Evening Star Newspaper, December 14, 1895, Page 9

THE EVENING’ sTAR PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, no lvania Avenue, Cor. 11th Street, by ‘The Evening Star Newspaper Company 8. H. UFFMANN, Prest. New York Office 49 Potter Building. ‘The Evening Star ts werved to subscribers in the ¢itr by carriers, on their own account ut 10 cents F week, or 44c. per month. ‘oples at the counter Fr ecnts each. By mail—aoywhere in the United Srates or Canada—postage prevaid: 60 crate ver tenth. Satur quintupts Sheet Star, $1.00 per year; With foreign postage ade 00. Gntered at the Post Othee at Washington. D. C., &s second-class mail matter ) = (7All mall abscriptioas must be paid in‘advarce. Rates of advertising made known co applleatico. Fy Part. Che F pening Sia Pages 9-24. : : 2 WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1895-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. REAL ESTATE GOSSIP|COMPULSORY SAVINGS| CIT] ZEN SOLDIERY Activity in Building in Certain Suburban Sections. SUPPOSED EFFECT OF THE HIGHWAY ACT House Construction for Cold and Hot Weather. SOME IMPROVEMENTS A building enterprise of considerable mag- nitude is contemplated by Barr & Sanner. ‘They own a large proportion of the ground on each side of Columbia street betveen 1th and With streets, Columbia Heishts, and it is proposed to build up both sides of this street solidly with houses. The pro- moters of this scheme have already built extensively in this section, but if the plans now under consideration are carried out, it will perhaps be the largest building opera- tion that they have attempted at one time. ‘Vhe houses are to be of an attractive de- sign and built in a style which have marked those previously erected by them. In some respects the scheme is similar to that which resulted in the building up of both sides of Q street between 17th and 18th streets several years ago by Mr. T. F. Schne.der. This rather notable undertaking will serve to call attention afresh to the rapidi- ty with which this section of the suburbs has been built up. A large proportion of the activity is attributed to the facilities which are afforded by the cable road, but it is also thought that it is in part due td the fact that the streets in this section are not affected by the street extension plan, and that therefore the uncertainty which rests upon other sections of the suburbs in regard to the probable direction of the streets does not apoly to property in this secicon. It is believed that when the lines of the streets near the old hounds of the city ure finally determined, street car lines will be extended and similar activity in building and growth in populations as has characterized Columbia Heights will be the result in other sections. A New Suburban House. Reference has already been made to the purchase by Judge Cox of a building site midway between Connecticut avenue ex- tended and the Tenleytown road, and north of the former home of President Clevelané tans have been prepared by the architect, Robert I. Fleming, for the erection of a house on this site. There will be a stone foundation, upon which will rest the two stories and attic, the entire structure be- ing surmounted by a high pitched shingle roof. There will be bay projections and dormer windows In the roof. The dimen- gions of the house will be 62 feet. Construction of Houses. The cold weather of the past few days, although perhaps not showing such a low record of temperature as will be experi- enced before the close of the winter, has no doubt brought the usual amount of dis- comfort which always seems to accompany @ depression of the thermometer. People who live in houses having a fine appear- ance and perhaps elaborately furnished spend their days in many cases in vain at- tempts to keep warm. The aggravating feature of the case is that there Is an abundance of fuel in the house, which is Iberally used, and yet maty of the rooms and the halls remain bleak and chilly. Next summer, when the other extreme of temperature is reached, the occupants of these houses will be swel- tering in the heat and unable to find a cool spot in their homes. The rule seems to hold good that a house that is hot in summer is cold in winter. The discomfort at both seasons of the year may be attributed in a broad way to the same cause, namely, defective con- struction, and in a majority of cases th: latter may be attributed to a very preva- lent desire on the part of people to buy or build a hcuse for about $8,000 which looks as if it cost $15,000. A stone front, with carved pillars, and a vestibule having a tiled fleor, and finished in hard wood or marble, may have a rich appearance, and no doubt ft has, but it Gees not prevent the house from being an uncemfortable one in which to live. A house that is built in a plain and substan- tial fashion Is apt to leok better In the course of a few years, and is said to rent better ard sell better than one of those shabby genteel affairs, with a carved front and a flimsy interior. Water in the Suburbs. Mr. Thomas Blagden, wanting Potomac Water and city gas for his new