Evening Star Newspaper, April 3, 1897, Page 10

THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, APRIL 3, 1897-28 PAGES. Woodward *., Lothrop, 1oth, 11th and F Sts. N. W. Easter Cards, Booklets and Novelties—First Floor. — a The Relations of This Store to Easter It has caught the inspiration of the nearby holiday s its cheer and brightness on every hand. The wanted aster occasion show wonder touches of style and novel represent a gathering unsurpassed for absolute complete- of assortment and real worthfulness. Are very marked. time and reflec things for the prettiness and ness, diversity Millinery for Easter. All the new styles, all the fresh fashions, all the richest of old and new world millinery ideas are on view. Hosts of Trimmed and Untrimmed Hats and Bonnets—at prices which we are pleased to place in compari- son with any other. Our Millinery Department contains the fine and medium classes of goods—equaling in style the best in America—and upon these desir- able lines we quote always the lowest prices. °For misses and children a most delightful assortment. We would suggest that you leave your Easter order now. Dress Stuffs for Easter, Black and Fashionable Colors. Absolute completeness is our ideal in Dress Goods this season. Richest of the rich—gay, somber, medium — something for any taste. This superb exhibit embraces many varieties of Lace Etamines, Grena- dines, Fish Net and Canvas Cloths and yarious other ultra-fashionable Open-mesh and Transparent effects that are so generally shown by the “leading Paris modistes for spring and summer gowns. We have imported largely the styles and stuffs—latest effects and novelties as shown in all the foreign markets. Among them are a goodly number of high-class Paris novelties by the vard and in single gown lengths—that are exclusive. They were made expressly to our order and are not obtainable elsewhere. You will be pleased at the unusual beauty and quality of the med- ium and lower-priced goods. Prices were never quite so low for like qualities. Colored Dress Goods. Open-mesh, Transparent and other fashionable high-class novel- ties, as follows: Brocade Tamertines, colors combined with black. 45 inches wide. $3.50 a yard. Black Dress Goods. Grenadines, Gauzes and other fashionable open-mesh fabrics, in- cluding High-class French Weaves, such as: Fish Net Etamine, 47 inches wide. $2.00 a yard. Mexican Tape Etamine, 47 inches wide. $3.50 a yard. Lattice Etamines, pl&a — —4 colors, gray, heliotrope and navy. aches we $3.50 a yard. Satin Striped Mexican Mesh, in Yale blue and Russian green. 45 inches wide. $2.50 a yard. Silk and Wool Dentelle, vers open mesh, with plisse satin stripe. 4% inches $2.75 a yard. in 5 Plisse Etamine, a very handsome silk and wool novelty. with the appearance of an all-eilk fabric. 47 inches wide. $3.50 a yard. Bane Grenadine, silk and wool. 45 inches wide. $3.50 a yard. Beaded Grenadine, 45 inches wide. = $2.25 and $2.50 a yard. Etamine Canvas, 45 inches wide. $2.50 a yard. Etamine, in all the new and staple colorings. 45 inches wide. 75¢. a yard. Knotted Etamine, in navy blues. 4% inches wide. $1.00 to $2.00 a yard. Dentelle Etamine, tm tan. brown, gray, Russian green and French blue. 47 inches wide! $1.25 a yard. Etamine Dentelle, 47 inches wide. $1.25 a yard. Etamine Jacquard, Open-mesh fancies. 45 inches wide. 75¢. to $1.25 a yard. Camel’s Hair Grenadine, 45 to 48 inches wide. a 75¢. and $1.00 a yard. Iron Frame Grenadine, _$1 -25 a yard. amine Canvas, in open-mesh beige effects. 42 inches wide. $1.25 a yard. Grenadines, in rich cowbinations of red and black, heliotrope and biack, green and black. 22 inches wide. $1.25 a yard. | 45 inches wide. $1.25 to $2.50 a yard. Sewing Silk Grenadine, 23 inches wide. French Challis, handsome floral printings and figures—a generous sprinkling of nevy blue and whites and bla-k and whites, in small effects. 30 inches wide. af _374e. a yard. 5oc. and $1.00 a yard. 7 + 45 inches wide. Cheviot Printings, $2.00 a yard. om a Challis Cloth—3 handsome colorings, blue = aE: hellotrops and gray, with black hairline stripe. 30 jeunes Damasse, es wide. 50c. a yard. $ oe a ee, 2.75 and $3.50 a yard. Javanaise, a — Figured Grenadine, in flowers, leaves and vines. 23 inches wide. Or Satin Striped Challis, in a vast high art printings 30 inches wide aac, 6oc. to 75¢. a yard. — $1.00 and $1.50 a yard. __$2.75 and $3.50 a yard. Plain Gauzes, or light-weight Grenadines. 45 inches wide. $1.25 to $2.25 a yard. Satin Striped Gauzes, all silk. 45 inches wide. $1.75 and $2.25 a yard. Covert Suitings, 45 inches wide. oe miches 75¢. a yard. Meltonette Twills, eh face. —— fom — weight, handsome colorings. $1.00 a yard. Scotch Checks, three novel weaves. 