Evening Star Newspaper, April 24, 1897, Page 15

THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, APRIL 24, 189704 PAGES. THE LATEST SPRING DESIGNS. GOWNS FOR ROYALTY ae Seen at the Big Court Functions in Rome. FURNISH HINTS FOR AMERICAN WOMEN —_>_——— Spring Hats Call for a Mass of Trimming. seas FOR A GARDEN PARTY aia a Special Cerresponderce of The Evening Star. ROME, April 17, 1897. The Romans are so used to the sight of their queen that the passage of her car- riage through the streets makes no stir nor any crowding to look at her. A man says to iis neighbor, “la regina,” and then the talk is of other mat.ers. Queen Mar- gherita is neither so young nor so beauti- ful as she has been, but her erect figure and pale, rather tired-looking face are still interesting. Her long neck, about which fa- ble has twined almost the entire product of the pearl fisheries for the past fifteen years, rears itself proudly, and her hands, even within her gloves, show themselves exquisitely shaped and refined. Her face keeps its delicate oval, but has lost its play of color and expression. It is n impassive countenance that bows Perfunctorily to the people, until some One is recognized or a word from her com- Panion in tne carriage arrests attention, and then comes a yery kindly and attrac. tive smile. Whea she drove past me this afternoon, in a plain carriage, but at- tended by outriders in liveries, the queen Wore a dress of heliotrope silk with a bole- ro jacket over a full front of silver brocade. The sleeves of the gown seemed to be formed of double frills edged with silver Sequins. At the wrists were gauntlet cuffs of brocade. Her bonnet was of silver gray straw, trimmed with heliotrope velvet, and she carried a white parasol. On the seat of the carriage beside her lay a bunch of white and purple anemones. The richest dresses seen hereabouts are, naturally, those prepared for the court balls. There was finished for an American lady and worn at the last of these func- tions a petticoat of opal satin, the most beautiful stuff, I think, I have ever seen. It was cut in deep points over a flounce of rare old Venetian lace and was edged with a delicate vine embroidery in gold thread studded with opals and emeralds. The low-cut, pointed bodice had a full front of dark green velvet, with jeweled embroidery, like that upon the skirt. The decolletage was outlined with lace, and butterflies of lace and jewels ornamented the shoulders. A train of deep green velvet fell from the shoulders. Necklace and hair ©rnaments of opals and emeralds. Gowns for a Princess. The Princess of Naples wore upon the same occasion a dress of shot moire bro- caded in white and gold. The train was of gold velvet edged with a scarf of 'mag- nificent lace caught to it here and there with bows of white satin ribbon. The decol- letage was edged with the same lace, which also made the short sleeves. Her orna- ments were diamonds worn in profusion. An evening of much less state and dignity but also not without its Pretty gowns to look at was that of a group of American women artists who are studying in Rome. The hostess of this oceasion was a girl of twenty-one or twenty-two, of whom it is prophesied that her work will make her famous in that beautiful cloudland of “some day." She wore an empire dress of the unmodified sort that is ventured upon oftener In Europe than America. Its ma- terial was a silver tissue brocaded with gold and blue satin and embroidered with pearls. It was cut low and Square in the neck and hung straight to the feet, not full, but without any attempt to gather it to the figure. In the back was a slight train. The sleeves were long and close, with buttoned gauntiets coming half over the hands. Upon the shoulders were leaf-s aped epaulets of lace thickly embroidered with pearls. An edge of the same lace was carried about the decolletage and sewn with sequins. Strings of pearls and sequins were worn about the neck and fell to the waist or below. The unique costume looked quaint- ly appropriate under the hangings and in face of the old world furnishings of the pret‘y studio. I do not remember whether it was at this studio reception or at another given by a sculptor who is somewhat the fashion that I saw an equally original pelisse dress of a green and tawny yellow v. vet, the colors blurring and blending into each other. The loose" fronts turned back in half handker- chief revers and showed a lining of cream- colored brocade edged with lace, which bor- dered the fronts to the hem. The neck was @ fat collar of silver embroidery; rising Medici fashion at the back of the head and continued in front in broad stole ends to the ground. The velvet sleeves were full and gathered at the wrists about lace frills. ‘The under dress was a loose slip of white Jace, held at the waist by a jeweled girdle. Trimmed Skirts. All the new frocks that I see point to a 2 — 2 Bicw Life. ir Fido!” muvver makes me return of the trimmed skirt, not to say the double or the triple skirt. Flounces car- ried straight across the front or arranged in points or waves or long curves all around the skirt are becoming almcst universal. Frills are carrjed down the seams, and scmetimes instead of, sometimes in addi- tion to, the circular flounces cloth dresses are braided in elaborate patterns about the hips, two rows of such decoration being most usual. The skirt itself is not so wide as it has been. One new design is cut in two pieces, half of front. and back, with- out darts. It is gathered to the waistband, with all the fullness in gedets behind. It is quite customary to make bodices full both in front and back. The new boleros are short. Collars are higher than ever be- fcre. Spring jackets fit the figure quite closely and have lace ruches at the neck, with wide sleeves and jetted