Evening Star Newspaper, September 19, 1896, Page 13

THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY, 4T THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Peansylvania Avenue, Gor. 1th 8, by The ing Star Ne Com 8. H. RAUFFM: Press New York Oice, 49 Potter Building. ‘The Evening Star is served to subscribers in the efty by carriers, on their own account, at 1€ cents per week, or 44 cents per month. ‘at the counter 2 cents each. By mail—anywhere in the United States or Canada—postage prepaid—50 cents er mont! seatarday, Quinta le Sheet Star, $1 per year, with foreign postage a 3.00. (Entered at the Post Office at Washington, D. C., as second-class mail matter.) T7All mali subscriptions must be paid in advance. Rates of advertising made known on application. Part 2. Che | Fyeni QPrinfers’ In& «fhe fittle scfoot master of advertising), saps: JE is claim: for fe Washina‘on Stor, and proBabfp trut§iuffe cfaimed, 1Baf no offer netwosraper in the counfrp goes info so farge Q percenfag: of aff fhe Bouses within a radius of fwentp mifes WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1896--TWENTY-TWO PAGES. from f6e office of puffication, ft. en + + testis CARPET CLEANING. The only really first-class work in Washington. ORIENTAL RUGS Made from old, useless carpets. Call at our piace and see them. You will be surprised at their beauty. EMPIRE CARPET CLEANING WORKS. Pre Vr Cr Vr Ur reds LL LU Lr Lr Le Pe Le Lege feet ————————— = 631-635 Mass. Ave. 630-634 K St. Se v rye E. B. Stumph, Mgr. Vinton and Martin, Props. % aye REAL ESTATE GOSSIP —___+—_-- Progress of Improvements Along Pennsylvania Avenue. CONTRACT SYSTEM IN PUBLIC WORK Some of the New Structures Which Are Being Erected. MATTERS OF INTEREST Plans have been prepared by W. Bruce architect, for a new front in the 1109 ania avenue, occupied by Moore & Leding and oy Snyder & Wood. The new work is to be mainly of copper, and will be an improvement to the appearance of these places of busin: It js not unusual to chronicle improvements made tn the business property along Penn- sylvania avenue, although some years ago it was the exception rather than the rule when owners of property along this thoroughfare were willing to expend money for such purposes. As every one knows who has watched the Progress of affairs during the past few years, there has been a mark2d change in this respect along Pennsylvania avenue, end a number of modern business buildings have been erected. Charges and alterations have been made in old buildings so that they have been practically transformed into new and well-equipped structures While it is true that everything has not been done in this particular that is pos- sitle, ard no doubt in the opinioa of some very desirable and necessary, still the business facilities on Pennsylvania avenue show a decided improvement over what Wes the case a few years ago. Handsome Structures. During the past year two notable addi- tions have been made tg the buildings along the avenue. They have not yet been com- pleted, but it is evident that they are not only well adapted for business purposes, but they have a good deal of merit from an architectural standpoint and form handsome additions to the attractions of that historic thoroughfare. One of these buildings is located on the north side of the avenue just east of 1th street and the other is on the same side just west of 12th street. In both" instances the new structures take the place of bulld- ings that were in for a good many yeurs—one, in fact, being of such antiquity that on the occasion of its removal it was deemed of sutlicient public interest to have a picture of it published im The Star, ac- companied by a brief history. It is evident that the avenue, which has been for so many years the principal thor- oughfare of the cliy, and which in the de- velopment of the business sections seemed to be for a time overshadowed in impor- tance by other str-ets, is keeping pace with the general progress of the community, and is still entitled to the claim which places it among the leading business thor- oughfares of the city. It is belleved by some that the future will see still a more important development of Penasylvania avenue as a business street. Day's Work vs. Contract. It is understood that the District Com- missioners in their forthcoming annual re= port to Congress intend to urge upon that body the advisability of a change in the system of constructing public buildings in the District—that is, those built under the auspices of the District government—by providing that instead of inviting bids end awarding the work to the lowest bidder it shall be done under direction of Dist officials at day’s work. Every year school houses are erected, mow and then an engine house and other buildings which are needed