Evening Star Newspaper, January 25, 1896, Page 18

18 ANOTHER MATCH ON Capital's Whist Team Playing Baltimores, THE TROPHY HAS GONE WEST ‘Notes of Local Chess and Checker Tourneys. LASKER’S GREAT VICTORY Another match is being played today at Capital Bicycle Club qvarters for the tro- Phy of the American Whist League. This time the contestants are the Capital Bi- cycle and Baltimore whist clubs. The Ipcal club is represented by the team that defeated the Hamilton Club last week, while the visiting team consists of Messrs. ‘Whelan, captain; Duvall, McCoy and Steele. The Baltimore club recently defeated the THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 1896—TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. cycle Club the past week, the members Faying more attention to whist. Messrs. Barrick and Macdaniel have improved their scores, and Mr. Barrick will undoubt- edly push Mr. Usina hard for first place be- the | fore the tournament is over. The stand- ing of the players is as follows: Usina, won 19, lost, 2; Quackenbush, won, 9; lost, 2; Barrick, won, 15 1-2; lost, 3 1-2; Doug- mn, 6; lost 3; Macdaniel, won, 15; 13; Carr, won, 9 1-2; lost, 8 1-2; Rines, lost, 15; Calver, won, 5 1-2; lost, J. L. Wirt, won, 6 1-2; lost, 24 1-2; won, 9; lost, 21. Mt. Vernon Club Checkers. The checker tournaments at the Mt. Ver- non Checker Club, on 9th street, are prac- tically closed, though not a single player has played all his games. There have been scarc*ly aay games played the past week. Ward has returned from a trip te Ohio looking quite well. He is ahead in class A, and Murry in c! B. The scores are as follows: Ward, won 31 1-2, lost 104. McHardy, wen 23, lost 9; Mundelle, won 48 1-2, lost 27 1-2; Farqu- har, won 37 1-2, lost 24 1-2; Pedal, won 31, lost 25; Jackson, won 17. lost 18; Wendel, won 22 1-2, lost 26 1-2; Fitch, won 22, lost 40; Miller, won 4; lost —; Smith won 8, lost 20; Whitford, won 10 1-2, lost 40 1-2, and Johnson, won 1, lost 7.’ Class, B—Murry, won 47 1-2, lost 15 1-2; Stephenson, won 41, lost 23; Grove, won 21 1-2, lost 12 1-2; Cramer, won 15 1-2, lost 11 1-2; Walker, won 24 1-2, lost 20 1-2, and Burten, won 20 1-2, lost 20 1-2. The rales for a new checker tournament lost, THE WINNING C. BL C. TeAM. Hamilton Club by seven tricks, and were im turn defeated by the Philadelphia Whist Club by the same number of tricks. They are slow, careful players, and a spirited contest is expected. The cup fcr which the match is played was shipped to St. Louis Wednesday, to be contested for next Monday by clubs from the east and west. Notwithstanding the abserce of the cup today’s match counts for the trophy, twenty wins giving a club permanent possession there There will also be played t evening at the rooms of the Capital Bicycle Club the first_match in the interclub tournament, the Capital Bicycle and Mt. Pleasant whist clubs being scheduled to play. The match with Baltimore renders it necessary for the bicycle club to choose a second four. There is plenty of good material to select from. It is probable the team will consist of Messrs. McComb, Stevens, Williamson and Britton. The Mt. Pleasant club team com- prises Messis. Davis, Taliaferro, Brown and Young. Wright-Hanna Chess Match. Interest at the Washington Chess Club centers in the match between Messrs. Hanna and Wright. Two games have been played between them the past week, each winning one. Mr. Henna has shown su- perior skill in the games already played in the present match. He seems to be at his best, while the champion has not shown his accustemed skill. In the game between them la-t Saturday night Mr. Hanna had the best of the situation fer twenty-five moves, when he became very short of time, and, playing rapidly, unwisely captured a pawn, which gave Wright a desired op- portunity to win the exchange. Later Hanna overiooked a mate on the move. has been demonstrated in this tourna- went that fifty moves in two hours is too rapid for careful play. The time limit of masters is thirty moves in two hours. In the third game between Wright and Hanna, a Ruy Lopez, the latter had the best position after the first few moves, an won in about forty moves. The score be- tween them stands: Hanra, 2; Wright, 1. Two games were played the past week between Messrs. Tharp and Otte. The first was won by Otte in a game full of interest- ing positiors. Tharp won the next game easily in twenty-four moves. In the match ‘Tharp has won 3, Otte 2 and 1 game was drawn. Capt. O'Farrell won in the first game with Gichner, in fifty moves, the opening being Ruy Lopez. The second game was also won by the captain. Messrs. Martin and