houses at Arg) about to how he could procure the coveted luxuries. Finding his lané tee high for the water service from the city, he bethought him of the Reno reservoir, which has been constructed way up at cld Fort Reno, and is now In run- ning order. Potomee water is pumped np into this reservoir, which was constructed to supply houses along the Loughborough rcad, in Tenleytown and Takoma Park. ‘To the latter point a water main has been cc sted via the Military and other rr ross ccuntry. Therefore, Potomac water is now at Brightwood. Mr. Blagden’s application to the Com- ssiorers for watcr from: this point was refused, unless he paid the entire cost of laying ‘the nec piping. He has de- pesited the sum required, also a large sum to the Washington Gas’ ¢& y for its service. Permits have been granted, and pip ro now being laid. The Building Record The building record for the week ending sterday shows that a total ot thirteen mits have been issued, at an estimated Uens of the city as follows: County has five permits, costing $13,010; northwest, two permits, for $1,200; ‘southwest, five per mits, for $12,250, and the northeast, one permit, for $4,000. Some Improvements, ©. R. Morgan will erect a two-story and attic freme dwelling at the intersection of Grant road and Connecticut avenue ex- tended. Gileds Brothers will be the ar- ehitects. B. B. Connick will be the owner, archi- tect and builder of a frame dwelling which 4 r ortly in-Anacostia. West will build a two-story private brick stable in the rear of 221 H @treet northwest. ‘An extensiv gun on F street between 4th and Streets northeast. The Washington Br ing Company will erect a two-stor: Storage building, which will o the whole tock. Steam _ he from the central plant, will be u brick and limestone will be emplo: improvement Is to be be- 5th the c wetion, and an octagonal tower will surmount the slate pitch roof. A sub- stantial freight elevator will be built in the building, which will cost about $4,000, J. B. Hutchinson & Company have be awarded the builder A block of four bric be erected on A st §th and uth streets b: plans of Fis own preparation. Will be sixteen fee eontract. lwellings will soon ‘ adden from The fronts with a depth of thir- ill be three stori nts and rectan; fronts and fat provided. “Inv The Idea of Making Olerks Save Five Per ent of Salaries. The Proposition Would Not Be Re- ceived Favorably by Many Clerks. The measure proposed by Mr. Wilson of Ohio in the House authorizing the disburs- ing officers in the various executive de- partments to withhold 5 per cent of clerical salaries to form a fund to be invested in government bonds drawing a*low rate of interest, out of which, when the clerk re- signs, is discharged, or dies, the amount of his savings together with interest thereon will be paid to him or his heirs, is receiving considerable discussion among government employes. The primary object of this proposition is to anticipate and provide for clerks who may die without having sufficient funds to pay the expenses of burial, and are thus a burden upon their fellow employes, who by subscription usually meet the emer- gency. In most of the departments there have been organized within a year or two mutual benefit associations, the object of which is by regular and systematic as- sessments to create and preserve a fund that will be available for funeral expenses, doctors’ bills and similar liabilities. Clerks who have joined these associatfons natur- ally criticise the Wilscn measure, and say that they are fully able to save their money for themselves in their own way without any assistance from Congress. Some Would Like It. Others, realizing the infirmity of human nature, hail the proposition with delight as one which by compulsion: will lay by for them a competence that in the course of ten or fifteen years will amount to enough to buy a good home. ~ For instance, a clerk who is receiving $1,200 a year under the proposed law would have $60 taken out of his salary for him and converted into government bonds an- nually, and thereafter drawing interest at not less than 3 per cent. After the first year the interest itself would draw inter- est, and at the end of ten years, besides the $600 which would gradually accumu- late, there would be a pleasing increment of interest amounting to nearly $200. With a larger salary and a longer service even at the low rate of 3 per cent, many clerks would find waiting for them, when they were ready to retire from office, a very handsome nestegg. How It Looks. “If protected by legislation, so as to be absolutely beyond the control of the clerk,” said Appointment Clerk Holcomb of the In- terior Department today, “such a fund would undoubtedly be a wholesome ad- vantage to the average government em- ploye. The law should provide that his savings in the department could not be hy- pothecated, and that any contract making the sum to his credit under the IAw se- curity for a loan should be null and void and in no way to the prejudice of other liabilities which the clerk might incur. Nor should fils savings be subject to garnish- ment. I