Our Business Hours from now on are 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. 43 Rue ile l'aradis, Talis, France. 438 Broadway, New York, N. Y. Tenth, Eleventh and F Streets, Washington, I). C. Woodward & Lothrop Today, Continuing Baring tine Week, Preliminary Opening of ?elections and Importations For SprSimg amid Summer, 1902, A prominent ffeatore of which as the special exhibit of Foreign and American Silks, Woolen and Cotton Dress Fabrics and their proper embellishments, Real Laces, Lace Robes, Chif fons, Qatmzes, Grenadines, etc? Introducing styHes and fabrics as adopted by the Eeaders clr fashion for Spring and Summer, ?902. Today, Tuesday and Wednesday, March third, fourth and fifth, Spring Opening of Paris Pattern Hats, Toques, Bora metis, millinery Novelties, Lace, Chiffon <& Feather Neck Pieces. Miss Emma E. Hunter, (Formerly 1112 Connectitut Avenue), Manager, MiSMnery Department. . ond flc-or. Department of Women's Ready=to=wear Garments Exhibiting Suits for Early Spring ? ^ In Fabrics and Styles adaptable for Promenade, Driving, Church, Street, Calling Shopping Purposes. Especially attractive numbers are: Soring S'ilt>< In the regular graduated flounce ?tyle, with stitched f-ejims. The jacket is a very n-at dip-front Kton, which fastens over bust with fii usfle -ilk frog; the revers are faced with finely fclithed silk?black, dark blue and two shades of tkil. Si8.50 each. Tailor-made Spring Suits of rich tan and gray etamlne; the tiKht-flttliiK Eton jackets are made over neat embroidered polka-dot vests of sauie ma terial. having collars, cuffs and waist bands of tine stitched silk. Skirts are the plain graduated flounce style; all sizes. $21.00 each. New Tailor-made Suits of dark blue and black o! eviot; the jackets are perfect form-fitting. made double-breasted, with moire silk-faced revers; skirt Is the i*?pular graduated flounce style, with line Mir hed M-at:?>. $18.50 each. Rroad< loth Suits for Spring wear, made w ith dip-front Kiotts, wl;i-h are double-breasted and tl^ht-flttlng. The stit'hed strappings of black t iffeta on collars aiid down fronts, combined with th-> n?:it turn back cuffs of silk, produce the charm ing .-itnplicity of the tailor-made suit. The skirts tarry the idea to perfection, being gracefully cut, )irring graduated flounces. i.eaded with stitched taffeta bunds bla< k and I'.ark blue; all sizes. $28.50 each. Early Spring Suits, presenting the new cut skirt with flounce, which gradually deepens to sides, then becoming narrower to center of hack; the jacket is an effective fly-front Eton, neatly stitch ed; stitched hands of moire or Pean de Sole em ployed In the attractive manner so prominent this season. The cloths are Venetian and cheviot, in dark blue and black. $24.00 each. Tailor-made Walking Suits, short tight-fitting Jackets, single-breasted, with pointed yoke back and front, from which are laid deep stitched l>ox plaits to waist; sleeves have the new flared cuffs. The skirts are seven gored, with neat stitching at bottom. $30.00 each. Also Girls' New Sailor Dresses, Prominent among which are: Girls' "Peter Thompson" Sailor Suits, with the original plain gored skirt and sailor Mouse: regulation emblems being used as trimmings. $7c5'0> Each. Sizes 8 to 114. Practical Dresses for girls, of fine all-wool serge, made with sailor blouse, richly ornamented with braid, having deep collar of plain cloth, with embroidered emblems?dark blue, dark green and brown. $5.00 Each. Sazes 6 to 112. Tiiirii Jl ??r. Exhibiting Spring; Importations in Hand=made French Lingerie, Paris Novelties in Bridal Trowsseamix, French Corsets and House Qirdfies. Offering at this time Several Hots of Beautiful Hand=niade French Petticoats At specially low prices. Prices that are no higher than those usually asked for the kinds that tome from American factories. Hand made Petticoats cf French Percale; deep fl" me, ; hand cmbioidt.n-d s allop and tucks. $2.50. Value, $4.50. Il.i'idmade Ivtti oa:* of French Percale; utu l>r 11a flounce; lia:nl . ii d ruffle and tucks. $3.50. Value, $6.00. Hand-made lvttl. ??. n if Fr-ie-h Percale; wide Iia <'!til>r"id< r<-il *.< allo[?