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THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, O OTOBER 31, 1896-TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES. IN THE ANTIQUE. ae head rapidly, and so, after carefully in- STUDENTS OF AR structing them in the gallery proper for several years, Prof. Andrews had the sat- —_ + How They Pursue Their Studies at the Corcoran School. ABOUT THE DIFFERENT CLASSES Scenes in the Rooms Where the Pupils Are at Work. a PROFESSOR ANDREWS’ VIEWS GooD MANY trim-locking young ladies, with a certain indefinable a t mos - phere of art—pass through the entrance to the softly-lighted rooms of the little building at the rear of the Corcoran Art Gallery on week-day mornings in the neighborhood of 9 o'clock. Most of them carry good- rames, with spotless drawing- carefully tacked upon them. ) these voung ladies are far too and serious to exhibit in their and carriage the weird effects so striven for nowadays by the ¥ “poster girl,” any one would be t & to swear to them as art students. They are. They are the Rosa Bonheurs in embryo who study at the Corcoran School of Art. The young men who study there— there are not many of them during the hours of the day, however—also “look the as the theairical folks say. Not in ef long hair, bedaubed velveteen rtling “impression: cra- vats—for even in the Quartier Latin, where ebtained when the lads Du Maurier were studying tations have long since been they are chalked over with ineffaceable and unmistakable of art students. In a crowd of a thousand men, anybody can single out the actor. In a crowd of a thousand men, | everybody pick out the art student. A / effects ckeray said Prof. Eliphalet F. Andrews, the director of the Corcoran | School of Art, to a repcrter for The Star, “Washington tron people ures. is an artistic city. As pa- of local art, I fear that Washington are lamentable and hopeless fail- If they wish to adorn their homes icture, a medallion, a bit of bronze they decline to look for it in . Instead, they scour_ the ew York, of London, of Paris, But, in the sense th large number of the women of Washington possess strong | ic aspirations, together with a high ree of talent, the term artistic may | more appropriately be applied to the popu- | lation of this cicy than te the population of any of the cities on this side of the wa- ter.” Organization of the School. Prof. Andrews organized the Corcoran School of Art nearly seven years ago. When he first became interested in the | ‘coran Art Gallery, more than ten years | ago, he found that a large number of young people, utterly deficient in even the ele- mentary knowledge of the principles of drawing, compesition, light and shade, the handling of colors, and the remainder of | the primer of painting, were engaged in copying the masterpieces hanging In the gall Needless to sa: he “copies” thus Produced by these ambitious young men | Friendly Criticism. and women were mournfully, langhably bad | Professor Andrews, | their atrociousness, better have been expected, | s’ utter lack of in- a finished artist of rep- | ave his services to e young people. He ir color tuhes and a and started them | ing—drawing from the an- | a task equivalent to the | music of a whole class of | i % able to saw “The Arkan- | Traveler” and “Money Musk” on the violin “by ear,” fancy they are violinists. 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A considerable number of the students whom he directed in the early days of the school have already achieved reputations, and a good many of the pres- ent students are on their way to prosperity as artists. The course of study at the Corcoran School of Art is absolutely free, the stu- dents only being obliged to provide them- selves with the materials for the carrying on of their studies. But the young man or woman who enters upon the course must possess, besides ambition, sincerity, earn- estness of purpose, and, ‘above all, appli- “When the school was first organized,” said Prof. Andrews, “there were scores of young people standing in Indian file in the Space in front of the building, waiting to inscribe their names as members of the From Life. - * classes. About three-fourths were young men and girls who, neither knowing any- thing of nor caring anything for art in itself, thought that it would be a tremen- dous ‘lark’ to join the school. Their knowl- edge of painting consisted in what they had read in novels and newspapers of joyous and hilarious scenes in studios—cochineal baths of cheap red wine, chafing dishes, and that sort of thing—and they were all ready to assist In the establishment of a miniature Quartier Latin in Washington— @ Quartier Latin after their own concep- toa. It was the simplest of all matters to single out these faddists and dilletante, and to dispose of them. Encouragement was given only to those who presented themselves with an intelligent realization of the difficulties of the path they were blocking out for themselves, and with an evident determination to stick to it.” Conditions of Entrance. During the first years of the school no other qualifications besides sincerity of pur- pose and industry were required of those who wished to become pupils. It was | eventually found, however, that the task of carrying on the purely kindergarten work was too large an undertaking, and prevented a proper degree of attention being given to the more advanced students, It thus became necessary to make admis. sion to the school