47 inches wide. $1.25 a yard. Suits, Independent Waists & Skirts. Almost every day something new in this line is received, and just now we are showing some exceedingly smart styles, embracing all the desirable fabrics. As special values we shall offer Monday 10 fine Black ¢ t New Taffeta Silk Waists, in black and glace ef- fects—latest styles and excellent quality, © “°° $5.00 zacn. Tailor-made Sutts of fine all-wool cheviot serge. . tailor made bo More of t alfer me Biack, Plum and Greer Brilliantine the extra high luster, at $5.00 E hanging skirt—silk lined throughout. ™ $10.00 race. CH. The Soleil Plaited Skirt, Also Known as the “Sunburst” Skirt, Is one of fashion’s latest fancies. We now have on exhibition in our Silk Department several specimens in Ready Plaited Silk Skirts. Almost any silk or woolen stuff is adaptable for this use. We will take orders for Soleil Plaiting and execute same in about days’ time. Examples of Plaited Woolen Dress Goods exhibited in Dress Goods Department. Silk Department—first floor-—under skylight. Dress Goods Department—first floor—Tenth street, - Woodward & Lothrop. navy and black, stylish fly-front Jacket and proper Very special IN PRAISE OF THE BASS The Relative Merits of the Small and Large- Mouthed Varieties. Anglers Favor the Laws for Their Preservation, but One Has a Criticism to Make. The organization of the new Game and Fish Aseociation, writes “H. T.,” an en- thusiastic angler, to The Evening Star, gives promise of accomplishing much good, and will mark an era in the history of sport for not only this section, but the whole country as well. Washington and its doings are so much better advertised than any other locality, that success here will breed encouragement everywhere. Many objects are to be attained by co- operation—the corservation and improve- ment of fishing grounds, the education of public sentiment in the direction of ap- proval of the necessary restrictive legisla- tion, the increase of our stock of game fishes, the cultivation of the higher art and better methods in our favorite sport (the only game seeking which can remain to an old and advanced civilization with a crowd- ed population); we can improve our tackle, and particularly fts handling, advance the world’s stock of knowledge of natural his- tory, for only its students are anglers, and last, but not least, is the social] feature, which, strange as it may seem to most, is one of the strongest charms of what is re- regarded by the uninitiated as a solitary pleasure. Even Walton wrote in dialogue. Naturally irterest centers just now in the bass, since it was on account of this fish that our present organization was ef- fected. ‘The quarrel between the champions of the respective merits of the two black basses is as old as any knowledge we have of them. The first writers began the trouble by lauding the small-mouthed bass as pluckier than a trout and sweeter than a shad, and classing his large-mouthed congener with the bullpout and the dogfish. In a letter of E. Sterling of Cleveland to Mr. Klippart, secretary of the Ohio fish commission, in the First State Report on the Fisheries, 1877, page 73, he says: “The marsh or big-mouthed bass found in our marshes and ponds, though exceed- ing the other varieties in size, is a worth- less brute. It smells and tastes of the mud and ought to be exterminated.” This sounds now like that old Maryland Jaw which condemned terrapin as unfit to feed to slaves. It is a pretty serious In- dictment, but is no more true of the bass than it is of the salmon. It is well known that much of the gameness and flavor of any fish depends upon its habitat, and a trout forced to live in an Ohio marsh would smell and taste of the mud. The reputation of the small-mouthed bass has always been better than that of his relative of the open countenance. The story started that way, and accepting the prevailing idea of twenty years ago that the trout in mountain streams was the only game fish we had, the bass was rot tried for by any save visiting strangers to his western and southern homes, with any more sportsmanlike tackle than a troll, and there is at least one grave and rever- end trout-fishing senator. wao, having taken a Potomac bass with this sea-fishing device, votes bass fishing tame. No angler who has seen the large-mouth- ed bass at his best will allow a word to his discredit, or admit there is any fish that swims that comes with a malder, more thrilling rush for a fly or does any braver battle for liberty when struck. The Bass in Maine. In the First Fish Commission Report for the State of Maine—in 1867—discussing from hearsay the merits of Grystes nigricano Agassiz (evidently the small-mouthed bass is meant), at page S4 they say: “As an article of food the black bass has an ex- cellent