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VOL. XI. HE NEVERGROWS OLD. Henry C. Barnabee in Minne apolis as a Concert Solo Singer. Tne Time When He Was Young .and Reciting "Marco Boz zaris." Graduated From the Dry Goods Store to the Oper atic Stage. His First Engagement in Op _era With "Pinafore" Twelve Years Ago. ; -Jl* _, . .._. * X - The Bostonian opera company is tak ing a week's rest, and H. C. Barnabee, the veteran comedian, took a run up to Minneapolis to assist the Cecilian quartette in their concert at the Hen nepin Avenue theater last evening. Mr. Barnabee has never been seen here as a concert singer before, but the roll is not a new one to him. "In coming before the Minne apolis public as a concert singer," said Mr. Barna bee, "I am only re turning to my "first love. "I was a monologue enter tainer long before I dreamed of going on the stage. In fact, it was only in 1887 that I made a professional de but. My folks lived at Ports mouth. N. H., and ■ __*. c BAR-NAiiKE. were of the usual praise God, hard-working New England character. I attended 'singin' skule' and thought I discovered, though 1 have seen criticisms since that indicated it was a mistake, 1 had some voice. Together with three others I formed a quartette for offensive and defensive purposes. But my parents had more peaceful views of a career for me. They ruthlessly tore me from the arms, as it were, of the New Hampshire public and imprisoned me in a dry goods store. My nights after that were full of melody, while my days were a sym phony in calico and merino. But the spirit of the old masters could not be downed, for I beat time with yard stick and breathed out my soul in an impassioned aria to the dressmaker's dummy. I went to Boston, entered a large dry goods establishment, and for twelve years led an existence that was distaste ful to me, all the while warbling a little, you understand, and making my neighborhood a good one to move away from. In the Mercan tile Library association, then the first literary society in Boston 1 found a vent for those soulful feelings that would not emerge through contem plation of a bolt of gingham. Don't think I became a public singer, or comedian. No. I was a serious young man. My performances for the associ ation were elocutionary. I used to re cite Marco Bozzaris, Poe's Raven and other cheerful bits of verse. It was by accident 1 discovered my comic vein. The regular comedian left the enter tainment one day in a huff, and 1 was shoved forward to take his place. In anyt lung but a funny state of mind 1 rushed on, sang a song, and was recalled aud gave an imputa tion of a Maine stump orator. I had the Maine dialect down fine, having lived on the bor ders almost of fhe state. The piece, which was a composition of John G. Whittier's brother, one of the noted political satirists of the day. made a great hit, and 1 found myself a funny man. From that hour the dry goods shop became more and more un endurable, and 1 gave it up to take pro fessional engagements. The first time I appeared in a dramatic entertainment was in 1869 at the benefit of a Boston actor. I played Toby Twinkle in "All That Glitters Is Not Gold;" sung Simon, the Cellarer, and afterwards played with William War ren in "Box and Cox." But it was not for eight years more that 1 went on the stage, and that was when "Pina fore" was first pro duced in this couu- try, and the Boston Ideals were gath ered together. The history of that or ganization, and how it was fostered by Miss Ober. and Fostered after she left it, is familiar to the public." The veteran comedian whose sallies of wit and insinuating humor have kept the country roaring for years, looks as hearty as a man of twenty less years than himself. He is just" as uncon scious, too, as he ever was how it is he pleases people. "I have heard actors," he remarked, "describe how they pro duced this and that effect, but I never could tell how I did things. I am en tirely dependent on my audience. When I get an inspiration from them I can go on and get up some amusement; •When I don't, I can walk through my part. The size of the audience is not the only element that contributes to a happy effort. One sometimes feels him self en rapport with a small company, but in general it is a large audience which brings the best work to the trout." EASTER EGGS. The great army of the un employed will be swelled this week by the re turn of the Hen nepin delega tion. The Minneap olis & St. Louis railroad can be said fo have re ceived another blow in the ap pointment of W.R. Grule as police commis sioner. Minneapolis is getting to be a great city. The Pioneer Press referred to the assault on a St. Paul newspaper man, which nearly amounted to a murder, as au "incident." Health Officer Kilvington still wears his scalp lock, though there are several candidates