Evening Star Newspaper, January 24, 1898, Page 7

WASH. B. WILLIAMS, Furniture, &c., 7th and D Sts. DRAPERIES REDUCED. kers of these Curtains prefer to big loss on them now rather than em over to next season—and they sipped to us with instructions to sell them at once—at any price. tees Wore $880. Sow. S175 au 1 prs. Chenille Portieres. . handsome borders. Now é of Handsome Nottingham Leste Ene Wire 0. sow, D200 $2.75 6 prs. Beautiful Scot Lace a lace Curtains. $2 SQ Cream Cortains. Were $4.50. New..... Were $3. Now. . os Blankets Reduced. No better investment can you make than Fine Blankets af these reduced They are strictly all wool. ing @ prs. 11-4 Blankets. Were $7.50. Now. .$5 11-4 Biankets. Were $4. ‘NOVICES *, ART oi PHOTOGRAPHY in the way of ‘More Cameras. better Cameras and lower priced Cam- Can find everything comprised Amateur Photographers’ helps—right here. eras here, as well as Chemicals, Mounts, Films, &c., than anywhere else. Use our Dark Room free. Developing, Printing and ENLARGING a specialty. ana 477 Pa. Ave. “Walford’s,” go9 Wheels far | _ below cost. We have purchased the whole of Jacobs Bros.’ stock of wheels at a ridiculously low price. We can sell them at LESS THAN THE MANUFACTURER'S COST. Splendid makes of both ladies’ and men’s. If you are quick enough you can get one at $25. Iroquois Cycle Co., 810 14TH ST. N.W. [_de10-3m.40 Great Reduction In Hair. Switches, i. 50, formerly $5.00. Switches, $6.00, formerly $10.50. Gray Switches, $3.00, formerly Sr Gray Switches, $4.50, formerly 50. First-class attendants in Hairdressing, unpooing, ete. Shai Imperial Hair Regenerator for restoring gray hair. Never fails. S. HELLER’S, 720 7th Street N. W. STOVE. on—turn the screw—ap- Heating urn the ply the to the gas stove and your, fire is kindled and “‘drawing " immediately—and giving out heat. The gas consamed costs ry little! Limited quantity of splendid 4 Heating Stoves for only $1.25. Hurry! Wash’n Gas Co. 413 10th St. N. W. AS APPLIANCE EX., 1424 N. ¥. ave. 106 Doz. 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TO-KALO WINE CO., 614 14th St. _ 22-204 H pomerers ow convenient to employ elec- tric power. You turn om the switch when you want power. And turn it off when you don't ‘Mra —you pay only for what you U. S. Electric Lighting Co., w. "Phone 1877. ja22-204 213 14th st. he a enna nearest | ootsore Folk who seek absolute foot-ease should come to us for treatment. It matters not how sore your corp or bunton is, our method will afford instant relief. Corns removed, IROF. J. J. GEORGES & SON, 1115 Pa. ave., Chi; pedists, Hours, 8 to 6; Sundays, ¥ to 1. jazz-10 This is the time for using Burchell’s Spring Leaf Tea—at soc. a pound—at Teas and Receptions. N. W. Burchell, 1325 F st. HEA RPAREA REA BEALE TEP AUER EAE AEA EA EAE AA EA ENE AE EA, Clothing That's GOOD. 3 A bright new stock of Mon’s Winter Suits and Overcoats ts ging for less than its equal can be obtained clsewhere in Wash- ington—all claims to the contrary notwithstanding. Clothing knowl- edge, energy and ambition are be- bind this business. A generous business policy directs it! ° Your money~is “on deposit,” subject to our demand, if the clothing is evsatisfactory. Pleuty of Suits reduced as low as $6.90, but it is this line of $16.50, $15 and $13.50 Suits we reduced to $11.90 that commands special attention. Plenty of Winter Overcoats re- duced as low as $8.90, but today we call your attention to the fine ones—the finest made—the equal of 1 the tailors’ best, which we've re- 85. The A. W. L. trophy match between the Park club of Plainfield, N.J., and the Amer- ican of Boston came off Saturday, and the Americans won by seven tricks. The first half was the closest on record. At the end of the first half (twenty-four boards) both teams had won sixteen tricks. On the deal thirty and thirty“one the Americans gained five tricks, which virtually settled the Tell your busband about these = reductions. D. J. Kaufman, “Clothier & Outfitter,” 1007 Pa. Ave. PALER MEA YEA YER YOR IEA YER IEA SEA LEA LEA LEA LEA EP MEA VER OP NEP ROPE The Variéty of Things Once Made Out From the Chautauquan. It has been said that the snowshoe and canoe as made by the Indians could never be improved. To these might be added the split birch broom, or splinter broom, also the invention of the Indians, but made in every country household in New England birch tree was cut eight feet long. An inch-wide band of the bark was left about eighteen shorter and lower end was cut in fine, pli- able slivers up to the restraining bark band. upper end downward, the band, and tied firmly down; then the remainder’of the stick was smoothed into a handle. ly not grown here until the latter part of the past century they were, in fact, the only brooms of those days. by apiece and bought by the country store- Keepers in large numbers for the cities’ use. These were not the only domestic uten- sils that the boys whittled, for in the unt- versal manufacture of household supplies th said, the