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THE EVENING STAR.
rtDLIJHED DAILY EXCEPT 9CXDAY.
AT THE STAR BUILDINGS,
1101 FranytatBia At?tu, Cor. 11th 3'-, Itj
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Part 2.
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Pages 13=24.
WASHINGTON, D. C:, SATURDAY, JULY 2, 1898?TWENTY-FOUR PAGES.
Advertising is not an expense
It is a busines? investment If >
you want to invest your money
profitably yon will therefore put
your advertisements in Mich a
paper as The Evening Star, that >
is read regularly and thoroughly
bv everybody worth reaching.
T'he Star is the recognized ,
household and family journal of
the National Capital, and has
no rival as an advertising med
ium.
Closed All Day Monday. ?
xz.
That indistinctness of vision?
that pain in the eyes and head may
be caused by some defect of the eye.
Many people ran gTeat risks by not
having their eyes looked after at the
first hint of trouble. It's much
harder to remedy a long standing
ailment than a recent one. It
COSTS NOTHING to know
whether your eyes are perfect or not.
Our Dr. F. Proctor Donahey, a
graduated scientific optician, will
make an exhaustive examination of
your eyes free of charge. Most
modern appliances?the Electric
Ophthalmometer among them.
and Examining Room
is the only one of the kind in the country and is thoroughly
private.
Glasses on Small! Weekly Payments.
CASTELBE1RG, The Bargai"0iver
| 935 Pa. Ave.
Established 1846.
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IIY THE SEA.
A Fine Rni*in? W ill lie the Special
Indcpeiiilcnee Day Service.
8p* <lnl To-iv ?| * mlv-pce of The Evening S'M r.
ASBI'RY PARK. X. J.. July 1, 1??S.
The Fourth of July crowd has been piling
Into the resort yesterday and today by the
parked train londs. The special program
which the board of trade has arranged for
Independence day has attracted many of
these transient guests. It is expected that
everybody will begin celebrating on Mon
day by taking a dip in the ocean. The for
mal exercises, which will begin immediate
ly after noon, include the raising of a mon
ster flag at Railroad Square, which will be
accompanied by speeches from visiting ora
tors ar,d patriotic airs from the heach
band. This will be followed by a parade
through the main streets to the beach. The
Ifliunloi] will be led by the local volun
teer Company A of the 3d Regiment, which
has sained permission to leave duty at Fort
Hancock. Sandy Hook, for the day. After
the parade there wiil be an exhibition of
the life-saving service and the day's pro
gram will conclude with a pyrotechnic dis
play from the fishing pier and concerts on
the beach pavilion.
Doctors from Xew Jersey. New York and
Pennsylvania have been everywhere about
town this week. They were here attending
the one hundred and thirty-third conven
tion of the Xew Jersey Medical Society,
which was held at the beach auditorium.
The officers had considerable trouble in
corraling all the delegates for all the ses
sions The physicians preferred to ramble
up and down the board walk, go bathing
and sit on the beach rather than to listen
to technical essays. Many of the visitors
are remaining In town to get the lnvigora
tion from Asbury Park's climate.
Mrs. Halbert E. Paine, wife of General
Paine, arrived at the I.enox a few days
ago from Washington. She will spend the
season at this resort.
J. J Doyle is a Washington guest at the
Coleman House.
A late arrival at the Victoria is Miss
Anna Taylor of Washington.
Cotlime 1.1 fc and Pleasure* Along
('lieftitpeuke llay.
8i*.iial Correspondence of The Evening Star.
ARl'NDEL-ON-THE-BAT, Md.,
June 30. 1S98.
This beautiful little summer resort has
opened with every promise of a merry and
prosperous season.
Among the cottagers who have arrived
are: Mr. Jas. Sanner and family, Mr. and
Mrs. Towers. Mr. Courts and family, Mr.,
and Mrs. Cavanaugh, Mrs. T. C. Heinecke
and family. Judge Payson and family,
Capt. W. B. Brown, Mrs. Brown, A. F.
Medford and family, Mr. Reynolds and N.
H. Shea and family.
Mr. and Mrs. George Webster and Miss
Mamie Webster are the guests of Mrs. M.
E. Towers.
Mr. Cavanaugh has greatly improved Ms
cottage by adding ten rooms.
Mr. and Mrs. James Sanner are occupy
ing their new cottage on Chesapeake
avenue.
Col. and Mrs. Weston Flint and son are
the guests of Capt. and Mrs. Brown.
Mr. Charles Wright and family of Mt.
Pleasant have taken Mr. Bart's cottage
a* .mi.