ready to raise it. Dr. Quin by, Dr. Bracken, Dr. Tryon. Prof. Mc- Donald and other gentlemen learned in the art of preparing prescriptions, are reported to be in the field for the posi tion. The reports in the evening papers would lead one to suppose that the Kansas cowboys had been inspected on the hoof and sent back to graze a little longer. Pitcher Morrison gave Minneapolis her usual lead in the race for the pen nant by allowing McCormick's children to pound him all over Nebraska and part of the Oklahoma territory in the first game of the season at Omaha yes terday. A tennis crank writes to inquire if it is "good form to wear a blazer that is loud enough to raise a racquet He evidently didn't know how to spell racket. This summer a Minneapolis man will dispense water from a penny and slot machine in John Wanamakef's Phila delphia store. It is a direct slap at Mr. Wauamaker's trade in "pants." EASTER FLOWERS. The Appropriate Emblems of the Day in Minneapolis. LOWERS are rul ers to-day— flowers and music. Rulers at least iv the pul pits aud the best homes and the hearts of the best of people. Nor does that necessarily mean church peo ple. To be sure church folk are among the best of people, but there are others who do not claim the title that belong to the class, and flowers to-day seem to mean more to them than on any other day of the year, and, of course, the reason is because it is Eas ter day. A strange happen chance— or it might not have been a happen c h a n c c— brought Easter at just the right time of the year for flowers to hold so high a place in the ceremonies of its observances. Minneapolis has been growing more and more into the use of flowers on Easter lor several years past. In fact, Easter is growing more nearly to uni versal observance. There are four principal dealers in the products of the greenhouse in the city, and it is the uni versal testimony that this week they have made larger sales than during Holy week of any previous year. A Nicollet avenue firm which is a branch of a Chicago firm, was visited yesterday by a reporter to investigate the flower question. In regard to church decoration the information was that in Chicago many churches spent as high as $300 or $400. but that in Minneapolis the amount expended did not run so high, though there was a considerable money spent in some of our churches for flowers during the past week. ('alia lilies are still the favorite church flowers yet, though the Bermuda are often preferred, and are a rival of much importance, being known as the Easter lily. The candidem is another member of the family that is much used in Easter decorations. A prominent Minneapolis dealer says, however, that in the East lilies are used hardly at all in the churches, and white roses are taking their place. But in Minneapolis lilies are yet in great demand. At 6 o'clock last night it was almost impossi ble to obtain flowers of any kind, es pecially lilies. One dealer had sold over three hundred calla lilies; another, over five hundred; and probably in the city not less than two thousand, at the least, were sold for Easter decorations. The callas sell at from four to five dol lars a dozen. The Easter lilies, which cost only about half that amount, have been sold in much larger quantities, probably not less than five thousaud being sold in all. White roses, daisies, white tulips, in fact, all white flowers, have been sold in large quantities. "Do many people here decorate their homes for Easter?" was asked at the Mendenhall up-town department. '•Weil, not a great number. Some do, but the majority buy the cut flowers, or the plants, take them to their church, and when the day is done take them home. We have had numerous orders from the Sunday schools. One man bought all those for his class." pointing to a flower stand laden down with the most beautiful flowers, most of them in pots, "and its quite a costly gift, too. Many teachers have been in for several dozen small bouquets to make their scholars happy with, and a number of them will be taken to the hospitals and such places." Ladies have haunted the flower stores and green houses for a week past, and to-morrow every church in town will bear some sign of their work. A glimpse in at Plymouth church last evening displayed a wilderness of green leaves and a display of lilies in front of the altar. Dr. Twing will be in quite an Eden this morning when he preaches his sermon. The Ladies' Guild of St. Paul's have made extensive decorations, quite out doing any display of previous years. Bouquets and floral designs make this church beautiful and laden the air with perfume. The ladies of Westminister, too. have made splendid decorations. Gethsem anee. St. Mark's and the First Congre gational churches all are resplendent this morning, and flowers and music reign supreme. Little wonder