for local pur- poses, and the average forms quite a re- spectable contribution to the total of buila- ing operations. This proposed change will be one of importence to building interests. Pubile School Designs. The school houses of Washington in some respects have served as models for other cities. During the latter part ‘of Building Inspector Entwisle’s term Chief Architect Brady, who ts now building in- spector, intreauced an innovation in the design for public schools. Before that time it had been the policy of the Com- missioners to erect buildings of many stories. Experience, however, demonstrated that it was not only safe, ‘but more eco- nomical, to erect these bufidings on a small- er scale and build more of them. It was then that the two-story eight-room school house plan was adopted, and since that time, with the exception of the High Schools, all school buildings erected by the District have been of this type. All plans for District buildings are pre- ared in the office of the inspector of uulidings, and are subject to the approval ef the Commissioners. At the present time the District has invested in school, butid- ings alone nearly $3,000,000, and when the cost of the ground upom which they are built is taken Into consideration the ag- gregate will foot up at least $2,000,000 more. ‘When an appropriation for a school build- ing is made the building inspector sets about drawing the plans for the same. After these have been completed they are submitted to the Commissioners for their approval. If they receive their official stamp of approbation the specifications are drawn, together with the instructions to bidders, and the advertisement is inserted inviting proposals. After this the con- tract is awarded and the building erected. It has been found that the two-story school building with eight rooms mects meny requirements, is safer in time of fire, and presents_more advantages than larger building: From all over the United States building inspectors write to Wash- ington for information concerning its school buildings, and it is saidethe other large cities are rapidly being convinced that the two-story school house is the best after all. Mr. Phillips’ Residence. A handsome residence is being erected at the northwest corner of 2ist and Q streets for the use of Mr. Phillips. The design is made by Hornblower & Marshall, ar- chitects, and is a pleasing combination of brick and stone. The main entrance is in the center of the front on 2ist street, and’ is marked by a porch and an arcade open- ing, consisting of three arches. There is a wide frieze, with an ornamentation of gerland design worked in terra cotia. Above the straight corrice rises the roof, which is defined in strong lines. The ar- rangement of the interior is that of a dou- ble house. Some Improvements. Plans have been completed by B. F. Meyers of Meyers & Anderson, architects, for a three-story residence at 21st and N streets northwest. The structure will have a frontage of twenty-one feet and a depth of sixty fect, and will have a base- ment, besides the three stories. The first story will be of brown stone and the two upper stories of brick. All modern im- provements will be put in, including elec- tric ligh and bells and a hot-air system of heating. The inside finishing of the first floor will be entirely of oak, and an elaborate staircase will be a prominent feature. The same architect nas just completed plans for a block of four two-story. with basement dwellings, to be erected on Whit- ney avenue near I4th street. One of the houses will be located on a corner lot, and will have frontage of 28 feet and a depth cf 55 feet. The other will be 17 feet by 50 feet. The corner house will be ornamented with a tower and all will have bay win- dews. The material will be brick wich brown stone trimmings, and the houses will Fe fitted with every modern improve- ment. A bicck of three dwellings will be built at £O18, 2020 and 2022 14th street extended by G. W. Lefevre. The houses will be of Lrick, snd will be 16% feet front and 20 feet deep. W. J. Aikey will erect a two-story and basement dwelling at 1239 Sth street north- west. The material used will be press brick. A two-story brick store and dwelling will be built by Wm. A. Mills at 2239 7th street. The front will be of hard red brick. B. J. Judson, architect, has completed plans for a two-story brick dwelling at 431 10th street northeast. The material will be press brick with browrstone trimmings. A block of three two-story brick dwell- ings will be erected by Connor & Culloty at 1512, 1513 and 1515 32d street. The housce are to be sixteen feet in width, with fronts of hand-made brick. pee Wheat Prices for Six Centuries. Orange Judd Farmer. A history of agricultural prices for six centuries has just been