Evening Star Newspaper, October 16, 1897, Page 13

— THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 3101 Pennsylvania Avenue, Cor. llth St, by The Evening Star Newspaper Company, 8. H. , Pres’t. eee Row York Office, 49 Potter Building. e tc subscribers fo the cig Gafemtiece ons tei oe a ount, at 10 cents Soestee 2 cesta: Scho Say ntl eareine te ore eb. nail -enywher Enited Staten or Canada postage prepaid 60 cents © menth. e bp ra Qeintuple bey mes $1 per year, with rely post led. cura anus: at Washington, D. C.. Part. Che F pening Lo Star. Pages 13-24. (Entered at the Post Offic as second-cla. s mail matter.) ©7 All mail mubseriptions mnst be paid in advance. Rates of advertising made known on application. WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1897—-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. and inaugurated t mense stock was closed o On October 3d we an’ second immense shipmen week was out. DOGDOAD H OOGOHOOOOSOOGHOH OSS OVOOOHHOHG9OD GON: our famous “Jenness : spontaneous was the demand that the im- See06 SSSSSOESES gfinsita ee: More Jemness Miller Shoes, The 3d Shipment Has Arrived! N September 11th we announced the “dawn” of a new era in “foot comfort” for women, he new price of $3.50 for Miller” Shoes. So ut with:n ten days mounced the arrival of the it, and told those who had been waiting that we were again ready with every size, and could fit any foot. So great was the demand that this second stock was broken in sizes before the Todav—-Saturday — we have received our third CROCKENR’S ig Ve immense shipment, and again announce that we can fit any foot in any one of the four handsome styles. The factory has been working day and night on these grand shoes, and yet we are unable to keep pace with We advise all to make their selections as early in the week as possible to avoid any disap- pointnent. There are but two models, the wide com- mon sense for sore and tender feet and the “dress” Both styles are in lace and the demand. style for dress wear. button. Why should you pay $3.50 for ordinary shoes when you can now buy the famous “Jenness Miller” Hygienic Perfect-fitting Shoes for the same money? 939 Pa. Ave. » Shoes Shined Free. SOSSS 0086 OOS OSBSOOSEOCSEES The Four Handsome Styles! $3.50. Sy] Ce) OOOO SGOOS 9099990908 SHOGHG00S 000 OOO0CGOO 4 @) THE UNION MISSION Its Thirteenth Anniversary to Be Celebrated Tomorrow. REVIEW OF THE WORK ACCOMPLISHED Election of Officers and Submission of Reports Monday. THE MISSION BRANCHES ‘The thirte-nth anniversary of the Central Union Mission will be celebrated tomorrow and will be an unusually interesting event | in the history of that organization. The | annual meeting for the election of officers, the hearing of reports and the transaction of other routine business will be held the board room Monday at 7:30 p.m. which time all persons actively identified | with the mission are «xje:tei to be present. | Those in charge are especially anxious | that the afternoon service in the audi- | torium tomorrow shall call together the fullest representation of the mission which it has ever had and that the service shall be made memorable. The Program of Exercises. As finally arranged the program will be: Morning, 11 o'clock, Gunton Temple Me- morial Presbyterian Church, anniversary sermon; tepic, ‘ity Mission Work,” by Rev. E. D. Bailey; the music will be by missi singers, in charge of Mr. G. W. Havell. Afternoon, at the mission rooms, 2 p.m., prayer service in the chapel; 3 p.m., special song and praise service and reunfon of converts, workers, patrons and friends of the mission in the auditorium; 5 p.m., lunch for workers, converts and friends in the band room; 6 p.m, song service on Market s; : 6.30 p.m., precession to First Congregational Church, where the exercises will be conducted by President E. D. Bailey, with Mr. G. W. Havell as musical director. After a song service, consisting of cho- ruses, quartets, duets and solos, there will be Scripture reading and prayer, testi- monies by mission converts, review of the work of the year. The meeting will close with brief addresses by pastors and others. Uniess difficulties arise not now foreseen, it Is proposed to have every branch of the mission, including the men’s band, the wo- men’s band, the women's shelter, the in- dustrial department, the gospel wagon and each subdivision of the work, represented in the afternoon service, in the procession and in the evening service, by a pennant or small banner carried by a representa- tive of each. As far as practicable the converts and workers of each branch will group themselves around their respective pennants. Board of Directors. ‘The mission is managed by a board of ten directors and very few changes occur in the membership from year to year. The members of the board are: E. D. Bailey, chairman; A. L. Swartwout, secretary; J. C. Pratt, treasurer; George W. Wheeler, ©. B. Brown, George W. Havell, W. C. Tyler, Allen