Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-07-11
PicniCs, ExcursiOns, &c.


Franklin Legion excursions every Saturday
evening: Music and dancing. See the adver
select excursion will pe given by COMPANY
A, w. L. ]. Corps, next Tuesday evening, on tn
w. W. Corcoran. The boat viii leave at p IN
and return at H. going forty miles down tn
river, stopping at GlymOnt
and moonlight excursion TO Marshall Hall next
MONDAY, on the Jane Moseley, leaving at 1870
II old members Of the Drug Clerks Assoct-
atom VIII give grand moonlight excursion to
0arehan Hall Oh The evening OF July 18th, on
the Lady OF the Lake, under the management
g 9cs MT George A. Bentley, Charles s. Price and
The trip OF the Jane Moseley to Blackiston
Island, next Sunday, will be one Of the most
pleasant OF the season. For children under ten
years ana TOR servants no charges viii be made
Attention Is called to the aquatic excursion to
Richmond, which will leave next Tuesday, It
VIII be excellently managed
The Mary Washington VIII leave tomorrow
At $50 for Mount Vernon Springs and Marshall
Han. She viii also leave at $50 TO morrow
evening f2r Mount Vernon Springs. Dancing.
A"LADIRs' PHYSIOLOGICAL SOCIETY" ORGAN
EKD.-1esterday afternoon an Intelligent COM
Pany Of ladies' assembled In the Office OF DIR.
Lucy w. Abel, at McCauley IS Hall, 2O9 Pennsyl-
vania avenue 8. e., to hear lecture upon the
flaws OF Life and Health by this lady, who
has removed from Boston to Washington. The
Immediate result OF the scientific, yet clear and
eloquent lecture, was the organization among
her audience OF a Ladies Physiological Socie.
", 10 meet weekly at the above place, for the
pursuit and discussion OF the neglected "Science
OF Life." Mrs. Abel said: "The human body
and its processes are the type OF every thing
good and beautiful In heaven and earth. IL
chanics" She described the processes OF
circulation. respiration, absorption, secre-
ton and exeretion, and showed what a
perfect balance OF forces nature furnishes
and demands, and how careless and ignorant
habits interrupt the healthful operation of Ma
lures laws. Ii Is far more important, she said
that young woman should possess strong,
active, graceful body, clear, healthy skim
bright eyes, and the cheerful disposition which
naturally acc lmpanieS these external tndica-
lions, than thG { she should be mistress OF many
accomplishing ats. The powerful magnetic In
nueDce OF these conditions upon the mind pro-
duces intellectual results, otherwise impossi-
Die. She deprecated the time wasted IN ac-
curing knowledge girl never uses when she
passes into womanhood while she Is left In
woful ignorance Of the structure of her owl
beautiful body and early fades into weary,
taded old woman while In the prime Of life
This study or the body has an interest which
never flags Its use to our own family, the
friend and the neighbor cannot be estimated.
Among the ladies' present were Mrs. General
Carmen, Mrs. Cranch, Mrs. Hunt, Mrs. Gardner
Mrs. Barnard, Mrs. Spencer and six of the lady
graduates OF the Business College. At the close
Of the lecture Mrs. Spencer commended the
profession OF healing TO the young ladies' and
said: ''The happieSt woman | know Is a lady
physician In New York. Women come to her
III dtObys CAC tuCli pain at OuCc. anu
they go away with smiles ON their faces and
hope In their hearts"
Beside the Physiological Soriety class for
the study or medicine, under direction OF DR.
Lncv Abel. was organized al once, probably the
nucleus OF the much needed Woman's Medlca
College OF Washington.
MARSHAL DOUGLASS AT MARTINsBURG, WEST
VA special to the Baltimore Sun, dated yes
teroay at MartinSburg, West Va, says" Thu
coiored people OF this city had picnic at the
I2lr grounoS to-day. Quite number OF yiStO;
rom MARY land and Pennsylvania participated
Marshal Fred Douglass, OF Washington, deliv
cred the address. He was met at the depot by
acommittee OF whites composed OF w. 7. Logan
mayor, j. n. WiSnell, councilman and Major ]
u. Br1stOr. The committee seated him in a ear
Rage and attended him 10 the Continental Hotel
ana gave them good advice. Everything passeC
on very quietly"
A CUTTING CAsE.-This morning, In the Polio,
Court, Judge Smell, the case of Henry Thomp
SOD, cOlOTed. charged with an assault and bat
terry On Albert Garrison with a knife cuttIn.
him on the forearm and In the side was tried
and he was committed for the action OF IL
grand jury.
WHAT, NEyER?T-But, Move won't infiIc
that any more. We merely wanted to call at
tentfon 10 those splendid Pinafore Segars, al
Havana filler, at and 4 cts each, which ar,
having such run with the CT. Pin. T. Co., 40
18th sc. +
For SUMNER CLOTHING. at reduced prices
eau al Suaus. Assortment complete.