Evening Star Newspaper, November 14, 1896, Page 20

THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1896-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. ON PARADE. | He goes to the “corral” and has a confi- DAY AT FORT Y dential talk with his horse. es Twenty-Four Hours in the Life of a Cavalryman. — TRAINING 0 R THE DRILL Strong Affection Between the Soldier and His Horse. —_+—__—__ THE DRILL HALL HE NEW ONE-DOL- | lar silver certificate represents on one of its sides a handsome young woman, half reclining on a para- pet, who is pointing out to a young boy beside her the won- ders and beauties of IN classic Washington, nestling, radiant and lovely, in the val- ley below. This view of Wash on was made by the designer of the bill > heights of Fort Myer, across the in ginia. So much for the ent and commanding situation of d cavalry post, from the view- y soldiers, officers and men able of all eastern posts for from th Pot tering. They rarely fail to ac- astern posts,” the better to express tal reservation, for there are few men having tasted the vldiering on the frontier, do not of it as to feel lone- able when s med at civilization. mental head- lry—the famous nguished for its the rebellion many Inc A. G and jer the comma of the younge colon who, once er is also a colo- father was the of the United | He would regard as insane the “juniper”’ (cavalry name fer civilian) who expressed doubt as to whether the horse understood his revelations in these intimate nugger- muggerings. Certainly, the cavalry horse does appear to thoroughly know his rider, and te take the greatest amount of stock in Tis rider's little peculiarities. He 1s as to his man as a Newfoundland The cavalryman who lingers at the ‘en until ine feels hims-if ercome, cad of trying to navigate to le quar- where the sergeant in charge of his st him to the his footsteps faithiut dog. ters squad rocin is likely to e: guard heuse, naturally dire! to the stable sta!l of his hors, and sleepy Re, A Group of Troopers. off his “load” in the manger. The horse never falls to perfectly understand the siluation in cases of this sort, at ne other man, with or without shoulder straps, will he permit to enter his stall wiuie his rider is thus stretched supin-. Intelligent Horses. The horses of three of the troops at Fort Myer are bays. Those of the other troop are black. ‘The trumpeters, of whom there are two in each troop, ride pure white horses. The horses of the mounted band are of mixed colors, especially se- lected for the use of bandsmen. Nearly all of these horses are blooded animals from Kentucky. To get into the cavalry a horse must fill as many physical requirements as the cavalry vecruit, which is saying a great deal. Above ail, he must have a head packed full of horse sense. It rakes no difference how fiery he may be— in fact, the more fiery, the better—but he must be amenable to reason and subject to | discipline. The officers detailed to pur- chase horses for the cavalry very rerely make mistakes in their selections, As a | whole, there is probably no more magnifi- | cent aggregation of horses in werld A HALT. Sumner, the hero of mmf to the core is ing time of It ve any par- hibition of hilar- y bore the unmi exceeding sore but their wo nances had no soften- on the fiinty-hearted ood many years ago, a g the much more barbarous training operated at Jefferson said to them, “you fellows The Colonel's Orderly. t to ride in one of these here slung between two camels. I uw such mob of tired ‘rookies. was a ‘r at Jefferso trouser-I alw: blood, drip- with es _pranced, ruits a jolt- have made for to be sol- he mournful-loc nd a ying that mus sorry y had gone + oni avi ig mastered the drill and 1 to treop duty, the United s E van bas cause to pat him- Sell the back and congratulate him- Self upon not having drifted into the foot s He is in the “fancy s and it does not take the —after the wounds of ining have heaied. The infantry tries to eom- veing a foot scidicr by of sion, ik and Span. t the cavalryman e work to do than the from the’ multiz carbine, pistol and and saddle and andpoint. In of pea the stick” fs mightier than the sword. And then, the as to take care of his i cavalry soldier, the least of his ove, for the United ¥ an odd bird who doves not love his horse more than he Goes himself. It would be quite as safe for the civilian to strike e cavalryman as it would be to offer any manner of an indignity to the cavalryman’s horse. ‘The animal near- ly always reciprocates the affection of the man. When the horse soldier becomes blue and ts inciined to reflect overmuch Upon lost opportunities he docs not make Moan to his companions in the barracks, And around; than those doing duty in the ten troops of United States cavalry. In a post like Fort Myer, away from the Indian campaigning of the frontier, and only occasionally called upon for ‘com- paratively