Yankee boy's jack-knife was the direct forerunner of the cotton gin and hundreds of other Yankee inventions. bo: tray and wooden bread also butter paddles of red cherry, noggins, keelers, cheese ladders, salt mortars, pig troughs, pokes, sled neaps, ax helves, box traps, reels, bobbins, handles for all implements, hayrakes and scores of other wooden im- plements. in strips of pierced leather and bent teeth were supplied by the card manufacturer, and the children received a petty sum for the finished cards. ev something which would benefit the home. Not Because They Were From the Kansas City Star. A baggageman on the Santa Fe, who runs into Kansas City from out in western part of Kansas, sleep. It is doubtful if he can ever catch up with night and reaches Kansas morning. Nearly every night he brings in his car two or three coops of live domestic ducks. ba: has been his habit and privilege to lie do Wi stopped. The almost constant quacking of the ducks, who could not understand their strange environment, would not permit of sleep. For many nights, as he lay awake, he planned relief. the ducks or chloroforming neither expedient seemed good. One night a put it into execution the ducks were sl- lent. The next night he had two coops of un- usually vociferous ducks. As soon as it came time for sleep he wrenched a slat from one of the coops, reached in and pulled out a duck. From his pocket he took a small rubber band, which he slip- ped over the duck’s bill just back of the nostrils. The duck tried to quack, but the rubber band, while it stretched a little, would not permit the duck to open its bill far enough to use {ts tongue. Only a murmur came from it. ucks were muzzled, and the a rested comfortably. bendaminen The commission men were surprised next COLONIAL INGENUITY. of Wood. The Park Club Defeated by the game, so evenly matched were the players. they have demonstrated thelr ability to (captain), Fletcher, Whitney and Ward: place, when they played in the finals with ace at the head of five. Boston, like the fore the trophy is handed over to the com- colonial days. falo. Many of the eastern clubs are Americans. Modern and Ancient Aspect of the Game. CAPITAL CLUB’S TOURNEY ° The score was, American, 29; Park, 22. After Parks’ defeat of Otis’ team, the Americans took the trophy to Boston, and duplicate the trick. The Americans’ team comprised Bouve the Park club was represented by Rogers, McCutcheon, Howell and Townsend. The Americans played the long suit game, with team madifications, They are a strong combination. They were much feared at Put-in-Bay and came near being in Albany's the Toledos. The Parks played trump-showing lead: and their game was similar to Boston's, with a few exceptions. Park always leads Baltimore, Hamilton and Minneapolis, lead low if there is any show to establish and bring in their suit. The play was of the highest order, and the match was won on its merits. Walbrook will be the next contestant be- mitt at = The branch of a large ee their midwinter meeting at Buf- anxious to take a trip west for the trophy, and the scene of war may be transferred to the east, where so much enthusiasm has been kept up all through the season. From California to Maine state cham- pionship games are being played daily, too numerous to be chronicled in the space al- lotted to a weekly whist column. This in- terest is not on the wane, and the reason is easily understood when some of the causes are given by intelligent writers. why whist should be popular. New England journals are teeming with eulogies on the game, and a Buffalo paper publishes an editorial, which will be particularly interesting to all lovers of the game. This article is espe- cially appropriate, as the mid-winter meet- ing of the A. W. I. Association is held in Buffalo this week. Modern and Ancient Whist. “Four persons, more or. less congent and with more or less skill in playing, Pleasant surroundings and fifty-two cards used to be considered all the requisites for a game of whist. But after a time some one with considerable prestige in society discovered that whist might be a scientific game, that it possessed many good points that had been apparently forgotten for a humber of years, and immediately a change came over the spirit of the players who thought all there was in it was a good time, plenty of talking, some sulkiness, if the game were lost, and a stroke or two of goodluck. Of course, whist and cards are among the very ancient things. They have been discovered to have existed in Hin- doostan hundreds of years ago, when no doubt they were played scientifically and skillfully; but it is only a matter of a few years since the Americans awakened to the fact that there is a deal more in the bits of pasteboard than they imagined, and straightway made up their minds to get to the root of the matter. With the tenacity, acuteness and determination that usually go with the race, the American methods of playing whist are becoming the recognized rules of