Evening Star Newspaper, September 30, 1895, Page 9

THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 380, 1895-SIXTEEN PAGES. AFTER 'gnany years’ experience we have ac- *gomplished a standard in tailoring, which, in all essential requisites, can- not be excelled. The increase in our " business each season convinces us that the men of this city realize to- day, more than ever, our ability to No amount of persuasion or deception fill their tailoring commands. an convince a wise man that ready- made clothes are just as good as It won't take ‘long to find the difference, and as made-to-order ones. ‘the merits and prices of our made-to- order productions become more widely known, men cease to wear the ‘ready-made. If you are not a patron lof our new tailoring Emporium, a ‘visit of inspection is all we ask. We ‘ean prove, in a hundred different ‘ways, the correctness of our re- ‘marks. We are reaching out for new ‘trade—the spirit of progressiveness imoves us onward and upward—it ‘spurs us forward to new energies— hit renews our thinking powers, and it ' enables us to present many ad- lyantages. We repeat—we want your ' trade—one thing we wish to empha- | size is this, your money is never ours until vou are satisfied. YOU are cordially urged to visit our inaugural Fall display of woolens for masculine attire, em- bracing the newest from home and foreign looms, in Suitings, ‘Trouserings, Overcoatings, Coatings and Liveries. “ We remain open evenings until ten o’clock To-day, Tomorrow, and Wednesday. NOW, there’s no need to wear ready-made clothes or pay fancy prices for tailor- ing, when we will make to-order your Fall wardrobe, at the following prices:— A Full Dress Suit, beautifully lined with silk, and made to fit you perfectly, to-order...§25. An English Co- vert top-coat (or Overcoat if you pre- fer), strapped seams, silk sleeve linings, and made to fit you perfectly, to-order... $15. An all-wool busi- ness suit of blue, black or mixed chev- iot, and made to fit you perfectly, to-order... $10. A three-button Cutaway coat and waistcoat, of Clay weave English di- agonal worsted, made to fit you per- fectly, to-order... $10. A pair of London striped trousers, made to fit you per- fectly, to-order.... $5. Total cost *65. Match it if you can. -MERTZ Pa o 996 F STREET. MERTZ, ~NEW ERA TAILORS, [A RAILROAD CENTER ‘Great Trunk Lines Which Have Their Termini in This City. AN ELABORATE SYSTEM OF RAILWAYS ————o An Increasing Tide of Travel to the South. IMPROVED CONDITIONS oS SSS It has not been a great while since the {dea of Washington being an important railway center would have seemed amus- ing. The developments of the past six or eight, years, however, demonstrate the fact that today this city is a railway center of considerably more than ordinary’ import- ance. Furthermore, railway Interests are clustering about Washington more exten- sively each year, and the future holds out the promise that the national capital is to be the converging point of an elaborate system of railways. ‘The reason for this is readily apparent. ‘Washington is the gateway to the south’ for all that great stretch of territory lying east of the Ohio river-and north of the James river. New England, New York and Pennsylvania, with their multifarious and constantly increasing business interests in the south and southwest, must pass through Washington to get into touch with that section. It must be remembered that be- tween Boston and Cincinnati the only roads = the south are those that begin at Wash- ingtoz. But that is not all. This city also has trunk line connection with the west, north- wert and the northeast. A man can take @ car at a depot here and not put his foot from the platform until he reaches New Orleans. or St. Louis, or Chicago, or Bos- ton, He may dine on the train and sleep on the train. More than that, if he desires to cross the continent ho can start from Washington and make the journey with but one change of cars between the Po- tomac river and the Pacific coast. The Roads Converging Here. Two great trunk lines have their terminus in this city, and their general ollices ara Jovated here. The Chesapeake and Ohio makes Washington its northern terminus, Newport News being regarded as another. The Southern railway system converg>3 the traffic of many roads at this its north- ern terminus. While the Baltimore an} Chio and the Pennsylvania systems dv not regard Washington as a terminus, it is ranked us the end of a division of no mean! importance Railread men have to live bere, and the congregation of railway in- terests in recent years has added to the Fepulation of the city an industrious class of poop'e who earn good wages and spend ihem with local merchants. In the course of a day 123 passenger trains leave Washington depots, and 122 trains enter them. These figures may as- tcnish many people who have never re- garded this city as of importance in a rail- ense. Some of the finest trains in the wor-d are made up in the Washington yards and start from the depots. In point of equipment, In service and the time they make, they are not excelled anywh: seldom equaled. The famous oy: train on the Baltimore and Ohio, a of the comforts and luxuries of 1 travel; the “Limited” on the re yhich is peake and Ohio, car service, electric lights and steam heat: A Story of Mystery. Do you know what a “Story of Mystery” is? It is a continu- ed story of which all but the last chapter is printed, and then guesses are made as to the solu- tion, then the final installment is printed. 