small practice marches, the life of the cavalry horse is quite as Iuxurious | as that of the money-making racer. The army regulation which provides for the punishment of the enlisted cavairyman who neglects his horse is quite unnecessa- . There is, in fact, more need of a regu- lation prohibiting the men from coddling their horses. Attentive to the Horses. “Stable and water call,” which goes twice a day in cavalry posts, is a function which all hands have to attend, but it does not require the signal of the trumpeter to bring the cavalryman to the stall of his horse. He is likely to be hanging around the stall nearly all of the time that he 1s not bther- wise engaged. If he gets hold of a big, juicy red apple at the barracks, does the cavalryman eat it himself? Not often. He goes to the “corral” and gives it to his horse. A little instance of this sort illus- trates the relationship between the animal and the man. The horse repays the man for his unselfishness by unvarying fidelity. Stable and water call is sounded in the morning within less than half an hour af- ter mess call. The men scarcely have time to eat thelr breakfasts before they are summoned to the stables to attend to the early morning needs of their horses. The cavalryman would prefer to attend to his horse before eating his breakfast. He is impatient to see how “Bill,” or “Jack,” or “Mike” has made out during the night. There is a commotion in the stalls when the troops are marched into their respec- tive stables under the direction of the troop officers. The horses know stable and water call as well as the men, and keep up a constant whinnying until the soldiers make their first appearance of the day at the stables. They fali suddenly quiet when their riders hop into the stalls, although they appear to be literally trembling with joy over the gieeting. They exhibit a strong tendency to engage in the nose-rubbing style of salu- tation with their care takers, and are very often indulged. = A Typical Conversation, “Well, Bill, how'd you sleep last night?” Says the soldier to his horse. The horse nods his head up and down rapidly to express satisfaction, and ex- ecutes a little skittish prance. “Like them oats?” More prancing and nose rubbing against the soldie: stable blouse. “Think you'd Ike a little water, hey? And some corn? Say, Bill, you're getting fat, do you know that?” Horse shakes his head deprecatingly. “Yes, you are, Bill. And it won't do, neither. And say, Bill, didn’t you promise me yesterday morning that you woulin't chew your manger all to pieces any more? The Reveille Gun. How sbout those carrots I gave you for promising?” etc., etc. This is the style of conversation that goes on between horses and men at stable and water cajl in the morning. After being watered and fed, the horses are groomed. A cavalry horse does not get a lick and a promise. He is groomed frcm the ground up. He has got to be as spick and span when the inspecting officer makes the tour of the stables 4s the men themselves have to be when they mount guard. When the cavalryman gets through with his horse's toilet in the morning, the horse literally shines like an agate from heof to mane. Moreover, when a cavalry horse once gets “policed” by his rider in the morning, he never spoils the job by ly- ing down in his stall before morning in- spection and drill. Aside from his nutural esprit du regiment, he wouldn't subject his rider to such an humiliation for worlds. It shouid be mentioned here, by the way, that cavalrymen, officers and men, are unalterably opposed to the system which compels them, when they are transferred from one post to another, to leave behind the horses, to the training of which they have often devoted years. It is a rreater wrench than can be imagined for the cav- alryman to leave his faithful friend behind him, and all hands are eager for the re- sumption of the system which permitted them to take their horses along with them when they were shifted. 5 Personal Attachments. The mere separation is not the worst of the present system. The questionable judg- ment of it lies in the fact that very many cavalrymen ‘so train their horses to fierce- ly resent being even touched by other hands than those of the riders to whom they have become accustomed. Thus, when @ troop is transferred to a new post, the soldiers, under the present system, have a pretty hard siege for a while in overcom- ing the animosity of horses that make all sorts of effcrts to expel them from their stails as intruders. During the summer and autumn seasons the most of the drills at Fort Myer take Place on the large parade ground overlook- ing Arlngton cemetery. They are largely attended by visitors, and, indeed, there are few sights even in and around Washington that are better worthy a visit than the beautiful, and at times even inspiring, evo- lutions and exercises of this squadron of cavalry. The