the world. Cavendish says in a few years they will be the only rules, and Cavendish should know, since he is the greatest authority on cards in Europe. “A great deal of the praise that has been and will be bestowed on the Americans for their cleverness in discovering such admir- able leads and games, ought; if honor is given where honor is due, to be handed over to the women, say many who are in a position to know. The American men have been playing scientific games of whist in their clubs for a long time, but they kept it all to themselves. Finally their wives wanted to-eplay at home, and, of course, were rebuffed by the lords of creation, be- cause of their foolhardiness, their want of discretion and thought, their recklessness and a great many more shortcomings. im- mediately they determined they would play whist and play it, too, in a way to make their husbands look well to their laurels, if they cared to keep them. ‘When a wo- man will she will,’ though it is nothing more than to become a good whist player. At once whist teachers were placed on the list of professors, and the whist lesson twice a week became as necessary as danc- ing or music. Indeed, in New York and some of the eastern cities whist is taught as an accocmplishment, and the whist teacher is quite as important as the gym- nastic instructor or the dancing master. “Besides being a pleasant recreation and mental pastime, whist has been placed among the heaithful and beneficial pur- suits for men and women. It is beneficial because it demands system and method to inches from one end, and the A row of slivers was cut from the turned down over These brooms were pliable, clean- and enduring, and as broom corn was They were made boys on New England farms for 6 cents e boys joined; and, as Daniel Webster The ys from earliest days made trenchers and , wooden pans in which to set milk, troughs. They made rundlets, flails, cheese hoops, They also employed themselves sticking wire teeth in wool cards. The In every household ery spare moment was occupied in doing —+ee— MUZZLING DOMESTIC DUCKS. Dangerous, but to Cure Their Quacking. the has lost lots of it. He leaves Hutchinson at City in the During the night, when he has no BRage to deliver at small stations, ft wn on an improvised couch and doze. ith the advent of the ducks the dozing He thought of strangling them. But bright idea came to him. After he had One by one the = lay it well. It trains the mind and is seer when they received a lot of ducks pa for the nerves, so that makes it with rubber bands around their bills, and healthful. Women who are harassed with From Puck. Boston Bride (tearfully)—“And the honey- m should speak to me like that!” The Confidante—* Boston Bride—‘He said I was unreason- able!” —— the bands were removed the shouts o! household duties, with the demands of the butcher and baker, incessant calls from the nursery and never-ceasing so- cial duties take a course of lessons in whist to quiet the strained nerves and teach calmness and repose. Those who have much trouble find a course helpful to divert the mind from its worriments and the careless and inaccurate find the lessons a good training. Men who have been engrossed for years on one subject «lis- cover their mental faculties dwarfed, hav- protest from the ducks were deafening. aos —re- An Intellectual Wound. oon scarcely over! To think that he What did he say, dear?” eS By All-Night ‘Inhalation THE PILLOW INHALER Cures While You Sleep. Catarrh, Asthma, Bronchitis, Grip, Throat and Lung Troubles. During all thé sleeping hours the head is enveloped in a thoroughly disinfected, pure and curative air (tar, iodine, car- bolic and other healing properties). With every breath the in- flamed air passages are soothed and healed. There is no stomach dosing, no douching, no snuffing, no suffering, no loss of time. ? It is as safe as sunshine. It is easy and simple to use. What the brother of Ex-Congressman Sibley says: x GALENA OIL WORKS, FRANKLIN,: PA; . May 27, 1897. Of a case of brgnchitis, so severe that some of my friends began to fear it might be tuberculosis, I was cured in this un- favorable climate, in the month of January, without losing a day from my business, by the use of the Pillow-Inhaler Rem- edy, after all other medicines and measures’ tried had proved unavailing. You are at liberty to publish this statement, as I deem it a duty to make known the merits of this simple and inexpen- sive, but efficacious, means of treatment. ours truly, E. H. SIBLEY. | The Pillow Inhaler is For Sale by All Druggists. Jaz2-11t THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, JANUARY 24, -1898—14 PAGES. ing too little to do. Previously a dozen memori: lessons have been the ordinary means used to_bring the memory back to its proper action, but now whist accomplishes this, and for this reason, if for no other, busi- ness men enjoy and indulge in the game. “The average woman does not make as good a player as t average man,’ says the whist teacher, men are ysually trained from boyhood to reason and think, while the average waman;has her thinking done for her; but business women and those accustomed to,-managing thelr own af- fairs make quite as expert players as men. They may not draw as quick or as good inferences as the men, but their intuitive powers of reasoning enable them to grasp points more quigkly nd to see a long way ahead in the game.’ “The really ,g00d player these days knows after two rounds have been played just what cards the other players hold, and can tell by thel'card that one player lays on the table why he played it. When each player knows thoroughly what his partner and his opponent will do the game gives the keenest pleasure, but when one player plays according to the scientific rules and the other after the old way it is misery itself for that one player. If one wishes to stand well in society he or she must learn to play -whist just as cer- tainly as ‘to learn to dance, and until the game is learned properly have mercy on other 'people and do not inflict your ig- norance on scientific players, is the advice given by one good player who had one evening spoiled by a careless player.” The Capital Club Score. Judging from the score at the C. Bi. C. handicap tournament Saturday night, the mixed pair club selected a good team to represent them at Baltimore, and it is due to both Stephens and Cole to say that their whist is of the highest standard. Both. are careful, conservative players, fa- miliar with the American leads, and, being good readers of the cards, are particularly strong in end play. Fogg’s reputation as a star player is too well known to need comment, having been up against the strongest players in the country. He was with the C. Bi - we they defeated the Albany for the A. ‘Although Miss King made her initial bow to match play, she made a beautiful score, the highest made by the Weshington play- ers, and turned the tables on “Bev.” sev- eral times, once with an ace of hearts and ten of spades, both winners. She caused him to discard the ace of hearts, allowing her nine of hearts to take a trick. All the Baltimore players are loud in their praise of Miss King’s play, and say she not only nade some brilliant plays, but showed her familiarity with their style of play by cor- rectly playing the cards at all stages. She was incorrectly reported as saying, “It is easy to play against the long sult game,” when, in fact, she said, “It is a great pleas. ure for me to play with people who play the same game as myself.”” The following is the score of the C. Bi. C. handicap Saturday night: North and South. | Cole & Stephens... Fast, and West. 177 Britton & Fogg Henry&Williamson. 172] Bar'ick&Q’cken 170| Lewis & Prince. 148, 169) Williams & M°Comb 144 67) Bin) indsay.. 142 lark & Pelouze... 140 183) Cooper & Myers... 140 Barnes & Estey. 155] Hoeke & Parker... 135 1340) ‘1,156 Average, N. & S., 167.5' Average, E. & W., 144.5 BASE BALL MAGNATES MEET. Representatives of Eastern and We: ern Leagues at Buffalo. BUFFALO, N. Y., January 24—Among the members of the Eastern and Western base ball leagues here to attend a meeting of delegates of cthe-two bodies today. are President Powers, esident Draper of the Providence club, Bogart of Wilkesbarre and Kuntzch of Syracuse of the Eastern League, President Johnson, Charles Comis- key of St. Pauf antt Vanderbeck of De- troit. Among“others here are Charles Morton, former manager and umpire, who, it is said, will Manage tne new Rochester club. * {9 In_ addition the amendment to the drafting system as Suggested by the Na- tional League, the questions of playing a series of inter-league championship games and the drafting-of players from the East« ern League by Natipnal League clubs for the Western league or vice versa, will be considered. ¢ : President Draper—ef Providence says tkat, while the two minor leagues cannot draft e: other's players, it ts possible for the National eagle to draft a player from one league and ‘transfer him to the other. He says that it is his belief that the Washington club has drafted Catcher Dix- on of his club for a Western League club, either Detroit or Minneapolis. g BOWLERS VISIT BALTIMORE. Carroll Institute Took a Game From the Catholic Club. The Carroll Institute bowlers visited Bal- timore Saturday night and played a return set of games on the alleys of the Catholic Club. They have the honor of being the only Washington team that has won a game in Baltimore this season, and are proportionately pleased. Rich and Stone of the regular team were unable to make the trip, substitutes bowling in their places, so that the victory is all the more credit- able. The Catholic Club entertained the visiting team in splendid style after the games, the party returning from Baltimore on the last train. ‘The first game was closely contested, Lo- ctaft, Harlow and Armstrong bowling good scores, while Curran and Blake were the only Baltimoreans to secure high games, Curran having but one break. The score follows: Balto. Catholte, Club. Carroll Institute, St. Sp. * Wheeler. 