The morning times. [volume], December 29, 1896, Page 5, Image 5

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THE MORNING- TIMES, -TUESDAY '0ECJ3MBER 29, 189(5.
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IT 15 NECESSARY
To have warm Bedwear
these cold days . . .
And in consequence we
have commenced our an
nual clearingsaleof Bed
wear. Comforts.
Fine Silkoline Comforts,
filled with best white cot
ton. Worth SI. 50 to SI. 68,
$1.35-
The best Silkoline Com
forts made. Worth $2.00
to S2.25,
$1.68.
4 Fine Down Comforts,
silk tops. Worth SI 0.50.
To close
$8.48.
Blankets.
Just 36 pair 10-4 "Wool
Blankets. Worth 82.68.
For $2.00
Just 12 pair 11-4 Aurora
Blankets. Worth S4.00.
For $3.25
Just 9 pair 12-4 San Jo Cali
fornia Blankets. Worth S7.
For $5.oo
Just lO pair 12 4 Ontario
California Blankets. Worth
$7.48. For $5.48
From now until January 1
we will give you 10 percent
discount on Horse Blankets,
Carriage Robes, etc.
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DIED.
WILKINSON Decemher b.-Mrs. Adele
"Wilkinson, nee Andoixju, beloved wife of
Thomas "Wilkinson, dr.
.Kuueral pmate. interment at Green
wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, .N. y..
(Brooklyn and New York paper please
copy.) It
GARRITT-Suddenly, Saturday, at 4- a.
in., Uhnnlel V. Gnrrltv, youngest uaughier
ol the lute Catharine ciarrity.
Funeral from her late residence, 1S17
Thirty-ilHli tared. Tuesday. December 29,
at 9:30 a. m. Mass at Trinity Church,
.Friends respectfully invited. It
DONALDSON -At midnight of December
iG, 1S9G. litter a short illness, which the
bore with Christian fortitude, Mary M
eldest daughter of George V. and Saraii E.
Donaldson, aged fifty years and four
months.
Funeral from her late residence. No.
3.tu jviKiilit Mreef northwest, on Tuesday,
Deocmber -9, at 8.30 u. in. Requiem mass
at the Church of llie iiuiiiaculiite f'onrop
tion, at 9 o'clock. "Celts' ivs and friends
are respwitfully invited io mit-wl It
IN ilKMOKlAJf.
IN loving remembrance of our clear
mother, Mary J hcotl, who died three
years ago todav. December 19, 1893.
Gone, but not forgotten.
It Bl HER CHILDREN.
IN lovingremcmbcranccor Michael Joseph
Quigley, who died one year ago today.
"Ac miRR tliee from our Home, dear father.
We miss thee rrom thy place;
A shadow o'er our life is cast;
tte nuss the sunslUne or tny face;
We miss thy kind and willing hand,
Thy fond and earnest care;
Our home is dark without thee;
' we miss thec everywhere.
It BY HIS "WIFE AND CHILDREN.
i rAKtnxa ATTiflitufl.
PROTECT YOUR LITTLE 0fES.
Guard your little ones against the pre
vailing epidemic of DIPHTHERIA by
uslnc AsSEPTOS. Excellent in sore
throat, bronchitis, etc.
Washing-ton Homeopathic Pharmacy,
1007 H Street H. "W.
Tel. ICSS. No broncho.
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OLD GL0R7 FORMED
THEIR BRIDAL CANOPY
Miss Helen Craig nnd Lieutenant
Stout Married at Fort 3Iver.
Secretary of War I.uinont nnd Other
Distinguished People I'l-e.eut.
llKsI'unujMtrte'.s Marriage.
A brilliant military wedding was cele
brated at Fort Mycr, Va., yesterday even
ing, the bride being Miss Helen Craig,
only daughter of Capt. and Mrs. Louis
A. Craig, and the groom, Lieut. H. II
Stout, of the Sixth Cavalry, U. S. A.
The ceremony was performed at the
residence or the bride's parents, in the
prepuce of only the immediate relathe.s
or the young people.
The hoiis-e was beautifully adorned with
palms and yellow rows, while the yellow
tr the cavalry was used entirely as the
color scheme throughout the house.
The Sixth Cavalry Hand furnished the
music, playing the wedding march very
fcoltly as the bride entered the parlor
on the arm of her father. The groom and
lii licM man, Mr. G. B Grandin, of this
city, awaited the comingof the biide with
the otficiatiug clergyman. Rev. D. J.
