Evening Star Newspaper, March 4, 1897, Page 18

“Gaily caparisoned as a charger ready for the Joust walks with "mazing pomp; sweet music sounds, e drum major’s oaths, ef bulk un- He May dwindle to a feeble.” So wrote John Cleiveland, an English poet of the seventeenth century, in evident appreciation of what was then the oath- provoking occupation of the drum major. It is true that his responsibilities two cen- turies ago were not as onerous as they are at present, but he was less restricted by military discipline and was accustomed, and, indeed, it was his privilege, accord- ing to the only writer who mentions his existence in those days, to give vent to his feelings on all trying occasions. Even among barbarians, who have made use of tom-toms and crudely made drums for hundreds of years, the individual who dis- played the greatest ability in the use of his instrument was held mm high esteem by bis tribesmen and regarded with envy by his less skillful fellows: and so it has come about at the present time that the head drummer of a band or a drum corps takes a place tn military and musical ranks commensurate with his accomplish- ments To the average youth at some time in his life there can be no higher earthly attainment than to wield the staff of the pompous, arrogant and gorgeously attired personage who stalks majestically at the ead of a band on parade. He apparently leads the column to the right or the left at will, and one imperious gesture causes the trumpets to blare, the drums to roll or the horns to give forth their melody in stentorian martial music or zephyr-like notes, whose soft and gentle tones woo the | ear and delight the hearer. The small boy, omniscient as well as omnipresent in Tespect to marching bands, singles out the drum major and mentally photographs him for future description to the unfortu- nates who cannot sun themselves in his dazzling presence, with possibly a selfish thought that he may be able to dream of | nevertheless born in Clermonte-Ferrante, far more important functions. He must be a thorough musician, and he also is responsible for the success or failure of his players. In choosing and in training them he has full scope, and in no other pro- fession or occupation fs one so sure to meet with his just reward or punishment. Of the four most prominent bandmasters of what may be termed the old school Tu- clano Conterno, Gilmore, Dedworth and Cappa, only the first named survives. At this very time he is engaged in the pro- duction of a musical spectacle in this city, to which he and his son, Dr. G. E. Con- terno, have recently devoted much time and their combined talents. During the rebellion the elder Cont«rno served as band- master for the &d New York Volunteers, and since lis reorganization as the 9th New York Volunteers he has remained with them in a similar capacity. Although the name would indicate that Luciano Con- terno was of Italian extraction, he was France, and though he has almost attained his fifty-eighth year he is the picture of rugged manhood. His son, Dr. G. E. Con- terno, has received the degree of musical doctor from the University of the City of New York, and a few years ago was ap- pointed by ex-President Cleveland band- master and instructor in music at the Mil- itary Academy. As these honors have come so early in hig career—he is only twenty-eight—It is saf@ to” predict a bril- liant future for him in his chosen work. ‘The famous Gilmore Band, reorganized and now under the leadership of Mr. Vic- tor Herbert, is said by those competent to judge to be as near perfection as it ever was, and to Mr. Herbert the credit for this is chiefly due. -Me has been un- tiring in his efforts to maintain the old standard of excellence, and his energy and ability have not been wasted on the band of trained musicians who will supply the music for the concerts at the pension build- ing on Friday and Saturday. With so many well-known organizations in the city it would appear that Sousa’s Band might well be spared. But this is not so. Regrets are frequently expressed that the western tour has precluded his band from participating in the ceremonies. The Marine Band, as thorough as it ever was in its pristine glory, is dear to the heart of every lover of music, and its splendid appearance today elicited round upon round of applause from admiring spectators. The him at night if he can only retain his place | of vantage in the moving throng long enough to seek out every lineament and button. Generals, colonels, captains, ali into insignificance beside the drum nd not until he learns later on in at many things that glitter are mere he able to relegate to the past his ee ng ambition to be a drum major. In Detaille’s “Le Regiment qui Passe” the artist has placed the drum major in the immediate foreground, and the first figure that catches the eye is the red- trousered, blue-coated giant holding his staff poised In air preparatory to giving a fiznal to the band and drum corps in his Observe the