dress parade of the week takes place on Friday mornings. It is a fine ceremony, with band accompaniment, but it is such a dignified affair that the visitor sees none of the phenomenal rough riding that is a feature of the ordinary drills on ather days. The so-called “monkey drill" of the cavalry is a good deal more interesting, and quite as difiicuit, as anything in the horse- manship line to be seen under a circus tent. To bé a good cavalryman in the American service nowadays a soldier must become quite as expert in his business as a circus rider of the first class. During the progress of the “monkey drills” at Fort Myer the soldiers perform feats of horsemanship that circus riders only attempt on star occa- sions, and often attempt them unsuccess- ully. Some Skillful Riding. The professional riders in tights, for in- stance, are very few in number who com- monly exhibit to the public the extremely difficult feat of leaping from the ground upon the back of a horse in full galloping career, ltghting upon the bare, glossy back upon their feet, without so much as touch- ing the horse with their hands, “and ccn- linuing the swift ride standin, Those of the circus riders who do this. and make a great to-do over it, wear cloth moccasins the soles of them well coated with rosin, the better to enable them to stick on. Cav- alrymen at Fort Myer account it a common enough thing to perform this skillful feat in their regular riding boots. These soldiers do not hesitate at any of the tricks in horsemanship in use among the Indians of the plains or among the steppes-ranging Cossacks of the Rus empire. "They jump astride their he backward (a Scheme for a successful treat, to give the retreating party a good firing aim at the pursuing enemy), and have reduced the Indians’ fashion of con- cealing themselves from the encmy by en- tirely screening themselves on ihe farther side of a horse, and thus speeding away like the wind, to a higher science than the Indians themselves. They stand on their saddles, grasping the bridle with the left hand, and blaze away with the pistol in the right. They v. completely over the backs of ho: gallop, sometimes by lightly to ddie pommel with one hand, of y not touching the horse or saddie at all. They teach their horses the tricks cf the hunter, and take fences of amazing height with more amazing ease. Many of them lift their horses over the bars while kneel- ing in the seats of their saddles. They uncinch their saddles and cast them away while plunging along at racing specd. Then, on their return, they scoop the saddles with one hand, still going at a gallop, sling them over their horses’ backs and ride with uncinched saddles. Their daring in performing these feats knows no bounds, and even the recruits “just put to duty,” after having gone through the drillmasters’ ordeals, are in- spired to the successful accomplishment of all manner of difficult tricks. It {s the old- timers in the service, however—the men who, in actual conflicts on the border, have often been obliged to resort to their skill in horsemanship to preserve their scalps— who are the most skillful in these exercises. Keeps Them Active. The constant exercise in the saddle which the cavalryman gets seems to keep him limber and active long after the period that the less active foot soldier regards as proper retiring time. Among the four troops at Fort Myer there are any number of clipper-built, clean-limbed, gray-haired men of fifty, who have been in the cavalry service for from twenty to thirty years, who in these ‘‘monkey drills” are al still to give the “boys” cards and spades and then beat them. Nor must it for a moment be imagined that the officers do not gambol through fhe same feats performed by the men. They do, and with equal enthusiasm and skill. They are all West Pointers, and nearly every one of them has seen hard Indian service. Four of the officers of the 6th have medals of honor, which are just as hard to get as the Victoria Crosses bestow- ed upon the bravest of the brave in the British service. The line of demarcation between officer and man fs less strictly drawn in the cay- alry than in any other branch of the ser- vice. It is necessarily so. In the perform- ance of so much field and frontier work, officers and men are thrown more closely together than those of the other arms. In order to appreciate this, one would have to chance upon a squadron of cavalry making a long practice march through the western states. A good deal of the “military flub- dub” of garrisons is for the time done away with on such occasions, and the constant exchange of “number four” salutes is tem- porarily abandoned. Officers and men eat from the same mess kits, and borrow smok- ing tobacco from each other. When the squadron gets into garrison after having been out on one of these practice marches for months all hands look alike. The offi- cers