conditional upon a cer- tain modicum of previous attainment in the elementary prineiples of art. The school was then divided into three classes— the antique class, the life class and the composition class. In order to gain ad- mission to the antique class the applicant must submit to Prof. Andrews at least four drawings, showing complete mastery in the handling of material (crayon or charcoal) and experience and skill in free-hand draw- ing. Tne work of the antique class con- sists of drawing from the antique busts, full-length figures, anatomical figures, pro- portion and perspective, with elaborate study of “values” and light and shade. Admission to the life class 1s accorded to those who pass a strict examination up- on the work required in the antique class, or to those who demonstrate an adequate proficiency by previous work done from na- ture, either drawing or painting. To be- come a member of the composition class the applicant must present drawings show- ing facility for drawing the human figure without model, and ability to draw the ; figure in repcse and in action, with suffi- cient skill to indicate the motive and to illustrate the ayplicant’s idea. The Night Class. There are not many young men in the day classes, for a great majority of the male students are wage-earners who are unable to get away from their offices and places of business during the hours of the day. For these Prof. Andrews organized | a night class a few years ago. The night class does not begin its work until the first week in November of each year, the day classes beginning their studies a month Young women are permitted to join the nighi as well as the day class, but few of them take advantage of the privi- lege. it would be hard to find a quieter or busi- | er assemblage of young women than those | who attend the day classes at the schools. Even a heavy foot fall is startling enough within the intensely silent precincts of the curtain-divided class rooms to cause the students to look up from their work. In the antique class room the plaster casts of heads of Hermes, arms of Hercules, feet of Achilles and busts of Venus are ranged around the four walls, and the absolute absorption of the students in reproducing these upon thelr frames of drawing paper is an interesting study in Intentness. Prof. Andrews quietly steps from easel to easel, mildly criticising here and bestowing a word of praise there, occasionally adding or erasing a line of a drawing, telling of deficiency or misconceptions in a low tone of voice, and always good-humoredly. Whatever conversation is carried on by the students is in a subdued tone of voice, and there is none of the rataplan and fan- faronade which, in the imaginations of Paris correspondents, is a necessary ac- companiment of the study of painting. Loud talking is expressly forbidden, and giggling is a thing unknown at the school, ‘The students have rolled up their sleeves and sat down to work with as much earn- estness as though their livelihood depended upon their efforts, and no time is wasted. Drawing From Life. The entire second floor of the school building is set aside for the work of the life class. The morning class paints from the nude and the afternoon class from the draped figure. In painting from the nude model, there is no mixture of the sexes among students, as is the custom in many of the schools of Paris, and even in some of those in New York. The young men and women draw and paint from the nude at different hours. There are about a dozen first-class and well-known “nude” mogels, male and fe- male, in Washington, who earn a livelihood entirely by posing for artists and students in schools and private studios. These models are for the most part quite un- known to the students. They come and go quietly, saying little or nothing, and they work hard for the fifty or’ seventy-five cents an hour which is paid to them, ac- cording to their varying degrees of exper- jence, reliability and usefulness. Curiously enough, the models prefer to pose for stu- dents tn a school than for a single artist in his studio. The reluctance which most models at first experience in enduring the critical in- ‘spection of scores of eyes is soon overcome: when they discover that thelr work is less laborious in a@ school than in a private studio. In a school the poses are largely of a “stock” character, easy to fall into and maintain without weariness, and the models are not compelled to remain in a single Pose for such long periods as in. the studios of individual artists, where, besides, they stand the chance of being frequently posed in the most excruciating attitudes. Posing a Model. The medels at the Corcoran school stand, recline or are seated on a platform in full view of all the students. They are posed by Prof. Andrews, and this posing, with models whose experience has been limited, sometimes occupies considerable time. “The arm just a trifle higher — there, that’s more like—now the foot a little more forward—so—ah! but you've lowered your arm again—right—just a little less rigidity, please—easy, natural—be good enough not to expand the muscles of the lower limbs —the muscles of Psyche were not tense or strained, I think—now you have it! Begin!”’ Adjurations like these the professor hat often to employ in the posing of the more inexperienced models, but thcse who have been in the business for a long time drop into exactly the proper attitudes with scarcely any direction from the instructor. The experienced models have read up and studied all of the characters, mythological and real, whom they are likely to be called upon to “stand for.” Good female models Possess an intelligent understanding of hundreds of poses which they may be re- quired to assume, from a Sappho or As- pasia to Lucretia Borgia or Charlotte Cor- day, and the best models among the men who make posing a profession are familiar with the whole range of subjects which ar- tists select for their pictures. ‘They make as good Hettors and Jack Cades as they do Mirabeaus and John L. Sullivans. All of them, however, male and female, have a specialty. The man with the fine torso is used for Hercules, and he with the fine head for Antinous. Fe- male models with exquisite arms or busts are often deficient in other respects, thus making the employment of different models for different anatomical drawing purposes a necessity. . The Point of Vantage. Professor Andrews selects the point of vantage from which each student draws or paints from the, nude or draped figure. Thus, as the students are all seated in a Kind of semi-circle around the platform upon which the model is posed, the draw- ings upon the frames, front, quarter, half, promile and rear views, would, if they were all reduced in size and embraced on a single sheet, very much resemble the kinetoscopic photographs which have late- ly made their appearance. When the pose is a difficult one, Professor Andrews, out of consideration for the model, enjoins the students to work carefully, but rapidly. Students who exhibit great excellence in drawing from the nude at the school are often singularly backward and inapt in drawing from the draped figure, and this is one of those exceptional rules which works both ways, for the best sketchers of the draped figure are frequently utterly in- competent in depicting the unclad human figure. When the instructor discovers the Penchants of students as indicated by their work in these two styles of drawing, he wastes no time in advising them to devote the greater share of their attention to the style of drawing for which they have the greatest talent. It is on this point that some of the stu- dents occasionally exhibit a humorous and’ quite unreasonable perversity. Upon the same principle that famous comedians have been known to maintain that they were cut out for great tragedians, and to make private moan over their wrong selection, it often happens that a student who displays positive genius In catching every fold and Tine of the draped figure, and who draws the nude figure hideously and out of all proportion, will insist to the instructor that she was simply born to become an unsur- passable portrayer of the undraped figure, and that the ambition of her life will never be realized until she becomes one. Pro- fessor Andrews, by means of mild expostu- lation and advice, eventually succeeds in directing the efforts of such students into the proper channel, but he confesses that he never quite succeeds in convincing them. The Plodders Succeed. The Star reporter asked Professor An- drews if his pupils who have since acquired reputations for their work displayed their talent at the very outset of their studies under his direction. “They certainly did not, a great majority of them,” was his reply. “The students who succeed are not those who exhibit the greatest talent at first. The plodders are the successful ones. The student who starts out in meteoric fashion is very likely to arrive at a certain point beyond which Progress is impossible. When this school was first started, I had several pupils who were so clumsy at the outset in their handling of materials and in their treat- ment of subjects that I despaired of them. “I may have unconsciously indicated that I regarded their work as hopeless; but, at any rate, these very pupils, who started in so inauspiciously, set their teeth hard and worked with the determination of soldiers battling in a hopeless fight, and surprised me beyond measure by the improvement they soon began to show. Moreover, these were the pupils who, in time, got the an- nual gold medal, and who are now con- spicuously successful artists. Talent dis- played at the outset is exceedingly likely to be of a purely superficial, slap-dash order, incapable of much further development. “For instance, there was a young woman who came here several years ago who could, in five minutes, sketch from mem- ory, with a bit of crayon, ag perfect a Venus de Milo as I ever saw. But the Venus was her limitation. She could do nothing else. After weeks of instruction, she could not draw a plaster cast of a man's arm with any sort of skill even ap- proximating faithfulness, and I was obliged to give her up. In common with many others, she possessed what is known as the ‘skin-deep’ talent for drawing, exhibit- ed in a single subject, and it is as idle to attempt to carry on the instruction of such persons as it is to endeavor to instruct per. sons in music who cannot carry an or nary air in their heads. It is the slow fire that burns the longest, and I have learned to thoroughly believe in Carlyle’s maxim that ‘genius is an infinite capacity for tak- ing pains.’” Negligence Discouraged. Students who start in to work with a will, and then gradually permit their inter- est in their studies to relax, quickly dis- cover that there is a corresponding lack of interest on the part of the instructor at the Corcoran School. Professor Andrews re- gards with such disfavor