if the sermons are not much heeded this morning between them and the Easter bonnets. BARNABEE FEELS CUT. His Picture in a Morning Paper Brings Tears to His Eyes. The Cecilian quartette had a good programme but a small audience at its concert at the Hennepin Avenue thea ter. The smallness of the house led Mr. Barnabee, on his appearance, to indulge Jin a witty speech, in which he mildly roasted a morning paper for the unkind cut it had given him in its yesterday's issue. "That was the hard est cut 1 ever got," remarked Mr. Barnabee. "It was enough to make people cut and run from this enter tainment, which seems to have been the effect." The Bostonian then turned his attention to the piano and sang the "Three Fishers" in a man ner that could have been improved upon, and followed it up with "The Cork Leg"- in a style that could hardly have been bettered. The applause was very loud, and When Mr. Barnabee reappeared he explained that the" agents of the piano, used on the stage, were doing their work. An imitation of a dude, a Frenchman and Yankee reciting Richard's soliloquy . followed. At the close of the programme Mr. Barnabee sang "Tompkin's Silver "Wedding." The quartette, Messrs. Heath, Stuart, Loye and Eichmon, acquitted themselves creditably in their numbers. SAINT PAUL, MINN. SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 21, 1889_-— SIXTEEN PAGES. WILL BE REMEMBERED The Week in 1889 When . Street Cars Did Not I . Run. The Absence of Familiar Scenes and Incidents of City Life.. The Inconvenience and Bene fits of Having to Walk It. The Weird Transformation at First Avenue South. Life in Minneapolis has been practic ally reconstructed during the past week by means of the street car strike. The Flour City contains fifty-three square miles, and people living on the out skirts have had a nice little walk of over three miles to the business center. Heads of families have been compelled to rise at unseasonable hours mornings, and supper has been postponed to a late hour in the evening to be followed by immediate retirement that rest suf ficient might be gained to enable the victim to get up early enough the next day to reach his business place before noon. Clerks at stores have been late and school children tardy. The practice of making social calls has been abandoned, lecturers have addressed empty benches, and the theaters have suffered severely. The small store dealer on the outskirts has not felt the competition with the large concerns to be so strong, and a great many men have stayed at home from force of cir cumstances, and have made the ac quaintance of their families. STANDING ROOM ONLY. The early morning excursions insti tuted by the fair sex were abandoned and the ordeal of entering a car full of men who exhibit a sudden and intense interest in their newspapers, has been foregone. The riding to and from down town has been in express wagons, drawn by cadaverous horses, furniture vans and even drays, and ten cents has been the fare, while the lines have run only on leading thoroughfares, necessitating long walks on cross streets. The man who has made it a practice to wait until the street car has had a block the start of him, has missed his usual exercise. SPRINTING FOR EXERCISE. Instead, he has a long walk rather than a rapid run of a short distance, to settle his dinner for him. Many people have learned to walk, and those who do not live too far have perhaps found that the exercise is far from disagree able, and certainly beneficial. And the motor— the clang of its gong for over a week was not heard on First avenue south— and its terminus, near Washington avenue, had begun to re semble a street instead of a railroad yard. There were no crowded cars at 6 o'clock, and people living in that locality had missed a portion of the entertain ment which made life in that vicinity endurable by watching the efforts made to catch the trains, the scramble for seats, and the general bustle that the arrival and departure of the smoky, puffing little dummy engine with its creaking cars. A FAMILIAR SIGHT. There were visions of fat men des perately trying to hold on to crowded open air cars, and excited elderly fe males making frantic efforts to attract the engineer or conductor's attention by falsetto shrieks. The street car strike has taught many lessons, and will not soon be for gotten, and the recollections of the week in ISB9 when the street cars did not run will not be readily effaced from the minds of suburban" residents, at least. MANY MINOR MATTERS. Various Things That Came Be- fore the Park Board. When the park board came to order yesterday Clerk Nye read a communi cation from Jerry McCarthy, who lives hear the Moulton tract in Northeast Minneapolis, asking the privilege of caring for the ground during the season for what hay, etc., he could get off the land. The