capes, lace trimmed. Cloth jackets keep to military braidings. Boleros with short sleeves are fashionable wraps, made in any material and trimmed with braid or embroidery. One of the prettiest of the new dress fabrics is a foulard that is printed to re- semble corded silk and figured in flowers or scrolls. The most novel of the thin fabrics is a Roman satin that is at once bright- colored and extremely supple, lending itself to accordion pleatings as easily and grace- fully as gauze. Transparent materials are more in favor than others, and thin soft silks in which white mingles cloudily with yellow, peach, green or blue. Seaweed pat- terns with a watery glitter on moire grounds and cobweb effects on net or gauze are sold faster than the counters can be supplied. Masses of Trimming. It is a hard matter to say what hats are most in favor. It is easy to advise masses of trimmings. Large wreaths of flowers are carried around the outside of the brim, with wandering sprays that reach to the top of the crown. Sometimes 2 huge wreath is perched on the top of the crown. Large brimmed, high-crowned picture hats are seen everywhere, trimmed with long plumes held by diamond buckles. Another popular choice is the full crown of raw silk canvas with a wreath of poppy petals. At the spring race meeting of the Roman Steeple Chase Society held at the Tor di Quinto course a few days ago a handsome dress on the grandstand was a soft silk, figured with large bold lavrel leaves on a black ground. The bodice was made with a yoke and a close-fitting basque cut up be- low the waist in segments. The yoke was of solid green silk pleated and edged about with a green velvet cord. The sleeves had small puffs on the shoulders, below which they were circled with eight rows of velvet cord. There was a high collar, a narrow green ribbon belt and a skirt of green silk corded with velvet at the seams and edged at the bottom with a band of figured silk of the bodice material. A pretty dress at a garden party at Nervi recently was a daintily figured foulard in pink and blue, with a quaint fichu of white mousseline de sole crossing upon the bosom and falling in long ends almost to the ground behind. A white straw picture hat was worn, trimmed with blue plumes. ELLEN OSBORN. —_— MARIE’S MIRROR And How It Served Back-Action Move as a Birthday Present. From the Brooklyn Citizen. Young Mr. Smithers, having eaten an ex- cellent dinner, sat down to smoke a good cigar while his wife ran upstairs to make her toilet for the theater. So peaceful was his state of mind that he did not even look accusing!y at his watch when, after the promised “minute” had developed into sixty, she entered the room. “Seems to me that you are looking very nice tonight, my dear,” he remarked. “I am so glad you think so, darling. OF course, I care more for your admiration than that of any one eise. Besides, the Skinners sit right behind us this evening, and this dress will give Mrs. 8. a bad head- ache before the second act is half over.” Mr. Smithers looked anxious. “So this is new, is it? Wasn't the cld one good enough?” “N—not quite, my dear. esides, I earned the money for this one myself.” “But how did you -arn—?’ “Oh, after you left, I fell to thinking what a lot $25 was to spend upon a birthday pr: ent for Marie when I really needed so many things. Then an idea struct me. I remem- bered all those pretty things I found in our big trunk after we were married—the ones that horrid girl, whoever she was, sent back when the engagement was broken. I wouldn't have one of them iyself, but it seemed a pity for them to lie there, so I went upstairs and look:d them all over. I selected that lovely silver-backed mirror and cleaned it up until it .ooked just like new, and then I. “Sold it to buy the dress. 1 see!” “Nothing of the kind. I bought the dress with the money you gave me. The mirror I sent to Marie with our best wish»3. Wont she be surprised, and-why, Freddie, ate you i?" “Not at all, my dear. You are quite right; Marie will, no doubt, be much surprised, for, you see, she herself was the girl who returned those presents—‘hat is all.” —_—_—-e-___ Two Views. From the Chicago Record. “If I ever get to be a celebrity I mean co be gracious to everybody.” “Well, if you began by being gracious to everybody now, don’t you think that would give you some ground for being considered a celebrity?” FELLOW-FEELING FOR A FELLOW-CREATURE, os take a bath every day.’t * HOUSEHOLD HINTS Care of gloves seems to be something that the average woman knows as little about as she knows of parliamentary law. No glove that has been worn half an hour should be put away till it has been pulled into shape ‘end dried. Catching at the wrist and pulling off wrong side out is the approved way of removing a glove, as that strains no porticn of it. If there is @ rip in a finger, mend it at once, for which pur- Pose keep the glove thread, always cot- ton, and never ‘silk, a fine needle and a thimble in your glove box. Turn the fin- ger wrong side out and whip the rip neat- ly together, fastening the thread by sew- ing back a little; never knot. Then pull the fingers gently into shape, and after they have dried thoroughly, fold together and lay smoothly in the box. If the gloves are new and light-colored, lay them be- tween folds of white tissue paper. In buying carpets this spring, remember that & small figured carpet will seem to increase the size of your room, and large, gaudy figures will diminish the apparent size. Then, a small-figured carpet is much more economical, for it can be mended and Patched to so much better effect, and rip- ped and turned with so much more satis- factory results than a large-figured one. The neatest and surest way to secure a machine-sewed seam is to turn back at the end of the seam and stitch for