Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-11-14
EVENING STAR.
Loaf at the Centennial

| Loaf at the Censeaufal
foSkAT BOOKS. Erk-GLAssxs, SWITCHES,
| haS--PARAsoLS. OLD UMBkKLLAs Ann
| BABlEs kETCRNED TO owNKHA
The Philadelphia Press, desert OF ng tue bu-
Ieau OF lost articles At the Centennial says.
ne assortment OF pocket-oooks Is large aud
verled comprising ali known styles from
The pletbortc wallet OF the cattle dealer %
me miniature, pearl covered portmonna ale
OF Nsssar school girl. There are pocket
oOoss filed with fncongruous buudles OF ma
p.rs 'of 10 value except 10 the owner % and
OF no cash value 20 any one; wallets stuffed
with memoranda, W. .hout dates names or
location; Others filled With rec. pes OF vario a.
kinds. iDtersl ersed with fractional curraacy
railroad tickets, aud occasionally q few
small bills, and still Others With nothing but
few pennies or postage stamps, aud an
equally large collection absolutely empty.
over eS 600 ir cash has been picked mp In Ia
Centennial grounds oy The guards, and all
but the small amounts remaining In sc eeral
hundred unclaimed wallets, aggregating not
over slO0 At the most, and about so found In
email rolls OF bills, have been returned to
The owl ere.
A CURIOUS COMMENTARY
on enc oifi.rei &c In the Oh ars cteristics OF
toe two sexes l. found In the fact tnst fully
nlte lenths OF the pocketbooks, and not less
than four fftbs OF the other articles were
evidently the property Of ladies. Three
special cases were thougbtfully reserved for
Tue wearing apparel so literally scattered
about The grounds by tue better and fairer
ba'f OF humanity, and the novice In the dry
goods business would find himself Ia the
attempt classification or minute descrtp-
ton OF their contents. Among the simpi
and more fam liar articles may De men
TONED lace aud linen liars. II zen and pa
per cuffs, with gold or brass sleeve buttons
shGwls Of alt Kinds. mantillas III various
patterns, sun boBnets, summer hats, hand
kerchie's, eyeglasses, overshoes, water
proofs, travelling robes, wells, sacques of all
varieties, scarfs, neckties. riobous, switches
and furs- Among a numerous assortment,
which may not be mentioned, are all sorts
rails, carriers, crinrIines, aud bustIes and
but limited space and knowledge prevents a
completion OF the list.
OWNERS CAN RECOVER THE GOODS
by calling at the office and proving property.
The collection OF fans Is exceedingly foe,
aid will bear comparison with any display
of an evening concert. If the Japanese ex-
hibitors have sold more fans than have been
left on the grounds, they must have proved
strong competition TO the sale of thermom-
eters. Very few of the most expensiv We bloc
coolers are In good condition, probably not
having been thought OF sufficient value To
be fastened with chain. Ii Is noticeable,
In the extensive stock OF ladies' wear on
hand, that, with one exception, every p0r-
ton of visible and invisible feminine attire
has been lost at the Centennial Groands, aud
tie list includes every ornament not clasped
by lock which would puzzle the manufac-
tuTer TO unfasten. The mist fortunes OF male
visitors seem to have been confined 10 tue
loss OF empty wallets and umbrellas. Over
two Thousand umbrellas have been carried
by the guards TO headquarters, but with
them We're about one thousand parasols.
Many of both have been returned, bat
enough still remain To make
QUITE AN ATrRACrIyE DISPLAY
In South street store. Some OF the sun
shades are quite valuable, but the um brell As
are without exception so dilspidsted by
wear, or so cheap In material or constr lc-
ton, that no man or woman not born for tue
gallows would dream OF appropriating them.
IL among the millions of visitors at the K
htbition one or two thousand lost umbrellas
OF 10 use to any one III found, how many OF
careless owners? IL the guards returned
packages OF money and valuable jewelry To
headquarters, would they not have been
likely To return silk and pearl handle a ~
bFellss? II the guards did not pick up the
good umbrellas presumed TO have been mis-
IaJd, who did? These are serious questions,
demanding personal and public investigs-
lion and uneQuivocal aa1s wers. Judging from
the plumber OF useless umbrellas dell yered at
the djutants Office, and the liability of ali
umbrellas being lost, IL must be assumed
that fully 100000 rain sbedders are nov Ia
the hands Of persons who never paid for
them. The thought is appalling In its i'm
mensity, and saddening In its fearful siguid-
canoe. Only one conclusion Is possible
umbrellas are popularity ostracised from the
protection Of the Eighth Commandment.
Here Is a wide aud most
IMPORTANT FIELD OF LABOR
for the reform party-wnen they get into
power. When their leaders are able 60 grasp
and master this subject, they Will have had
sufnclent experience 10 begiu to get re adv TO
commence the work of governmental reform.
Several thousand gloves o. All in agInapte
Kinds, from the six baton Kid TO tue merino
mitieD, are In a separate compartm snJ, bat
o two are alike. Tue vast COLES elton of odd
gloves, therefore, proves conclusively tne
alslty or the taste which makes &c necessary
Tor tie man or woman OF fashion TO wear at
least ole glove, thO1gn ne or she may ma en-
prefer TO do without both. A resolution TO
assist In reform Ia tnis matter might not
te without goot results, and would not be
Inappropriate in this centennial year. cne
ooDy hand OF toll, or the nervous, delicate
fingers OF the thinker, may both be ador Jed
by a Kid covering, but why expose ouly o ne
aud thus risk the loss of the glove? Toe re-
formers might attack tnis subject after dis.
posing OF the umbrella corrupl touists.
AMONG orHER LOST ARTICLES
are several dozen spectacles OF different
styles, three or four opera glasses, any nu %
Der of scrap books, memorandum books,
diaries, novels, works OF reference, Centen-
NAL catalogues, guides TO the park and city,
cigar cases partially filled, camp stools,
canes, "Aids 10 Memory" a few linen dust
els, railroad tickets, and any quantity Of
small satchels, lunch baskets, &C., &C. Toe
amount OF jewelry picked up by the guards
would make the eyes OF q diamond broker
twinkle, but all the most valuable trinkets
ticles of personal aiornment and use were a
number OF diamond rings, brooches, S.,
emerald, spaihine, and opal earrings, sever al
meat OF lockets and charms some or tns
diamond rings were valued at $3.50, and from
| this amount the iewelry dwindled down 10
70 Genus. ODe OF the 1rst OF the LOST articles
| brought into or rather to the door OF the al
| jutant's Office was
GREY MARE,
| large as life, and evidently much disguised
| at being left TO her own resou rces. Tue
| owner OF the animal was, however, discov-
eTed on the same day. To this departm snt
are also brought the lost children not re.
claimed at the precinct gusrdhonses, where
| they are first taken. All thus far have been
| HANDED over TO their parents, or sent under
| the care of guards to tneir homes or hotels
| on the same day. Over SEQ children have
| thus been returned 10 their parents, aud as
| these were only the "worst lost cases." 1t IL
estimated that several thousands have sctu-
| ally been missed and reclaimed soon after
| ward at the stations. the ages OF the little
| folks ranged all the way from two to eigat
| years, and, with few exceptions, they have
, hravely resigned themselves to await the
o~isyed coming of their parents, 10 full
tsil6 thai Tn promise OF the kind-heartei
adiutant to send ms home, II not soon
called for, would be fuldllea.
DIATH FROM HYDRoPHoBIA-On April
6, r. +. Treadwell, a child about i've years
old, of No ,O03 Second avenue, while In Fifth