Evening Star Newspaper, September 26, 1896, Page 13

THE EVENING STAR. ee PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennsylvania Avenue, Cor. llth 8t., by i Ne Com; The Br Gh ctreMame eres Yew York Ofice, 49 Potter Building. ‘The Evening Star is served to subscribers in the city by carriers, on thelr own account. at 10 ceuts per week, or 44 cents per month. ies at the counter 2 cents each. iy mail—anywhere in the United States or postage prepa! cents per month. ranturday Quintaple s Sheet Star, $1 per year, with foreign postage a 3.00. Entered at the Post Office at Washington, D. C., 48 seoond-class mail matter.) ©F7-All mali subscriptions must be paid in advance. Rates of advertising made known on application. Part2. Ghe # cing, Star. Pages 13-24 WASHINGTON, D. ©. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1896—TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. QPrinfers’ In& che fittle schoo master of adverfising, saps: It is claimed for tbe Washinafon Star, and profabfp frut$tuffp cfaimed, (Bat no offer newspaper in f6e counfrp goes info so farge @ percentage of aff fhe Souses witSin a radius of fwenfp mifes from te office of pubficafion. Sates: aa : wy ¥ +, x ts Cl d : =Carpets Cleaned. x se We do the only really first-class work in the y ie city. Take out every particle of gust and grit— Be ed ‘ remove all spots and stains—without any: injury EN a to delicate fabrics. : = BY: + x beautiful. Val =; 631-35 Mass. Ave. a E. B. Stumph, Mgr. RS rye + <Oriental Rugs —either Turkish or Persian — made from old, worn and useless pieces of carpets. some here. Come in and see them. They're We have 630-634 K St. inton and Martin, Props. 2 oe cae : Ae WITH DOG AND GUN Sportsmen Are Eagerly Looking For- ward to Quail Shooting. CLOSE SEASON DOWN IN VIRGINIA An Interesting Chat About the Best of All Sport. POINTS AND PERSONALS ITH THE EXCEP- reluctant reed birds and ortolans, the great September flight of these feath- ered delights of the sportsman and epl- cure has gone on southward, and the majority of gunners have put their fowl- ing pieces back in their cases, hung up their hunting clothes and given themselves up to other forms of recreation until the greatest of all shooting seasons opens in November. It is hardly necessary to indicate that the season thus’ superlatively characterized is that during which the quail may be shot without Inter- ference from the minions of the law. In the interim, though, the ardent sportsman will find plenty of work for his hammerless without the exercise of very much trouble or extraordinary expense. or the past week there has been a constant early-morn- ing fusillade on the meadows which skirt the Eastern branch from a point back of the jail up to Benning bridge, and many excellent bags of flock snipe, jack snipe and ank plover have been made. The water the marshes has been too high for these birds tc be able to “use” thereon with any comfort, and consequently they | ing of quail within the boundaries of Vir- ginia for a period of two years. Maryland this year will not present a very profitable amount of sport in the stubbles. Eight or ten years ago the birds were plentiful in every part of the state, and particularly so in the two counties of Mont- gomery and Prince George's, adjoining the District, bvt close and constant shooting, severe winters and hawks succeeded in almost decimating the once plentiful coveys. Last season there was no shoot- ing in Montgomery, the resident sportsmen tacitly agreeing to keep out of the fields, and the tarmers posting their lands and forbidding strangers or others from going over them with a gun. The very few coveys that were scattered through the county were thus unmolested and paired off ard mated last spring to bring new broods into being during the summer. A large number of birds in braces were also imported from other states and turned out. ‘The Rockville Gun Club brought in sixty brace, Mr. Blair Lee a hundred couple and Mr. Samuel Dury quite a number of pairs, he released near Dickerson. A few coveys have resulted from each of these praiseworthy efforts to restock Montgom- ery with qtafl, but there is a painful scar- city nevertheless, and the little shooting that will be done this fall will be enjoyed by a favored few, who can secure the pri lege, as the farmers’ lands will be as rigid- ly posted as they were a year ago. Maryland State and County Laws. The Maryland general law providing for the protection of game provides that no avail shall be killed between December 24 and Ngvember 1. The open season for voodcock is from June 15 to December 24; for pheasants, from August 15 to December 24; for rabbits, between November 1 and December 24. Where there are local county laws the latter take precedence over