Stafford, D. I)., of St. Patrick's Church,
"Washington.
There, were no bridesmaids, but Louis
Craig. Ji the six-year-old son of the
house, held his sister's bouquet during
the ceieiiiony. which was preformed under
the crossed flags of the Sixtii Cavalry and
the United States government. The
bride, who is a graceful and pretty
brunette, was born under the same
regimental colors in a tent, in Arizona, less
than twenty years ago.
The wedding gown iva? of heavy cretin
white satin, Willi plain trained skirt and
youthful looking bodice of white chiffon,
with girdle of white velvet and particu
larly stylish sleeves. No ornaments were
worn, and the veil was fastened by two
tulle rosettes.
The band played Gounod's "Ave Maria"
during the ceremony and other appro
priate selections throughout the evening
In addition to the two laige flags men
tioned, the company guidons of the groom
and the father of the bride were crossed
at the end of tiie room, and in the luil,
were crossed sabers, witii the cavalry
trumpet and regimental colors surmount
ing them.
A reception followed the ceremony, which
was attended by nil the officers and their
families at the post, and a number of
personal friends from this city.
Among the guests were": Mr. J II. Stout,
tiie father of the groom; Mrs. Maim nnd
Mrs. H. M. Craip the two grnndmoih ts
of the bride; Cadet Maiin Craig or "tVcst
I'omt, the Secretary of War and -Mrs.
Lamont, Col. and Mrs. Barry, Major and
Mr.-. I'ooie, Miss Poole, MKs Miles, daugh
ter of the General ot the Army; Col. and
Mr. Sumner, Major Lelw, Capt. and -Mrs.
Arthur, Capt. and Mrs. Cheovcr, Major
and Mrs. Carlmgton, Col. and Mrs. AVeeK?,
Major and Mrs. Habcock, Capt and Mrs.
Kendall, Major and Mrs. Hall, -Lieut, and
Mr-. AVtlcox, Mr. and Mrs. Grandm and
Mi1-- Grandin, Lieut, and Mrs. Rhodes and
GtKgnard and Flemming of the Fourth
Artillery.
Tiie gifts were unusually handsome and
numerou-and included a very large as.' ort
inent of hilver and exquisite cut glar-s.
Mr. and Mrs. Stout were driven to AVash
lngton after the ieceptlon, from which
point they started on a honejiiioon trip of
two weeks, after which they will reside
at Fort Myer.
The principal sccial events of today will
be the marriage of Miss Eonaparte and
Count de Moltke-Huitreldt at St. Paul's
Church, at ni on.
A luncheon by Mrs. Draper complimentary
to Mine Bakhmatieff and a ball by Mrs.
John S. AVard at her home on Connecticut
avenue, are events for this evening.
One of the most delightful dances of this
very gay holiday time was given at
l'auscher's last evening by Col. and Mrs
John Hay, who had for their guests nearly
300 young people, ail prominent in society
The hall and upper rcom adjoining were
appropriately decorated and an excellent
orchestra furnished the music.
AKXhere are at present some twenty -five
agreeable young men visitors in AVashing
ton there were partners in abundance, and
most of the buds of this and former seasons
were in attendance.
The Attorney General and Mrs. Harmon
are entertaining a very delightful house
party, at their home on K street, tii.-ir
guests IftiiugMr. and Mrs. Edmund AVright
of Philadelphia and Mr. George AV.uring
ton, a prominent young society man of Cin
cinnati, who will spend tho next week in
AVashington.
Miss Laura Mumiall. daughter of Lieut,
and Mrs. Mullhnll oCBnllstou, A' a., has for
her holiday guests the Misses Liefo of
California. Mrs. Mullhall will give a
music-ale on AA'edncsday afternoon, which
promises to be one of the social features
of the week.
Justice Morris and Miss Mcrris have is
sued invitationsfora large reception at their
home on Massachusetts avenue, on the
evening of January 11.
Dr. and Mrs. G. n. Corey are at the
Riggs for the winter, where Mrs. Corey
will be pleased to see' her friends on Tues
day afternoons.
Mrs. Joseph E. AVashington gave a very
enjoyable dance for young people at her
residence, on Hilyer' riace, last evening.
The guests were mostly the friends of her
school girl daughter, who is at home for
the holidays.
Mrs. I'olkinghorn and Miss Polkingtnrn
gave a very pleasant reception from 3 to
9 last evening at their home on Pennsyl
vania avenue, near AVashington Circle.
MIns Alienor Philadelphia is the guest of
the family, and assisted in receiving the.
many visitors.
