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SOCIETY,
CONTINUED FROM PAO* riVE
Sargta y Baaba. honorary vice consul
in Chicago, who has within the past
week come to Washington to present ?
his credentials as charge to succeed
Miraa All Kuli Khan, who sailed
from New York last Wednesday on ?
th? Mongolia. United States transport.
He is headed for France to serve as
peace delegate from his country.
The new charge d'affaires accom
panied his predecessor and his fam
' ily to New York and returned here
a day or two later and took up his
residence in the legation at 1513 Six- j
teenth street. He is said to be a j
most scholarly man. particularly |
learned in the lore of his country and
In the arts and crafts of both ancient
and modern Persia.
There are several more big charity
dances in the offing?the one for the
Eptscopal Eye. Ear and Throat Hos
pital?the Welcome Home ball they
call It. and I shouldn't wonder if they
had rather hoped It would welcome
the President and Mr*. Wilson home - j
when they set it for January 22. For |
that hospital is one in v/hich Mrs.
Wilson has always been keenly in- i
teres ted. She was formerly head of j
lady managers, and she has not:
merly lent her name to its balls In
the past, but she has made a point'
of being present. Which is cquallv;
true of the Southern Relief ball?al- \
ways one of the biggest of the win-1
ter. set th!s year for February 3? and i
| perhaps it also hoped that the First j
Lady would be home in time for it? j
" and possibly she will?Quien sabe? i
Then there are two new balls al-1
ready announced?one arranged by j
the League of American Pen Women}
I for Valentine's night. which is to bo l I
sn author's carnival; and one ar-j
ranged for February 21 for the ben- j
j eflt of Noel house. The plans for the .
| latter have not yet taken very defi
! nlte form, but the Valentine ball of t
the Pen Women's league Is prettv
well planned out. The patronef^e*. In
additon to Mra. Wilson r.nd Mrs. I
Marshall, will include Mr.*. 1-arz An-'
derson Mrs. Joscphus Daniels. Mrs. I
Marshall Field, Mrs. George Bamett.
Mrs. Albert S. Burleson. Mrs. Breck- j
en ridge Lonz. Mrs. Matthew T. Scott, j
Mrs. Nicholas I?ngworth. Mme. de j
Riano. Mrs. Archibald Hopkins. Mrs. '
j Charles S. Bromwell, Mrs. John B. i
Henderson and Mrs. W. Qwynn Gard- j I
tner.
The ba!l which is to be fancy dress}' I
wtll include a program by profes-! I
| aionals. of music, greetings and so o
? dancing, with an exhibition of auto- j
graphed books, photographs, Illustra- i I
| tions, etc.. as well as general dancing, j
It is requested that characterizations I
be taken in so far as possible from :
the great books of fiction. The book J
representations which will serve as i I
decorations will be chosen largely j
from the new bcoks of the year. From ;
j the moment of stepping off the e!e-'
?vator at the New Wlllard the sug- | j
ge>tion of books will be paramount, j
The proceeds from the benefit will
be applied to establishing a perma- I
nent headquarters for the league.;
where writers coming to Washington j
j may meet and be entertained. The
I need of such a clubhouse was greatly
felt during the war. which brought |
many notable women writers to the!
National Capital, who deplored hav-j
Ing no common meeting place, j
! and frequently,, were Inconvenient!v i
housed. *
Announcements of the chairman for]
the young ladies' committee and the I
i n ? n ? - - 1?
. ? wiutiiiucc am
floor committee will be made in a 1
few days. Tickets may be had at j
league headquarters. 1623 H street. '.|
jo-o n street
between the hours of 4 and 6 o'clock,
?r at Mj*< Dick Root's studio, in the!
Belasco Theater.
Protection Won the W*r.
The time has come to call a halt!
upon attacks on business for pri- \
vate or political gain. The time has
come to remind the political pro- !
Iteec that the methods of business:
men which were denounced and out- !
lawed by the politicians have been j
adopted and applied by the Admin- '
1st rat ion as the only successful way .
of conducting great enterprises and
meeting the emergencies of the war.