other faces in the ple- and rear. ture ou will see that every youthful » is fastened on him, a Surely the drum major in his active reailty and circumstances is as much of a hero to the French youth as is the first Napoleon €ncompasssed in the passive and hazy ob- scurity of elghty years of the tomb. The | blue helmets with gold trimmings. ‘They Russiaas invest the drum major of their military bands with powers far exceeding those of other nations. In addition to re- ceiving comparatively large pay, they have certain exemptions and privileges which @re granted ordinarily to commissioned officers. They are selected almost cntirely for their physical proportions, and it is an uncommon sight to see a Russian drum major who does not tower head and shoul- ders above his followers. Austria, Italy and Spain follow this custom also, though in the two latter countries very tall men are scarce. There was a time when the drum major's tricks of jugglery with his staff proved one ef his chief accomplishments. We have all seen him twirl his staff with lightning-like rapidity, first in one hand, then in the ether, then around the body, under the ar across the chest, then high in air, catching ft dexterously as it fell; and we have trembled in anticipation of his failure to grasp ft at the critical moment. There ‘was a time when his chief duty was to | march at the head of a band and to signal | Sleam_ of steel, to its members when to begin and when to stop playing, and to gesticulate and to pose for the admiration and bewilderment of the onlookers. Now it is different. must keep pace with the more serious bu of studying tactics, in order that he ¥ properly lead the way through crowd- ed thoroughfares and over difficuit ground, he must be a fair musician, not less versed in this regard than many of the players, and he must set the step for‘ali. A cool head is essential; a superabun- @ance of mock dignity or pomposity, and at the same time vivacity. and a good phy- ¢ are useful. All these requisites nat- urally demand a superior man, and that this is recognized by th military authori- ties Is indicated by the fact that the drum not only in this country, but in land and on the continent, Is usually n the rank of a sergeant major, with the fame pay and emoluments. On parade the @rum major is subordinate only to the offl- cer in command of the troops which follow the band or drum corps. Before the first note has sounded he receives his instruc- tions as to what style or class of music is desired, when to play and at what inter. and but Ifttle fs left to his discretion. the leader or bandmaster accompanies the band in person it is the custom for the @rum major to receive his orders from this 80 and these are generally communt- cated to him by means of a few taps on the small drums. The drum major in turn repeats tne orders to the musicians by a wave of his staff through space, which are able to interpret. In the the bandmaster’s presence on p he drum major is relieved of much difficult part of his work, and he time in wkich to show his skill He brushes aside the tat- i and timed gamin who block his in hordes, and struts as proudly as a xk, assuming himself to be the cyno- of every eye No heart in wh not altogether dead can fall to * more rapidly at the spectacle ndid being, arrayed in his vari- the huge rskin shako y @ tassel of gold ¢ h the emo- most carefully a completed by 4 @ staff of ebony or rosewood, with its ng knob and ornamental tracery. The bandmaster or leader has, of course, CHIN “For fifteen years my daughter suffered terribly with in- It herited Eczema. She received the best mdical attention, was given many patent medicizes, and used various external appli- catlous, bat they bad a0 effect whatever. =) — s 8. was finally NAN W given, and it prompt- - sy ly reached the seat of the disease, so that she is cured sound and well, her skin ts perfectly aud pore, and she has been saved from what threatened to blight her Ife for- ever.” ED. Jen Kins, Lithonia, Ge. ar SSS 88.8. is GUARANTEED PURELY VEGETABLE, {and ts the only cure for deep-seated blood diseases. Books free; Atlanta, Ga. address Swift Specifie Company, | Artillery Band and the cavalry band from | greete? PE. He} | } | Nor is he mistaken 1 "ti P| League, Cincinnatl Governor's Island Band, which preceded the grand marshal, had out a large comple- ment of men, and the impression created by their playing will not soon be forgotten by those who are devoted to fine band work. A striking feature of the Ist Ohio Regimental Band, which accompanied the Blaine Club of Cincinnati, was the very handsome drum major, who marched at the | head of as fine-looking a body of men as appeared in the parade. There were fifty- six musicians, including the drum corps. and their uniforms of blue trousers and white coats were very effective. It {s the crack band of Cincinnat!, and has been brought to its present state of proficiency under the direction of Mr. George E. Smith, a leader of acknowledged