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Nichols and Mr.
John Smith are visiting Capt. Reynolds.
Mr. and Mrs. Bowman of East Capitol
street have taken Mr. Kelleher s cottage
for the season.
Miss Mattie Brown is the guest of Miss
Jessie Medford at her cottage on Point
Pleasant.
Capt Reynolds, while out fishing recent
ly. fell backward out of his boat Into the
water. Fortunately the water was not
very deep, and his son, Dr. Geo. Reynolds,
and Mr. Smith were able to get him out.
Capt. Reynolds has entirely recovered from
the shock of his accident.
Dr. Medford and Dr. Chirks Ferguson
spent Saturday and Sunday with the
former's parents.
Dr. Geo. B. Heinecke, wife and son are
the guests of Mrs. T. C. Heinecke.
Ice Cream Centuries Ago.
From the Chicago Chnnicle.
Early June days generally see the ice
cream and soda parlors doing a steadily in
creasing business. Ice cr-sam Is a much
older sweetmeat than many persons sup
pose. In the beginning of the seventeenth
century goblets made of ice and also iced
fruit?that Is, fruit frozen over?were first
brought to table. The llmonadlers, or lem
onade sellers of Paris, endeavored to in
crease the popularity of their wares by
k ing them, and one. more enterprising than
the rest, an Italian named Procope Cou
teaux, in thi year HWi, conceived the Idea
of convertlsig such beverages entirely into
Ice. and about twenty years later Iced
liquors?that Is, liquors changed Into Ice?
w. ie the principal things sold by the Umon
adlers. By the end of that century iced
liquors were quite common in Paris.
I< e crc-am, or iced "butter," as it was first
Called, from its supposed resemblance to
that si*t>stance. ?oon followed. It was first
known in Paris in ln4. The Due de Char
tres often went at that time to the Paris
coffee houses to drink a glass of iced liquor
ar.d the landlord having one day presented
him with his "arms" formed In edible ice.
this kind of sweetmeat became the fashion.
German cook', at once took up the new art.
It waj not long In reaching England, for in
hiii a French cook resident In London,
nanred Clermont, wrote "The Modern
Cook, ' In which sweet ices were first de
scribed for the instruction of English cooks.
The Ice cream of these days la an enor
mously elaborated sweetmeat compared
with that of the olden time.
AT OCEAN GROVE.
Relletnnn Fire, With PntrlntlMni mill
Firenorks, to Start the Seimon.
Social Cjrrespondeuce of The Evening Star.
OCEAN GROVE, N. J., July 1, 1898.
Next to religion this camp meeting resort
puts patriotism. Respect for the beloved
Dr. Stokes even did not always prevent the
camp crowds from breaking out into loud
applause in the auditorium on the Sabbath
day, when patriotic sentiments were well
expressed. Ocean Grove never fails to em
brace an opportunity to cheer for 'he flag.
This year special preparations are being
made to celebrate the Fourth. The exer
cises will continue during tomorrow and
Monday. The principal sermon Sunday
will be delivered by Rev. A. J. Palmer, D.
D.. of New York. Cannon-firing will usher
in Monday at daybreak, and the auditorium
orator will be Judge J. Franklin Fort of
Newark. A pyrotechnic display will enter
tain the crowds on the beach in the even
ing, and the camp fathers, to prevent the
town from being incinerated, have directed
that every small boy who sports a fire
cracker shall be corralled on the sands east
of the boardwalk and kept there until every
last cracker is exploded.
The resort is already filling up with dele
gates to the two conventions Which will be
held on the camp grounds next week. The
annual meeting of the National Sabbath
Observance Association, which will be held
Wednesday, will be addresssed by Col.
Alexander S Bacon of New York and Rev.
Dr. Donald McKay, also from New York.
Mrs. Clinton B. Fisk, widow of Gen
eral Fisk, will preside at the three
days' convention of the Women's Home
Missionary Society of the Methodist Epis
copal Church. Among the speakers will be
Rev. Dr. Josiah Strong of New York.
For Ylslttuic Solillcrs.
To tbe Editor of The Evening Star:
On the southwest corner of Pennsylvania
avenue and 12th street can be seen this
sign: "Headquarters of Visiting Soldiers."
The entrance is at No. 1204.
These rooms are Just what their name
suggests. They were opened last Thurs
day, barren of furniture, but with great
faith In the people of Washington. So far
that faith has not been misplaced.
On the first day the sign was hung out
about twenty of the boys in blue were en
tertained, though the only seat that Could
be ofTered was on the window sills.