-d flounce with heading; ex ra dust rtitti -. $4.50. Value, S7.50. Second tl??ir. Hand-made Petticoats of French Percale; wide tl > nice; elaborately embroidered with large and small bowknots. $5.00. Value, $IO.OO. Hand-made Petticoats of French I.awn; umbrella flomn e. trimmed with two rows of Point de Paris lace insertion and edge; extra dust ruffle. $6.50. Value, $10.50. Handmade Petticoats of French I.awn; utuhreila floun-e elalxtrately trimmed with Point de Paris lace Insertion, vertical tucks, and wide lace ruffle. $10.00. Value, $15.00. Now Exhibiting the New Spring Oxfords for Women. Patent Leather, Patent Kid, Box and Bflack Rus= saa Calf, with the new welt walking sofles and the new heels. They are daintier and more graceful than ever. Also new spring styles in high Shoes, lace and button, for house and street wear. Third flour. "Ping Pong" or Table Tennis, the London and American craze. New invoice just arrived. Fourtu floor. Woodward & Lothrop. lm??tC?ff@F I I J2J6 FSt. 'Phone 725. The mew Suits, | Jackets, Wraps, | Skirts, Waists, <&?., for spring are mow om I exlhilbitioini. ?> ?Every garment in the show- X X, ing represents the best efforts X of the foremost makers in the ^ country. | X ?Quality and exclusive styles *? X are distinguishing features? ? | features that insure the utmost X satisfaction. X il New Spring Suits. V The Latest F.ton and Suits, V y splendidly made of Voiles and Etamlnes y In black,* now l>lue, tan. castor and ev- y ? cry spring shade. Each suit Is prettily # '} designed u n d V V trimmed. X e w i% ? , ? . ? Y flare skirts with Y "I"5 drop skirt. $22.501 ?> Priced up from... - y Y f IT* - A New Spring Jackets. A The new Short Jackets for spring wear y are In. They are stylishly made of the y tiest iiuality Covert, Melton and Vene- y tlan Cloth. Strap v Y The new Short .Taekets for spring wear y ??* a... In Tlun. nr.i utvlluhlv IllflJi. i>f the *.4 Y ~ Y tlau Cloth. Strap Y seams and form- /flO F=s /Ov ??? A fitting backs. In5k H ^ R\fln A tan and black. qJ)J H A/n Oi/Vil/ A A Triced up from.. A Y { New Silk Coats. X Y Beautiful Three-Qtiarter and full-length y L# n.Mi. .. i TK.? In t.>ct A Y Silk ''oats for spring wear. The latest y Y creations In Taffeta, I'eau y y de Sole and Moire Silk? /to r~~? y y deep flounce skirt?haml- I] A y soniely trimmed. Priced r>jy |] (\ J/ A y up from A X A New Spring Dress Skirts. Y Super!) line of new Press Skirts?Some y Y of fine quality Taffeta Silk-Some of the y Y new, soft Voile. Beautl- y Y fill representatives of the y ? lut.iaf Of l lllJ T 111- /fl[\ jl A*< ?J* very latest styles. I)e- ,#jto vl y signed and trimmed to per- II t* A y fectlon. Prices range up qI^ QJ) ?*, A from.. ~ A Y v X New Spring Walking Skirts. Y The Walking Skirts for Spring wear V Y are made with the new seven-gore flare? v j - i ?- ? i ? - ? -*?1a A t u decided Improrement on any style yet devised. We're showing a foeau y y tlful line of these Skirts In p Y Black. Oxford, C'udet and New A Blue, Tan and Gray. Special rJ> f> j) A ? for ^ A *!* | New Silk Fetticoats. !*? Y An attractive line of New Silk 1'nder- y *?* skirts-sty llsh creations, with one and two y ??? accordion-plaited ruf- A A flea?In black and all yfc pa if"K A A the wanted shades for vS / br\ [I II I A street wear. Si>eclal qO ? o Cl> MJ/ A A ' ft j) A ?f ? y Also a complete line of Wash Waists? y x ? i ? Y o >*, Priced up from ^ *x X x y Also a complete line of Wash Waists? ?*? y the newest and prettiest effects. ?*! y X New Cambric and Nainsook Underwear. X . ...... A I We're showing all thw latest antl k A ?? <'tii>mlse. Stinrt ?nd T.oni? bv ll l\ A I y Chemise, Short and I.ong y Skirts?each to be had at A piic.-n ranging up from.... ... A 'k |Smoot, Coffer <& McCalSey:!; ? 1216 F Street, x Y it v A LIFE Can be insured at low rates with ab solute security in the Mutual Life In surance Company of New York, which company has been in existence fifty-nine years and has $352,000,000 of assets. The cost per annum per thousand at age twenty is $15.01; age twenty-five, $16.46; age thirty, $18.74; age thirty-five, $21.70; age forty, $25.62; age forty-five, $30.90; age fifty, $38.14; age fifty-five, $48.10; age sixty, $61.94; age sixty five, $81.37, an inew, and quite pretty, too. Shown *. /in all the best leathers exclusively jii* by us in this city. ?PtI-o'U'hJ' ( Becker's, st? j 9 Near Kldiitt House. / mb3-20d Disorders cause Bright's Disease. Rheumatism, Gravel. Pain in the Hack, Bladder Disorders) Dropsy, etc. For these diseases a Positive Speclllc Cure is found in Le Nard'sUrScAdd SoSvemit Removes swelling, eliminates uric a?