Walker drew a French defense after seventy moves, In a game devoid of brilliant plays, and in which both parties made oversights. The score stands: Walker, 2; Martin, 0; drawn, 1, Capital Club Tournament. Chess has b2-n quiet at the Capital Bi- have been posted in the club room, It will begin one week from today, February 1, and will close on the 29th of February. There will be three classes, called A, B and C, no class to contain more than eight players. Each player plays eight games, unrestricted, with every other player in the same class. The games are to be played in four rounds of two games per week. The winner in each class enters a final tourna- ment, in which the winner in class A gives the winner in class B two games in eight, the winrer in class A gives the winner in class C three games in B, and the winner in class B gives the wianer in class C one The final tourney is to be na week from Februai . The checker editor of the New York World has offered a valuable draughts book as a prize for the winner. Lasker's Victory. Lasker will win the first prize in the St. Petersburg tournament with an excellent tecord. Steinmetz is almost certain to fin- ish second. Pillsbury has but one game to Play, and the best he can possibly do is to tie for second place. The final sitting is scheduled for today, Steinitz playing Lus- ker and Pillsbury playing Tschigorin. The score in detail is as follows: islel? \3}t4a|3 }@|aése | als nt Fo | Bo i It wili be seen that Pillsbury has won the majerity of the games played with both Lasker and Tschigorin, while with Steinitz the best he could do was to get two draws out of six games played. Speaking of the three games between Pilisbury and Steinitz in the first half of the tournament, Shcwalter, the chess cham- pion of the United States, says that in the first game, had Pilisbury played 13, R to K sq., ch., and on the interposition of the bish- op, which was forced, played 14, QxP, he must surely have won. Then again, 21, Kt to K6 instead of Kt to Q8 he considers a win for black. He thinks that 17, Q to B3 ought to have won for Pillsbury in the second game, or R to R7 on the 31st, 32d or 33d move. In the third game he says 11, B to Q2 would have won almost at once for Pillsbury. Another tournament between the same piayers will probably be held at Warsaw, to ccmmence in a short time. A lover of the game there has offered 700 roubles to be contested for by the quartet of masters. Lasker, Steinitz and Pillsbury have already signified their willingness to play. = THE DOLLAR MARK. How the World Fell Into the Habit of Reversing It. From the Bankers’ Encyclopaedia Monthly. A St. Louis exchange calls attention to the singularity of our custom of placing the dollar mark before the figures, in- stead of after, without giving the real ex- planation. A high authority says that the explanation is found in the fact that in the colonial times, when the word dol- lar was Americanized, its equivalent was the Spanish “plece of eight,” or eight “reals,” later known as the “York shil- ling.” At first the abbreviation for a Gollar was the figure 8 between two straight lines |8|, and then the two lines were drawn through the 8. After a while the § Itself was changed just a little, mak- ing the sign stand as now in use. This is a highly probable explanation. In all civilized countries money marks are in use, and our St. Louis exchange throws some interesting light on the custom when it says: In every country which has a written language and a system of coinage the ab- breviation for the unit of value precedes the figures. In England the pound mark @ is used in the same manner that the dollar mark is used in this country, while the same peculiarity is noticeable in Ger- many, where the abbreviation m. (for mark) appears preceding the number, just as the French abbreviation fr. (for franc) is_used in France. If the abbreviations are not used, the legend is more apt to be correct. We find that In Mexico they have a “2% pesos” in- stead of “p. 2%," as one might expect, and in New Foundland they have a plain two- deliar piece. So, too, in France, where the abbreviation fs not used, we find such pieces as “10 francs,” “20 francs” and “40 francs."" In Germary they have a piece marked “X thaler,” which is all very plain, but the moment a clerk, bookkeeper or other person meskes an entry or jots down a memoran- dum he tells you that it is a “th. X.” The English pound sign, which is believed to be the oldest monetary abbreviation now in use, is the old initial letter by which the Romans expressed “pounds,” just as we use the “Ibs.” It has been suggested that we