7 Early in October a most inter- esting mystery story, “When the War Was Over,” will be started in The Star, and five hundred dollars will be given for the first absolutely correct solution. In case no guess is absolutely cor- rect the amount will be divided among those nearest to a cor- rect solution. The guesses will be confined to women read- ers. Fuller particulars later. - Washington in the past three years alone Pie: | wood; 3100, the “Atlanta Special” on the Seaboard Air Line, speeding the traveler in the lap of luxury to the southiand; the “Florida S;e-lal” on the Atlant'c Coast Line, a mag. nificent hotel on wheels; the “Southwestern Vestibuled Limited” on the Southern rail- way, ore of the largest trains of sleepers and diners on the continent, and the “Washington and Chattanooga Limited” on the Shenandoah Valley and Norfolk and Western rank at the head of the lists of famous trains of the country. Advertised by the Ro: It has become the custoy: In late years for the railways entering Washington to advertise that fact as an attraction of the road. The Southern railway, the Chesa- peake and Ohio, the Baltimore and Jhio, and the Pennsylvania, as well as the At- lantic Coast Line and the Seaboard Air Line, call particular attention to the fact that their trains between New York and the south and the south and west pass through the national capital. They are proud of it, boast ef it, and in this way thousands of people are hrought to visit the city every year and leave their money. The growth of Washington as a railway point has been phenomenal. Many railroad mien thi that the establishment of the great special trains, with their magnificent equipments, has had something to do with centering railway interests here. It has certainly ‘increased travel this way, and, to that extent, at least, has added to the railway imoortance of the place. The im- provement in the roadbed, equipment and management of the railroads running south and west from Washington has been a subject of wonder to northern people. Any one who has traveled much from must have been struck with the marv2l- ous improvements existing today. Let them go east or west on the Baltimore and Ohio or the Chesapeake and Ohio, south on the Southern, the Atlantic Coast Line or the Seaboard Air Line, east and west on the Pennsylvania, and note the remarkable improvements in roadbed, trackage, auto- matic switches, block signal towers, where once the old rickety telegraph offices stood, handsome station buildings and the rolling stock itself. Said Modern Improvements, The old fifteen-minute dining rocms have given away to dining cars, where one is served as at a hotel and takes his time, and the sleepless nights in cramped coach- es are followed by comfortable ones in good beds, where the traveler turns in at Washington and turns out 400 miles away, the distance having been cuvered during the night at a fifty-mile an hour guit. : Railroad men think that Washington will ultimately become the headquarters of other roads now centering here, but hav- ing their general offices in other cities. The Chesapeake and Ohio and the South- ern railway were quick to perceive the advantage ‘ef establishing headquarters at the national capital, and it is likely that others will follow suit. The number of trains running im and out of this city is increasing rapidly every year. Some of the increase, of course, is due to the growth of suburban towns. A few years age the Baltimore and Ohio brought three car loads of passengers into the city every morning on the Metroplitan branch. Now it brings twenty-two car loads, while there has been a large increase on the Penn- sylvania and the line of the Southern rail- way tapping neighboring Virginia towns. Much is due, however, to the ever-in- creasing tide of travel setting into the south, on business and pleasure bent. The railroads diverging from Washington to the south are expending great etfort in the direction of emigration. Washington will be benefited by it, for this city will take toll, in greater or less degr from every new settler along the lines of our railroads. So exiensiye has the travel to the south via Washington become that two of the railway “lines -have found it expedient to make traffic arrangements with a steam- beat company. The Norfotk and Washing- ton steamers run on schedule time to Nor- fclk, where they make connection with the Seaboard Air Line and the Atlantic Coast Line trains for points further south. Passengers for the Chesapeake and Ohio line also connect at Old Point Comfort by these boats, and they form an important link in Washington's railway systems. SS Transfers of Renal Estate. Deeds in fee have been filed as follows: Chapin Brown to Sarah C. Leonard, part lot 105, Mt. Pleasant; $10. Herbert L. Childs to Chapin Brown, part lot 103, Mt.4 ant; $10. Jas. 1. MeKahan et ux to Alfred Gonnor, lot 10, bik 17, East Deane- Maria C. Peet to Melville M. Moffitt, part lot 6, sa.’ 310. Babette Schloss to Emanuel S. Rosenthal, east one- half lot 10, sq. 1199; $10. Harvey A. Kohr et ux to Jas. W. Harper, lot 61, bik 48, Hol- mead Manor; $10. Jas. W. Harper to Chas. L, Andrews, same property; $10. Har- riet W. Waters to Hugh Lewis, lot 