The furniture began to come In?chairs,
tables, a water tank, etc. Printing was
contributed, a subscription from The Star
and copies of other local papers. Papers
from most of the states are also at hand.
Since then rooms have been kept open
every day (Including Sunday, when about
20 per cent of the boys are in the city,)
from 8 in the morning to?well, as late as
the soldiers want to stay?generally about
7 o'clock.
General Hawley Is on hand most of the
time, and his voice Is one of the first to
greet the newcomers in a way that puts
them at ease on the instant. As he stands
talking, all at once tie spies two men cross
ing the avenue. "There come two fellows
now." Out he goes into the hull, and a
moment later you hear a hearty voice cry
ing: "Come right in. Make yourselves at
home. Here's the wash room. There's tbe
blacking box and brushes. Have a wash
up. In there you'll find plenty of papers
and magazines." And the boys accept the
hospitality in the spirit It is ofTered, and
fairly beam with delight as they see the
opportunities to clean up, and then have a
half hour in quiet with the papers that are
on the long table In the next room. Bun
dles are left In lockers to be called for later
in the day. Faces fairly glisten with the
scrubbing given them, and the height of
enjoyment is reached as one of the visitors
sinks into a rocking chair, saying: "This
feels good. I haven't sat In a rocking chair
for a month."
Do not think the boys are being "cod
dled" in a way that is weakening, for that
Is not so. They are strengthened as they
come and go. The first picture to greet
them Is one of Admiral Dewey. Their ad
miration of him Is not always silent, and
one and all express a great desire to go to
the front. There Is good stuff In these
soldier boys of ours. And these women
who give their time to this work are help
ing to keep that good in the ascendancy
and to prepare tham for going to the front
ready to do the best work of whidh they
are capable.
Among these workers is a woman physi
cian and a trained nurse, while all who are
In attendance know how to reblnd the bad
arms resulting from vaccination.
If a boy turns up sick, as one did the
other day, half prostrated by the heat of
the sun, there is a quiet corner and easy
couch for him to rest upon. The payment
comes when the sick boy says: "I haven't
had such a good rest for months."
There has been no general call for sub
scriptions to support this work as yet, but
these rooms need ali the assistance they
can pet. It will only take a little help from
the readers of this letter to make the
hearts of these women workers glad, and
to aid them in sending the boys In blue
to the front happy for the courtesies they
have received in our city, and assured that
we do not forget them when they don the
country's uniform, but rather that we want
to ea?e their discomforts and help cheer
them on their way.
(Rev.) I?ESL,rE MOORE,
Pastor Unlversallst Churoh,
18th and L northwest.
ft ?-??
Deceived. -
From Pock.
First mosquito?I'm disgusted.
Second mosquito?What's the trouble?
First Mosquito?"I'vs wasted ten min
utes trying to get a square meal through
a padded golf stocking.
REAL ESTATE GOSSIP
New Building to Be Erected by the
Columbian University.
EFFECT OF THE NEW REVENUE LAW
Relation of Architecture to Hot
Weather Comfort.
SOME NEW BUILDINGS
The new building which is to be erected
by the Columbian University for the use of
the schools of law and diplomacy is to b?
not only of attractive design, as shown by
the cut which accompanies this article, but
the interior arrangements are to be of such
a character that the building will, it is be
lieved, be one of the most complete of the
kind in the country. The architects,Messrs.
Hornblower & Marshall, have made them
selves familiar with the requirements of a
building of this sort, and all the features
which modern needs require will be supplied.
The new structure will occupy the vacant
space belonging to the university on H street
near 15th street, immediately east of the
university building, and will have a front
age of sixty feet, and will have the same
depth. The design of the front will be sim
ple in detail of the Italian type, and will be
worked out in brick of light color and terra
cotta.
The Lecture Hull.
At the entrance there will be a porch
with the roof supported on columns. The
window openings will be specious and the
roof, with its overhanging cornice, will
tend to increase the efTect of quiet dignity
which the general design of the building
will give. The first floor will be three or
four steps above the grade of the sidewalk,
with the entrance opening into a large and
commodious hallway. On one side of the
hall will be an office for the dean of the
law school and on the other side an dfflce
for the dean of the school of comparative
Jurisprudence and diplomacy and an office
for the secretary.
Across the entire south half of the build
ing will be a large lecture room with 300
seats facing to the south, the seats to be
arranged in a semi-circle, and the floor to
slope to the south side of the building,
where the platform will be located.