completed in France. Wheat started in at 25c. a bushel, advanced to 5c. in 1375, then dropped to 2ic. in 1500, advancing to $1.36 a hundred years later, hung around a dollar until 1725-50, when it averaged Tic., but then ad- vanced to a dollar at the opening of this century, reaching nearly $2 in 1867, aver- aging $1.07 in 1885, and going up to $1.40 as the French average for 1891. Since then prices have declined. Taking $1 as the average price of wheat in 1830, it was up to $1.16 as late as 1882 in the United States, the figure for 1891 (the latest made up) being: United States, 88; England, 74, and Germany, 82. Other prices so closely fol- low wheat that it is almost a barometer of values. The value of twenty-two articles of food, clothing and shelter that were worth W0 in 1860 averaged for 1891 in the United States, 84; Englend, 81; Ger- many, 80; France, 70. Can any one doubt that the bottom has been reached? All his- tory seems to indicate that the coming years are to see an upward trend to values, with a prosperity and a civilization that will put the past to shame. Let us do our best and have faith. soe Carnot and Renown. From the New York Tribune. The French naval officers look upon the battle ship Carnot as a lamentable failure, notwithstanding the fact that she devel- oped a speed on her trial of nearly seven- teen and a half knots, with 15,000 horse- pewer. It is stated that when loaded dewn to her normal draught her armor belt will be almost down to the water line in- stead of being two and a half feet above it, as calculated by her designers. On the other hand, the French officers speek in the highest terms of the new En- glish battle ship Renown, which, it is as- serted, with 10,708 horse-power, under nat- ural draught, made a speed of 17.9 knots. This really makes her the swiftest of the English battle ships. Her armor is also high enough out of the water to make her a satisfactory war vessel. It is avowed by the British admiralty that a ship sheathed with wood and copper, as the Renown is, is always superior, even under the most favorable circumstances, to a ship with an iron bottom, however good may be the paint used for protection. FIRE HORSE’S LIFE Lasts Only About Four Years, but It is Exciting. HOW THE ANIMALS ARE SELECTED Then They Are Trained to Jump When the Gong Strikes. ON THE RETIRED LIST FIRE HORSE MUST be more on the alert for the gong than the cavalry horse for the trumpet call. While he must thoroughly appreciate the value of wheels, he should have none of them in his head. If he Is naturally inclined to excitability he must be cured of it, else he is of no use to us. He must think quickly, uct rapidly, and, once under way, go like the wind. And under all circumstances he must preserve the poise of an even tem- perament.” These were only a few of the require- ments which Chief Parris, the head of the District fire department, mentioned to a Star reporter the other day as being abso- lutely essential to the fashioning of a good fire horse. The chief's standard for his horses is so high that there are perhaps in this world a good many millions of human bipeds who could not answer to it in all particulars. These noble, powerful horses of the fire department, known only to the People in general as they plunge, seeming to madly career, through the city streets, yoked to massive trucks or belching en- gines, have been trained to exhibit in their every action an intelligence and an equi- iibrium truly admirable. Chief Parris himself purchases all of the horses required for his department. The District fire department has now eight four horses, and, to maintain the efficienc of the service, an average of fifteen hors. ing of appropriations for this purpose, there is not a single superfluous horse in the District fire department. “Every one of the eighty-four is in active service. As to Training Stables, In some of the larger cities of the coun- try there are training stables for new fire department horses. In thes€ stables the newly-acquired animals are put through their paces in much the same fashion as an ‘awkward squad’ in a military organi- zation. This training stable system Chief Parris does not consider at all essential. “It is better to put a new fire horse,” he soys, “into the stall which he is permanent- ly to occupy at the very outset. It is as necessary for a raw horse to accustom himself to new surroundings ‘as it is for a human being to adapt himself to new con- ditions, Under the training stable system whica obtains in some of the other cities Limbering Up. a new horse is sometimes drilled for as much as a month before he ig assigned to an engine house. It very often happens that when such a training stable graduate is finally put on engine house duty, he is s0 ‘bewildered by the strangeness