Evening Star Newspaper, January 17, 1898, Page 13

THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, JANUARY 17, 1898-16 PAGES. = t yer The Rare Values instinct of every man. of our Semi-annual Suit Sale appeal to the saving $ 1 a a0) 37 A sale that affords you such surpassing bargains is one not to be missed. It has been very very sel- dom—if ever—that we have ever equaled it—and that fact emphasises its importance to you in stronger terms than any phraseology we could use. Drop down our way and see the Big Window Display of these Suitings today. Mertz and Mertz, “New Era” Tailors, 906 F Street N. W. All Fancy Cheviot Suitings Up to $19.97 now go at - - All Fancy Cheviot Suitings Up to $12.97 now go at - = - a) CIVIL SERVICE AND ECONOMY. From Observations on the Old and the New Systems. ‘To the Editor of The Evening Star: Apropos of the discussions of the civil service, a word may not be out of place from one who fs not a politician, and never has been nor seught to be employed by ihe government, yet who has had opportunity to rye the working of civil service, adv: ntageous to change competent ld, necessarily, while nrning the ropes.” other hand. Yet, on | been so short-sighted as to lay for old age. Such money would be be aid to the support of alms houses for both in and out of Washin: The e toh onomic phase of the question seems wellnigh ignored in the heated debates » system. Tle terms “reform” and of the civil se and “re have of late gone so hand in han nity. In view of these fact: r which becom ‘ed mind our leg the one aspec i lators are suppo ation of the civil serv- tion we find that f at that un-| jations, the work | non-political ized work of j ual opponents of the remuneration of part ment offices is more agr is this not : ill : in that na relmbursement of those whose p: is such as to demand pay for t tnese discussions we hear wild cries of the enormous expenses of government; but the has grown at a tremendous rate, and t consequently, the expenses must be gr: er, seems to be entirely forgotten. ecause, fons of the n glar- XE i, yet, s are doing are required. , a8 any one who has d effect ‘under the regime of ay vee. Under the Old System. for instance, to the departments shingten, under the former ta men who were incapable of earning a sub- Iks of to their congressman and ions as a makeshift, thinking, t if their party fail- omething else would as when, .rs befcre, business of fifty thousand. OBSERVE: January 15, 1898. —_——_——__ GEN. BOOTH COMING. Founder of Salvation Army to H Two Meetings Here. of th in =e who were too indolent and their “political backing.” pro to trouble themselves about the er of performing the duties for were paid. the civil serv alts, this has b sec tempore, small ma h they ure tion of the army He has even with iy changed. and e rules, : 3 Tucker in the suburbs of New York, to his other daughter, Commissioner ooth, and visit the principal cente in the United Si in the New York Avenue Presbyte Church with public meetings the en of February 10 and 11, and then will gi the other large cittes of the country. E at General city. It is meeting the army project for getting the “out-of-works' the city onto land through ined positions in W the business ect of < with hone formance wi y reasonably perma- t ad ement of duty know how 2 intel employed in ned, solcly her Booth's first meeting in intended to present at philanthropic. work of «der net. under the spo equally gcod result has be state blind ions for nd dumb have the deat under st lent tencPers have proven themselves wr the positions by ability n. The second meeting will be an evangel! one. e i after having learned the best way ym their difficult duties. N. tural- | have become more interested in have two meetings in Washington at coming visit. such a motive would seem to lie in a qu tion of personal economics to the individ- iness principles? All men who understand the world at large know that no prosper- ous commercial or banking house deems it em- at stated intervals for raw recruits, delay the work the no just person, who had rea- sonably compensated his employes, would feel called upon to pension those who had up nothing tter the zed and infirm, who, through adversity, ud become dependent upon the commu- t of inexplicable to a men of business ose a law whic if rtght forms one of the best finance! sures the government has a avier expense | enacied. The only explanation of the tuents with ble 2 ri- heir also the fact that the country hat, eat A man would not be considered sane who expected to conduct a business of a hundred thous- and dollars a year with the same expense it was an annual Re old General William Booth, the founder of the Salvation Army, now composed of over ap. inevitable result was that few efficient clerks were required to | 12.000 officers and over 42,000 other work- { muck of their time correcting the j ers in thirty-eight countries, holding over 000 meetings