Evening Star Newspaper, November 14, 1898, Page 12

THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1898-16 PAGES. SA A RO a, Oa OD ' 1898-99 FURS. |} > ng” of the season at the Palais Royal with a demonstratio 9 tive and p ble. Note that the new season's Collarettes are scallo * leaf clover. . too, that only furriers’ best furs are here. In the g: eo with but little added to the cost. T - T $13 for Choice. | ‘ to retail at vartous prices » ome of mnenkey fur with col- 5 al; others of seal with yoke | nm and sale that will prove instruc- ped, forming the shape of a four- athering not a few good bargains hese are told of below: r $22.50 Collarettes. * Seal, with high collar and border of i y full sweep, shaped like a Description is ditfieult. You wer. them. need to s $1.35 for $2.25 Tuffs. ‘These half hundred Electric be duplicated at anything Hk quoted $1. ‘They suggest ents. eal Mutts cannot the price now Christinas pres- DP SDPO OOOO DOOD. 5 $7.48 for $9 Suits. % se and Cheviots. All-wool Cheviot Serge Suits, in % ¢ Black. navy, rT, in all black, navy, green and brown. ( % sizes. Satin lini istration Satin lined fly-front jacket, trimmed Q ® for sty! with Hercules braid. Skirt gored, & 0 tee ee ir latest style. Q & yes : $27.50 for $50 Suits. + \ English Kersev : : nip Ki % castor, roval " One-of-a-kind Cloth Suits, pro- * ‘ adn sred throughout. duced by men tailors of national ‘ > es of refined taste will be de- fame. Those you have doubtless Q ehted with these coats zes for seen here, at various prices from $30 % slim, me to $50. Choice tomorrow for $27.50. Q “Opening” in Art Needlework Dept. ESS A grand display that is most interestingly instructive. Opportune—with Christ- ) ‘ mas but little more than a month away. Bs , ¢ during 1 is the ‘Opening’ price of the + pair for the $1 Opal Bottles; finishes 59c 7Be Spachtel Searfs, 54 inch- 75c $2.25 for consist- 5 | es long to $3.50 for 36-inch to | ing of two trays, d powder i Sea to $2 for Center | Comb and Brash 4 | to $5 palr for Shams, ' d > = ‘ ¢ Not Lowered, Only the Price. { 69¢ | 75€ ! ; ° for 80c Taffeta Silks. for $1 Quality Silks. 5 * Heavy-weight. Sweetly Rustling All are the gems of the season in Se Silks. Plain and glace effects, in designs and colors. Plaid Taffeta Re % white, cream, light blue, pink, nile, Silks, as seen in expensive im- Q & lavender, violet, cerise, turquoise, ported waists. 45¢ yard for 68c + * scarlet, cardinal, vale, garnet, golden quality plaids, etc. Only 79¢c for the Q & brown, tan, gray, steel, navy and superlatively attractive pompadour : , ok 2 stripe silks. ¢ $ = eee a = - + Best Ribbons Cheap. Feathers, Ornaments. g once-a-vear distribution — of MPORTER ends his season with Y A “seconds” from the leading l a nominal price for his samples 5 maker of the United States. and surplus stock. Feathers of % * Lest Double-face Satin Ribbons, in all kinds and Millinery Ornaments 4 less than cost of worth from 50c to $2.50 have been & secured to distribute at 25 cents for ( 31 4 choice. The lots previously here at % == 6oc 45 cents for choice are to be included ¢ See ee with the new arrivals, reduced to 25 i 30¢ 35¢ cents. os a ° Y 25c for Ladies’, 19c for Childre ; Ribbed quantities of small, medium and extra sizes, 25¢ for Lac and fleeced garments, as in the full length than merchants can buy them today at wholesale. ¢ t 49¢ pair for 75¢ to $1.25 icy 25e¢ pair for soc to 75¢ Stock- a Hose, black and colors; some | ings, importers’ odd dozens and x with embroidered insteps; some half dozens of fancy plaid, boot fy } demurely attractive; some typi- pattern and black Lisle and Maco .,~} } cally Parisian. Yarn Hose. And Men’s Soc DS = = $ Palais Royal, G St 2% rs eS ee ee e Pe : , >< OPES HSH E SS , Special Prices 3 & On Overcoats. Q HERE ARE THREE OVERCOAT OFFERINGS Q WHICH FAR SURPASS IN VALUE ANYTHING IN THIS LINE EVER OFFERED IN WASHINGTON. 4 ¢ > ye » No. 1. No. 2. | No. 3. ¢ 5 3 all-wool An all-wool, fast | =A winter weight, 3 4 t covert color, navy blue | all-wool tan covert & ; a neat tan c¢ . English Kersey.) cloth—cut short— 0 ¢ Cut the prevailing | Plaid wool lining— | good quality—Italian pe stvle—well trimmed | silk voke and sleeve | cloth lining. A nob- Q *% and tailored. A lining and silk vel- by, dressy coat for regular $10 garment , vet collar. An $18/ young men. Value. Q = for only— } value for— | $12.50. Price only— 3 ¢ $6.75. $12.50. | $7.50. § ¢ Me - EVERY GARMENT IN OUR ENTIRE STOCK IS + < NEW, MADE IN THIS SEASON’S LATEST STYLES BY Q @ THE BEST MAKERS IN AMERICA, AND IS OFFERED $ @ AT 25 TO 33 PER CENT LESS THAN ITS REAL VALUE. 