Evening Star Newspaper, October 23, 1897, Page 13

THE EVENING STAR. ge ey PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT TEE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennsylvania Avenue, Cor. ith 8t, by ed ane borg re New York Office, 49 Potter Building. ‘The Evening Star fs served to subscribers to the city by carriers, on their own account, at 10 cents per week, o- 44 certs per month. es at the counter 2 cents each. By mafl—anywhere in the Ucited States or Canada—postage prepald—50 cents ver meath, Saturday Qrintuple Sheet Star, $1 per year, with foreign postage added, $3.00. (Entered at the Fost Othee at Washington, D. C., 8s second-cla. 3 mail 3 > All mat! subscriptions must be paid in advane: Ra of advertising made known on applicatit A 3 strongest magnet in business. Look at our qualities—I facilities for giving you artis is made. you will of necessity buy HER figure to your best advantage. m Curtains. 50 inches wide ds long, in new patterns—$1.45 inches wide eve $1.6 dexl of value for so little money. 54 inches wide . in Breosselslike pat- dinished with whipped is no tape to ravel of— pair. Raffed Swiss Cur inches wide and regular length pair. 50-inch Tinsel Tapestry. in oriental ripes; mukes excellent pillow covers— a yard. Tamboured Muslin, 28 je that sells regularly at 15¢ 4 yard, 28-inch Tamtoured Muslin—1Se. kind for a yard, 28-inch Tamboured Muslin—the 25e. kind for ISe. yard. Orfental Conch Covers, double-sided and fringed all around y to $10 Japanes two and and Oa pair a Stripe nd bottom a paar. Neogeedeege y Table man wool in new colors and us, for only $3.50. rete % Table Covers. sorte many patter b lar; is a popular Drapery ering both sides be seen in several It is 50 inches New 5¢-inc Brocatelles—$2.75 a yard. New Silkolines, fast colors and 36 inches tablished be 1840 25. POEL MA LM eS Part2., Che ay ein Sta Pages 13-24, ° If you want an estimate on some bit of home decoration —let us know—vwe wiil send a competent man to suggest, and This department has another Virtue you can appreciate—it is never too busy to be prompt. We simply guarantee you satisfaction. WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1897-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES Novelties in Upholsterings-- PE rt 1s natural to be attracted by quality. He who considers worth first— and price afterwards—gets the real bargain. When we opened our Upholstery Department, a few sea- sons ago, it was to excel. We knew that there was room for such a stock as we intended to carry. And we judged right. k at our variety—look at our tic service—artistic advice. We don't buy job lots—if we did we could not show such choice novelties. And if there is anything you want fresh and new it is your drapery and upholstery. you in touch with the latest that is made—with the best that Tf you buy where you can buy the best cheapest AT-- RRY’S Quality is the Our assortment puts iE New Japanese Crepes, different colors and patterns from any’ that have been shown before—12'%4c. a yard. Cotton Ball Eqzing, in colors that are a perfect, match for all’ the shades of the ew fall Cotton Drapery stuffs—3c. a yard. velties in Fish Nets, that we will cut hs for either long or sash curtains to See. a yard. Saxo 31 inc Sash Lace, with whipped edges, 6 Wide—Be. a yard. Pee eas Novelty Nets, with lace edges and in- sertion, for sash curtains—25e. a yard. Curtain Muslins, in fresh patterns—both 36 and 50-inch—12tge. to 371gc. a yard. Seesoesessonondoasweseeseatonorcontenanesnetontncoraoreoandaor ton coeoteoraotiotinl on pg leoloptiolaliololtleylotolplotigty Opaque Window Shades, mounted on strong rollers, with all the fixtures, ready to br ‘The Shades are 8 fect wide ize, you see, to fit the ordinary window que Window Shades, with lace edge. mounted “on strong rollers, 3x6 c. eaeh. Seegeed Opaque Window inch ades, mounted on 1- rs; all the required each. erishorn 4 7 feet Scotch Holland and des, in all the new inspection. Pick t one of our men nt cost miuch— uch as you think from the We are offering. Japanese is Drapery Silks, in all @ yard. 31-inch China Drapery Silks, in the fresh- est from the land of the Dragou—50c. a yard. Figured Plush, for sorts cushion tops and inches wide— e is a drapery, und makes a able ard in’ attractive pat- a yard. goed one terns—$1 stries at the old width, 50 a yard. plor Cotton Derbys, 50 inches wide . a yard. French Cretonnes, in patterns for dra- peries and others ‘for coveri double- faced and fast colors—3¥e POPP, OMAN AANA IG CONs 36-4 Cretonnes, in all new designs— Ibe. a d. 36-inch Det 15¢ ims—they are all new, too— and 25e. a yard. New