annually, has come to America again in the course of his visita- throughout the world. ‘anada, after staying over Sunday with Commander and Mrs. Booth- see Eva Canadian He will open his third campaign ates here in Washington rian ings 0 to ecretary John W. Foster will preside this that the and especially General Booth’s great such as he has made successful elsewhere. istic When General Booth was here last, in 1894, he could only stay one day, much to his regret, it is said, and he proposes t the Few men have worked as hard as Gen- fare ard progress of their pupils, } eral Booth since at twenty-one he took ne cady rise in the standard of the n-| his first pastorate, and for the thirty years stitution has resulted. of the Christian Mission and the Salvation Szainst Extreme Extension. Army he has eke day Ge night except However, in dwelling upon these effects | for the time required to sleep and eat. In tem that cannot fail, when properly 1 out, to prove both economical and © to better results In the work per- formed than a fitful, changing plan that lates an inexperience] set of clerks at intervals, one would not wish to be "4 as approving the extreme ex- sion of the civil service which has been 3 Such a course tions of his great organization, he country in the world. In the United States the Salvation Ai field officers instead of the 1,862 it Is fo accepted candidates for officership. It absurd tion to re- anitor to be a normal or college Nor could any sensible person wise the retention in office of ‘ho from age or infirmity, have be- incapable of performing their duties ‘ory manner. Such a proced- y known in the business world. hy should not the work of the en! be conducted upon sound bus- operation in other countries. until Commander and Mrs. It was tablished here, but now General Booth find farm colonies, prison-gate homes farms, food and shelter depots for men women, labor bureaus, and rescue homes for fallen women in eration all over the country. when the general was last here in 1894; instead of 544 corps or stations, 240 instead of 135 staff officers, and 472 instead of 2096 addition to directing the world-wide opera- has writen profusely and has spoken repeated- ly to great audiences in every important rmy is more prosperous than ever, with 2,438 had 737 had no social or charitable institutions in 1894, although the army had them in successful not Booth-Tucker took charge that such institutions were es- will and and children’s homes op- = What Woman Is Missing This? These are precious days for the housekeeper. 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WORK ABROAD OF THE COMMISSION Believes in Efforts Frustrated by India’s Oppo- sition, SECRETARY GAGE CRITICISED Mr. Wolcott, in explaining in the Senate today the aims and result of the European trip of the bimetallic commission, intro- duced his subject by saying that he was glad to make a statement respecting cer- tain phases of the work of the recent bi- metallic commission, but that in doing so he spoke unofficially, “‘not committing his associates in the slightest degree either to his opinions or deductions.” “Later in the session,” he said, “we are certain to have ample discussion on the subject of silver, and it will probably be acrid and bitter enough.” In his remarks today, he con- tinued, he meant to avoid, as far as f= ble, anything which might give rise to con- troversy. Taking up the subject of his remarks, he said that when Congress met a year ago, soon after the national election, there was a universal expression by the republican membership of the Senate that the pledge of the party in its St. Louis platform to promote international bimetallism by every means in its power was an undertaking to be faithfully carried out without evasion or delay. He then gave an account of the appointment of the commission, saying that all three of its members were bi- metallists. “Our views were,” he sald, “known to the President before our ap- pointment; there was no one of us who did not and does not believe that the financial question overshadows all others, and tuat esion to the single gold stand- disaster to our agricultural and commercial interests.” The commission, he said, in its six months’ stay abroad visited only London and Paris, and he added that whatever measure of success or failure had been meted out to tue commission, “it had been hampered by no lack of authority or sanc- tion or administrative support.” The tan- guage of wwe law had been the commission’: guide, and there “were never at any time, he said, “instructions -given us that sought in the slightest degree to change:er ham- per or limit the full powers conferred upon us by law. We have been,” he continued, “of one mind and in entire agreement dur- ing all of our negotiations, and our efforts have been loyally furthered by our repre- sentatives abroad, who were fortified by strenuous instructions. In England, espe- cially, the able and