reputation; his game qualities are among the first; we cannot doubt that he would thrive in most of our waters, and would be a decided advance on yellow perch and pickerel. Yet he has some bad characteristics. He belongs to the perch family, and, like the yellow perch and striped bass, is very voracious. He wouid feed to a great extent on other fishes, and wogld not confine himself to devour- ing worthless species, but would prey upon young trout, smelts, white perch, shad alewives, and any kind that he could catch. Very likely he would prove as great an enemy to trout as is the pickerel—perhaps greater. If he should get down into the shad rivers, as he undoubtedly would, to a certain extent, he would devour many limes his own weight of young shad; yet we must bear in mind that if the young shad should go down to the sea instead of being eaten by the black bass, some- thing else would eat the most of them, and that they have always had a worse enemy at hand in the striped bass. It is difficult to say whether, on the whole, tlt black bass would do most good or harm, but, considering that we have so many fresh water ponds now inhabited by yel- low perch and pickerel, shiners and other smal] fish, which yield nothing of conse- quence—considering that the black bass is of superior size and probably equal qual- ily to the white perch—considering that he would be able to make his way, and thrive, against any foe that he would find, we are inclined to think that more good than harm would come of putting him in- to those waters.” The next year, 1868, the commissioners said that no attempt had yet been made to introduce black bass, that Dr. Fleteher of Concord had been employed by the New Hampshire commission and had brought to that state 221 bass in good condition from Lake Champlain, at $3 each, and that the doctor thought he could carry them to Maine ponds for $5 each. The commis- sion continue, page 30: “We are of opinion that no fish promises to thrive so well and give so much satis- faction generally in our perch and pickerel ponds as the black bass. But as there are several species known by that name It might be well to ascertain whether the spe- cies inhabiting Lake Champlain ts the best or equal to any other kind of black bass.” In the third report for Maine, 1860, ae- tails of the establishment of six colonies of black bass in the state are given, and a very fine lithograph of a three-year-old small-mouthed black bass, labeled Grystes Fasciatus. It 1s easy to see why New England ang- lers decline to admit any comparison be- tween the trout and smail-mouthed bass. They smile at the enthusiasm of a Potomac angler, and think it is because we don’t know trout. Some of us do; and we know, too, that New England trout anglers will never know all there is to know about small-mouthed bass if they always keep him in a pickerel pond, and by the same token, the gentlemen who make uispar- aging remaks about the large-mouthed bass have all something to learn. 1. Walter Sharp, 30 a disciple of Izaak Walton, writes to the editor of The Star on the subject of the proposed legislation for the protection of the bass as follows: I have read with mucn interest the fish and game protective bills which were pub- Mshed in Wednesday’s Star, and, while they are admirably constructed, I believe there is some room for criticism. It is to be pre- sumed that the law committee of the newly organized Fish and Game Protective Asso- ciation prepared these bills, and I do not believe that committee will object to friend- ly criticism, but, on the contrary, would probably invite it. There are comparatively few fly and spoon casters on the Potomac river, nearly every angler using minnows for bait. Now, section 1 of the fish protective bill (unin- tentionally, of course) would clearly make it unlawful for any person to catch min- nowe for bait in the usual way, i. e., by means of dip-nets or minnow seines. If the bait fishermen were to depend entirely upon catching minnows upon pin hooks, or purchasing such as had been caught that way, I am afraid they would find jt both trying and expensive. Tne fact that all the states, when enecting laws of this kind, make provision for minnow nets is evi- dence that such a clause is necessary. I would suggest that after the last word of section one the following be added: “And prot further, That nothing in this act shall be construed so as to pre- vent any person from having in poszession or using @ dip-net or a minnow net or seine for the exclusive purpose of catching min- nows for bait, but for no other purpose; and any fish or minnows taken therein, other than such as are to be used for batt, must be returned to the water alive and at onoe, and the retention of any fish or min- nows 6o taken, other