ability. The 3d Fort Myer need no praise to establish them in the good graces of their friends in this city. This was accomplished long ago, but the frequent and enthusiastic cheers that them made one feel that it was well that he was not called upon to play the role of Paris, unless, forsooth, he had supplied himself with an abundance of apples. Gariland’s Military Band of Albany, N. claimed to be the best organization north of New York city within the state, was clothed in red coats, blue trousers, and help the legislators during the summer months at Saratoga to while away their hours by discoursing a high grade of music at Congress Spring. The Sth Regiment Band of Baltimore is an old institution, and has frequently visited Washington in bygone years, but it has never brought better music than it dispensed today to an appreciative public. And so almost without end, bands of brass, bands of silver, uni- forms of bright colors, with blue and red predominating, descended upon the national capital with peaceful intent. Not to play “Rule Britannia,” though it ls a che>ry enough song, but to inspire the new Presi- dent with happy hopes for the prosperity and domination of his own country, with a firm resolve to hold the high office w'th which a free people have honored: him as a sacred trust, inviolate, for the zood of the many, and not the few, according to his_conscience. Above all the turmoil, the bustle and the push, the clamor and babble of vole2s, the the kaleidoscopic scenes that put the great Edison and his pano- ramic inventions to shame for their very simplictt the sea of faces, each cne with its own thread of life, so puny and +o mis- erable among so many, the small boy and the drum major rose to the occasion. They found their affinity, each in the other. The one possessed charms which, while they might attract older and more tutored eyes, could only dazzle and deceive the one who wrote his age in one figure; the other, per- fectly willing to be imposed on by so much splendor, yielded himself up a ready offer- ing to his idol. Bands in Line Today. At the head of the Marine Corps march- ed the United States Marine Band, their red coats offering an effective contrast to the blue uniforms of the marines. Fran- cesco Fanciulli led them, and their full ranks showed this famous body as it has never before been seen. Among the civic and political organizations in line, accom- panied by bands, the following: were par- ticularly noticed by reason of their fine appearance: First McKinley Club of the United States, Philadelphia; Americus Re- publican Club, Pittsburg; Hell Gate Re- publican Club, New York; Willam R. Leeds Association, Philadelphia; Shenan- doah Valley Patriotic Legion, Harrison- burg, Va.; David A. Martin Club, Phila- delphi nion Republican Club, Philadel- pbia; Young Men’s Blaine Club, Cincinnati; Allegheny County Six Footers’ Club, Pitts- burg; M. S. Quay Club, Philadelphia; Young Men's Republican Club, Baltimore. Md.; Henry K. Boyer Republican Marching Club, Philadelphia; Harmony Fire Com- pany, Philadelphia; Alger Republican Club, Detroit; McKinley and Hobart Uniformed Club, Washington; Minneapolis Republican Flambeau Club, Minneapolis; Tippecanoe Club, Clevelan Stamina’ Republican Unconditional Republi- can Club, Albany, N. Y.; James L. Goodall Republican Association, Philadelphia; Fre- Mnghuysen Lancers, Newark, N. J.; First Ward M. S. Quay Club, Philadelphia; Na- tional Fremont Association, Pittsburg; Commercial McKinley Club, Chicago; Cook County Republican Marching Club, Chi- cego; McKinley Tariff League, Washing- ton; Hudson County Delegation of Ne ; A. C. Harmer Club, Philadelphi: A. C.’ Harmer Club, Germantown, Pa. Riverside Republican Club, New York; Tip- pecanoe Club, Fort Wayne, Ind.; John Me- Knight Republican Club, Covington, Ky.: Elkins Cadets, Wheeling, W. Va.; Council No. 5, Union League of America, Balti- more; Young Men’s Republican Club, Wil- mington, Del.; Virginia Republican Asso- cation, Washington; Continental Club, Philadelphia. ——_——_ GAS AND ELECTRICITY. How the National Capitol is Lighted at Night. The lighting of the city streets is one of the most difficult propositions the munici- pal authorities have to deal with. Aside from the fact that there is not enough money appropriated by Congress to proper- ly light the city, the streets are most dif- ficult to light, owing to the presence of such a large number of shade trees on the curb line, the natural location of lamps. At the present time the city is lighted by 848 1,000- candle-power electric are lamps, 70 26-can- éle-power incandescent electric lampa, 5,875 gas lamps and 1,064 naphtha lamps. The naphtha lamps are used for. the most in outlying districts and in alleys where there is neither gas nor lighting ited conduits. The streets are not dur- ing the entire night every aight ‘in the year. A schedule is made out for each month, deductions being made for the time the moon shines. There is but one gas company in the