Wood, M. C. Pope, Prof. R. B. Warder. Six of these have been mem- bers almost from the first, while two others have been actively identified with the work many years. ‘Since its organization the mission has received and disbursed more than $10,000 im the work of evangelization, and has paid %0,000 for the purchase and improve- ment of its building. The property is es- timated to be worth $90,000, on which there fs still a debt of about $35,000. When it is remembered that most of the money put into the building has been paid during the financial depression of the past few years the result is all the more remark- = Its Chief Work. It is the idea of those who control the affairs of the mission that its chief work is to reach tho ciasses of people who do net ccme under the influence of ordinary chtrch services. The gospel wagon is run with this object in view. It is 2 remarkable fact that while the gospel wagon idea originated with the Cen- tral Union Mission and the model wagon was built here ten years ago, this agency is employed in almost every city of any considerable size, and one organization alone ir. England ts said to have built and equipped seventeen gospel wagons. ‘The gospel wagon work in this city has 8089899 860009 been very successful, and the past year has witnessed quite as notable a success as any year of its history. It is estimated that 2,000 people a: the"service on Market space last Sunday nigat. The branches of the mission, of which there are eight, are managed by workers designated for that especial purpose, who take the lead of the various services. The 4th street branch is under the sunerin- tendency of Mr, E. P. Clayton. One of the most successful worker§ is Miss Alice M. Kimball, who is prominent as an evan- gelistic power and equally so as a gospel singer. There is a Sunday school at this branch, of which Mr. Grant Leet is super- intendent. West End Branch. The Georgetown branch, located on M street near High street, has been in charge of Miss Agnes Inch and Miss Mamie Riley during the past year. They have had the support of some very effi- cient helpers. One ef the branches, known as Gospel Hall, located near the 11th street wharf, is run entirely by the women's band of the mission. One woman has paid the rent and others have borne the other expenses. Mrs. M. E. Carroll, the matron of the mis- sion, has been superintendent during the past year and has maintained a high state of efficiency. Some of the oldest and most reliable converts of the mission work are said to beiong to this branch. Mr. W. H. Ramsey is superintendent of Bruen branch, located near M and Half streets southeast. The mission owns the apel in which this branca is located. e is a flourishing Sunday school con- with it. Messrs. J. W. and E. D. Stevens, both of whom are con- verts of the mission, nave charge of one of the services there, and have brought it up to @ high state of €fficiency. The oid engine house at 9th and K streets southeast serves as a shelter for one of the branches, and Miss Jennie 0. Kimball has made a record there by her noble, seif- sacrificing work in behalf of the poor. A Neglected Section. Some years ago the gospel wagon made several trips to the vicinity of H street and Maryland avenue northeast, which was then regarded as a very neglected portion of the city. Now several churches have taken a firm hold there, but the mission still maintains there what is known as the northeast Workers from the churches help in the work. Judge A. W.C. Nowlin, who was converted at a gospel wagon meeting, has been active in its aid, and is a member of one of the new church- es in that vicinity. The branch has a num- ber of competent assistants, among them Mr. John McCormack and Mr. and Mrs. Reed. One of the mission outposts devoted ex- pressly to the colored people is in Cottage row, between L and M and 18th and 19th streets northwest. Col. G. Martin has su- kerintended the branch for the past six years. He came from Henry Ward Beech- €r’s church in Brooklyn, received an ap- pointment under the government, united with the First Congregational Church and tcok the work in Cottage row under his special care. Another branch devoted al- most exclusively ts colored people is lo- cated at Navy place, in charge of Miss Jennie O. Kimball, and is now in the midst of a revival. Mission Wood Yard. The mission finds its wood yard quite in- dispensable. When unemployed men come begging for help they are given a saw and allowed to work for their living. Hun- dreds avail themselves of the opportunity, and there is believed to be no better chari- ty in the city than the mission wood yard, which is entirely self-supporting. Coupled with the wood yard are the dining room and the dormitories, where cheap meals and cheap lodgings can be obtained. The mission prides itself on the cleanliness and comfort of its beds and the attractiveness of its dining room. Four officers are required to manage the