If we have become a great indus
trial power since I860 it is because,
we have been permitted to organize
great Industries and build up groat J
corporation.*. Many thought that
these great organizations were aj
menace to the people; that they
preyed upon society and trampled it j
under foot. But this war has shown
th%t these large business combina
tions have served a most useful
puV#e*? : that they have developed
an Invincible army of sturdy and
skillful men and an organizing gen
'ius and leadership that have inade
America a supreme factor in this
war.?President Dowse, of the Home
Market Club, in Leslie's.
What the Army "S. 0. S." Meaoi.
? The S. O. S. (which stands for
Service of Supply, and not "Sink or
Swim." nor "Sick or Sleeping." nor
"Stole Our Smokes." nor any other
Of the fanciful appellations which
the doughboys -may swear is their
understanding) is Uncle Sam's mar
vSlously rreated business system all
?long the lines of communication
extending from the base ports to the
fighting zon*?. If you wish to hear
rampant compliments for what we
have done, talk with some French
officer who. before the war. was a
man of business, a large manufac
turer. or importer. His praises will
have something of that soaring ora
tory which distinguishes the subur
ban real estate dealer's selling talk.
Americans have talked, true enough,
about the S. O. S. among themselves
over here, because they are proud
of what American business !3 doing,
but (the same as for the doughboys'
work In the trenches) a modesty has
settled upon words to outsiders.?
Helen Johns Kirtland. in Leslie's.
Sheet Music. String Musical
Instruments and Supplies.
?
Shop here first
1/ you would
?ave yourself
time and trouble
~ Besides every
kind of Sheet
Music, Books.
Orchestra. Band
and Club Music
we have?
?a a Jos
Mandolin*
Ukeleles
{?altars
IlanJo-.Maadollns, Etc.
flsllw
Mela*
Cellea
Cmmrm and Supplies
- J. EDGAR ROBINSON
\ 'J* G St, X. W.
*~ssr.
MISS LELIA GORDON, daughter of Mrs. Gen. Barnett.
LOOKING BACKWARD
By CAPT. J. WALTER MITCHELL.
''
A crashing report rattled the window panes in central Washing-j
ton during President Cleveland's first term and resulted in a near j
panic in the downtown district. The reverberations of the first re
port had not died away when there came a second crash. It was
near midnight and citizens and policemen ran hither and thither in:
an attempt to loeate the source of the mysterious explosions. Thcn|
there came a third report apparently from the immediate vicinity of
the White House. A rush was made for the park just south of the j
mansion and in the dim star light the cause of explosions became j
apparent. A cannon mounted on an old cart belched forth a great
volume of fire and smoke as the gunners danced about the weapon
in the overhanging clouds of smoke preparatory to taking another
shot. The cannon was but a few yards south of the White House
and flashing lights in the mansion indicated that the President and'
other inmates had been rudely awakened by the cannonading.
"It's an attack on the "White?*
House." an excited citizen exclaimed |
as the tall form of Lieutenant of j
Police Dick Arnold closed in upon j
the artillerist:*.
"No," the lieutenant shouted as
he seized the man in charge of the I
lone pun by the scruff of his neck. I
"Its Hahnnemann's Artillery firing!
a salute."
Celebrating Logan'* \ Ictory.
The individual in command of the j
one-pun battery was taken to the ?
First precinct police station and prov-j
ed to be a Capt. Jack Cunningham, ?
an officer of Hahnnemann's Artil-f
low. and an ardent Republican and j
admirer of Gen. John A. Logan.
\*.io had just been re-elected to the'
I'nited States Senate from Illinois. I
When the wires earlier iti the even
' ing liad brought the announcement.
[ that his distinguished friend had J
j won. Capt. Cunningham rushed toi
j the armory of the artillery to pro- J
\ cure cannon and men for the salute
of victory. He found the place locked. I
bolted and barred, but nothing daunt -
I ed he started out to locate some other j
: cannon. At the old American House, J
j Seventh street and Pennsylvania av- ;
[ enue, he found the usual jolly gath- }
ering of men-about-town. He told of i
i hi* pliirht and of his intention to
celebrate the election of "Black Jack" j
Logan.