an inch; then the thread may be cut with no dan- ger of raveling out at all. In cooking onions, turnips and carrots, re- member to cut them across the fiber, and they will be much more tender. A delicious relish, as well as good, strong food for lunch, breakfast or supper, is made of Boston brown bread and butter. ‘The little quart size round loaf that one buys for a nickel at the market is best. Cut it in slices a quarter of an inch thick and brown quickly on both sides on the toaster. The fire should be very hot to ac- complish the desired result. Spread with good, sweet butter as soon as browned and place in single layer on @ hot plate in the edge of the oven for a minute or two before serving. Many a misguided woman has submitted to having her eyelashes trimmed, ‘‘to make them grow,” only to go through life with stubby, unsightly lashes that looked far worse than in the beginning. It is not at all sure that trimming the eyelashes will benefit thin lashes even in childhood, and a mother will think very seriously of the matter before she tries it. Soon the summer pest-ants will begin to werry the tidy housekeeper. Here is what is alleged to be a sure remedy; it is inex- pensive and comparatively harmless, at all events: Dissolve one part of corrosive sub- Umate in 100 parts water, which will be a very strong dose. Remove everything from the shelves where the ants are, or the car- bet from the floor where they appear to ccme up, and pour boiling water all around to kill them and clean the wood. Then pour the corrosive sublimate over the shelves till it reaches all the cracks and crevices, and let it dry in. Then fill your powder bellows with red pepper and care- fully blow the cracks and crevices full of that. Cover the shelves with paper, or put your carpet back in place, and you will scarcely be troubled again. Codfish balls are an excellent dish for this season of the year when the appetite is jaded. The common salt fish is best, and it should come from a good, thick fish, so as to not be deadly salt. Shred it fine, re- moving all the bones, and put to soak in milk or water over night. Freshen in the morning and let soak till you want to use. Equal parts of codfish and finely mashel potatoes, that have been well buttered, but not salted. If you like, add some finely chopped red, beets. Mold into balls, and brown a rich golden in sweet meat fryings, or fat of salt pork. This recipe for deviled crabs is one that Mrs. Quay has made famous: Boil one doz- en crabs twenty minutes; when cold, pick. Three eggs well beaten, two tablespoonfuls of bread crumbs, four of melted butter, one of pure olive oll, one tablespoonful of chop- ped parsley. Season with salt and pepper. Mix all together, using cream to moisten, ard put back in the shells, which should be clean and dry. Brush the top with beaten egg, and sprinkle with fine bread crumbs, and fry in hot lard that covers the crabs. Many a time and oft you hear a man sighing for the “bread his mother used to bake,” and here is the recipe for one kind, called “salt rising,” and the recipe is that of Mrs. Stockdale of Mississippi. Take a pint of milk and a pint of water, and stir in flour to make a stiff batter that will not run from the spoon, but drops like drop cake batter. Add a teaspoonful of salt and put in a warm place, where it should stand for at least four hours. If water rises to the top, stir in more flour. After it rises, make up jus§ as you would ordinary bread, using the “rising” instead of yeast, and adding about a gill of milk or water and a little more salt, and a piece of lard about the size of an egg to that quantity. Knead it well, and put at once in well-greasea pans to rise. Care must be exercised nov to jar it while rising, and it should be baked the same as any other bread. Green vegetables are just coming into market at reasonable prices. It 1s quite often the case that really nice vegetables’ sre spoiled because the cook doesn’t know the science of it. All green vegetables should be washed thoroughly in cold water, before cooking. and If a bit wilted, it im. proves them for cooking to lle in cold water for an hour or more. To cook, drop them in water just at the boiling point, with a teaspoonful of salt to a quart of water, to cook them in. If the water bolls a long time before the vegetables are put in, all the gases escape from the water, and it be- comes flat and tasteless, and the vegetables will lose their fine green, and part of their flavor. The time of boiling vegetables de- pends greatly on their age and their fresh- ness. The younger and fresher, the quicker they cook. Not long ago a bride of a few weeks was complaining of her husband’s ways to an older married friend. “I knew he did some things that I did not like, but I thought he would give them up after we were mar- ried,” she complained. “Now, look here, Annie,” sdid the worldly wise friend. “If you've picked up a crooked stick, don’t Jet the world know it, but set to work to straighten it out. It will be slow work, you can’t do it suddenly, because if you try harsh measures it will break in your hands. Try gentle pressure and persuasion, be sure that you are yourself perfectly straight and sincere, and a year from now you will have @ different story to tell.” Certainly excel- lent advice that many a young wife might take home to her heart. —_——.