city of Washington, and, practically speaking, but one electric lighting company, al- though recently a new electric company has laid several miles of conduit, and has a contract for a part of the public lighting. The authorities are averse to allowing the fine streets to be torn up, and, in leu of competition, in these lines, Congress fixes the price to be paid for the service. apse THE FIREWORKS DISPLAY. Program of the Exhibition in the Monument Grounds. The fireworks display in honor of Presi- dent McKinley’s inauguration will be given in the Monument grounds, south of the White House, at 7:30 o’clock this evening. The program, which is subject to change, has been announced as follows: 1. Salute of 101 aerial guns. 2. Ilumination of the grounds, monu- ment, &c., with 300 colored fires—red, white and biue. 3. Display of 150 six and cight-pound Congreve rockets, fired from three posi- tions. 4. Display of fifty twenty-four-inch bombs, Manhattan Beach tints. 5. Ascent of 100 Tourbillions, whirlwinds. 6. Flight of 100 fifteen-inch bombs—gold- en cloud studded with jewels—fired by elec- tricity. 7. Display of twenty-five Pain’s mam- moth eight-pound rockets, with hanging chains of iridescent fire. 8. Salvo of 500 Saucisson mines. 9. Display of twenty thirty-inch bombs— all the latest novelties and effects. 10. Flight of fifty six-pound rockets— aerial searchlight. 1l. Display of twenty-five rockets—gold and silver threads. 12. Display of ten Pain’s mammoth thir- ty-six-inch bombs. 13. “Old Glory” one mile high. Immense Pyrotechnic. United States flag, 500 by 20), unfurled in the sky. Pain’s patent, 1892, as given at the world’s fair, Chicago; Manhattan Beach and on the occasion of the water parade, New York, October, 15¥6. 14. Flight of fifty fifteen-inch shells—pea- ccck’s plume—fired by electricity. 15. Ascent of twenty-five six-pound rock- €ts—natuonal streamers. 16. Battery of 1,000 silver snakes. 7. Fiight of fifty thirteen-and-a-half- inch bombs—torrents of jiluminated gold. 18. Ascent of twenty-five stx-pounu rock- ets. (Pain’s worlu’s tair specialties.) . Battery of twenty cracker mines. agical illumination of the Capitol with 1,000 pounds of composition. 21. Flight of twenty twenty-four-inch bombs—changing stars. 22. Twenty large batteries Pain’s chro- Matic candles. Fiight of twenty eight-pound Pain’s uple rockets, Display of ten Pain’s quadruple pening red, changing to white, thence to blue and finishing with hanging chairs. (1Nv7 novelty.) 25. Twenty six-pound rockets—liquid fire. Flight of 100 thirteen-and-a-half-inch poe ane Rainbow”—fired by electric- y. or fiery mammoth One electric zi shell, lighting uu; whole of the city. (New eonipoant) Be ponte alent of 3.009 large colored roc't- ets, forming the “Inauguration by juet.”* 29. Grand Feu de aioe beeps 80. After the display Pennsylvania ave- nue will be illuminated with variegated colored fire at frequent intervals. = THE NEW LIBRARY BUILDING. Mr. Vest Spe: 8 to Those Entitled to Credit In Its Construction. In the Senate yesterday Mr. Vest took occasion to refer to the controversy that has gone on for some time over the degree of credit to which various architects of the new library building are entitled for their work in the design of that structure. Mr. Vest said that he had been -urprised to see that Mr. Bernard R. Green, superin- tendent of the itvrary butlding, had said in a lecture, recently delivered in this cizy, that the library had not been constructed on the plans and specifications furnished by Smithmeyer and Pelz. He said that Gen Casey had written the inscription now ex- hibited in the library building, which states that Smithmeyer and Pelz were the archi- tects, and also adds the aame of Gen. Casey’s son. He said that Gen. Casey wrote that inscription himself and 50 informed him. He said that Gen. Casey had testified before the joint committee on the library the that the plans and specifications used in the | erection of the building were those of Smithmeyer and Pelz. Mr. Vest suid that in Mr. Green's lecture it was stated that the plans used in the construction of the building were prepared in 1888, being re- modeled by Gen. Casey's son. “This is the most asionishing, and the groesest injuctive to Smithmeyer and Pelz,” said Mr. Vest. Mr. Vest said that Gen. Casey's son was not employed either as an assistant en- gineer or as an architect of the new library building until 1892. He said that the pians had been prepared under competition, that those of Smithmeyer and Peiz been ihe result of thirteen years of work, and were selected as the hest among a great number of other plans. de said that the new library building was the most mag- nificent siructure in the wortl, and the dispute over the architect to whom be- jonged the credit of that structure was an importani one. Mr. Call made a remark that indicated that he thought that the credit for tho new building belonged to Gen. Casey and to Mr. Green in a large degree, but Mr. Vest replied that