secretary was instructed to make such a contract with him, provid ing, however, that ' it was not to inter fere with any improvements the board might wish to make. Two bids for refreshment and photo graphic privileges at Minnehaha were referred to the committee on. shore rights and privileges. Attorney Bock-' wood reported that a lot in Souteas-"' Minneapolis owned by the board ' had been sold for the '.1885 taxes and the board instructed the finance committee to take measures to redeem it. The special committee consisting of the committee on designation --of grounds with commissioners Mitchel, Allen and Haugan added, having -in charge the matters of. designating ground around Powderhorn lake for park purposes reported that they had made a personal inspection of the grounds and had also met the owners of the surrounding property and found the most of them very unreasonable in their demands regard ing price. So much so, in fact, that they deemed it best to obtain the lands by usual condemnation proceedings, feeling satisfied that the commissioners would award the property owners very* much less than they asked for the land. They therefore recommended that the land, about forty acres in extent, in cluding the lake, be designaed for park purposes and condemned at a cost not to exceed 530,000. Commissioner Marsh said he favored the scheme of a park in that vicinity, but would like to avoid further issu ance of bonds if the land could be ob tained in any other way. Commissioner Boardman further ex plained the facts in the case as above cited, and on motion the report was re ferred to the committee on designation hf grounds. On recommendation of the committee on police., Superintendent of Parks Berry was placed in charge of the park police, and the following applicants were appointed on the force: John Wright, Nelson Beaudet, A. A. San ford, Martin Olson, John L. Eklund and George C. Wright. On motion of Coun cilman Babb the pay of foot patrolmen was fixed at $66 per month, and that of mounted men at $S5. The committee on shore rights and privileges thought it would establish a dangerous precedent to allow the ad ventists to use park lands at Minnehaha for camp meeting purposes, and the pe tition was denied. On their recom mendation the Crescent club was given permission to erect a bath house at Lake Calhoun, subject to the approval of the board. The committee on procuring right of way for the Minnehaha boulevard, re ported that land for that purpose to the amount of forty-five acres, extending from Humboldt avenue east, would be given by the property owners, but a small strip between Humboldt and Lake Harriett boulevarde will have to be at tained by condemnation, which the committee recommended. The* report was adopted. ; •;; :.*-.:,-■•. Commissioner Babb. from the special committee on securiue a reduction of motor fare to the lakes, reported that, for reason they did not care to make known, the committee had not held any conference with the car company as yet. • The meeting then adjourned. ONLY TWO. A High Record for Divorce Sat- urday. The divorce case of Adele Powers against William Powers came up yester day under Judge Hicks, was tried and submitted. The complaint of the wife is that William married Lena Byers last September, and has lived with her in open adultery for two weeks, at 505 university avenue, St. Paul, and then absconded. Kate Moden has brought an action against Charles F. Modeii asking for a divorce, i She is a woman of thirty-four and her husband is thirty-six. They were married in October of 1881, and lived together till about three years ago, when, she claims, he deserted her, and she has not heard of him since. GOT NINETY DAYS. Two Men Who "Were Unkind to a Special. Policeman. m Thomas Kelly and John Harris were arraigned before Judge Emery yester day charged with attempting to pull the star off one of the special officers appointed for strike duty. The occur rence was near the North Washington "street car barns, and when the special had fled to avoid losing his star, Officer Griffin, of the regular force, arrested the two men, and they were convicted and sent up for ninety days each, not withstanding the absence of the special who has not yet returned from his pe destrian tour. Easter Services. The annual Easter festival of St. Mark's Protestant Episcopal Sunday school occurs this evening in St. Mark's chuich, Sixth street, between Henne pin and Nicollet avenues. The follow ing is the programme of exercises: Hymn Book of Ages; Opening prayers by the Rector; Carol, **0, Easter Morning. Bright and Fair"; Responsive Reading by Superintendent and School; Carol. "Angela Roll the Rock Away; Responsive Reading by Superintendent and School; Carol, "Jesus Triumphs""; Address by Prof. George B. Mac Lean, State University; Easter Offering; Carol, "The Strife