than such as arc to be used bait, shall be deemed a viola- tion of the provisions of this act. Such minnow net or seine, as referred to in this section, shall be not more than fifteen fect in length when stretched to its fullest ex- tent; not more than three and one-half feet in depth, and the meshes not larger than three-eighths of an inch. Two or more nets such as described in this section shall not be used at the same time within a distance of fifty feet from one another. The provis- ions of this act shall not be construed so ag to prevent the use of a landing-net in taking a fi from the water while the same is" re; tly hooked upon legitimate tackle” 4 I helieve that section 2 of the same bill should be more specific in naming the basses protected thereby; the small-mouth bass (Micropterue dolomien) and the large- mouth or greeh bass (Micropterus sal- moides), so; that there could be no pos- sible evasiong: I consider this very neces- sary. H It should bp specifically stated that the Possession of any of the protected fishes during the @Bged season, for any purpose, shall be unlawful. The existing bill does not even intimate this intention, except- ing in the case of shad and herring. Why not the game fishes as well as those which are mentioned? The having in possession of uny black or green bass less than eight inches in length should be prohibited. No state with effective fish laws permits the kecping of a bass less than eight inches long, and many make ten inches the minimum. The possession of nets and other devices for taking fish, and which may prove a temptation to their possessors to violate the law, is proscribed by the laws of many states. I believe the foregoing notes worthy of the consideration of the law committee of the association, and if they are consider- ed important they should at once take steps to have the corrections made. While about it, we should have the new law as hear perfect as possible, in order that there shall be no necessity for tinkering at it in the future. THEATR: CAL GOSSIP Washington is now recognized as the best production city in the country. Every play that has had its initial performance here and has been given the stamp of ap- preval has met with success elsewhere, while, on the contrary, if either defects in construction or weakness of situation or dialogue have been pointed out, and those defects have not been remedied, the piece has met with disaster. Wash- ington audiences are honest in their treatment of a play, and there is no attempt here to influence their judgments by a clique; so, if a production recelyes the stamp of favor f. m a Washington au- dience, tt is safe to u.sume that it has gen- uine merit and the elements of a success- ful career. The knowledge of this fact has induced shrewd managers to launch their Plays upon the boards of a Washington theater, and they admit that the verdict here has been indorsed elsewhere. “‘Aris- tocracy,” “The Girl I Left Behind Me,” “Held by the Enemy,” “The Heart of Maryland,” “Mme. Sans Gene” and “Wil- kinson’s Widows” are among the dramatic successes that had their first production in this city, and Monday night “The Myster- fous Mr. Bugle’? will have its initial per- formance at the Columbla Theater, with Miss Annie Ruzsell and Mr. Joseph Holland in the leading roles. Miss Annie Russell has been regarded as being the most dainty, the most spirituelle, the most interesting ingenue on the Amer- ican stage. She 1s very young, very pretty, of the highest artistic capabilities and pos- sesses an utterly unmatchable charm of personality. Ske is the distinct representa- tive of a type which is regrettably rare among professfonal players. Of late Miss Russell’s stage appearances have been in- frequent, and She has wisely waited for a fitting vehicle in which to again come be- for the public. This, Miss Russell believes she hos at last discovered in Mrs. Ryley’ farcical play, “The Mysterious Mr. Bugle. As the heroine, Betty Fondacre, Miss Rus- sell brings the old quiet. self-possession, the old winning sweetness, the old gractous happiness, the old silvery voice, ever filling the stage when she fs on it with the bright- ness of a sunny presence. For a period of three years Miss. Russell was, through sickness, out of the public view. She made her re-entry ih “The New Woman,” and her return Was the occasion of an ovaticn unprecedent dn the annals of the stage. No actress. of recent years has made greater progress in the affections of Amer- ican play goers, and but for her sickness and consequent withdrawal from the stage there is no question but that she would have been at the head of her own compary leng ago. Born in Liverpool, Miss Russell made her first appearance on the stage in Montreal at the