145 | Locratt. 188 | Wimsatt. 336 | Gorman. aemicoe Armstrong was alone in his good work for the Carrolls in the second game, the rest of the team all doing poorly. The home team improyed on their opering game and had no trouble in securing the victory. Cur- ran was again high man for his side. Wheeler's game of 126 is one of the small- est ever bowled by him in competition with Washington clubs. : The score of second game: Balto. Catholic Club. | Carroll Institute. St. Sp. Sc.| St. Sp. Se. -O 4 119 1 6 144 B 2 140 1 8 119 181 Armstrong. 3 4 166 +» 8183) Total......... 688 The Baltimoreans ran up a total in the last game that left the Carrolls out of con- sideration, beating them by a margin of 223 pins. If Blake had bowled anything lke his customary game the team score of the Catholic Club would have surely been @ record-breaker. Curran’s good work con. tinued, and it is safe to say that this bow- ler ranks with the best In the country. Carroll Institute secured but four strikes in the game. * Balto. Catholic “lub. Carroll Institute. Si Sal Bt. it. . x Wheeler... 6 212) Locratt.... 1 is3 0 115] Wimsatt... 1 136 4 493! Gorman... 4 7 0 Total Jan vaigy ‘Tetal.. The Catholic Club will come over Sati Gay night for a match on the rbund ‘ Saengei alleys with the strong German team. A hot game is anticipated.* Tonight the Saenger- bund bowls at % ll Institute, and the Institute players have arranged to accofn. modate a 1; ‘This will be ti nd league game of the serson to which ladi€s have been admitted, and a large attendance is Hkely, BOLTING FR THE A. A. U. Form a Basket tion, - There is open"rebellion against the regis- tration rule of the Amateur Athletic Union among the basket ball players of Phila- deiphia. An entirsly new and separate governing body has been organized, called the “Eastern Amateur Basket Ball Asso- clation.” At a meeting Saturday afternoon twenty- five or thirty strong associations were rep- rsented, and a board of officefs nominated, The nominees tnclude some of the ‘best Philadelphia Bal Gungill, Wynn, Saunders, Yellinger, John- son and Spence. In th> meanwhile, the A. A. ° tion committee has asked for Dr. Luther Gulick of the A. A. U. basket ball committee, Secretary J. E. Sullivan and John W. Kelly, jr., will meet the rep- rsentatives of the new organization Thurs- day night. Kilpatrick Defeats Tincler. Charles Kilpatrick, the American runner, beat George Tincler, the Irish runner, at Rochdale, England, Saturday, in a half- mile race, the first of a series of contests between them. Kilpatrick allowed Tincler to lead until they were 100 yards from home, when he passed him and won by three yards. His time was 1 minute 57 1-5 seconds. About 500 persons witnessed the contest, which was for a purse of $500. ‘The odds were 2 to 1 on Kilpatrick. For Violating Track Rules. The board of stewards of the Jockey Club, at New Orleans, promulgated the following Saturday: For engaging in a per- sonal affray on the grounds of the club J. J. Carroll and Bookmaker May are fined $100 each and for using effensive language to customers in violation of track rule 19 J. J. Carroll is fined $50 additional. The affray occurred Friday afternoon. Eastern Amateurism Criticined. Track Captain Everett J. Brown of the University of California, who has just re- turned from an eastern trip, taken in the interests of the athletic association of his college, asserts that the athletics of some of the eastern colleges are not amateurs in the true sense. “We are far better right here in the west,” he said. “Amateurism is a mere pretanse in some of the big universities. When I told them our methods they laugh- ed and sald ‘they savored of tne ‘prep.’ school. I met men from Yale who boasted that they had not seen the colleg> campus during the foot ball season, and Princeion was not far behind. Harvard is more like California, and that is why she does not win. The Cambridge men are expect=d to study, and at Pennsylvania you will find the foot ball team recruiting all the way from country blacksmith shops to the New York police force.”* Schaefer Defeats Ives. George Sutton made sure of third mony in the Chicago billiard tournament Satur- day by defeating Catton in the afternoon, 260 to 95. At night the schedule of the tournament was completed, and Ives and Schaefer tied for first and second money. The “Wizard” was too much for the “Young Napoleon,” and won the night's game by a score of 400 to 378. The finish was a heart-breaker, and only for an un- fortunate kiss, that caused the balls to line up for Ives, the result would probably have been reversed, as he was in good stroke and had the balls in good position. The cheering when “Jake” made his tinal shot was deafening and was long continued. Infantry Boys’ Great Game. The W. L. L. C. basket ball team snowed under the team representing Company C of that organization Saturday night by a score of 18 to 2. The Infantry