is O'er"; The Ten Com mandments and Catechism in Concert: Dis tribution of Certificates and Easter Gifts; and Announcement of Honor Roll; Closing Hymn. Coronation, followed by the Benedic tion. The public most cordially invited I*o attend and take part in the festival exercises. A P. P. Libel Suit. The case of Albert Knit tie against the Pioneer Press company, was before Judge Hicks again yesterday on the special term calendar, on a demurrer to the reply. The basis of the complaint was that the proceedings of the board of lire commissioners of St. Paul, where the words claimed to be libelous were used by Dan Lawler, were of a quasi judicial nature, and that no action for libel could be maintained for Drifting a report of what went on there. Judge Hooker took the matter under advise ment. j39S| GJERTSEN AND GUILE. Gov. Merriam Appoints Them Members of the Minneapolis Po lice Commission. Yesterday morning Gov. Merriam ap pointed N. H. Gjertsen and W. R. Guile, of Minneapolis, as members of the board of police commissioners, Mayor Babb being the third and ex officio member. Mr. Gjertsen "is a staunch Republican and a leading light in the Scandinavian element of Minne apolis. He has been a resident of Min neapolis for the past twenty-six years,' during which time he has earned an envi able reputation and amassed a comfortable for tune. He is now the head of a leading grocery firm doing busi ness on First street north. W. 11. Guile is a Democrat with a good record. He is at present city passenger agent of the "'r)il Omaha road. There was quite a con tention between Mr. Gjertsen 's friends aud those of Mr. Guile as to _ which of tiie two candidates should have the long term— : years. The governor's aD pointment gives Mr. Gjertsen the'rjjuf year term and Mr. Guile will enjoy -he two-year job. - ■- WHERE WILL THEY GO If the Police Commission Closes Ail-Night Sa fe loons? : v A Class of People Who Won't \ Go Home 'Till Morn- ing. Supper Is -Their Breakfast L . and Midnight Theiy f- * Noon. Some Queer Types of Loung- ers Who Avoid the Sunlight. As the all-night saloon sinks into in nocuous desuetude the question arises: "What will become of the night rounder?" . ,•''l. 7. SAMPLE ROUNDERS. There are in this, as in every other large city, a certain class of men who are little seen by day, and who live by the maxim that "The world begins to move when the sun goes down." They are rarely seen before the middle of the afternoon when they walk down the avenue in pairs or knots of three and four, or stand on the corners and discuss city liolitics, the policy of the police and the atest sensational news, or sit in the hotel lobbies smokins and talking or possibly reading. They disappear a little while about 6:30 and no one seems to know where they eat. but they show jap again soon after dark and stand around the saloons and billiard rooms until the "wee sma hours ayont the twa." They can scarcely be denomi nated a class either, for they are MADE UP OF SEVERAL CLASSES. _*„■ First and foremost comes the festive and smoothly attired knight of the green cloth, who turns an honest dollar by * 'sfttnnh-g a- sucker"- whenever one can be baited, and at other times gathers .in such shekels as. he may by processes so mysterious that even" he himself would find it difficult to explain— before a grand jury. Next is the nervous, broken old man, whose whole frame is ; an embodied - temperance lecture, and who has got to that point where he can't sleep until he-has drank the long night away. Then there is the ■plug ugly, the natural-born and edu cated thief, whose whole influence in the world is for the perpetuation of ac quired kleptomania. He hangs around the lower dives and buys an occasional drink of poor whisky while waiting to spot a victim. One more prominent figure in the procession of nieht-hawks : is the young-man-not-afraid-of-a-cock- tail who is out to make a night of it. His father is probably a successful mer chant or lawyer, and he is spending with a princely contempt for expense the kopeck that his father has heaped 'up by a Puritanical disregard for the foibles and follies of the world. . All these gather in the barroom early in the evening or drop in after the theater, and are joined at about the la_ ter time by THE SHABBY-GENTEEL CITIZEN, who has somehow obtained possession of the price of a drink. He comes in timidly, buys his glass of whisky and drinks it slowly, as if to get all the en joyment there is in it. and then stands around looking greedily at the crowd of drinkers and waiting patiently to be asked to join them. - • All these types may be found in the -.'all-night saloon from 10 o'clock in the evening until 3 or later in the morning, and they are rarely seen elsewhere later than 11 o'clock, and where they are to go to now is indeed a problem. It is probably of more