Faney Art Tickings, true colors, S34 inches wide—25e. # yard. Double-head Knotted Fringes, for rugs, in all colors: ewsy to mateh any shade you may desiree. a yard. se foot Curtain Poles, to match any color wal, complete with’ all the trhumings ssury to put them up—25e. each. ttinzham Bed Sets, full size—$1 to t White Irish Point Bed Sets, in some new Patterns—$S to $20 a set. Novelty Bed Sets, full size—$6 to $18. PERRY’S, “NINTH AND THE AVENUE. LINCOLN AT SCHOOL. The Petty Was Subjected. From the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. Austin Gollaher, the only living childhood companion of President Lincoln, is slowly Annoyances to Which at but surely dying at his home near Hodgen- ville, Ky. “Uncle Austin,” as he is famtl- iarly known, has reached the ripe old age of » years, and until very recently has been in the t Mr. Gollaher of the marty He says: “I am the only licing boyhood playmate of President Lincoln. I was twelve years eld and Abe was nine when the Lincalns moved here, end Abe and I started to school together up there on the hill. “Abe always remained at the head of his : and I never knew him to be turned His studious habits made him a fa- vorlte with the teacher, which caused a great deal of jealousy among his classmates d not being generally liked . it made him very unpopular. At the boys older than himself would alize the poor boy neariy out of his but he would alw walk away i leave them alone—not because he was ‘aid of them, but for the fact that he ished to avoid trouble. They would tease him about his ragged clothes and snatch hold of them and tear them, and then run away, leaving Abe alone to patch up his torn clothes the best he could. They would stand back and call him hard names—they didn’t dare to come in his reach. After school hours I would often find Abe in a fence corner, crying as if his heart would break at the mean remarks. He would never hint to his mother that his clothes were being made fun of, knowing that it would hurt her. “But finally a climax was reached and Abe was made the hero of the day. It happened in this way: One evening dur- ing recess the boys were teasing Abe more than usual, when one of them who was much larger than he walked up to him and pushed him backward into a mud puddle, and all the boys began to yell. This was more than Abe could stand, and walking over to where the youngster stood, he administered a severe thrashing to him, and not one of his comrades dared to inter- fere in his behalf. Abe's temper was up now, and going over to the other boys, he dared any one to speak, and you can just bet that they kept silent. “In the summer time Abe would work hard through the day and at night would heap brush upon a log and start a fire, making a light by which he would study, St of health and spirits. ves some charming tales President's schoolboy days and he would often sit up till midnight solving problems in his book. “I frequently heard frorn Abe after he left La Rue county, but for several years previous to his nomination for President our intercourse ceased entirely, When I heard that he had been nominated my heart bounded with joy, and it did me good to vote for him. 'When the news reached me that Abe had been elected, I tell you I was proud to thing that I had played with the President of the United States. I started to write to Abe, but thought that maybe he thought he was too for me, so I didn’t write. But a few after he was elected I received a er from him. “He wrote of those happy days we spent together when we were boys, and closed by inviting me to make him a visit at the White House. I didn’t go, but you can just bet that I felt proud.’ I have many times since regretted that lost opportunity.” let Monotony of Industrial Life. Bishop Potter in North American Review. There is no one who will not own the en- ormous strain that comes from the pres- sure of an unremitting monotony. It is to such a monotony that our modern indus- trial Hfe increasingly tend: effects, first upon the ner men and women, and then upon their rea- scning and imaginative powers, that the present unrest of the industrial classes is largely to be traced. It would seem as if it were the part of reason and of common humanity to recognize such facts, and to own the appeal which they make to those of us who have it in our power in any way to ameliorate those untoward conditions. The first obstacle to be faced is a profound and widespread indifference, based, I be- lieve, upon a large ignorance of the facts, and a very superficial judgment as to any efforts that may have been made to modify them; and the other, of