am notable to say whether or not this measure would be received by the clerks in this department with favor. We have already a benefit association, which is constantly Increasing in numbers and Going excellent work for which there was need. And to the clerks who have joined this association, it may seem wholly un- called for to require compulsory savings. To a large number, of course, the paternal aspect of this proposition would be repul- sive and obnoxious. It is the system which Germany is enforcing rigidly upon class laborers, and while much may be said in it# behalf, it may not be very popular.” Unealled For. To Acting Chief Clerk Elmer of the Post Office Department the scheme seemed whol- ly undesirable. He is an old official, and is thoroughly conversant with the habits of the clerks of the department in saving or wasting their earnings. ‘‘In the first place,” said Mr. Elmer, “this matter of saving may be safely left to the clerk himself, in de- partment service as well as in any other calling in life. If he has the character that prompts frugality and thrift he will save his money. Otherwise, he will not. If you could make this law apply to those who will not save there might be some excuse for it. Those who save their money use it, often making very handsome earnings with it Any clerk who desires may save not only er cent, but even more of his salary, and st it where practically it is as safe as if converted into government bonds and at the same time it will bring him not 3 per cent, but 6. Why should Congress pass a law compelling any class of citizens to in- vest their money at three per cent, or at any per cent? So far as benefit precautions go, our department has an organization thor- oughly able to meet all emergency expense: connected with sickness or death. There are very who refuse absolutely to join th tion, and of these prob- ably most are thrifty enough to leave mon- ey to bury them decently. Other Considerations, Many clerks, speaking of the scheme, sald they spent all they received for absolute expenses. Saving five per cent of their ry would amount practically to a re- duction of their salaries. Others said they would not object to it if they could, on show ing that they absolutely needed their sav- ings, after a certain term of vears, receive what was due them. The only way that this could be accomplished would be for the clerk to resign, draw his money, and trust to his being reinstated within a’ year from his resignation. The proposition is somewhat similar to the method by which soldiers in the regular army are compelled to contribute a small sum every month out of their pay for sup- port of the Soldiers’ Home. In the case of the soldier he agrees to this when he en- lists; the clerk does not. If Congress passes the Wilson scheme clerks who do nof wish to submit to it could only refuse by resign- ing. Yet, there seems to be no question of the power of Congress to impose this sav- ings plan upon the clerks. At the civil service commission it was suid today that the Wilson idea is entirely feasible so far as making it a condition and part of the employes’ contract for service. a BRITISH FAVOR PROTECTIO) Resolution Adopted at a Meeting in St. James Hall, London. At the conference in St. James Hall, Lon- don, yesterday, called to consider the fiscal system of the country, Mr. James W. Low- ther, conservative member of parliament and formerly under secretary for foreign affairs, said, amid uproar and applaus. that he desired “to see in this country a reinstitution of protection.” ¥ Lowther adde ice the institution of what is called free trade public feeling has v 1 to protection, and it is our duty to convince the country that the present m is not satisfactory. I am not rin specific dutie it in a sliding scale which would accommo to the needs of the preferenti mother ¢ Mr. Lowther i in its mo: reme form had im- roved the condition of agriculture in nee, and added s for the royal com- ssion on agriculture, it s been packe and every protectionist excluded. There- fore its report will be worthless. A resolution in or of the protection of native industries was carried. An Army Officer’s Official Opinion of the District Militia. CAPTAIN CHASE ON THE JUNE CAMP A Foremost Place in the Ranks of the National Guard. SOME CONCLUSIONS Residents of the District of Columbia generally wili naturally want to know what a thoroughly experienced army offi- cer honestly thinks about the District Na- tone] Guard. The opportunity to find out is afforded by the report of Capt. Constan- tine Chase, fourth United States artillery, who was assigned by the Secretary of War to report upon the condition of the local brigade, as it appeared to him in camp at Fort Washington last June. Assisting Capt. Chase was Lieut. Gordon G. Heiner, also of the fourtii artillery. The report, which was submitted to the adjutant general of the United States army in September, opens up with a description of the camp arrange- ments, and in that connection says: “The remainder of the 13th instant, after arrival, was devoted to pitching and ar- ranging camps, the