Miss Anna Beck of Twenty-ninth and M
streets is spending the holidays in Phila
delphia, as the guest of Mrs. AVlle.
If Tou llecelvo .New Year's
Let Freund, 81 5, Tenth street, have charge
of Hie dining-room. He'll urrangu and
serve everything to the "queen's taste"
at any price you wish to pay. All kinds or
ice cream and fancy cakes for New Year's
dinner.
AY. C. T. U. NOTES.
The quarterly meeting of the District AV.
C. T. U. will be held January 13 in Ry
land M. E. Church, Tenth and D strcetu
southwest. There will be a demonstration
meeting at night, probably in one of t lies
centrally located churches. An unusually
Interesting program Is expected and local
unions areexpectedto send full delegations.
The work of the AV. C. T. U. is Hint of
prevention as well as healing. It is a work
of sympathy as well as a work of uplilt
ing. It is a beautiful administration oC
love in the Master's name, a helping hand
leached outto the tempted, to the stricken,
to the unfortunate. The lines of work o.t
the W. C. T. U. are organization, pre
ventive, educational, evangelistic, social,
legal. Some of the principal lesults th it
the organization has been instrumental in
seeming are ab follows:
Its auxiliaries have been, confessedly,
the chief factors in State campaigns for
statutory prohibition and constitutional
amendments. It began the movement for
scientific temperance education in the
public schools, having been instrumental
in securing laws to that end in all but four
of tiie Suites; and besides tills it has
secured Congressional legislation, by menus
of which all the Territories und the
District of Columbia are brought under
the same beneficent statutes.
The work of the National AV. C. T. U.
among the children in Sunday schools,
Loyal Temperance Legions and Kinder
gartens; its efforts to influence college
students and to train and organize youug
women for a philanthropic life; its evan
gelistic work for non-church goers, for
railway employes, soldiers, lumbermen,
miners especially for the drinking iiieu
of all classes all these have proved thev
breadth or its comprehension and the
tt'rclessness or its zeal. Its efforts to
reach the pauper and the prisoner, to
establish reformatories nnd homes for the
wretched victims of inebriety und their
8ufrerlng children, and its temperance
Fiower Mission must appeal to every trie
heart.
It is permeating public sentiment by Its
steady advances upon the press through
monthly and weekly temperance papers,
and by its countless conventions.
It has sought to purify the holidays of the
people, coming with its sisterly Influence
to the fairs, celebrations, encampments,
and expositions, and by its unrequited toll
providing refreshments, keeping alcoholic
poisonsoff tho grounds, and circulating pure
water and pure literature. It has battled
for the maintenance of the Sabbath, sought
to Introduce the unfermented juice of the
grape at the sacramental table, and to
secure a day or prayer for temperance in
the week of prayer.
It has circulated countless petitions and
addressed synods and conferences, teachers'
associations and medical societies, as well
as legislatures, Slate and national, always
for one object and with one plea:
"AVe beseech you to refrain from the use
of alcoholics, and to outlaw the liquor
trarfic."
In recent years it has bravely championed
the cause of woman's ballot, the labor
movement and social purity. It seeks to
islruct the youth of the nation, uplifting
and preserving them from the ways that
take hold upon death.
It also strives to redeem outcast women
from a slavery worse than that of chains,
and by bettor laws to secure protection to
women and girls from the outrage of brutal
men. H has been instrumental in raising
the age of consent in nearly every State
in tho Union, and Its influence is bciug
strongly felt in the purification of our
literature and art.
The only conditions of membership In
the AV. C. T. U. are signing the total
abstinence pledge and the payment of $1
annual dues. The organization deserves
the support of all good women for the
sake of what it has done to protect women
and children, if for nothing else.
The women of this District are cordia.Iy
invited to attend the quarterly mceing
January 13, and sec for themselves what
the AV. C. T. U Is do'ing here, and give
their membership to the good cause.
BRIDE-ELECT TRIED SUICIDE.
After Crossing; the Ocean She Pre
ferred Death to Matrimony.
New York. Dec. 28. Natalie Lnngraft,
who arrived In Hoboken yesterday on the
steamship Prussia of the Hamburg-American
line, and was on her way to Bluffton,
Ohio, where she was to meet her lover
and be married, is in a hospitalln Hoboken
in a critical condition.