which I would that I had the space to speak now, is that in- creased distance and ever-enlarging ignor- ance which, today and in this land, divide from each other those who are differentiy cireumstanced. We are eating the fruits of an irresponsible prosperity, which has grown rich and luxury loving with a fine indifference, too often, to the processes by which cur wealth has been gained. What it has cost, what it is costing others, has at the best very little concerned us. But a day of reckoning will come, and the awakening of the privileged classes to con- ditions in the life of working people which they ought long ago to have ed ™may easily be a very painful and costly one. Surely, a wiser and a nobler way will be to seek first to recognize and to own the conditions in our present industrial life that need bettering, and then to touch them with a wise and generous and fra- ternal hand. Theme for the Next Annual Christian Endeavor Convention. A SERIES OF INTERESTING SERVICES The Evangelistic Meetings Will Be a Feature This Year. WILLLAST THREEDAYS —————— nd The evangelistic meetings as a feature of District Christian Endeavor conventions is a new thing this year. The board of di- rectors hope by means of these services to bring to the attention of Endeavorers the methods and needs of such work. Of Maj. Hilton, who will address these Meetings, the Union Signal says: ‘Maj. Hilton appeals to the reason and common- sense rather than to the"emotions. The sensational is conspicuously absent from his meetings, while his own intense con- victions and clear conception of spiritual truth, united with magnetic personality, invest him with an eloquence and_power which is truly wonderful. Both as an evangelist and lecturer he never fails to leave a lasting impression for good.” A cordial invitation is extended, espe- cially to the noon meeting, to all, but par- ticularly to business men and clerks. Grant Lect. It is expected that the special choir of seventy-five voices will add greatly to the interest of the meetings. It is being care- fully trained in the singing of both anthems and the Christian Endeavor hymns. Officers for the Year. The work of the Christian Endeavor Union for the year 1897-98 is already well under way. The board of officers was se- lected in June, and took office the 1st of September. The president of the union, Mr. Grant Leet, is well known to En- deavorers as chairman of the printing com- mittee for the late international convention held in this city in July of last year. Mr. Leet is a member of the Gunton Temple Memorial Presbyterian Church, is superin- tendent of the Sunday school of the 14th street branch of the Central Union Mission, and has been active in the Endeavor So- ciety of his own church for many years, serving at one time as its president. He brings to his new position, besides his ex- perience in Endeavor work, considerable energy and business ability. Mr. W. W. Millan, the first vice presiden: ras been connected with Christian Ende: vor work since 1803. He is a member of Mt. Vernon M. E. Church, is chairman of its board of stewards, teacher of normal clafs ai.d superintendent of the home de- partment in the Sunday school, secretary of Sunday school convention Baltimore Conference M_ E. Church South, and one of the most active members of the Endeav- or Society in his church. Mr. Edgar E. Ricks, the second vice presi- dert, is a member of the Nineteenth Street Baptist Church. Mr. Ricks organized the first Society of Christian Endeavor among the colored Baptists of the city in 1592. He was at one time president of his society, and is at present an active worker in the Sunday School and delegate to the Anti- Saloon League from his society. The third vice president, Miss Edith L. Compton, became a Christian Endeavorer in 1890 and is a member of the Central Metho- dist Protestant Church. She is a member of the good literature committee of the union, and 1s secretary of the Woman's Foreign Missiorary Society and also of the King’s Daughters Society of her own church. Earnest and Faithfal. The secretary, Mr. Paul E. Sleman, served the union during the past year as assistant secretary and brings to his work this year much experience on this account. He is a member of the Mt. Pleasant Con- gregatioral Church, and is librarian of its Sunday school. He was a member of the press committee for the international Christian Endeavor convention, served as advertising manager for two years of the District of Columbla Christian Endeavorer, and is a wide awake hustler, with marked social and executive ability ‘The corresponding secretary of the union is Miss