intelligent and cordial co-operation of our ambassador was of great advantage in our deliberations.” Summing up the favorable conditions un- der which the commission operated, Mr. Wolcott said: ‘We have had, then, a law broad and full in its powers; we have been free to act under its provisions; our views have been identical and earnestly favoring an international agreement; and we have had the hearty support of our ambassador at the court of St. James. Further than this, from the day of our first entering upon the fulfillment of our duties until now, the President of the United States has extended to the mission his unswerving support in all its efforts to bring about an international agreement. There has been no moment that we have not known that back of our efforts was the earnest desire of the chief executive to carry out in its integrity the provisions of the platform of the republican party pledging it to every ffort to bring about an international bi- allie agreement.” he failures of former international con- ferences, he Said, made it evident that un- less some prior understanding was arrived at with some of the ccmmercial nations, another failure would be the result of an international conference at this time, and as France, Germany and Great Britain had within the year mede declarations favor- able to silver, it was decided to bring the subject to the attention of these various countries, and, naturally, the first turn was made to France, for many reasons, but, above all, because of Premier Meline’s be- lief in bimetallism. In France, he said, the question of bimetallism was regarded as strictly an international question, and 1 was agreed that France and the United States should unite in presenting the ques- tion to Great Britain. He contended for the importance of the preliminary under- standing with France because of the larger per capita circulation of that country, “had England even adhered to ner assurances of the 17th of March, 1896, countries repre- senting more than half of the total money of Europe and the United States would have agreed, prior to a conference, that upon terms to be settled at such conference they would reopen their mints to the un- MUmited coinage of both gold and silver.” Negotiations With France. Mr. Wolcott then detailed at some length the joint negotiations on the part of the American commissioners and the French ambassador in England. At first, he said, there seemed but few difficulties in the way, and he quoted the resolutions of the house of commons and the utterances of Mr. Bal- four and Sir Michael Hicks-Beach of March 17, 1896. “We were not, therefore,” he continued, “intruders. We could present ourselves with the certainty of that reception which must follow direct and open invitation. And the welcome we had the right to expect was received. From the day we reached England until we left it finally in October, our official treatment was everything that could be destred. The English ministry, in terms, asked the French am! lor and ourselves to suggest wherein, in our opin- fon, England could materially contribute to & solution of the question, and at the same time retain for her own People the gold 3 ; and what are termed the ‘pro- posals’ were not volunteered, and were made only by way of suggestion, at the ex- plicit request of the English ministry. When they were received they were treated with full consideration, as were the rep- resentatives of the two sn ducting the negotiations.” Hostile London Press, Mr. Wolcott admitted, however, that tt was not surprising that another view should have prevailed tn this country—a view based, he said, “on the intemperate and hostile and somewhat brutal utter- ances of the London press reapecting the Droposals of the French and American rep- ntatives. he went on, “are do! and allied with the it, Aue re- fiect their views and often their expres- sions. The of money is an en ing Di it, not always to the cultivation of the amenities of life, and it ts not to be wondered at that the London 2 ewspay voicing that industry, should, in their hostility to a policy o! which they disprov: for the moment that courteay h is due to the stranger with- in the he comes tlations with Eng! aan all other pro- porals were tested it in comparison with that respecting the reopening of tie mints of India to the unlimited coinage of silver, and the repeal of the order permit- ting gold to be -paitt toy government dues, and to be ese for government ru- es.”” cetera Por. Wolcott spoke at some length upon the conditions in Indta, explaining the value of the rupee since the closing of the mints to silver in 1893. sing of the min:s had; he said, created wide dissatisfaction, ‘and there was a $tne¢fttl impression that the Indian governmept, would be glad to retrace its steps. “7” “Many English monometallists of wide in- fluence believe the policy to be a mistaken one,” he said, “and, wonia be glad to see the India