>__. BEAUTY IN MATURITY. A Woman is at Her Best Late in Life —Some Notable Examples. From the Chicago Chronicle. The physical beauty of women should last, growing more and more mellow, un- til the end. That the beauty of women, like that of men, should be determined from the standpoint of advancing maturity cannot be disputed. It is absurd to claim that the ripe, rich beauty of forty is less attractive than the budding immaturity of sweet sixteen. When women live in har- mony with nature's laws each stage of life has its own charm. The fullness of beauty does not reach its zenith under the age of thirty-five or forty. Helen of Troy comes upon the stage at the age of forty. Aspasia was thirty-six when married to Pericles, and she was a brilliant figure thirty years thereafter. Cleopatra was past years when she met Antony. Diane de Poictiers was thirty-six when she won the heart of Henry II. The king was half her = but his devotion never changed. Anne Austria was thirty-eight when described as the most beautiful woman in Europe. Mme. De Maintenon was forty-three when united to Louis, and Catherine of Russia was thirty-three when she selzed the throne she occupied for thirty-five years. ui at forty. tye, tnd me Rreourler Sol wea NEW IDEAS IN CORSETS Tight Lacing Frowned ‘ga by,Bensible Per- 2 Hints About the Latést Models Which Are Favorites With Athletic* ‘Women and’ Si wers, aioe a From Harper's Bazar. e It would seem this season that more at- tention ts paid to corsets than, ever before. Several of the leading,,dressmakers have not hesitated to announce that they will not fit gowns over any but the new style, of which, fortunately, there are several. All discussion and assertion have proved futile in establishing the idea that corsets are injurious to health. Tight lacing is frowned upon by all sensible individuals, even by corset-makers; but that the fe- male figure needs some support is well proved, and for years the effort has been to devise a corset that will support without compressing any vital organ. The athletic fad, which is more than a fad, ab- solutely precludes any. thought of a tight corset about {the ribs, but ‘oes not Insist upon no corset at all; on the contrary, demands a boned waist at least. Great singers are the most particular of all people in this respect; and while there must be noth- ing that can in any Way press upon the diaphragm, there is casos fe a thoroughly fitted and well-boned waist. Three especial models have been chosen as the favorites for this season, and, cu- riously enough, are quite different. The straight-front corset, which is just at pres- ent all the rage, is a Louis XV fashion modified to sult the requirements of the gowns now fashionable, and yet at the same time to be absolutely comfortable. Above the waist-line there is no compres- sion whatever; indeed, it hardly touches the figure. At the waist it is curved in, and can be drawn as tight as desired. Very simple are the bones and the material ap- parently; but while it gives with every Motion of the figure, it does not lose its shape. This corset gives-the round figure, and is considered the fin de siecle corset; it certainly is the most comfortable of any. The empire corset is another favorite. Tris also is extremely comfortable, is short on the hips, curves in more in front at the waist line than the first ore described, and is much more becoming to some figures, but women whose hips have a tendency to grow large are not enthus- lastic over it. For slender figures and for young girls it is capital, as it allows of development. It van also be used for bicycling and for horseback riding, as it is short on the hips and over the stomach. The locse neglige gowns and jackets arémoré fashionable than they have ever been, but to show them to best advantagettney féally require quite a different style of corset from what is worn with a tight-fitting costume. For this purpose the ribbon“corsét~is the best, and is exceedingly dainty, and pretty as well. It is light and easy, and has but few bones, but is very durable. Some slender women wear this’ style exclusively, but stout women do not'find it a sufficient support for general wear. When expense is no object corsets made to! order are gen- erally best, although there is # wide choice, now in the ready-made ones, and even the very cheap varieties are of much better shape than was formerly the case. In buying cheap ready-made corsets it is well to “be particular to choose those that are latge' enough, for it too wide a space is left at the back, the corset never" fits property’ over the hips.» A _ serious trouble with many of the cheap corsets is that they compress the bust and ribs. This difficulty can be obviated by cutting them open at the bust and inserting one or even two gus- sets of muslin in V shape, for it is no longer the fashion to have the figure small above the waist ,and an absolutely natural effect is now consid- ered much the best style. With evening gowns low bust corsets are a necessity. There is always a great diversity of opin- ion as to what material shall be used in corsets. Sateen, satin and brocade are always in fashion, and batiste, which was so much. liked last summer, comes this year in so many different colors, {t may be predicted with safety to be a favorite again. It is cool, does not stretch, anu can be cleaned—three strong points in its favor. Se The Bluecoats’ Lentcn Supper. From the London Daily Telegraph. Often threatened, Christ's Hospital still stands where it did, and the fine old dining hall looked its bravest on Thursday night, when one of the public suppers celebrated weekly in the Lenten ‘sédgon took place. This is today the same “plain bread and cheese collatiun” which Charles Lamb shared and described. The beer, however, which used to be poured out of blackjacks into wooden ‘eups, has been abolished. Basins of tea are served out instead, and, as a matter of fact, butter is substituted for cheese. The supper is, therefore, a very modest sort of feast. ‘The boys, in their white bands, long-tailéd blue coats, belts, smalls and yellow stockings, take their seats at the long rows of oak tables, covered with snow-white cloths, and from the pulpit under the huge Charles II pic- ture one of the