boys put up a great game, both In passing and in goai throwing, and showed a steady improve- ment in signal play that will enable the boys to make a fine showing in front of the next out-of-town team that visits this «ity. The boys of Company C played a good up-hill game, but the team was plain- ly outclassed. Won by C. H. S., °99. The class of '99, C. H. 8., defeated the Mount Pleasants in a close and hotly con- tested game of basket ball at the W. L. I. armory Saturday afternoon. For the class cf '99, C. H. S., the excellent work of Ellis, Blasdel and Ruess deserves mention. Hazard and Hill also put up a good game tor their team. The line-up: Class "99, Mount Pleasant. Ellis... F. Churchill (Capt). Ruess, . B. -Hofmann The score: Class '99, C. H. S., 3; M. P., 2. Goals from field: Ellis, 2; Hazard, 2; Rup- pert, 1. Umpires, Mr. Jones and Mr. Rob- e€rtson. Professionals May Join Road Club. The Century Road Club of America has extended the hand of fellowship to pro- fesssionals. ‘Che mail vote on the question cf admitting “pros” to membership was 64 in favor of the amendment out of 69 re- ceived. The committee considered numer- ous important amendments. One is an amendment giving the state divisions a portion of the revenues of the club to be used in the extension of division work. ———.—__ Leaves and Lunches. To the Edijor of The Evening Star: The heart of your correspondent has been made sick by the constant flings at the clerks in the departments at Washington. ‘The latest phase is a disquisition on their sick leaves and their lunch hours. The writer is a clerk and has never been sick and never exceeded his lunch hour. But he is free to say that any curtailment of the present grant of sick leave for a month at the option of the clerk and for an addi- tional month at the option of the Secretary would work grave harm to the work. The writer has a wide acquaintance with the departments and makes the assertion that sick leaves are seldom abused, and the further assertion that many clerks work overtime freely and many don’t even take their full annual Jeeves. But take away the sick leave and clerks will come to office sick rather than lose their annual leave, and if they are compelled to stay at home they will so fret and worry at the possible loss of thelr annual leaves that they make themselves sicker, and the work of both themselves and their associates will suffer from their condition. There are a few in each department that will shirk, but vicious rules should not be made on that account, as they do them no good and work harm to the deserving many. Laws are not made to cover exceptional cases. The clerks in the departments are as a whole a refined, -*ducated, high-minded body of ladies and gentlemen, and I am free to say that the constant worry brougat on by perennial fears of reduction or dis- missal cause more detriment to the work of the departments than all other causes com- bined. With regard to the lunches, a half hour is not enough time to lunch in. It pre- vents clerks going to their homes, which most of them could do now on their bi- cycles if they had an hour, and it gives them no time to rest. An hour for lunch time would give better and more work, even with the present hours. Three hours before lunch and three after lunch are as much mental work as any human being can keep up from day to day. It is lost sight of that the clerks work all the time during their hours. This is not the case else- where. Not only should the clerks have one hour out of seven for lunch, but they should have a half holiday each week, ot them on Wedn« SEWAGE DISPOSAL. ris ee Commissioners Transmit Bill for Is- | suance of Bonds. 1 The Commissioners of the District have j transmitted to the chairman of each Dis- trict committee for introduction in Con- gress the sewage disposal bill, which was printed in full in The Star the 5th instant. With their letter of transmittal the Com- missioners forward a statement in which their advocacy of the proposed bill, which authorizes the issue of bonds to the amount of $3,500,000, is set forth. They Invite the attention of Congress to reports cf the health officer and of the san- itary commission on the subject, and say: “The inadequacy and unhealthfulness of the present method of sewage disposal was recognized by Congress as far back as 188). On March 2 of that year an act was passed authorizing the President to appoint three competent sanitary engineers to examine and report on the sewage system of the District: of Columbia, and also to make such suggestions and récommendations that might be deemed desirable for the modifi- cation and extension of same. The com- mission authorized by Congress made their examination and report, and Congress practically adopted such report by making appropriations at various times for the ex- ecution of portions of the sewers suggested by said board. The appropriations to date amount to $577,000. “The insanitary conditions, due to the present method of sewage