are practically indistinguishable from the men. All are equally begrimed, heavily bearded, seedy, sometimes bare-footed. Such a march brings out the good points both of officers and men, and they genér- ally think a whole lot of each other at its conclusion. In the Drill Hall. During the winter months the drills of the squadron at Fort Myer all take place in the large brick drill hall. Wednesday is the day especially set aside for visitors, and during the past few years Washington's uppertendom has been out in force at the Fort Myer drill hall every Wednesday. It is fairly safe to say that at no riding academy in the country can such marvel- ous horsemanship be seen, and society folks here are keenly appreciative of the fact. All of the devotees of fox hunting and paper chasing go to Fort Myer drills to learn new kinks in riding, and they watch the maneuvers of the soldiers en- viously. The Fort Myer squadron only returned from a practice march to Luray, Va., about @ month ago. Except the calls used in drilling and those which have direct reference to the care of the horses, the routine of the mili- tary day for the men is practically the same at Fort Myer, and at all other mili- tary posts, as that described in an article on the artillerymen at Washington bar- racks in The Star of last Saturday. The horses become as familiar with the calls used in drills as the men themselves, and when the trumpeter sounds “fours right” or “fours left” or ‘‘on right into line” they spring to their proper places in the forma- tions with scarcely any guiding on the pert of the soldiers. The horses of the bands- men are especially clever in drilling with- out the direction of the instrument piay- ers, who, oddly enough, produce quite as good music as that of a foot band, but who are necessarily so occupied in the proper performance of their music as to be unable to give much attention to the horses. But the horses watch the drum major, much as an orchestra watches the leader with his baton, and are guided by his movements. THE “APENTA” HUNGARIAN BITTER WA’ from the UJ HUNYADI under the abes: lute control of the Royal Hungarian Chemical In stitute (Ministry of ture), Buda-Pest. IN THE CHURCHES vt Last. evening the annug},feunion and so- cial of the Mount PleasantsCongregational Church, Rev. M. Ross ‘Fishburn, pastor, took place in the lectune room of the church. Tomorrow the tenth anniversary of the organization of the:church will be celebrated by special services. At the morning service the pastor is to preach a sermon appropriate to thé occasion. The Mount Pleasant Congrégétional Church was organized with a membership of nine- teen, ten years ago, when Mount Pleasant was an isolated village. Rev. Charles H. Small was called to take charge of the new congregation, and faithfully ministered to its needs for eight years:! For the first five years the church rented Hall for services, but in 1891 the ttle to the Hall property, by gift and purchase, was vested in the trustees of the society. In the summer of 1864 Mr. Small received a call from the First Congregational Church, Hudson, Ohio, and the Rev. M. Ross Fishburn, then as- sistant pastor of the First Congregational Church of this city, was called to take his place. Last July ground was broken for a new church, and excavations have been completed and the foundation walls erected for the building. At 4 recent mecting of the Christian En- deavor Bociety of the Sixth Presbyterian Church, Mr. Isaac Pullman was unani- mously elected president. The pastor, Rev. D. W. Skellenger, and Mrs. Skellenger ten- dered their second reception to members of the congrgation and their friends at the Parsonage last Wednesday evening. The Woman's Presbyicrial Society of Washington {s preparing a Christmas box for the Laura Sunderland School at Con- cord, N. C. Books and clothing will be the principal contents of the box. ;fhe board of directors of the Central Union Mission have engaged Miss May Carrigan as an additional missionary, and also to represent the Woman's Band of the Mission. The Woman's Band is about to take steps to make the woman's dormitory ofan Mission more comfortable and homeé- e. Methodists in Washington and Baltimore are greatly interested in the celebration to be held in the First Church of the latter city Tuesday evening, November 24. It is in commemoration of the origin of the Lovely Lane Meeting House, which was the first Methodist church in this vicinity. The site of the church is now occupied by the Merchants’ Club, on German street be- tween Calvert and Light. Tucsday morn- ing a handsome memorial tablet 1s to be unvelled. Among the speakers who will be | present at the evening meeting are the Rev. J. M. Buckley, D. D., representing the Northern Methodist Church; FE. EB. Hos: D. D., of Louisville, Ky., representing the Southern Methodist Church, and John Potts, D. D., of