Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-11-02
WITH THE PAN-AMERICANS.
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Ladies' School I'm st. Louis.

THEY INSPECT BOOTS, BEER AND OTHER PRODUCTS
| OF MIssoURI-wHY CAPT. BoURKE Is MAD-rHE
| EXERCISES AT THE TOMB OF LINCoLN-THE
VENEZUELAN LIBKRAroR
STAFF Correspondence of THE EVENING STAR.
ST. LOUIS, No., October 30.
The travelling members Of the international
American congress have gone to Kansas City
and st. Louis is its normal self once more. The
delegates were well treated here, but there
was too much crush" about the proceedings for
the day to have been in all respects thor
oughly enjoyable one. 1t opened up with a
display of agility by the st. Louis fire depart
ment and the consequent soaking Of several
| hundred spectators who foolishly imagined
that the iremen were going to respect their
rights as to the occupancy Of thepublic streets
Every city we have been in has developed
desire to show off its men and means for the
extinguishing of fire, but in the majority of
instances the exhibit has been shut off on the
ground that all fire departments were alike,
and that no good could come of the forty or
fifty displays which the local committees had
so unanimously placed on the programs in each
town.
IN MANUAL TRAINING SCHOOL.
There were three very interesting places Wis
tied yesterday, but the time allotted for their
inspection was too brief to allow of anything
more than the most superficial examination.
Inc hrst OF these was the manual training
school OF Washington university, and it was
peculiarly interesting because it has a we'll
founded claim to being the first manual train
Ing school In the country. The work done
therein is OF a most excellent quality and on the
lines Of mathematics, science, language and lit
erature, drawing and tool theory and practice.
Trades are not taught nor are articles made to
sell. maximum of mechanical principles is
lnstllled into the boys and minimum of prac-
teal work is done because it Is not assumed
that the students are to become mechanics, or
engineers, or manufacturers: they may become
such or they may not. Each must take the
full course of study without regard to whims
and fancies. The school is to develop all their
powers and fit them to choose their occupa-
lions wisely. Inquiry among the teachers de-
veloped the fact that nearly all the students in
the school are the sons of wealthy parents.
The delegates did not know that the south
drew heavily upon st. Louis for the boots and
shoes which its people wear and they were
astonished at the extent of the industry. One
company employs about 800 hands and turns
out an immense quantity of work.
RELUCTANT TO LEAVE.
The most thoroughly pleasant feature Of the
days program was the visit to that well-known
educational aggregation of feminine attractive
ness, the Mary institute. Here we're assem-
bled large number of the young ladies who
Will In q little while be the bellies of st. Louis;
who will in the future be admired much, but
never more enthusiastically than they were
yesterday afternoon. They sang several selec-
tlons very sweetly and fairly enchanted the
foreigners-to say nothing of the susceptible
natives who accompanied them-by their grace
fulness In calisthenic exercises. The visitors
overstayed their time considerably and nearly
drove the local committeeman frantic by their
refusal to allow themselves to be torn away
from the presence of such gathering of bud
ding womanhoOd. Senior Zelaya covered him
self with glory of a more appreciative nature
than anything Honduras can ever give him by
making speech to the girls 1t would be use
less to attempt to depict the applause those
girls showered upon him when he got through
The gigantic establishment of the Anheuser-
Busch brewing association was one of the
sights which the local committee gave as much
time to as possible and the delegates we're
somewhat deferential in the presence of such
an immense concern. Twenty-Five hundred
employees earn their daily bread by manufac-
turing beer. By the way, that English syndi-
cate which has been going up and down in the
land tor some time past seeking breweries to
devour has succeeded tolerably well in St.
Louis. The associated brewers-which means
every firm in the city with the exception of
Busch 8 and two Others-have sold out and in
return for their properties have received, or
Will soon receive. the neat little sum of
Sl2, 000, 600
Delegate NJ. NJ. Estee of California left a
good deal OF his car load of Pacific coast fruit
and wines in this city and the recipients of
his generosity have had good deal to say in
praise OF the kind of edible matter and drink
able liquid which California produces. MIR.
Estee intended to donate his samples to the
members OF the excursion party, but he soon
discovered that more than fair proportion of
1t would spoil if the consumption was limited
to such a small community, so he therefore
gave away lavishy of his car load and has
spoiled good many peoples tastes for any
other kind OF fruit than that which comes from
the coast.
WHY THE PUBLIC IS EXCLUDED.
During the past few days the public has been
not little disappointed because it was not ad-
mitted to the train az every place where it
stopped and the curious want to know why the
folks up in New England were permitted to ram
BILE through the cars whenever the train was not
occupied by the delegates. Some of the pas
sengers on the special noticed the absence
of the crowd, but only small fraction of the
whole party know why the dear public" has
been excluded. The fact is that lots of little
things which the excursionists LETT lying around
on the seats were not always there when the
owners returned and this invariably made the
aforesaid owners excited and oftentimes pro-
Zane. somebody suggested that if strangers
were kept outside OF the there would be
fewer things missing, and brief experience
has shown this to be true. 1t is presumed that
THE VENEZUELAN LIBERAToR.
With due sense of the eternal fitness of
things, Mr.. VIM. E. Curtis has SO arranged
matters that the speech which will be delivered
at the tomb of Abraham Lincoln at Springfield
tomorrow shall be by Senior Bolet Parassa, who
Is the son-in-law of Gregorie Monagas the
Lincoln OF South America and the idol Of the
people OF Venezuela. In 1857 Gregorie Monagas
issued proclamation which emancipated
every slave in Venezuela. Years afterward his
enemies secured temporary control of the re-
public and they imprisoned him in dungeon
at Maracaibo, but today his memory is held in
the highest esteem. 1t was very proper that
the son-in-law OF this hberator should be called
upon to say something OF the great Lincoln.
CAPT. BoURKE's GRIEVANCE.
DIR. Ysrrow has patient at last. One of the
newspapers, in mentioning Capt. Bourke. said
he was an officer in the navy and for several
minutes after the paragraph was incautiously
shown the veteran calvaryman it seemed almost
certain that he would succumb to the shock
Liberal applications of proper stimulants
brought him back TO consciousness and to a re-
alization of the fact that some reporters edu-
cation lad been shanefully neglected 80 far as
the names and lives OF great Americans were
concerned. When the captain read the para
graph second time he stated very emphatic
ally that the job had been put up by his old
naval enemy-Lieut. McCrea-who had he
was confident, paid for its insertion at SO much