disposal, are ™much worse now than in 1889 and 1800, and are steadily growing worse, as the amount of sewage increases and as the marshes @ong the Anacostia river gradually fill. At present the sewage is emptied into the Potomac and Anacostia rivers immediately aleng the water front of the city, and car- ried back and forth by the tides, a large portion being deposited on the banks. In addition to this, the James Creek and B Street canals, which are within 930 yards of the Capitol and 800 yards of the White House, respectively, are open sinks of pol- lution, into which more filth is daily de- pesited by the sewers than if all of the town of Alexandria were discharging into them. These canals need only to be ex- amined at low tide and disturbed slightly to convince the most skeptical of their dan- Berous condition, especially during the sum- mer season. “The estimated cost of the system, in- cluding work already done, 1s $4,020,635, this estimate beir.g based on the project of the commission as changed in accordance with the experience gained by the work al- ready done. It must be noted that the re- lef required will not be gained unzil the whole of the work is completed. At the rate at which appropriations have been made available for this purpose in the past, this work, so important to the Dis- trict, will not be completed until the year 1928. The cost of this work is great, but its value to the District and to the nation’s capital is far greater. The good that it will do is not only immediate, but lasting. The revenues available will not permit construc- tion as rapidly as good business economy, apart from other consideration, would re- quire, and even should they do so it is questionable whether in equity the pay- ment Of the costs by the taxpayers ought not to be extended over a period of years.” re p Sale —Some of the very finest Toilet Soaps sacrificed. 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So far the English investor has been shy of a lanc which sank into an altogeth- er unnatural poverty, and in which skilled labor has not existed. Prof. Geddes and other gentlemen who have interested themselves in eastern af- fairs have formed a company to develop the rescurces of the island, and at the same time relieve the de@titute refugers They anticipate that their philanthropy can be made to pay, as Cyprus lies within a stone's throw of the highway of the em- pire, the Suez canal, and the Various ar cles of Cyprus produce on the market, such as beans, cotton, linseed and barley, al- ready realize high pric The sole reason for their comparative neglect is the uncere tainty of supply, due to want of capital. ——_+-— Painted on Her Own 5: From the Philadelphia Record An oll painting with something of a his- torical value is owned by Louis Anger of Philadelphia. It is a realistic picture of the Constitution, the famous man-of-war which aid so much active service in the war of 1812. The canvas on which “Old [ronsides* is painted is a piece of the very sail which she carried, and the frame which holds the painting is n.ade of a piece of a spar from the famous naval fighter. The painting has had quite an imeresting experience. It was originally owne by Lieutenant Fleming, who was assigned to duty on the Constitution. He gave Mr. Anger’s father about forty but it only ri sion for a few day @ servant. While attending an auct about three years ago, the present owner was greatly surprised the stolen painting offered to the highest bidder. Mr. Anger outbid the other buyers and br the painting home. On being questio! to how it came in his possession, the auc= tioneer said it had been bought in a pawn- broker's sale. Cypras. THE CHORAL SOCIETY. — Am Advisory Committee Musici: A new departure inaugurated this sea- son by the Choral Society is the appoint- ment from among the leading musicians of the city of a musical advisory commit- tee, which at the present time consists of the following gentlemen, all well and fa- vorably known in their profession: Dr. J. W. Bischoff, Dr. John P. Caulfield, Dr. Anton Gloetzner, Dr. George W. Walter, Mr. Ernest Lent, Mr. Herman C. Rake- mann, Mr. Henry Xander, Mr. Josef Kas- per and Mr. John Porter Lawrence. It was believed that the interests of the so- ciety would be furthered- by the promi- nence given it by the public indorsement of gentlemen of their standing in the mu- cial world. It was the intention to call the committee together occasionally in joint meeting with the program committee of the board of managers to discuss matters pertaining to the general policy of the so- ciety, the numbers to be selected for fu- ture concerts and similar topics. The first and successful meeting of the committee was held last Tuesday even- ing at the home ef the financial secretary, Mr. William Bruce King of 8 street north- west. Dr. Bischoff was unable to attend, it being the night of the first of his series of concerts at the Congregational Church, and Dr. Walter, Mr. Xander and Mr. Law- rence were