mints régpentd, if it could be done without stimufating the cause of bi- metallism, and as ‘a’ Separate and distinct action. There was'a géneral opinion, not limited to England, tab the India govern- ment would be quick.to avail itself of an Opportunity to reopen its mints, and would welcome any international attempt toward b:metallism that would raise the value of silver, and would be 8lad to co-operate in such an attempt. India Government's Protest. “This belief found expression in the speech of the chanceHer of the exchequer of March 17, and I am sure that I violate no confidence when I say that the answer of the India government protesting against reopening India mints was as much a sur- prise to the English ministry as it was a disappointment to us. While the protest was not final, and while the English gov- ernment in London could have overruled the objections from India, yet such action would have been contrary to all precedent. As a matter of fact, the home government, it Is said, unanimously upheld the report. Frequent statements in our papers assert that the answer of India was dictated from London. It may be that the blind and unreason:ng fury of the city of London di- rected against any suggestion of contribu- tions or concessions to an international settlement of the currency question which should recognize silver, and which tireat- ened a panic and the overthrow of any min- tstry which attempted it, may have render- ed the reply of the Indian government not wholly unwelcome; but the policy outlined in the letter of September 16, signed py the viceroy and his associates, must stand as the delibera:e and unintiuenced judgment of that government.” “To us,* Mr. Wolcott continued, “‘the India situation {s inexplicable. Millions of people, most of them extremely pour, have for years invested all their savings in sil- ver. These accumulations a few years ago were worth a thousand millions of dollars, and more. Today they are worth less tian half the sum.” Why India Suffers. “By the closing of the India mints and the artificial gold value given to silver, India is at a great disadvantage with the neighboring countries, the exports of which are stimulated by thé higher premium on gold, and they are robbing India of much of her manufacturing and export trade. The present policy inflicts upon India as well the evils of an insufficient and steadily lessening currency, evils which the vicissi- s of that dependency during the past months have served to emphasize. he world has heard much of the famine in India and of the great funds subse for its victims. It has not been, however, so generally known that ‘the famine was one of money rather than food; that the con- tributions were chiefly forwarde in the form of money and not grain, and that during the whale period of the famine rice was abundant where men were siar ing, and its price Was but a trifle over a cent a pound less thith the price of wheat in England For all thekt evils, the loss in the value of the savfhg8.of the people, the disadvantage of a different purcaasing val- ue for silver in India frow that which pre- vailed in China, the evil3 of an insufficient volume of recrey ahit'the enormous injury which commerce suffer through violent fluctuations in the rate: of exchange, we offered what we belleved to be a remedy. “Our offer was refused, and the refusal must be ecorsidered as final until the fail- ure of the experiment upen: which the India government has entered: shall be demon- strated. There wag,ong oversight in com- municating the so-called proposals to thi India governme:t. H-was distinctly und stood at all our interviews to be a condition of the assent of. any,eountry to agreement that it should be eptirg]y,satistied that the Flan proposed, because of the adhesion of a sufficient numbét of’ other nations, or otherwise, would secure the maintenance of the parity proposed. Had this been fully understood, it is possible, though -not prob- able, that 2 somewhat different answer would have been returned from India.’ Mr. Wolcott next enumerated the obsta- cles with wlich the commission had had to contend, in which he included the remark- able drop in the price of silver, the coinel- dent tariff legislation in the United States and the statements of New York bankers in England, who, he said, sought access to English officials ssured them that any sentiment which had formerly existed in the United States in favor of bimetallism was dead. Other statements made by the bankers, according to Mr. Wolcott, were the following: That the mission was sent solely as u sop to a few far western re- publicans; that the country generally vored the gold standard, and that the Pres ident of the United States shared this view. Pretended Statements Gage. “The statements were,” Mr. Wolcott sald, “of course untrue, but in support of them these people assumed to present interviews and statements of the director of the mint, a