and un- fimiliarity of his new berth that he forgets all that has been taught him in the train- ing stable, and must be instructed all over agait.. Moreover, I think it wiser to give a new horse an engine house assignment at the start, so that he may have an opportu- nity to become acquainted with the char- acteristics of his harness mate.” Honxe of Instruction. Although they may never bave been driv- en in harness, the green horses are all halter-and-bridle broken. As soon as they arrive from the shipping point, and have teen iooked over by the department's’ vet- erinary surgecn, they are assigned to en- gine howse stalis, from which they are led out to the pole, under the hanging -harness, a few tlites withcut being hocked up. It depends altogether upon the horse's apti- tude as to when he is first hcoked up. In rare cases a horse is chanced upan whose is purchased every year to replace animals that have succumbed to the strain of the service. These horses the chief buys in Bal- timore in the open market. The average price paid for them is $225. The highest amount allowed by the District govern- ment for the purchase of a fire horse is $233, and in a great many cases this limit is reached to the dollar. The sum is small enough when consideration is given to the requirements as to intelligence, strength, -weight, height, speed and action which are imposed upon equine candidates for the double-ended stalls in the District's engine houses. Black Color Not Desirable. The majority of the Washington fire horses come from Maryland and Pennsyl- vania. In purchasing them Chief Parris makes no distinction as to color, although he endeavors to secure as many matched horses as possible. Grays, bays and roans are preferred, as they live longer and are better fitted by nature to endure the strain of the work they are called upon to do than horses of other colors. Black horses are not desirable for the fire department, as being ordinarily too fiery and excitable. Chief Parris chooses weighing from 1,300 te 1,350 pounds. He requires that his horses must be between sixteen hands and sixteen hands three inches in height. They must be between three and seven years old, kind and true, perfectly sound physically, and, above all, intelligent. The horses are not bought outright. Instead, the chief puts them on probations of varying periods, in order to ascertain the degree of intelli- gence possessed by each. “It does not take us long to find out whether a horse is a bright one or a dum- Waiting for the Alarm. said Chief Parris. “Two or three " trial suffice for the foremen of en- gine houses to discover the good and »bad points of a new horse and to strike an average as to.the animal's capacity. If a horse falls below that average, and is stenciled all over with the word ‘dummy’ in big letters, no further time is wasted over him.. He is immediately reshipped to the dealer from whom he was pur- chased.” If horses are injured in any way dur- ing this probationary period, however, the department keeps them. It is desirable that there should always be kept in the department spare horses for use in emer- gencies, but, owing to what is suid to be @ somewhat niggardly spirit in the mak- stupidity is so opaque that he is not hooked up at all, but Is sent back by return fast freignt to the dealer. As a general thing, however, horses are hooked up on the first or second gay, and driven out to see how they manage themselves in harness. If they display skill, addresy and manage- ability under the reins, they are then driv- en to test them for speed. If they respond to the department’s requirements in this respect, they are driven again to test them for their combined speed and wind. Chief Parris says that he has frequently gotten hold of raw horses of such natural intel- Ngeace and acquigitiveness that they acted Ike veterans within forty-eight hours after their installation in an engine house. He mentioned particularly a pair of Maryland horses which he purchased a few years ago, and which performed capably and even brilliantly at a big fire only twenty-four kours after their first lesson had been taught them. ‘When fire horses are to go out in teams— that is, to haul engines and trucks, instead of the lighter work of pulling single hose carts—they are matched up in the fashion they appear to drive best. While some horses do better on the nigh side of a team, others are better adapted for work on the off side. ‘When the Alarm is Sounded. ‘The fire horse is-secured to his stall with a tie-strap, which serves the purpose of a halter. The stalls are made open at front and rear alike. It is from the rear, how- ever, that the fire horse walks into his stall, ard thus he stands with his head to the front, ready to jump at theifirst sound of the gong. The