extremely rare in the District National Guard, but it is a hevithy probability in this instance, because the Inspection was, so say some of the officers who ought to about the worst ever known in local ence. ardsmen who are not satisfied with ought to be aware of the fact that the rifle gallery is open every evening for voluntary ce from 4 to 6 o'clock. cheme gives those who indulge in voluntary practice a first-class opportunity to get their practice free of charge. A number of the company com- manders and all of the officers of the de- partment of rifle practice are doing their best. to pe p man to complet his scores befor se of this mont Maj. Bartlett, commanding the sixth bat- ion, -has requested that a gen 1 cour ned for the tr to Open Next Tuesday. The coming exhibition of the ¢ Camera Club, which will open at the rooms of the Cosmos Club, on Tuesday next, and will continue during Wedn , Thursday and Frida ibitions on the nights of Wednesday and lay, prom to be the finest exhibition of photographic work ever seen in this city, and will take r nk, it is believed, so far as the char- xhibited, with many of hibitions of the world. International ex will be the fifth agmnual y the club, which has now er upon another prosperous year of its e ence. It is doubtful if there is another club in the country whieh comprises among its membe » Many men who are al in othei lated to photography, by the handsome catalogue which the club will issue, and which will be illustrated by half-tone engravings, made by a member of the club from prints selected from the work of the members. The design for the cover was also prepared by one of the club things so closely re- as will be evidenced members At this exhibition seven silver and medals will be awarded. These will all be struck from the club which were engraved from a design ed E. J. Collett, an active club, In addition to the als three special prizes will be offered, of them by dealers of photographic materials in this city, and the third prize, consisting of a “Knack” camera, value at $15, is offered by an outside firm, a will be awarded by the judges for the best exhibit of work made with a hand camera. time it will be worst ho will be awarded prizes, for thus r presented has been so r above that heretofore exhibited, and some of it has been entered by persons ho haye never before exhibited, more prise has overtaken exhibitors ho have before been considered safe for leading prizes. Among the new exhibitors will be found M . Fraser, Thurber, Burgess Smith, Dinwiddie, Bryant, Schaaff and Stieglitz, all of whom have presented exhibits of un- usual interest, while among the ladies Mrs. Bartlett, Mrs. Chittenden, Mrs. Green and Misses Crane, Cogswell and Gerish help to fill the ranks of the new exhibitor: The joint exhibit of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Winder, including pictures of some of the oric homes of New England, will in- est those who are anxious to know the undings of some of the noted authors of this country. It is intended to have the awards of the judges (consisting of H. E. Miller, R. N. Brooke and Charles Parker) made known at the opening of the exhfbition Tuesday morning, so that the public may have an opportunity of knowing the pictures se- lected by this competent board of judges as prize winners. The first lantern slide exhibition of the club will be given at Carroll Institute on the evening of May 13, to which adm 5) will be by card. The slides are the work of the club membe descriptive matter will be under charge of Albert Le- the 3reton and Charles E. Fairman, while Mr. W. L. Soleau will have charge of the ster- eopticon. Se The Columbarium. The columbarium, which has just been finished near San Francisco, cost $22,(W0. A columbarium is a place Where the ashes of those who have been cremated are filed away in pigeon holes, with a neat little placard on the outside of each giving the name of the departed and other facts for identification. The urn in which the ashes are sealed fs an ornamental little piece of pottery or metal, and it may be taken out of the pigeon-hole and dusted, or handed about from one to another of the relatives and friends of the departed upon the occasion of their visits to the “grave.” More than 1,000 urns can be stored away in the colum- barium, on whose possession the Call- fornians are now priding themselves, and which is the only one of the kind in the United States. The floor is in mosaic, with a large bed of flowers in the center. The tiers of pigeon-holes for the reception of urns may be reached by a bronze staircase. A heavy ornamental metal door guards the entrance to the columbarium, and watchmen will be on guard to prevent burglars from entering and stealing the ashes of any of the de- parted which might strike their fancy. +00 eredity. From the Cincinnat! Tritune. “Woman!” he hissed, “give me back the ring.” The retired pawnbroker’s thought a moment. “I think I ought to keep it. At least un- til you return to me the affection I have given you in return for this paltry bauble.” “Will that suffice?” “Sure