Miss Lnngraft stopped at Nagel's Hotel,
on AVashington street, Hoboken. A porter
passing through the hull at 10 o'clock tills
morning detected the odor of gas. He
noticed that the transom over Miss Lan
graft's door was closed. He gave annlarm
and forced tho door open. Ho found the
woman lying on the bed unconscious. Sho
was removed to St. Mary's Hospital, where
the physicians say her recovery is doubt
ful. AA'asliingtoniuns In 2few "York.
Special to the. Times.
New York, Dec. 28. -St. Cloud, R. De. M".
Galance, A. Webster, II. A. Root; Gilsey,
II. L. Balicntine; Grnnd, E. K. Cake and
wife; F. B-Gessner: St. Denis, L. A. Corbon,
J. II. Kingsbury, A. F. Lucas, H. Brooks;
Savoy, S. A. Penny, Netherland, B. AV. Lay
ton; Hoff man. II. S. Hern, .1 . H Junks; Broad
way, T. A. Guest, AV. A. Owen; Imperial,
G. AV. Corbett, E. A. Leary; Astor, AV. AV.
AViley, Z. L. Daley", Manhattan, F. B.
AA'eaton, F. S. Russelland wife; Sturtevant,
II. K. Southland, AV. E. Poulton; Union
Square, E. M. Fitz; Continental, J. D. Price
and wife; Albert, A. J. Green; Army ar
rivals, J. L. Barlow, E. S. Butts, Col. D.
Perry.
Presbytery Reconsiders Its Action.
New York, Dec. 28. The. New York
Presbytery today at a special meeting re
considered its action of two weeks ago
when. in refusing the application orHerm-m
AVarszawiak for ordination, a report was
adopted which mentioned "the associa
tions and general moral environmiiib of
one born of Jewish parents," as a reason
against ordaining the applicant.
MISS JULIA SCOTT
WEDS MR; VROOMAN
Vice-President Stevenson Gave His
. AVife's Niece Away.
Quiet Hut TSles'ant Wedding at St.
Louis deception to MTrs.
Stevenson.
Str. Louis,- Dee. 28.'-MIss 'Julia Scott,
of jUlnomiugton, 111., ,and. Mr Carl Vioo
man, of St. Louis, were united in marriage
this evening at the home of Mrs. Charles
S. Bromwell, of 4102 Westminster P'ace.
Vice President Stevenson, whose wife is
uunt to Mrs. Vrooinjin, gave the bride
away. ' -tftyifel
The wedding was quiet, though efeg.int
la every appointment. Besides the Vice
President and his family, a number of
friends of tho bride were present from
Bluomlngton.
About thirty friends' came from Chlcigo,
among whom were. Gen. and Mrs. Blask
and daughter, and Dorjna and SlgnoraUda,
from Naples, Itaiy,( cousins of the Scott
family.
The bride was attended by her enly lis
ter, Mrs. Charles Bromwell, wife of Lieut.
Chailes Bromwell, noUnited States en-1
glneer, who acted as dame d'honneur, the
bridesmaids being Miss Letltia Stevenson,
daughter of the Vice President, and Miss
Agatha Bullitt of Louisville.
Mr. AA'aiterVrroman wnsbestman. Rev.
Frank Buffington A'rooman, associate to
Dr. Thomas of the Central Non-Sectarian
Church of Chicago; performed the cere
mony. Mr. Carl A'roomnn, although but twenty
tour years old, has made his mark in the
field of oratory and loelal and religious,
reform. He was president of Harvaid
Union, president of the Harvard Debating
Society and president of the Intercollegiate
Debating Club during his attendance at
Harvard, ne is honorary member of the
Oxrord Union of Oxford College, England,
and an honorary member of Barbonne
Literary Societies.
Mrs. A'rooman lias been a social star et
Jier home in Bloomington and was an ad
mired member of her uncle's household in
'AVaslrington, D. C. Mr. and Mrs. Vrooman,
after a wedding tour, will go. to Parsonn,
Knns., to reside.
Vice President Stcvensou nnd ills wife
were given a dinner today by Col. S. AV.
Fordyce of the Cotton Beit Railroad, and
in the afternoon was, escorted-on a Sight
seeing trip through the city.
Mrs. Stevenson was tendered a reception
this afternoon by the St. Louis chapter of
the Daughters of the American Revolution
at the residence of Mrs. Shields, in AV.st
minster place. Mrs. Stevenson is president
general of tho national society. The A'Ice
President and his wife expert to Ieuve for
AVashington tomorrow morning.