The height of the celling at the south side
of tho room will be twenty feet. The
room will be thoroughly ventilated, and
will have six windows opening out upon
three sides. It will be lighted by electricity
from tho ceiling, so that the light will be
evenly distributed.
The Second and Third Floor*.
A broad staircase will lead to the second
floor, where there will be two rooms for
professors and two lecture rooms, each of
the latter to accommodate 150 students.
In the third story there will be two court
rooms, one for equity and the other for
common law cases, with raised platforms
and desks for the judges, and with proper
arrangements for the clerks and students
In front. At the south will be a large libra
ry room nearly 80x110 feet, with a 17-foot
ceiling. A large lireplace will be one of
the features of the room, and the walls
will be handsomely decorated.
Hot Weather Talk.
The few days of hot weather that recent
ly have teen tho experience of the people
of this city?and perhaps opinion would dif
fer as to the propriety of the use of the
word "few" in this connection?has no
doubt revived the annual discussion as to
the relative merits of different seollons of
the city and tho suburbs. Somo people be
come so deeply attached to tho localities
where they have made their homes that
they have come to look upon them as the
most comfortable places in the world at all
seasons of the year.
It is Impossible for one of this class to
hear any remarks about the discomforts
attending hot weather without descanting
on the advantages of the particular locality
where his home happens to be. It is not
uncommon after a night which the tigures
of the weather bureau show was rather
warm to hear a person of this sort say
that he had slept under one blanket or two
as his imagination suggests.
There la n Difference.
People who live on the higher ground
surrounding the city are apt, at this season
of the year, to commiserate with those
who live down In the city, as they term It,
while those who have gone out Into the
suburbs delight to describe the arctic
weather which they enjoy when the ther
mometers everywhere else Indicated an al
titude of the mercury somewhere In the
nineties.
Whatever may be the merits of this con
troversy which breaks out annually, there
is no doubt of there being a difference In
the comfort of houses, wherever locuted
Some houses are cold In winter, and, of
course, it follows that they are also warm
or rather hot in summer. Perhaps the
house next door may show the reverse of
these conditions.
People who seem to know about such
matters claim that there are several causes
which account for a dwelling house re
sisting to a large extent the Influence of
heat and cold. Thin walls. It is generally
admitted, admit more cold In winter and
more heat in summer than thick walls.
Summer Arrugnrnti.
It is believed that if the -interior ar
rangement of houses is sUch as to permit
the greatest freedom in the circulation of
air, such houses are.apt to be more com
fortable when the heated term comes than
dwellings where the rooms are partitioned
off like boxes and there is no sweep
through the rooms. Then, again. It Is
thought that the method generally fol
lowed of filling up part of the window
openings with immovable transom lights
and at least halt of the r?nlnim portion
with the window saslws Interferes with
the free movement of the air.
It Is believed by many that a more sensi
ble style of arranging the window opening
Is to have sash doors Instead of the ordi
nary window sashes, and with outside
blinds the benefit of the entire window can
be enjoyed. It is possible, it is thought, to
render life more endurable during the hot
weather by mr.king the homes more com
fortable, and if this was kept in mind by
architects and home builders, It is thought
the warm season, especially in this city,
would be much more attractive than it u,
although that is saying a good deal, for
with the wide, well-shaded streets ana
other advantages, the nation's capital Is a
summer resoit of no mean attraction.
Mr. Asliford on the New l"".
Real estate dealers and owners are large
ly affected by the provisions of the war
revenue bill, and as these are rather nu
merous and to some extent not very clear,
Mr. M. Ashford, whose expert knowledge
of such subjects qualifies him to speak,
was asked to prepare a schedule of the
taxes Imposed, as well as his comments on
the bill. He responded with the following.
"Under those provisions of the war reve
nue law imposing a stamp tax upon all
deeds and other written instruments relat
ing to the sale, conveyance and incumber
ing of real estate several questions arise
of importance to dealers In real estate and
to lawyers and title companies called upon
to examine and pass upon land titles.
"Among the instruments enumerated in
schedule A of the act requiring stamp du
ties are bonds and promissory notes, ex
cepting bank notes Issued for circulation,
deeds and other instruments transferring
title to real estate sold 'when the consider
ation or value' exceeds $100, and mortgages
and trusts when the amount secured ex
ceeds $l,0tK).
"In all mortgages or trusts given to se
cure payment of loans and deferred pur
chase money or otlner Indebtedness the
amount secured is represented by bond or
promissory note, and the question is asked,
In such cases must tr.e note or other evi
dence of the debt secured be stamped as
well as the mortgage or trust'.'
"The act also requires any assignment or
transfer of a mortgage or trust to be
stamped at the same rate as the original.