3, blk. 12, South Brookland; $10. Chas. E. Lanning to Emilie M. Darneille, lot 60, sq. ; $10. Jno. S. Rich et ux. to David B. ttwals, lots 59 and 6), bik. 43, Holmead nor; $10. Henry G. Lewis to Daniel H. Ballauf, lot 90, bik. 2, Trinidad; $10. mon Carr to ‘ah M. Carr, lots 41 and 83, sq. 1028; $10. Terence A. Duffy et ux. to M. Jouvenal, part lot 2, sq. 3 $125. vbnston to Samuel Lee, part lot i $10. Chas. J. Malord to Chas. Lanning, lot 60, sq. 259; $10. Mary Smith to Geo. W. Ray, lots 26, and part lot 21, sq. 1; $10, Mari. OLD NORTH DEMOCRATS The Majority Are for Silver, but They Are for the Party First. The Recent Convention a Farce— Don’t Ovject@ a Thira ‘Term for Cleveland, Ex-Representative Benjamin H. Bunn of North Carolina is in the city, and speaking of the situation in his state to a Star re- porter today, he sald: “The silver convention just held at Raleigh, in my’ state, was a farce. It was called by members of the extreme wing of the silver party in the ranks of the de- mocracy, but it turned out to be a populist convention. There were not over twenty or thirty democrats in the convention when it opened, and only about five remain- ed there throughout the meeting. Democracy Before Silver. “I have no doubt that the silver men are in the majority fa the democratic party of North Carolina, but they are democrats before anything else, and if the national conventior declares in favor of “sound money” .they will bow to the will of the party. They are not the kind of democrats who will throw over their democracy if they canrot have their cwn way in the conventicn. They will make an effort to get what they want, and if they do not get it they will go in the traces and ‘work for party success. This course I look upon as assured after the silver convention we have just had at Raleigh. That convention before it adjourned adopted a resolution providing that its members should work for the nomi-ation of a presidential candidate who would declare himself for the free colrage of silver, and that they should vote for no one else. It was that declara- ticn that drove out of the convention near- ly every silver democrat who attended it. They did not propose to stay in the con- vention and bind themselves to such a ccurse. “Before this silver convention mef I think the silver men of the democratic party In North Carolina were inclined to instruct delegates to the national conven- tion, but I feel sure now that delegates will be sent there either uninstructed, or with only the restriction that they should use thelr efforts to secure the nemination of a silver man. That will leave them at lib- erty to work for a silver man, but if they see that he cannot be nominated, they can vote for whoever they please. ‘This is a great game for North Carolina democracy, and in my opinion it was brought about by the silver convention at Raleigh. Cleveland ta Popular. “The people of North Carolina do not seem to be giving the importance to the opposition to a third term that is shown in other sections of our country. They do not seem to think that the mere sentiment against a third term.is of any importance compared with practical matters relating to the principles which they wish carried out. Mr. Cleveland is extremely popular in North Carolina, and, as I have indicated. the question of his having served two terms is not considered there in connection with his chances for renomination. The men who are fighting him are men who do not agree with his financial policy, and they would fight him if he were to come up as a candidate for a first term. “In ten years I have never known greater prosperity than we are enjoying in North Caroina. We have had immense tobacco crops, and we are getting high prices for that staple. There is a general feeling ot confidence in the future, and the people are pushing ahead well contented with their present prosperity, and hoping for a ccn- tinuance of it.” —E Suit for an Accounting. On behalf of James T. Summers, Attor- neys Chas. W. Darr and A. E. L. Leckie have filed a bill In equity against Wm. A. Richards and others for an accounting, for the appointment of a receiver and for the vacating of a sale made by Mr. Richards «f the complainant's property to James Martin and Geo. G. Eaton on the 12th in- stant - 4 Mr. Summers, on the 27th of last April, executed a deed in trust to secure a note of $13 . Mr. Richards, as trustee, as- suming charge of the complainant's sand aredging busiuess. A sale of the property mentioned in the deed was made on the 12th of this month, after Mr. Summers’ suit for an injunction had been dismissed by Judge Cox. —_—.