you don't want 10 per cent a month interest besides?” Then he got the ring, but it must be confessed that she threw it at him. Somebody Owes for His Paper. From the Alden Advance. . What this country wants is a bichloride of squareness spirited into the veins of half the population that will make them pay their debts like men, instéad of sneaking around corners to avoid meeting their creditors, Bi daughter FIFTEE: REET 2. CHURCH. Plans for the new church edifice whioh the congregation of the Fifteenth Street M. E. Church propose to erect on the site of the present building, at th2 northeast corner of 15th and R streets, have been ap- proved. A cut of the proposed new build- ing, as designed by Joseph C. Johnson, architect, accompanies this article. The new structure will have a frontage of slaty feet, and a depth of ninety. It will be built of press brick and brown stone, and will be heated by steam. On either side of the triple-arched entrance will rise | two towers, 112 and 58 feet, respectively. Stained glass windows will grace the front and side. The interior finish is to be of white pine and the pews are to be wal- nut. A commodious Sunday school room will occupy the first story, and on the floor above will be the auditorium. The con- tract for the erection of the edifice has been awarded to W. A. Kimmel, and the contract price is $30,000, IN THE CHURCHES The junior chapter of the Brothe uae St. Andrew of Trinity P. E. Church has crganized itself into an athletic club, under the directicn of Mr. Kerr of the senior chapter, and the nucleus of a gymnasium has been started in a room set apart for that purpose in the pa hall. The base ball nine has already played several games, and twice a week a military company, com- posed of boys from ten to fifteen years of age, drills in the bascment under the , which is to be used as an armory s of the American University have received an offer from a well-known instrument maker in Iowa to build the bi mountings for the great telescope lens, providing the material is furnished. A reply has been sent accepting the gift of 1 skill. Christian Endeavor soctal of i ty was heid last lecture room of the church. orge Williams, executive of the so- ciety, presided, and called for a number of ‘ge O. Little, who responded to the “The Pastor and the Christian En- deavor,” and L. Cabell Williamson, “Rem- iniscences of the Young People’s Soctety in the Assembly Church.” At the conclusion of the exercises refreshments were served. Frank B. Reed of the Ninth Street Chris- tion Church is holding open air meetings in the alleys of the northeast section of the city, assisted by several other members of the church. The work of the Union Mission Alliance, organized in tle early part of the spring in this city, is rapidly extending to other sec- tions of the country. Actual operations are under way in Alexandria, and the same may be said in a short time of Hagerstown and acksonyille, Fla., both of which places have bad agents appointed to take charge of the field. In Pittsburg a mission has recently been reorganized and_ remodeled on the n of the Central Union M after which it is named, and, a member of the alliance. Stations in other cities have also joined by letter. R Dr. Hugh Johnston is delivering a ecurse of sermons “On the first chapters of the Bible in the light of the latest dis- coveries Last Sunday St. Joseph’s branch, Cath- ie Knights of America, complied with the er requirements of their order, by re- ceiving communion in a body in St. Joseph's Church at the 7 o'clock mass. St. Aloysius branch was also present, as well as mem- bers of other branches of the local parish- e For some time past Rev. Dr. E. S. Todd, pastor of Hamline M. E. Church, has con- ducted a boys’ weekly class meeting. Re- cently it has been organized into a chapter of the Junior Epworth League, with more than thirty members. ‘Tuesday evening the committee appointed to examine into the condition of the editice of the First Congregational Church submit- ted their report at the business meeting of the congregation. The report favored al- tcrations and: repairs to the edifice, sub- stantially the same as those outlined in The Star some three or four weeks ago. A com- mittee composed of twenty-five members of the congregation was appointed to devise } ways and means for the raising of the necessary funds, and when this shall have been completed action will be taken look- ing to the beginning of work in the early part of this simmer, Building has been resumed again on the edifice of St. Thomas’ P. E. Church, at the corner of 18th and Madison streets northwest. The structure has been under cover nearly all the winter, but as some money is now in hand work will be con- tinued until it is exhausted. Rev. Charles L. Pate of North Capitol Church moves out to Washington Grove next week, where he has rented the Choate cottage for the summer. Rev. Father M. Dolan, 8. J., of St. Aloysius Church, has returned from a two weeks’ stay in Albany where he conducted a retreat for men in Albany Cathedral. The project which was started in