hold-over from the last administration; the late controller af the currency, an equally precious legacy, now out of the public service and translated to a Chicago bank, and pretended statements in letters and interviews from the Secretary of the Treasury to the effect that there was no chance for international or other bimetal- ism, and favcring the permanent adoption of the gold standard. Nobody in Europe cared a rap what the two minor prophets thought or said, as nobody in this country cares, but the alleged statements of the Secretary of the Treasury were a different matter. We insisted that the letters must be forgeries, and the interviews fictitious, and I trust they were, for it was incon- ceivable tnat a member of the cabinet would seek to undermine the efforts of a mission appointed by the President, and whose efforts he was cordially and zealous- ly_seconding.” "rhe commission was, he said, also at- tacked from time to time by statements from extremists in the other direction, “in- sisting that our efforts were sham and pretended; that we had no hope or expec- tation of success; that the President was secretly opposing us; that it was a dis- grace to our country that we were permit- ted to invite other countries to join us in open mints; that it was humiliating that ‘we were even consulting any other country on the subject; that failure was inevitable, and the sooner we came home the better. It was a new and somewhat ludricrous view of the silver question that made it humihating that this country should invite other countries like, France to join us in open mints, or that made it unimportant to ascertain the attitude of India, with her 1,000,000,000 o2nces' of ‘silver in bullion and ornaments changing“hatids in the bazaar at bullion value, an heP‘570,000,000 ounces of silver in silver : mi ‘acing duty at the ratio of about 22 te.” - He excepted Se F- Jones of Arkansas, chairman of the desiocrétic national com- mittee, from this arfée, but concluded that it was unfortumttly true that the bitterness of the “cafipaign blinded the vision of many BO it the thing they believed to be f1 y came to hope would be imposatb! 1% i Be “All of Here er turbing as they whe.” be robably affect the ditcerie, so far as there Res been up to this, on outcome of the negotiations.” Ri : i Vain to Count,em fareat Britain. ‘Mr. Wolcott sumntartzéd the present situ- ation by saying that it id'apparent that for the time being it is useless to count on any co-operation from Great Britain joward a bimetallic agreement,and that w! ‘Prance actively desires to see‘ silver restored to its old position as a standard of value equally with gold, she insists that the problem is one which demands international action and the co-operation to some adequate ex- tent of other jeading commercial nations of the world. of Secretary of the money lender is potent in almost every capital of the world, and dominates courts and national policies,*the ministry of France stood fearlessly by the interests of the whole people and counted the wel- fare of its hundreds of thousands of small holders of land dependent for their exist- ence upon the fruits of the soil, as para- mount to that of the powerful class which wants money dear and grain cheap.” Here Mr. Wolcott announced his inten- tion retire from the commission. He said: “It is my sincere conviction that an international bimetallic agreement is still feasible, by the terms of which certain countries will join us and open their mints to the unlimited coinage of silver, and others will contribute to the plan an en- larged use of that metal as money;and I say this the more freely because I shall give way upon the commission to somebody inore fitted for such negotiations, and bet- ter able to give them his constant time. This result cannot be brought out without the expenditure of both time and patience, end the persons intrusted with the duty of negotiation must have back of them the hearty support of the President or of Con- gress.” He thought it might be necessary to change the ratio to something like 20 to 1. Secretary Gage vs. the President. At this. point he referred to the attitude of Secretary Cage on the financial ques- tion, contrasting it with the President's pesition, his words on this point being as follows: “When Congress convened on the 7th of last month the President, In his references to the. subject of international bimetallism, spoke earnestly and anxiously of his de- sire to see an international bimetallic agreement consummated. His assurances gave renewed hope to bimetallists all over the country, snd seemed final and con- elusive answer to those who had claimed that the President was not in earnest in his efforts toward international btmet- allism. For myself I needed no such proof. I had again and again been made to know how genuine was the President’s devo- tion to this settlement of the vexed ai tion. Within a fortnight after this, with no