—__ Copy of the Wil. An exemplified copy of the will of the late Matthew Clark Getty of Indiana county, Pa., has been filed here, the deceased hay- ing died possessed of a one-third interest in lots 18 to 26, block 6, Mt. Pleasant, and five lots in Brightwood Park. The wili is dated March 2), 18, and directs, among other things, that any residue from the sale of the property here be divided among the testator’s seven children, Richard Getty, James M Stewart and George Clark Getty are appointed executors. SOME WOMEN’S WORK Exhibits of Pspecial Interest at Planta. =~. SQ0VN IN THE ARTS Sik Fabrics, Woven by the Shak- ers. PROGRESS —— POTTERY AND WOOD CARVING Special Correspondence of The Evening Star, ATLANTA, Ga., September 28, 1695. Every room in the woman’s building is filled with objects of interest. In the Bal- timore room, for instance, with its colonial furnishings and its many well-chosen ex- amples of art, the exhibits of especial in- terest are the embroideries sent by the Decorative Art Society of Baltimore. Mrs. William Reed eStablished this organization two years ago, and it has quickly attained the reputation of being a-society where the work ts of the highest excellence. From the beginning Mrs. Reed insisted that no plece of embroidery of any description should be accepted unless originally de- sigaed by the artist and perfectly executed. The design, of course, must be unique and artistic, and one in present favor. The standard was carried out to the letter, and the result Is seen In the exquisite examples shown in the Baltimore room from that school The school is now self-supporting, and offers to the deft fingers and artistic taste of the first-class needlewoman every opportunity for earning an excellent liveli- ood. e In the New York room the central inter- est lies, perhaps, in the achievement of women in music. . In the decorative art de- partment the greatest object lesson relating to the industries of women is to he found in an intelligent study of the collection of laces loaned by Prof. Wilson of Washing- ton, D. C. Lage making is one industry that from time immemorial has belonged to women. Men ‘have wrought and created great tapestries and textile fabric; they have won the way to fame by the fashion- ing of frocks and borinets; they have been great cooks, but never have masculine fin- gers woven inté perfect pattern the most feminine of feminine adornments. In this collection lace making is traced from its crudest state, where the meshes were dull and heavy-hued as a fish net, to its perfection as shown in these wonderful examples of round point and Valenciennes, the weaVing of a yard of which takes the lace maker one long month of weary toil. Lace Is the veritable expression of the pa- tlence and refinement in feminine art. ~The decorative art department in this building ought” really to be called the de- partment of dezorative arts and curios, be- cause there are a number of interesting collections to be found here in the way of miniatures, jewels, embroideries, etc., that have never before been shown at an expo- sition. Among are some splendid priests’ robes, completely patterned in mas- sive embroiderf)af} id and silver, woven ty the abbesses of the fourteenth century. In a dainty Lisle qqbinet there is a jewel box with a pathetid history. It was carved from meat bongs by, a prisoner in the Bas- tile during the Geigm of terror. The lid and sides are paneled with quaint little water colors under S; Tepresenting dainty la- dies and court gentlemen. The central panel of the lid shows two bleeding hear‘s, pierced through ‘with arrows—a fit emblem for the poor prisqner and the time in which he lived. jas i SiN Industr¥ of the South. The most interesting thing In the room fitted up in orfentaljstyle to display the work of the womer. cf Columbus, Ga., is a collec- tion of Indian rglits recently unearthed in Cherokee counfy:—These consist of the or- naments of aboriginal women, the pottery made and decorated by their hands and their Buddhaesqué gods. ‘The women of the south, who believe that their greatest advancement lies in industrial endeavor, will tell you that one of the most interesting exhibits is that in the Kentucky room. This consists of silk fabrics woven by the Shaker women at Mount Pleasant. It is the only Industry of its kind in the south, and the cloths which come from these looms are really wonderful in the design and texture. Among them is a cloth of gold as fine as any a,tar plece that hung in Solo- mén’s Temple. The industry is che which is sure to prosper thtoughout the south. If you ask the creole in charge of the New Orleans room what is the most vitally im- portant exhibit there, she will probably show you the fan or mantilla of the Spanish flirt, or point with pride to a quaint bit of mahogany. Don’t take her seriously, how- ever, but look at the curtains and draperies and ask who made them. She will give an indifferent sort of a reply: “Ze Arcadians.” And if you inquire further she will tell you that this Is.a colony of Arcadian women in lower Louisiana, who have been carrying on this industry fcr many years. They have attained a high commercial value of late years. Their colors and patterns are much like those In oriental stuffs. Go and ask Miss.Clara Newton of Ohio what the worfien of her state are accom- plishing in the industrial arts of pottery and wood carving, and she will give you a prac- tical illustration of their achievements which will open your eyes to the progress of the sex in these lines. Cincinnati has a great room. Every object it contains fs the work of women, and is, moreover, a perfect example cf its kind. The object perhaps of most meaning is a small mahogany table, which some twelve years ago proved an in- spiration for the first school of wood carving for women In this country. The table was done by Miss Pittman, who, through her decoration of the Cincinnati room at Chi- cago, attained a national recognition. Her father saw this bit of wood carving and said: “Well, if my. little girl can do such work other girls can.” And with that idea, Ben Pittman opened his school for