use our money abbreviation backward because the Romans, in expressing “pounds,” always said ibra decem.” in- stead of “decem libra,” the first being = ten” and the latter “ten pounds.” When their initial letter or character was used it always preceded the figures, thus “£10,” instead of the reverse. Thus the whole world have gotten in the habit of doing these things backward. ———-+e0— ‘The Difficulty. ¢ From Truth. . Hazel—“Say, haven't you and Jack been engaged long enough to get married?” ‘Mabel—“Too long. He hasn't got a cent OLYMPIC GAMES AT ATHENS. Will Be Held in an Amphitheater Holding 30,000 Persons. From the New York Sun. Considerable Interest is shown in the re- vival of the Olympic games, which take place at Athens, Greece, in April. The Panathenaic, Stadion at Hymettus is now being fitted up for the accommodation of 30,000 persons. Mr. Averoff, a wealthy Greek merchant of Alexandria, has do- nated $100,000 for this purpose. The Crown Prince of Greece and his brothers are much interested in the event. and the entire fund raised in Greece for the rebuilding of this noted amphitheater amounts to $193,000. The king has promised to award the prizes of silver olive wreaths, and special com- memorative postage stamps will be issued by the government, the proceeds to go to the Olympic fund. It is intended to finish the Stadion in marble, but only part of it will be ready for the sports in the spring. It is said that when the structure fs finished the seating capacity will be 70,000. It forms a natural hollow between two of the lowest spurs of Mount Hymettus, the sides sloping up to a height of from sixty to eighty feet. The | interior space, in form of a horseshoe, is 670 feet long and 109 feet wide. From ‘this spot a splendid view of Athens and the surrounding country can be had, including the Bay of Salamis. Foot races and gymnastic contests will take place in the Stadion and also the finish of the twenty-mile race from Mura- thon. There will also be a bicycle race on the Phaleric Plain, half way between the city and the seashore, swimming and row- ing races in the roadstead of Phaleron, and yacht races in the Saronic gulf. ——+ e+. A NEW CHURN. Eugene Field’s Successor Tells 2 Good Story. > From the Chicago News. At the meeting of the: Northwestern Dairymen’s Association recently one mem- ber described a method for making every cow her owr churn. A low mechanism is constructed in the daily yard resembling an iron fence, The cow stands on one side of this and on the ground on the other side is Placed an imitation cabbage. The cow jumps the fence for the cabbage. The striking of her hoofs on the other side causes to act a lever which sets into oper- ation e mechanism sliding the cabbage un- der the fence to the side from which the cow jumped. The animal immediately re- verses. her movements and, still bent on the cabbage, repeats the operation by jump- ing back. The cabbage, as before, slides under the fence. A quarter of an hour of- this healthful exercise is sufficient far the churning. The plan was voted impracti- cable by a small majority. =, The share which women have taken in the rapid development of golf in America has been by no means inconsiderable. On all the links In the country women have played with both frequency and en- thusiasm, and in two cases women have feunded and carried on clubs of their own. The Morristown Club, one of the oldest and best organized of them all, was founded and carried on exclusively by women. The links at St. Andrew's, in Yonkers, are the oldest in this country, having been founded in 1888. The Hinks at Shinnecock, L. 1., founded in 1890, come next. In 1891 emall links were laid out*in Lake Forest by Mr. H. C. Chatfield Taylor, and the next year a larger course at Belmont, also near Chicago, which was soon fol- lowed by that at Wheaton, one of the largest courses in this country, and beauti- fully laid out over the rolling, open prairie. The links at Newport, although only in existence two years, are important ones, having a beautiful club house and an in- teresting cours2, upon which much money has been expended. The Shinnecock links are possibly the ideal course, being laid out over furzy hills within sight of the ocean, very rich in sand bunkers and hazards, and having the legitimate eighteen holes. A number of splendid golfers have been developed here. and it was here that the first celebrate: professional match between Willie Camp- bell ai Willie Dunn was played. The Tuxedo links are a very sporty course, made dangerous by gullies and high hills. The links at Meadowbrook are long, dif- fienlt and very interesting. The