the state statute, and sportsmen should re- mer ber the following provisions: In Montgomery county pheasants may be killed from Septemter 1 to Janary 1; wood- ecck, from July 1 to January 1; quail, N vember 1 to December 15; rabbits, Septem- ber 1 to February 1; summer duck, Sep- temter 1 to January 1, and wild turkeys, November 1 to February 1. No license is required In Montgomery. A licerse fee of $20 is required before one can legally shoot game in Prince George's courty, and non-residents are forbidden to hunt at any time except by invitation of land owners, and cannot shoot on the Pa- tuxent river for snipe, duck or other wild fowl without rermission of citizens living adjacent. The open season for quail is from November 1 to Decemoer 24; for woodcock, from June 15 to December 24, witk the exception of October, which is GATH’S MARK. have been driven to the meadows. These birds will probably disappear in the course of the next four or five days, and about the only shooting to be had then for the next menth or so in the vicinity of Washington will be afforded by blue-winged teal and, a Hittle later, black mallards. Blac Wings Are Disappearing. Up to five or six years ago, during the latter part of September, and up to the lat- ter part of October, the wary and swift-fly- ing blue-winged teal came into the Eastern branch in plentiful flocks and gave steady opportunity for exciting and enjoyable sport. But with each season since then the teal have been getting scarcer and scarcer. ‘The flocks at first diminished in number and then in size, until today a flock of a dozen teal is something unusual. The same scarcity is reported all the way down the river from places where the teal formerly favored, and in a few years it will not be surprising to find them as scarce on the Potomac and its tributaries as the canvas- back has become. But the diminution of the supply of ducks does not affect a great majority of the votaries of the gun in Washington. Those who go duck hunting usually wait until the weather becomes cold and wintry and drives the web-feet in from the wide, open water to the coves and shallows along shore, and then they go off properly prepared to points at a dis- tance in the vicinity of Chesapeake bay. (‘The Coming Quail Shooting. But nearly all the Washington gunners pay the tribute of time and patience and endurance to that greatest of American game birds, the quail or bob-white. The season in Maryland opens November 1, and those who can only steal a day or so away from business cares to follow a dog through the rag-weed and into the branch bottoms will have to confine themselves to that state, as the last legislature of Vir- ginia passed a law forbidding the shoot- clesed, and rabbits, from November 1 to December 24. The open season in Anne Arundel for pheeant, quail and woodcock is from No- ember 10 to December 15. A license fee of $6.30 is required, and the law relating to non-residents is similar in all respects to that governing Prince George's. A license fee of $20 is demanded in Charles and St. Mary’s counties, and the open sea- scn for quall is from November 1 to De- cember 24, andzfor woodcock from July 4 to February 24. ‘The quail season opens earliest in Garrett ccunty, the open season extending from October 1 to December 24. No pheasant can be legally killed in Garrett before October 1, 1897, but wild turkey may be shot be- tween ‘September 15 and January 1, and deer, without use of dogs, between Septem- ber 30 and January 1. Frederick, like Gar- rett, is a free county, the open. season for uail, pheasants and rabbits extending rom November 1 to January 1. A license fee of $7.50 is charged in Howard county, where the quail season opens October 31 |and closes December 24. Virginian and North Carolina. As before stated, it is ‘Negal to kill quail In Virginia for the two years 1896 and 1897. Rabbits, however, may be killed in Alexan- dria county from October 1 to January 1, and in Fairfax and Culpeper counties pheasants, wild turkeys and rabbits are lawful game _betwesn November 1 and January 1. Loudoun county permits the killing of woodéock from June 15 to Janu- al gut of pheasants and rabbits from October 15 to January 1. The close season in Virginia and the gen- eral posting of land in Maryland, with the prevailing scarcity of birds, will send a larger number of sportsmen to North Caro- lina the coming season than ever before, and reports from various sections of the state received by eager inquirers in this city and vicinity show that birds will be unusually plentiful even for this favored state. The gereral law of the state permits the killing of quail, pheasants and wild turkeys between November 1 and March 15, except in Currituck county, where the sea- son opens December 