Feb- ruary by the address of Rev. Dr. Lunn of England before the ministers of the city, lcoking to the formation of a ministers’ essociation, has not been allowed to drop. A committee has been appointed, and is at work drafting the necessary rules and by- laws, and will make its report next Sep- tember. The members of the consistory’of Grace Reformed Church elected recently were in- staNed at the morning service last Sunda: The Junior C. E. Society of the Metr politan Baptist Church has raised its quota for the Children’s Country Home by a “candy sale,’ given under the direction of the superintendents of the society, Misses Rosa M. Church and Edna Mills. Confessionals of oak and a carved sanc- tuary rail of the same material have been placed within St. Paul’s Catholic Church. Rev. W. E. Parson celebrated last Sun- day the sixteenth anniversary of his pas- torate of the Church of the Reformation, Pennsylvania avenue and 2d street south- east, and services appropriate to the oc- casion were observed. This church was crganized in 1870 by Rev. Mr. Parson, who afterward went to Japan and engaged in missionary work. Upon his return to this city his services were sought for by his old ccngregation, and a substantial house of worship was built. The affairs of the con- gregation are in a prosperous state, and the church membership numbers about three hundred. In his anniversary sermon Mr. Parson congratulated his people upon the harmony and fellowship existing in the church, and urged them to greater loyalty and devotion. * The extension of the new Second Bap- tist_Church is about completed. The white stone facing the front of the edifice extends from the ground to the top of the tower and part way around the sides. When the church is finished it will be one of the finest colored church edifices in the cl At Assembly Presbyterian Church ‘Fri- day evening of last week a most success- ful butterfly social was given, under the auspices of the Ladies’ Ald Society, for n the benefit of the church. A program was rendered consisting principally of music and recitations. The feast of St. Joseph, patron saint of the~church of that name on Capitol Hill, was celebrated by a high mass at 10:30 o'clock last Sunday morning. Adolos Allen, co-pastor of the First ‘sbyterian Church, and Mrs. sail in a few weeks on the steam: for Europe. They will be gone about three months and will spend a large rortion cf the time on the continent, cularly in Rome. Dr. Sunderland, the pastor, is to continue the regular Sunday services dur- ing the summer and will taite his Jeave j later on. The contractor is now plasiering the tn- terior of St. Andrew’s Church, but the work is not being hurried, as it Is the pres- ent Intention of the rector, Rev. Dr, J. A. Perry, not to formally open the edifice un- til next fall. The North Capitol Women’s Christian Temperance Union gave about the largest sccial meeting it has ever held last Monday night in North Capitol Church. Mrs. M. B. Platt presided, and there were musical ard literary exercises, after which refresh- ments were served by the ladies. Wednesday, the 22d of this month, the trustees of the American University are to meet at the Arlington. This session will be Unusually important, as it is expected that arrangements will be decided upon as to when the first building of the university, the hall of history, is to be commenced. Wesley Church held its first quartérly conference Monday evening, at which finan- cial apportionments for the year were made. Rev. Dr. Baldwin, the pastor, an- nounced that a special permit has been obtained from Col. J. M. Wilson to hold the gcspel push cart services this year in Ju- diciary Square, and that everything is in readiness for active work. This push cart is really a gospel wagon in miniature, as it contains an organ and seats for the workers, as well as a covered roof. The services are to be held Thursday and Sun- Gay evenings, and will be in charge of the pastor. assisted by Messrs. W. C. Mc- Michael, W. Redin Woodward, C. P. Black- mar, A. A. Taylor, S. S. Lambert and others. A box for the industrial school at King’s Mountain, North Carolina, was sent one day this week from the Congregational Chureh by the Home Missionary Society. In it were many articles of summer cloth- ing for the young girls of the school. At the Methodist preachers’ meeting Monday morning at Foundry Church Rev. W,. Van Arsdale read an able paper on What Should Be the Attitude of the Pul- pit Toward the Social Evils of the Day?” Remarks were made by Drs. Todd, Bald- win, Ames, Beller and Corey. The Christian Endeavorers of the Metro- politan Presbyterian Church raised funds for the expenses of their delegates to Bos- ton by giving an entertainment one even- ing last week. Rev. Howard Wilbur Ennis made an address on the enjoyment to be derived from an endeavor convention, and then followed a_program in which, among others, Miss Florence MecNelly, Hal Brandon and Miss Blanche and Talbo! Pulizzi took part. The C. E. Society of the First Presby- terian Church gave a “butterfly social yesterday evening, at