Essex county links are an important course near Boston, where a number of excellent players have been developed. These are the most important links, but there is en ever-increasing number. Every day one hears of new courses being laid ° out by the Hudson, by the sea, inland—in every spot where there is country life and in places most accessible to the cities. The links at Morristown, which are man- aged by women, are a very fair course, be- ing laid out cver rolling, uneven ground and possessing the full number of eighteen holes. The holes are rather short, varying from one hundred to three hundred yards. The membership in all amounts to nearly five hundred, which will give some idea of the popularity of the game. Men are ad- mitted as associate members and allowed to play over the course. Miss Nina How- land is the president of the club, Mrs. H. McK. Twombly the vice president. Miss A. owland Ford has won the cup offered in the ladies’ tournaments on these links three times. At the time that Miss Ford won the cup Mr. Kipp, who presented it, announced that a gold cup would be put up by a Scotchman, an enthusiastic lover of golf, now resident in this country, a prize to be contended for en the Morristown links in the spring. There is another set of links in New Jersey ecnducted by women, called the Orange Mountain Golf Club. This is situated near Orange, and has been in existence two years. A number of very fair players have been developed among the women, although none who approach to the really champion play which some of the men golfers of America have attained to. Mrs. Butler Duncan of Westchester, Miss Avena Sands of New York, Mrs. H. C. Chat- field Taylor of Chicago, Mrs. Chas. Brown of New York, Miss Howland Ford of Morris- town and Miss Lila Sloane of Lenox may be mentioned as players of the first class, ac- cording to the present American standard. Mrs. Butler Duncan has had the advantage of three years’ practice on the Westchester and Newport links. She plays in a very dashing manner, rarely using a driver. She drives with a cleek, or driving iron, and plays a wonderfully rapid and accurate game. She walks up to her ball, gives one glance at it, and sends it flying with really extraordinary accuracy and to a very fair distance. Willie Campbell, an authority on golf, says it is a mistake to address the ball too long in playing with the iron, for the eye, according to him, becomes disturbed h the glitter of the iron and the player loses his aim. Mrs. Duncan’s very successful play would seem to indicate the wisdom of such ad- vice. Mrs. Duncan won a cup offered for women at Newport in 1894, and this year played the Newport course in 61, a very fair score for a woman. Miss Anna Sands plays a very equal game with Mrs. Duncan. She is almost the only woman in America _who really drives like aman. She plays in excellent form, and is @ very strong and sometimes brilliant golf- er. She has won a number of matches. She is apt to lose her game when the odds are against her. She belongs to a family which is’ celebrated for being good at games, Mr. Charles Sands having distin- guished himself by playing up to the finals in the golf tournament at Newport this autumn, and Mr. W. H. Sands having many times won honors at golf at St. An- drew’s and Lakewood. has onl; it begun golf, having only oarted fast She) has-developed a really beautiful in_ this short time. iS ives with a very free and easy swing 8 5 tear bars, strapped in the same ing shots still need practice, and her weak- ness with these makes her somewhat un- even. Mrs. Chatfield Taylor has done the Wheaton litiks, which are the longest in America, in 61. 2 In the International tournament at Niag- ara she won a prize, but came in second, being one stroke more than Miss Yeate, a Canadian, who had been an enthusiastic golfer for some years. Mrs. Charles.S. Brown is now the cham- pion golfer among the women of America, having won the championship cup at Mead- owbrook in October. She has been playing a very short time, and deserves great credit for her victory. Her score over the Meadowbrook links was 63 for the 9 holes out, and 67 in, a very fair score, considering the links, which are the most difficult in the country—much larger than the famous cnes at Mussel- borough and St. Andrew's in Scotland. Her game is very even and reliable, and her driving pa-ticularly good. She has been playing at Shinnecock all summer, in the company of the very good players of the Southampton Club and under Willte Durn’s instruction. Miss Howland Ford and Miss Lila Sloane are also very good and promising players, and Mrs. J. J. Astor, who