Gen. Casey had said when before the joint committee on the library, when asked whether he was an architect: “I am no more an architect than you are.” ‘ Mr. Vest thought the grossest injustice had been done to Smithmeyer and Pelz in casting any doubt upon their jus claim ae architects of the new library building. SSS ee ACTS APPROVED. Some of Them Are of Decided Local Interest. ‘The President has approved the army ap- propriation bill; the act amending section 4 of the act defining the jurisdiction of the Police Court of the District of Columbia; the act for the removal of snow and ice from the sidewalks, cross walks and gut- ters in the District of Columbia; the act to punish the impersonation of inspec- tors of the health and other departments of the District of Columbia; the act amend- ing the act prohibiting the interment of bodies in Graceland cemetery in the Dis- trict of Columbia; the act to pre- vent importation of impure and unwhole- some tea; the act to vacate Sugar Loaf reservoir site in Colorado and to restore the land to entry; the act in regard to the In- terstate National Bank of Kansas City, Kan.; the act granting a life-saving medai to Daniel E. Lynn of Port Huron, Mich.; the act to establish an additional land office in Montana; the act authorizing a bridge across the St. Lawrence river; the act au- thorizing the District Supreme Court to ap- point a United States district attorney in case of emergencies; the act providing limited indemnity for loss of registered mail matter, and the act granting a pen- sion to the widow of Major General J. B. Carr; the joint resolution for livery of condemned cannon national encampment, G. use in making medals commem- orate the Buffalo meeting; the act for the closing of Pass a Loutre crevasse in the Mississippi river; the act for a rai! bridge across the Alabama river; the act for the improvement of the reservation at Fort Smith, Ark.; the act providing for the use and occupation of reservoir sites; the act granting certain homestead hold- ers in Florida the right to sell their storm- felled timber. stam “~FHE EVENING STAR,~THURSDAY; \MAROH: 4, 1897-20 PAGES. Great Southern Warerooms, ' 1225 Pa. Ave. it and 1216 E N. Ww. i i —e—e—e—tte-e Piqures indicate Sechons undar charge of Floor Commutiees: FIRST FLOOR. * © 51 Entrance, owt 13 Supper Rooms’ + ie = —O— @- 0~ O- ©: 0 0-0 -@- 0-0 70-0 0- e¢e-0-0-0-g 8 : A @-0-— 0+0— 0 e-etene-- -y-3- =“ CLOSED I Fst Entrance PLAN OF THE BALL ROOM. EDLC HARLAN HT 4 : : ; : : @ Hosrita. cLoseo BEFORE THE BALL Preparations for Tonight’ Grand Fete, DECORATIONS OF THE PENSION HALL Regulations Governing the Admis- sions to the Building. RULES FOR CARRIAGES In the decorations of the great inaugural bail room in the pension building a profu- sion of white and gold challie has been used. The ceiling of the court has been obscured by three immense circular’ cano- | Piles, from which countless streamers float lin all directions. The balconies and walls ' and columrs have been artistically treated ‘in white and gold, and on the front of the {balconies and against the walls are the ‘ coats-of-arms of the states and of foreign countries and other appropriate emblems. | Carringe Approaches to Pension Office The music stand and the band stand have been similarly treated. The floral decora- | tions, it is thought, surpass anything of the sort yet attempted in this country. The band stand has been constructed after the style of the famous golden gate at the Chicago world’s fair and elaborately decorated with plaques of flowers; twining asparagus and-wreaths of rere roses. From the front of this stand two large ribbons are draped from the w?figs ‘of a huge Amer- ican eagle, and on “he ribbons are the names of McKiniey atid Hobart. The gold-colored msterial which covers the music stand wale ee cra ted tonight with plaques of rosé, :talips, narcissus, Iiltima and other bédutifal~ blooms, and artistic effects will Me produced by am- phion wreaths composed of leaves of the golden andromeda, caughttup with varied colored ribbons. Imrmkensé%palms will be grouped about the stahd with a nice dis- cretion regarding theis! harmonious blerd- ing with the bright-blue flawers. ‘Around about the spray that rises from the center of the fountaintin the middle of the ball room is a grotto built of rocks and cork bark, and around this have : been planted aquatic plants, ferns, water lilies and thick clusters ofvines. The edge of the fountain ts clothed with vines, bloom- ing plants, palms, fezas and other lovely things, and the effectcts !fmposing and ele- gant. The eight large columns are decor- ated at their bases with golden-yellow flow- ering plants, such as genestas, acacias, jon- quils and. tulips, and_so forth, and abo these, about ten feet from the floor, grouped galaxies of graceful growing palms, towering twenty-five or thirty feet \bove. The upper portions of the columns fave not been decorated, their own hand- some ornamentation being deemed suffi- ‘Over the