Grecians gives out the hymns and reads the ancietit form of. 8e1 ice, portions of which were eomposed bishop of London 200 years ago. The serv. ice is somewhat long ag @ grace before meat. The tall candleg are\now ceremon- jously lighted, and the la@® fall to their frugal meal, consumed witle the visitora, promenade between the taftes, the procer- sion being headed by.a golemn beadle, fol- lowed by treasurer, goverfors, etc. After supper one of the head ascends the pulpit and returns thanks in ®set prayer, and the choir sings an anthem. The boys then clear the tables, up the cloths, form into columns of aban sack headed by its smallest boy, who is dle bearer. He carries two tall candles, whose bases are decorated with E other boy carries the bread basket, and an- other the rolled-up cloths. Th4 procession passes up the hall, and ple of boys bows in unison to th it of the chair. made from oak om’ old 8t. Katharine’s Church, pmore music from the organ, and th nd at the close of the this way visitors and scholars out of the hall. : Bt It's O Beart, ‘To be out in To and shout a In the balm and the bicssouiing. Sing loud, O bi 5 = O bird, § ig i} iy IN THE CHURCHES ‘At the recent annual meeting of the con- gregation of the Ninth Street Christian Church, Rev. E. B. Bagby, pastor, the following were elected to membership on the official board of the church: G. W. Pratt, J. A. Runyan, F. M. Bradley and J. A. Scott. The congregation held a meet- ing on Wednesday evening of this week for the purpose of passing on the plans for the new church submitted by the building com- mittee. The plans had been previously examined by various of the church bodies, so that most of the congregation were familiar with them before thé meeting, and consequently the committee’s report was adopted with very little discussion. The new church is to occupy the present location, at the southwest corner of 9th and D streets northeast, will cost about $25,000 and will include several novelties in the line of church construction, besides all the regular features. A vocal, piano and organ recital was given Tuesday evening at Metropolitan M. E. Church, Several pleasing solos were rendered on the piano by Miss Irene Gur- ney of Toronto, niece of the pastor of the church, Rev. Dr. Hugh Johnston, and Miss Elizabeth Pierce of Boston and Mr. Hern- don Morsell of this city, vocal solos. The others who participated were Mrs. Laura Zeh Johnson, soprano; Miss McKee, ac- companist; Mr. James Watson, basso, and Mr. Wilbur F. Dales, organist. A mission began last Sunday at St. Dominic's Church, South Washington, and is to last two weeks, this week being for wo- men and the next week for men. A spe- cial mission for children, of whom there are many in the parish, is to begin next week. The mission is in charge of three fathers of the Dominican Order, who are as follows: Very Rev. C. H. McKenna, O. P.; Rev. E. P. De Cantillon and Rev. J. T. Keelty. Officers have been elected by the con- gregation of St. Mark’s Lutheran Church as follows: Elders, Messrs. J. H. Kuehling and Cornelius Eckhardt; deacons, G. B. Eppley, I. B. Dodson, John Hofman, F. W. Leonhardt, and treasurer, A. W. Noack. Reports delivered by the superintendent of the Sabbath school, Daniel N. Klapp; by the treasurer, and by the president of the Luther League, Mr. Eckhardt, all show that the condition of the church and its organizations is encouraging. Hecent guests of Father Caughy of St. Stephen’s Church were Revs. Reardon and Keogh. Next Monday evening the Young Wo- men’s “Y” of the First Congregational Church is to hold a business meeting and social at the residence of Mrs. Perham, on Westminster street. The feature of thé meeting is to be a parliamentary drill by E. W. Cahill. Rev. Hugh Johnston of Metropolitan Church is to begin a series of Sunday evening sermons tomorrow on “Truth in False Isms," with the following topics: “Agnosticism,” “Secularism,” “Spiritual- ism," “Universalism” and esponsibility for Belief.” It has been decided to formally install the new pastor of Trintty German Luther- an Church, Rev. Mr. Schroeder of Port Richmond, Staten Island, into office on the second Sunday in May, the 9th. The Ladies’ Home Missionary Society of the First Congregational Church held an ynusually large meeting on Tuesday in the church parlors, when the members present were addressed by a home mis- sionary, Miss Anna Hoddtish, whe is a Bo- hemian worker among the Slovaks at Bracdock, Pa. Surday before last the pastor of the As- sembly’s Presbyterian Church. Rev. Dr. Geo. O. Little, notified his congregation that on Easter Sunday he would call for enough money to pay the church debt, amounting to twelve thousand dollars, and accordingly last Sunday the collection was taken for this purpose, with the result that the amount is raised. The contractor who is erecting the new house of worship for Ebenezer M. E. Church has the foundation above ground, and it is expected that the corner stone will socn be laid. The Methodist Ministers’ Association de- voted its session on Monday morning to discussing the “‘Advisability of taking up collections for benevolences by means of secretaries of the church organizations.” The lecture room of Hamline Methodist Church has lately been recarpeted and frescoed, as have also the halls of the church, both upstairs and down. The cost Bf these improvements and the more ex- tensive ones of some months ago is to be met by a collection to be taken up Sun- day week, at which it is expected that seventeen hundred dollars will be raised. Rev. M. W. Hamma, D.D., well known here among the Lutheran churches, and who still calls Washington his home, is now engaged in erecting a fine new house of worship for the First Lutheran Church of Altoona, Pa. He took charge of the church about a year ago, when