which artificial but- terflles of every hue were much in evi- dence. The paper bazaar of the Eastern Church last week was a great success, and as a result, a goodly number of dollars have me turned over to be applied to the debt fund. The Men's Club of Gurley Memortal Church and their friends were addressed last Tuesday by Rev. Allen Hazen, during which he talked of the great progress which Christianity and modern civilization are making in India. ‘The City Mission and Church Extension Society of the M. E. Church of the District of Columbia met Wednesday evening in Mount Zion M. E. Church, 29th street northwest. Encouraging reports were read from the different missions of the District. Within the last three years this society has established six missions, as follows: Union, 2d and 10th streets northeast; Haven’s, 14th and B streets southeast; Nash Memorial, Bladensburg roa Mt. Tella, Winthrope Heights, D. C.; Taylor's, 23d and G streets northwest, and others. Monday night North Capitol W. C. T. U. gave a reception in the lecture room of North Capitol M. E. Chuch. Among those who assisted in the program were Rev. C. L. Pate, Mrs. L. J. Ebert, Mrs. S. B. Blaine, Judge Thomas, Misses Hester Bunch, Maud Carr, Ethel Carr, Margaret A. Platt, and Messrs. Carl and Clare Davis, James Macallister, E. Gayer Evans, John Bunch, Howard Austin, James Hoover, Harold Wheeler, John and Staley Clarke. —-___ How Wall Paper is Made. From the Boston Herald. It is very interesting to go through a wall paper factory and follow the processes of manufacture. The designs are the first things observed. Formerly there was a scarcity of these, but now there is a flood, and a manufacturer must exercise much artistic taste and business ability in mak- ing selections. One was submitted to a New England manufacturer recently by a woman, who stated that it was dictated by spirits. The least that can be said of it Is that it was not desirable. Varlous designers have different special- ties—some flowers, others architectural ideas, etc.—and of recent years architects have devoted many of their spare moments to originating wall paper designs, A complete design consists of three pieces —side wall, border and ceiling. The gen- eral width of patterns of the side wall and ceiling as used in the trade and manufac- tured by American machinery is 18 inches, and the length of the repeat in the pattern is either 113-4 or 148-4 or 17 8-4 inches, as suggested by the character of the design, the shorter repeats being the most satis- factory to the trade in general. Many of the best effects are produced in papers containing only four to six colors, but as many as twenty or twenty-five are sometimes used. Each color and shade in a design means a separate roller to the manufacturer, ART NOTES. Although the approach of warm weath 1s supposed to practically end the season o} exhibitions and art receptions, some of the most interesting of these that have o0- curred this year took place during the past week. The reception and views given ne afternoon by the artist residents of “ bizon Studios” had the effect of bringing out a large portion of the art-loving public of Washington, and for several hours the rooms were thronged with representative) of social and official circles. The studio were elaborately decorated and present thelr most artistic aspect, while art, puns and ices were discussed together with every, evidence of appreciation. The pictures shown included a number exhibited for the, first time, and others which had figured prominently in the exhibitions held earlier. in the season, representing in all a high| order of artistic merit. Although a series! of these studio receptions had been planned} for the winter, various obstacles prevented) their materialization until this time. But! next year they are intended to form an im! portant feature of the social and artistig® events of the city. as ds The exhibition of his works recently given by Mr. U. 8. J. Dunbar was alike creditable to himself and gratifying to his friends. It was thoroughly representative, «embracing, as It did, most of his recent work, anti ade mirably Mlustrated his power in ‘nterprete ing the individuality and character of his sitters, as well as his capacity fur ideat sculpture, as was shown ‘n some designs for cemetery monumental work to be exes cuted in bronze. Among the busts exhibited which had not been seen by the public be«; fore were those of the late Chief Justice’ Waite, Vice President Hendricks, Mr. Cort coran, E. A. Paul and Mr. Schlocinann, tos} gether with a sketch statuette of Frederi Dougiass and of the late Senator Kennayt and also a bust of the latter. In additiom to these productions, Mr. Dunbar hus just{ completed a highly satisfactory bust of the! late Secretary Windom, and effective por-, traits in bas relief of Mr. 5. Francis Riggs®! chidren and a cleverly modeled bust off Mr. Parker Mann. He is now at work on ai bust of Sir Julian Pauncefo.e, and hag nearly finished for bronze, from photos graphs, of the late Hon. H. M. Rice off Minnesota, which he is making for the’ capitol