Anna J. Bell of Calvary Baptist Church. Miss Bell is perhaps one of the best known Endeavorers in the city, hav- ing been actively associated in Endeavor work in her own society and in union work since 1801. She has served as secretary of the Bible Club in connection with Calvary Sunday school, with the exception of one year, since the organization of the club in 18M1. She is the teacher of a large class of young ladies in Calvary Sunday school, and is actively engaged in the work of various other organizations in the church. She has served as corresponding secretary of the union, and byewvirtue of that office as chairman of the correspondence com- mittee, for the past year. ‘The treasurer of the union is Mr. George R. Linkins ef St. Paul’s English Lutheran Church. Mr. Linkins has been identified with Endeavor work for many years, and is well known as a very energetic and capa- ble worker. He is prominently connected with the Christian Endeavor. Union of the Lutheran societies. ‘Yhe Christian Endeavorers of the. District will hold their sixth annual convention Thursday, Friday and Saturday, October 28, 29 and 30. The officers of the union an- nounce that it will be a “missionary” con- vention, with the central theme, “Our Stewardship.” On Thursday evening it is expected that the prayer meetings in many of the churches will have special reference to the work of the Christian Endeavor so- cleties and to the convention. Prayer will te requested for the church membership, that each one upon the rolls of the churches of the city may live consistently, give sys- tematically and take an active part in tne evangelization of Washington. Bright and early Friday morning, at 7 o'clock, there will be a prayer meeting at the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church, to be led by ene of the ex-presidents of the union, Mr. Miles M. Shand. Ten min- utes will be allowed for Scripture recita- tion by the audience, and all are expected. to bring a text bearing upon the topic of the meeting, ‘Our Stewardship.” Friday afternoon, at 4 o'clock, there will be nine committee conferences, all to be held in New York Avenue Presbyterian Church. All committees are to assemble in the auditorium for devotional services for fifteen minutes, and then adjournment will be had for the sevarate meetings. The conference of the prayer meeting commit- tees will be led hy Mr. W. B. Robison; look- out committees, Mr. George W. Stose; mis- Chicago sionary committees, Mrs. Edward Warren social and calling committees, Miss Estelle Foster; music committees, Mrs. Frank Byram; Sunday school committees, Mr. W. J. Bowman; good citizenship committees, Mr. F. M. Bradley; good literature commit- tees, Miss Bertha A. Simonds; flower and relief committees, Miss Florence Ball. Opening Mass Meeting. Friday evening the opening mass meet- ing of the convention will be held at New York Avenue Presbyterian Church. Presi- dent Grant Leet will preside, and the song service at the beginning of the meeting will be led by a choir of seventy-five voices, specially trained for this occasion, and di- rected by Mr. Page L. Zimmerman, chair- man of the music committee of the union. The devotional exercises will be conducted by Rev. George N. Luccock, D. D., after which an address of welcome will be de- livered on behalf of the New York Avenuc Presbyterian Church. This will be followed by an open parliament on the “Tenth Legion.” The Tenth Legion is a league of Christian Endeavorers and others pledged to give at least one-tenth of their income annually to religious enterprises. After the parliament an address upon “Systematic and Proportionate Giving” will be delivered by Rev. George B. Stewart, D. D., of Har- risburg, Pa. Saturday morning there will be held a city evangelization conference in the First Congregational Church, at which President Grant Leet will preside, and addresses will be delivered by Maj. George A. Hilton, evangelist, and Rev. E. D. Bailey of the Central Union Mission of this city. A spe- cial invitation to this meeting is extended to pastors of churches, members of Ep- worth League, Brotherhoods of Andrew and Philip, Brotherhoods of St. Andrew and Salvation Army, W. C. T. U., Central Union Misston workers and all kindred as- sociations. At noon on Saturday if the weather is favorable, an outdoor evangelistic service will be held in Market Space, otherwise in the auditorium of the Central Union Mission, conducted by Rev. D. W. Skellen- ger, who will be supported by Christian En- deavorers and Central Union Mission work- ers upon the Gospel wagon. An address will be made by Maj. Hilton, and inyitation