age of eleven years. She was after- ward seen In New York in a juvenile “Pin- afore” company, and ther. went to South America and the West Indies. On her re- turn to America she became a member of the noted Madison Square Theater Com- pany, and soon became famous as Es- meralda in the play of that name, in which John E. Owens also acted. Still later she appeared as Ada in “Sealed Instructions Maggie, in Gilbert's comedy, “Engaged: Sylvia, in “Our Society;” “Elaine,” in the dramatic version of Tennyson's {dyllic poem; Lady Savin, in ‘Broken Hearts,” ard Mabel, in ‘Captain Swift.” Her most recent success was as “Sue” in Bret Harte’s play of that name. To this giftea artiste has fallen the happy lot to interpret for appreciative auditors some of the most beautiful, winning and tender creations of young womanhood with which dramatic au- ‘thors have favored the public in recent years. In every instance the grace and charm of Miss Russell's personality lent refinement and purity and life to the pic- ture of fiction. In Madeleine Lucette Ry- ley’s new play Miss Russell will be seen In a very radical departure, but none the less eminently sulted to her convincing talent. She has been surrounded by a company of comedians whose artistic work will be thoroughly in keeping with their environ- ment. Mr. Joseph Holland will play the companion character to that of Miss Rus- sell. Sometimes, as is well known to regular theater goers, the most trivial happenings on the stage, not contemplated in the “busi- ness” of the performance, will destroy the most dramatic situation and cause an audi- ence high strung with emotion to give way to laughter. Everybody has witnessed the ruin caused by the theater cat. It was only recently, while Mr. Frederick Kerr and Miss Mona K. Oram of John Hare's company were playing at the Knickerbocker Theater, New York, in Zangwill’s duologue, “Six Persons,” that the appearance of the cat on the stage and its decided evidences of affec- tion for Mr. Kerr set the house in roars and practically destroyed the effect of the performance, While “The Two Little Vagrants” was being performed one night early in the season at the Boston Museum not only one but two cats appeared on the stage, just at the most intense part of the scene where Fan Fan discovers that Helene is his mother and Claude is given such a rude awakening. Both cats—the act being a little late-came after the chicken bone which Jessie Busley was in the habit of giving to them at the end of the third act. Fortunately, the scene was saved, but, as Miss Busley afterward said, “If Minnie Du- pree’s mo! had taken the slightest up- ward curve, I would have gone to pieces. John Hare, who is bringing his exquisite art to the Lafayette Opera House the week beginning Monday evening next, is not likely to forget one night when he was playing Lord Kflelare in Charles Coghlan’s “A Quiet Rubber” in the English prov- inces. The actors had come to the end of the great quarrel scene between Mr. Sulli- van and Lord Kilclare, which those who have seen''that delightful performance will easily reniember. On the offended noble- man’s reappetrance to leave the “parve- nu’s” house fdr good it is necessary to bring on the stage a small portmanteau. This was givert to‘him as usual by his servant. Now, it was riecessary when traveling thet all ba: stiould be labeled in a special manner, ist as is done with theatrical baggage ih this country. On the servant's entrance ‘withthe portmanteau—a pathetic little ineiens that should be and almost always is received in significant silence— Mr. Hare was amazed to find himself greeted with tremendous shouts of laugh- ter, the meaning of which he could not understand. But on turning the portman- teau around to pai Ireland Under Eliza- and “The kle Families of Gal- John Hare’ London Garrick ‘Theater Company, Man. chester,” Then he grasped the situation. ‘Will Bring His Family Here. Mr, J. Earl Wagner has decided to bring his wife and children to Washington next week to spend the spring and early sum- mer months, and will locate corner of Center sfreet and Howard avenue, Mt. Pleasant, very near the ide! of & RCTS Vreaident ‘xoung te. very wiacl lea: 1S ving Mr. Wi ner and his family for nelginore. Sah = IN SPORTING CIRCLES (Continued from Ninth Page.) the rules of which were posted this week. Entries are made by pairs, and the pairs will be handicapped by the whist commit- tee. A small entrance fee will be charged, which will go for the purchase of prize: The contest will extend over two evening: this and next Saturday. The following pairs have entered: Messrs. Toledo and Mrs. Susan D. Biddle of Dc troit, who were appointed at the Philade!