direct interest to these men themselves than to any one else, but it certainly is ■ AN INTERESTING SUBJECT for thought to anyone who is of an in quiring and speculative turn of mind. One thing is certain, the dream of the temperance fanatic will not come to pass, these men will not go home. Two thirds of - them have no home, and if they had they would not go there. "Go home when you can't go any where else," is a common saying among the Owls, and it is one of the chief ar ticles in their creed. There doesn't seem to be any other place for them to go. unless it be the all night restaurants and coffee houses, and a man's welcome there usually departs with the money he pays his bill with. A REFORM* MOVE. Saloons in the vicinity of the city hall during this administration are obliged to adopt the above scheme to compel retrenchment and reform politicians to te're a gentleman's drink" that they may make enough money to pay $1,000 license and keep closed Sudays and after midnight. Will Test the Law. T v F. P. Gluck, the Washington avenue saloon keeper, in whose case, for open ing his saloon on Sunday a test of the new ordinance is to be made, save bonds in appeal to the supreme court yesterday. Attorneys and venders of liquid joy are taking a great ; deal of in iteiesU 7 •'■- :- .-•---:' ! 1225, 1227, 1229 Washington Aye, South, Minneapolis. --o tit Urmlno rUli I ffttH; Time nor space will permit to enu merate all the immense array of Bar gains all through the three stores and basement of the popular establish^ ment of O.Peterson. Come and see for yourself and be convinced. LADIES' UNDERWEAR! Cassimere Vest,* trimmed seam and hem. Good value at 32c. Special Sale, 19c. MERINO VESTS ! f Patent finished seam, silk-stitched round neck, silk-bound front a fceauty, worth 65c. One Week's Special, 43c. MUSLIN UNDERWEAR. i i Have just received a large in voice of Ladies' Muslin Underwear; every thing: fresh and new, and at prices that cannot be equaled. DRAWERS Made of goad muslin, trimmed with embroidery; wide hem, four rows of tucking". Would he called cheap at 50c. Will be on sale next week at only 25 c. __ DRAWERS Made of "Fruit of the Loom" Muslin: four wide hems, fine em broidery trimming. Would be a leader at 68c. One Week's Special Safe, 50c. CHEMISES Edged round neck and sleeve with embroidery. Good value at 4,8 c Special for one week, 25c. CHEMISES Embroidered front and tucked lace round neck and sleeve; full sizes; worth 65c Special one week, 47c. SKIRTS! Made of good muslin, four tucks, shirred at the . bottom; full size; would be a leader at SOc. Special for one week, 39c. SKIRTS Made of Lonsdale Muslin, four wide hems, four-inch-wide embroid ery. • Special leader for 88e. One week special, 70c. H. O. PETERSON. - -O^-m '<■*-*- i . -_. -*c COR3ETB! In white, ecru and drab; 5 hooks; patent clasp; a real beauty for 63c. if; One week special, 42c. *ti - .-.* * _.***•> _________________ Dr. Warner's patent "Health" and Coraliue, white and drab; worth $1.25.. Special for one week, 89c. Our special of Colored Embroidery, very fine and worth from 18c to 22c a yard; all next week, or as loug as the goods last, As a special, 10c a yard. EMBROIDERY! 8X inches wide, with inches em broidery; worth 15c. Special for one week, 10c a yd. Dress Goods ! 4.0-inch Wool Suitings in greys and browns; has been a special leader at 25c. For one week only, 19c a yd. Debeige All wool. 30 and 40-inch, plain and plaids; is considered a bar gain at 50c. Special for one week, 32c. Jespe Ray es! In fancy striped, all-wool, 38-inch wide, all new spring shades; worth 65c. Special for this week, 49c a yd MOHAIR! Drabs and brown, 40-inch wide; worth 68c; would be cheap at that Special for one week, 59c. CASHMERE 40-inch wide; has been a good seller at 75c; only have seven different shades left. Will close the balance at 59c. I no. nJm CARPETS ! Fall yard-wide Cotton Chain, good patterns; Special for one week, 19c per yard* Cotton Chain, extra good as sortment of patterns; Spe cial leader, 35c per yard. Carpets, all-wool, \ extra su pers, large variety of * pat ; terns, -worth 75c; Special, Only 55c per yard. Brussels Carpet, Tapestry Brussels, 50c, 60c and 65c; All Special Prices. Body Brussels, elegant line of patterns, worth $1, called cheap at that; Special for One Week, 85c. Sanford's - Velvet Carpet, in good line of patterns, worth; $1.25; Special, One Week, 98c. * LACE CURTIS Fine pattern, full length, worth and called cheap at $1.25; Special Price, 69c per pair. Lac h Curtains, di yards long, : would he called cheap at $2.00; a great leader for Next" Week, $1.45. Lace Curtains. 3* yards long, special leader at $2.88; next week's sale At $2.25. '. i *cV ■ ■ | " GENTS' Furnishing Goods DEPARTMENT/ As I can get no more space, will simply announce th|kt special efforts will be made iv this department. '