Toronto, Canada, Canadian Methodism. It is expected that a large number of Methodists, both ¢ rey and Ja: of this city will go over to Baltimore attend the services. There have been special re at Ryland M. EB. Church this w. those who have assisted the bi S. M. Hartsock, D. D. services this week ai Wilson, D. D.; 8. L. Bryant, W. W. Van lale and C. L. Pate. “Last evening $ ted to an experience rr ladies of the Cent have volunteered shirts for the use Mission in its lod Dr. Stearns took chai class last Friday afternoon. . Rev. Thomas Chalme preaching a special series of ing sermons to young people i Presbyterian Church The Catholic bishi Del., which a recent As: patch announ to ival services Among tor, Rev. in conducting the the Fu L. B. The Chureh night trian to of t ng ¢ well known in this city. He was at time asststant pastor at St. Patri , and later went to St. Stepher from which he was transferred to the Baltimore Cathe- dral. ‘The rector of St. Jo: Alexander Macka: start a Bible class fe teach himself. ‘The first class is to be held in the day evening, Novemh weekly. Dr. Mackay the Brotherhood cha: the class, and the men, will form a » ment. The second annual conve Ware to | he will | of the ish hall Tuc 24, and thereafter sted > parish in nber of other cleus for a large enroll- ™ ion of tie Na- tional Gospel Missfon Union, which its headquarters in this city, is to be held in Chicago on Wednes next, and continu- ing through Thursday and Friday. The sessions are to be held in the F gational Church of that city, those who will represe Union Mission are Re . D. Bi and J. E. Gilbert and Major George W. Hilton The convention has for its object to discuss plans for evangelistfe work throughout the United States. Dr. Gilbert Is to deliver an addres ay on “The Word and the Work. At a meeting of the Methodist Ministe Association Monday morning a commiite Was appointed to co-operate with the other ministerial associations Sunday newspapers. The committ consists of Revs. Alexandor Lie ell L. Bryant and Charles L. Pate. Well-known visitors this week in Wash- ington were the s. Dr. Huntley and Dashicll, both of whom were former pas- tcrs of local Methodist churche A quartet choir has been organized at the Western Presbyterian Church, Rev. How- ard Wilbur Ennis, pastor. It is composed as follows: Soprano, Miss May Adele Levers; contralto, Miss Emma Brar burg; tenor, Amos W. H. Ferris, and bar tone and director of the choir, ‘Robert G Sutton. ‘The organist is Mr. Harry G. Kim: ball. The King's Daughters of the Nineteenth Street Baptist Church gave an entertain- ment Monday evening at the residence of Mrs. Laura Queen. The pastor of the church, Rev. Walter H. Brooks, D. D., is preaching a serles of Sunday evening ser-| mons on temperance. Tuesday evening of this week the Ep- worth League chapter of the Metropolitan M. E. Church had an evening with “Daniel Webster.” Various members of the chap- ter gave sketches of his life and readings |* from his works, but the most interesting of all were some personal reminiscences from Mr. Matthew G. Emery. A Chapel Aid Society has been organized at Epiphany Chapel. The method of work is through committees, and there are or- ganized sick, sewing, hospttality, chancel and Sunshine Circle committees. The mem- bership is now about forty, and at a recent meeting the following officers were elected: President, Mrs. J. H. Ford; vice president, Mrs. J. G. Averill; secretary, Miss Clara Dowell, and treasurer, Miss Rose Bronaugh. Next Monday morning the Methodis: t Congr and 2mong jocal Central NO WONDER 1T From Life, i iti i y Reads aloud—“His hi glittered like 4 snake's, vice, and he thrust his Toledo rapier thr temptresa!” under the | Re y. G, Davenport, | charge of Mr. Henry C. n the subject of | § Ministers’ Association is to discuss the new order of service which the recent general conference adopted. As it has not yet been used in the local churches, the ministers wish to better inform themselves in regard to it. . It has been decided to move the parlor and reading room occupied by the Brother- hood of Andrew und Philip Chapter of the Western Presbyterian Church to the mis- sion of the congregation, located at 224 street and Virginia avenue. The brother- hood expects to interest itself more active- ly in the work of this mission, and, there- fore, it will hold all its future meet- ings at the mission. At a recent meeting of the Woman's Mis- sicnary Soclety of Epipheny Protestant Episcopal Church the following officers were clecte1: President, Mrs. Gen. Heath; vice president, Mrs. Nathaniel Wilson; re- cording scretary, Miss Groves; correspond- ing secretary, Miss Fannie Gilliss; treas- urer, Miss Frailey. The society 7 oad as aged in filling boxes to be sent to pooi Steyr in the home mission field, Cloth- ing will be the principal contents of the boxes. The Presbyterian Ministers’ Association held a