issue of rations, fuel, forage and straw, and the establishment of local guards, &c., so that by sundown the camp was in a well organized state, ready fer military duty, and this was @ccom- plished in the orderly, business-like man- ally looked for in more seasoned Then follows a complete statement of the organization of “the brigade, and while armament and uniform were being touched upon Capt. Chase remarks that “The uni- fcrm worn was the regulation blouse, trous- ers, leggins and drab campaign hat, United States standard. No attempt was made at full dress or the fancy dresses sometimes affected by militia troops.” Drill routine and instruction are de- scribed in detail and at length, and no- where is there an uncomplimeutary com- ment. Pleasant for the Engineers. “The special troops,” says Capt. Chase, “were daily employed in the ine of their respective specialties. The engineers copied and built, from material cut on the re: vatien, a signal tower some fifty feet nigh —being a reproductiom on a small scale of the well-known tower at Petersburg, Va., used during the war of the rebellion. This corps also loumted a battery and profiled it, while a detachment made gabions, fascines and hurdics—likew.se procuring the ma- terials om the reservation. Finally, the corps cxecuted an admirable survey of the camp, which has probably been filed at brigade headquarters. 1 refrain from men- tioring cther and very valuable sérvice rendered by this unique body of troops for fear of unnecessarily amplifying this re~ pert. “The signal corps demonstrated their in- terest and proficiency in the line of their always delicate duties, including the han- dlng of carrier pigeons, for messages were trequently exchanged between the camp and Washington cit The corps was well seconded by the cyclists; but this last or- ganization was, as has been sald already, in process of reorgan.zation. “The ambulance corps, ever ready, found littie employment in their special duties, owing to the good health of the brigade. “The band and field music were both re- markably efficient, particularly the first named. Organized hastily, with a chang- ing personnel, and with infrequent oppor- tunit.es for pract:ce together, this band played a high class of music admirably, and performed its military duties in a manner seidom excelled. Commends the Dress Parade. “A parade of the entire brigade was held daily at sundown, and this was made a crowning feature of the day’s work in the field. The ceremony is peculiar to this command, and is fully described in an ap- pendix to this report. I consider it an im- provement upon the ceremony of ‘dress parade’ laid down in the drill book, and well calculated to rouse patriotic impulses, not oniy in the troops, but among specia- tors. Combining the ‘rev.ew,’ as it does, w.th the ‘dress parade,’ it gave advantages not otherwise obtained for measuring dis- cipiine, and the progress of the men in in- struction; while homage to the colors is, and ought to be, a daily duty among sol- diers, it has been the custom of all soldiers, excepting the United States, for many years, It means stability, constancy, devo- n to law and order. ‘Following the parade, that is to say, at ) each evening, after dinner at brigade headquarters mess, a consultation ‘critique’ was held upon the day’s doings. ‘This was attended, by order, by all the tield officers, presided over by the commanding general in person. At these meetings there was a free but orderly nm of any and all questions appertaining to the work of the day, and that for the succeeding day was then laid out and announced by the commanding general. The object of these seances was mutual improvement and un- derstanding to be obtained through frank end friendly criticisms and discussions. 1 bear witness that that object was most ad- mirably and thoroughly achieved, and, con- sequently, was the underlying agent cf !ar- mony and discipline, or ‘morale’ of the brigade." the Commissary Was All Right. der the head of cooking, messing and police, the report says: “The troops messed by battalion, with a separate table near by for the officers of each, This protlem, which has always been the ‘bete noir’ of militia encampments. I consider to have been most admiranly sclved in this instance. Nowhere did I learn of complaint or dissatisfaction. The supplies were good and the cooking excel- lent and wholesome. Fresh beef and bread were supplied daily from the city, and all ccoking done in camp. The messes quite approached those of regular ‘troops. in method, quality and quantity of food, as well as in goqd order and demeanor. ‘The men were paraded for meals at the trum- pet signals on their several parade grounds and then marcheu to the mess tents. “Careful attention on the parts of the various commanders was manifestly given to the policing and cleanliness of the camp: Unmistakable signs of this care were everywhere easily observable. * * * Sat- urday, the 22d instant, was devoted to breaking camp. This was accomplished in the same orderly manner In which it was established. Property was carefully turned in to the