George Juennemann, the East
Washington brewer, was in the party j
and suggested to Cunningham that j
he could procure a cannon at t-ie!
Schuetzen Park, away out on the
Seventh street road near Brightwood.
At that time German festivals were
held at the park several times each
year and were attended by large
crowds. At the main gate of the park
were two venerable muzzle-loading
cannon that had been used in the war
with Mexico in 1S47. The ancient
guns had been doing ornamental
guard duty at the gate for many
years, in sunshine and rain, sleet and
snow.
"Take this note to the caretaker at
the park," Juennemann said, "and he
will )et you have one of the guns for
the occasion."
Cunningham hired two "night-line"
hacks and with the four gunners he
had collected while searching for a
gun. made their way to the Schuetzen
Park and was given permission to use
one of the cannon. In order to get
it down town he succeeded in locat
ing the owner of a mule and a cart
in the neighborhood, and the cannon
was placed in that vehicle and the
mule headed cityward. Some diffi
culty was encountered in getting a
supply of gunpowder, and when the
patriotic party reached the vicinity
of Fifteenth street and Pennsylvania
avenue it was nigh onto midnight
The odd battery, however, proceeded
to th? south entrance of the White
House grounds and the four gunners
prepared for action.
"?Aha." Cunningham explained glee
fully to his men, "President Cleve
land opposed the re-election of C?
I?gan. Now I am going to notify
him f^em the mouth of this gun that
?Black Jack' Is coming hack In spite
of him. Load her up. boys, and put.
In an extra heavy charge of powder.
Turning until he faced the White
House he exultantly gave the com
mand. "Fire." The drowsy old mule
suddenly came to life and leaped
ward spilling the gunners over-the
graveled walk as the burst of flam?
and smoke came from the andent
muzxle, accompanied by a roa ?
"boom that shook the very ground
and caused the windows of the White
House to rattle violently. In almost
an instant there was a scene of gr
excitement tn the mansion, and tn
President awakened from his *u?ber'
rushed out In the hallway to learn
tho cause of the violent explosion.
Made President L?o|i.
There was no police guard about
the White House at that time a
before the drowsy attendants could
learn the causfc of the midnight
~bance three other loudrcport,
followed "In rapid concussion, as one
of the attaches described it. * lna >
it occurred to someonetocallupthe
and later when 1 reeiaw
Cleveland learned the ""'''lauKhlnK
tired to his apartmenU. laufchii g
^Capt * Cunningham was haled
Judge Snell In the Police Court th
following morning. but the o
charge the prosecuting attorney c
find to tit the offense was
old city ordinance against dlscharg
mg firearm, within the corporate
limits of Washington. Several
tors and Representatives'attended the
unique trial, and one of the nomw'
paid Cunningham's fine, with
m-raotaln your midnight salute un- j
der the windows of the White "?^|
has made Hahnnemanns Battery fa
""when Senator 1x>gan "turned ^to
Washington he sent foi the dough y
Cunningham, thanked him for his
loyalty, and secured a position
him In the Senate offices.
For many years "Hahnemann s
Battery" was one of the show fea
tures of Washington, although on one
occasion an editorial writer on a local
paper referred to It as a c'?"8'
Ma* Julius Hahnnemann graduated
as an artillerist from a noted mili
tary school in Germany andthe
school of the gunner was hi s pla>
ground In boyhood, he often ex
plained. After servlng 'n theclvil
war on the side of the Lnion he
came to Washington In 1S6.. and al
most immediately began to Interest
his young acquaintances in his fad.
artillery. There were but ?
tary organizations in the District ar
that time, but soon thereafter and
coincident with the ,2f
??Hahnnemann's Batter}
Intton Ught Infantry organised, and
hen came the National Rifle.. Co.
coran Zouaves. Washington I- ght
Guard end other independent militia
companies.^ ^ w#shin,to? was n<>t
much inclined to an artillery outfl
with Its lack of
so MaJ Hahnnemann found it
? recruit his battery. He succeeded
In interesting Capt. Cunningham a
martial Irishman, and severa ot
enterprising and congenial spirlts In
his plans for forming the first bat
terv of District of Columbia artil' '
and they soon got together ? ???
cient number of men to man the tv
guns, which at first comprised Bat
ten' A and thus was formed the Dis
trict's first artillery organization.