balconies and ‘about their ool- umns southern or eee ee will be filled with tropical palms and such hardy growing plants, whose blooms will keep fresh in the heat that will rise from the apartment below. The walls in the rear of the balconies have been treated in frieze effects of laurel festoons, caught up with wreaths of green and traceries of southern smilax. The stair- way leading from the ball room to the sec- ond balcony has been transformed into an arbor, the walls being thatched with ever- greens, among the boughs of which will be singing birds in cages. The rooms devoted to the President, the Vice President and the diplomatic corps have been decorated with palms, asparagus, plumosa and other beautiful greens, while there is a profuse arrangement of orchids, American beauty roses, tulips, jonquils, acacias and genestas. There are victor wreaths, caught with silken ribbons, and plaques of rare exotics on the walls. On the ground floor, where the great mul- titude will dance and promenade, the same beautiful effects have been produced. In the four corners of the great court, begin- ning about ten feet from the floor, are groups of large palms and a perfect jungle of flowering plants. The approaches to the ball room have been treated with palms and blooming plants. Rules to Be Remembered. All vehicles will be required to :pproach the pension building from 7th street—her- dics, cabs and one-horse coupes, entering E or F street; following the south side if on F street, to the entrance of the pension building, making their exit on 4th street to the south. All public carriages must approach the bujlding from 7th street, by way of G street, following the north side of G street to entrance of the building, and make their exit on 4th street to the north. The President's carriage, those of the diplomatic corps and all private carriazes must enter on F street, follow the nortn side, turn into 5th street and deposit their passengers at the 5th street entranc2; then turn into G street and follow the sovth side to 7th street, thence to the space on F street between 7th and 9th streets, also to Sth street below F, where they may park. Messengers will be provided at the 5th street entrance to call private car- riages. All streets intersecting F and G streets between 7th street and the pension build- ing are to be closed, and no vehicles will be permitted to travel west on either F or G streets from 4th street, and none from E street north on 5th or Gth streets, and ncne from G or H streets south on 5th or 6th streets. All vehicles intending to car- ry passengers away from the pension ‘building must approach from 7th street. Owners of private carriages will be pro- vided with cards admitting them to the private 5th street entrance for carriages. Persons holding a ticket for a hired cab, herdic or carriage will have the privilege, when leaving the pension office, of taking and occupying any one vehicle of the kind named upon their tickets, such persons not being required to await the arrival at the pension office entrance of the varticuiar vehicle in which they came to the build- Ing. All persons will be expected to make their exit through the same door that they enter, to prevent confusion and delay. Tickets for private carriages were issued by the committee on carrlages on Monday, Tuesday and today. Tickets for hired con- veyances were issued by owners thereof and the Liverymen’s Association have formed their own clearing house for the settlement of such tickets among them- selves. ‘The large ticket furnished to owners of private carriages must be kept in sight by the drivers in order that the carriage may be admitted to the proper line. When the owner of a carriage desires to call the same upon leaving the pension of- fice he will call out the number on a small card, which will be a duplicate cf the number on the driver’s card, to a messen- ger who will be in waiting, and the num- ber will at once be shown on a large screen, which will be placed on the roof at the southwest corner of the pension of- fice. Ball Room Regulations. ‘The regulations which will be in force at the inaugural ball are very simple and complete and there is no reason why every guest should not follow them to the letter: ‘The entrances will be at the F and G street and Sth street doors. Positively no return checks will be is- sted and no smoking be allowed in the building. No hats, bonnets, overcoats nor cloaks will be allowed to be worn on the ball room floor, nor &ny canes or umbrellas to be carried. Persons will not be allowed to stand in center of dancing halls during dancing. . The police headquarters and a bureau of information will be located east of the G street entrance. Tenses te Weenies, onbe: cours, Ors) one horse, and street will depart by the south or F street entrance, taking the first conveyance at hand. Those in private conveyances will enter end depart by 5th street or west entranc The executive committee will occupy rcoms at the northwest