event meanwhile which would change the Secretary of the he existing conditions, Treasury, in support of a bill which has prepared respecting the currency, as follows to a committee of Congr (Here he quoted the remarks of the retary of the Treasury, in which he ed the necessity for maintaining the gold standard.) he two statements are utterly at va- e,” he continued, ‘and contradictory to each other. They cannot be reconciled. This is not the proper occasion- to analyze the bill of the Secretary. It will reach limbo long before it reaches the Senate. He proposes to capitalize the premium on cur bonds sold re ly and to make them, sued, a security defi- that in gold. He forgets only a few months ago, when the cot in dire distress, we were compe ay nine millions of dollars for the privi- lege of keeping the word ‘gold’ out of some of very bonds. He ought not to for- bank of which he was presi- aid. some of the bonds, of the proceeds of that de- action. But I do not received som¢ plorable tran dent's to dis the bill which the Pres * m specifically dees not indorse, and it is premature to criti the Seerct republicanism for his advent into the party and the cabinet were practically con- temporaneous. We must accept the situa- tion. Republicans Misrepresented. “In my opinion, the great majority of the members of the republican party are bi- metallists, and the fact that they are mis- represented by a cabinet officer not pleasing, but it is endurable. The sele tion of the members of his offic! hold is the President's own 21 house- and so. long as he s on of bimetallism, ever stood. there is no serious ground for apprehen- sion. Bute onceivable event that the chief ma: » of this people sheuld, in the exercise of his judgment, determine to countenance the final fasten- irg upon this country of the burdens of the gold standard, I trust we may still find warrant for faith and hope in the Pledges of the party and the wisdom of its counsels. We will cross our bridges when we come to them. The time when this country will submit to the final imposition of gold monometallism is far away.” Future of Bimetallism. Continuing his presentation of the de- sirability of an international agreement, which had been digressed from to refer to the Secretary of the Treasury, Mr. Wolcott said: “Whatever differences of opinion may exist as to the ability of this country to maintain alone the parity betweea silver gold, there is no stion that the of other nations id help pr the cause of* pim the United and efforts to secure ought to » the cordial support of every citizen who is opposed to gold meno- meiailism. Inter mal bimetallism is not a myth, a chimera. The people of are, even as we keep their heads above water, und seeking i- ly for that which may make for presperity for progress. of the recent legisiation in Evrope leoking to the increase of gold hol i and the depreciation of silver, finds its cri- gin in the exigencies of a situation where readiness for war is the parainouat heees- sity. There is hardly a statesman in Europe who believes the last word hes yet been said upon the question of the remone- tization of silver, and hardly one who would not welcome an effort to settle the question internationally. Only a few days ago, just before Christmas, in a debate in the French chamber, M. Meline again de- clared from the tribune that the French gevernment was at one with the United States on the question of vimetal the face of such a declaration, cowardly to abandon hope as ii is false to talk about failure. International bimetal- lism is to the gold monomeiallist a stu: bling block, and to the silver nonometallist foolishness, but it is, nevertheless, a splen- did possibility; its accomplishment would be the greatest blessing that could befall our people, and to achieve it we might well afford to sink for the time the hostilities of party and the bickerings of faction.” ~ ——-e-+_____. 'N THE CHURCHES The ladies of the Metropolitan Presby- terian Church, Rev. Dr. George N. Luc- cock, pastor, will have a social Friday evening next. A chorus choir was organized last week at the Church of Our Father, Rev. Leslie Moore, pastor, with Prof. Harry Howard director and organist. Officers of the Woman's Gvrild of St. Luke's P. E, Church, Rev. Owen M. Waller, rector, have been elected for the ensuing year, as follows: President, Mrs. J. W. Cornwell; secretary, Miss Florence J. Smith, and treasurer, Mrs. L. Hawkesworth. Mr. Walter J. Clemson, the well-known English organist and choirmaster, will give @ recital at the Pro-Cathedral, corner 3d and A streets southeast, tomorrow night at 8 o'clock, which will be epen to the general public. An offertory will be taken up for the benefit of the choir fund. Mr. Clemzon’s Program includes numbers from the works of Bach, Mendelssohn, and Gounod, and an ardante by the famous French composer, Guilmant, who has recently been attract- ing so much attention in New York. ‘The program will be varied by vocal num- bers by Mr. Charles F. Roberts and Mrs. Browning, who are well known to all local lovers of good music. The: duet by Shelley and several Paiva reel to Ji and not hin urepe A two weeks’ fallace and O’Kane of Society of Jesus. The first week will be for ‘omen, the second for men. -A_chil- dren's mission will also be given ternoon. The order of exercises is: 5:30 a@.m., mass and instruction; 6:30 and 7:30, mass; 9, mass and instruction; 3 p.m., sta- tions of the cross; 7:30, rosary and instruc- tion; 8 sermon and of the sacrame! 