drives particu- larly well, has also a fair prospect of de- veloping a brilliant game. Lady Margaret Scott, who won thé wo- man champicrship in England in 1894 and 1895, and who is undoubtedly the best play- er of her sex in the world, rolls up such scores as 93 for the full course of eighteen holes at Westward Ho. In 1893 she won the scratch medal of the Bath Ladies’ Golf Club with a record score of 70. ‘This is what may be really called cham- pionship play, and demonstrates that it is skill rather than enormous strength which wins at golf. It will be seen by the accompanying pic- ture that this lady is slight and of medium height. Also it will be remarked how very fer over her shoulders she swings her driver. Her dress, as seen In the picture, is grace- ful, consisting of a silk blouse, wrapped about her figure, free from anything stiff in collar, belt or cuffs; a corduroy skirt, sailor hat and heavy golf shoes. It is evi- dent, also, that this lady wears no stay: The adopticn of this form of dress must always be a matter of taste, and governed by the necessities of each figure. That it must be of advantage in the game cannot be denied. A number of varieties in dress have been adopted: ® A brown cloth, skfrt, with gaiters and knickerbockers, § blpuse or skirt of flan- nel, silk or any AvasQ. material to suit the weather and the season, with an easily adjustable coat ke g Norfolk jacket, and a close hat of fe}t or straw without flow- ers—these are tite wkarable and advisable element of a golf ‘toilet. A golf skirt should be of heavy mafrinl and should come to the ankles, A shorter lergth is both un- desirable ard unnecegsary. A red~coat as a uniform is aftracfive, and would look well with the linen skiris which one wears in the summer. The exigencies of the game in the matter of costume are very easy to meet, end varieties cf color and material are perfectly porsible and destra- a ‘ The game is a roble‘one-its rewards are manifold. tt gives: oacupation to many, and health and imfdcent enjoyment. It adds a means of companfpnship to family and to friends. It'Is ar unmixed blessing— revived from an histcric past. It comes to us interesting in ‘memories, promissory of Joy. It is an unmixed Messing for which we must give thanks. . GUNS ON WHEELS. Novelties in the New York Cyele Ex- hibition. The New York cycle show has been the attraction of all local bicycle dealers and many wheelmen during the past week, and a large number of enthusiasts went over to inspect the exhibits, to see the new makes of all the wheels and judge the relative value of each for the purposes for which it was constructed. The show was not gotten up for amusement, but for instruc- tion, and as such it can be classed us a geod success. The exhibitors were many, and the crowds large, but nothing exccp- tlonally wonderful in bicycle construction was placed on view. There was no radizal departure from the present make of wheels, the principal aim of the manufacturers ap- pearing to be to improve the minor de- tails of construction. The novelties were not so numerous as anticipated. The most interesting exhibit was a single and a tan- dem fitted up for army purposes. The tandem was finished in the regulation manner, with enameled frame, nickel-plated handle bars, hubs, sprockets, etc. On either side of the steering head, and clamped or attached with perfect security, were steel enameled gun rests, which were lined with leather, and made exactly to fit the barrels of the guns. Attached to the main upright, in the same way, were rests of the same kind, with the exception of being made a trifle larger in order to hold the gun grip. Fitting most securely in these rests, and yet in such a manner that they may be easily and quickly detached at a moment's notice, were two of Colt’s twelve-shot re. peating magazine carbines. Strapped on the right side of the machine and to the front and rear seat posts were two of Colt’s regulation six-shooters, encased in holsters and hanging conveniently out of the way, so that they caused no interference what. ever. On the right side, extending almost the whole length of the machine, attached in front to the steering head and in the rear to the lower center tube, was a joint. ed flagstaff in a tight-fitting, neat-looking brown canvas case, and in no way hinder ing the action of the machine or riders. On the front handle bar, and strapped in a peculiar manner, so that there Was no Dossibility of thelr coming loose or causing any annoyance, were two tightly rolled blue regulation army overcoats. On the fashion, blankets. were so in- Were a double pair of gray army The