affairs of the mission. Mr. W. C. McMi- chael ts the superintendent; Mrs. W. C. McMichael, office secretary; Mrs. M. E. Carroll, matron, and Miss Nettie Conry, cashier and bookkeeper. Although the mission holds more than fifty religious services a week, yet the work is so systematized that every meeting is provided with a leader, and it is a rare thing to have a service fail for lack of supervision. Home for Inebriates. While the mission has not equipped itself as a home for inebriates, yet it claims to have rendered some good service in this line, and it may yet undertake that most Teedad enterprise—an inebriate’s reforma- tory. During the year quite a number of intelligent men who have fallen victims to the drink habit have been placed under the care of the mission by friends interest- ed in their reformation and have been greatly helped. It is probably not generally known that the mission has been one of the best : chairman, Wachter | agencies in the city for the reclaiming of fallen women. Its methods in this line are simple, its work unostentatious, and its rescues privately accomplished. A mid- night street meeting is held every Satur- day night in the section known as the “Division.” But the best work is in shel- tering temporarily those who seek the road out of sin to purity. The women are not kept at the mission, generally, for any length of time, but are cither sent to their own homes, or places of employment are found for tiem. Two Efficient Bands. Two very serviceable allies in the work of the mission are the men’s band, of which Mr. P. W. Pratt is now president, and the woman’s band, of which Mrs. E. D. Bailey is president. Among the most valued workers zonnected with the wo- man's band are Mrs. M. E. Carroll, Mrs. Craft and her daughter, Miss Hattie Craft; Mrs. H. B. F. McFarland, Mrs. W. C. Mc- Michael, Mrs. Moores, Miss Alice A. Herens, Mrs. Robinson, Mrs. Druse, Mrs. I. Martin, and Miss Agnes Inch, the latter of whom conducts a large meeting of young women. The seven week night meetings are each in charge of a member of the hoard. Mr. 0. B. Brown leads Monday night; Mr. N. A. Robbins, ly retired from the board, Tuesday night; Mr. J. C. Pratt, dnesday night; Mr. Allen Wood, Thurs- day night; Mrs. A. L. Swartwout, Friday night; Mr. Geo. Wheeler, Saturday night. and Mes E. D. Bailey and Geo. W. Havell, y night. A committee of women, of which Mrs. E. D. Bailey is have charge of the Sunday af- ternoon meetings. Ther2 are about fifty inmates and em- ployes of the mission, and morning wor- ship is held in the office at 9:30 every morn- ing for the benefit especially of the em- ploxes: Noon meetings are also held every lay. The Reading Room. A reading room is kept supplied with magazines papers and other wholesome reading matter, and any well-behaved per- son can spend a quiet hour resting and reading. All of the arrangements are made with a view to rainistering to the necessi- ties of those who need help and encourage- ment. Some very interesting incidents of timely help have occurred during the past year. Young men and women from other cities have found themselves penniless and friendless, and the mission has befriended them. —_.___ The Portland Vase. ‘To the Editor of The Evening Star: The discussion which has been going on in the New York papers with regard to the Portland Vase has brought to light no end of possessers of “replicas,” sic. Having the catalogue of the Portland Museum be- fore me, it may be interesting to your read- ers to know the full history, and partic- ularly the truth despofled of all myth, in regard to this vase. The title page run “Catalogue of the museum lately the prop- erty of the Duchess Dowager of Portland, deceased, sold by Skinner & Co., 24 April, 1786, and thirty-seven following days, at her late dwelling place in Privy Gardens, Whitehall, by order of the acting execu- trix. On view ten days preceding sale. Catalogues, 5 shillings each, will admit bearer at exhibition and sale.” The Portland vase was number 4156, and lest; it was not sold, but was re: erved, at a high price, and “knocked down” at 3,029 guineas, to be afterward deposited in ‘the British Museum hy the Duke of Portland, where it remains. It was described in the catalogue as “the most celebrated cntique vase, which contained the ashes of the Emperor Alexander Severus and his moth- er, Julia Mamaea, dug up by order of Pope Barberini Urben VIII, between the years 1€23 and 1624; 9% inches high and 21% in circumference.” Some fifty years ago it was smashed by a man who was a lunatic. It was then found to be made of glass, the greund of dark blue, and with an outer layer of opaque white, in which were cut like camecs several figures, representing the meeting of Peleus and Thetis in pres- ence of Poseidon and Eros, and on the bot- tom of the vase, which is detached, is a eae ny i portant to add that th It Is oni im) Oo at ie gen- eral public does not differentiate three very