3 > 2 g Chery & Moran Co., : * Successors to cy ya ¢g * a > > Robinsun & Chery Co., 3 td if Inter-Ocean Building, 512 9th Street. 3 a a a a SO a ee eS v a ; ‘Wasn't that too many?" ed Smith lazily. “I don’t have o; if he had had only one he might @ bath every morning.”—Paper have fallen in love with her.”—Chicago Record. n’s Union Suits. picture to the left hand. Ample lies’, ig¢ for Children’s sizes—less reet. Vee Se ae Sh ee ae oe ee ON THE Those Wh Can Travel With Boston Herald, Kaow Only the Ropes Comfort. From t Rich forelgners traveling on the continent subject them: to many annoyances which strike the American firs t eler as entirely unnecessar: take solid comfort in the according to princely lights. Barring lux- uries to which the great rail corpo tions here have accustomed us, the modes of getting about in European countries are not to be despised. On the other side voy- ageurs still voyage with all their luggage in their laps or on the seats of the com- partment, and because of this time-honored custom a regular class of thieves ply from one end of the steel thoroughfares to the other, ever on the alert for the satchel of Jewels or the unwary stranger with valu- ables in a handbag. The reason wealthy persons burden them- selves with such things 1s there is always danger of the larger baggage heing robbed in transfer. No one has ever been able to Keep a strap on his or her trunks; porters on the other side coolly removing them un- der the very eyes of the owner. Great thefts have been committed in France and Italy on the different railway lines, either at the station where the luggage was put on board the train or by those officials in charge of it before it reached its destina- tion. No teurist who has thus suffered has been able to get redress, and hence the na- tive, aware of the weakness of these rail. officials, carries the tempting hundbag, which in its time may also disappear. But aside from these eccentricities, and also the bother of paying for bagxage by weight, the wealthy man who his lived abroad long enough to know the ropes cer- tainly travels en prince. His rugs and his ons are a study. His elaborate dres ax, his books, his facilities for taking something nourishing en route, are marvels of entertaining completeness to the Ameri- can who bounds from New York to San Francisco and 1s cared for by a road that ministers to every want. -class trav- but they also ir own way and A Word of Commendation. From Puck. “There was one moment,” wrote the dramatic critic of the Cyclone Couniy Sandbag, ‘“‘when Mr. Hamfat, who played Othello, was simple, natural and unaffect- ed; that was when the egg struck him.” BATHING. BEACH Annual Report of Committee Having It in Charge. ESTIMATES FOR APPROPRIATIONS Recommendations for the Future Conduct of the Pool. ——— ee IMPROVEMENTS NEEDED eee The committee appointed by the District Commissioners April 15, 1898, ‘to confer with the superintendent of the bathing beach. Mr. W. X. Stevens, and recommend to the Commissioners such improvements and repairs to said beach and appurte- nances, and methods of conducting the same, us they shall deem advisable in or- der to obtain the best practicable results from the appropriation for that purpose,”” today submitted their report. The committee, Messrs. Snowden Ash- ford and Samuel Keemle and Dr. Tindall, stated that the rules and regulations then in force for the protection of persons and property, and the maintenance of order at the beach, were found in many respects to meet the object for which they were in- tended, but a number of modifications thereof and additions thereto’ were made as subsequent experience from time to time suggested. These modifications of, and ad- ditions to, the rules and regulations have been published in The Star. The committee found the beach greatly in dof improvements and repairs. The floats had to be repaired and recalked, and the bas- kets fitted with solid bottoms and base- boards so as to retain sand, and the fences thereon extended and generally repaired. The supports to some of the bath houses and walks between them had decayed so that it was hazardous to life and limb to permit them to be used without repairs, and many locks had to be replaced. The sand had washed almost entirely off between the high and low tide lines, so that bathers