Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-11-09
GEORGETOWN,

"a LITTLE PIECE OF RED CALIoo."-A SrAB
reporter this morning called to see Mr. julius
schoenthal, the shoemaker, of 1891 NJ street
who has been made somewhat prominent by
the charge made against him of displaying q
red flag from the roof Of his residence but he
was not In. His wife was. however and she
said that 1t was all nonsense to make such Q
fuss over little piece of red calico which was
nailed to pole by one of her children. The
RED rag, she added, was left over from the
decorations used at the celebration Of the
opening Of the new Free Bridge. Mrs. Schoen-
thai said she thought the whole matter was a
piece OF spite work on the part Of some one
against her husband, who was no dynamiter OF
arnachlst. Il certainly respect law and order, ~
she added. land believe that the law should
chists"
ASSOCIATED CHAgIrIEs.-The regular annual
meeting OF the first subdivision Of Associated
Charities was held yesterday afternoon at the
once OF the secretary, 1918 31st street, when
the following officers were elected: President,
+. L. Moore; vice-president. Pasmaster LOCKER,
Y. 5. N; secretary. JOS. Davis; assistant Sec
rotary, Miss Florence Delzell; Mr.. B. T. JAN
ney was elected delegate to the central office.
A treasurer will be elected and directors ap-
pointed at the next meeting. In short time
circulars will be issued showing the receipts
and expenditures of the association and the
work done by the same. The next meeting
Will be held on the first Thursday in Deem
Der.
GRAIN REcEIprs:-Canal boat Loudoun ar.
rived with IS tons Of hay and 800 bushels of
wheat for G.. T. Dunlop.
TEMPERATURE AND CONDITION OF WATER AT Z
A. M.-Great Falls, temperature. 81; condition,
30; receiving reservoir, temperature, So; condi-
ton afnorth connection, S.; condition at south
connection, &c. distributing reservoir. temper
ature, 81; condition Of infuent gate-house. Sc,
condition OF effiuent gate-house, &C. High tide
IN the river to-day ut 1921 p. m, low tide at
7:09p. m.
st. Petersburg's Sidewalks and Climate.
From the Contemporary Review.
One OF the most extraordinary things about
st. Petersburg is the unevenness of the side
walks. 1t must surely be accounted for by a
reaction against the prevailing flatness Of Rus
STA. Even in leading thoroughfares the side
walks, instead of being made, as with u.s. as
level as possible, abound in the most Preacher
Gus ups and downs. How drunken men survive
walk through the streets is to me an unsolved
mystery. In Middleborough it used to be pro-
fanely said that the Quakers, who laid out the
town, purposely elevated the sidewalk couple
OF feet above the roadway In some of the
streets In order to break the necks of drunk
ards. Possibly similar benevolent motive
prompted the construction of the trottoirs
OF the Russian capital People get used to
anything, and after week in the city you be-
come SO accustomed to the sudden shiftings OF
gradient as hardly to notice their existence.
In the same way you become accustomed to
the dvornik, who sits doing outside the door
OF every public building or tenement house.
AT hrst nothing seems more monstrouB than the
presence Of this sheepskin-clad mortal at the
door OF your hotel, motionless and somnolent
all through the night, but after while you
cease to notice him. He is supposed to be a
substitute for police, and, as he survives the
winter. he NAV be supposed not To feel the
frosty nights Of Russian spring. The weather
was extremely capricious during the early part
Of May. A bright warm sun in the
morning might be followed by piercing
winds, with sleet and snow in the afternoon.
1t was never safe to stir abroad without an
overcoat. Natives admonished me soIemnly,
as II had been manifestfy bent on suicide,
because l left mine at home whenever the sun
shone. Every one wore topcoat in st. Peters
burg till well into June. The ice in Lake
Ladoga. was told, was the great refrigerator
OF st. Petersburg. 1t was not till past mid.
summer that summer could be said to have Get
in on the Neva. Never in any city have seen
SO many men and women with faces swollen as
If from toothache as in st. Petersburg.