post quartermaster, whose syste- ngements were quite apparent to thinking observer. The tents were ruck at the sounding of the ‘general’, ere carefully folded and left, by order, where the men found them; that is to matic a any on the tent floors, ready’ to be stowed away.” Guardsmen Deserve Respect and Esteem. Capt. Chase's conclusions as to the en- campment as a whole will be p! nt reading to every guardsman who was in the camp, and probably to a number of others who, through causes which were uraycidable, had to be absent. Capt. Chese say: “It is not my intention to commerts upon ind:vidual pe either as organizations as pers ophancy and hypercriticisms ar welcome and unfair to earnest i men. S. KANN, SONS & Sih AND MARKET SPACE. "SEE THE EAUTIFUL CHRISTMAS TABLEAUX @ in all.) LITTLE NELLIE’S CHR TMAS, On the frst floor. Ooo eerooere-seoee eee COO eeereeoserreeoeeg . . . . . . . . ° Friends! Parents!! Citizens!!! ~ LEND US YOUR EARS. WE TALK OF YULE TIDE JOY AND OF THE BOUNTEOUS PREPARATIONS WHICH WE HAVE MADE FOR ALL. NOT ONLY HAVE OUR REGULAR DEPARTMENTS BEEN STRENGTHENED TO WITHSTAND THE SHOCK OF HOLIDAY TRADE, BUT NEW AND SEASONABLE ONES HAVE BEEN ADDED, SO THAT IN REALITY OUR CUSTOMERS ARE NOT IN.ONE STORE, BUT, AS IT WERE, IN A PERFECT STREET OF SHOPS, WHOSE CONTENTS ARE AS DIFFERENT AND VARIED AS THE EVER-CHANGING FORMS OF A KALEIL- DOSCOPE. NOW IS OUR TIME- OPPORTUNITY. YOUR 4 f SILKS & DRESS GOODS Are as essentially Christmas Goods as any other commodity of our store. At no time are halls more frequent, parties more general or receptions so continual as during this time of the year. EVENING SHADES IN SATIN, OF MOST DELICATH APPEARAD CHINA SILKS IN EVENT LORS—A GRADE WH OTHERS STRIVE UAL AT 89. —r THE MOST PLEASING SHADES... a, = 25¢. yd. CRYSTAL SILKS FOR BALL AND PARTY DRESSES — A "Fa WHICH WE HAVE NEVER SOLD THE Gye. 50¢. yd. EVENING SHADES: IN SATIN DUCH- LORS = 39C. ‘TERACT THE FORCE OF TH x ARRAY OF GAY COLORS WHICH NOW ARE DEMAN FOR MONDAY A Mos’ RY SUPERIOR ALL-WOOL PLAID—GOODS z 39Cc. & MAGNIFICENT LINE OF NOVELTY S, INFINITESIMAL IN VARIETY, AMONG wee. ARE GOODS WHICH SOLD AT ND $1 . 59C. WHICH PREVIOUSLY FLEW AT 5% AND We. A BIG ARRAY OF WOOL PLAIDS—THE ROB ROY, THE MacGREGOR, THE CAMPBELL, THE -DOONE, DD MANY OTH KINDS sees 2HCe BLACK NOVELTY DRESS _GOODS—SMOOTH AND ROUGH ESWECTS—MIXTURES,. IN AN AL- Most ENDLESS; VARIETY FOR” A SELEC- TION AS Se. . The Goods Below Are remnants of miaterials whose popularity had been of a_ record- breaking nature. Of course, in cut- ting off as many dresses as we do, short lengths, 2 ta fo yards, will ac- cumulate, which, in the form of rem- nants, we ofter on our second floor for the inspection of our trade. This is a good thing—that’s why we’ pushed i TWO-TONED AND FANCY BROCADED DRES: GOODS, IS MOST. CHARMING FAT Q 4/ ¢ TERNS AND TASTEFUL SHADES g34C. FIXE WOOL HENRIETTAS, TN COLORS WHICH CHARM AND OF & WEAVE AS SOFT TO THI TOUCH AS THE DOWY OF THE “T9.c, yd EIDER DUCK... z FINE IMPORTED SERGES, 46 INCHES WIDE, PLE FIND A THOUSAND COLORS. MOST P! 30¢. yd. DS WHICH SOLD AS HIGH 590¢. FOR THIS FABRIC—ITS \CTIONS HAVE NO LIMIT... TOYS. That entire immense third floor of our main building, which has hitherto been occupied by remnants, is now held by our Mammoth Toy Stock, an array of beautiful and novel wares whose evolution has required the resources of two worlds—Europe and America—to produce. A VERY PRETTY AND FAIR SIZED DOLL, WITH TWO EXTRA HEADS, 89¢. PAPA, BEAUTIFUL TRENCH DOLLS, WITH CUTE LITTLE CAPs, WHO €RY “M@MIMA AND DOLLS WHICH SLEEP AND WAKE, FROM Tbe. DOLLS WHICH CA} ‘OT BE BROKE} A WONDERFUL INVENTIO: UNDRESSED DOLLS, IN ALL SIZES, FROM 10c. UP. ESQ’ STOCKINGS, $3.48 AND $4.50. KID BODY DOLLS, 15e. TO $1.99. DRESSED DOLLS, THIS SEASON CAPS OF VARIOUS § CAPS MADE OF PLUSH, 10c. DOLLS’ DOLLS’ SHOES, 10c. PAIR. DOLLS’ STOCKINGS, FROM 8c. UP. MAGIC LANTER: STEAM DERRICKS, COMPLETE, 89. + MECHANICAL SCISSORS GRINDER, 25e. PASSENGER TRAINS, 18c. TO 89¢. MAUX DOLLS, QUAINT AND PRETTY, 99¢. : LARGE JOINTED DOLLS, OF ALMOST HUMAN PERFECTIO! WITH SHOES AND STYLES, PLEASING FACES, FROM 10c. TO $2.25. ZES AND KINDS, FROM 5c. TO 23c, FROM 28c., WITH 3 SLIDES, TO $1.69, WITH 12 SLIDES. COMBINATION BANKS, FROM 15e. TO 89e. COMICAL TRICK BANKS, §8c., 75e., 58c., 48c. POLICE PATROL, 89. FIRE ENGINES, FROM 59c. TO $2.25. DONKEY CARTS, 43¢. SET BROWNIE TEN PINS, 89e. ALL KINDS OF HORNS ASD BUGLES. LAUGHING CAMERA, 23c. DOLL LAMP, 5e. PUNCH AND JUDY, FISH POND, 10c. Be. OF CHINA DISHES, FROM 10c. TO $2.00. LOTT), COMPLETE, WITH COUNTERS, GLASS AND EVERYTHING, IN BOX, 9. All kinds of Tron Toys, Horse Rakes, Mowers, Wagons, Carts, Steam Cars, Express Wagons, Patrols, Surreys, &c. POODLE DOG RELL RINGS, 19. FURNITURE SETS, 15¢. MONKEY RACE, Sfc. POOL TABLE, WITH BALLS AND CUE, 7c, BUILDING BLOCK: AB C BLOCKS, 0c. FROM 18¢. TO Tec. MENAGERIE SHOW BLOCKS, 29¢. . CHILD'S EDUCATOR, 23c. PIANOS, FROM 73c. TO $5.00. TAMBOURINES, 2c. : PRINTING PRESSES, FROM 79. TO $3.48. ZITHERS, FROM 9c. to 89e. ALL KINDS OF HORSES AND WAGONS. In addition the Biggest Assortment of Games in Washington, our list