- phia meeting of women whisters last No- vember to consider the question of the for- mation of a woman’s whist league, have is- sued a formal arnouncement to the wo- man whisters of America stating that a woman's whist congress will be held at the Hetel Walton, Philadelphia, on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, April 27, 28 and 29. Business meetings will be held at 11 a.m. each day. At this congress the ques- tion of organizing a woman's whist league will be considered. There will be a pair centest for woman's pair championship, April 27 and 28 at 2 p.m.; a mixed doubie pair championship contest at 8 p.m. the same days; a contest for women’s fours, under the Howell-Mitchell.system for pro- gressive fours, on Apri! 29 at 2 p.m., and ®& contest. women vs. men, at 8 p.m. on April 20. Prizes will be awarded to the winners in each contest. Entries shoul be sent to Mrs. T. H. Andrews, 1119 Spruce street, Philadelphia. Washington will un- dcubteuy be represented by a team from the Cranford Club. The Woman's Whist Club of this city will not send a team. They will, however, be represented by a team of four at the American Whist League con- gress at Put-in-Bay next July. Taliaferro and Britton came out ahead in the whist contest at the Columbia Ath- letic Club last Wednesday night. They de- feated every other pair, under the Safford system of scoring. Another team, however, viz., Messrs. Swearinger and Hull, had a higher trick score, but they lost in their match with Taliaferro and Britton. defeated the other six pairs. A match with twenty on a side, men vs. women, will be played at Baltimore next Thursday. The whist committee of the Columbia Athletic Club will hold a meeting this even- ing, when matters connected with the rep- resentation of the club at the Put-in-Bay congress will be considered. The following scores were made at the compass whist match at the Capital Bi- cycle Club on Wednesday evening last: They Barrick and Low. Fogg and McComb Willamson and Stearns. Macdantel and Falck. Henry and H. Taylor Hills and Taylor. - Cook and Schoenborn. Pelouze and G. Hills. Lewis and J. Wirt ton and Cooper. In the Baltimore- last Saturday evening, the Baltimores were two tricks ahead, with four hands to be played. Hamilton led “top of nothing” on deal 46 and thereby gained two tricks. Such leads have proved very profitable in several of their matches. ‘A team from the Cranfcrd Club in this city carricd off the woman's whist trophy at the meeting in Philadelphia last Novem- ber. Mrs. Newbold’s team carried it back to Philadelphia the following week. So it is fitting that another team from this city, also members of the Cranfords, should again bring it to this city. Mrs. Andrews’ team were the holders, having won seven They went down be- McCrea, successive matches. fore a team composed of Mrs. Mrs. Hawley, Mrs. Earle and Madam de Sibour. The Washington ladies play a short suit game, while the Quaker ladies are long suiters. The total score was 12 to 10. WILL PLAY \ HOUT SCHEDULE. Plan to Be Adopted by the Local Base Ball League. The local Departmental Base Ball League will appear in the field this year under dif- ferent arrangements from those which gov- erned its playing season last year. The league itself will remain intact, with prac- tically the same officials, the same rules and the same governing body, but there will be no schedule of games i.rranged, at least not until the last month or so of the playing season, and the membership of the league will be increased, to all practical erds, by the admission of all the amateur clubs of the District who care to affiliate with the organization. Mr. A. A. Sousa, the president of the league, will be at the head of the new or- ganization. It is the plan to have ail the clubs of the District who wish to play games to decide the championship for the season address Mr. Sousa, forwarding to him thejg list of players and the clubs whom they would like to meet. Games will be arranged for in this way for perhaps a week beforehand, and all contests will take place at National Park. If a club fails to show up for the game It has arranged for, it will be fined the ren- tal of the park, or some like amount, and a second failure will probably result in the club being dropped from future considera- tion in the championship series. This plan will be somewhat on “he order cof that which governs prize-ring contests. A club will hold the championship until some stronger aggregation comes along and takes away the prize, the season finally ending with the strongest club on the top of the heap. At the end of the season, or perhaps a month before, six or eight of the clubs in the league who have made the best show- ing will be taken and formed into a sort of District league, and a short schedule of games will be arranged for, to