-id. NOTICE?Uur cures are In Washington, not ] . permanent use of the United States, to the damage of the int^rtsta of tne inhabitants of said ter ritory. < ? "b. The constitution of the Philippines will not be a permanent pne, and there fore the legislative chambers of the coun try may submit for the approval of the Congress of tfre United States such amend ments as they may consider just or en titled to. f- ? Form of Government. "The following, form of government for the Philippines.is al^o recommended: "Executive power?The governor shall be appointed by the President of the United ! States and cannot be reappointed in more than two presidential terms. He shall be responsible for the acts of the executive | council and for his own acts to the powers j of the nation. The right of veto which he ' will exercise over the acts of the legis lative chambers of his territory shall be similar to that of the President of the United States over Congress. The Philip pine chambers shall have the right to de mand his removal for just cause. There shall be no race distinctions with regard to the appointment of this official. "All other duties and rights not opposed to the foregoing and usually granted to governors of territories are vested in the governor of the Philippines. "The executive council shall be appoint ed by the governor and confirmed by tho Philippine senate. Its members shall act as counselors to the governor and shall not be held liable, their duties being simi lar to those of other administrative offi cials. They shall have a seat in the cham bers as members ex officio, without the right to vote, and shall act as governor by ! order of seniority, in case of the lutter's death, sickness or absence. j "The legislative power?The senate and the lower chamber, appointed by suffrage, shall have similar rights to those of the Congress of the United States, in so far as the enactment of rules for their own gov ernment is concerned, with tin- limitations prescribed by the Constitution of the United States. It shall be necessary in order to be a member of the chambers, if not native bern to have resided in the territory not less than ten years, among other quali- j fications, to own property valued at ?1,?*?0 at least, or a proportionate income. A i residence of five years will be necessary to j be qualified to vote. ' "The judicial power?Is vested in a su preme court appointed by the President, and in lower courts established by the j ' territorial powers, excepting the executive power. Trials by jury shall be provided | for when the proper time arrives." . NEW NOSE BUILT FOR BOY. Surgeons Perform Unusual Operation With Success. The New York' World of today says: Breathing through a brand new nose, little Hugh McAleenao. who lives with his par ! ents at No. 712 East KISth street, has be gun life anew after suffering torture for years. The lad is eight years old and has had a deformed nose all his life. | When he was .born he could breathe through but one nostril, the left one being entirely closed "and Uhe entire nasal organ dwarfed in sl$ipe distorted, llis par ents were at a) joss know what was best to be done for him. When he grew older and his deformity ffew more serious, his growing body requiring more inhalation and the nose XaiiiQii to grow in proportion to his general physique, the boy suffered greatly. t ^ I In his sleep fte would almost strangle and i his gasping for breath was pitiful. Recent i ly he has had convulsions and his condi tion became sfrioua?. Doctors were called in and held aiconsuMation. It was decided to perform aaj operation, the like of which ts said to be entirely new in surgery?the boring of a new nostril and the building up of a new nr#Ae. *?' Dr. Pullman-'Of Noj 248 West 125th street and Dr. Sheedy of the staff of the Post Ciraduate Hospjtal did the operating. They cut open the left , nostril and chiseled through a mags of ftpne to the base of the nose at the left eVer and then established an opening through the natural nasal chan nel down to the throat. Then they folded back the skin over tiny wooden spliinters and fashioned the nose on this frame work in the shape it would be if normal. The boy can now breathe through both nostrils freely arid the physicians are watching the case with great Interest. ? i Masonic Veterans' Banquet Tonight. The Masonic Veterans' Association will hold a banquet at Freund's tonight. Mr. Noble D. Ijarner is chairman of the com mittee having In eharge the arrangements for the affair. The banquet was to have been held Saturday night, but was post poned. Many of the prominent members of the Masonic fraternity of the District of ColumJbta-.will attend. THE CHARGES DENIED Alleged Maladministration of Indian Schools. DISEASE AND MORALS CONDITIONS MET BY THE EDTJCA TOBS. Statement of John Flinn, Superintend ent of the School at Cham berlain, S. D. Mr. John Flinn, superintendent of the In dian school at Chamberlain, S. D.. who has been In Washington for several days, and who called upon President Roosevelt yes terday afternoon to talk over the condi tion of the Indians in his state, is emphatic in his denial of the charges recently made in a resolution introduced in the Senate that Indian schools are conducted in a loose and improper manner. Disease Among Indian Pupils. "In behalf of the many good, Christian workers, who are engaged in the arduous labor of educating the Indian youth, whose characters have been smirched by the reso lution, I desire to present to the public tha other side of the question," Mr. Flinn said to an Evening Star reporter today. "The resolution charges that many of the reser vation schools in this country, as well as many non-reservation schools, are con ducted loosely and without proper super vision; that tuberculous pupils and pupils suffering from contagious diseases are housed in dormitories with other children and without any attempt to segregate them or protect the healthy children from conta gion. "To a person not familiar with the Indian schools it would appear that this was a serious charge, and that the superintend ents of the schools are criminally negligent. I have been actively engaged in the Indian service in the lield since 181)4. and what I say is not hearsay. We take pupils into our schools for a term of two, three or five years. At the time the pupil is enrolled he is examined by a physician. He may be in perfect health at the time, and yet inside of two or three years he may die of con sumption. White persons die of consump tion under similar circumstances. "When a case of tuberculosis develops in my school, the pupil is taken to his home, if he has any home. Otherwise he is iso lated as much as possible. If consumptive pupils and those suffering from contagious disases are allowed to mingle with the sound and healthy pupils it is not so much the fault of the superintendents in charge as It is that of Congress. The superintend ents would be only too glad to keep the diseased pupils entirely separate from the healthy ones, if only adequate means were placed at their disposal by Congress. "It is also charged in this resolution that Indian children are taken by force from their reservations and sent to far-distant schools, which system has resulted In an appalling mortality among such children by reasons of climatic changes, want of proper attention, absence of friends and familiar surroundings, and otner causes in cident to such a system. Taking Indians From Their Homes. "Any one who knows anything about the question knows that for several years the following law has been inforce and has been diligently enforced by the present commissioner of Indian affairs: 'That no Indian child shall be removed from any reservation to a non-reservation school without the written consent of the parent or guardian.' "To show how cruel superintendents are when collecting pupils for the schools, I l will be frank and tell you of our horrible practices. Now, this is how we proceed. I have done it many times and know Ghat I am talking about. 