Termed **S?lelde Club*
Following the midnight salute at
the White House. Hahnemann!i ar
tillery became conspicuous in the pub
the^standard of Battery A The prob
lem of uniforming the men waj? m l
bv the board of directors of the? or
tranization held in F.d Abner s hall on
F* street near Seventh street north
Sr-Ji 'a "sumc^nTtuVro ?^e
laas-ss-Tw
,OCa\" r ISST,"?' A deUa"er0? old?c.othes
i to located In Kast Washington who
ihad in stock many uniforms and
narts of uniforms that had been so.d
to him from time to time by Marines
upon their discharge from the ser\ico
at the Marine Barracks on Kighth
I street southeast. These were pro
1 cured bv the committee for a lump
I sum and the artillerists were soon
' arrayed In a nondescript uniform.
The battery was called upon to fire
miry salutes on the Fourth of July
LTd other gala occasions. The require
ments 'or * salute by Hahnnemanns
1 artillery was that the parties ordering
Uhe salute should furnish the neces
sary number of charges of gunpowder,
pay for their hire of four horses two
I to a gun. and compensate the hostlers.
Washingtons
Most Important
In this sale we are able to offer merchandise below
any former selling prices in the city. A world of coats
have been assembled to make this the most startling
event in all Washington. All new fabrics and the most
acceptable styles, including Silvertones, Velours, Bolivia
Cloth, Pony Skins, Pompoms, Etc. Many with fur col
lars and cuffs, but all lined throughout.
Michaels', Inc.
7th & G Sts. M. W.
MID-SEASON HATS DISAGREE ON SIZE,
AGREE ON BLUE SATIN; CHIC LINE
When the autumn bonnet take* on
a passe air, and the winter winds still
I laugh derision at the "early spring
styles" coquetting at us from the
cozy warmth of plate-glass windows
?it is time to choose the mid-season
hat!
Only the birds of paradise who can
fly away to Palm Beach and points
South must listen to the siren call of
the silk and straw confectiona For
the average woman a ^traw hat be
besides supplying the batterymen with
two or more kegs of lager beer,
smokes and sandwiches. On the oc
casion of each salute the newspapers
| carried a casualty list of killed and
wounded. It was a saying that when
ever Battery A went into peaceful ac
tion there would be work for the hos
pitals arid undertakers. And so. the
organization was given the nickname
of "Suicide Club."
At a salute near the partly complet
ed Washington Monument about thir
ty-six years ago, the "rammer." or
No. 1 man of No. 1 gun, was blown
from in front of the cannon a distance
of about 100 feet by a premature ex
plosion. Then No. 2 gun "got ugly,"
las Gunner Bill l-ee explained, and put
I two more men on the casualty list,
j The first man died and was the sub
? ject of a military funeral and an in
vestigation.
j About this time George Juenneman.
; who had been a liberal contributor
j to the battery fund, was elected to
j membership. When a committee call
ed upon the brewer to notify him of
the honor that had been conferred
upon him he produced the latest cas
ualty list and said:
"Gentlemen. I am perfectly willing
to become a long-range member of
your battery, but under no circum
stances will I participate actively in
? your salutes. You may ester me as
an honorai'y member at long-dis
tance, and you may also call upon
me for aln occasional subscription, but
that's all."
Maj. Hahnnemann was a man of a
fore the middle of March is an im
possible strain on her famous com
mon sense. For the new hat of mid
winter?choose satin If you would
In the mode?and blue satin if you
would be very smart indeed.