on the shallow parts of the beach incidentally stirred up the mud un- til the water became unsightly and unen- durable for bathing purposes. The floats and bathing baskets were re- paired under the immediate supervision of Offecr Samuel L. Browne of the metropoli- tan police force, who was detailed for po- lice duty at that point. Repairs to the Beach. A coating of several inches of coarse sand was placed on the beach almost its entire length and for a width of about eighty feet. In the course of this work a num- ber of inequalities in the bottom were found, and, as far as practicable, brought up to the common grade. While the deposit of sand was not regarded as in the nature of a complete improvement, it effected a radical change in the appearance of the beach, and increased the comfort and safe- ty of the bathers. The beach was also extended and cleaned up to a well defined line of demarkation between it and the terrace. The commit- tee regrets that the means at disposal for the improvement of the beach did not then seem to justify the grading and grassing of the terrace. Potomac Water Supply. Through the accommodation of the com- missioner of fish and fisheries, authority was granted, at the request of the Commis- sioners, May 17, 1808, to tap the water pip2 which carnies Potomac witer to the fish ponds near the Washington monument, for a supply of water for drinking, laundry, and other purposes .wt the beach. As tke per- mission was coupled with the s scion that a tank or other reservoir suff to hold at least a day’s supply of water be provided at the beach, in order that a stock might be eccumulated for use on those days when the fish ponds required all the water the mains could furnish, a cedar tank of about 1,100 gallons capacity was ts eived too late to be of Through a misunder- of the beach i for from this source several days, and was never quite sati: tory. This difficulty vindicates the poli of purchasing the tank, which if used dur- ing the future seasons should preclude tur- ther embarrassment of that nature. w Buildings. To meet the instructions of the Commis- sioners the committee adopted a system of checks on the receipts at the beach for rents, et., which rendered it desiroble to rearrange the entrance stiles and erect a small suit house contiguous to the office building for the storage of bathing suits and to facilitate their storage and de- livery. Bath Houwes. During the busier portions of the bathing the then existing bath house ac- jations were found to be far too limited to meet the demands. An aaditional double row of twenty-four bath houses was erected, with the special approval of the Commissioners, and these afforded ma- terial relief. At least fifty more bath houses should be provided. ‘A covered observation stand was also erected for the accommodation and pro- tection from the weather of visitors and others, but was placed somewhat too near the strand, and the roof has been found to be too flat to provide full protection against the rays of the late afternoon sun. These defects. can readily be rectified at small ¢ pense before the opening of the next bath- ing season. The total cost of the new bath houses and observation stand and replace- ment of a number of locks was $452. New Fence A low paling fence was constructed the entire length of the beach not occupied by bath houses and other buildings. This fence was needed to keep dogs and other domestic animals out of the beach limits, where they would have menaced the com- fort and safety of bathers, and to assist in the maintenance of good order. It has ap- parently answered the objects for whicn it was designed. ‘The officers and employes of the beach, other than the metropolitan police vite detailed for duty there, and their dv and compensation, were as follows: ‘The principal officer at the beach was the superintendent, whose salary for the cur- rent year is $€00 per annum, a compeas tion not too large for the responsinility and labors of such a position. The position of assistant superintendent was established principally to provide for due surveillance of the beach, with the co- operation of the police officer on duty there, during the absences of the superintend ‘The duties performed by him were those of lite guard as well as those of a suoer- visory nature. The discharge of those du- tles required the pregence of the incumpber at the beach from 7 o'clock a.m. until half hour after sunset during three days each