Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-10-27
The Salvation Army Meetings.

The Salvation Army Meetings.
HOW THEY ARE CONDUCTED IN THIS CITY
SCENES AT NAsH's HALL.
Salvation Army meetings are held every
night at Nash's hall, corner of 4th and I.
streets northwest. The building is a two-story
brick structure and was originally erected for
colored church. It was afterwards used as a
public school building. At present the second.
story is occupied by a colored military COM
pany, while the Salvationists occupy the lower
floor Around the walls are posted a number
of notices and nine coal oil lamps. The hall is
opened at 1880 PM, and half an hour later SER
by about six gray-haired men at one end, and
the same number of women at the other. An
Ola eoiored man, who wears white necktie, is
Il regular and can be seen at any meeting
sleeping on one of the benches in the rear OF
the hall. In the "Amen" corner, to the right of
who wears an unusually large quantity of red
ribbon can be seen, shouting at every
by number of converts who assist in She
meetings.
Captain Fielding always opens the meeting
follows with a song. Lieut.. Annie Levy and
Cadet Jones assist in the work, usually beating
the the tamb si and singing They also speak
the mourners' bench. The by-wOrd "hallelujah"
can be heard by passers-by at any time during
or 'fioor-sergeant," as he Styles himself. occn
pies position near the door, and is kept busy
Tns as he says TO keep the gang
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who occupy benches In the rear of the hall, and
disturb the meeting by loud talking, spit-bail
throwing and making other noises. Captain
Fielding occupies a house on New Jersey ave.
nue., near the corner OF X street, and Is fire.
quently annoyed by the boys in the neighbor-
hood, who, last Sunday night, serenaded the
captain with chickens and complaint was made
| TO the police.
REFORMERs AND CORsETs.-The dress re-.
formers and those who advocate the abolition
Oh Inc corset as an article of women's apparel
VIII be dsinayed at the enormous increase In
the manufacture and sale of corsets. There
| are now no less than ten or twelve large estal-
lishments in the United States devoted exciu-
Aveiy TO the manufacture of c0rsets OF the better
/ quality. Their capital aggregates millions of
money, and OF the manufacturers of the cheaper
| Thomson glove-fitting corset, manufactured by
| Thomson, Langdon Co., Of New York, which
Is sold by all frst-class dealers in Baltimore is
gaining In popular favor each season, and at
the present timc the orders are far in advance
0l the supply. Whether or not cOrsets are In.
| furious u health will continue to be a vexed
question with theorists until tho Goddess OF
any article which adds to the beauty and com.
| Tort OF the female form wilt continue In favor
until the goddess Is dethroned. Messrs TholI-
make more than thirteen different styies Of
| ihomsons giove-nttiug, two OF which are with
extra long waists, In order that every demand
judges have pronounced them superior To ali
others, and they have obtained the highest
| awards Ut all the worlds great fairs and exhi.
S.ons. Inc latest honor is the First Degree OF
| merit At the New Orleans exposition.
THE CoMMERcIAL AGENTS CAsEs-To.morrovu
there Wilt De on the calendar of the Criminal
Court thfrty-nve cases OF commercial agents nm
| peaied rom the Police Court, when the iudr
ment was $2O5 In each case. One az these cases
as a test one, was taken by certiorarI to the
Court In General Term, and was there decided
In favor OF the District