important expressions used in artistic de- scriptions. A “raplica” must be absolutely created by the same master hand, might replica Retrgtipd iy and last is the “tmitation,” unsa’ , commonly done, ‘not by artists, but Sy értioans, or worse, and mostly veed to decoy those who Ss hoes he cise ae said to be owned coun! = cipally Wedgewood (opaque) represen, are therefore copics or 0 They and | censequently worth only as much as sim- ilar articles of the same manufacture would be. The fact thxXt it is the ‘“Port- jand vas would add absolutely nothing to it. Replicas of the Portland vase do not exist. V. G. FISCHER. —————___ The Story of a Sum Dial. From the Philadelphia Times, In the first part of the last century an Irish emigrant named Porter settled near Philadelphia. Among his sons was one named Andrew, whom he tried to make into a farmer and then, Ike his brothers, into a carpenter. But Andrew would have nothing to do with the plow or the plane. He hid in corners poring over some mathe- matical books that had come into his pos- session. One day he found the design of a sun- dial in one of them, and resolved to make one. He walked eight miles to a soapstone quarry, found a slab and carried it home on his back. Full of zeal he went to his brothers’ shop, and used their saws and chisels in his work. When they came home in the evening the dial was finished, An- drew was triumphant, but every tool in the shop was nearly or quite ruined. They drove him into the street in a fury of anger and contempt. His father, now convinced that he was an idle good-for-nothing,,. who would never fully earn his bread, bade him go and fit himself for school teaching, which he called the “lazy man’s work.” Andrew gave himself to hard study for the summer, and then went to the astrono- mer, David Rittenhouse, and asked him to lend him a book on confe sections. “How long have you studied mathemat- ics?" demanded the great man. “Three months.” “And what do you know of conic sec- tions?” Rittenhouse rejoined, with wither- ing contempt. But after asking the boy a few questions he not only lent him the book, but advised him not to waste his time in the country, but go to Philadelphia and open a mathe- matical school. This poor farm boy was afterward Gen- eral Andrew Porter, an officer in the war of the revolution and an authority on poecnenra tical science in the young repub- ics There are plenty of farm boys now who dislike farm work. It wouldn't be wise to infer that because of this indolent disposi- tion they are Andrew Porters in embryo, An easy basis for judgment is to note the use they make of their idle time. Do they give it to conic sections or to base ball? The Last Queue. From Pearson's Weekly, ‘The story is told thit-there has recently died in the East End @ Rondon an old gen- tleman (a centenariag) Who is locally re- ported io be the last 'perzon in England to wear that eurlous lon of headdress oom- mon in George III’s-time, a “pigtail.” With his queer littg queue of white hair, nattily tied behiné) knot of blue rib- bon, his corded knee Breeches and low buckle shoes, a large flowered waistcoat down to his hips, and’ plum-colored open coat that showed the big frilled shirt and tight stock, the old man was a picturesque feature amid squalid surroundings. He had been considered quite a dandy in his youth. He was very vain of his tail, and often prided himself, in*his weak, qua- vering voice, of being “the only gentieman left that was dressed as a real gentleman should be.” His sole regret was that he was obliged to have his hair braided by others, when his own hands grew too feeble to perform the duty; but to the very last he always chose his own particular timt of hair rib- bon, a certain “correct” shatle of dark in- digo blue. g —_+es—__+_ Cut His Corn dt Night. From the New York Times. Washirgton Sands of Robeson, Berks county, Pa., was the most surprised farmer gE ure ee! REAL ESTATE GOSSIP A Sale of Business: Property and Its Significance. SOME LIGHT ON CORRENT VALUES What is Being Done in Renting and Selling Houses. SOME NEW BUILDINGS aes A sale, which was of more than passing interest, and which was closed during the week, as announced in The Star, was that of the property, 516 9th street. The sale was made by Redford W. Walker & Son in connection with J. B. Wimer, real estate brokers, for S. W. Woodward to Frederick A. Schmidt. As already stated in The Star, the consideration named in the deed was $30,000, and as the property has a frontage of 19 feet 4 inches on 9th street, and a depth of 107 feet, the price was about $15 per square foot. .In this connection it 1s interesting to know that as part of the consideration was another piece of property, so that in this respect the transaction was in part a trade, yet it 1s stated that the actual price at which this property figured in the deal was about what the property sold for some six or seven years ago. As is well known when a trade is made