cards, tracts, etc., will be distributed. Sat- urday afternoon, at 2:30 o'clock, the Junior Christian Endeavorers will hold their an- nual rally in the auditorium of the First Cengregational Church. Rev. C. H. Butler, president of the Junior Union of the Dis- trict, will preside, and an address will be delivered by Miss Laura Wade Rice of Bal- timore. Committee work will be illustrated by a junior for each committee, appropri- ately dressed to represent the work. Spe- cial exercises by some of the juniors will complete the program. At 4 o'clock a conference of the officers of the various societies will be held at the First Congregational Church, conducted by Mr. W. W. Millan, first vice president of the union. The Closing Service. Saturday evening the elosing meeting of the convention will be held in the First Congregational Church. A social hour will be followed by opening devotional exer- cises and an address by Miss Ella D. Mc- Laurin of Boston, one of the representa- tives of the American Baptist Miscionary Union. Then will follow a quiet hour and closing consecration service, conducted by Mr. E. Lawrence Hunt. —.__ CHARLES M. WOODMAN BEMENTED. Former Representative im Congress From a Chicago District. Ex-Representative Chas. M. Woodman was taken to the ‘detention hospital in yesterday, suffering from pa- resis. Three weeks aégo Mr. Woodman was prostrated by an attack of hemor- rhage of the brain, and for @ time his life was despaired of. Since his recovery he has shown mavked signs of mental dis- order. He finally became so violent that he was placed under restraint. Mr. Woodman js an old-tithe figure in Cricago politics. He was elected to the Fifty-fourth Congress as a republican, and attained considerable reputation there as a champion of Cuba. oe ee Fortunes From Fractions. From Leslie's Weekly. There have keen in recent years several instances of sudden wealth, South Africa and Cripple Creek have produced million- aires over night, and a bicycle and patent medicine promoter in England made ten millions in ar many weeks; but these in- stances are so rare as to be the sensa- tions of two hemispheres. There are several thousand people who are each worth a million dollars or more, and there are several more thousand who are on the road to become millionaires. It is interesting to know that the most of these are persons who are getting their riches on smell fractions of a cent. The street railway magnates who are rising to millions and tens of millions are fully sat- isfied with a part of one cent of the nickel they collect, because there are so many of ®em. The sugar kings have reduced the price and improved the quality of sugar, but as long as they get their frac- tion on each pound the Americans buy they can make a prcfit all the way from twenty to fifty per cent. The coal ofl monopoly has also reduced the price and improved the product, but its little fraction makes the greatest money making enterprise in America. The man who invented the pat- ent beer stopper is getting a bigger 1 come than the President of the United States. A cheap headache remedy is al- lowing the proprietor to spend a hundred thousand dollars a year and still lay up another hundred thousand fcr a rainy day. The railroads are getting their support from the fractions on the ton. And so it goes. The first thing is to get control of some article of universal use, and the small frac- tion will do the rest. But the same prin- ciple runs through all business, and large sales and small profits is the order of the times. ——+o+____ How Elizabeth Was Dressed. From the Nineteenth Century. Queen Elizabeth’s love of sumptuous ap- parel, Indeed, grew with her years, and the leading fashions of the courts of Europe furnished her with designs for new dresses, which she would continually cast aside for others such as her fancy might suggest. On all occasions she dressed in the richest costumes, adorned with’ brilliants, precious “tones, and jewelry of the rarest workman- ship; even in her ola age she continued to dress like a young girl, afraid of nothing so much as of being thought old. “Upon the subject of her personal beauty she would smilingly accept the most extrav: gant flattery,” says Carte, “however ful- some it appeared to everybody else.” When Paul Hentzner caw her she. was in her sixty-seventh year; beimg a German, he observed her with an eye wholly unclouded by any sense of reverenee for the divinity which hedges round a m Indeed, he Was so ungallant as to jot down in his note- book that Queen Elizabeth wore a wig, and that red! He goes on to. remark that she had in her ears-two pearis