1 and closes April 1. There is a law making it an offense to ex- pert any pheasant or quail, dead or alive, frem the state, so the wise visitors to North Carolina expectant of good daily bags usually carry trunks with plenty of extra recom in them when they make the journey. The Birds Will Be Matured. Those who keep abreast of the quail from one end of the year to the other are aware that the birds nested early this year and brought forth their broods sooner than customary.” Consequently the coveys are now composed of nearly full-grown birds, which will be fully matured when the sea- son opens. This is good news to the ex- perts, but disappointing to the novices. If there is anything in the world that makes a true sportsman feel the blood course through his veins like rare, rich wine and sets him atingle in every nerve, bone and muscle it is to see his trusty dog draw; then drop to a stand, and, walking by the stiffened animal, flush a covey of big, ener- getic, badly frightened quail, which go streaking off to cover like brown bundles of lightning. To get one with the right bar- rel and another with the left makes him prouder than a whole regiment of Lucifers. And, oh! the delight of hunting down the single birds in that scattered covey, and having each whirl up and away before him to fall, a cloud of feathers in its wake, thirty yards away. It needs steady nerve; a good heart, a quick eye and—most of all— a stanch, thoroughly broken, obedient dog to enjoy the realities of quail shooting. The novice and the disappointment he will feel at learning the birds will be full grown at the opening of the season was alluded to above. He likes to bang away at the half- fledged Bob White, scarcely out of his Peep-peep-peeping days, as it goes off slow- iy and heavily, but the real sportsman wants his bird to be full grown and feath- ered; to rise rapidly and go fast. The dif- ference between the two is like that be- tween the man who catches yellow perch with a hand line and he who snares the wily trout or bass with a fly. Both enjoy the pastime, of course, but then so differ- ently. Two Classes of Dogs Contrasted. Probably there is no more pitiable object in the world than an expert huntsman in the field with a hard-headed, wild, uncon- trollable dog. Fifty, sixty, seventy yards ahead the animal goes lumbering on at a mad gallop. Suddenly he strikes the scent of the quail. For a moment he winds up- on it, unheeding the warning “‘steady’’ of his master; the next instant he drops to a stand, only holding it long enough to gather strength for a plunge into the hud- dled covey, and then off he goes after them, like a race horse, scattering them in ail Setter. directions and frightening them to pro- tracted flight, that carries them far beyond subsequent discovery. The best meandg to prevent a recurrence of this exhibition on the part of a dog is an ounce and an eighth of No. 8 shot given at four yards. On the other hand, there can be no more perfect picture of perfect happiness drawn than that of a true sportsman in the stub- ble who has before him an easy-tempered, sagacious, well-broken dog, obedient ta every word, but not needing even a syl- lable of suggestion in an hour. Three Splendid Animals There are three illustrations of dogs of this character accompanying this article. One is the picture of that king of all point- ers, Sensation. He is pointing a bird, and when his master shoots it as it rises he will drop to the ground at the sound of the report of the gun and remain there until he hears the command “Dead bird,” when he will trot to the spot where the quail fell and bring its body to his master. Sensation has been long dead, but he is probably doing as described in the happy hunting grounds in dog heaven, as his illustrious descendants will be along in next November. The setter at stand, who will do pre- cisely as Sensation did when the bird rises and is killed, is the famous Gath’s Mark, the winner of countless field trials and probably the best setter dog ever born and broken, not excepting even the illus- trious Gladstone. The striking medallion portrait, showing the head of an intelli- gent setter retrieving a quail is from a iife photograph of Pearl, the great dog which belonged to Mr. William Traver of this city. She was without a peer in the field, and betore’she picked up that bird she had proceeded exactly as Sensation is de- scribed as doing. The Necessity of the “Charge.” All dogs worth going cut with in the field where the quail are or into the woods and thickets to which birds take flight should be broken to do the same. Some very clever sportmen are careless whether their dogs: “down charge” at the report of their guns or not, but they are negli- gent of a most important point in a