1 go to the reservation and first call upon the Indian agent and meekly ask permission to secure, if possi ble, a few pupils for my scnool. Generally, the agent refers me to the superintendent of the reservation school. I call upon him and he provides me with a list of the pupils whom he thinks might be benefited by at tending a non-reservation school and who are physically fit to go. "I then call upon the pupils whose names have been given me and ask them if they would like to come to my school. If they express a desire to go I then go to the parents or guardians and get their written consent, if I can. In the majority of cases I don't succeed in getting the written con sent. The father may be a progressive In dian and want his child to go, but the mother, and invariably the grandmothers (and there are generally from one to three around) object, and so the poor child is saved from being carried away by the monster whose sole and only desire is to force upon that child an education. "Is it not a wise and just law? The wis dom of it is sublime! The white inhabi tants of many of our states have compul sory school laws. Poor things! How far behind the ti/nes they are! They should awake, throw off their shackles and refuse, absolutely refuse to have their offspring blessed with an education unless thev, the parents, first give their written consent. But to return to the story. If I am suc cessful in obtaining the parents' written consent or their marks. I then must re turn to the agent and consult him. In some cases the agent or superintendent of the reservation school, or both, may object to a pupil's transfer, and that settles it, 110 matter if you have the pupil's and the parents' constnt. Immorality Among Pupils. Again, It is charged in this resolution that there is intermixture of the two sexes in such schools, without proper supervi sion In many cases, with the result that many of the female children are debauch-d and the morals of the children of both sexes perverted and destroyed. Whoever | wrote this charge knows nothing or little ; about our Indian schools, or white schools ! in particular, and human nature in gen eral, or he has stated that which he knows to be false. "What does the author of this charge mean? What would he have you believe? Evidently his Intention is to eonvev the idea that the superintendents and the em- j ployes of the schools are low, immoral ' persons, and that the high moral status I of the Indian youth is being destroyed by being forced to attend these Indian schools. Is it not a fact that our white children, around whom all the safeguards that lov ing parents can devise are thrown, whose inherited tendencies are against immoral ity, whose home influence Is against im morality and debauchery: is it not a fact. I ask. that some of them go wrong? Is it not a fact that, even in our white schools, presided over by watchful and Christian teachers, that immoralities oc cur? And. mind you, that the white child is in the public school only six hours out of the twenty-four and during the rest of the time is with his parents in his Lome, ' or should be. "Now on the other hand, what has the superintendent and the employes of an In dian school to deal with. They have to deal with children who come from homes in the majority of which moral Influence is unknown. From homes where even the common decencies of life are not observed; where the father, mother, children, mar ried sons and daughters, strangers, visitors and all live, eat and sleep in one room with out any care as to privacy. I have been among the Indians of New Mexico, Ari zona. Minnesota and South Dakota, and will say that there are many who are.try ing to lead Christian lives and want their children to be moral and become good c!tl zens. 1 do not desire to show the Indian up in a bad light and to show that he is licen tious and Immoral, but to show what we. as educators of the Indian youth, have to overcome and contend with. Educators of the Children. "We have to build up the moral charac ter of the child from the very foundation. We have to be watchful and guard them. I will venture to say. and I will stand by the assertion, that the Indian schools as conducted under the able'administration of William