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Christmas has come rfnd gone, but the
world musteline andkthe,inarkct this morning-still
garlanded and fwiued with yule
tideleaves and berrie-ls far and away the
cheeriest, husiest spot in 'town Below are
the standard prices for today:
FLOWKKa-Hyacinths, ooc. per dozen;
CaruatluiiH,- 2Gu. per dozen; golden-gate
roses, 50c. to SI per dozen; La Franco
roses, same; PresideutCarnot roses, same;
KaUer Augusta Viuloriu roses, same; Ma
dame Chatdtiaydiewi, ?1 per dozen. Palms
sell all the way from 50c to 510. and
maiden hair ferns range from 25c. to S2.n0;
violets, lc. each; asparagus sprays, $1
per dozen; lilies of the valley, SI per
dozen sprays.
FRUIT Florida oranges, -10c to 50o
per doen; Jamaica oranges, 25c to 40c
per dozen; Malaga grapes. 20c per pound.
Tokay grapes, 15c to 20c per pound;
Concord grapes, 12c per basket; Catawba
grapes, 15c per basket; pineapples, 15c
to 25c. each; Japanese persimmons,
5c; to 10c each; pomegrunates. 10c each;
bananas, 10c to 20c per dozen; apples,
30c to 40c per peck, shattucks, 10c each,
three for 25c.
BUTTER. EGGS. OHEKSE-Best Elgin
butter, ;0c. to ''Cic.per pound; huttcrmc, 1 5c.
to 25c per pound; nearby eggs, 25c per
dozen; AVestcm eggs, 20c per dozen; cream
cheese, 18e. to 20c. per pound; Neufchatel
cheeses, 5c. each; pineapple cheese, 5c.
to 75c cacti; "Edam cheeses, 85c each;
Sweilzer cheese, 20c to 25c per pound.
FISH Bojllng rock, 20a kto 25c per
pound; red snapper, 10c to 12 l-2c per
pound; blue fish, 10c per pound; Cod, 10c
per pound; pickerel, 8c per pound; new
salmon, 25c to 35c per pound; white
fish, large size. 12 l-2c per pound; small
size, 6c per pound; black bass, ice per
pound; Spanish mackerel, 15c to 20c per
pound; hallibut, 20c per pound; soles, 10c
per pound.
GAME-Canvasback, $6 per pair; red
head, S3.50 per pair; mallards, $1.50 per
pair; ruddy duck, $1 per pair; near by quail,
$3 per dozen; AA'estern quail, $2.50 per
dozen; grouse, $1.25 per pair; pheasant,
$1.50 per pair.
VEGETABLES rarsnips, 25c per peck;
splnacn, 20c per peck; Eastern Shore sweet
potatoes, 30c per peck; radishes, 3 bunches
for 10c; cymbling, 5c. each; hot-house
tomatoes, 40c to 50c per pound;
southern uunutoes, I5e to 25c per pound;
chicory. Fie to 10c per head; water cress,
6c per bunch; mint, 5c per bunch; cauli
flower, 10c to 25c per head; balsify, 5c
per bunch; Savoy cabbage, 5c. per head;
Irish potatoes, 20c per peck; snap beans, 1 5c
per quarter peck; Southern cucumbers,
5c each; hot house cucumbers, 10c each;
Spanish onions. 10c each; egg plants, 10c
to 15c each; pumpkins, 5c to 15c each;
green peppers, 25c to 50c per dozen; cel
ery, 5c to 10c per bunch; cranbberries, 10c
per quart; squash, 2c per pound.
TICKLES AND PRESERVES-Chow-chow,
20c. per quart; German--mustard,
15c. per quart; pickled onions, 15c. per
pint; celery, relish, 10c. -per pint; olives,
15c. per pint; horseradish, 10c. per pint;
honey, 25c. per pound; Jellies, 10c. per
pound; preserves, lGc. per pound.
POULTRY-Turkeys, i5c. to 18c. per
pound; geese, 12 l-2c. per pound;" ducks.
I 15c. per pound; fowl, J.2,l-2c per .pound.
MEATS Sirloin Ktrak'; lEc. to 18c. per
pound; porterhouse, 2Cc. to 2Cc. per pound;
round, 12 l-2c. per pound; prime rib roast,
15c. to 18c. per pound; chuck roast, 10c.
to 12 l-2c. per pound;-soup beef, 6c. to 8c.
per pound; lamb, inc. tp ISc-per pound;
corned bepf, 6c. to 'I2,l-2c. per pound;
sausage; 10c. to'lS'lc-. per pound; both
green and smoked; breakfast bacon, 10c.
to 12 l-2c. per pound; sweet pickled pork,
8c. to lie. per pound; ""Western, do., 8c.
per pound; ham, 10c. to 12 l-2c.per pound;
pig taUP, fie. per .pound; hog braijns,. 10c.
per plate; boiled ham, 40c. per pound.