dog’s training. It is true that with the breech loaders now generally used the charg- ing of a dog is not as necessary, when there are more birds directly in front of the gunner, as it used to be when time was needed to load with powder, shot and caps separately instead of inserting them in the barrel all at once in car- tride shape as at present. But, on the other hand, the good old custom of having your dog charge at gun snap is the most sensible one to follow. The rest is only momentary, to be sure, but it gives the dog ample time to recover himself, to re- gain the self-possession which may have been disturbed by the whirr of the bird, Sensation. and, more than all, it keeps him under that restraint which a gunner should always exert over his dog, and, moreover, he is at hand to hunt close in front of the gun where birds are scattered, but have dropped near to one another. Why Good Dogs Are Scarce. The fact is, there are very few really good dogs in the country now, speaking in comparison with twenty years ago. There are infinitely more dogs who deserve to be gcod by reason of their breeding, but they are not handled as they used to be. A man with a bredchloader walks right on after the birds, loading as he walks, and seems to care not a whit whether his dog is ex- cited or nervous or not. Then again the breeding of particular strains has been un- fortunately carried to the excess of in- breeding, weakening the dog in every pax ticular, mentally and in his staying powers. There are few sportsmen of experience who. do not sometimes sigh for a return of the and traveled through th, old setter dog, which was called “chuckle- headed.” He was not beautiful to look at; his pedigree wasn't an inch and a half lorg, and Stonehenge would have never noticed him, for his marks, indicating ca- nine refinement, but he was sturdy and strong. with an unfailing nose and untiring capacity for work, and he could give a man sport day in and day out, from day- light to dark, as long as the man’s legs held out. The writer has confined himseif to the consideration of the setter dog in re- lation to quail hunting, because he has hunted over that strain almost exclusively, the pointer having been of little use to him in the thick, briery cover where his shoot- ing has been done, but a well-broken pointer is equally as Buccessful a sport- giver, and the pointer of today, in staying powers, 1s infinitely the superior of his thicker-coated brother. Washington's Experts and Enthu- sias There are many enthusiastic sportsmen in Washington, and among them are many expert shots in the field. The veteran Wil- liam Wagner is in his element when it comes to the stubble and branch bottoms. He will find his pleasure in November dcwn in North Carolina. Messrs. William ‘Traver, George Creamer and Dick Jones will also go to North Carolina, although Dick has a painful touch of rheumatism just now. That may keep him at home. Tom A. King of the internal revenue bureau will probably shoot in Ohio, and Mr. Arthur Mattingly and Mr. L. K. Devendorf may forget their unsuccessful trip to North Carolina last year and try it again this season, but in another part of the state. Mr. Sam Drury will have plenty of sport around Dickerson's Station, whére the land is all posted, so that none but those who belong to the local sportsmen’s association wiil be allowed to shoot, and where even invitations cannot be extended to outside parties. Mr. Blair Lee will be hunting voters in the sixth Maryland dis- trict, and will be so busy trying to bag a seat in Congress that he will have no time to shoot birds, muck» as he loves the fall sfort. Dr. Fry will probably make a brief trip to North Carolina. He has received from Mr. Heath Dodge a remarkable tribute to his young pointer Grouse. Grouse has been out at Mr. Dodge's country place, and the ether day Mr. Dodge wrote the doctor saying that he had raised and broken dogs for forty years, and had never seen a dog the equal of Grouse. Praise coming ftom stch an authority could not go further. Mr. John Cissel will probably accompany Mr. Wagner to North Carolina, and Mr. Ale: ander McCormick will have a hance of two or three days on a posted preserve in Montgomery county. Major Clay Goodloe will probably enjoy pretty good sport down near Port Tobacco. “He is the best field shot in either branch of the naval service. Mr. William Boarman will find birds, and bag them, too, beyond any question, and the same prophecy holds -good regarding Messrs. Henry Gulick, James M. Green, Richard Smith anJ John Sidney Webb. — UNIV SITY NOTES. Columbian University. Dr. A. P. Montague, dean of the college, has returned to the university, after a two months’ sojourn in) Virginia. While away the doctor can¥assed in behalf of the