week, and from 9 o'clock a.m. until a half hour after sunset the remaining foar days of the week, and involved his exposure to the sun during almost all day, witn ihe scant protection of an armless bathing suit, an attire which was necessary in order that at all times he shouldbe prepared to in- stantly respond to calls of distress. Life Guards. The life guard force consisted of one at $2 per diem and two at $1 per diem. The hours of duty for the one at $2 and one of those at $1 were the same as those of the assistant superintendent. The number of bathers and the frequency with whica ac cidents were averted by the vigilance of these guards. and the assistai.t superin- tendent attest the necessity for and the value of their employment. Key Boys. ‘ Until within about three wecks of the close of the beach only two key boys, so called, were employed. These were colored young men of good habits and understand- ing and about eighteen years old. They re- celved 75 cents a day. Later it was found advisable to employ another, who was put cn duty at the colored beach and received #0 cents a day. The duties of these em- ployes compelied their attendance at the beach during the same hours as those of the assistant superintendent and guards. The laundress for 75 cents a day washed, season, comm els. Suit Clerk. Soon after the bathing beach opened it became apparent that the work expected of the laundress was more than one person could satisfactorily perform. She attempt- ed to attend to the washing, drying, repair- ing, delivery and custody of the bathing suits and towels. A suit clerk was therefore employed to deliver tne suits to the bathers and keep them arranged and under surveil- lance, and to do general chores for the same pay as the laundress. This position was also @ part of .the system of checking the receipts for the rent of the suits and towels. Check Clerk. The duties of the check clerk were to re- ceive, number and file the registry blanks of description of each bather, issue a room check to each, recéive and check all valu- ables, issue tickeis for all suits and towels, keep the record of the temperature of the water and receive and transfer to the su- perintendent all funds received at the office for rent of sults, etc. On many days as much as hundreds of dollars’ worth of val- uables were confided to the keeping of this official, and on one occasion diamonds val- ued at $1,700 were checked at the office. The compensation of the position was $1 a day during the earlier part of the season, but. with the approval of the Commissioners, Was later increased to $ . The hours of this and the two next preceding position= were the same as those of the assistant superintendent and guards. No charge was made for the care of valu- ables left by bathers with the clerk for safekeeping. Only one failure to return such valuables to the owner occurred; in that case they were delivered to the wrong person. Further liability to mistake of that kind can be precluded by requiring all de- positors of valuables to leave with their deposits a card containing their auto- graphs, and to write their signatures upon another card or book for comparigon with said autograph as a prerequisite to the re- turn of the deposit. Prof. D. Hird of the health department and Prof. A. W. Dow, the inspector of a phalts and cements of the engineer depz ment, both of whom are practical and perienced chemists, tested samples of the water of the tidal reservoir on which the bathing beach is situated, and reported that in theig judgment it was not objecuon- able for bathing purposes. These sampl were obtained at the lowest stage of the river, when the proportion of impuriti in the water was presumably at its maxi- mum. The water at and in the vicinity of the bathing beach was found to be the purest, Appropriations, Receipts penses. ppropriations and receipts were follows: Balance of appropriation March 3, 1897, of $1,000; for the car repair of the public bathin beach The as of nd on the Potomac river in the District of Colum- bia, $202.95; appropriation of June 19) for the same purpose, $1,000; appropriation of June 11, 1896, 401) made ay: District appropriation law of June 9; receipts from rental of rental of refreshment charges, $757.17; total, $3,765.31. Expenses incurred on account of the Washinton bathing beach from April 1898, to November 1, 1598. For compensation of officers and provements and supplie: ete total, $2,651.30; balance, $1,114.01. Registry