women, which has prospered marvelously up to date. Rookwood Pettery. In this room I must not ferget to mention, hond in; hand with thts art, the Rookwood petterics from the school established By Mrs. Bellamy Storer; the examples of woman's work in the ceramic art shown here are wonderful. Miss McLaughlin, who was making Rookwood pottery two years before the school opened, kas on exhibition exam- ples of her latest ceramic discovery. The specimens shown are entirely original and can be described no more clearly than to say that the decorations consist in bas-relief under glaze. Newion has a beautiful creation of pottery-from her own clever hands, which is the Iargest piece of blue and white ware under,glaze ever made in this country, and it ‘have the honor of being one of the illustrations in Prof. Edwin A. Barbar’s History of American Pottery. The Massachusetts women have an at- tractive room, and one which in ita entire furnishings and decorations represents the work of women. The carpet is woven by women, the draperies come from the looms of womea in Taunton, Mass. Miss Mary C. Saers of the Woman's Educational and in- dustrial Union sends a stained glass screen, and enother example of that art in which women are making such success is a stain- ed glass window designed by Mrs. Henry Whitman. The embroideries and exhibit of silk culture go to make up the industrial features of this rocm. Fine Examples of Wood Carving. The Connecticut rocm has some fine ex- amples of wood carving, the especially in- teresting one among, these being a panel bearing the coat of erms of Gov. Jonathan Trumbull. one of the first colonial govern- ors. This room ds also {trnished with car- pets and curtains woven by women, and the walls, of light blue silk tapestry, were especially wrought for the room by the wo- men of the silk factory in South Manches- ter. These are a fewof the strong points of industrial progicss in the departments of the woman’s building, and in its very cen- ter, giving life and meaning to the work as an entirety, are assembled twelve women, hard at work in various lines of industrial arts. There is a lace maker from the blind asylum of Philadeiphia, a carver in wood from Cincinrati, a glove maker from New York, a modeler in clay, a designer in car- pets and wall paper, a high-art embroid- erer, a decorator on china and porcelain, a worker in stained glass, a miniature paint- er and oriéntal weaver, a Georgia cracker at her loom and an etcher on wood. These wemen occupy spaces about the gallery on the upper flcor, and that will | unaoubtealy form the certral feature of the entire building. They furnish an object lessen that the women of the south want and sorely need. Indeed, they illustrate most potently the woman movement of the south, which is distinctly industrial. Through the indus- tries which women can pursue by their own firesides must this country work out its salvation. When the farm wife shall raise her own silk werm: nd weave from them beautiful garmen: when her . daughter shall carve ard design the furniture of her home; when their hands shall fashion from the red Georgia ciay vessels of fair form and design, then will the scuthern woman come into her inheritance, her kingdom of practical achievement, and that realization oe invors beauty which her land has laid in er soul. CATHOLIC CO-EDUCATION Women May Be Admitted to the Great Church University. Bishop Kenne a Believer in Higher Education for the Gentler Sex— No Action Yet Taken. The assertion that the faculty of the Cath- olic University had decided to admit women has been brought into much prominence in the papers of late, but the announcement is entirely premature. While there is a probability of the fair sex gaining a seat in the halls of science of this institution, there has as yet -been nothing done about the mat- ter by those in charge of the college. There will take place next week at the university a notable gathering of all the famous prelates of America within its walls. Cardinal Gibbons, Monsignor Satolli, papal delegate to this country, and other religious men equally well known will meet there in council to deliberate on some of the most important questions of the day. It was stated that this courcil expected to pass the resolution admitting women, but Bishop Keane, who Is the rector of the university, Says that no such step is contemplated j now. Bishop Keane's Views. When questioned by a reporter for The Star on the subject Bishop Keane said: “That is a matter of so great importance that it can only be decided by the board of directors of the university. It will have to come before them for consideration, and I do not believe they will decide the question at their next meeting, which will be held on Tuesday next. Of course, this question is very important, and there is much to say both pro and con. It is a question that is being discussed by educators in every part of the country, and’some approve of it and others do not. This being the case, the exam- ination into it and discussion of it by a body of men like our board of directors would be a matter of time, and could not possibly be’ done on next Tuesday, because there are many other questions that will come up on that day that are of great importance, and will probably consume all of their time. Since, therefore, it could not possibly re- ceive proper discussion