settle decisively the question of the champion- ship. It is then Mr. Sousa’s intention to submit the question to the stronger clubs of this season of forming themselves into a regularly organized District league, to play a full schedule of games next sea- gon. The clubs which will constitute the De- partmental League this year will be the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, the Pension Office, the District Commission- ers’ offices, the Army and Navy Club, the Post Office Department, the City Post Office and Fort Myer. The independent clubs who will probably enter the ar- rangement and forward their lists of play- ers to Mr. Sousa, along with their prefer- ences for games, are the Canterbury, Sham- rock, Columbia Athletic, Eastern Athletic, Carroll Institute, Le Droits, Mile Limits and Eastern clubs. With the clubs named above, some of whom have as members the best amateur talent there is to be found in this vicinity, games could be arranged that would be as interesting and as close as professional contests. Their being played at the regu- lar Base Ball Park will result in draw- ing a good attendance, and the good ex- hibitions of base ball which the park will afford during*the absence of the Wash- ington base ball team, will draw a great many of the fans, who are only too glad of a chance to see a good contest during that absence. ‘The formation of this new league of all the District clubs will give greater impetus to amateur ball than has ever been mani- fested at the beginning of a season in the past. The season already promises to be a most interesting one in college base ball, and the amateur teams by the formation of the new league will make the year from that point of view fully as successful and interesting. There is no doubt that the new organization will be supported, and the attendance at the games is looked for to defray most ofthe incidental expenses of the playing season. Washington is a thor- ough base ball town, and it is upon this fact that the hopes of the management of the league are based. It is rather expected that the bureau of engraving and printing team will head the list of the departmental clubs at the close of the season. Under the direction of Capt. Wiliam McCauley it has won the cham- pionship for two seasons, and by his wise leadership has been able to put up an ex- cellent exhibition of ball playing every time it has appeared on the field. McCauley is the popular short stop of the bureau team, and while not a brilliant player—although™ at times he makes some phenomenal stops and throws—is steady and sure. He played with the old Peabody club of East ‘Washington, Jeter with the Orange Athletic Club of Orange, N. J. He was given a chance by Manager Schmelz of the Washington team at Mr. Sousa’s sug- gestion, and was by the tpine: toned with (ude couiparatively ior yu throw to first from the shortfield. He has played ball for ten years, and is exceed- ingly popular, not only with his own team, but all with whom he comes into contact on the field and off. In June and July he Athletic Club. Teaves the city to play with the Orange ox aion 8 a Lewis and J.; L. Wirt, Young and Pelouze, Cole and Prince, Fogg and McComh, B. Taylor and B._ Hills, Mattingly and Williamson, Cooke and Peters, Barrick and Low, Wooten and Britton. ‘The committee of women, consisting of Mrs. T. H. Andrews of Philadelphia, Mrs. J.-W. Hawley of this city, Mrs. Waldo Adams of Boston, Mrs. Clarence Brown of Cornwell sells the best at the lowest price. Lenten Goods! of all Kinds —the choicest to be had—put up in best style, including: —Mackerel, all styles —Little Neck ms —Clam Chowder —Clam Bouttlon —Findon Haddocks —Imported “Ferring in Wine Sauce —Green Turtle Meat —Anchory Paste —Anchovies in ofl, ete., ete. Sardines in lesa led and boneless jeless trouffied —spiced, pickled and trouffied —in tomato sauce —in tomato sauce with mushrooms ia mustard sauce . —smoked in oil (Norwegian) —American and Portuguese Ferris’ Hams & Bacon PRICE'S CREAM BAKING POWDER, B0c. Ib. (Guaranteed to give highest satis- faction). CHOICEST CREAMERY BUTTER, 28¢. Ib. Our Coffee has no equal—38e. Ib. ¢- Cornwell ,*, 1412-1414 Penna. Ave., CHOICE GROCERIES, WINES & CIGARS.1t The finest kind of ma- chinery—the most expert help—the greatest facili- ties—those are the three oints that have made the ale Laundry the leader. Until you become a Yale customer you'll never know what perfect laundry work means. Send a postal Monday. Or telephone 1092. Office 518 roth st. It Tea Caddies | jonly $5. | i) le IE | ls is 2 Rich Cut Glass and Sterling Silver Tea Caddies—the latest | thing out—as low as $5. Galt & Bro., JEWELLERS, SILVERSMITHS & STATIONERS, 1107 Penn. Avenue. ep3-s,t,th,28 ‘seca RTT rar Ta ATA oa How alluring is the promise held out by cheap clothes. What a re- vulsion of feeling, though, after a little wear. Such an experience ought to teach a man a lasting les- son in clothes economy. A spring suit, tailored in matchless manner,will only cost $18 and $20 here. G. WARFIELD SIMPSON, Expert Tailor, 1208 F st. 1t = R-AK (7 Nothing “cher "at Pyles’ but the prices. ‘Choice Irish Potatoes, ( ( You really can't afford to pass these ices by—unherded. west price—and a savii Every one stands for QUAI 6 qts. NAVY BEANS. 