corner of the buiid- irg, second floor. This room will be con- nected by electric signals with the e: trances to the building; also by telephone with the principal rooms. The chairman, Cc. J. Bell, and, in his absence, the secre- taries of the committee, Fred. Brackett and George H. Walker, will have authority and should be called upon to settle any dispute that may arise as to admission to the buitd- ing, or to any part thereof, and to deter- mine any questiom pertaining to the man- agement except such matters as are under ccntrol of the chairmen of the various subcommittees. All matters connected with the dancing and promenade will be under the control of Edward McCauley, and thase pertaining to the comfort of guests, under centro! of James E. Bell. The reception of the President and other guests will be un- der the control of Major Gen. Nelson A. Miles. Rules of the Reserved Gallery. Members of the reception committee will be admitted to the reserved gallery at west end of tall room upon showing official re- ception committee badge. One card of ad- mission will be given to each member of the reception committee, which will admit holders to the reserved gallery. Admission to the rooms reserved for the President and Vice President and other officials will be governed as follows: Members of the exec- utive committee will be admitted by dis- playing the official gold badge; invited Suests upon showing cards of invitation: specially detailed members of the reception committee upon showing official badges an also special badge. At 10:50 o’clock p.m. all persons who have been admitted to the re- served section of gallery will be received by the President and Vice President. Until such hour the persons (not including special guests) to be so received, will after being admitted to gallery, remain in the north- West section thereof 2 - sone and the rooms ad. Carringe Rates. The prices legally allowed to be charged for carriage service March 4 and 5 are moderate, and each @river or owner of a conveyance.embraced in the list must have a printed copy of the Commissioners’ or- ders defining the rates posted conspicuous- ly in his yehicle. The rates are as fol- tom pei e Herdie cabs, not ex five doll each to and from the allt coupes, not ex: ceeding four dollars each to and from the ball; hansom cabs, not exceeding three dol- lars a - ey from the ball; convey- ances (two-horse), accordin; ec not exceeding ten dollars. Seabee No owner or driver of a vehicle, as before named, shall refuse to carry a passenger at the foregoing rates; nor shall he, when engaged, take up an additional passenger or passengers without the consent of the person or persons who first engaged him. Any complaint of illegal charges, giving the time, number of the vehicle or driver and the address of the complainant, shall receive prompt attention from any police- man to whom it may be made. eee Five Presidents were born of wealthy pa- rents, but not cne in a city of even the smallest class. Fifteen of the twenty-four Presidents had a collegiate education. William and Mary College graduated three; Harvard, two; Princeton, Hampden-Sydney, University of North Carolina, Bowdoin, Dickinson, Ken- yon, Williams, West Point, Union and Mi- a — oes e paternal ancestry of the twenty-fc oceans as sae of English ‘de- ive ch-] three Welsh and one Dutch. Soni eee ‘The yourgest President was Gen. Grant, who was forty-seven when inaugurated. The oldest was Gen. William H. Harrison, ey eda fee mes e twenty-four sidents, one was a bachelor, six married widows three = married ise — ie names of the twenty-four Presi ie begin with the following letters: A, B, ens G, H, J, L, M, P, T, V, W. None begins with D, E, LK, N, O, Q BR, 8, U, X, ¥ or Z. Yet Daugias, Elisworth, Iredell, King, O'Connor, Rush and Seymour were national candidates and New, Underwood, Yancey and Zabriskie were politicians of national note. Of the Presidents, five were named James, three John, two William and two neinew: Of the Presidents, four each were born in March, April and November, three each in February and October, two each in January pele a ugust. None was born a ~ May, June or Of the twenty-one v4 Presidents Bdoe have TRUTH ABOUT CATARRH Doctor McCoy Corrects False WORDS OF THE FAMOUS: AUTHORITY That While Catarrh Does Not ¢ A of Con ne All Con- bject to Catarrh, Casen m ptt ptives Were WHILE CATARRA DOES NOT CAUSE ALL CASES OF CONSUMPTION, IT IS ALSO TROR THAT ALL THOSE WHO HAVE CONSUMPTION HAVE BEEN SUBJECT TO CATAKRH. ALL CONSUMPTIVES WERE CATARRH VICTIMS. THEY TOOK COLD. TARRM HAD PREF THE WAY FOR CONSUMPTION. TURF) CONSUMPTION EVER REQUIRES A RI: THE MEMBRANES WHICH LINE THE 1 ING TUBES. CATARRH FURNISHES THE BROKEN PLACES IN THE PorM oF RAW SPOTS. TEE GERMS OF CONSUMPTION FROM THE AIR CAN ONLY ENTER TUE WHEN THEY FIND A RAW, SORE, DIS ING SURFACE. CATARRH CREATES JUST SUCH A SURFACE. EVERY CATARRH SUFFERER IS IN DANGER OF CONTRACTING CONSUMPTION WHENEVER HE OR SUE BREATHES THE alt THAT HAS JUST