13 Don’t Neglect That Cold No matter bow slight tt seem to you, for CCUGHS. COLDS, “Hoarseness, Tnvensa wed ap- rently insignificant CHEST PAIXS often lead to PLEURISY. PNEUMONIA, CONSUMPTION and other tal LUNG DISEASES if neglected. AVERT ALL i AY PROMPTLY Benson’s Porous Plaster to the chest (front and back) upon the first ap pearzoce of such warning symptoms. iT Al FORDS PROMPT PILEVENTION against these dan gerous complications and SURE CURE. Always iy the genuine effective. Price substitutes. = ing will be selected from the Men's Soc! © jue Church of the Covenant, who will ist the pastor in the conduct of these meetings The Christian Endeavor Society of the church will hold its sixth anniversary March 13, 1808, with suitable exercises and appropriate addresses. The Ladies’ Missionary Society of the Church of the Reformation, Lutheran, Dr. Parson, pastor, has recently sent a valu- able box to the family of a western mis- sionary. In acknowledging the receipt of the box the wife of the missionary says “Winter seems to have lost its terrors and hardships when we look at the treasures Emmons S. Smith, ¢ Boston Variety Store. To Stimulate Trade We placed on our counters $ : % COU K EH EH EON Ten Thousand Yards « Of New Embroideries * & « today PAONONG ee at 1 Oc. a yard. These are far and away the 6 greatest values you have yet seen or will see this season. The spring and summer months © are coming when you will need PY of this bo: Rey. Dr. Duncan, pastor of Eckington Presbyterian Church, has arranged for a series of lectures and a concert in his church, as follows: “A Summer Ramble in Great Britain,” Rev. George Duncan, Ph. D.; “Banks and Banking,” Abram R. Nurses and Nursin; Miss Ada Domestic Economy,” Mrs. : “Civil Service,” John R. ‘Egyptian Funeral Customs,” manuel M. Casanowicz, Ph. D.: “Pos Fred. E. Woodward; grand concert, B. Linton, director. ‘The First Church of Christ, which now meets Sunday and Friday evenings at Scot- tish Rite Hall, No. 1007 4 street north- west, and which has just entered upon the fourth year of its existence, has greatly increased in membership since its organiza- tion. The organizaticn in the United States, It is said, is Iargely composed of thinking men and women. a strong element being physicians and lawyers. who take enough interest in the organiza- ticn to read its literature and attend meetings were to be included in the grand total of member: eregate, it ir ciaimed. would be half a million, Dr. Cyrus Adler of the Smithsonian In- stitution has been elected trustee of a col- lege which has been opened in phia for the tra Irwin the late Heyman Gratz, produc come of more than The -Epworth Leazi. Church has arranged for a tion of oificers, to be neld the 5 th, and an orate Friday, the win- in the final time in : sociation of rict. is one of the most a of {Chr 7 f j the lesion wer 2 Christian FE follows: to advance the st, ond, to assist in doing this by each the tenth of his or her income for the purpose. all ° legion contributing one- “Or course, this means one-tenth of our income, we to live on the ren e-tenths of it. Tt is the privilege ponsibility of the giver to decide in y it shall be expended, how much + go to home ign missions and how much much for r for the flowe pow much to one’s to the city missionar yterian Church, re map = meeting of the Fi of the Brotherhood of Andrew and i ni which was held in New York cit Aone other things of interest to workers among 4 organization, which , n different denomi- decided, through Its officers at this general s yckoff. on a tour of { ion through Ne and as far as Chicago, returning by ently at- ‘ederal Council yo is now formed in eigh nations, meeti the middle southern states. Among other S. & mass meeting may be held in this y on Mr. Wyckoff's return. The next serided Council convention will be held in more in 1899, chapter 0? the Brotherhood of nd Philip in the Western Pres- urch recently organize - eeted the folio: Kimb Andrew byterian ¢ Sever looking to more efficient serv: devised and the outlook is very enccurag- in: The officers and of Calvary teachers Baptist Sunday school w: terly meeting this ev will be eight or ten things in Sunday schoo] wi clusion of the program lig! will be served. ordance with a sug; 5 Fishburn, pasier ef Mount Pleas nt Congregational Church, the members of his congregation observed the week of prayer