containing over 135 different kinds at prices the lowest ever offered by any firm. & Ce APPR eee occsovecoes OPEN UNTIL 9 O'CLOCK DURING _ THE HOLIDAYS. eeeeescoes . . PS . . ° eS See rerereccsccseos eC OHTS HOOT EE EHO OO EEe Handkerchiefs Play a leading part in this Christmas Spectacl KING COTTON BUT THE PRINCID ING LI OUR LINE OF 1 \ WHITE A} BOKDERED HEMST'TCHED HA: CHIEFS THAT WE ARE SELL ARE A GREAT DEAL BETTER THAN THE SO CALLED Se. KIND. EITHER FOR LADIES OB CHILDRES enh 2078 Of these will make a very pleasing pres- LADIES’ HEMSTITCHED MOURNING TAND- KERCHIEFS, ~ DIFFERENT DESIGNS, UNION CLOTH. OUR SPECIAL PRICE IS QCe Six will cost you 50c., aud the present is all right. LADIES’ SCALLOPED EDGES AND PLAIN WHITE” HANDRELCHIBES MORE THAN 500 DOZ or THE VERY PRETTIEST DESIGNS. 124%c Another nice Xmas gift. LADIES’ FANCY SCALLOPED SILK_HANDK! CHIEFS, WITlt DRAWS. WORK Cok NERS, BRIGHT AND PRETTY COLOR- INGS” ...- 2... wees. USC A few of these will be very acceptable. MEN'S HEMSTITCHED INITIAL HANDKER- CHIEFS WITH 0; INCH — BORDER, LETTERS RUNNING FROM A TO Z. Igc. Six in a box for one dollar would be all right. CHILDREN'S HANDKERCHIEFS WITH HAND- EMBROIDERED LETTER, IN A CUTE LITTLE BOX, 3 FOR es 25c. OR 6 WITHOUT ANY INITIAL, IN 4 ROX. A gift of this kind will surely please a child. MEN'S PURE LINEN HEMSTITCH HANDKER- CHIEFS, ALSO PLAIN AND INITIAL SILK IAND- KERCHIEFS, WITH WIDE HEM AND HANDSOME LARGE LEITERS.......... 25Ce Buy six of these and see bow pleased he will be, Gloves. CHILDREN’S FUR-TOP KID MITTENS, FINE Ki HOLIDA! LADIES’ EXTRA QUALITY 16-RUTTON- LENGTH SUEDE KID GLOVES, OPERA SHADES. ALL SIZES. WORTH $2.23. HOLIDAY PRICK, LADIES’ 4-BUTTON KID GLOVES, 1 ‘D_ TANS. BROAD BLACK ORTH $1.00. NUINE JOU UE KID GLOVES. 4 BUT- c IN ‘E, ONBLOOD AND TANS, VORTH $2.00.” HOLIDAY PRICE, $1.50. 8 - BUTTON GLOVES, PERN ACTUAL ENG?H GLACE REAL ox VALUE, $235. HOLIDAY FRICE, $1 eros MEN'S FINE QUALITY STREET GLOVES, IN GRAY ONLY WORTH $1.25. HOLIDAY PRICB, Ge. BOYS’ FINE KID GLOVES, LATEST SHA} ADLER'S MAKE. ALL SIZES. SOLD FOR LESS THAN $1.00. HOLIDAY PRICE, 79e. ss deem it my duty, however, to say that of the men composing this brigade only sev- enty-five, or possibly’ one hundred, had ever before assisted at a military camp, and that there h@&d been no encampment for the brigade singe 189, thanks to fail- ure in the necessary appropriations by Cengress. As a consequence efforts at field instruction were forced to commence at the very beginning. Fortunately, how- ever, most of the men had had the prep- aration of armory instruction, and this rendered the task lighter; so that whatever may be the circumstances adverse to greater success which attended these men, I am happy to be in a position to testify to their earnestness and honesty of en- deavor in the right direction. “after careful reflection, 1 may also say that the brigade of District of Columbia National Guard Is the germ of a magnifi- cent citizen soldiery, which challenges the highest respect and esteem. Building, as it did, some six years ago, upon the nu- cleus of one battalion—the Washington Light Infantry Corps of Washington, now the first battalion—the brigade has, not- withstanding many obstructions, discour- agements and a burden of personal ex- pense, taken a foremost place in the ranks of the National Guard, and now forms a body of troops, a military being, to be con- fidently relied upon in troublous times as an adjunct to the regular army. A Model of Military Legislation, “The law of Its organization is one of its grandest features to a military mind, Is a model of modern military legislation. Here is found, expressed in a few words, the necessary provision for the three battalion regiments of infantry, the adminisirative services, and a few corps of special arms and troops, these last existing more par- ticularly for the purposes of instruction. ‘The composition of this law is not the work of a novice; it shows the hand of one ‘who has served,’ and also is essen- tially a patriotic citizen and a master In soldier craft. “In our infancy as a nation it was de- clared that ‘the devising and establishing of a well-regulated militia would be a gen- uine source of legislative honor and a per fect title to public gratitude.’ If this be sound In principle, then. it follows as a public duty to maintain and encourage such militia from the public treasury. “There Is room left to mention the ser- vice rerglered during this encampment by the supply and medical departments of the brigade already alluded to. The important functions of these departments in our armies, based, as they are, upon the se- rious needs of mankind, demand the care- ful exercise of busingss’ sense in the first and professional judgment in the second. Both call for activity energy and consum- mate tact; for men njust be fed, sheltered and clothed, transported and nursed in sickness and suffering. Indeed, it would not be very difficult to point out historical examples where the grandest military con- ceptions have been |hampered and even frustrated by incapa¢ity in these depart- ments, but I may not discuss such matters here. For the pufpose in hand, it suffice: and it is a duty, continge loyally istrative and megfeal gade, and no more pains’ ever been shown of publi or in the health s jously and most res s body of citfzen attention of the proper authori- that no military or more its admir this. bri- are y and prop- amp. y com- to say careful ties.” ee aS John McDonnell, a Dartmouth medical student, for alleged compl G. P. Gifford in the grave robber: Nerwich, Vt. has been held in his appearance befcre the grand ji Woodstock, N. H., rext year. College ity w th -S KANN, SONS AMUSEMENTS. Lafayette Square Opera House.