with very rich drops, and that her bossm was un- covered. . She was dressed in white silk bordered with pearls of the stze of beans, and over it a mantle of black silk, shot with eilver threads; instead of a chgin she had on an oblong collar of gold and jewels. He adds that “wherever she turned her face every one fell upon his knees’—an act of homage which on state occasions had been paid to her father, and Eltzabeth never forgot, “Elizabeth was pleas- ant in conversation, graceful and active in all exercises; whether on foot or on horse- back; and danced-‘extremely fine; even in the -last: year -of ‘her life she danced La Galliarde with the Duke of Nevers; she did it:with such an-attitude and grace that everybody was struck with admiration.” ————_~+2+—___—. “Want” ads. in The Star pay because they bring answerm-- : After 23 years of success as to retire. shall offer it at public auction. The sale will commence on ber 28, and wili continue daily stock is disposed of. All Jewelry containing precious stones will be held twenty-four hours, subject to the approval of the buyer, with the priv- flege of examination by experts, if the pur- erected PPO areseaesea aes nage radeateaeteatesdesteateaeaeteeteaecatesteg Auetion Sale, mond House in Washington we have concluded We do this on account of the continued trade depression, and after having conducted our business for the past 4 years at a loss. To speedily turn the entire stock into cash we On Account of Retiring From Business, Of the Stock and Fixtures of JACOBS BROTHERS, ise. Our store will be closed from Monday until Thursday morning-—the day of the sale. Hours of Sale: 10:30 A.M., 3 & 7:30 P.M. The stock consists of Diamonds, Watches, Silverware, Clocks, Bronzes, Cut Glass, Silver-plated Ware, Opera Glasses, Bric-a-Brac, Umbrellas: in fac! first-class teweler. These goods will be sold at PUBLIC AUC- the leading Dia- Jewelry, Thursday, Octo- until the entire TION in single out reserve or limit. Diamonds and Other Precious Stores Sold on the Following Unique Terms: chaser wo desires. If not satisfied with the { purchase after such examination, the goods | Reed not ne taken, and no commission or | fee will be charged if they are not taken. J. H. French will conduct the sale for J. Warren Johnson, Auctioneer. JACOBS BROTHERS, JEWELERS, 1229 PA. AVE. Sete deseo eterno Seether ete deendeeendedenda edna ene REAL ESTATE GOSSIP The Bearing of a Recent Sale on Current Prices. EFFECT OF RAILROAD EXTENSIONS One View About the Policy of Building Apartment Houses. SOME NEW HOUSES ———— Perhaps the most important transaction in realty reported during the past week was the sale of the residence of the late Prof. C. V. Riley on Wyoming avenue, Washington Heights, to Gen. Wheaton, a wealthy resident of Rhode Island. As stated at the time in The Star, the sale was practically a cash transaction. As the price obtained was $57,500, it is interesting to note the value of the improvements and the ground as they figured in the transac- tion. The ground has a frontage of 166 feet and a depth of 162 feet. Mrs. Riley, however, retained the east 50 feet, so that the actual size of the lot purchased was 116 feet by 162. It is estimated that the ground was given a valuation of about $1.75 per square foot, which would leave the im- provements at a valuation of about $25,000. It is said that this is about what the house and the stable actually cost. If these esti- mates represent the exact values of the land and the improvements, it is thought that the sale may be regarded as an ex- ceedingly good one, especially in view of the inactivity which exists in the real es- tate market. About Current Prices. The remark is often made, especially by dealers in real estate, that prices of realty are too high, and special emphasis is laid upon this conclusion by those who are also of the opinion that if prices were not so stiff property could moré readily be sold. It, however, may be remembered in this connection that there have always been those who have asserted that the prices of Teal estate in Washington and vicinity are higher than conditions seem to warrant. In spite of this, however, sales continue to be made at prevailing prices, although, of course, as stated above, during the period of financial depression and at the present time there is but little demand for property. At the same time, it may be stated that as a rule owners of real estate seem to be able to hold their property, and, as in other branches of business, such owners are pa- tiently awaiting the better times. There has been no break in the real estate mar- ket, and, while there have been