GOLFERS BATTLING FOR
TEE PRESIDENT'S COP
First Day's Work on the Washing
ton's Links.
Society Turned Out in ILarge Num
bers to See the Sport Senator
McMillan's Fine Playing.
A fine, crisp, cold day was yesterday
an ideal day for the opening of the annual
tournament of the Gblf Club the tourna
ment for tho i)resident'scup. The morn
ing was biting cold, but toward noon the
weather moderated. The sun had a mel
lowing influence, which Induced people
to turn back their collars and drink in
the wine of the air with pleasure and com
fort. It was a day to make golf enthu
siasts rejoice, and ns the drawings did
not take place until 2 o'clock at the club
house the members who had decided to
enter the lists were lu fine fettle by the
appointed time-
Tiie AVashington Golf Club is situated
on Arlington Heights, just across the
Aqueduct Bridge out of "Georgetown. It
is a modeststructure, but very comfortable,
nnd back of it stretches as fine a -course
for golf playing as any In the country.
The members are enthusiasts and the
sport at the golf links is of that healthy
order which invites the attention of gen
tlemen of leisure who have not forgotten
in the cares of affairs how to enjoy the
flow of animal spirits which a gooil con
test in the open air gives. It is the right
season of the year for such sport, and
the right climate is afforded in AVash
ington. It is a game to be played where
the weather is sharp and clear and the
grouud free from the encumbrance of
snow.
Society AVus There.
A little after noon yesterday the pro
cession of members toward Georgetown
began. There were mnny smart turnouts
drawn by spanking tcums, whose silver
mounted harness Jingled as they bowled
along the avenues and country- roads, and
there were Jolly parties that went out
by the cable cars and crossed the bridge
on foot and climbed the hill beyond the
river.
Following the foot-path one came to a
sharp bit or climbing that fairly winded
the unaccustomed pedestrian, but when
the ascent was gained there was a view
that alone paid for the errort. The club
house is a weather-worn, snutf-colored
building with white facings and grcn
shutters. It has a broad piazza across the
front, and a -growth of evergreen beautifies
the stretch before the entrance. The air
was filled with the fragrance of pines
that reached the nostrils like incense
preaching a religion or outdoor sport and
country life in general.
A little before 2 o'clock the caddies who
were to serve, or. In popular language, the
colored boys who were to carry the balls
and bags of cluba and sticks for the game,
were assembled out in front of the club
house. They were swarming around an
outhouse and were being treated to a good
lunch of sandwiches und making the air
ring vUUi their shouts and bickerings.
In the Clnhhouse.
AVitbin the clubhouse the members who
had assembled early to get a little prac
tice had come in for lunch and were mak
ing merry in a more subdued manner.
The front entrance of the building opens
Into a big square hall, whose polished floor
is covered with rugs and which is furnished
witii roomychalrsand lounges otcune- The
most conspicuous part of this hall Is a
great brick and stone chimney. Its wide
fireplace was heaped with logs which
crackled and sparkled with dancing flames
and threw off an added perfume of piue
smoke.
In this room the gentlemen assembled for
the drawings and engaged in good-natured
chaff and badinageon tiie probable outcome
of thetournament. Thcreardoor was open
nnd a flood of sunshine came in with the
fresli air. Two or three colored servants
hurried about, filling orders and helping
the members to get into their war paint for
the fray.
The lockers are upstairs, and over each
compartmentare the names of the owners.
These names include many distinguished
ones in AVashington. There are attaches of
several embassies, especially the Britisli and
Swedish, and there are names well known
In Congress. The gentlemen mostly went
out in golf breeches, stockings and heavy
shot's, and had only to dorr their hats and
upper garments. They struggled into sweat
ers and scarlet jackets and clapped goir
caps upon their heads, thereby transforming
themselves into picturesque beings, and
throwing aside the stamp of business and
care. They grouped themselves in the
upper hall and on the stairs, and talked
over the banisters to those below in big,
hearty tones that rang through the halls
and parlors.
The Caddies.
In the dining-room, which is a comfort
able, homely place, the President's cup
was on exhibition and was much admired.