oe revolvers, and all, geniously attached that nothin, = terfere in the slightest degree cates the riders, and the’ additional weight of the various accoutétments, which take in everything essential Yor a march in times of war or peace, ardly perceptibl The single wheel Perhaps more’ re- die dem, orf account of markable than ‘ aving attached" and’ ready ‘fo: forty-pound gun; which eee most an utter imposs/bility. Runs - pendicularly frora thé fork crown fp tre height of the handle bars : Would seem al- was a la- tlon-sized piece Of steel tubing, and from this extending down tg the top of the steer- ing head ran t nae circular pieces of ed to rather thgn détracted from the at- steel, making a an dete frame, which add- tractiveness and stability of the machine. On the top of this frame was a turntable and bracket, on which the gun rested, Securely fastened. It wi lanced to b turned in any irection and could be turned to fire at any angle without extendi: far enough back to fause the Sider ae trouble in riding or steering; in fact, the gun was so well placed that it could be fired with the greatest possible ease, whether the rider was. going fast or slow, and no matter how bad the roads were. The gun which is known as the Colt au- tomatic gun, and recently adopted by the navy, is of one barrel, attached to a breech casing in which the mechanism for charg- ing, firing and ejecting ig contained, is automatically fed belts, which are coiled in removed. cent test for accuracy at 200. yards, 100 con- a owe ets Were St a) Ge Sec rcu Mees anasuul bi /Saerunuedanacsuunil) ;eexeueSoadoasuwcl UAGHGNME. cou uawap , MMIK, Gbesenswongd 2) gn) NG DUGUIML IE © puay BEESEGonanereuuin in Tin umcnn: FY BOBS I 2} - | = | iO) were made in sixteen seconds, cientae ae rapid =~ of the -gun. The w: forty ‘unds does causa the bicycle to steer hard, nor with the balance or. when firing, which in no y affects the machine, thoroughly demonstrates its durability and strength. MASTERS OF CHESS. Moves by the Great Players at St. Petersburg. Following are some of the most interest- ing games recently played in the St. Peters- burg chess tournament: 5 Petroff’s Defense. BLACK. | WHITE. Pillsbury. ee secutive hits which demonst Position After Black’s Thirty-Second Move. Black (Pillsbury)—Eight pieces. White (Tschigorin)—Ten pieces. 83 Resigns. Ruy Lopez. WHITE. - BLACK. WHITE. BLACK. Lasker. Steinitz. Laske Steinitz. 1P-Kt poKs BK i Ro Position at the End of Game. Black (Steinitz)—Eleven pieces. t2 9 Drawn, White (Lasker)—Ten pleces. Queen's Gambit Declined. WHITP. BLACK. | WHITE. Pillsbury. Tasker. | Pith 1 | 10 K—Kt 2 Jara 3 | Qt + t c | Ey) 8 7 Eee 34 8 Castles. we cy oP —@ IS iB R—QRE Position After Black’s Eighteenth Move. Black (Lasker)—Eleven pleces. White (Piisbury)—Eleven pieces. Pe 28 19 PxPch Rd git 20 PxR. Q-Kt8ch | 27 Q— 21 PKU QxBeh 28 Kxit 22 K-R t—B2 =| 29 K—Itt = 23 RQ2 RBS | 80 KxP Q-Boch 21 KR-Q R_BG 31 Resigns. eo en | Petroff Defense. WHITE. BLACK. { WHITE. BLACK. Lasker. Pillsbury. Lasker. Pillsbury. PK) PK4 || 17 KexP —B4 t—KB3 Kt—KB3 | KP 16 BxB QxB 32 Draw Queen’s Gambit. WHITE. (BLACK. | WHITE. BLACK, Steinitz, Tschigorin) —Steinitz, ‘Tschigorin. — OH 18 BxKt RPxB 19 Kt— P—B3 20 PK Kt-Kts 21 B—B2 BK R-KB 23 Q— I. 24 Kt ae 2 RQ BK 26 R-OKI3 PKs + 27 R—OR3- PxP Q:KP Kt—BB RK qr KKt3 Kt_rach K—Kt2 —K2 B2KxKt P_KKte 1GP-Kt = BB 33 KtsB - R—Q4. 17P-K5 = -Kt-Qt_ 1.34 QrKtPch Resigns. Queen’s Gambit Declined. WHITE. BLACK. ; WHITE. BLACK. Steinitz, Lasker. Stelnitz, ‘Lasker. SEHsSRseeewsneNenin ial 1 P—Qt K-R 17 BK R nna B iS tows. | Bae 19 QR. Ro | 30 B- 20 harry) P—-R3 @ | 40 Resigns. ee Degeneration. From the Indianapolis (ind.) Journal. Timmins—‘“I fear that I will never suc- ceed as a literary man-efter all.” Simmons—“You don’t mean it?” Timmins—“But I do. I had myself care- fully examined by a most eminent brain specialist and he says there is nothing the matter with me.” —_—_—$_e—_____ The Test. From the Indianapolis (Ind.) Journal. “Old man, I want you to be the best man at my wedding.” “prT—"" “What! I thought you would surely stand by a friend in his hour of trouble.” Too Early to Say. From Life. “So you've moved your office to the top floor of one of the new Broadway butid- ings.” “Yes.” “How do you like it?” “I haven't got acclimated yet.” “& Long and Honorable Carcer. Forty’ yeara is above the average life of man, and forty years in business is a record of which but very few men can boast. Yes- terday Mr. B. H. Stinemetz, the avenue ‘hatter and furrier, celebrated his fortieth vanniversary in business, having been ¢s- tablished since January 24, 1856. His was ‘the