and judicious con- sideration on next Tuesday, it will have to lie over until the following meeting of the board of directors, which will very likely be next spring. Whether the matter will then be considered ripe enough to be presented for formal vote I cannot now say. If the matter ts brought up in the spring it will be in time for them to enter at the commence- ment of the school year, in the fall. “I am certainly in favor of a university education for women. The women of the country show that they desire such an edu- cation, and many of the universities of the country show that they are ready to re- spond to their wishes in the matter. There is surely nothing in the-doctrines of the Catholic Church to make it antagonistic and against the movement, and, personally, I am very much in favor of giving women every advantage of education. Now, as to the question of putting the women in the tame classes with the men, in the same class room and the same laboratory, and instructing them on exactly the same meth- eds, that is wider and deeper. Some time ago I was asked to discuss that question before the Nineteenth Century Club, and I had to write to them @hat s0 long as edu- cators and college men were divided in opinion, after the extensive discussion and investigation that had been had, I did not think it would be judicious on my part to attempt to advocate any particular position, for anything I might say would not be re- garded simply as expressions of op!nion, but as an indication of practical policy. Since, therefore, opinions are desired as to the results obtained by the experiment, it would not do for me to commit myself to positively ‘yes,’ or positively ‘no.’ “So you see my position. While I am in favor of women having every advantage of the highest university education, I am not yet prepared to give an opinion as to whether or not they should be admitted in- to the same classes and the same labora- tories with men. Results of Higher Education. “Is there any likelihood of a higher edu- cation for women tending to lessen or de- stroy their fitness as wives and mothers?” was asked of the bishop. “I do not see why the highest education showld not fit a woman to be a woman. I do not believe that any accessions of truth or of knowledge can have any other effect than to elevate and glorify women and to better prepare them to act in the capacity of both wives and mothers. That the ac- quirement of knowledge should have any other effect I cannot believe. I know a woman who is both a wife and mother and who is pertectly irreproachable as both wife and mother, and she is one of the best mathematicians ‘in the country. She has had a full university mathematical course, and yet I never saw where any of her mathematical studies at all interfered with her Being a good wife, mother and house- heeper” é “Do you think that women should enter the political field?” “Well, row, as to that question, I believe I will leave that to the politicians. I am unable to answer that question. I know that I have often thought of the fact that California was a rough and uncivilized state before the women went there, and I sometimes think that if their influence could be felt to the same extent in politics, it would be well for them to take some part; I have often heard of the disgraceful scenes that take place about the primaries on some occasions when an election is be- ing held, and it might be different were the women to enter political life, but that ques- tion Is hard to determine. It might do more harm than good." Will Elevate University Life. “Do you not think that the admission of women to the universities would have an elevating effect upon university life,” the reporter queried. .“There is no doubt of that at all. In many of the older universities in Germany, such as Heidelberg, the students spend much of their time in dueling and drinking beer and in rioting around when they should be at work. If women were admit- ted all this thing would be done away with, and a student's life at the larger universi- ties would be more correctly spent and far more profitably, tpo. So far as I am per- sonally concerned, I think that the influence of ‘woman should be felt everywhere, and I should be very happy, indeed, to see her bear a part in all things—to see her in every part of human life upon which wo- man’s influence can be brought to bear; she ought to be the representative of morality and virtue and the highest principles, for that is the province that God intended for her. I should be happy, indeed, to see her in politics, in university life, in fact, every- where, in every department of human ac- tivity.” ———— Marriage Licenses. Mawmiage licenses have been issued to the following: Wm. H. Frown of Laurel, Md., and Lucretia V. Jordan of Savage, Md.: ‘Thos. J. Keane and Elizaeth M. Preston; Felix Oehring of this city and Helma Gehrke of Hammerstein, Germany; .Geo. H. Thomas and Frances Washinston; Ckarles Brashears of Alexandria, Va., and Maria M. Lucas of this city. a To Borrow Money. A petitior. has been filed in the Equity Court by Attorneys Holtzman and Gow, on behalf of John G. Bright, guardian of Oliver M., Anna C., Rose M., Eva J. and Viola E. Bright, to confirm a decree of the Orphans’ Court, authorizing petitioner to borrow $7,500 on the property of his wards, the property being lots 16 and 17, block 40, north grounds of Columbian University. BAUTI(’S. | BAUM’S. spread within. ¢The Buying Possibilities in :Our Men’s Furnishings. $ —This department we intend shall excel all previous records in the greatness of the values that'll be offered. These items tell their own story— 18c. Tan Hose—in all sizes. Were cheap enough — ‘ but cheay is ou at this prices... 