the students who habitually make a practice of absenting themselves from their respective classes that the delinquents soon discover the de- sirability of withdrawing from the school. When the instructor passes by the easels of pupils of this negligent character with- out commenting, either favorably or un- favorably, upon their work, they cannot fail to draw the inference that their lack of diligence has made their further member- ship of the school undesirable. Again, when students, after gaining ad- mission to the school, indicate by their work that there is a certain limitation to their talent and facility beyond which it would be impossible for them to advance with all of the instruction and practice in the world, they are quietly told of their limitations and of the fruitlessness of pro- tracted effort. Such students accept a pronunciamento of this kind quietly, if. a little mournfully, and cease their attend- ance at the school. All of the finished work accomplished by the students is under the control of the instructor until after the holding of the an- nual exhibition, which every year takes place during the month of May. The werk that is deemed worthy of exhibition by || Professor Andrews is exhibited, and a com- mittee of three well-known American art- ists (the committee being differendy com- posed’ every year) awards the Corcoran gold medal to the most meritorious among the students. A large section of the new building of the Corcoran Gallery of Art on 17th street has been set aside for the use of the school. and when the move is, made, Probably in January next, it is expected that there will be a large increase in the numher of pupils, owing to the better facilities for instruc- tion. In this case, it is likely that Pro- fessor Andrews will have the assistance of @ small corps of instructors. -——-—>__ How It Failed. From the Chteago Tribune. - “And you four brothers were named Ed- mund, Edgar, Edward and Edwin, were you? What could have been your parents’ object in that?” “They wanted to keep us from ever being nicknamed.” “Did it have that effect?’ -“Not exactly. We've always been called Chuck, Snorkey, Flipps and Pilgarlic.” 15 COMPANY;CAPTAINS High School Boys Who Opcupy Places of Responsibility, TH RED RIBBON THE COVETED. PRLEE Preparations for the Great Military Event of the Year. YOUTHFUL SOLDIERS —__—_ A good many people say that the most fortunate High School boy ts -the cadet who gets a captaincy. Indeed, at the end of the year, just before the competitive Grill, the holders of these positions are looked upon as being equal to the colonel, and the captain who wins the drill soars high up above that officer In the eyes of his men and in the opinion of the com- Pany’s rooters. a At the beginning of every. school year the companies are reformed. The officers of the past year, having’ been gratitrated, the commissioned and pon-commissioned officers remaining are promoted, and the newly enlisted boys of the several schools are divided between the companies of their respective schools. The abilities of the cadets aspiring for captaincies receive more serious consid- eration »y the military committee when the appointments are made than in the ap- pointment of any other of the officers, be- cause a company is generally what # cap- tain makes it, and it depends upon his per- Capt. Ray, Co. A. Capt. Hanson, Co. B. senality, together with his military abili- ties, whether his command is a success or not. The one thing which a captain needs to win a competitive drill is plenty of nerve. Quite often a company which has made a fine showing throughout the year goes to pieces on the field, due to the captain losing his nerve. But the captain is not the only one who purer uae Ee for’ quite often a company will .go. tg, pleces jthrough no: fault of its officers, eee it was looked upon.as a steady company and a sure winner, while a poor company will brace up, give a snappy, nervy drill, and carry off the “prize banner” and “red rib- bens.” 1 The reebnental drills and dress parades are insignificant occurrences in High School. Military. life.compared to the en eeties drills, which occur at. the end, of;every school year. Then the,boys and girls turn out in full force, the girls in greater and more enthusiastic numbers than the boys, and urge on their favorites ‘by school and company yells. This year the young.men who have been van ‘ Capt. Platt, Co. D. honored with captaincles in the - High School Cadet Corps are all efficient and capable officers, as their previous records are good, as is also the work of thelr com- mands so far this year. Good Heutenants are necessary to promote the interests of the comvantes,- as the new men.need.