university and met with great success. During the summer he-recélved from Rich- mond College the degtee of LL.D. The medical school hag feceived several additions in apparatus. Among others ts @ lot of anatomical and microscopic ap- paratus of the most improved style for the pathological laboratory. Dr. George M. Foster, @ specialist on dis- eases of the brain, and a member of the staff of the Governmefit Hospital for the In- sane, wili give a course of lectures on this subject. The medical department will open Wednesday, and the introductory lecture will be delivered by Dr. A. F. A. King at 8 o'clock p.m. The faculty of Columbian Academy has been much strengthened in the line of natural science, and new laboratory fa- cilities have been added, The college faculty is larger and stronger than ever before; valuable additions have been made in Dr. Pollard, who will have charge of the department of English, and Dr. Charles C. Swisher, who studied at Yale, Columbia and Cornell, and comes to Columbian as the new professor of history. Howard University. President Rankin returned to his home Saturday last, having spent the summer in Maine and Massachusetts. The univer- sity opened Wednesday with a goodly number of students in attendance. The opening acdress was delivered by the presi- dent Wednesday afternoon in the Rankin Memorial Chapel. Mrs. Lewis B. Moore, daughter of Bishop Tanner of Philadelphia, and wife of Prof. Lewis B. Moore, professor of English in the preparatory department, has been appoint- ed matron of the university in place of Miss Torry. Dr. Julia R. Hall, a graduate of the How- ard Medical School, has been appointed* resident physician of the university. Dr. Hall will reside in Minor Hall, and besides having charge of the health of the students will inaugurate a course of lectures on hy- giene. Arrangements are being made by the students to publish a monthly paper to contain local university news. A commit- tee has been appointed to wait on the pres- ident, and it is hoped the first number will appear the first part of next month. Georgetown University. A friend of the university, who wishes his name withheld, has presented to the Riggs memorial library a complete set of the Migne edition of the Greek and Latia Fathers of the Church. This handsome gift was imported from Paris, and ccn- tains in all three hundred and eighty- eight volumes, bound in red and green mo- recco, and cost upwards of $1,000. Temorrow evening the sodality and the conference of St. Vincent de Paul will meet for the first time this year. Catholic University. Tomorrow morning the students end their arnual spiritual retreat, and Monday mass of the Holy Ghost. will be celebrated m the Divinity Chapel, by the rector, Bishop Keane. The students will then re- pair to the lecture foom, where Bishop Keane will address tem upon the work of the year, after Which the regular courses will begin, All the professors Piaye returned: Drs. Shahan and Pace arri‘ed the first part of the week, the former hhving lectured at several of the summer schools; Dr. Pace also lectured at Platrsarg and Madison, west. Dr. Bou- quilon arrived @& the utVersity on Wed- nesday, having spent the summer in Eu- rope. | @ Extensive purchares of books have been made during the sumimer for the depart- mental libraries. ‘ All the rooms and hélis of both the Mc* Mahon and Caldwell Halls have been most successfully touched up. Improvements have also béen made in the university grounds; séveral elaborate beds have been planted at the back of Caldwell hall and a number of winding paths laid out; a hand ball alley has also been made for the use of the students. The extreme southeast of the university grounds has been converted into a base ball ground, so that the students will not only have a place to practice, but also a campus, on which they will play many of their match games. a Carroll Institute Election. Carroll Institate ‘holds its annual meet- ing and election of officers October 8, at 8 p.m. The institute has about 600 mem- bers, and is in @ flovrishing condition. The prominent candidates for president are Dominic I. Murphy, commissioner of pen- sicrs; E. J. Hannan, M. I. Weller and N. T. Taylor. A smoker has been arranged for the evening of the election. The institute orchestra will give an entertainment and hop-on October 5. REAL ESTATE GOSSIP The Renting of Property Now a Prominent Feature. HOUSES ARE IN GOOD DEMAND Increase in the Population, and es Property as an Investment. SOME IMPROVEMENTS Judging from the demands which are re- ported by the real estate agents, the num- ker of vacant houses in this city is rapidly decreasing. The rental departments in the various real estate offices are just now the active branches of the business and the rent clerks