It was in considerable trouble as the result of a split in the congregation, and has sinc> succeeded in rehabilitating the congrega- tion, and will dedicate the new church the first part of June. Dr. Hamma has re- fused to remain at Altoona permanently, and in a short time will return to reside again in this city. The church extension board of the gen- eral synod Lutherans has granted St. Mark's Church in South Washington, Rev. John C. Bowers, pastor, a donation of three hundred dollars. At the corgregational meeting of the Eastern Presbyterian Church the following elders, deacons and trustees were elected: Elders—Messrs. David Aiken, B. T. Welch, sr., E. W. Downs, Robert E. Harvey, Chas. E. McLaughlin, Chas. E. Morgan, J. C. McCullough and Thomas Steward; dea- cons—Messrs. King, Drane, E. Q. Gunson, F. B. Buckingham, D. K. Sargent, William C. Cole, and trustees—Messrs. G. B. Hop- kins, John W. Shedd, August O. Bostrum, Kettler, Center, Blair, R. O. Dupuy, C. K. Berfyman and Jay B. Smith. An appeal was distributed in all the Presbyterian churches lest Sunday asking for aid for the Eastern Presbyterian in its present straits, mention of which was made in The tar several weeks ago. ‘he Mastern Church has errarged a plan and appointed committees to carry it out whereby future emergencies of this character may be averted. The committee in charge of raising the $1,800 needed is succeeding fairly well, but is very likely to have a hard struggle before the entire amouat is secured. Presiding Elder Wilson of Washington district of the Methodist Church held the first quarterly conference of Waugn Church on Monday evening. The reports presented showed that during the past year $6,000 had been raised from all eources and that the church membership has increased until {t is about 700. The Sunday schcol has outgrown the lecture rocm, and a portion of it has been placed in charge of Charles Young in the audi- torlum above, the whole being under the superintendency of Maj. 8S. H. Walker. Rev. Albert M. Hilliker, minister in charge of Epiphany P. E. Chapel, 12th and C streets southwest, left on Monday even- ing for a two weeks’ trip to Warren, Pa., in order to secure rest after the labors of Lent. The services —. peas Seer iphany during the absence of Mr. Hilli- ine ere Yin charge of Rey. Herbert Scott ith. She ladies of Hamline Church gave a “violet tea” Monday evening at the resi- dence of Mrs. Quinter, 946 T street. The decorations of the rooms were in prevail- ing spring tints, and the evening’s enter- tainment censisted of vocal and instru- mental music and refreshments. At the annual meeting of the Lutheran Home for the Aged, which is located at Ivy City, the officers of the board of di- rectors were instructed to obtain plans Rev. Dr. Hamma and Mr. Albert . Box wore requested to look after the interests of the at the annual when completed will be located one each at the four corners of the church. The international convention of the Young Men's Christian Association began on Wednesday at Mobile, Ala, by a ban- quet being given the delegates by the mer- chants of Mobile. The convention con- tinued in session several days, and con- sidering the distance Mobile is from the great centers, there were a large number of delegates present. Fred. E. Tasker, member of the board of directors of. this city’s association, was the sole Washington representative. Mr. Tasker is to tell about the convention at a meeting at the rooms of the local association. The Walther Verein of the German Evangelical Lutheran Trinity Church gave a “birthday” on Thursday evening in its | rooms at the corner of 4th and E streets | The Walther Verien was or- | northwest. ganized several months ago in honor of Dr. Carl Ferdinand Walther, the founder of the Lutheran Synod of Missouri, to which Trinity Church belongs, and its offi- cers are: President, C. Rupprecht; vice president, A. Eberle; secretary, Miss L. Emmermann, and treasurer, C. Reisinger. Rev. Dr. 8. M. Newman of the First Con- gregational Church is to resume his Brow! ing class next Tuesday evening, the se: sions of which have been interrupted for several weeks. The celebration of the silver jubilee of the ordination to the priesthood of Re Ferdinand A. Litz, provincial of the Balti more province of the Order of Redemptor- ists, to which this city belongs, was cele- brated on Wednesday at St. Alphonsus’ Church, Baltimore. A large number of priests were present from all parts of the United States. Father Litz is well known in this city, and though the order has not a station here, yet through its mission band it has done a good deal of work here. A number of the members of the First Methodist Episcopal Church of Woodberry, Baltimore county, Md., came over to this city on Tuesday evening and tendered the pastor of North Capitol Church, Rev. Page Milburn, who was until recently pastor of the Woodberry Church, a surprise party. Prof. E. B. Donaldson, in a neat speech, presented Rev. and Mrs. Milburn with a tea service and silver butter dish, and an appropriate response was made by the pastor. The visitors, who numbered about fifteen, were plentifully supplied with cakes and other delicacies and a very enjoyable evening was spent at the parsonage. The twenty-ninth annual session of the Congregational Association of New Jerse: which includes the churches of that de- nomination in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, the District of Columbia and Virginia, was held this week, beginning Wednesday, at Philadelphia, Rev. Charles H. Richards, pastor. The statistical report of the cor- responding secretary showed that the as- sociation has thirty churches, of which six are in this city, over 10,000 members, and that the First Church of Washington is the largest in the association, having a mem- bership