That is about as far as hat design
ers can agree. For size and line the
shopper is left much latitude. Street
suits and semi-formal costumes are
best companioned by the close-fitting
toque?very Hegant as to material
and very perfect as to detail.
At the left is sketched such a navy
j business turn of mind and on the oc
Icasion of every election secured the
Job of shooting off about twenty
pounds of gunpowder in triumphant
J jubilation. whether the victorious
j party was of the Republican. Demo
cratic. Mugwump or whatnot persua
J sion. Such salutes meant more lime
j light for the major and a good time
. for his men. He was regularly en
gaged by the Scheutenfest to an
nounce the opening occasion with
thunderous reports from his ancient
muzzle-lo&uers.
Annual Pnrnde OrotrMjif.
Old Washingtonians will no doubt i
recall the spectacular annual pa
rades of liahnneniann and his men. I
The two venerable cannon*, each |
hauled by a pair of spavined horses :
i and the grotesque appearing ar- |
tillerists, ranging from boyhood to j
j grey headed men who did not know ;
any better, in their mi*flt uniforms^
tnat had been discarded by m^n
I ot the regular army and Marine
I Corps. At that period there were ?
' many so-called "barrel houses" 1
i along Pennsylvania avenue, where ?
J immense stovepipes o! beer were '
dispensed at a nickel each. At in
tervals when one of the "barrel !
houses" was reached by the paiading .
battery Hahnnemann would have hi? :
trumpeter sound "halt."' and as the
guns were lined up at the curb, the !
major, bedecked gorgeously in gold !
braided uniform, surmounted by a :
helmet with flying led horsetail. ;
would give the unique command:
blue satin toque, the brim softly
draped with satin folda. the top cov
ered smooth. The only ornament is a
cascade of three smal lblue chenille
ta>*elb down the back.
Wk the center is a large, odly-shaped
hat, reminiscent of the tri-corner,
fashioned of black aatin. with its high
crown becomingly draped, with a
single Jet ornament for trimming.
Another nary blue satin toque, bro
caded in gold and finished with a
handsome quill is the hat at the
right.
"Dismount, boys, and come in here
and get a big stovepipe." While the
men of battery A were discussing
the beer and the free lunch counter. |
the major would regale them with
a speech.
Among the Washington characters
who Joined Battery A was Bill Lee, I
of Capitol Hill, who peddled hot !
bread in the early morning hours i
from a discarded baby carriage, and
sold brooms from house to house '
later in the day. When MaJ. Hahn- ,
nemann sought to create a secon-l ;
battery and thus enlarge his or-!
gamzalion. Bill I-ee was transferred i
to Battery B. and he would go about
his daily avocation in various parts ]
of Washington sinking or hummin.T1
an originsl ditty to the air of "Old
Zip Coon.'* mhich began:
"I'm William L^e.
The 'powder monkee.
Of Battery B.
Hannemann's Artileree.**
Dring Effort.
Before this unique and grotesque
military organization went out of
business about 188S. Maj. Ilahnne
mar.n made desperate efforts to have
what he termed "a standard two-bat
tery battalion of field artillery.He
rented old Odeon Hall, at Eighth and
E streets northwest, and occupied It
as headquarters and a meeting place
for his men. Then he conceived the
idea of creating a number of staff
positions and filling them with news
paper men. Commissions as lieuten
ant colonels, majors. captains and
lieutenant* of ordnance, coram taaary
quartermaster, etc., were made out by
the adjutant and bestowed upon the
managing editors, city editors and
lead in* reporters of the aeveral local
paper* a few correspondents alro
were included in the list of staff off!