also kept away by musical en- gagements, but all the other members of the advisory committee met, with Prof. H. M. Paul, Mr. D. G. Pfeiffer, Mr. Wm. B. King and Mr. Edwin A. Hill, represent- ing the board of managers, and a profit- able and pleasant evening was spent in the music room of the host in a discussion of the position of the Choral Society in Washington, its present and future policy, its needs and the various works available for the third and last concert of the pres- ent season. Afterward an adjournment was taken to the dining room, where mat- ters were discussed less formally and more socially in somewhat German stu- dent style, in which the long pipe and its usual accompaniments were not wanting. The meeting broke up about midnight, and was voted a success in every respect. A number of works were discussed with reference to the third concert, and cer- tain passages from “Mirriam’s Triumphal Song,” by Schubert, were rendered by Dr. Gloetzner on the Steinway grand. Other numbers discussed were “The Earl King’s Daughter” by Gade, Mendelssohn's ““W purgis Night,” “‘The Crusaders” by Gad Rheinberger’s “Christopher,” Barnett's “The Ancient Mariner,” Hayden's “Crea. tion,” Dvorak’s “Spectre’s Bride,”’ Listz’s “Bells of Strasbourg Cathedral,” Hora- tio W. Parker's “St. Christopher,” “Har- old Harfarger” and other numbers. Some of these works would occupy an entire evening in their rendition, others a por- tion only. There seemed to be a strong sentiment in favor of Beethoven's orato- rio (the only one ever written by him), “The Mount of Olives,” the “Hallelujah Chorus” from which it will be remembered Was given last year by the society at its second or hymn of praise concert. This work would not ‘occupy more than half of the evening, and if selected the second number would perhaps be Rheinberger’s “Christopher.” i The soprano part at present overbal- ances the other parts in the chorus. A few more altos are still needed, also some tenors and basses. Regular rehearsals are held every Monday evening at 7:30 at Sheldon's Hall, 1004 F street northwest, at which all applicants for membership should present themselves. — A Ten-Year-Old Drummer. From the Louisville Port. “I was treated to a surprise while on @ recent trip in western Kentucky,” said a traveling salesman last night. “While sit- ting *in a smoking car enjoying a quict whiff at my old cob pipe a dapper looking lad of ten dropped down by me in the seat and asked if 1 objected to his smoking a ‘coffin nail,” one of those nauseous paper rolis. I said no, and the boy was soon chatting pleasantly. I learned that his name was Albert Smithwick Quarles; that he was about ten years of age, and was drumming for a Chicago novelty house. The youth said he had been on the road for eighteen months, having traveled most of that time in the territory adjacent to the ‘windy city.’ He was nothing, if not up to snuff; was on to all the latest wrinkles, and had picked up the experience which many a man of thirty has not. He was a charming companion, a good dresser and had a glib tongue. ‘Old stager though L am, I was won over by the boy's frank manner and gentlemanly demeanor, and had I been in business I would have bought a bill from him just to encourage the bright-eyed Yankee.” E araging a Precise Man, From the Cleveland Leader. “Come in here snd have lunch with me,” said one business man to another, as they were walking in a down-town street yes- terd«y, shortly after the noon hour.” “What! You don’t eat in there, do you?” es, this is my favorite restaurant. “Well, by George, I'm surprised! I thought you were a man who would be more ditfi- cult to satisfy than that. I took one meat there, and then declared that I would never go into the place again. The service was wretched, the ihings they gave me to eat were miserably prepared, and, taking it ail together, it was about the worst thing L ever had in the lunch line.” “I grant that all you have said may be true, yet there is a very good reason why the place ought to have our patronage.” “What is it?” “Do you see the sign in front? It says ‘Ladies and Gentlemen's Restaurant.’ Look at the other signs. They all read: ‘Ladies and Gents.’ The man who runs this place hes fgg to be encouraged, even if his grub is |. Come on.” ‘So they went tn. SEER At MEANING OF HAMLET. Father Stafford’s Argument Against the Prince's Insanity. A large and distinguished audience listen- ed to the eloquent lecture of Rev. Father The population of Chicago seems to com- argument against the theory of insanity of | prise two classes—the sandbaggers and the the prince. “Hamlet is the picture of bagged.—Puck. Shakespeare's own heart,” said Dr. Staf- ford, “and signifies that melancholy of genius which is never absent from the great. ‘Non est magnum engenium sine melancholia.’ It is the judgment of genius upon this life, that this life is not enough to ‘satiety the soul of man, and therefore sand! —= HERMITAGE WHISKIES pen near tevin ercle-toed f Government, :