Under existing law the indorsement and
delivery of a promissory note secured by
mortgage or trust operates as an assign
ment and transfer of the security, and in
such cases the question Is asked, Must the
indorsement of the note be stamped in or
der to effect a valid transfer of the se
curity?
Amount of the Tni.
"In a majority of cases of sales of real
estate the terms are part cash and bal
ance by promissory note secured by trust
on the property sold, and in such cases the
question is asked, Must the stamp on the
deed be regulated by the full purchase
price or by the cash payment?
"Many sales are made expressly subject
to an existing incumbrance, which la
rated as part of the consideration and as
sumed by the purchaser, and in such cases
the question is asked, Must the amount o? I
the stamp duty be upon the full purchase
price or only upon the amount thereof less
the amount of the Incumbrance?
"The act also Imposes a succession tax
on legacies and distributive shares arising
from personal property passing from do
ceased persons either under the laws of
distribution or by bequest, where the
amount of such personal property shall ex
ceed the sum of $10,(WO In actual value, and
this tax is made a lien and charge upon
the property of the testator or Interstate
for twenty years unless paid within that
period.
Some Interesting Question*.
"It will be seen that the term real OFtate
or real property Is nowhere used In the part
of the act relating to this subject, and yet
the question arises. Does the lien or chargo
mentioned attach to the lands, tenements
atti hereditaments owned by the testator
or intestate at the time of his decease?
"Inasmuch as tho act is silent on these
subjects, until these questions are set'led
either by the courts or by appropriate
amendments of the law, it would seem
that the only absolutely safe course to pur
sue would be to treat the questions as hav
ing been judicially settled In the afllrm-itlve
and act accordingly.
"Other questions have been asked, as, for
instance. In conveyances, who should betr
the expense of the stamp duties, but this
is not material, as in all cases of loan?, the
borrower bears all expenses, and in sales
the question can be settled by convention
of the parties.
"The law fixes a penalty upon the party
signing or delivering mxy Instrument sub
ject to stamp duty, without affixing there
to and canceling the proper stamp, and
renders the Instrument inadmissible as evi
dence to any court.
Schedule of Taxes.
The following taxes are Imposed by the
law:
Bank checks, drafts and certificates of de
posit, not drawing interest. (0.02
Bonds of indemnity...... 4 ...? SO
Contract of sale of reel estate or notes of
hand ,i...TT .10
Conveyances, consideration or value $100 to
$800 B0
Each additional $500 of fraction thereof...., .00
Guaranty or Insurance of title to real es
tste. H of 1% on amount of premium
Lease, one year or less fsame rate on transfer
?f) '4
Over ope year ana less than three years 60
Oyer three years 1,00
Mortgages and deeds ot trust, $1,000 to
$1,500, and on each $800 In excess (same
rate on transfer and renewal) SS
Promissory notes (except btpk notes Issued
for circulation, first $100 and on each ad
ditional $100 02
Power of attorney to sell s#d convey or to
rent or lease real estate of collect rent....
Protest -S3
Proxy lo
Succession tax took effect from and after the
date of the act (June IS. 181*8); applies only to
perscnal estate In excess of the value of $10,000.
Some Hew Balldfnirs.
Three houses are to be erected at 1322-20
Tale street, Columbia Heights, by Barr &
Banner. They are to be three stories in
height, 16x84 feet, with fronts of Roman
brick and brown stone. The mansard roofs
will be covered with tile and there will
be full bay window*.
Geo. P. Newton. wUl erect four houses at
520-26 14th street northeast. They will be
two stories In height, 16x30 feet, and the
fronts will be ballt of pressed brick.
Two stores and dwellings are to be built
by E. P. Berry at 1883-84 H street north
east. They will be two stories In height,
18x38 feet, with press-brick front*
A house will be built by B. Q. Netting
ham at 1211 East Capitol street. It ?will
be thre** stories In height, 2t!x43 feet, and
the front will be of press brick.
At 2120 N street northwest D. Hender
son will build a three-story house, 22x57
feet, with a front of Roman brick, and a
full bay window.
Chas. H. Ruth will erect five houses.
1502 to 1508 33d street, and 3301 P street
northwest. They will be two stories In
height, 16x30 feet, with press brick fronts.
A store and dwelling is to be built at
660 Pennsylvania avenue southeast by Liz
zie B. Bates. It will be two stories high,
22x18 teet.
At 409-11 6th street southeast two two
Story houses will be built by W. H. Hen
derson. They will be 15x29 feet, and the
fronts will be press brick.