meeting Monday morning in the par- lors of the Church of the Covenant. After the transaction of routine business, Rev. Wallace Radcliffe, Db. D., read a paper on “Presbyterian Desiderata.” Workmen are busily engaged in remodel- ing the Kelso spire of the Metropolitan M. E. Church. The work is expected to be finished before severe weather sets in. The Ladies’ Aid Society of the church have elected the following officers: President, Mrs. Thomas L. Tulloch; vice presidents, Mrs. Anderson, Mrs. A. B. Duvall, Mrs. A. D. Lynch, Mrs. A. D. McDowell and Mrs. Dr. Kingsinan; secretéty, Mrs. B. V. Edwards; assistant secretary, Mrs. E. L. Harvey; treasurer, Mrs. W. C Eldridge, and assistant treasurer, Mrs. Jno. C. ‘Tasker. ‘The Men's Club of Epiphany Chapel held a meeting Tuesday eniug an the parish hall. Among those who contributed to the evening's entertainment were Messrs. H. Clough Leighter, Dennison and Cheston of Epiphany choir and Miss Kathbone of Hyattsville, wno recited. Two handsome side altars have been placed in St. Peter's Catholic Church, cor- ner of 2d and C streets southeast. It is ex- pected that in the jatter part of next month @ main altar will also be erected. Rey. Rovert S. W. Wood, assi: t_min- ister of Si. John's Episcopai Church, re- turned to Washington the t of this Mr. ew's in wee And: met ter an absence of thre vas a delegate to the S hood cenvention, which Pittsburg the middie of Octobe: spent some time traveling. A new soprano, Miss Herriot, has been engaged for the church choir, At the annual meeting of the Aspirant Conference of Sy. Vincent de Paul is connected with St. John’s Coll following officers were elected Brosnan, president president; and Albert 3 The Rector's Aid Society of 1 Church, which mects every morning, is pri to assist in vario the nee zy of the diocese hington. The president of the st Kim. wague tendered a and friznds at Trin’ Church Monday eve ndolph H. N ne ing. A Protestant I organized at are hy is hel The ladies of the Guild of St. on 2: making © a portion of the large expense } J in necessary repairs and in refur ing the church a They will hold a “luncheon and saie” in the C Harding store, 1226 F street, every day during the coming week. A chapter of the Brotherhoc and Philip was organized We ing in the Mt. Vic Chureh, with ninetee The fellowing officers dent, Jno. B. Geo. U. Fire-¥ n the St. Louis Globe-Den Some recent tests of th of wired glass are given in a recent report of the Beston Mutual Fire Insurance © and are believed to indicate the imp relation of that material (o firé-proof work. An experimental test was made with an or- dinary brick structure i ith a wooden building ted wood to a > ordinary with t th rosin~ ne was filled v heat wes so gr: the building. The nin al a lower tem- e, and, being a poor h giass and the wire re than the w juctor of heat, su proiect each other. Another Deiusion. From Puck, Mr. Hardacre (seeing, for the” first an electric Iaunch in a public park)—"We Vl be dern yme Who'd ever thought that that there swan was strong enough to pull that buat?” os Not So Bad, After From the Cleveland Leader. Mrs. Gushington—“‘Ah, my poor dear, I’m so sorry for you! The news of your hus- band’s death shocked me terribly. Did he leave anything?” Mrs. Snivel, 2,000. Mrs. Gushington—“Oh, let me congratu- late you! ——___ +464 Mistake Was Impossible. From the Philadelphia Record. AL “He had his life insured for Sherlock Holmes—‘These two men are brothers, They are in mourning for their uncle. I can tell that, though I never saw them before.” Friend. Wonderful! But can you tell which one was cut off in the wil Sherlock Holmes the cne with the narrow mourning ba nd bis hat.” his teeth were clinched like a ‘ough the throbbing throat of his thracian ART AND AR1ISTS While Mr. Wells M. Sawyer was out at Rivercale he confined himself to a close study of nature, and sought more for trath and fidelity in his landscapes than for mere pictorial effect. This is noticeable in all his summer's work, and is well exemplified in a study of the fields around the pic- turesque old barn belonging to the Calvert estate. His ability in another direction is seen to good advantage in a pastel upon which he is now working. It is a marine vie in which a becalmed schooner and ene or two curlews are the only signs of life. The beautiful blue of the late after- noon sky melts into the sea with scarcely an indication of the horizon line, and the broad expanse of smooth water is relieved from monotony by a few touches of opal- escent coloring. This picture, based on a sketch made ir Florida, is the only thing that Mr. Sawyer plans to send to the ex- Ltbit of the Water Color Club. * x * The bust of Dr. Patch, which Rudoloh Evans completed a short time ago, has been on exhtbition at Veerhoff's, and the modeling has called forth very favorable comment. * Ok Hardly a day now passes that does not