are inclined to think that they have a good deal of business to attend to. As the season for leased property is by no means over the indicatiors are favorable for those who own property of this class. Next month is the time, generally speak- ing, when’ furnished houses will be in de- mand, and the prospects are said to be promising. The dealers report that there has been no change in rents, and that the prices which prevailed lsst year are those of this year. Some three years ago there was a scaling down of rents for a certain class of property, and while in some cases the change was only of a temporary char- acter, in others it has thus far been perma- rent. Demand and Supply. ‘The renta! price of property is, of course, etermined, like everything that {s offered for sale, by the demand, and where the building of houses or business buildings has gone on until the supply is greater than the demand naturally there has been a fall in rents. It is, however, said that property, especially for residence purposes, which is kept in repair and is offered at a fair rental is always in demand. here are, of course, changes, either in the character of the locality or in the builditig itself, which has the effect of advancing or reducing the rental value, and frequently these changes take place without the knowiedge of the owner. He is apt, hotvever, to be reminded by the effect on his income. A Safe Investment. In this city, where the material develop- ment has been steady and constant, prop- erty owners have found, as a rule, that changes Have been of rather a beneficial character. The progress of population has resulted in transforming entire sections, and this, followed by municipal tmprove- ments at various times, has naturally caused prices to advance, and with the rise in the market value there has been an ap- preciation in the rental values. It may be said as the result of the experience of the past few years of financial depression that Washington real estate has maintained its place as a safe investment, and at th Seme time one that yields a reasonable income. H There is no question in the minds of competent observers that when what has been termed “‘confidence” is restored—in other words, when money is once more set free and is available for investment and for loans—there will be a revival of the activity which, during the past decade, has done so much to make Washington what it is. It is no longer necessary to employ arguments in support of the as- sertion that Washington is a most attrac- tive and desirable place of residence. The people of this country are very generally convinced of that fact, and each year wit- nesses additions to the permanent popula- tion of the nation’s capital of people who ecme here because of the advantages which a residence in Washington gives. They Want the Best. In this way it is possible to give a rea- senable explanation of the practice, which prevails here perhaps more generally than in any other city, of erecting fine resi- dences for the purpose of placing them on the market for rent. There is a demand for such houses from people who desire to spend the winter here, and they have such ample means that-they want the best. A good proportion of this class, after one or perhaps two winters, come to the conclu- sien that they need a permanent home here, so that they either buy a house or purchase a lot and erect a resklence. The additions to the population, however, are by no means confined to the class of pecple who are able to live in expensive houses. There are a great many families of limited incomes who find that they are able to reside in Washington, with due re- gard to economy, and at the same time to enjoy the life here. Some Improvements. The tower of the Twelfth Street M. E. Church, corner 12th and E streets southeast, wll be remodeled and have an addition built to it by J. H. Hunt. Plans have been prepared by J. H. Mc- Clinton, architect, for a frame house, to be erected on the Tenleytown road, Friendship subdivision, which will be three stories in height, with a cellar. Plans have been prepared by T. T. Quinn, architect, for a three-story brick dwelling, to be erected at 808 E street southwest. The front will be twenty-one feet and the Gepth fifty-five feet. A two-story and cellar brick dwelling will te built by Fred A. Volland at 108 3d street northwest. The material used will be pressed brick, and the house wil! have a frontage of twenty feet and depth of thirty feet. B. F. Myers, architect, has completed plans for two houses on Holmead avenue, Mt. Pleasant. The dwellings will be sepa- rate, each sixteen feet front by thirty-five feet in depth, with three stories and a cel- lar. The fronts will be of brick, with brownstone trimmings, and each will have