tie-strap is secured at one end by a staple driven in the side of the stall. At the other end of the strap is a ring. The existence of the fire horse is passed with his bridle on and the bit in his meuth. ‘There is a spring bolt rising within a lit- tle recess in the side of the stall. The end of the tie-strap with the ring-on it is passed through the throat-latch of the horse's bridle, and the ring is placed over the spring bolt tn the side of the stall. A sim- ple mechanical contrivance, operated by the same electric current that touches off the engine house gong, pulls the spring bolt down whenever an alarm js sounded. Then the ring on the tie-strap is released, and the chafing horse is instantly set free. Springing forward, the trained animal takes his place under the hanging harness, beside the pole of the fire apparatus, engine or truck, as the case may be. It very often happens that a new horse undergoes his engine house drill for weeks before he ts called to a fire, but im the esti- mation of Chief Parris such traiming does not accrue particularly to a horse(s advan- tage. He believes that the surest and quickest method of drumming “fire” sense into a new horse is to take. him to all the fires in his district, provided any occur, very soon after his installation im the e1 gine house. This, he says, inspires a new horse with the spirit of the thing, so that in one wctual fire call he acquires more solid experience and training than he could master in the progress of. innumerable drills, a Drilling a New Horse. The drilling of the new horses is very In- teresting and entertaining. The engine house gong is sounded. ‘The man standing at the horse's head pulls down the spring bolt and releases the tie-strap. Standing at the rear of the stall fs a fireman who slaps the horse on the hafinch, upon which the man at the horse’s hegd promptly leads | him out te the pole, where he is hooked up. On the third or fourth repetition of the les- son, most horses learn what this means. ‘The brighter animals will often get out of their own accord on the signal within twenty-four hours after their first lesson. Others, not quite so capable, will do so within two days, and within a week the most of them get out to the pole in good style. In the course of tim@ the horses will learn to spring to the pole’at night, quite unaided, while the men are scurrying down the sliding poles. Chief Parris says that it would be im- pcesible to estimate the valué of the co- operation given by these intelligent horses to the firemen in getting fhe fire apparatus quickly under way. Were it not for the brightness and alertness of the horses there could be no tuch thing as the getting of a fire engine or truck into the street within the almost incredibly short time of seven seconds after the first sounding of the gong —an accomplishment which is often per- formed in Washington engine houses, and which, by the way, has yet to be equaled by the fire department of any city in the world. On the Retired Lint. ‘The average working life of a fire horse is three years. Whenever one of the horses becomes in the slightest degree ircepacitated, either by reason of injuries or sickness, he 1s sent to the District gov- errment’s veterinary stables on C street between 2d and 3d, under the charge of Dr. C. B. Robinson. Very few of the horses, however, suffer injuries or illnesses that are not curable, and the majority of them are retired on account of a general deterioration in the quality of their work owing to the strain to which they have been subjected during their terms of serv- ice. There is one horse in No. 1 engine house that has been in constant service since 1886, but horses of- such exceptional erdurance and vitality are exceedingly un- ermmon. Retired fire horses of the D'strict depart- ment are sent to the almshouse, where they are given light work to perform dur- ing the remainder of their days. In years, however, during which an ur- usually large number of fire horses are retired from duty, it sometimes happens that the almshouse grounds become over- stocked. The horses that cannot be pro- vided for there are sold at public auction. Chief Parris takes pains to see that the horses thus disposed of do not fall into evil hands. He is especially careful that none of them are ever sunk to the degra- dation of hauling street cars. eS: UNIVERSITY NOTES. Georgetown versity. The staff of the College Journal for the coming year has been chosen. It consists of Francis X. Delany, ‘97, as editor-in- chief; associate editors, J. Ashton Dever- eux, '96; John Mulvihill, ’96; Edward J. Brady, '07; Neil M. Scully, "97; Thomas M. Pierce, "98; Livingstone J. Cullen, "99, and Grafton L. McGill, 90; exchange editor, John Joseph Gallagher, ‘5; athletic editor, Jcseph P. Monaghan; business