?era among whom was Will Wast,
then Washington correspondent of
the Baltimore American, who wan
made an active captain His letter of
declination concluded something like
this: "I know of an easier and bet
ter way of committing intcidr Noth
ing doing in the captain line.**
One night while Clint H now den was
managing editor of the National Re
publican. then published at Tenth and
D streets, the writers In the new*
room were wrprlned to hear a loud,
clanking noise on the stairwsy. and
"Squlnchy" Johnson, the police re
porter. sprang to his fe?-< in antici
pation of a big atory. The clanking
?ound approach*^ the news room and
every man Involuntarily came to ??at
tention." Then a very tall man. clad
In nondescript uniform and wearing a
great saber, strode Into the room and
exclaimed:
"I have the honor to seek L'eut
Col. Bnowden "
'No such man here." the managing
editor replied, glancing curiously at
the strange-appearing figure
"I come to Inform Lieut. CoL Snow
den of his unanimous election as an
officer of the District Artillery. with
Gen. Hahnnemann's compliments, and
to request him to report for duty at
once at headquarters." the gigantic
artilleryman rejoined.
"The man you are looking for." Mr.
Snowden snapped, "left last night for
Jerusalem or Jericho, and he is not
coming back."
Tfct German Poiot of View.
The peculiar Teutonic slant that dis
tinguishes the modem German and
makes logically possible all the atro
i clous conduct credited to him is
i brought out time and again by Brand
Whltlock in Everybody's. For in
stance. he writes:
*' 'Your democracy, your Idea of lib
erty, bah" said a German officer to
me one day: snd another remarked,
with more mildness:
i " 'It doesn't suit us: we have an
other way of looking at thinga.*
| "Precisely, and that way of looktrr
I at things deprived them of that moral
I discipline, that inner subjective re
straint independent of all external
' sanctions, which deters men from do
j Ing certain evil things. That subtle
! sense which we define and recognise
J as honor, however imperfectly we msv
live up to it, seemed to be unknown to
them
" 'There are things a fellow cannot
I do.' says a character in one of K lis
ting's stories; it is a sentiment that
I Germans did not seem to understand :
! there was nothing a German fellow
i could not do. provided he could say to
| himself that it was for the Vaterland.
and provided, too. he had the physical
force to prevent others from inierfer
1 ing with hia doing it.
"What was worse, he could preps re
to do it by all sorts of pious hypocri
{ sies so a* to throw those whom it
| would injure off their guard and
I afterward deny having done it at all
J When he wished to invade Belgium
he could say that French aviators
'had thrown bombs on Nuremberg
I when he wished to sack and d*-stro^
j Lou rain he could say that the civil
ians had fired on him: when he wished
i to use asphyxiating gas he could ns*
jthat the French were using it; whei
1 he wished to divide and annex B?>i
i gium he could pretend to fly to th*>
j relief of the persecuted Flemln-*:
j when he wished to restore slavery h?
'could bewail the sad condition of the
Belgian unemployed "
mca
1217 G Street N. W.
After-Stock-Taking Sale
Due to the great demand lor the values we offered in the pre
inventory sale and the disappointment of many of our regular pa
trons who could not be waited on during that event, we have ar
ranged to hold this after-stock-taking sale to dispose of the remain
ing winter garments at prices that are cut to the very lowest. Read
the representative values we quote in this announcement, then come
to the store, expecting to find just the garment you have wanted
at a greatly reduced price.
COATS *
?Silvertone, velours and fancies, lined with silk and interlined,
fur trimmed with nutria or seal. \ alued to $65.00. Xow $35.00.
?Bolivias, silvertone and velours, many only 011c of a kind.
Trimmed with seal, nutria and Australian opossum. \ alued to
$75.00. Now $45.00.
DRESSES
v
?Only a few in fine quality serge and satin; new
models, reduced for clearance. Valued to $35.00.
Now $19.75.
?Jerseys, velours and a few serges, elaborately trim
med with braid and embroidery. Valued to $45.00.
Now $25.00.
-?Sample dresses in mannish serge, velours and sat
ins; wonderful bargains. Va 1 ued to $55.00. Now
$35.00.
SUITS
?Serges, Oxfords and fancies, silk and fancy lined. Valued
to $49.50. Specially reduced to $25.00.
? *
?Fur-trimmed suits in late models; made in broadcloth, %e
lours and serges. Valued to $69.50. Reduced to $35.00.
SKIRTS
?New arrivals in serges, velvets and broadcloths, $10.00,
$12.50, $15.00.