in real estate, which is the term used in refererice to an exchange of property, even where there is money paid as part of the consideration, the prices named for the Properties are generally higher than the prevalling market prices, and for that rea- son such transactions are not regarded as having any importance in determining what is the prevailing market rates. Effect on Values. But in the case above mentioned due al- lowance being made for the trade consider- ation, it is stated that the actual value at which this property figured showed an ap- Preclation over that which was obtained for the property at a time when the mar- ket for real estate was rather bugyant. This deal is, therefore, looked upon as only another indication that in spite of the stress of the financial depression of the past few years real estate values in this city show no falling off, but, on the con- trary, rather an advance. There is another feature of this transac- tion which is of importance, and that ts Mr. Schmidt bought the property not for speculative purposes, but to secure a de- sirable site where he could erect a build- ing for his own business. He has been carrying on_ business on the same block, but nearer E street, and he is now having Plans prepared for the erection of a fine structure, which will be especially adapted for his use. The upper portion of the build- ing will also be fitted up for business pur- poses. “The Demand for Houses. People who are returning to their homes after a summer outing, or who have re- turned, are occupied in looking for suitable houses where they can establish their households for the winter. Some of the real estate dealers report that the people who want houses to rent or to buy are not as numerous as they would like them to be, while others state that if their list of houses was larger they would be able to meet more fully the demands made upon them. However that may be there is no doubt that the number of vacant houses Im the city is growing less each day, and while that is a usual feature of the real estate market at this season of the year still it is one that is of ever fresh interest each recurring autumn season. It is a little early yet for dealers to look for any great demand for large furnished houses, but it is expected that as the time is drawing near when houses of this class are needed there will be no lack of tenants. The Cabinet Houses. With one exception all the members of the cabinet are now located for the winter. Secretary Bliss, who had decided on the Wheeler house, at the southwest corner of 1¢th and K streets, as his home for the winter, finds that there is some misun- derstanding about the lease, and so he will seek another home. The Secretary of the Navy, Mr. Long, is occupying a flat at the Portland, where he expects to re- main for the present at least. The Sec- retary of State, Mr. Sherman, of course, has had his own home here for a great many years, and is occupying his hand- some residence on K street between 13th and 14th. The Secretary of the Treasury Mr. Gage, expects to be at kome at 1715 Massachusetts avenue, while the Postmas- ter General, Mr. Gary, is occupying the Sawyer mansion at the corner of Connect- icut avenue and R street. A block north, at the corner of Connecticut avenue and S street. will be the home of Secretary Wil- son, an attractive double residence of light Stcne. Secretary Alger 1s comfortably es- tablished in the residence at the northwest corner of 15th and K streets, owned by the widow of Gen. Hazen, while the Attorney General, Mr. McKenna, is in a cozy house, 2127 California avenue, one of the choice resident sites on Washingion Heights. Congressional Home-Seekers. As has been frequently stated in The Star, the attractiveness of Washington as a Place of residence is recognized by mem- bers both of the Senate and the House in a very substantial fashion, as indicated by the custom which is becoming more prevalent each year of investing !n permanent homes in this city. Some years ago it was un- usual for a member of the House to own his own home in this city. But with the members of the upper body of the national legisiature such a thing was not so un- common. and was no doubt due to the longer term of office. Now. however, while there has been no change in this particular, still it is found that a very large number of the members of the House, even if they do not buy houses here, rent homes for the season and bring their families here. A goodly number of the senators own their own homes here. Senator Foraker, of course, ing senators, as his house is being erect- ed, he having purchased a handsome built, he having purchased a handsome building site at the northwest corner of 16th and P streets. Another new senator, Senator Fairbanks of Indiana, has a long lease on the residence at the corner of 18th and Massachusetts avenue, which was formerly the home of Chief Justice Fuller, and no doubt before the close