BEEN RREATHED OVT BY ONE WHO HAS TUBERCULAR CONSUMPTION. PROGRESS OF CATARRH. Whea Catarrh bas existed in the bead and upper parts of the throat for any length of time the pa- tient Hving in a district where people are subject to catarrbal affections, and the disease has been left uncured, the Catarrh almost Invariably extends from the Throat, down the windpipe and theace into the Bronchial Tubes. These tubes convey the Air toto the different parts of the Lungs. Shortness of Breath. As a result of the extension of the disease the Bronchial Tubes beecme affected from the swelling and the mucus that Is poured ont by the Catarrh, together with the swelling, sometimes plugs these tubes up so that alr cannot pass freely through them as It should tness of breath follows, and one so affected breathes with dithieulty. In other cases there are sounds of crackling and wheer- ing inside the chest. At this period of the exten. sion of the disease the breathing is usually more repid than it should be. There are frequently felt hot flushes over the body. Pains in the Chest. The pain which eccompantes this condition is of a dull character, felt in the chest behind the Ureast bone or else it is present under the shoulder blade The pain way come and go, Inet a few days and then be absent for several others, ‘The couch that occurs at this time ts @ry. com at varying in is hacking in charact is usually tmost troublesome in the morning upon arising er on go- ing to bed at night. This pecullar character of the John A. Stanton, 2325 Penn. - | ave. Cured of deafness. cough is cften the first evidenee that catarrha, disease is extending into the la At first there may be nothing brought up by Wie emtgh, then there will be a ttle tough, sticky mucus raised which the patfent finds great aificulty in bringing up. Sometimes there ere fis of coughing. so vio- lent, brought on by the efforts to dislodge the tough mucus, as to cause vomiting. Later op the mucus that fs raised may be found to contain particles of yellow matter, and thi proves that the smaller lung tubes are beginning to be involved by th ease. What is Coughed Up. At this stage of the trouble, fn some cases, there will be found streaks of blood mised with the mucus that Is expelled by the cough. In tain nunber of cases, at this stage of the disen the one afflicted becomes pale and has erable fever every afternoon, wile in certain other cases a great deal of mucus may be raised or hawked up before any cough is present. In certain other cases small masses of cheesy-like substance Is spit up, which, when pressed between the fingers, emits @ very unpleasant odor. This last is a very serious symptom. Extension May Be Slow. In some cases catarrh will extend from the threat and into the lungs in a very few weeks; in other cases It may be months and even years before the disease passes from the taroat into the lungs. When the disease invades the chest there is almost sure to be more or less fever, and this differs in severity at different periods of the day; it may be slight In the morning and higher in the afternoon and evening. Chilly Sensation. Sometimes during the day the patient has a creepy, chilly sensztion, which may last from half an hour to an hour, after which the surface of the body feels dry and hot. During the night following the presence of these syn is Ma- ble to be profuse night s usually more rapid than it should afMiicted loses flesh and strength. At this period of the disease @ further extension ix ever induced by a fresh vold, and the fresh cold at this time may be all that is needed to develop rapid consumption, Gradual Loss of Strength. In some cases the patient loses strencth and flesh slowly, the muscles gradually wasting away. ‘Then there will come periods where the patient ap- parently mends; he will gradually regain some of his lost strength, only to lose it again after a fresh cold hes been taken. The fresh cold causes the disease to extend farther and go deeper into the lung tubes, until finally it enters the structure of the lungs themselves. Wenk Stomach. A weak stomach and a dislike for food, which seems to have lest all its agreeable taste, often causes the sufferer to imagine that be only has dis- ease of the stomach. Hoarscness. Whe. bronchial catarrh is extending into the tungs the voice often becomes weak and husky or hearse. There is often a burning pain felt in the throat and some difficulty is experienced in swal- lowing on account of the soreness In the throat. DOCTOR McCOY’S BOOK FREE TO ALL. $3 A MONTH DURING MARCH. All patients placing themselves un- der treatment and sll patients re- mewing treatment during March will be treated until cured at the rate of $3.00 a month, all medicines in- claded. This applies to all diseases. It is Limited only im time. CONSULTATION FREE. McCoy System of Medicine, PERMANENT OFFICES DR. McOCOY’S NATIONAL PRACTICE. 715 13th Street Northwest. Office‘ Hours, @ 1012 o.m.,1teS p.m, 6 to 5 p.m.dally. Sunday,10 a.m. to ¢ p.m.