Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-04-25

figure OF the angel Gabriel, represented as fy.
ing through the air blowing horn. 1t is
propriate for armories, forts. arsenals govern
ment buildings, and patriotic purposes buyers
can find gun and military cap vane, q cannon,
s sn Of re e Vc nnV Ihe 10
music halls, malt shovel and barrel vane for
breweries. while tobacco manufacturers can
procures the figure OF an Indian, with bow and
arrow, called OSceola Chief.
Some OF the prettiest vaDeS are designed for
chandlerfeS. They are ships, barks schooners,
and sloops, with spars and rigging. Some are
three OR four feet'in length. Then there Is an
ocean steamship, the steamship st. John, AMI q
ferryhoat ploughing the waves. Designs for
fire companies include hook and ladder vane,
fire engine, and hose carriage with or with
out horses, and fremen. There are also q
horse car vane With horses, driver, conduc-
tor, and passengers. and vane composed OF
produced by adding glittering revolving cups
and balls to the vaneS.
AS might be supposed. more weather vanes
are found In the country than In the CITY, where
they are placed on high buildings only. VERY
large vane is on one OF the bank buildings 1t
Is an arrow, the wing OF which Is about nine
feet In length and three feet In width A highly
ornamental yane is on the New York Elevated
Railroad station at South Ferry. 1t is six feet
In length, and Is composed Of a scroll with
Il any graceful curves and banneret In which
q locomotive Is cut On the rod and tmmedt-
ately above the vane are four long stemmed
lowers. Another, designed for newspaper
building, tS quill four feet In length, topped
by q ball and eagle with wings spread three
feet. Eagles are favorIte vanes 10 this city
They are frequently designed from life. The
largest, with wings spread twelve feet, are ex-
pensiye, costing from s215 to $500. Arrows
must be used with eagles.
Bannerets are very popular because numbers,
initials, monographs. drm names and other de-
signs may be cut in them, and the scroll gives
opportunity for many curves and turns. The
banneret Is that part OF the. Vane which offers
the largest surface to the wind, corresponding
to the wing in arrow yanes While the scroll
corresponds to the arrows point. Favorlte
designs on banneretS are little circles, stars,
crescents and flowers. The best vanes are made
OF sheet copper or brass, gtlded with the finest
In Germany and Holland the windmills have
very large weather vane5 SO as to bring the
mill wheels around to the wind. The peasants
10 those countries frequently use dimlnutive
W1ndmills, and by passing cords around the
wheels they set all sorts OF figures and me-
chanical contrivances In motion, including boys
and girls playing at see-saw, men saving and
chopping wood, birds Tapping their wings, a
morse drawing wagon around circle, and q
locomotive and cars Sometimes the main
wheel Will set number OF smaller wheels In
motion with colored feathers or varIegated de-
signs. Much cleverness Is displayed in these
contrivances, and at country fairs prizes are
offered for the most ingenious.
One OF the Oldest vane5 In this country ia q
WeatheTcock from the old Dutch Church ia Tar
FytoWn, which now belongs to the st. Nicholas
Society OF this city. At every dinner Of the
soOiStg tuC NduS ID DiuuS III LII tUu SdhUu d. Dy
the members with silent admiration. The vanes
used In the United States Signal Service are
plain arrows The rods on which the vanes re-
volVe can be very prettlIy decorated With long
stem flowers leaves and scroll work. In order
that the vane TevolVe freely the pointer should
be about one-th!rd the length of the entire con-
trivapce. The cheapest vanes are plain arrows,
which when twelve inches In length, can be had
for four dollars.
There are several celebrated vanes on London
churches, some OF them emblematic OF the
saint to whom the church is dedicated. ST.
Peters Is surmOunted by a key, and ST. Law.
renee's by a gridiron, with a. holy martyr ex.
tended on the bars. On the Church Of ST. MIL
dred, Queenlithe, is a ship, the hull OF which
Will hold bushel OF grain, referring TO the
former traffic IL corn at the 1.-The The dragon
on the spiIe OF Bow Church. CheapsIde. is
another celebrated vane. 1t is OF copper gilt
eleven feet In length, and when Ii was regIlt In
1920 young Irlshman descended from the
spire point on the back OF the dragon, pushing
IL from the cOrnces with his feet In the pres.
ence Of thousands.-N Y Sun.
NEWSPAPER WAIFs.-Suicide by starvation is
so popular now that Philadelphia maa is
going TO try 1t. He VIII board at a New YORK
MOTEL and refuse to fee the waiter s.-PhUddeI-
min Eo1FS