5 lbs. BUCKWHEAT. 4 qts. HOMINY.. 12 Ibs. ROLLED OATS. Peck CORN MEAL..... 8 lbs. GRAHAM FLOUR. 4 pkgs. MACARONI. BEE or BORAX SOAP GLOSS STARCH, Ib. . 5 lbs. WASHING SODA. Every one is a to you. ) g 39c. Bushell. ; ) J. T. D. Pyles, FIVE Gor, 34 and Md. ave. ne. STORES. LMG ST ume a. it 5 Once you try it, ¥ Water but CHARMAN. As clear as ‘‘a mountain brook’*—purer than any water known to civilization! Makes sick folks well, and keeps them that way. Sample it free at HERDLISKA & CO.’s, “THE MINERAL WATER PEOPLE, 1309 G St. N. W. *Phone 135. mbi6-3m,28 > 2 ; $1.75. § Matting for A roll of Matting, containing 20 yds., can be had here at the low price of $1.75.’ It's good quality Matting, too. The low price is made simply to attract your attention to our new stock of Mattings. ‘Special._Excellent Heavy Jointless Matting, that should sell at a much higher price, has been marked 25c. yd. Co., rhe Houghton iy, rs ap3-20d, 3 $You'll drink no 3 ; QwroooaESeeOees Our facilities are so great we could launder all the collars and cuffs in Washington. It naturally follows the biggest laundry is also the best. Let your bundle come Monday. THE YALE, 518 10th—’Phone 1092. It Expert at non-expert charges. Watch Repairing eee Te eT eT Te ' | Lansburgh & Bro. Big Values Navy Blue Dress Stuffs.’ 38in. Navy Storm and Fine Serge. all wool, 88 quality. For... 25c. yd. 45-inch Navy Imperial and Glay Serge, all wool, Sie. quality. For. : 39c. yd. 45-in. Navy rm Serge, all wool, 5¥c. quality 44¢. yd. 4n. Extra Fine Hen- Fietta, all wool aud beautt ful finish, @dc, qualit 1. 50c. yd. GO-in. Cheviot Seize and 50 in. rench Serge, in navy, all wool. T5c. quality. *55c. yd. 46-1n, Navy Mohair Sicil kan eae, quality. Fer. 29C- Ya. #-in. Navy Figured Mo- hair Brilliantine. Sec. qus) fe Pe 296. yd. 60-in. Shower-proof Craven- ette and 56-in. Navy Storm » all wool, $1.25 qual. Pra ‘98c. yd. ad in. \ English Mohair Brilliantine, in tan and beige color only, suitable for separate skirts, gen- tlemen’s coats or ladies’ entire cos- tumes, perfect in every respect. $1.50 quality. For...... 75c. yd. As quantities are Hmtted we «an only promise one-day distribution at these quota- tions, Grenadines. Our stock of Grenadines is PODS DDD DDD DDO larger and handsomer than ever, and as Grenadines are the } newest and most stylish fabrics this season, we are sure our collection will be of great inter- est to you. Plain Black Sewing Silk Orcsstinns, Sen. wens 69c. yd. Plain Black Sewing Silk Grenadine, 26-in. abe. ane eee 75c. yd. Plain Black Sewing Silk Grenadine, 24-in. wide..... 85c. yd. Doul n- See = 51.28 yA: 24-in. All-silk Grena- dines, in stripes and bro- des, bandsome ae- — new *-$1.00 yd. 46-1n, Narrow Hair Line . Stripe, the swellest ting $1.50 yd. 46-1n. Grenadines, in =1¢2.00 yd. the lntest Persian designs. Corset Department. A number of ladies wear the Ventilating Corsets the year around, and it is for ( this reason we an- nounce the receipt of a full assortment of Summer Corsets, a special of which is our '420-422-424-426 7th St it Thomson’s Glove-fit- ting. This Corset is made of strong net, with a high bust and - two side steels on each side, in extra, medium and_ short lengths, all sizes. For. $1] 00) LANSBURGH & BRO, When you grow di satisfied with that Chi- nese laundry—and you will sooner or later—send your clothes to the Yale, just for an experiment. No dissatisfaction then. Drop _ postal—’Phone 1092. 518 roth st. It ‘SOAPS ‘Under Price. ‘We secured from the Eastman Bros. & Co. (who recently felled) 46 gross of their grand Tollet Soaps, in bexes of 3 cakes each, handsomely wrapped in paper. These comprise Turtle (il, ovey, Glycerine and Pure Palm Of! Bath Soaps. The price usually asked is 35¢. for box of 3 cakes. Our price, 19° box. A great inroad has been made In the quantity by the last two days’ selling, so to insure all comers being able to buy we will not sell over two boxes to any one ‘OGRAM'S, 13th & Pa. Ave. & 17th & H Sts. A 40d That indefinable something called “style” that marks a man well dress- ed is present in every suit we make. We will make you up a suit from a new line of suitings in the latest spring patterns, for $18 and $20. G. WARFIELD SIMPSON, Expert Tailor, 1208 F st. 1t Your Easter Gown and