of Bathers. The number of bathers registered during the season was 58,181, or more than 16 per cent larger than during the preceding se: son. The gross expense of supervision wa shown, about $1,550, but from this should be deducted the amount of the riceipts from rent of bathing suits, leaving a net expenditure for supervision of or less than 1 1-3 cents for each bat Estimates for 1906 While the Commissioners were prejarin their annual estimates for the fiscal year 1900 they directed the committee on thi bathing beach to make an estimate of the cost of the management, improvement repair of that institution for the fi 1900, for consideration in conneciion with those estimates. It was concluded that no matter what provision might co mode fc trying into effect a project for iitting the inner basin as a public bathing plant, it would be ne ‘ary to keep the pres t beach in good order until the completion OL any othe fhe committee submitied a report em- bracing the following estimaic for the man- agement, care and improvement of the | Vathing beach for the year to end June BU, 1900: Superintendent, for ent year, $900; 2 life guards at . $400; 2 life guards » $200 CL in aftern check clerk at for 100 ¢ suit clerk at laundress at 7. for 100 d StS; ach, $ for Luo b boy. for 100 4. sand—1,000 20 cen acing s sodding and grading terrace, placing water tank and fixtures, sewer system, additional bath houses and other improvements, repair supplies and miscellaneous expenses, $1 Total, $4,000. Recommendations. The committee 1s of the opinion that there is an unnecessary element of danger in the bathing plant as now arranged, which is substantially as it was the preceding year This plant consists essentially of large basket-formed structures suspended in the water by means of large box flo: There are three of these baskets. Two of them (one of a depth of three feet, the oth four feet) are stationed at the norther of the beach, and one (three and deep) at the southerly end. The aving them was to furnish ba “ures of unvarying depth, as th. d fall with the floats to which < attached, and consequently have thc relative position to the surface ot the wat in the basin ut all stages of the tid mere bath tubs they are excellent they were housed in or fenced, those who use them could only get in and out of them through one well-guarded wa would be theoretically perfect so far : safety is concerned, but as they are cnly surrounded by low open railings, castiy sur- mounted and penetrated, it is not difficult for those within to get out of them into the surrounding deep water. This cften o curred and was a frequent source of solic- itude to the life guards. One of the most serous risks from these appliances is the possibility of bathers getting under the Heats and baskets, whence it would be ex- ceedingly difficult to extricate them. The guards cannot know whether all who come on the floats can swim, and some whe can- hot swim would not hesitate to de evade the guards in order to grati desire to go there. Many very narrow cs- capes of such persons nave occurred. The ideal public bathing facilities for the locality of the present beach should con- sist of a well-sanded bottom, regularly sloping outward to a depth of about. six feet of water at mean low tide, or nine feet at high tide, at an angle approaching one foot perpendicular to fourteen fect horizontal. The risks at such a beach would be at the minimum. Life Guards in Boats. The life guards at such a beach should be stationed in boats a short distance from the deep water lne, and could thus render the most efficient service in the readiest manner. A float, fitted up with diving ap- pliances, might be located out in the deeper water for expert swimmers, but {t should be different from the present float used for that purpose, which is a plain oblong box, under which bathers are sometimes caught and endangered. The present location is admirably adapted for such a beach, as the current is hardly perceptible, but enough to make a constant and sufficient renewal of the water. The terrace should be graded and grassed, and a row of rapidly growing trees should be placed at its top during this fall. A watchman should be provided to care for the property at night, during the bath- ing season, and day and night, during the interval between the seasons.” He should not only be competent to care for the pub- lic property, but to ald bathers and skaters in need of assistance