Two houses will be built at 143-5 Chi
cago street northeast. They will be two
stories in height, 18x30 feet, with press
brick fronts.
A two-story house Is to be built at 20
12th street northeast by Thomas Dennis.
It will be 18x84 feet, with a press brick
front.
AWAY FROM THE HEAT.
Where Wnahlnstuntuna Can Flnt> Re
lief From the Torrid Weather.
This Is Just the time when one wants to
get away from asphalted streets and brick
sidewalks and seek rsllef by the dashing
waves at the seashore or in shady nooks
In the mountains. In addition to the sug
gestions already made In The Star as to
suitable places at which to spend a summer
outing the following are giv;n:
In the great Virginia mountains, at 2.500
feet elevation, are what are known as the
Virginia Hot Springs. Healing Springs and
Warm Springs. These places are only eight
hours' ride from this city over the Chesa
peake and Ohio railroad. At Virginia Hot
Springs is the Homestead, a first-class mod
ern hotel, with baths from the flowing hot
springs and all the attractions and amuse
ments which people like in the vacation
season. The manager. Fred. Sterry, whose
aiiilress Is Hot Springs, Bath county, Vir
ginia, will give any additional information.
Two and one-half miles from the Hot
Springs are the Healing Springs, with their
valuable medicinal waters. There is a good
hotel and also cottages. A. M. Stimson, the'
manager, will answer any questions that
may be asked.
Five miles from Healing Springs are the
Warm Springs, Eubank & Glover, man
agers, who invite correspondence. There
?re swimming pools of natural warm water
and all the features of a lirst-elass family
resort. The prices are moderate and the
surroundings delightful.
The \ ietoria, located just fifty yards from
the beach at Asbury Park, N. J., is one of
the most popular resorts there. It is situ
ated at 3d and Ocean avenues, and this
will be the sixteenth season of the house.
Proprietor S. Kempe will be delighted to
furnish all information respecting his well
known house. Drop him a line of inquiry.
In full view of the ocean. 2d avenue, next
door to Ocean, Is the famous Grand Cen
tral Hotel of Asbury Park, N. J. Proprie
tor A. Terhune announces that the house Is
now open for the reception of guests. The
house is supplied with superior appoint
ments. its table is first-class, and patrons
are provided with every comfort and con
venience.
One of the best known hotels at Asbury
Park. N. J., is the Washington. It enjoys
a superb location on 7th avenue, near the
beach, and modern improvements exist
throughout the house. The hotel is open
all the year, and the terms are of the most
moderate character.
The Hotel Monmouth. Asbury Park, N. !
J., which opened the 15th of June, Is di
rectly on the beach. There are hot and
cold sea baths in the house, an elevator
service, and in addition to a first-class ta
ble, there Is every Improvement available
to guests. Write to Proprietor William Ap
plegate or to Manager Edward W. Price
for a descriptive booklet.
Proprietors Probst & Leadley of the
Leadley Hotel, Asbury Park, N. J., confi
dently claim that their house possesses the
finest table and the best appointments at
j that delightful resort. The house has open
ed for Its eighteenth season. It Is dellght
i fully located, and very near the ocean.
The celebrated Metropolitan Hotel, As
bury Park, N. J., will this season be under
the same management, Mr. Theodore Oves.
It is a most superior house In every re
spect, most pleasantly situated, near the
beach, and affords guests all the modern
conveniences, and sets a splendid table.
Sea Girt, N. J., is now one of the most
delightful of seashore resorts, and Mrs.
Thomas Devlin of the Parker House there
announces that she has opened the nine
teenth season of that favorably known
hotel. She also announces the rental of
cottages. The Parker House is located In
Ocean block, and Is a thoroughly modern
hotel.
One of the most enjoyable of New Jersey
resorts is Spring Lake Beach, and the
Hotel Carlton is one of the best known
houses there. It fronts both the ocean and
the lake, and Proprietor S. E. Simon as
sures the public that his house has every
convenience, artesian water, and ihe very
best cuisine. The roads there are of the
finest. '
Proprietor E. M. Richardson of the Al
laire, Spring Lake Beach, N. J., announces
tho opening of this noted house for tts
eighteenth season. It Is situated directly
on the beach, and Is equipped in a thor
oughly modern manner. The cuisine is ex
cellent, and the management spares no
pains to fully satisfy every guest.
The Hotel Aldine, located on Pacific
near Michigan avenue, Atlantic City, N. J.,
Is known by frequenters of that popular
resort as one possessing all the modern
conveniences, a good table and a delight
ful location. The terms are very reason
able, $U to $12 a week, and Proprietor
Harry D. Eastman will be pleased to an
swer all inquiries.