instances of property being sacrificed, owing to the financial straits of the owners, yet there have not been a sufficient number of such cases to materially affect the market, so that it may be said that, while the demand is not active, still prices remain firm. Following Railroad Extension. People who have been away during the summer have no doubt been surprised on their return to note the improvements which have followed the extension of the Metropolitan street railroad from the head of Connecticut avenue to Columbia road and 18th streets,and also the extension from East Capitol and 9th streets east of Lin- coln Park. In both of these localities new houses have been erected, and in the for- mer case what was recently looked on as a suburban section has now paved streets and a city car line. Some years ago when the cable road was extended out 14th street a similar invasion of the city conveniences into the suburbs followed, and since then there has been an activity in building, which has prob- ably been far in excess of any other local- ity in or about the city. It must be sur- prising to a person who is familiar with the section on each side of 14th street ex- tended as it appeared a few years ago to see the remarkable changes that have taken place. Rows of handsome houses have been erected, and it is now practical- ly a section of the city rather than a lo- cality in the suburbs. Proposed Subdivision. It is likely that an important change will be made within this locality which will lead to further improvements in the fu- ture. It is said that Mr. A. L. Barber and Mr. John Sherman, Secretary of State, who own the square at the northeast cor- ner of 14th street and Florida avenue, are discussing a plan for the subdivision of this property so that it can be placed in the market. Secretary Sherman owns the southern half, while Mr. Barber holds the title to the northern half, and on a portion of this property stands his fine residence, which he erected a few years ago. st 13 understood that it is proposed to open a street through this property running east and west, so that lots can front on Florida avenue and the new street. Secretary Sherman also owns the property extending from 13th street to 11th street, and some pr has been made to the Commis- sioners to secure this land for use as a public park, but, of course, no definite con- clusion has been reached. As to Apartment Houses. Some people who have given a good deal of attention to property in this city have expressed the opinion that the recent ac- tivity in ihe erection of apartment houses has gone about as far as the existing de- mand warrants. Mr. Oscar W. White, who is engaged in erecting a large apartment house cn 14th street extended, whic’ said to be, next to the Cairo, the largest 2partment house in the city, said the other cay to the writer, when asked his opinion, that there was still room for additional puildings of this character, and as an evi- dence of the substantial character of his belief, he said that he had about concluded to begin in the near future the erection of another large apartment building. He said that his experience with the building which he has now nearly completed has been such as to lead him to believe that another enterprise of a similar character would be prefitable. Street Extension Decision. Property owners, as well as citizens gen- erally, were much inierested in the decision made during the past week of the jury of appraisers in the first case under the high- way extension act. It is believed by many who have given this subject attention that if it is found necessary to go to Congress and ask an amendment of the law, pro- vision should be made for the United States assuming what is looked upon as its ju share in carrying out the pr im- provements. plage ee Some Improvements. Two brick houses will be erected by J. T. Gibbs at 3420 and 3422 13th Street north- west. They will be 18 feet 5 inches by 60 feet, three stories in height, and the front will be built of pressed brick. An addition will be erected by G. Hartig to the house at 509 H street northeast. It will be three stories In height and 17 feet 6 inches by 74 feet. Seven houses will be erected by John M. Henderson at 1203 to 1218 Lydecker street. They wil! be two stories in height with at- tic and cellar. The fronts will be of pressed brick and the dimensions will be 20 feet 9 inches by 46 feet. An addition to the building at 623 B street northwest is to be erected by the Armour Packing Company. Phillip T. Dodge will build an addition to the house at 111 Ist street northeast. It will be one story and basement