bay windows. Plans have been completed by E. H. Fow- ler, architect, for a residence to be erected at 2202 Massachusetts avenue. The struc- ture will be three stories in height, with a basement, and twenty-five feet by fifty-one teet. The front will be of white brick, and will have a wide bay: window. <oxtensive improvements and repairs will be made in the property of 813 3d street nerthwest by B. F. Smith —— Sons of Hermann. Columbia Lodge, No. 1, Order Sons of Hermann, held its semi-annual election of officers Wednesday night. The following officers were elected for the ensuing term: Gustave Bender, ex-president; B. F. Schubert, president; T. L. Schmidt, vice vresident; J. A. Schuerger, secretary; Chas. Herman, treasurer; Jos. A. Kaschka and Henry F. Reh, trustees. The past year has been a very successful one for the order in this city. A year ago, when this lodge was founded, the principles of the order were hardly known; today the order is repre- sented by two lodges, with over 130 mem- bers. The Order of the Sons of Hermann was founded in. 1839, and is the oldest Ger- man-American organization of its char- acter in the United States. It has a mem- bership of over 30,000. SS Miss Willard’s Birthday. ‘The Y. Branch of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union will celebrate Frances Willard’s birthday, Monday, the 28th, with an “at home” to their friends, at their rooms, 910 F street northwest, from 8 to 10 pm. OPENING DAYS-=- Tonight, From 7 to 9:30. You are cordially invited to an evening opening. of the recently completed addition Building—and to inspect the preparations that have been made all through the greater store for the for-; mal inauguration of the fall season on Monday. The preliminaries are all arranged. The thoughts of months ago have become crys- Summer has yielded to autumn. They thin and airy has given way to the warm and com-f talized facts. fortable. The great campaign of and early Next Monday Morning It is an important period in our commercial ‘ca~ reer, for it marks the achievement of an ambition— the accomplishment of a purpose—and with the in- crease of room that comes with the linking of the store at 819 Pennsylvania avenue Building the few departments that our service has lacked of completeness are added—and the ispera- tive expansion of some of the old ones is rendered possible. It WAS a great store! IT IS A GREATER STORE! Thirty-one Thirty-one departments Seietege vored with bargains. again Monday. ‘96-7 will Le begun bright departments—ladened with the world’s choicest creations will greet your coming. their store of superlative quality.a number of special offerings for Monday at * first taste of the fall merchandise will be strongly fla- Tomorrow's Post forth the feast in detail. Too good to be missed. Too- limportant to be overlooked. “opening” prices. oe, ae PERRY’S. to the Perry: | to the Perry will each contribute to Your will set Come — tonight—and PERRY’S, “NINTH AND THE AVENUE.” Established 1840, Telephone 995. pefeateateatratestpatoete oatrstnep tac retr peer POQapapectratrdirstodts totetetontrMectestostentrte.tontete testrterestete rte telnet Peete Pelee Oey LPs esters estentoetocendostnatoeesdetinatostendentoecoatindeatoatoatesbenioesoetendontoesosesdentoet oe esiense odes ART AND ARTISTS Max Weyl, who returned from Paxson, Va., a couple of weeks ago, is again at work in his studio, where he kas enough to keep him busy for some time. Not orly are there many oil studies which he left unfinished and now wishes to touch up, but he has a full portfolio of broadly executed charcoal studies, which he plans to transfer to canvas when he has the leisure. Among these studies one finds weed interiors, meadow scenes and moun- tain views under ditfering atmospheric con- ditions. He brought home several im- portant landscapes in oil, such as the one he painted by the brook near Rosemoore, as well as the numerous sketches in that medium. Where the charcoal studies in- dicate ome effect of black and white that has impressed him, the oils which he made up in the Blue Ridge show some pleasing bits of color that caught his eye. * a * Mr. Macdonald is ene of the artists who has spent practically the entire summer in the city and has managed to do some litle werk in spite of the temperature. His mest recent portrait is one of Mrs. H. O. Claughton. * * * Mr. Wells M. Sawyer has left the old Calvert mansion at Riverdale, where he has spent the summer pleasantly, and has ecme into the city. There is much that 1s picturesque around there, and he has painted quite a number of canvases this stmmer, following a line of close study rather than one of quick facile sketching. * xox There {s an interesting collection of paint- ings in the downstairs gallery at Fischer's, many