—The vitalization of Trilby, her metomorphosis from cold type to flesh and blood, yes and heart, is one of the most conspicuous tri- umphs of adaptation in the past twenty years, and the adaptor is Paul M. Potter. This stage realization of DuMaurier's novel will be introduced to Washington by Mr. A. M. Palmer. at the Lafayette Square Theater Monday evening. When Mr. Pal- mer announced that he had engaged Mr. Potter to transfer Trilby from the book to the stage, the sages and the critics imme- Giately forecasted failure. Not a soul ex- cepting Mr. Palmer and Mr. Potter, could see a play in Trilby, put their popular vision became lucid after the production of Mr. Potter's stage version. The success of the play Trilby almost beggars belief. In bis dramatization Mr. Potter dweils, of course, on the hypnotic episode, and under the spell cf the master mind of Svengatt, the artist's model is transfigured into a premiere songstress. This is the most potent dramatic happening in the drama- tized Trilby, and it is said that the scene is schemed in such a masterly manner as to rivet spellbound the audience. The broth- erhood of the musketeers, those kindred sculs transferred to the stage with admira- ble consistency by Mr. Potter,andthe heart motive, the mutual love of the two, of artist for the erratic Bohemian lass, Trilby, of the Latin quarter, jg realized with rare sympathy and fidelity. Trilby will be pre- sented in Washirgton by Mr. Palmer's first and original company, with Mr. Wil- ton Lackaye, that prolific originator of so many fine stage portraitures, as Svengali. Lackaye’s Svengali is said to outshine any of his previous creations. Lackaye is a Washingtonian and an intellectual and cul- tured genuleman. Miss Blanche Walsh is to be the Trilby. Miss Walsh is well known in Washington, and it has been written of her that she Is the first of the several Tril- bys that have been seen in the Palmer pro- ductions. Burr McIntosh as Taffy, and John Glendinning as the Laird, Mme. Cot- trelley as Mme. Vinard, and Ignatio Mar- tinette as Gecko, are also in the cast. Mary Louise Clary will sing Ben Bolt, ac- companied by Dr. Sommers’’ Hungarian Gypsy Band. The original scenery and ac- cersories will be utilized. Allen's Grand Opera House.—Hoey and his new play, “The Globe Trotter,” will be the week's attraction at the Graud Op- era House, beginning next Monday. This is the play produced a year ago by Louis De Lange at the Chestnut Street Opera Hous Philadelphia, remodeled, rewritten and altered to suit the peculiar comedy ability of Mr. Wm. Hoey, who has dropped the cognomen of “Old Hoss’? and comes to Washington with this his ne’ play, pre- senting three new charac ba he is a tramp, similar to his original c tion uf Old Hos but in the lohe Trot- ter” called Buttsy. Toward the finish of the first act Hi shaves off his histor 1 beard and appears at the drop of the cur tain as an English grand dame, which character he continue to throughout the entire second act In the third act a new cre n of ecmedian is introduced, that of an English “Johnnie,” with a new Eng- ish drawl, nging Hoey's old-time he Man Who Broke i impersonate of the ar would not be comple Hoey's company is one of more t nary excellence, and includes, an ers, M. A. enn: W. T. Do De Lange, Paul Barnes, Burt C Beatrice Moreland, Gerome Edwardy and Mattie Vickers. New National Theater.—Bancroft, the Magician, will be the attraction at the Na- tional Theater next week. Academy of Music.—Joseph Callahan, in “Faust,” will hold the boards at the Acad- emy of Music next week. Kernan’s Lyceum Theater.—Manager Kernan’s attraction for next week will be H. W. Williams’ Own Company, direct from the Academy of Music, Pittsburg, Pa. The managers of this company have exerted their energy and expendgd a great deal of money in procuring talent for its combination, and that they have gotten to- gether a most stunning collection of ex ceptionally clever performers is shown b the success of the company with both press and public. of stars comes those Farnum and Seymour, standing jumpers of” the world. the company are McAvoy and Mz mirth-provokifg sketch, entitled Conglomeration;”” Miss Imogene the queen regent of descriptive vocalist: Felix and Cain, in their original ac “Watch the Board;” Gertie Gilson, York’s favorite serio-comi mith Fuller, the expert musical artists; James Walbrooke, character comedian and dancer, and Daily and Hilton, exponents of wit'and humor. There will be matinees Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. wonderful _athlet champion high Others in their azy New Rev. Dr. Rogers’ Lecture.