A. Jones, commissioner of Indian affairs, and his corps of assistants, are as free from immoralities and scandal as an equal number of white scuools would be under the same conditions, and possibly; under the existing conditions of the re spective schools. I wHl go further and sax, that considering the inherited natures ana - ? ? ? r '? Lazy, Sluggish Liver and Kidneys Are Responsible for Pretty Nearly All the Diseases Known to Medical Science. KEEP THESE ORGANS IN GOOD WORKING OR. DER BY THE USE OF SMITH'S GREEN MOUNTAIN RENOVATOR. Most everything that can possibly be the matter with a person is due to bad blood conditions, and these are in turn due to bad liver and kid neys. If your blood is pure, rich and plentiful, disease simply can't get into your system. The trouble is, though, that people neglect a lazy liver and diseased kidneys, and the moment they fail to do their work properly the impurities which they are intended to get rid of pass into the blood; then the trouble commences. Women with thin, poisoned blood suffer from all sorts of diseases peculiar to the sex, and men have rheumatism, scrofula and other dis eases, as well as getting into a condition so weak and enfeebled that they are scarcely able to attend to their usual business. All this can be avoided by keeping the blood pure and rich by the use of SMITH'S GREEX MOUNTAIN RENOVATOR. This medi cine doesn't waste a moment's time, but goes right to the spot where the trouble is, and, as it name indicates, renovates and cleanses until everything is working in perfect order, and you are on the high road to health and strength again. This medicine is made just as it has been made for many years from the roots and herbs of the Vermont Mountains. Nature intended these roots and herbs for just the purpose we put them to in this medicine, and when you follow Nature's leading, you can't go wrong. This medicine has always been highly popular in its own home, al though it was not advertised. Now everybody can get it. Its present owners are distributing it all over the country, and we are the sole agents here. Take it in the spring as a matter of precaution, because everybody needs its cleansing powers then. Take it all the year 'round when you don't feel right, and it will do you good. If you find that it doesn't, you are always welcome to your money l)tick HENRY EVANS, 922 and 924 F St N. W. And 1729 Conn. Ave. N. W. VS3? ^ VSS/ -iS? 3 ? Peter Qrogan===Credit for All Washington. New Spring Mattings, =Garts and Carriages Are Ready. Credit flakes the Buying Easy. p fb Nowhere in Washington will you find a larger or more carefully selected stock of Mattings than we are now showing. We guarantee the durability of every yard?and we tack them on your floor free of cost. The new spring patterns in Go-Carts and Car riages are also ready for your choosing. Beautiful rub ber tired vehicles at all prices?and as modestly priced on credit as you can find elsewhere for cash. We will replace any of the rubber tires that do not give satis factory wear. Furniture for every room in your house ?and every quality guaranteed by us. The easiest of weekly or monthly payments arranged to suit you?no notes?no interest. 9 # m @ @ ? PeteF 817-819-821-j Between H mm ??@?@@???? ?e 33?? 5?s ? ?2) 7th St, N. 1 Streets. & tendencies and the Influence of the home environments of the Indian child, that the Indian schools are freer from scandal and the intermixture of the sexes than white schools where the two sexes are housed in the same buildings and remain at the school continuously. "I believe that the men and women en gaged in the education of the Indian are moral Christian men and women. Of course, I will admit that there is occasion ally a black sheep, but he is removed when detected. Perhaps 1 have said some things that will hurt some one's feelings. Such, however, is not my purpose. 