and 15 by 45 feet. Back buildings to the houses 427 and 429 6th street will be erected by Miss Char- lotte A. Martin. They will be two stories in height. A frame dwelling is to be erected by Bur- ton Macafee at 635 Rosedale street. It will be two stories in height and 16 by 28 feet. C. A. Harkness is the architect. Bought by Providence Hospital. The three-story frame dwelling and lot on D street southeast, adjoining Providence Hospital, for years the home of the late Thomas Bayne, has been disposed of by the Bayne heirs to the hospital eae ea | for $15,000, and the building is now being | torn down to make room for the enlarge- ment of the hospital. This sale makes the The regular permanent family circulation of The Evening Star is more than double that of any other paper in Washington, whether published in the morn- ing or in the afternoon. As a medium for unobjec- tionable advertisements it there- fore stands unequaled and un- approachable. Thursday, October 28th, Jewelers, t, a complete assortment of a lots to the highest bidder, with- The qua gvaranteed as represented by the auctioneer, PLLC LLL LLL LLL LEELA MMM MMIII pital authorities owners of the entire A Trade in Residences. During the past week a trade was made through the agency of real estate broker. The the property figared aggregated Mr. Charles D. Walcott transferred t residence 1308 16th street and the residence Q street to Mr. Willard P, Tisdel, re- ing in excherge the property at’ the h_and O streets, It is the intention of Mr. Tisdel to occuny as his home the n street house, and Mr. Walcott his home at the Ith This latter property Is a use surrounded with lawns and with a stable in the rear. It has a front- age on 12th street of 103 feet and on O street of NO fee! — Nutritive Value of Sugar. From the New York Medical Record. Experiments of an interesting nature have lately been made at the instigation of the Prussian war office, to endeavor to de- cide the question as to whether the con- sumption of small quantities of sugar ren- ders the tired muscles capable of renewed exertion. In order to obtain a practical result, the person who was made the sub- ject of the experiment was kept totally ignorant of the object of the experiment- ers. On one day a sweet Hquid was ministered, containing thirty grams of sugar; on the next day a similar Mautd, containing a sufficient) amount of sac- charine to render it indistinguishable from the other as regarded taste. After a very large amount of muscular work had been performed, it was found that better results could be obtained on the days when the sugar was given than on the days when saccharine was given. The blood had be- come very poor in sugar in consequence of the severe muscular e:Yor the admin- istration of a comparatively tity of sugar had a markedly invi effect. —___+ e+ ___—_ A “Charch Nursery. From the Church Economist (New York city). The Broadway Chapel of the First Bap- tist Church, Fall River, Mass., has a church nursery. The infant class rooms are ar- ranged so that by opening sliding doors they can be used as a gallery, and here the nursery is established. In one room the sliding doors are open, so that the mothers who wish to stay with their babie: nurse them without being seen, the same time see and hear all th In the adjoining room the bal mothers are willing to leave them are kept and cared for by the attendants. In this room are small tables and chairs and play- things, such as used in the kindergartens. The chapel is situated among the cotton mills, and many of the mothers would be unable to come at all were it not for this provision. The idea is becoming quite popular in various localities, and when its utility is once understood it will no doubt be widely adopted. The expense is nominal, the ma- chinery is simple and the results are ob- vious. SSessononSontensocsontecsonsoedondondeegeetetectecdestestentetny G eyes examined and tested b: ahay— YET IT COSTS eyes—have them examined serious trouble hereafter. Glasses Oo Small weekly ompetency. Wy eet — iy Aka — Ly } ELI — It’s worth a lot of money to you to have your Donahay is a graduated scientific optician, thoroughly experienced in both hospital and private practice. His services are yours FREE. Better know your GLASSES COST HALF here what they’d cost anywhere else. We fill oculists’ prescriptions for just haif what any other optician asks you. As everybody says—“Consult Castelberg.’ Castelberg’s Nat’l Jewelry Co.,. 1103 Pa. Ave.=-Next Star Office. Baltimore Store, 108 N. Eutaw St. Established 1846. y our Dr. F. Proctor Don- YOU NOTHING. Dr. and save yourself from n Credit. payments.