in St. Paul. It is slightly larger than life, and is an order “from the “rail. road king” of the northwest, Mr. James J. Hill, given last fall, when the artist was) in St. Paul. Mr. Dunbar expects to have te} ready for the bronze founder in about two’ Weeks, and from there it will go directl: to St. Paul, where he expects to spend pa rt of the summer executing some other! ers bespoken while there. iY The completed model. of the kot wa Hancock statue, by Henry J. Ellicot, w: viewed yesterday afternoon by a lari number of critics, connoisseurs and peopk prominent in diplomatic, official and soci: circles, who were invited by the sculpto: to a final inspection of his worl: befoi commencing the plaster cast from the bronze will be modeled. ‘The statu which is colossal in its dimensions, rept duces the gallant soldier in an almost startlingly lifelike manner, exact in de! yet having the effect of massive constru tion and extreme accuracy, which wi place it with the best of its class. The « will be made in sections, the time sary for the operation being about weeks. The sections are then separated] and shipped to the bronze foundry, whe: the finishing proce: requires about months. Mr. Ellicot’s model is of unusi jJocal interest from the fact that ev ery tail, from design to its final erection, been executed in the city. It is expected) that the granite pedestal will be come? pleted by the time the bronze is finishedg: So that by November or December thé statue will be ready to be placed in 3 tion in the ‘triangle at the intersection 9} Pennsylvania avenue and 7th street. & ot After almost a year’s absence J. Hy Moser is again paying a flying visit ta Washingtcn, acompanied by an unusually; interesting collection of water colors, among which the marine studies were noe ticeably clever, being painted with an ens tire absence of pretension, united to @ thorough understanding of the subject and its artistic possibilities. Entirely different, yet fully as interesting, were the study of @ child called “Spring Tide,” beautifully painted with somber colors, and much quiet ease of execution, and a group of landscape subjects portraying nature im her various aspects. i ots S. Jerome Uhl is spending a few weeks tr New York, where he is executing a come — for the portrait of Mrs. Gen. Spinos o%e ' Some of the most clever outdoor studies made this spring, have been executed by; Wells M. Sawyer, who makes a spccialty} of the picturesque scenes in and about the city. Hobart Nichols and Carl Weller are also preparing for next seasoa’s exhibitions by supplying themselves with motives for serious canvases. ote | The exhibition held by Le Grand John« ston during the past week in Baltimore has artistically and financially been fully as successful as the one recently given in this city. Mr. Johnston’s work seldom lacks appreciation, and his recent and very pro- nounced success is a pleasant assurance of his merited popularity. oe ' The portrait by Miss Katharine Chipmatt of Capt. F. M. Howes of Boston, commo=' dore of the Merchant and Miners’ Trans« portation Company, which for several days has been exhibited in Veerhoff’s gallery, has attraced a great deal of favorable no- tice—not only for its excellent likeness, but as a successful work of art, combining an artistic and harmonious arrangement of color and a spirited quality of technique that left little to be desired in the way of artistic unity. i ° The tenth annual exhibition by the Art Students’ League opened last Thursday, evening with a host of appreciative visit- ors, and a display of work, which, in point of general excellence, has never been equal- ed by any previous exhibit. The oil and water color work was particularly effec- tive in color and treatment, while the black and white studies showed every evi- dence of careful instruction and serious application. The drawing by Clary to whom the scholarship from the York League was awarded, proved naturally the center of interest, while next in importance was the one by W. B. Chil- ton, who received honorable mention. Miss Mathild Mueden’s work from the nude was also commendable. Mr. Souther exhibited a number of ex- ceptionally interesting portrait studies im crayon and charcoal, and Miss Grice Le Due was equally well represented by sev- eral subjects of corresponding character. An interesting collection of portraits in oll was shown, and the compositions di=played careful work and a delicate perception of decorative effects. The most interesung of these was by Miss Clara Hill, wacse work is always artistic and ideal. Spencer Nichols, Miss Newcomb, Miss Sands and Dr. Alden were others whose cfiorts at- tracted favorable attention. The work ex= hibited by Mr. Viele’s outdoor sketch class was particularly striking, while drawings from the antique were carefully studied and skillfully executed. Although this exe hibition practically closes the school yeaty classes will be continued until Jur ote Mrs. Mary M. Hyde !s working on @® portrait of Mrs. Dr. Richards, which 1s one of the most successful she has accome plished this season, > \