of the season others of the recent members of the Senate will have perfected thir arrangements for establishing their homes in this city. Handsome Houses. Two handsome houses are to be erected by James T. Gibbs on 13th street extended between Lydecker avenue and Lamar place, from plans prepared by B. Frank Meyers, architect. The houses will be three stories in height, and the fronts will be constructed of pressed brick and brown stone. Quartered 9ak will be employed in trimming the first floor. The feature of the arrangement of the interior will be central halls, and all the appointments -vill be those of first-class residences. The builder is W. L. Turner. Mr. Turner has just completed three houses at the corner of 22d and M streets northwest for Mrs. S. H. Wilmont. The architect is B. Frank Meyers. The houses are three stories in height, and the frorts are of pressed brick with stone trimmings. ‘Thomas Nelson Page’s Home. The simplicity of the exterior of Thomas Nelson Page's new home, at the north- west corner of New Hampshire avenue and R street, is in contrast to its inner magnificence. It was designed by McKim, Mead & White, architects, of Boston and New York, and their plans were faithfully carried out by Richardson & Burgess, con- tractors, of this city. The colonial style has been closely followed. It is a massive structure, four stories and attic in height, and has a frontage of G4 feet on R street and extends at an angle around the corner of New Hampshire avenue for a distance of 52 feet. Rough, hand-made brick, laid in white mortar, compose the exposures on the thoroughfares named. A broad porch, carried on plain pillars, marks the en- trance, while a balustrade across the roof above the cornice conceals the old-fash- joned dormer windows. On the avenue side @ recessed porch extends through the sec- ond and third stories, and is reached by long French windows In .he basement, which is slightly below the street level, are located the steam heat- ing plant, hot water boilers, hydraulic pas- senger elevator machinery, wine room, elec- tric switch boards, refrigerator and coal vaults. The kitchen is equipped with the latest approved culinary utensils, and has a terrazo floor and tiled walls. The first floor contains a wide entrance hall, that ushers one to the broad flight of stairs, of -asy rise, that lead through the center of the house. The dining room, of good proportions, and the billiard room, with lavatories, cloak closets and the but- ler’s pantry, are on this floor. The second story is really the principal floor, and here is the magnificent parlor, whose’ walls are hung with flowered silk of a delicate green tint. The library, adjoining, is trimmed in cedar, which is also used for the book shelves, and there is a rich mantel, with huge fireplace of brick. The panels above the book shelves are of dark green velvet. Thts apartment extends across almost the Advertising is not an expense. It is a business investment. If you want to invest your money, profitably you will therefore put your advertisements in such a paper as The Evening Star, that is read regularly and thoroughly, by everybody worth reaching. The Star is the recognized household and family journal of the National Capital, and has no rival as an advertising med- ium. entire front of the building, and from the balcony of the entrance porch a delightful view of the surroundings is afforded. The library is to be illuminated by a number of eiectric globes held in quaintly wrought iron sconces. The general scheme of paint- irg in all the other rooms is a lusteriess ivory white. Mrs. Page's apartments, con- sisting of sleeping chamber, dr ‘ing room, bath and reception parlor, are on the next floor, as are the rooms of Miss Page. Al of these are handsomely hung in imported papers of varied shades and designs. Mr. Page's den is all that the name sig- nifies. A novelty in the decoration Is the facing around the open hearth. Under the mantel, where tiles are generally used, are the electrotype plates from which were printed Mr. Page's “A Tale of Old Vir- ginia,” a story that contributed to the au- thor's fame and fortune. The servants’ quarters are on the upper floor, Each suite of chambers is provided With its own bath room. No small detail has apparently been overlooked in the con- struction of the building, and a burglar proof safe for the protection of the plate is a part of the house. Some New Bui =". Louisa O. Tompkins will erect two dwell ings at 1519 and North Capitol from plans prepared by A. B. Morgan, architect. They are to be two stories in height, with fronts of brick and stone. The brick office and frame sheds at H street and Maryland avenue, which were recently destroyed by fire, wili be rebuilt by C. B. Church. A iframe dwelling is to be erected on Hart- ferd street, Brookland, for H. C. Hoffer, from plans prepared by H. T. Hackett, architect. The house is to be two stories in height, with celiar