—Rev. Dr. A. G. Rogers will deliver the third and last 1} ture of “The People’s Course of Lectur at the Church of Our Father Monday even- ing next. This lecture was postponed from lest Monday on account of the delay in re- ceiving some of the illustrations to be used, but they have arrived, and everything is in readiness to finish the course. The subject of the lecture is “Edingurgh—Old and New.” St. John’s Parish Hall.—A musical enter- tainment will be given in St. John’s Parish Hall, 16th street near H northwest, Wed- nesday evening next. It is for the benefit of the Old Colonial Church, known as Broad creek, Prince George's county, Md., and promises to be a very enjoyable affair. Those who will take part are Mrs. Daisy Louise Fox, Master Bruce Magruder, Miss Juliana Randall Elliott, Mr. Kuling, Miss Dmyrtelle Dexter, Rev. Clarence Bispham, Miss Addie Kleinschmidt, Mr. Phil Baer, Miss Veazie, Mr. Looker, Miss Mitchell, Mr. Henter Gait and others. Scotland and the Scotch.—Dr. Hugh John- ston delivered his second lecture at the Met ropolitan M. E, Church last evening to a large and_ intelligent eaudience. His sub- ject was “Scotland and the Scotch,” and the lecture was illustrated with a fine set of stereopticon pictures. Dr. Johnston not on! gave excellent descriptions of Scotland a it is today, but recited some of the mo times in the history of the cou ure of the course will ay evening and is on nglish.”” by the rr al Church hompson will be at t with the Chor tified her entire willin=- to help her old friends. ofessional M have at the G lay, in place of the regular afternoon performance, in tine fanager Alle or a pre Ho: Pr oy Sth and Market Space. First and foremost in the list | Comer, | and | to | back. an opportunity to see “Hoey” in his new play, “The Globe Trotter,’ Loyal Women’s Entertainment.—An enter- tainment entitled “Ye Ancient Days—A Grand Synging Partie of ye Olden Tyme,” will be given at National Rifles’ Hall Tues- day evening next at 8 o'clock, by the Legion of Loyal Women. The features will be a concert, grand march in costume, dancing nd ancient and modern refreshments. Miss Estelle H. Davis will be the recitationist of the occasion, and solos will be sung by Miss Harrietta Whiting, Mrs, J. Albert Houghton end Mrs. M. C? Cameron. There will be the choruses and part songs, participated in by a large numter of well-known people. Mr. | Edward R. Tracey is the director of the choruses, while Mrs. Elizabeth A. Hilton will act as accompanist, and Prof. J. H. Veemilya, director. Tickets are now on sale at Metzerott’s music store, 1110 F street. The Princeton Glee Club.—The concert of the Princeton Glee, Banjo and Mandolin Clubs at Metzerott Hall next Monday even- ing promises to be a great social and artistic success. The advance sale of seats has been | unusually large, based on the reports from the north that the clubs this year are larger and better than any that have ever repre- sented Old Nassau. The clubs are traveling by special train and are heading for the south for their annual Christmas trip. Dur- ing their stay in this city they will make their headquarters at the Shoreham, but a half dozen or more social affairs have been arranged for tNeir entertainment, including @ tea, several small dinhers, a dence after the concert and a supper still later at the University Club. A special feature of thelr soutkern trip will he a joint concert with the Yale clubs at Memphis, December 24, the same day of the big foot ball game in which Yule and Princeton will join forces agaitst the Memphis Athletic Club. The First Bischoff Concert.—The first of the series of Bischoff concerts will take place at the First Congregational Church Monday evening. The soloists will be Mrs, Hattie Meads Smith, soprano; Miss Flor- ence McNel contralto: Mr. Douglass G. Miller, tenor, and Mr. Elphonzo Youngs, Jr. bass, and they will be supported by the Congregational Church Choir. Dr. Bischoff will preside at the organ, and Miss Zue Brockett will be the recitatlonist. > HOUSESMITHS’ STRIKE ENDS. The Men Beaten in Their Fight for Recognition. The strike of the New York housesmiths, which commenced on November 18, has terminated in a decided victory for the Iron League. An agreement has been signed by J. B. & J. M. Cornell & Go. and the United Houseemiths and Bridgemen's Union, the latter retracting its demands for recognition by the Iron League and an increase of 25 cents in the wage e. Of the 169 men who quit work when the |strike began only about fifty will be taken The non-union men now employed !on the building will not be d ged. aha Mishap to the Prince. “f Wales,who had some grains jof powder bl into his right eye while | shooting on the estates of Sir Edward Law- i, Thursday, has almost ed, and suffers no Incon- worth mentioning as a result of “ident coe Pugilist Killed in a Saloon. lal from Cttawa, IIL, says: An un- said to have come to Ottawa shot and instantly killed a prize fighter of some The negro escaped. negro,