12¢ —§i.25 White Shirts... .. .89c. Splendidly made—reinforced back and front and perfect in fit. —Medium Weight Underwear— In merino at 46¢. the garment. —96c. for All-wool Underwear. Regularly selling at $1.25! ‘Ladies’ Underwear :And Hosiery Dept. —Here’s an especial attraction: Ladies’ 33c. Hosiery in black and velvet finish offered tomor-D fC, row at the unusual price of.. Or 5 pairs for $1.00. —s5oc. Hose..............35¢.! Fancy front. Also go at 3 prs. for $1.00. CHILDREN’S HOSE. Our Children’s 25c. Stockings— warranted fast binck—in all sizes— tomorrow—will sell at I7c., or 3 pairs for 56c.! Ladies’ 48c. Jersey Egyptian yarn, m1 high neck—long or short sleeves—at the especial price of B5e., or 3 for $1.00. Ribbed Vests, —Here’s another drop in prices. Ladies’ 58c: Merino Vests—me- dium weight—high neck—long or short sleeves—pants to match... too dozen soc. Merino Vests for Children—all’ sizes at the special price of 28c! Among the Linens. —An especially good thing, and one we look for lively trading in. —300 dozen Fringed Napkins. Regularly sold at $1.50 dozen. — Special at 8c. each. Are pure linen—and a real bar- gain for the money. —Here’s a worthy partner to the above— | BAUM ’S, ‘Where Your Shopping Is Performed Best —that’s here—and now. Bright fresh new stock in every department—we have no shelf room for any other sort. Facilities of a vastly better kind, and values constantly undergoing a change—but always in your favor. The new store front with its handsome doubie show windows but faintly in- dicate the richness of the bargain feast that’s daily 500 dozen All-linen Huck Towels, hemmed, hemstitched and fringed, eize 18x36 in. Special at 1c. each! —2ic. never bought such value as this before—25x42 Huck Towel. Extra vized—fringed and hemmed. 5c. value In these All-tinen Table Damasks—58 in. wide—silver bleached tomorrow « special at 34c. yard. ‘—You'll recognize the money saving in this— ‘Turkey Red Fringed Ta- ble Cloths—fast color— two yerds long. An expe- —Just 100 yards in the lot—All- Linen Table Double Satin Dam- ask—Special at 75¢c. yard. Extra heavy, full bleach and 72 in. wide. —Here’s $1.75 for your $1.19! plain white. 2% yds. long—ti tonight will be sold for $1.75 each. Tomorrow will $1.2 $1." UPHOLSTERIES, D st. annex. —In our CURTAIN DEPART- MENT we are offering some rarely pretty Silk Italian Blan- kets at 98c.! These are our own importation, and have Just been received. CLOAK AND SUIT DEPT. = ——Serge Skirts in the new Fall styles——- $5.00. $4.98 the special price for one lot of our new Brilliantine Skirts. We wer sorry to disappoint our many patrons who called Friday for that $1 Flannclette Wrapper for 78c.—the lot was a small one—and was speedily ex- hausted. Tomorrow, however, we will pat on sale a large lot to be retailed at the same price—78e. As the price to us means no profit whatever—we shall limit the sale to the hours # a.m. to 12 noon. agggg SEVENTH STREET. ANDREE’S TRIP Details of the Proposed Balloon Journey to the Pols. He Will Start From the Spitsbergen Islands and Expects to Reach His Destination in Forty-Four Hours. From the Philadelphia Telegraph. ‘The idea of trying to reach the north pole in a balloon is not n2w; but no cne, proba- bly, has so thoroughly investigated its practicability as the Swedish engineer, An- dree, wko intends to make the venture next summer, The difficulty of finding an ‘open sea, such as was once supposed to ex- ist up within ten or fifteen degrees of the pole, has led to the abandonment, by most explorers, of all hope of achieving the final iscovery in this manner, although such means of trensportation to an advantage- cus base of further operations is, of course, universally edopted. f Even Nansen, an apparent exception to the rule, counts only upon a current, not a broad ocean, to enable him to reach destination Every bit of land within the arctic circle, moreover, so far as explored, gives indications Of a northern coast, so that an overland trip to the pole appears to be out of the questicn; while, on the other hand, the chaotic masses of icebergs. aground or wedged into the pack of float- ing Ice in the furfhest seas attained, con- vince experts that the sledge is not adapt- ed to the completion of this wonderfully fascinating search. The balloon certainly seems to offer a satisfactcry method of overcoming numerous difficulties which have baffled all efforts by other means of conveyance, although it may encounter en- tirely new cues. The aeronautic details of the expedition have been carefully plenred. The balloon is to have a covering that will virtually preclude the escape of ges. A buoyancy will be secured that is adequate to a burden comprising three men. Provisions will be taken for four months, together with scien- tifie instruments, life buoys, a collapsible boat, several drag ropes, and a quantity of ballast in the form of metal plates. Andree, who has had experience in balloons before, has devised a system of steering by means of the ropes just mentioned, which, he