reveal some transformation in the interior of the new Congressional Library. The unsightly scaffolding, which has hidden so much of the rich ornamentation, fs being gradually removed, and the mural paint- ings, which, according to contract, must be at the brary before December 1, are arriving at frequent intervais. Walter McEwen’s nine lunettes, which were placed in the corridor leading to the Special reading rooms of Congress week, form an important addii eérowing magnificence of the interior de eration. The panels depict scenes in the lives of the Greek herces of mythology, and beginning with the lunette the scuth end of the corridor the compositions pertray Hercules, Achilles, Theseus, Prom- etheus, Perseus, Orpheus, Belleropiion, Ja- son and Paris. Mr. McEwen has dis no little originality in the manner he has represented the heroes of the Gre- cian myths, aad instead of showing them in last the performaace of some cf their great deeds, be has given us some of the pic- turesque episodes less frequently touched upcn in art and literature. For example, he has taken Hercules at the time when to expiate the murder of Iphitus he became voluntarily a slave to Omphl and has show: Achilles, dis- @ young girl, betraying his’ iden- y his prefere 2 arms which afty Uly his ped- ouult of fe and wear- J of one of stp tered composition, color and lignt and , and there is also an effective study minine trinket, is the them when c the lunette where Perseus, hold- ing the gorgon’s hea turning thc around Polydectes’ ban: able 10 stone. ruy after Mr. Mc decoratia put in position the canvases which » Pearce has a for the | corrider on main Moor north of t grend stair hall on the walls. s in the other A surround entrane ing is co wall on the main fio sd with designs in 1 beauty of which has now the removal of the ct manier in whi the yle of coloring may no one can deny that he has i with great care the relation be- tween the decorations and their surro: ir aken Labor, Rest, Study, nd Reiiz the themes for he Family for the t end. i figure: the window in the oth In representing rted to the primitiy , and has given them to us in lest aspects. In Religion he has pict man clad in skins and & woman dres.ed in some coarse heavy material, kneeling before a rude stone altar. it is 1 to understand why Mr, McEwen has d for the odd color com} the wer purple bi et an or- ated in the ng Labor, an. © other pan uch audacious co} S a serious quality about his anot fail to charm visitors to * * E, Perrie and Miss Aline has recently returned from are installed in a pleasant 17th street. Miss Perrle has -d a large portrait head in water color h even ai this carly stage promises to n_admir: study. She is represent- ed at the exhivition of the New York Wa- ter Color Club, which is now in progre: hy some of her East Gloucester sketches. To the local exhibit of water colors sne 1s planning to send othe: chu- setts studies and an interior painted in a wheelwright’s shop out on the _ Silver. Spring read. ¢ a studio on * * * Mr. Parker Mann returned from East Gloucester a short Ume ago and brought with him a number of very good stu‘ltes in cil. The most importart one is a ma painted in reugh weather when the surf beating upon the rocks was exceptionally fine, and Mr. Mann has succeeded in giv- iug a good effect of movement to the waves. A great deal of his summer's work “8 been upon sketches, which, if not pic- res In the fullest sense of the word, will ata for more pretentious ut this murine has, as it all the ciements of a very striking He gave a large part of his attention to the moors around East Gioucester, and u red their rich coloring to a number ef canvas * * Ok the Washington Water A meeting of Color Club was held on Saturday last at the home of Professor Andrews, but as s not a su er of the nt to elect officers the elec- siponed until the -meeting to- annua! exhibition of the at the Cosmos Club from December 7 to 12, inclusive. As no pictures will be received after November 21 those artists who wish to exhibit and who have not already procured blanks should apply at once to the secretary, Miss Lillian Cook, at the Corco: Art School. Works in a and black and white, viously ex ton, » and each ma pictures. be there will 1 for the ong loc collec’ ay antagonis: ston Artists many : to both. mem! organization have and past te ‘ ings me and ere en nt to pro in her studio in gateway of the old Chautauq throughout all but the very coldest weath- er. A large oil which she has recent] isked shows the canal at evening, and has handled the problem found in the re fiections in the water in a very skillful manner, A smailer sketch, painted on Cabin John stream, is full of sunis Mrs, Hiyde started to paint a view looking up the rs idge, but the autumn coloring changed so rap- idly that she has been obliged to postpone the completion of this pleasing subject. While she generally