It is a small, silver loving cup with two
handles, mounted on an cmbony base. AVhat
its engraving- will be remains to be seen
after the tournament is completed on Satur
day A long, hospitable table occupies tiie
middle or this room, and the ornamenta
tion or the walls is confined to friezes of
old blue china and an occasional vase or
jardiniere. The hall has a few drawings
on tiie wall, which are carricatures of the
golflst, and some framed photographs of
other teams and other club houses. It is a
right jolly club house and promises sport
which the surrounding country does not
gainsay.
"Wiille thc drawing for pairs was going
on the caddies gathered in the rear of the
building and wrestled and tumbled and
affected to play golf with crooked sticks.
Factotums of Senator This and the Hon
orable That patrolled the rear veranda
and bags of clubs were brought forth.
vIf you looked keenly over the stretch
of country you could discern a red Hig
here and there across the brown fields
marking the holes on the putting greens.
AVlien the members-swarmed out of the
club house they made for the first tee,
which is a few yards from the door. The
tee is a leveled bit of ground from which
the ball is driven. If you know nothing
of the gaum you will be Interested to
know how it is begun.
The Game.
The caddie of the player runs up and
places a lump of wet sand on the earth to
set the little white ball upon. If this is
not used a small rubber ring is used for
the pedestal. AA'hen the ball is in rcei
tlon the player stands to the side of it,
spreads his feetapart and takes up un
attitude or swinging freedom. He selects
his driving club from the bag that the
caddie holds, and grapplng it with Loth
hands, swings it through the air with a
quick trial stroke, just missing the ball.
It hisses like a black snake; as it cleaves
the air, and is held aloft for a moment
while the player recovers from the tre
mendous swing his tody has taken. The
next stroke is likely to be the telling one,
and the white ball goes sailing aloft and
away to a -wonderful distance. That Is,
it does if the player does not fluke and
tap his ball with an excess of nervousness.
Some one" has said that playing golf is
for tw.o people to drive balls as far across
country as they can, and the one that
finds his first that day has Avon the game.
That is certainly the way it looks to an
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outsider, for the possibility ot ever find
ing a ball after such a stroke seems in
credible. The sharp eye of the caddie Is
upon it, however, and he Is away like the
wind to follow it up and stand by It until
the player comes up with It again. The
ball Is white, and the ground Is brown, and
so it is not such a difficult matter after
all to locate it.
Making; the Goals.
The first goal or hole, If you please at
the AVashington Club is called Arlington,
and Is 197 yards away. Between the first
tee and that point is a wide ravine with
a rocky, guttered bottom. This Is called
a hazard, and to get the ball into that
trench is a bad start. It has to be lofted
out with clubs called lofters, having steel
spoon-like ends.
A good many of the players did go into
that hazard yesterday, which made a
professional employed there, known as
Barker, mutter cockney words under his
breath and declare to himself henever saw
such deuced nervousness. That when he
had fifty at his back he got nerved to play
as a man ought to. An occasional drive,
however, would be good, and once the
professional was driven out of his stolid
calm so far as to shout ''Superb" by an
excess of admiration called forth by a
ball, which soared aloft fully 1C0 yards
und landed on the sloping knoll free and
far beyond the dangerous hazard.
"He'll beat tiie Bogie if he keeps on like
that," Bald he of the cockney tongue. He
explained the Bogle to be a fictitious in
vidual with an ideal record, and pointed
out on the score card how many drives
and put It takes that fabulous personage
to reach each hole. Following the players
to the knoll beyond the ravine, which Is a
sharp bit of scrambling for the novice,
you will find the hole with Its red flaglzi
the center of a bit of nearly level green
This Is called the putting green, for It 's
here the ball is gently croqueted into the
hole.
AA'here Skill Counts.
All the putting greens of these links are
what the professional calls sporty. That
is, they are Just enough rolling to make
it a matter of skill to get the ball in. It
has to be played on the bias, the ball rolled
above the hole, to get it to roll In. This
is a game of technical expressions that be
wilder the looker on and charm the Ini
tiated. After the ball of both players Is gotten
Into the coveted goal, they are taken out
and put upon another tee at a short dis
tance away and driven for the next ioIe.
This is called River, and Is 299 yards away.
Another ditch intervenes and the sport
grows as the game continues.
The greatest distance between hob-s is
that between four and five, which brings
them to the Far, and which is 450 yirds
from AVood. The play from that point is
toward home again. The map of the .inks
makes a triangle before the clubhouse and
then stretches awayln a long.lrregularloop
back to the home goal. It crosses valleys
where the hazards are complicated with
growths of timber, it mounts bills, and
whore nature is not rough enough hurdles
of earth are thrown up.