leading fur and hat store at that time, ‘as It 1s'today one of the attractions of the city, and he has probably waited upon more national celebrities than any one man in ‘Washington. In an interview with a Ster reporter, Mr. Stinemetz pulled down a lot of old, musty books and ledgers full of accounts with the national leaders of those days. “President Lincoln was a good customer of ours,” said Mr. Stinemetz. “Mrs. Lin- coln used to send her coachman down every few days with Mr. Lincoln’s beaver, to have it pressed, she being much more par- ticular about his clothes than he himself.” Looking over his books of that period, Mr. Stinemetz pointed out a number of en- tries which recalled the stirring times of "61. There was a charge to B. Mc- Clellan of six dozen military caps, $57, which were for Washington city’s first lit- tle army—tbs sixty-day men, as they were then termed. Another entry was to Wm. G. Moore, now chief of police, which read “To 1 National Rifles Cap, size 6%.” Continuing, Mr. Stinemetz said, pointing to an entry, To Drake DeKay: “This gen- tlemian “wes provost marshal of the city during the war, and it required his signa- ture to a passport to get out of the city at that time. It is said he used to sign his name with a marking pot brush.” Lieut. D. 8. Gordon, now colonel of the sixth cav- alry at Fort Myer, was also a war-time customer of Mr. Stinemetz. Mr. Stinemetz has kept fully abreast of the ever-changing trade methods, and has always been a firm believer in advertising. He was among the first to avail himself of the columns of The Star, and in the early days was considered Washington's boldest advertiser. The vast itaprovement in the art of advertising is strikingly illustrated by first two cards following, reproduced in fac-simile from one of the then Washington papers of the dates named, in 1858, and the last one as it appears in The Star at the present time. LOOK UPON THESE PICTURES: HATS, CAPS, AND FURS. = : Reaae~AP-BTINEMETZS, Na rants a Mp Bee assortment of DR! York Philedelphia” ualities, rd prices, frog S! Ftentlow tintin A variety and wie. Ay te dd ieee NOW READY FOR: 1d At Stineme'z’ 3 ; MEE eS Ay fi8e-assol ae ; “Tata of y, styles; and prices from $2.00 to $5 60. It_coiors of sott Felt Tats for men.snd’ boys. - Also, Caps of ail styles. - - Migses Beaver Fle's, and. children’s Fane: 3 fats in great abuud- (ns orc ys ance Bir the Ladjes we bave on band and will be receiving, Furs made up-into the most oe styles. Call and examine for your- rma resdy pay 20 20-3m THEN UPON THIS: LO ‘The 40th milestone of our business career passes into history Friday, January 24, 1896. We are younger and sprightller than ever in a busi- hess sense, and take this occasion to thank our thousands of patrons fo- their own, their children’s and their grandchildren's patronage! This shall always be Weshington’s leading Far store, and the one place in Washington where the world’s leading hats (Knox's) may be ob- tained. We have just secured a line of high-grade mid-winter styles of Seal- skins and Fur Garments, which we can sell at a fourth less than early- in-the-season prices! * Stinemetz,<*. Hatters and Furriers, 1237 Pa. Av. §a28-2t,50 th Anniversary. B.H. Stinemetz & Sons, Furriers and Hatters. Forty years ago, or even ten years ago, there was no such thing known as profes- sional advertisement writing. Then the merchant might, if he thought of it before going home for the night, scratch off a business card and take it to a newspaper office, with instructions to insert it for one or two or three months, or very likely for a year. Today the business man who is up to the times sends every day or two for a bright young man, such a# constitute The Star Advertisement Writing Bureau, and has his announcements carefully prepared and tastefully displayed by those who know just what to say and how to say it in order to make the advertisements interest- ing to.the reader and profitable to the ad- vertiser. a Shop Girl Amenities. From Harlem Life. “You mustn’t call me a salesperson,” said a pretty shop girl, bridling, to a rather elderly co-worker. “Then you shouldn’t have told Mr. Crash that it was appropriate putting me at the remnant counter,” was the reply. —————_-e--____ Attenuated Indeed. From the Louisville Western Recorder. A recent speaker spoke encouragingly of what he called the “germ of a possibility.” This draws it out pretty fine. When this germ Is fully developed, all there will be is the bare possibility. There are degrees of probability, but no degrees of possibility. ‘World's Fair! HIGHEST AWARD. 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