in a manner which was probably unlike those of any other of the evangelical congregations he Instead of holding a prayer mecting vening of the week, ali members of the eo anested to remember in following subj and Society; School; Wednesday Andrew and Philip ht refreshments ‘The Church “The Sunday ‘The Brotherhood of Thirsday, “The Mis- sionary Society; Fric “The Ladies’ Aid Society;” Saturd: The Junior and Se- nior Societies of Christian Endeavor.” A Bethany reading circle has been ir- ganized in each of the Christian churches of inis city for the synthetic study of tne Bible, and handbooks bearing on the his- tory of the disciples and other appropriate subjects are used as aids. The Woman's Aliiance now meets fort- nighily, instead of monthiy, as before. A paper is read and luncheon is served. The rest of the time is spent in sewing for the poor, The church now ‘maintains three kindergartens, two for white and one for colored children. One of these is-entirely supported by one woman of the church. The Sunday schcol attendance is now the largest in its history. About two hundred were present a Sunday or two ago. The members of the Young People’s Re- ligious Union are considering a revision of the constitution. Rev. H. Fields Sauminig, assistant minis- ter cf Trinity P. E. Church, has taken ckarge of the afternoon Sunday scnool, which holds its session from 3 to 4 o'clock each Sunday in the parish hall. At the close of the session the choral service is held in the church, at which time the mu- sic is rendered by a vested boy choir. Mr. Savminig arranged this service especially for the scholars of the school. A branch of the “Woman's Auxiiiary” for domestic and foreign missions has been recently organized in Trinity Church. Their first missionzry box was sent to a mission field im the diocese of Tennessee. It bas a very active membership, with a con- stantly growing ipterest in the work of missions. ‘The service familiarly known the “‘con- secration service” at Wesley Chapel Meth- odist Episcopal Church, Rev. J, Fred Heisse, pastor, heretofore held every Wed- nesday afternoon, has been c! to the hour of 2 o'clock every Tuesday afternoan. During twenty-two years these meetings have been under the faithful attention of Mrs. Wm. Burrts. Many from all sections of the city have been attracted to the ser- vices. Members are not limited to the local eburch. them, and : house will sell you 25¢. and 35c. goods at 10c. Such dainty ef- fects, such sheer Swiss, such 3 fine cambric, such beautiful de- © signs are rarely found at three ‘ times the price. Hosiery and Underwear. Our buyer secured in New } York last week some values in © Knit Goods that are convincing ‘ proof of in the season no 3 & Close buying and close y selling for the ladies. $ Tadies’ Vests of Real Maco Yarn. comb. ed fleece, in light and = medinm 2 Per garn ent ceiee 19c. ¢ 9 ‘Three for BAe. They eve pearl tmttons, are full fash- @ tered. have firtsbed seame, and are ac % thalie worth 2 enc, Another and lot of Ladies’ Real Moon Yarn Cam fall foah, and finished with wie rita: ie @ is what ven would 9 ie marked. Our price is 21c. ‘ YF 100 dozen Ladies’ Fast Rack Hose Ther 9 t iced heele Bie 7 ohare. r but we are going to sell them Cat : 21c. $ 9 Or five pairs for £1.00. Ps » For the men. P4 € ne Scutch Woot, Malt 1 The 9 regularly have ig me oonly dozen of this let left they web te 19¢, bd Or three pairs for 50e ‘ Holf Hose, in Neb 4 mark 19e., we 12i4c. & LZ. £ Merino & iene 3 oe VEN ENE all colors. 2c. plece and 10-inch. .3e. des. Dressmakers’ Supplies § and Small Wares. ‘ We continue for two days ‘ more this sale at prices which » should convince every dress- € § maker and user of small wares © that our Notion Department is 3 a leader. 4 Se. Hooks and Byes, Mack or white, ‘ Re, Whaleb Ww lack lack Silic.17e, 7 Sing's Baxting Cotte ted Hairpins. apporters Jength 2 MODE NENG OREO OSES Ne y wy Py Waste Baskets Reduced. ¥ One hundred Waste Baskets, a slightly shopworn, but of fine ¢ quality and workmanship. J $2.49, $1.98 and $1.49 goods $ reduced to............ O8c, @ $1.25 and 98c. goods reduced P4 Winsckees sccneukesaes 59c. ¢ Cocoa Door Mats, 25c. 2 are large size and goed quality. Just what you need for the muddy time of the next two months, ; PERE DEO x ADE a “mash” on your collars and cuffs the other day! Didn’t hurt them, though— simply iron them smoothly and care- fully. Want to make a “mash” on your friend’s collars and cuffs. Write postal or ‘phone 592! Frazee’s Laundry, 1522 lath st. S100 M st. Notions In Prices. Barnard’s Cream, 17c. Paine’sCeleryComp., 69c. 49e. Conti Castile Soap, tar. Seett’s Emulsion Greene's Nervura, Lyaia Pinaham’ Booth’ Hyomet. oe Stuart's Dysp pria Tab. Terraline. Pennyroyal Pills, $1.37. (Chichester's.) Kolb Pharmacy, Con. 7TH AND E STS. N.W. ‘Louvre Glove Store, Dazzling 5 Electric Signs Tid 1, tarnish the only and effective (111 means of Sdvertising aftr dark, Wie it could The