of 992. Among the papers read was one by Rev. Steffhen M. Newman, D. D., of the First Church, on “Strength- ening the Spiritual Life.” Those of the Washington pastors present were Revs. 8. M. Newman, M. Ross Fishburn, Adam Reoch, J. N. Daily, Sterling N. Brown and G. W. Miller. Nearly all returned today in time to preach at their churches tomorrow. Rev. Randolph H. McKim, rector of the Church of the Epiphany, left Washington on Wednesday for a short rest of ten days. During his absence the affairs of the parish are to be conducted by the new first as- sistant, Rev. Louis G. Wood. The Baptist Young People’s Union of the Fifth Baptist Church gave a social recep- tion on Easter Monday evening. The Dis- trict Union of the B. Y. P. U. is arranging for a mass meeting which will probably take place week after next, and at th meeting the principal topic under disc sion will be the coming annual convention of the order, which is to be held at Chatta- rooga. Tenn., having been transferred from Brooklyn, N. Y., the original place of meet- ing. Improvements were completed to St. Merk’s Lutheran Church this week, which will enhance the value of the church edifice about $500. The Luther League of the church have had placed in position over the front entrance a transom of cathedral glass, having for its subject the arms of Martin Luther and of the Luther League. The other improvements consist of a new frent entrance, wainscoting for the vesti- kule, the lecture’ room and other parts of the edifice papered, painted and carpeted, and ihe introduction of water into the building for use’ in two toilet rooms. The home mission board of the general synod Lutherans is to meet in this city Mey 11, Tuesday, at St. Paul’s Church. The local members of the board are: Re Drs. W. E. Parson and M. W. Hamma, and Messrs. Albert F. Fox and I. C. Slater. The annual spring anniversary of the Sunday school of Waugh Church took place last Sunday evening, and was participated in by the Sunday school and church choir. Rev. Thomas Chalmers Easton, D. D., pastor of the Eastern Presbyterian Church, is able to be out again, after having been confined to the house for three weeks threatened with an attack of pneumonia. The Clericus, the organization of Protest- ant Episcopal clergymen of the diocese of Washington, was entertained at luncheon cn Tuesday by Rev. John H. Cornell of Du- pont Circle. At the conclusion of the luncheon a paper was read by Rev. J. Mc- Bride Sterrett of Epiphany Church on “The Rationale of Creed Conformity.” Representaiives of two Lutheran bodies, the general synod and the general council, recently met to complete plans for co-oper- ation in church work. Nothing more is contemplated than a union for church ex- tersion and missionary purposes, each body preserving its identity and its doctrinal differences. Rev. Dr. M. W. Hamma of this city, who is the chairman of the general synod committee, has been made general chairman of the joint committee. The Helping Circle of the King’s Daugh- ters of Waugh Church gave an entertain- ment last Friday week. The president of the circle is Miss Ada Jeffreys. At the union Good Friday service at Me- tropolitan Church it was decided to turn over the collection then taken up to the Indian sufferers. Recent gifts to the Episcopal Chapel of the Good Shepherd are a communion ser- vice, reading desk and altar book. The chapel has only occupied its new quarters for about two months, but has already out- grown them, and a portion of the Sunday school has been placed in a building in the rear. A building fund has been started, but it is probable that other means will lave to be taken to accommodate the grow- ing congregation before a new church is erected. The last meeting of the Young Men’s Club of Assembly Presbyterian Church was held cne evening recently, two of the numbers of the evening's program especially inter- esting being: “The Bennetts in Néwspaper- Gom” and “The Printing of a Modern News- Paper,” the addresses on these subjects be- ing delivered, respectively, by Messrs. Stuart and Rice. Under the auspices of the Epworth League a “Mock Trial” was given yester- day evening at Waugh Church. it was gotten up under the direction of Mr. Harry O. Hine. a To Hunt Wolves With R: ian Dogs. From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Ranchmen near Carbon, Wyo., under the stimulus of the bounty law, ure preparing to capture wolves and coyotes in large num- bers by using Russian wolf hounds and Siberian bloodhounds. An importation of these animals has been made by Ranch- man Quealy and others will follow. The Siberian bloodhound is the only dog that can master a gray wolf alone, and with their assistance it is believed the packs of gray wolves which prey constantly upon the young stock of the country can be thinned out. With the bounty the sport will be profitable. ~ the Central Church of | Ny fs j UNIVERSITY NOTESi a Catholic University. Father Duffy, president of the University | Club, has resigned from that organization and accepted a parish in Haverstraw, N. Y. } The Easter holidays ended Tuesday night“ and classes were resumed fn all the depart- 4 ments Wednesda: Dr. Cummings of Boston was at the uni- versity this week, as the guest of Dr. | Shahan. The library has recently received twelve | Volumes of the Babylonian Talmud from the Rt. Rev. Alfred Curtis; Archasological | Studies Among the Ancient Cities of Mexi- co, by W. A. Cohen, from the Field Colum- bian Museum, an@ a reproduction of the | Codex Vaticanus No. 3773 from ihe Duke | de Loubat. | | McTighe, the pitcher of che university nine, is considered by all who have seen him as little less than a wondcr. In the Lehigh game, in which the team was de- feated by errors in the field? and by the | backstop, he struck out tweniy-three im | With