Polntseven of these links is called Sloan
ment. It Is on a high eminence, the high
est or the grounds The view from this
point is an inspiration, and is worth all the
scrambling of a mere walk to reach it.
TievvinR the Game.
The whole course of the game may be
viewed from this point as well as the city
of Washington and the surrounding valley.
Awaytotheiiorthliesthewhlteobservatory
in a setting or green. The gray stone
walls of the Georgetown College rise not
far distant. The red brick city is nc-tlrd
off to the east, and the Capitol and Monu
ment rise from the southern side with a
background of green and a skirting of the
blue Fotomac.
AVhen the pairs have all gotten away
and are working their way over the links
it is dangerous to walk in any rart of the
course. A driving ball would certainly
be the death of a living obstruction, and
the cry of "Fore!" rings out on the ears
of the intruder with a report that is
ominous.
Unless one stays with the players it is
better to sit on the verandr and view the
spectacle. All the players wear natty costumes-,
w'hic'i brighten and enliven the
scene. Tiie club uniform is a cari-t
jacket and brown breeches, and most jf
the players wear this. Many of the mem
bers are gray bearded, ruddy complexlon'-d,
stalwart men. that puttlu- vounger fello.vs
on their mettle, and they follow up a
bjll with as mucli agility-as tliat displayed
by a youth in his early twenties.
A spectator can only follow one set f
players, and If he happens to select an
excellent team, lie gets the idea that play
ing golf is a picnic, ns easy as falling off
a log. Dr. Jenkins and Senator McMillan
ga ve one that im pression yesterday. They
went over the hazards with the sang froid
of tossing a rose across a hedge.
Into the TInrdle.
Between AA'ood and Far, Dr. Jenkins
made an excellent record, and put his ball
into the hole with a play of twenty- feet,
lie outdid the Bogie in his number or drives,
and puts, and quite covered himself with
glory.. Between six and seven, however,
both tlte doctor and the Senator smashed
into the hurdle instead of clearing it, and
had some difficulty in lofting over.
The game of goir requires eighteen holes
for a course. There are only nine at thee
golf grounds and It Is necessary to play
around twice. It was about r o'clock
when the players began straggling in:o
the club house. The sun's rays were
falling horizontally- and the veranda be
gan to be a cold place to linger.
The members threw their heavy coats
over their sweaters as they stood around
wailing for the last scores- They pro
duced pipes nnd smoked a'nd wrangled
and talked. The argument was about
caddies. Some of the players had gocl
ones that they had coached, others had
to take what they could get- Most wen
agreed that the caddies should be num
bered and taken in their turn.
"I played rotten; never had such luck,"
was the frequent remark of an incoming
player. "AVhat a glorious day; couldn't
be better," was another repeated phras.-.
After the Game.
Caddies were dispatched for Leer to
the neighboring village, and pipes ai-d
cigars came out. Two or three ladies ar
rived with the carriages that returned
for the players, and tea was served in
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the bis hall, before the crackling fire.
The swishing of Mlken petticoat, th lush
note of feminine voices and the rich
U lighter of the fair contingency mingled
with the heavier talk and lightened t.
A social half hour, a little talk abauC
what the ladies would do "when their tain,
came, some explanations as to why so
and so was not in better form, and then
the carriages began grinding on the gravel
drives, and the first day of the tourna
ment was over.
There were thirteen entries for the
playing of the annual tournament at the
"Washington Golf Club yesterday after
noon. Those entering were: Thomas S.
Rodgers. George M- Dunn. JleKee D.Mc
Kec, George Helien. Phil M. Prescott,
Kdward F. IUgg, James W. Lockett,
Edward A. Mitchell. Horace Wylle. Ralph
Jenkins "V- S . lioardman, James McMillan,
and Ptiilip McMillan.
P.iggs, McMillan, jr.. and Wylic drew
byes. Itlggs and .McMillan played today,
The score was at follows:
The Score.
McMillan, jr. ) r lo ,ar
Ring-
) Iinlring the match one liola
Dunn f AVa. piayeil 10 decide,, won
Helien i,l)y punn.
McMillnn, sr. "
LocUcit I - up 3 to pay;
Itoclgers S
B;r!lu?.nn- " I i up, 2 to play.
Mitcliii
re'0,t U up, 3 to play.
Jenkins anil .McMillan, sr., made therec
or.l of the clay playinjr the ronncl in 4.
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