-tn-, struction in both foot movements and the manual of arms, so @ captain: pequines.oom- petent, deutenants, capable of giving good instruction and who will work ‘hard ‘{ér- the honor of their school and company. Capt. Howe, Co. 0. The Central School Companies. The ‘Central High School has four com- panies, .A, B, C and D; the Eastern two, | F and G; the Business oné; E, and thes Western one, H. mu se ae One of the most, promising officers of this year’s regiment is Capt. John H. Ray of Company A. Last year he was battalion adjutant. His command has confidence in him as an executive officer, and declare he will bring them out victorious in the com- petitive drill. Capt. Ray is well satisfied with his company and his two lieutenants, E. Allen and A. Sze. The roster of Coni- pany A Is T. O. Gheen, first s2rgeant, 8. W. Bogan, second sergeant; F. B. Hoge, third sergeant; C. G. Heyburn, fourth sergeant; and A. L. Fuger, fifth sergeant; Corporals Reed, Robertson, Frost and Hatton; Pri- yutes Hendrick, Brinkerhoff, Houghton, Hampson, Duckett, Funstall, Tobey, Rob- erts, Ely, Armes, Gunnell, Walker, Black, Prince, Evans, Ballard, Weyman, Paul, Stewart, Lamb, Cooper, Dewey, Dennison, Church, Craig and Harrison. = Company B is commanded by Capt. Paul Hanson. He was second lieutenant of Compary B last year. He is an efficient officer, well up in military matters, and is Capt. White, Co. E. Capt. French; Oo: F we well pleased” with his gompeny.” He has four full fours. Willard““A. Tidall is first leutenant, and Charleg,T, Kulier, second Meutenant. tor. ue 4 ‘The roster of Compang B is as follows: Sergeants—H. W. Wild,!!8. MmClark, C. A. Bainard, R. M. Lackey and C. N. Gerry. Corporais — Bradford, Crowell, Johnsog, Storment. Privates—Bancroft, Barnhart, Bell, Coon, Doing, Durdin, Fish, Grieg- haur, Gonnell, Hamlin, Heap, Howe, Low- ell, McKelden, Noland, Peter. Plumbley, Ramskin, Renaud, Hichardg, Redgers, Wagstaff, H. Wagslatt Wagslat, Wool- verten, Taflor, Young @pd-Métwin, Alfred Howe, captain of pany C, is the son of Capt. Howe @€ the Mth Regiment of Regular "y, Pn tioned at Waskii ‘ uate of ‘bat West Point. “He hgs ‘ge: three years, the first in Company second in B= Sthe third in C.- makes his third in C, He has a full company, and the‘spirit of the men is en- ccuraging. He declares that they all have the spirit that makes them proud of their battalion and ready to-work for its good through ‘the company. ° He was second Heutenant.of Company C. last year. He has two. active, energetic leutenants, A. P: Tisdell and A. Heilprin, who will do all in their power to make the company a success, ~ Roster of Company C is as ean eo Sachs, H. Pipes,: ! cy, 8. Karpeles. Corporals — Paskel Deardoff, Washington, Mopsikon:- Priva! dag, Churchhill, Atwell, Slack, Wé follows: Ser- er= ber, Dunkin, Ball, Fimple,” Hoge; Wain-" right, Wilson, Murphy, Saffold, Thomas, Shipe, Bateman, Augusterfer,’ Al Platt, who at the beginning of the year was battalion adjutant and by the resigna- tion of one of the captains was promoted to fill his place. He has great hopes for his command and thinks the boys are do- ing wonderfully, although they have suf- Capt. Bryan, Co. G. Capt. Smoot, Co. H. fered a little by the change of officers cn account of loss of time. His two lieutenants, R. C. McKean and D. 8. Edmonds, are able assistants and very good instructors. The roster of Company D is as follows: Sergeants—C. D. Young, C. Norwood, H. E. Wheeler, Merwin, J. Costigan; corporals— Werneke, Turtle, Stuart and Dickson; pri- vates—Johnson, Granger, Fitzgerald, Mur- phy, Wagener, Williams, Hart, Hodges, Jones, Haas, Whitney, Wright, Ellis, Par- sans, Johnson, Rice. McLean, Goodrid, Clark, Snelling, Cleveland, McLachlen, My- ers, Bovee, Johnston and Baum. Business High School. Company E of the Business High School is under command of Capt. Dana White, jr. He has had more experience in military matters than any of his predecessors, as he was at the Eastern High School and served in Company F, '93 and ’94, and in Company G, ’94 and '95. He entered the Business High School last year and served as fifth sergeant. He has forty-one pri- vates from which to select a team for the competitive drill. First Lieut. R. BE. Bur- ger and Second Lieut. George A. Finn were corporals in last year’s Company E. The business cadets are determined to make as good a showing this year as they did last and are working with that end in view. The roster of Company E is as follows: Sergeants—J. G. Bridaham, Ball, Rugg, Amiss, Duffy; privates—Armstrong, Attler, Bead, Connor, Darby, Dean, Ernest, Ellin ger, Fryer, Gauss, Hannaman, Hendley, Heindrich, Heinline, Hoffman, Hunt, Hodg- son, Ingraham, Jesse, Kern, Lehman, Lucks, Maddux, Mahany, Marr, McKnew, Mowatt, Ostermayer, Ray, Richmond, Sacks, Schofield, Shanahan, Street, Tyding, Weideman, Weyrich, Wheatley, Wilson, Young and Gates. At the Eastern. Company F, Eastern High School, which was the winner of last year’s drill, is under the command of Walter E. French, first -8ergant of last year’s prize company. The rooters and the school think him a capable officer and one who wili defend the flag in a creditable manner. His company lacks three men of having four full fours, but by the time of the com- petitive drill he hopes to have a full com- pany, through the enlistment of some of the eadets of last year’s regiment, who do rot'Gare to serve the entire year. His leu- tenants, W. Pierson and Robert Patterson, have proven themselves efficient and satis- factory officers, and have assisted Capt. French greatly in the instruction of the recruits. The boys of the company are well pleased with their officers, and consider that they have another chance to add a ribbon to the Jbanner. ‘he roster of Company F ts as follows: Sergants, J. F. Bethune, S, C. Corell, A. Smith, E. L Wright and H. A. Dobson; ¢corporals, E. S. Embrey, M. Hallam, G. F. Hoover and W. Trow; privates, Baden, Bride, Bryan, Burk, ‘Cornwell, Etzler, Freeze, Galliher, Glancey, Richards, Hilder, Hocke, E. Hoover, D. N. Hoover, Hopkins, Lee, Lindenkohl, Maupin, Montgomery, “Mundell, C. Snell, N. R. Snell, Stonebraker, Terry, Wright, Zurhorst and Potter. any G, also of the Eastern High Schoo], is under Richard Bryan, who was fitst sergeant