When a house announces, as does the
Blue Mountains White Sulphur Springs
Hotel, at Doubling Gap, Newvllie, Pa., the
opening of its fifty-second season, it can be
set down as a most popular hotel. This
house enjoys refined environments. Is most
pleasantly situated In a delightful coun
try and charges but tho most moderate of
rates. For terms and illustrated circular
address Proprietor George Albert Freyer,
The Coleman House, Asbury Park, N. J.,
Is one of the landmarks of that famous re
resort, and has always been noted for the
excellence of Its service and the number of
conveniences afforded its patrons. This
season the house Is more attractive than
ever before to guests, there being an ele
vator t ervlce, hot and cold water, music
by an .xcellent orchestra and a most excel
lent table. Proprietor F. W. Coleman will
be pleased to furnish diagrams and Infor
mation.
? Proprietors Wright & Frost of the Hotel
Lafayette, Asbury Park, N. J,, announce
that this season their popular house will
be made more attractive than ever before.
It is most pleasantly located and possesses
every modern hotel equipment, with a ca
pacity of 300 guests. Evening dinners are
made a specialty, while a full orchestra
adds greatly to the enjoyment of patrons
and their friends. The house Is furnished
with a complete elevator service. Persons
visiting this resort should examine the
house.
Directly on the beach is the Hotel Bruns
wick, Asbury Park. N. J., thordlghly and
modernly equipped. Proprietors Morgan *
Parsons of this well-known house assert
that there is no doubt of its being a lead
ing hotel In every respect. It possesses a
new casino, an amusement hall, elevator
service throughout, electric lights, tele
phones and all other conveniences and com
forts. A fine orchestra also adds much to
the pleasure of guests. Before deciding
upon where to spend the summer vacation
t0 j14.8???" Mol*mn * Parsons for
terms and information.
The St. Cloud, Asbury Park, N. J., Is now
2SJ1 veJ7 ne?r the oc*ao and the
lground?> "d Provided with all
modem Improvements and convenient*
t s^r 2* pySSTSS
w. will be made during Septem
to furnish all information and terms.
tS The Hotel X* Pierre, Ocean Grove. N. J.,
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If you want to have a glorious spin on a new high-grade bi
cycle tomorrow or Monday?let us furnish the "mount." Best
renting stock in the city?all new wheels?and all in absolutely
perfect condition. Special reduced prices for Sunday and Monday!
Singles- ------ 25c. hour, $1.50 day.
Tandems ------ 50c. hour, $2.50 day.
Triplets ------ 75c. hour, $3.00 day.
"To Intending Purchasers.'*
Don't forget that our famous double roller chain '98 K eatings are now
$50 Instead ot $100. and our "taper-gauge tubing" *98 Audraes <whlch hold
the one mile District championship), are $50 Instead of $75 These ar%? the
two best wheels in the world.
West End Cycle Co.,
Karl Von Rodenstein, Manager.
730 15th St., Above Riggs Bank.
is a delightful family hotel, beautifully sit
uated. overlooking the lake and ocean. It
has a capacity of 250, with all the modern
hotel improvements. The boating is free.
The seventeenth season has now opened,
under the same management as hereto
fore, Thomas B. Shay, who will be glad to
furnish all information as to terms, .etc.
Send for illustrated booklet.
Fronting Fletcher lake and the sea is
the Eldorado, Ocean Grove. N. J.. It is a
perfectly equipped house, near the baths,
and the sanitation is perfect. Every com
fort and convenience is provided guests.
Mrs. A. Loomis or Mrs. D. W. Fisher,
manager, will gladly give all information.
Dr. Starks' hotel is one of the best known
of the many houses at Ocean Grove, N. J
It is close to the ocean, provided with
every Improvement, and its cuisine is un
surpassed. The capacity ot the house is
i!50. Address Mr. W. H. L. Starks for
terms and information.
'I'llr Freed men** Hospital.
To the Editor of The Evening Star:
X have just read in your paper the re
port of the committee appointed to look
into the affairs of the Freedmen's Hospital
I am not surprised at it. Hospitals re
quire trained men at the head as much as
any other institution. The report of the
committee does not cover my administra
tion. Not one of the abuses referred to
existed during my term of office. There
were fixed rules then governing everything.
An accurato system of bookkeeping was
kept covering the admission and dismissal
of patients, causes of death, diagnosis, etc.