of which Mr. Fischer brought from Europe with him when ne returned a couple of weeks ago. Some, however, are dis- tnctively American, such as the two can- vases by F. De Havers, who succeeds ad- mirably in giving an effect of movement to his wind-driven clouds as well as to the foliage of the trees. Then there is William M. Chase's still life study, a group of very ccmmonplace objects, which claim interest solely on account of their masterful han- dling. Of the pictures from broad the Venetian scere by Iwill at once attracts attention. There are two moonlight studies, cne by De Claremont, a pupil cf Cazin, and the other by Louis Paul Dessar. Two of the best paintings in the gallery are Paris street scenes by Loir Luigi. There are a rumber of other paintings of less impor- tance, smong which one finds a desert scene by Paul Lazerges and canvases by Turin and Perboyre. * x * Mr. R. G. Skerett spent a month on Mob Jack bay this summer, but employed his time in resting and’did not touch a brush during all the time he was away. Since his return he has, however, been laying plans for some work in illustration. * x * Mr. Carl Weller returned about a fort- right ago from a trip up north, in which he combined work and pleasure. He went first to East Gloucester, which ts an old haunt of his, and while there made a num- ber of sketches and was so successful as to sell most of them. From there he went down into Cape Cod, an excursion which only confirmed his allegiance to East Glou- cester. He gives golden accounts of the deings xt the latter place and of the art atmosphere that pervades the whole town, x * * Mr. George Gibbs brings home some very substantial results to show for his stay at Ocean City. Among the studies which he made there is a scene of the mainland, a water color, painted on a hazy day, on which the sun alternately showed tts face and hid behind the clouds. The effect of light is particularly well managed in a pastel which Mr. Gibbs made of a sunset seen across Sinepuxent bay. It is very true in color, and an added element of pic- turesqueness is given by the old ox cart lumbering along the beach in the fore- ground. A pastel of the surf by moonlight is another one of the good things which he made. In the September number of the Monthly Illustrator and Home and Country Mr. Gibbs has an able article on “Serious- ness in Art,” illustrated by photographs of a number of the pictures in the Corcoran Art Gallery. Besides the selection of pic- tures from the gallery there are specimens of the work of three Washington artist “Alexander's Feast,” by Robert Hinckl “The Princess,” and a pastel head, by Miss Jane Bridgham Curtis, und a part of the decoration which Mr. Macdonald has commenced on the walls of his studio. Mr. Gibbs plans to go to New York for a short Stay about the middle of next month. * * * Miss Anna Sands has terminated her de- Ughtful summer tour through the Euro- pean galleries and sailed yesterday for this country. —_— John L. Stoddard's Narrow Escape. An accident which came near having serious consequences for John L. Stoddard was one of the experiences which will make memorable his late trip to the Yel- lcwstone National Park. A friend who was driving him about made a mistake in the road, and came to a pl: where a fording of the river was necessary. The attempt was unsuccessful, and horses and carriage were soon in such deep water that it was only by climbing quickly on top of the bugey that Mr. Stoddar@ and his companion were able to keep out of the water above their waists. While in this perilous position the horses were plunging wildly, in fear of drowning, and must soon ave overturned the vehicle and precipi- tated the passengers into the river. For- tunately the ¢ of the stage, which was following, seen their peril. He hastened to the spot, and, jumping in, soon reached the horses and cut the tre abling them to swim to safety. Mr dard then divested himself of his out garments and managed to swim ashore. After nearly an hour's exposure he was reached and cared for by friends in the Stage. Had the current in the stream been as rapld as in places above and below, M Stcddard would hardly have escaped drown- ing. ee West-Virginia Republicans. Michael I. Weller of this city and ex- Congressman Robert Doan of Ohio ad- dressed a well-attended meeting of the West Virginia Republican Club, held at 133 Pennsylvania avenue last night, in behalf of the sound money side of the present financial issue. The announcement was made that eighty-six members of the cluly had made arrangements to go home and vote for the re-election of Congressman Dayton in the second West Virginia dis- trict. Letters frem West Virginia were read, giving assurances that West Virginia was safe for the republicans.