and later second leutenant of prize company F last year. He also served as second lieutenant of the company from the Eastern which attended the Confeder- ate Veterans’. reunion at Richmond last summer, and showed his military abilities at that time Capt. Bryan is well posted on tactics, and is a strict disciplinarian, holdirg that disci- pline is the one thing necessary for a com- Pany’s success. First Lieut. Fred. Yount and Second Lieut. Maurice Hand are un- tiring in assisting Capt. Bryan. The com- ny js well pleased with its officers, and Protons to make a creditable showing in the coming parades and drills. The roster of Company G is as follows: Sergeants—C. I. Dawson, Sagemuller, Ber- ry, DeGrain and Harrison. Corporals—Parson, Colquitt, Brown and Graham. Privates—Adams, Bowine, Burroughs, Bell,Clark, Evans, Ford, Funkhouser, hes, Koss, Lanton, Miller, Poston, owell, Richards, Ricketts, Reese, Rhodes, Sanderson, Sprucebank, Test, Thorn, Wal- lace, Candee and Wahler. Western High School. The Western High School’s Company H is captained by Loyd D. Smoot, who has served three years In the H. 8. C. His lieu- tenants are Charles S. McGowan and Charles A. Taussig. The captain and his two lMeutenants, together with three of the sergeants, were in Company H, '95, when {t won the competitive drill under Capt. Taussig, who is a brother of the present second lieutenant. Company H has four full fours, and the boys are of a near size and well built, which goes a long way in the appearance of a company. The Western School is, as €ver, ‘loyal to its company, and hopes for success as a reward for the honest and conscientious work which the Georgetown boys always do. Company H was the first company to win the Allison Nailor prize medal. The roster of Company H is as follows: Sergeants—J. M. Petty, W. R. Lewis, C. B. Buck, A. Potburry, W. Smart. Corporals—J. A. Birch, P, Lamberton, W. Middleton, C. Mulligan. Privates—Harrington, Hilton, Henry, Breckenridge, Blount, Dorian, Ficklin, Finn, Flournoy, Guanwell, Smith, Stearne, Radcliffe, Lightfoot, Long, Mechiin, Wea ver, Janney, Young, Boteler, C. Miller, L. Miller, Pumper and Morga: ——— eee - The Star's Election News. The Evening Star’s election news will completely cover every point of interest in the country. In addition to the facilities afforded by the wide-reaching arrange- ments of the Associated Press, The Star has posted staff and special correspondents at all the important news centers, and the readers of The Star will enjoy the benefit of a service unrivaled for accuracy, full- ness and completeness. Those who want to get the quickest and best news should arrange to get Tuesday’s editions of The Star. : The Star will display the news Tuesday night on two mammoth screens, so that every one who desires can get the news as quickly as the telegraph brings it to the city. The Star wiil receive and display the bul- letins of the Associated Press, the Western | Union and the Postal Telegraph companies, besides the special bulletins of its own corps of correspondents and the election news to be gathered and distributed over the country by long distance telephone. “ ———_—_ *. Their First Anniversary. From the New York World. It was the evening of the first anniver- sary of their wedding day. “I suppose, my dear, that a year ago to- Gay -was the happiest of your life, as it was mine,” cooed she as she nestled up alongside her husband. - 2“*¥-e-e-s-s, my darling, I presume it was,” he responded, hesttatingly. “Presume it was, indeed! I Mke that. Now, don’t you know that it was, dearest?” “Oh, yes, yes; of course, of course. But there were dra’ , you know, and I felt a bit more comfortable a year ago to- lo offense at all, you know, FICKLE IN THE FALL The Ways of thé Potomac Bass Are Uncertain at This Season. ANGLERS, THEREFORE, ARE AMBITIOUS Plans to Secure Protection for the Great Game Fish. A MUCH NEEDED LAW ——— ALL FISHING FOR bass in the Potomac is a good deal of a lottery, and it is a wise angler, indecd, who can safely ven- ture a prediction of what his luck will be even when air, water and everything else Seem propitious for plentiful strikes and ensuing struggles. ‘The bass, at all times @ queer and unrelia- ble individual, is particularly so at this season of the yeat. No woman was ever as fickle or uncertain as he is at such a time. The water may be clear and limpid, with a westerly breeze just stirring its surface in- to an inviting ripple; the sky may have just enough clouds scurrying across it to veil the sun at intervals and make the day ap- parently an ideal one for fly or live bait, but despite all these advantages to the angler the bass will scornfully disdain to rise to anything, alive or dead, no matter how inviting it may be. This condition of things makes the sport all the more en- ticing to its votaries, and the beautiful weather that has prevailed for some time has inspired many fishermen to forsake the city and seek their favorite spots up river. Lp to Monday last the sport was remunera- tive to a delightful degree. Many fine strings were caught all along the river, both above and below Great Fails, the low. er river fishing having been remarkably good both for the size and number of the bass caught. Many big fish were ceught even along the causeway that incloses the reclaimed flats in front of Washington, and reels were kept merrily singing in Little river, back of Analostan Island. Further up the stream at Spring Gardens anglers were very