manager, Edward M. Shea, and assistant managers, Jobn H. McAleer, '98, and O. Perry Johnd son. - ‘The 'varsity’s field and track are in first- class order for the teams, and though nothing has been done as yet about the formation of the teams it is thought that most of last year’s men will hold the same ons. All the entrance examinations are com- plete, and on Monday the undergraduate school will begin its regular work. The medical school will begin work Oc- tober 1, though the opening takes place the 20th instant. The graduate school begins October 1 at 10 o'clock a.m., and the first term of the law school begins October 1 at 6.30 p.m. ‘The university has decided to open a de partment of music, which is to be inaugu- rated under the direction of Anton Gloetz- ner, Mus. Doc. The program for the first year consists of courses in harmony and counterpcint, and a prerequisite for class membership is an acquaintanc> with soi instrument—piano, organ or violin, Catholic University. Everything is now in readiness for the opening of Caldwell Hall, which takes place Wednesday, though the regular ses- sion of the divinity school does not begin until the following Tuesday, as the first Gsys of the new ycar are always spent in @ spiritual retreat, to be given this year by Blehop Curtis of Wilmington, Del. ‘The session of the school of philosophy (departments of philosophy, letters, math- ematics, physics, chemistry and biology) end the Institute of Technology begins October 1, and October 6 the session opens of the school of social sciences (depart- ments of sociology, economics, political science and law). Dr. Edward Green has returned to the university. The doctor has spent the sum- mer in field work in Wyoming, Nevada, Coloralo and California, and has collected a number of plants, which he is now en- gaged in cataloguing for his herbarium. Gallaudet College. College work began on Thursday at Gal- laudet College for deaf mutes at Kendall Green, with an attendance of about 100 students, including four Normal student graduates of colleges in Colorado, Mlinois, Mississippi and the District of Columbia, who will spend a year at Kendall Green preparing to be teachers of the deaf. It may surprise some to know that the deaf collegians have a “yell,” which they give with spirit on suitable occasions. But with the speech they are acquiring comes a desire to use the same, and so they “‘yell” as other college boys do. It is understood that a fine football team will enter the Hsts with neighboring col- leges for the laurels of the field the com- ing season, The opening Sabbath session for the year will be at ) o'clock tomorrow afternoon, when Prof. Chickering will preach orally, his sermon being interpreted into the lan- guage of signs by President Gallaudet. Columbian University. Dr. Lee Davis Lodge, who has been spending the summer traveling abroad, has returned. The object of the doctor's trip was to consult eminent authorities on in- ternational law, to which chair he has been elected. Besides gaining valuable informa- tion he collected a number of books for the use of his students this year. Columbian was well represented at the recent meeting held in Buffalo of the American Association for the Advancement of Science; Dr. Howard D. Hodgkins, be- sides being a member of the nominating committee in the mathematical section, was elected a fellow of the society. Dr. Gill en- tered upon his duties as vice president of the section of zoology, and Dr. Fireman read an interesting paper. Dr. Pollard, who hus been studying abroad for the past few months, preparing for the chair of English, returned to the university the first part of the week. President Whitman has returned from his summer home at Cottage City, and is to be found in his office at the university every day at 1 o'clock. —— The Political Mule. From the Chicago Times-Herald. “He's one er dese heah campaign mules? suh,” explained the old colored farmer, “en hit’s got so I des can’t do nuttin’ wid ‘im. You see him a-chawin’ on dat fence rail, don’t you?” “Yes.” “Well, suh, dat’s pie fer "im! He’s mos’ eat up every rail on de place’ en w’en hit come his mealtime he doan stop short er nuttin’ cep’n wire fencin’!” “Strange appetite that! “Yes, suh, hit is strange—you may well say dat! But fence rails ain’t a sarcum- stance wid dat mule! I has known ‘im ter walk right in de house en eat up one er dese heah bedsteads cn de installment plan, en-I wer'ly believes he'd eat up de house hitself ef he wuzn’t 'fraid de ol’ logs *d give ’im dyspepsia: Why don’t you give him hay “Kase he done fergot hit’s quality, suh. You see, when he been a-gwine roun’ wid de stump speakers in de campaign dey lef’ ‘im out in de sun all day, en never study "bout feedin’ ‘im; so, wiles dey wuz a- speakin’ frum