in the vicinity of the beach. Public Play Grounds. During the frequent visits of the mem- bers of the committee to the bathing beach they were impressed with the adaptability of portions of the Potomac Park in the vi- cinity for the purposes of a public play ground. The spaces in the city and suburbs for youthful sports and other forms of diversion in the open air are becoming dried and mended the bathing sults and tow- | Our signature attached to an advertisement means goods strictly as advertised Waists, Skirt thing we offer is strictly u \ style. ‘Seasonable Bargains At The Bon Marche. Tomorrow we shall give uncxcelled » Fur Collars and Millinery mentioned will prove to be a money saver for vou. Every- : p tothe moment in beauty and We call special attention to our Millinery & Cloak Parlors. Suits, article in Every values In plain and Intest fancy silks and sat new, stylish colorings. | $6.39 For Silk and Sateen Waists, worth $10. Just secured this lot 9 styles worth $10. Choice, $6.39. 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Claude Smith, an electrician aboard the United States warship Charleston, who en- listed from this city, and who has the dis- tinction of having participated in the en- gagement resulting in the first victory for the Americans in Cuban waters, writes to his parents, who reside in Ohio, as follows, cerning his experience: we received or- ders to put to sea on patrol duty outside of the battle ships. The next morning we ac- companied the fleet on the way to Havana. About 7 o'clock we were twenty-five mile south of Key West where we sighted smoke on the horizon. We were on the ex- treme right of the column. The smoke proved to be that from a steamer, and she skirted the fleet and attempted to evade us. We were steaming slowly, but just be- fore she came on a line with us some one sang out that she was a Spaniard. Imme- diately everything seemed to be in confu- sion. ‘e came about at once and made for the supposed Spaniard. She put on all steam and attempted to get away, but was no match for the Nashville. We fired a fou inch shell across her bows, which fell about 100 yards from her. She did net pay any attention to it, but Kept on goimg. At that time we were about haif a mile from her. The first Heutenant sang out: “Give her another one closer,” and @ moment | later a shot fell hin ten of her | stern, throwing ows. and a run. | “I belong to the gun crew that fired the shot, and I put the shell into gun that | brought down the first Spanish ting. My | gun number is six, and is yn as a | Loader and Shellman. The gun captain's | Phe captured chip's name | Ventura. We returned with her to Key West, and left for Havana the same night and joined the fleet off Havana ly the next morning. There we received orders to blockade the port of Maricul about thirty miles west of Havana. Wh arrived there we were met by gunboat. We satled in at he turned and ran into the harh: were unable to get at her. We t kinds of schemes to get her out, but sie knew better. We laid for her all day Sui day, but with no success. londay we sighted smol ward and immediately made for it, in: after four hours’ sailing, we discovers there were the cruiser Marblehead and tor- pedo destroyer Eagle. They had orders for us to join them and proceed to Cienfu on the further coast of Cu Wes at once, but the Marblehead and ran ashore during the night, and we twelve hours in getting them off. “We arrived at our destination morning, but were too late to catch the transport we were y off there until Friday morning, and then’ the Eagle went close re>'to investigate... but about this we sighted smoke and started after it. After steaming along for an hour we made out the steamer, and put on all power to catch her. She sighted us and started for the harbor, but we were teo fast and headed her off. We boarded her and found on her Spanish General Vi- cente Cortijo, with nine of his staff, ten non-commissioned offi nd men, making a total of twenty sides * cavalr: equipments, mails and dispatches for Ha vana. “Just as we returned to the fleet a tor- pedo gunboat and several torpedo boats attacked the Eagle, but she held them ta ‘check till the Marblehead arrived aad ser them flying with one of her broadside: n we to the north- art Eagle lost hursday Several of them were crippled, but mar aged to get under cover of the forts. — Thousands of situations have been ob- tained through the want columns of The through them.