confines herself to landscapes and still life, she is equally at home in other branches, as is shown in the figure framed in one of the stone arches of the old amphitheater. Diabetes. Dr, J. Seegen, Professor of Medicine at the University of Vienna, In his celebrated work on diabetes mellitus says : “ Of ali remedies in my large experience with this disease, and the many experi- ments which I, as well as such rominent men as Angle, Fleck- les, Hlawezek and others, have made. Carlsbad Water and the Carlsbad Sprude! Salt deserves to be pace in the first rank. “ All of the above writers agree with me that the use of the Carls- bad Water exerts a very beneficial influence in diabetes. I have, in the course of many years treated a very large number of patients suffering with the disease, and have, with great interest, noticed the effect of Carlsbad Water in reducing the amount of sugar. My invariable experience has been that almost without an exception an improvement was marked and noticeable during and after the use of the same, even where no strict diet was ob- served.” Eisner& Mendelson Co., sole agents for the genuine im- orted Carlsbad Mineral Water, New York. -It’s high time you sent that pos- tal asking the Yale to call for your laundry. 514 1oth st. == a = STRUGGLING YOUNG AUTHOR. He Sells an Ar je at Last, Which, However, Has ) From the New York Sun. “About six weeks ago,” said the strug- gling young author, “I sold an article, the first I ever sold. Instead of having the manuscript returned I got a check. It was only # little article, and the check Was not for an enormous amount, you can scarcely imagine the delight it gave me, or you may have had che same ex- perience yours ‘Then, of course, I wanted to see my first article in print. The next succeeding number of the publication ed in about three days. Of course, I knew that there wasn’t one chance in a thousand that my article would be in that, but 1 bought it just the same. I didn’t n to any chances at all. It w r but as I hadn't ex dit I wasn’t @ appointed. 1 did expect to vee it in the next week's number, but it didn't appear there. Then I thought surely it would be in the n week, but it wasn’t, dit hasn't appeared yet “Maybe they're holding it for the Christ- mes number, or the mid-winter numbe or the mid-summer ,or the Fourth of Jw number next for ar ar, or poss the centennial number in 1000, 1 t know, but I think I'd have lik better if they’d printed it right awa = ss - The P chy Blue Jay. wm the Mechun's Monthls is fifty feet square, My raspberry p: surrounded by 2 birds make their within ten feet that it is necessary to pro- tect this patch n ing, which ported by wires strung overhead. s over the sides of the ff four feet. Occasionally a biré especially the blue jay. W and let them go unharmed. man and myself were near and y in there with a ripe red rasph bill, fluttering against the n went inside and chased ide to another three tim got his hands on him at where t) rail and net met, but the bird to slip through his hands tween the net and the outside of and gained his libert All this hung on to the berry and flew away wi That certainly is a good illustratio pluck. ™ led root on is sup- oe Get It im Early. From the Cincinuat! Euquirer. “I intend to preac ball next Sabbath, the white choker, will have sporting 7 proceedings. told her mother “Papa made a speech. men made speeches sat all together, and th men were put a dark developed.” 4 Gladness Comes Jith a better understanding of the transient nature of the many phys- ical ills, which vanish before proper ef- forts—geutle efforts—pleasant efforts— rightly directed. There is comfort in the knowledge. that so many forms of Ness are not due to any actual dis- ease, but simply to a constipated condi- tion of the system, which the pleasant famfly laxative, Syrup of Figs. prompt- ly removes. ‘That is why it is the only y with millioys of families, andis everywhere estcemed 80 highly by all alue good heaith. Its beneficial ets are due to the fact, that itis the one remedy which promotes internal cleanliness without debiliteting the organs on which ic acts. It is therefore all important, in order to get its bene- icial effects, to uote when you pur- chase, that, you have the genuine arti cle, which is manufactured by the Cali- fornia Fig Syrup Co. only and sold by all reputable drngrists. Ii in the enjoyment of good health, and the system is regular, laxatives or other remedies are then not needed. If afflicted with any actua! disease, one may be commended to the most skillful physicians, but ifdn need of a laxative, one should have the best, and with the well-informed everywhere, Syrup of Figsstands highest and is most largely used and gives most general satisfaction. ——Stop experimenting with every laundry you come across. _ After you've tried ‘em all you'll find none half as good as the Yale. 514 10th st.