fortunate, while shailar reports were brought from almost every up river point from the falls themselves to the South branch of the Potomac. The present week, however, has been a vexatious one to the ambitiotts fishermen, and even the most indefatigable of them haye been but poorly rewarded. Several gentlemen who are aware of the habits of the fish at this season were struck with the idea that some particularly novel and unusual bait might attract the atten- tion of the bass, so, last Monday, a party of them went up to Weverton with bait buck- ets liberally loaded with gold fish. The bright little beauties might just as well have been bull minnows as far as the bass were concerned, for the record of the men who fishéd ‘with ‘them was: Strikes, 2; fish, 0. This was good additional proof, however, that the bass are simply full of pure cussed- ness and obstinacy when the autumn leaves are falling. There {sno telling, however, at what minute the bass may become voracious, and as they have been entirely other- wise for scme days now there will be an exodus of anglers during the coming week if good weather holds out. This season has shown that Seneca is re- gaining its old fame ax a fishing grounds, and from there to the mouth of the Monoc- acy good sport has been enjoyed. But the river from its confluence with the latter stream to the South branch and up that water for ten or twelve miles still retains its place in the estimation of anglers as the best water for the elusive bass. To Save the Canal Bass. It will be gratifying intelligence to all fishermen:to-know:that this fall and winter will see practical measures taken for the protection of the gamest lish that swims. The Gamie and Fish Protective Association of Maryland is working out a plan by which it is expected to save a million bass to the Potomac annually. Early each December the water is drawn off the Chesapeake and Ohio canal, which runs parallel with the river. When this water isn@rawn. off ‘there are numerous deep and shallow pools left. In these the gamy black bass, big and little, take refuge. It -has been.the custom to allow any one to fish the pools, and the fish have been scooped up by hundreds. It ts stated that this whalesaf® destruction will not be permitted Hereafter. Dr. George W.- Massamere, deputy game warden, has spent a weck along the river, arranginga'plan'to: save these fish. He fotind ready co-operation from the fishing clubs and residents ‘along the stream. A valuable ally was found in Col. G. L. Nicholson, superintendent of the canal, who will shortly issue an order to all lock- tenders and other canal employes instruct- ing them to prohibit the fishing of the canal by any persons except the employes of the Game and Fish Protective Associa- tion, who will secure the bass in the pools and deposit them in the river to increase and multiply. How Operations Will Be Conducted. The part of the canal which the asso- ciation will fish as soon as the water is drawn off extends from Little Falls, just above Washington, to a point opposite Han- cock, Washington county. The fishing will be done by hand-seines, a seine twenty feet long by five feet deep being used in the shallow pools, and one about 100 feet long by five feet deep in the larger pools. It is estimated that it will take six men to work the big seines and three to work the small- er ones. The waters to be fished extend over sixty miles, and is is estimated that it will require about two weeks to ccm- plete the work. The bass of ail sizes will at once be thrown into the Potomac proper. ‘The catfish, suckers and large carp will be sold. The small carp will be killed, as these fish are not desirable, as they are destructive to the other fishes. It is ex- peat that by carrying out this work the otomac will in a few years ne the best bass stream in America. A Protecting Law Assured. In addition to this meritorious work, the legislature of West Virginia is expected to Pass at its forthcoming session the Dill passed last winter by the legislatures of Virginia and Marylaad, which wil have the effect of protecting the bass during their spawning season, and to protect them at all other times by preventing their cap- ture by other means than a rod, hook and lne or a dip net. The act which passed the Maryland legislature, and is similar to that of Virginia in its intents and purposes, provides for the repeal of sections £0, 41, 42, 43, 44 and 45 of article #9 of the code of public general laws, entitled “Fish and Fisheries,” and to re-enact a portion there- of with amendments- = ‘The measure in full is as follows: adopt simu has arisen in the loption of gdequate legislation regulatin; the taking of fish in the Fotomse river, in consequence .of the compact existing ‘be- tween the states of Maryland and Virginia, epplicable to the taking of fish in the Po- tomac and Pocomoke rivers, and “Wi! it 4s intended that the pro- visions of this act shall be made effective by the states of Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland, therefore, <==» wo MEN VOTE FOR PRESIDENT. For the fist time in the history of this country @n opportunity for women to pablicly express thelr choice fo: President is offered. The metbod 4s unique and will result in showing on Nov. 4th just what effect the woman's vote Will have om Rational affairs. A manufacturer who bas business relations with most of the prominent rewspayers tm the United States, proposes the plan as follows All women over 18 are entitled to