1 want to de fend the good name of the people in the Indian service with whom I have worked for years and that 1 know are Christian men and women." AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN. General and Personal Items Gathered West of Rock Creek. The union services will be eomtnt need this evening at* ~A~> o'clock, at tile Dumbarton Avenue M. E. Church, continuing every evening of the present and next week. The Methodist Episcopal, Methodist Episcopal South, the Methodist Protectant. Presby terian, Baptist and Lutheran churches will be represented. At the services this even ing Rev. Frank H. Havenner. pastor of the Dumbarton Avenue M. E. Church, will pre side. and Rev. Charles Alvin Smith, pastor of the Peck Memorial Chapel, will deliver the sermon. Rev. Father Ketehum of the Catholic bu reau of Indian missions spoke at all of the services yesterday. morning at Trinity Church in favor of the Indian schools anS missions, which heretofore have been part ly helped by government appropriations, but which now depend entirely upon their own resources for subsistence. The condi tion of affairs was laid before the congrega tion at cach mass* and a plan proposed of forming a society for the preservation of the faith among the Indian tribes. An organization r?f promoters was formed after the services, and a meeting will be held subsequently to further the work. Miss Margaret Ourdane died this morn ing at her residence, on 32J street. Her serious illness was noted in The Star sev eral days ago. Last Monday she was found in her home in an unconscious condition by the colored woman who had come to do the week's washing. Miss Ourdane, who had rcached an advanced age, lived alone, and immediately upon finding her remains the colored woman gave the alarm. It was found that she had suffered a paralytic stroke. Rev. C. H. Braden of Brooklaqd delivered the sermon at the services of the Colum bia Baptist Church yesterday. Rev. J. Houston Eccleston of Emmatouel Church, Baltimore, preached In the evening at Christ Church. Improvements are contemplated at the Hollerith Tabulating Machine Company, workingmen being engaged in excavating to the rear of the present factory on 3l.-t street, north of the canal, for the pur pose of erecting an addition to the plant. Mi.-s Sallie 10. JVarce, an old resilient of Georgetown, is critically ill at her resi dtnee, 1?H ::2d street and corner .".2.1 and O stree ts, where advertise ments art? received at regular rates. Want hI Help and Wanted Situations cost I cent a word. LARGE LIST OF NEW MEMBERS. Royal Arcanum Council Initiates 227 nt Recent Meeting. The flood title of fraternal enthusiasm reached Us cr^st Friday night last, when Oriental Council, No. "12, It. A., Initiated ' 227 members in the large hall of Masonic Temple. !?th and F streets. Oriental Coun cil was Instituted twenty-two years ago in a hall, on 11th street near F street with twenty members. Of that number ten are still active in the affairs of the fraternity. The council has always been known as the banner council of the District, and num bers among its membership of 7!?:{ many of the prominent business and professional mm of the city. The movement which resulted In this large increase was inaugurated the night of January by the appointment of a committee, with J. Ed. Swaine as chair man. known as the "increase regiment" committee. Four hundred and eighty-five applications Were received, and of the number initiated Mr. Swaine secured in dividually ninety-one. Howard C. Wiggins, supreme orator, de livered the address of the evening, and re marks were made also by E. M. Shryver of Baltimore. Grand Regent Rrigham of the District of Columbia followed in an address of con gratulation. Mr. Swaine was presented with a Royal Arcanum medal by th?? grand regent and also with a gold ring by Regent James, on behalf of the council. The committees having charge of the meeting were Tom J. I.anelrigan, chairman committee on reception of visitors from other Jurisdictions; J. 8. Harris, chairman committee on reception of visitors from local councils; R. A. Allan, chairman of committee on applicants. The officers of the council are: C. J. James, regent; R. A. Allen, vice regent; Dr. William A. Jack, orator;. Thomas G. Hensey, sitting past regent; Corbin Birch, secretary; George W. McMorris. collector; George H. Cooper, treasurer; Henry Tege ler, chaplain; William Bets, guide; L. C. Mori son, warden; A. J. Holt, sentry; Clif ford Hastings, organist. Trustees?John D. C. Koogle, Charles B. Fonda, Smith Thompson, sr.