declares, enables tim to direct his course at an angie less than forty degrees with the wind; and although the friction of these guide ropes with the earth would hinder his progress somewhat, he believes’ that he could compensate therefor by using a sail. The ropes are to be made of a ma- terial that will stand soaking in the sea, as well as dragging over the land and ice. Why He Selects the Summer Segqson. It is easy to see that if an airship, fur- nished with the means of self-propulsion, such as we may possibly see in actual ser- vice before the close of our present cen- tury, were employed for this enterprise, the chances for success would be greater than they are now. A craft like M. Andree'’s will_be pretty much at the mercy of the winds and calms. He mecns to wait for a day early next July when there is a fair south wind. Study of meteorological data from the Spitzbergen Island, from which he proposes to start, leads him to think that he can coint on a velocity of sixteen miles an hour, and if this were realized and main- tained long enough he would traverse 700 miles between the archipelago and the pole in about forty-eight hours. In midsummer there is perrétual day in the arctic region, hence he could set sall at any moment, and he would not be obliged to check his head- way on account of nightfall at any time during his voyage. The most critical questions that would arise in connection with this undertaking no doubt would relate to the frequency. the duration ard area covered by winds ecming from some quarter between south- west and southeast, north of the eightieth parallel of latitude. Mcteorologists are not now as confident as they were at one time that there is a permanent bar- ometric depression near the north pole. if such a “low area” existed. there would be a system of foutherly or southwest- erly winds blowing pretty steadily into it from all sides, but after spending two years in the arctic regions, Gen. A. W. Greely concluded that the evidence was unfavorable to the old theory. Certainly, there are no such winds blowing tinuovsly up there. However, at Lady Frenklin bay there were occasional days when southerly or approximately south- erly breezes prevailed, and though the mean hourly velocity was only about five or six miles there were three maxima of twenty-eight, twenty-eight and thirty-three miles in the summer of 1882. Uncertain Winds. Inasmuch as M. Andree has inspected the wind records for Spitzbergen he doubtless has good reason for expecting the desired conditions for a start several times be- tween the summer solstice and the last of July or middle of August. But the Lady Franklin bay records do not excite hobes of even the most favorable winds lasting more than a day or two, at the point of departure; and there is almost no indica- tion afforded as to the distance therefrom over which such winds would containue to have the same direction and force. There must be much uncertainty, therefore, to put it mildly, about completing the voy- age in a single uninterrupted run. Instead, a series of strategic approaches, part of the way at a time, would probably be necessary, and if M. Andree possessed no facilities for anchorage, and if no be- nign calms interfered at the moments when his favoring breezes subsided, there is a distinct possibility that he might haye an experience as discouraging as that of the frog who fell back three feet in the well for every two that he climbed upward. Even if not driven back directly southward, he might be wafted irresistibly toward the inhospitable, trackless continent of Green- land, or the equally uninviting bergs and fiords-of Franz Joseph Land, or a waste of ocean stretching between those regions and Norway. And if by his skill and good fortune he should get within close proxi- mity of the pole, he would still be con- fronted with the difficult task of getting back to some civilized country again. Nevertheless, as M. Andree is a man of learning, sagacity and good sense, and not a “crank,” he is preparing himself very thoroughly for his undertaking. He has received much encouragement from mete- orologists and explorers, who should ap- preciate the risks involved, and he has se- lected what is probably the most ad- vantageous point of departure that could be selected for such a voyage. Moreover, even if he should achieve only lal suc- cess and still come home alive, he will have much valuable contributions to our store of geographical and other knowledge. The world of science, therefore, will sympathize heartily with the scheme, and cherish a lively admiration for its courageous au- thor. ——eo—____ A Story of Mystery. Do you know what a “Story of Mystery” is? It is a continued story, of which all but the last chapter is printed, and then guesses are made as to the solution, then the final installment is printed. Early in October a most interesting mystery story, “When the War Was Over,” will be started in The Star, and five hundred dollars will be given for the first absolutely correct solution. In case no guess is abso- lutely correct the amount will be divided among those nearest to a correct solution. The guesses will be confined to women read ers, Fuller particulars later, a They Take the Risk. From Life. “Tommy, the doctors is sayin’ that kissin” is apt to breed sickness!” “I know. But we men have to take risk: in everythink!”