one vote. The votes by states will be shown in the papers on every Wednesday rnd Saturday until Nov. 4th. Women are requested to read more than one #ide of the question and act upon their own Judgment. Write the name of candidate on a postal card and write your own name and address clearly, also city and state, On che lower left-land corner give the name of a banker or grocer who knows you. This precaution ts to prevent flooding the mail With fictitious votes. Names unknown to or banker will be thrown oat. Be very ca write clearly and an acknowledgment of celpt of each vote will be sent to the fair Send the postal to Pastum Cereal Pood ¢ Battle Creek, Mich. It ts urged that est woman will not hesit register her preference at period of ustional history. This company bave a national reputation and pledge their integrity and honor to report the yore exactly as recetved, without fear or favor. A Sworn statement of the final vote polled up to 7 p.m. Nov. 4th will be published Nov and the vote as it progresses will be shown on Wednesday and Saturday betwee voter. ery earn. to eating to expend a pon this most ine | | Levering Connection Minois sconsin, Seatiering fre states Total... xt report oct28,31n4,7 exceeding $200, or by fine and imprison- ment. And it shall be the duty of the cir- cuit courts for the counties abutting on the Potomee river above the Litt s at each session of the grand jury to call its attention to the provisions of this law. “42. That the provisions of this law shall not be applicable below the Little Falley near Washington, and that the same shall become effective whenever they shall be adopted by the respective named states. “48. Where the words hook and line ap- pear in section 40, it is intended that it shall not apply to what Is known as trot- lines or out-lines.” The West Virginia legislature will be urged to adopt this measure, so that it may become operative at once, and many influential men wi! use every effort to se- cure its passage during the early days of the session. Fish Commissioner Brice will be another important factor in making the Potomac what it should be—the best bass stream in the worid—and will give it close attention with a view of stocking it plentifully with young fish and preventing the introduction of destructive species, such as carp. is Scientific Control of Mineral Water. Prof. Oscar Liebreich of the University of Berlin points out that owing to the fact that aperient waters are formed by impreg- nation of the water in natural basins con- taining the active mineral constituents, there is always great danger of inconstancy in the quantity of the mineral constituents present. This is a very serious matter, since it involves uncertainty in dosage. “It is, therefore, a matter for high satisfac- tion,” says Prof. Liebreich (Therap. Monats= hefte), “that the aperient water ‘Apenta,’ from the Uj Hunyadi Springs in Ofen, hag been placed under state control. The Royal Hungarian Chemical! Institute (Ministry of Agriculture) has undertaken this charge, and, therefore, it is now possible to obtain & water which is free from injurious ex- traneous waters infected with organic sub- stances. The analysis has been published by Prof. Liebermann, director of the sal institute. The proportion of sulphate o! seda to sulphate of magnesia is 15.422 ta 24.4968 in the litre, so that ‘Apenta’ is to be classed with the best aperient waters, and may be pronounced one of the strongest.” —_— Preparing for Corn Popping. From the New York Times, People who are planning popcorn parties for this winter wil do well to lay in a sup- ply of coke. A coa) fire deadens down when it is opened, but coke burns bright and hot. Gas ts excellent also, but people in the popcorn business use the coke, bes cause it is cheaper. Popping gorn, is, one of the few things: that will remain hand work for some time to come. Small ma- chines have been invented, but they ore not an improvement upon the old method. Where ccrn ts popped in large quantities regular furnaces lined with fire brick are built for the purpose. The poppers are huge affairs, holding half a bushel of corn when popped. The weight is sustained by wires suspended from the ceiling, and the workmen has only to keep the corn mov- ing, and when it is ready he underhooks the popper, lifts the cover and pours out the contents. Summer js the season for corn from a commercial standpoint. As long as the shore resorts and places of amusement are open the popcorn man is kept busy over his big furnaces and in molding the crushed corn into cake: Gladness Comes Witz better understanding of the transient nature of the many phys- ical ills, which vanish before proper ef- forts—gentle efforts—pleasant efforts— rightly directed. There is comfort in the knowledge, that so many forms of sickness are not due to any actual dis- ease, but simply to a constipated condi- tion of the system, which the pleasant family laxative, Syrup of Figs, ly removes. That is why it is the onl: Reman facies millionsof ee — everywl esteemed so ly by who value health. Its beneficial effects are due to the fact, that itis the one remedy which promotes internal cleanliness without debilitating the organs on which it acts. It is therefore all important, in order to get its bene- ficial effects, to note when you pur chase, that you have the genuine arti- cle, which is mam by the E Ish’t a man foolish to send. his laundry to some place when he can just as easily have the Yale, 514 1oth st.? It