an addition to the backstop depai | ment and a change of positions In the in- field the team would make more work for any of the college nines which they might meet. Howard University. This afternoon at 2 o'clock the ‘varsity nine met the High School team on the unl- versity campus. | The Banjo, Mandolin, Guitar and Glee | Clubs will give a concert at the Metropoli- | tan A. M. E. Church, on Tuesday evening, May 4, under the auspices of the Bethel Literary and Historical Socteiy, for the | benefit of the church. The-clubs will be us- sisted by the Selika Female Quartet, Prof. M. S. Harris of St. Louis, Eustis 1. John- son and Will Cook. Wednesday afternoon @ group photograph was taken of the club. The class in astronomy, in charge of Prof. R. B. Warder, practical lesson on the hea The sections of botany and geology of the Agassiz A: made a trip to | Cabin John charge of Prof. Foster. The discussion of the Theological, Lit- | erary and Debating Society Wednesday | afternoon was on the question, “Resolved, | That the Romans have done more for the advancement of civilization than the Egyp- tians;" G. W. West, affirmative; J. F Washington, negative. The question for the next meeting is, “Resolved, That the theological graduate should go south rather {than north;” J. C. Scarborough, affirma- tive; M. N. Sparks, negative. Prof. Kelly Miller has accepted an invi- tation to go to Texas in July to assist in the organization of the Interstate Colored Teachers’ Assoctation of the South. A Shakespeare meeting was held last last night by the students of the theolog- ical department. N. A. Steuart and F. Payne spoke on Julius Caesar, and J. MH. | Hughes and W. Hoxis on Brutus. Miss Madison, formerly a professor in Fisk University and missionary to Africa and India, addressed the students in the chapel Wednesday. Dr. Rankin led the meeting of the C. BE. Society last Saturday evening, and tunight W. W. Tuckey of the union lookout coin- mittee will be the leader. Georgetown Un) Next Thurs evenirg at Layman’s Hall, Baltimore, the Glee, Banjo, Mandolin and Guitar Club will give a concert, for which an elaborate program is being re- hearsed. Father Richards, rector of the university, has been in Philadelphia the past week at- tending the silver jubilee of Archbishop Ryan. Father Ennis, the vice rector, spent the Easter holidays in Norfolk, and on Easter Sunday preached at the New Church of the Sacred Heart. The Baster recess closed Buesday even- ing and studies were resumed in all de- partments Wednesday morning. The result of the joint debate between the Law Schgol Debating Society and the New York University Law School, on last Monday evening, was the cause of a jubi- lee among the siudents. The record of the law school debaters has been greatly enhanced thereby, and all are looking for- ward eagerly 10 the return debate, which will take plac» the last week in May. The students of the biological depariment will commence field work the coming under the direction of Prof. Sylvester D. Judd. The first excursion will be made to an island above Cabin John, and the students will be required to observe and render an account of all manner of animal and vegetable life that may be found there, and to bring back specimens, which will ‘be microscopically examined in the class room. The relay team, composed of Wefers, Welsh, Lyons and Fox, left yesterday for Philadelphia to take part in the inter- collegiate relay carnival of the University of Pennsylvania today, and will meet Har- vard, Yale and Pennsylvania. Prince went along as a substitute. Columbian University. Last evening at 8 o'clock, in the college chapel, Meyer's portrait of President Whit- man was presented to the university. Mr. M. M. Parker presided. William L. Wilson made the presentation speech, and Rev. Samuel H. Greene the speech of accept- ance. raity. A bust of Mr. Justice Harlan, modeled by Rudolph H. Evars, Jn, of this city, who is only eighteen years of age, has been placed in the pre nt’s reception room. Class I of w josinian Society last night discussed “Resolved, That the Ding- ley bill, in its present form, should be adopted.” Messrs. Hoover and Beatty spoke in the affirmative, and Heilprin and Rogers in the negative. Mr. Hoover edited the Bee for class I and Miss Ross foy @lass II, and the News was edited by Mr, @hase for class I and Mr. Briscoe for class I The schedule of final examinations, which has been posted, calls for the first exami- nation on May 3 and the last on ay This afternoon Dean Charles Monroe of the Corcoran Scientific School, lectured before the scientific societies of Washing- ton in the lecture hall of the National Mu- seum on “Modern Explosives. Rev. Dr. Sterret represented “the unti- versity at the farewell dinner for Ambas- sador John Hay by the Theta Delia Chi fraternity at the Holland House, New York city. Dr. A. M. Soteldo, professor of Spanish, has been appointed translator of the bu- reau of American republics. The relay team, with F. L. Biscoe, cap- tain, is in Philadelphia attending the U. . relay meet. The runners are Biscoe, Phil. Tindall, R. A. W. McKeldin and J. W. Beatty. The team is entered in the mile race with Johns Hopkins, St. John's College and Maryland University, and ex- pects to make a gcod showing. It is prob- able that entries -vill also be made in the 100 and the 220-yard events. On the southern trip of the base ball team only two of the games scheduled were played, one of which was lost. So far this season the team has broken about even, and it is hoped that it will do even better before the season closes. ——_—_ e+ — Teacher—“Where were you yesterday?” Pupil (whimpering)—“It was all Billy Smith’s fault. He hipnertized me an’ made me go fishin’ with him.”—Philadel- phia id. es “Want” ads. in The they bring answers. Star pay because