and attic, and w: have bay windows and porches. H. A. Campbell, architect, has pre plans for a residence for his own be erected on 13th street between Lydeckor avenue and Lamar piace. The front is ta be of brown stons and Pompeilan brick, and the heuse will be three stories in heiznt, IS by 6 feet, with a porch having a tile roof supported on columns. There will be a square bay-window projection, terminating at the third story. Oak, chestnut and pine are to be used in the finish of the rooms. Two brick houses are to be © don 12th street between H and I streets north- west by George P. Newton. They will be two stories in height and 18 by 51 feet Four houses are to be erected at 31st and Q streets for George S. Cooper. They are to be IS by 41 feet, and the fronts will be of pressed brick. Rosalia Maaley will build two brick houses at 637 and 639 1ith stree: northwest They are tc have pressed brick fronts. A brick dwelling Is to be erected at 4 feet. Plans for a rectery building for Rock Creek Church parish are being prepared by Appleton P. Clark, jr. The style of archi- tecture is to be colonial, and the dimen- sions of the house will be 40 by 42 fe A three-story brick house Is to he erected at 2616 University place by W. T. Johnson The dimensions will be 20 by “30 feet. and the front will be const brick. A store and dwelling is to be erected for J. E. Lacey by L. H. Carter & Sons, build- ers. The front will be built of pressed brick and the house will be three stories in height and 23 by 30 feet. Two stores on M street between Bist and 32d streets, belonging to Mrs. Shoemaker, are to be remodeled in accordance with plans prepared by Appleton P. Clark, jr. The dwellings at 814 and 816 14th strect are to be remodeled into an anartment house, according to plans prepared by Jas. ted of Roman G. Hill, architect. The remodeled buildings will contain six apartments. C. H. Gladden, architect, has prepared pla for five tw: erected on North 3d and 4th streets. story dwellings to be Carolina avenue between Eee rd Apple Cores for Champagne. From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. The practice of the economies in the fruit-raising sections of the west has de- veloped a new article of export. Until ne- cently the orchard owners aad the evapora tor managers did not think of utilizing the ccres and the parings of appl casionally sold them to allcwed them to acet great heaps, which slow! decayed. Tnis year, parings and the cores They are spread out in the dried, after which th : sacks and held for buyers, who them up and send away in ‘car destination of the -Iried parings in these large quancities no secret that the fuse of the the Missouri valley and the Ozark is now largely employed in the manufac- ture of champagae »y the th y wine- makers of the vin2clad slopes of France. If you want anything, try an ad. in The Star. If anybody has what you wish, you will get an answer. ers’ combine” man or woman an: Jewelry on such e: $10 worth, $1.00 down, -$15 worth, $1.50 down, A ou don’t have to strain your eyes to see the “ asy weekly ing. As to our reliability, in the south, and rated as the third ington jewelers pay more at whole: take our word for it. Investigate for a store, so run around and get a few prices. After your own comparisons. We will stand or fal will be so marked that it will be apparent at Having just received our third im now ready for the holiday business. will almost have it paid for basis—the faith of one man in another. That we have fai willingness to sell you anything you may wish upon Following Exceptionally Liberal Terms: $50 worth, $5.00 down, $1.00 weekly. $75 worth, $7.50 down, $1.50 weekly. $100 worth, $10.00 down, $2.00 weekly. Goods delivered on first payment. All transactions STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL. guarantee accompanies every article sold that if not satisfactory money will be cheerfully refunded. Castelberg’s Nat’l Je $25 worth, $2.50 down, 75c weekly. of the a glance. by Christmas. Life’s biggest the 50c weekly. 75c weekly. TOTAL ECLIPSE CASH-JEWELERS’ COMBINE. total eclipse” of the “Cash Jewel- by the powerful rays of our liberal credit system of selling any honest thing they may want in the way of Diamonds, Watches and or monthly payments that they will never feel the pay- purchasing powers and facilities, we point with pride to the half century’s career of our Baltimore House, now doing the largest Diamond business largest Diamond importers in America. Some Wash- sale than we charge you at retail. You do not have to yourself. You don’t have to buy every time you enter you are “loaded” drop in here and make ll on your judgment. The difference in the price portation of Diamonds and Precious Stones, we are Treat yourself to a Christmas gift NOW, and : transactions are all on a credit ith in you is demonstrated by our welry Co., 1103 Pa. Ave.--Next Star. Office. _ Balto. Store, 108 N. Eutaw St. Established 1846. you