Every pound of food received could be ac
counted for. The purchasing and Issuing
of medicines were matters of record. For
the issue of clothing a special system ol
checks was observed. Weekly and monthly
reports were made to the Secretary of the
Interior, also quarterly reports of prop
erty. Old and vrorn out property was con
demned every six months by a special
board, sold at public auction and the funds
turned into the United States treasury.
Regular hours for nurses and attendants
were fixed, no person was allowed to be
absent without a pass. An ambulance ser
vice, a training school for nurses (without
cost to the government), a contagious hos
pital were maintained. But ail this was
done away with under the imported melo
dramatlo regime, while wild surgery took
the place of well-ord?ded and well-directed
methods by which the poor sick could be
cared for. A genuine espionage was kept
up; there were no midday naps for the
surgeons. The financial feature received
special attention. Accounts were balanced
daily. The library contained the leading
books of reference; current literature was
purchased for the patients. Instruments
were placed in charge of a special officer.
Diet lists were prepared with care. The
blunders, the stupidity, Ignorance of meth
ods. the lack of ideas, the want of discipline
Is not to be placed at the door of the indi
vidual; they are the natural sequel to the
change that made the hospital a political
spoil. The conditions found are traceable
to Mr. Hoke Smith, who knew nothing of
the Institution and cared less.
? The report of the committee will do good
I disagree entirely In reference to what Is
said as regards the medical department of
Howard University. There is no necessity
for a divorce of the hospital from the col
lege; they have been united too long and
too successfully to admit of the suggestion
being entertained. It is a mistake to sup
pose that the college Interferes with the
hospital. Until Hoke Smith exercised a
brief authority there was never any con
flict between the two institutions. The col
lege was embarrassed during; the past four
years to an extent.
A hospital is necessary to a proper medi
cal training. For thirty years the students
of the medical college have received prac
tical Instruction at this hospital, and In
turn the college has thrown open Its splen
did pathological laboratory.
There is no need for Howard University
owning a hospital, only as such an Institu
tion Is essential to the prosecution of the
great educational work it has undertaken?
a work that cannot be performed anywhere
else. The noise and hilarity r.-ferred to by
the committee never existed during my
term of office nor during the terms of Pro
fessors Reyburn and Palmer. The dancing
ar.d dinner parties were a part of the re
form system inaugurated under the inspir
ing genius of the late Secretary ot the In
terior.
For thirty years this school has main
tained itself against great odds: outside
and Inside enemies. It Is not prepared to
give up Its thirty years of work, and will
not. The mere matter of floor space can be
readily adjusted. The university has given
the government without additional consid
eration more than It has received.
The report is opportune, and will assist In
securing the legislation essential to the
grewth and prosperity of both institutions.
June 80. l?m. C. B. PL'RVJS, M.D.
The Army Mule and Hi. Driver.
From tb*4 Chicago J? ureal.
The management of the regular army in
the field Is almost sordidly businesslike,
but In the end It makes for the picturesque.
The baggage train, for example, as it toils
down the highway. Is superb. Tbt wagons
are of a faded blue color ami a bit lettered.
But they are like those veterans you some
times seo at encampments. The old army
overcoat they have resurrected for the oc
casion has faded to the pakst of Hm and
the wearer is a bit battered. He Is sound
at the core, though, and so are these lum
bering caravans that have ootne all the
way from Fort Reno and further. They
lurch through the sand and over the ro> ks
of the Florida highway, and noihitiK gives.
They are piled high with tents and greasy
camp equipage and boxes of ammunition.
Six mules draw them, and the mules are
admonished unceasingly In a profane mon
ctone by a powerful person, who has learn
ed to drive with one rein. The most poetic
and seductive names appear with what
might at lirst blush seem startling irrele
vancy, considering the general context of
the driver's remarks. One is surprised to
hear him couple the names of Lena, Paul
ina and Sadie with his frantic exhortation*
as to the rights of the road and the proper
conduct of an army mule. Still. 1 see no
reason why even an army mule should not
be graced with a romantic name. Life at
best can hold so little for an army mule.
Not Worth the l.aliur.
Frcm the Indianapolis Journal.
"You don't seem to take any interest In
this discussion on the pronunciation of
Spanish names."
"What's the use? The chances are that
there won't be any Spanish names in a
month or two."
The Painter's *rt.
Frcm the Chicago Kecord.
"You didn't make Miss von Riche s por
trait look a bit like her."
"No. I needed the money for it."
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k supply with them.
Aak your drusclst for BBOMO-PEPMN?
"Note the word PEPSIN"?and accept do sub
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At All Druggists,
Prices, 10c. and 25c.