de stump, dat mule wuz a- chawin’ on it, an’ he des nachully got in de habit er it, en now ef he can’t git a rail fence, er de gable end er a house fer dinner he’s de most onsatisfled, lonesomest mule in de worl! Politics is been de ruin- etion er im!” SOSOGSSES SS OSOOSSSS SCOOSSOI SG 4 MAYER BROS. & CO., 937-939 F St. Fashionable Fancies In Early Fall Wear. @ @ Q e o e 6 9 —W'e're ready to supoly yor kets in the world. season. Everything we have is side of competition. you'll need between now and winter. ment is lined with new goods from the leading mar- —Were getting closer and closer to the people every Each year this becomes more and more their store—the headquarters for everything a woman wears. We want you to pass judgment on this season's stock. —Bigger and better values than ever this wee are great offerings here for the next six business days. 8 S @ @ % u with all the wearables Our establish- . There new. Every value is out- New Millinery. 50 dozen Soft Felt Fedoras, " 46c. all shades, worth Se 25 dozen Fine French Felt Fedoras, in the newest sh , including Mack, worth $ fo : 97¢. 50 dozen Felt Hats, in the mest popular shazy worth 46c. es of Black 39¢. bunch, at gc. loc. Birds, natu- New Veilings. pieces of Black Slik Chenille Dotted latest effects, 25¢. New Ribbons. 2.000 yards of Ne nition, 7 ani 9 Satin all colot worth 10c. 5¢ 22 All-silk Taffeta and Gms Grain Ribbon, all colors; worth Ie. yard, for. 0c. The newest Nos. 40 and 6 Change- able and Taffeta Motre effect; worth 75e. yard, at.. ° 39C. Silk Waists. We have obtained another lot of Silk Waists, first quality in e and materials; $5, $2.98 and $7 values at m: 6 Q37-93 Great Work Done by the Boston Symphony Orchestra During Its Career. Interesting Compilation Made by Mr. Fred. R. Comee—What Some Local Musicians Are Doing. Mr. Fred. R. Comee has made a very in- teresting compilation of the work done in Boston by the Boston Symphony Orchestra during the fifteen years of its existence, which will be read with interest by the large number of admirers of that splendid body of musicians in this District. Mr. Comee says that reckoning two perform- arces » week, for the Friday afternoon public rehearsals have come to be ranked as separate performances, there have becn given 752 performances. The total num- ber of composers interpreted is 163; total number of selections, 3,313; orchestral se- lections, 2,270; solo selections, 1,043; in- strumental solos, 543, and vocal solos, 500. As to nations, Germany is represented by 79 composers and 2,245 selections; France, 17 composers and 206 selections; Hungary, 3 composers and 164 selections; Russia, 6 composers and 132 selections; Bohemia, 3 composers, 104 selections; America, 12 com- posers, 88 selections; Poland, 7 composers, 8 selections; Italy, 18 composers, 24 selec- tions; Norway, 2 composers, 36 selections; Engiand, 7 composers, 34 seiections; Den- nark, 3 composers, 28 selections; Belgium, 4 comporers, 22 selections; Holland, 2 com- posers, 6 selections, and Scotland, 1 com- peser and 4 selections. Mr. Comee con- tinues: ‘hat the question of nationality is a vexed one 1s painfully realized by all who make this subject a study, but the above table is as accurate as can be made from the leading authorities. In a few instances the claims of the individual concerned and the customary rules of establishing nation- ality are so at variance that absolute ac- curacy is impossible. A list of the com- posers in the numerical order of their works performed is appende “Beethoven, 354; Wagner, 266; Schumann, 175; Mozart, 174; Brahms, 159; Schubert, 150; Mendelssohn, 140; Liszt, 118; Weber, 104; Dvorak, $8; Berlioz, 81; Bacn, 74; Ru- binstein, 74; Saint-Saens, 72; Handel, 60; Haydn, 60; Chopin, 52; Goldmark, 44; Volk- mann, 44; Raff, Tschaikow- sky, 40; Gluck, 38; Spohr, 34; Cherubini, 30; Henschel, 28; Massenet, 26; Gade, 26; Grieg, 24; Gounod, 22; Paine, 18; Chadwick, 18; Lalo, Reinecke, 16; Auber, 14; Smetana, 14; MacDowell, 14; Foote, 14; Vieuxtemps, 14; Bizet, 12; Moszkowskt, 12; Svendsen, 12; Fuchs, 12; Bargiel, 12; Goetz, 12; Gericke, 12; Godard, Meyerbeer, 10; Richard Strauss, 10; Cowen, 8; Delibes, S; Bennett, 8; Glinka, 8; Hiller, Franz Lachner, 8; Mehul, Reinhold, 8; Sullivan, Floers- heim, 8; D'Albert, 6; Buch, Ph. E., 6; Bo- rodin, 6; Ernst, Henselt, 6; Paganini, Pergolesi, 6; Paderewski, 6; Loeffler, Rheinberger, 6; Boieldie “Four selections were played of each of the following composers: Busoni, Graun, Gradener, Grammann, Heuberger, Hu Humperdinck, Jensen, Joachim,’ Krug. Litoiff, Las: n, Lang (Margaret), Mac! enzie, Maas, Molique, Monsigny, Nicolai, Popper, Rietz, Ssambati, Strube, Thomas (Ambroise), Thomas (A. Goring), Wieniaw- ski, and two each of the following: Ber- nard (&.), Buhmeister, Bird, Buck, Bo: cherini, Bulow, Bruckner, Benoit, Corne- lius, Chabci Davidoff, De Swert, Dupont, Esser, Eckert, Ferrari, Franz, Giordani, Goltermann, Gernsheim, Grimm, Gilson, Hauptmann, Herbeck, Hoffman, Herold, Hartmann, Hummel, isouard, Johns, Kor- bay, Klughard, Klengel, Kahn, Knorr, Lindner, Lachner (V.), Luther (M.), Lai ger, Mascagni, Moscheles, Muiler-Berghaus, Martucci, Marschner, Nicode, Purcell, Pon- chielli, Rubinstein (Nic.), Ross!, Rossini, Reznicek, Riemenschneider, Singer, Schar- wenka (X.), Scharwenka | (Ph.), Strauss Goh.), Secchi, Stradella, Stanford, Spon- tini, Thierlot, Viotti, Vogrich, Weld, Zoll- ner, Parker (H.), Parry. Two of the com- posers in the list, Messrs. Loeffler and Strube, are first violinists in tne orchestra, the former having written two composi- tions for violin and orchestra and one for MAYER BROS. & CO., New Skirts. 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AS a very close second to these two numbers are the Beethoven = . 3 (Eroica), Pastoral), a a total of twe our performances ea A iist of composers who these concerts be names as Wa Bulow, Raff, ¢ have died an includes such fa’ ner, Liszt, Ru’ siein, uned, Techaikowsk mann, Amb Thotae, Godard, ¢ Franz Lachner, Smeana and Borodin “Mr. Georg Henschel, conductor for the first three years, en symphonies ea n done since. and ended the same concert with Wag ‘Prelude to Parsifal,’ reasoning that y after hearing this selection the audi- ence could better comprehend a second ren- dition of it. Sovember 10, 18, was the four hun- dredth anniversary of the birth of Martin * Luther; and in the program of the concert on that day Mr. Henschel placed Luther's choral, ‘Ein’ feste Burg,’ printing on the | back of the | manuscript of this choral of | with a request that the audience should join in singing the same. This is the only time in the history of these concerts that such a request was made.” The musical features of the s Bar Harbor have been unusually in ing. Among the notable music Von Volk- Mr. Henschel also be program the fac-simile of the da’ pres- ent were Walter Damrosch, Mr. and Mrs. Max Heinrichs of New York, Miss Perkins, Elliott, soprano, of New York; Mr. von Gaertner and his son, Mr. Louis, and Miss Alice Burbage, the pianist of this clty, who, the way, was assured by Mr. Damros that Lilli-Lehmann would positively sing with him in opera this winter, and that he had a tenor who would make even the matinee girls forget Alvary. The elder von Gaertner enjc the friendship of Jenny Lind, Patti, Mendelssol Karl Reinecke and Schumann and his wife, he and Relnecke being mem of the original quartet which introduced Schu- mann’s chamber music to the werld. Miss | Burt ge did a goo deal of ¢ pmb! playing with the von Gaert well as With Miss Morgan, in both j and public musicales given by Mrs. Wheeler of this city and Mrs. George Kemp of Bos- ten, at which all the above mentioned artists took part. Miss Burbage will give a concert in Washington in January, at which she is promised the assistance of Mr. von G: ner, and will play at berland, Md., before work with her pupi a concert in ( resuming her win She was invite by Miss Geraldine Morgan to join her concert troupe this winter, if dates can be ar- ranged so as to not interfere with her teaching. Another Episcopal church to have vested ladies is St. Mark’s Church on Capitol Hill, which will soon make a change in the personnel of the choir. It has bx decided to introduce ladies’ voices in addition 10 the boy choristers. Dr. John E. Parker, the choirmaster, is now considering applica- ticns for positions in the choir, and as as the vestments are ready, the ladies will take their places in the choir stall: While at Lake George this sumr Mr. Herman Rakemann played with great suc- his accompanist being Mr. Guarro of the Hinrichs Opera Company. Mr. Rake- msnn has just finished a new song for so- | prano, “A June Day,” and a march, “Sans Souci.” Mr. T. D. Gambrill is meeting with great | success in lectures on tone and pit at his eastern conservatory of mus Many singers of experience are nding them, and acknowledge the benefit derived | from’ clear and concise exp: ion and practical {Nustration, The Sunday Night Music Club devoted the greater part of the evening to the works of Dvorak and Schumann at residence of Mixs Rebecca Behrend, in cordance with their custom of making up their programs from the composition: of the composers. the anniversaries of whose birthdays occur during the preceding week. Francis Wilson's success in his new opera, “Half a King,” seems to have been of the most positive kind, and some of the New York critics even think he has eclipsed the popularity of “Erminie.” Wilson has a three-sided character, each suggesting [ua in abundance, and that is just what the public expect from him.