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The Washington critic., 1890-04-07
WASHINGTON. APRIL Z, 1890.
NEW PUBLIC BUILDINGS.

The buildings for the Government
service, which are either now In course
of erection in this city. or are awaiting
appropriations, will not only supply
great and long,felt public needs, but
will also prove additional adornments
TO what is destined to become the most
beautiful Capital in the world. Al
ready the building for the National
Library is under way, and will, in due
time, form stately pile for the accom-
mediation of the literary treasures of the
nation, while, at the same time, it will
set free, for the occupation of Congress,
some room which is urgently required.
The City Postoffice building should
be at once fully appropriated for and
proceeded with. The Government will
make money by stopping enormous
rents for inadequate quarters, and by
occupying its own building when con-
structed.
The proposition to build new Pat
ept Office is made none too soon, and
as this is the only bureau of the Gov
ernment that not only pays its own
way, but actually accumulates a sur
plus, there seems to be no good reason
Why it should continue to be INSULT
cienlly housed and scandalously
crowded in cellarways and other such
ipconvenient places Congress should
make no delay in authorizing the eX-
penditure of the three millions, which
The Patent Office has saved from its in
come, in erecting Patent Office build
ing.
The Senate appropriation of half
million for an additional fre-proof
building for the National Museum is in
tended to meet an existing necessity of
that institution, and the House should
Immediately concur. 1t is too much
the habit of Congressman, and of new
Congressman especially, to think of
Government buildings located in Wash
ington as being but of local Importance.
All the buildings above enumerated are
of importance to the whole nation. It
is only at the seat of Government, where
Congress exercises all the functions of
municipal government, that all appro-
priations are absolutely known to be
properly expended.
With regard to buildings elsewhere
Congress has TO proceed on partial state
ments and interested representations.
Within the District of Columbia alone
every public work proposed or being
carried on may be directly investigated
by Congress and Judged on its merits.
Here, under the full inspection of Con
gress, there need be no danger of the
misexpenditure of dollar. Therefore
Congress, while it can, should fully
provide for the wants of the Govern
ment at the National Capital. None of
its work. except perhaps the most tenn
porary, should be done in rented prem
ises. The Government should own its
own buildings and occupy its own quar-
ters with comfort, fitness and efficiency.
And this is a national and not a local
interest.
The Washington critic., 1890-04-07
THE cox EULOGIEs.

According TO the Washington CORE
spondence of the New York Herald there
has been considerable dissatisfaction
felt, especially by New Yorkers, at the
way in which arrangements have been
made for the delivery of eulogies in
honor of the late Representative S. S.
Cox. Very naturally and appropriately
Mr.. Cox's successor was entrusted with
those arrangements, and, accordingly,
the blame of whatever is defective in
them falls on Mr., Cummings.
The New York delegation, compris-
ing many personal and political friends
of the deceased statesman, who came to
Washington last Thursday to testify by
their presence their affection and re.
spect for him, have an especial griev-
anee of their own against Mr.. Cum
mings on account of the disappointing
postponement of which they felt them
selves the victims. But Mr.. Cox's
friends generally will feel that Mr..
Cummings greatest fault has been
committed in drawing up his pro
gramme of speakers.
No more genial man ever sat in the
House than the lamented Representative
from New York. There was not a
member on either side that was not his
friend and admirer. 1t is no disparage-
ment of the excellent gentlemen, whose
names are on Mr.. Cummings list to say
that they are not the leaders of the
House, and that it is disappointing
that, in arranging for such an occasion,
men like Carlisle, Mcmillan, Breckin.
ridge, Mills and Crisp on one side, and
Ike Mckinley, Butterworth, Burrows
and Cannon on the other, all of whom
would have been glad to testify to the
great and endearing qualities of their
departed friend, were passed by.
II is no answer to this that, as Mr..
Cummings observed, any one may
speak who wishes. Mr.. Cummings
must know that, when il is understood
that a programme is arranged and thai
invitations have been issued In accord
anee with it, no one else Is likely to in
trpGe. We do not know what estimate
Mr. Cummings may have set upon his
predecessor, but we desire TO assure
him that Mr.. Cox was, for a
quarter Of a century, one Of the fore
The Washington critic., 1890-04-07
DON'T

o, how wish you wouldn't, Bob
YOU'RE such an awful tease;
Now don't you know all women like
The men who try TO please2
Do take your hands from off my book;
Don't tread upon the cat!
WIN you, sir, let my curls aloneg
What next win you be at2
DON'T DON'T DON'T
Because ] was little goose,
And said ayes, as you plead,
You need not think Pm sure to go
Where'er ! may be led.
I've been engaged before, friend Bob
To Hal, and Tom, and Bill,
And If you don't behave I'll turn
You Off-indsed ] will.
Don't! don't! DON'T
Don't touch mel When liked you best,
Twas ON your manly knees;
Get down again, sir; Ills pose
That with you most agrees.
What! Dare refuse, unless, forsooth,
i pay you with kiss?
o, Bob, you naughty, naughty man
Aud has IL come TO thisi
Don't! DON'T DON'T
-KGte Field ia hQte Fields Washington,
The Washington critic., 1890-04-07
VERY LIKE sAcRILEGE.

Sarah Benhardt Is probably the
greatest Of living actresses. She is
prc-eminent in tragic roles Her Me9oa
is superb work OF art, while as the
exponent of the leading characters in
Sardou's dramas she is without O rival
A young French poet, Edmond
Harancourt, has written Passion
Play" cmbodying in it the career of
the Christ and of the dolorous"
mother. An announcement was made
that it would shortly be produced and
that Bcrnhardt would appear as the
Holy Virgin. Through the interference
of the authorities the production was
stopped. But on the evening of Good
Friday Sarah Bernhardt appeared in
costume as the Virgin mother, and with
the aid of an actor who represented
Christ and another who alternately rep
resented Iscariot and Caiaphas she read
the play through. She is described as
stepping upon the stage clothed so as to
resemble exactly Albert Durer's we'll
known picture Of the Virgin. Four
thousand persons were present, some of
whom showed disapproval, but most of
whom greeted her impassioned passages
with loud "bravas."
Now, il will not be denied that, in
fitting hands, sacred subjects may
properly become the themes of great
poems Milton in England and Klop-
stock In Germany have treated such
themes successfully In the absence
of any knowledge to the contrary, it
may be assumed that NJ. Harancourt's
dramatic poem has considerable merit.
The point we desire to make is that it
Is not proper work for theatrical
representation. Its characters are of
such kind that most people shrink
from even the idea Of their histrionic
impersonation. Throughout Christen-
dom the great bulk of the people re-
gard the Virgin and her Son with re-
ligious respect and reverence. If not al
ways with alteration. TO the great
bulk of the people, therefore, Sarah
Bernhardt's public impersonation of
the Virgin will seem species of sacri-
lege. That it was done on the evening
of Good Friday-a day consecrated to
sacred memories-will but aggravate
the feeling
In professional, as well as other
matters, "a decent respect for the SEN
timents of mankind" should exercise a
restraining influence, and the lack of
such decent respect compels the juig-
ment that in this matter the great
tragedienne's action was, to say the
| least, in very bad taste.
The Washington critic., 1890-04-07
LITERARY NOTES

Lew Vanderpoole, in collaboration
with Mrs. Caroline w. lockwood,
author of "a Saratoga Romance" is
engaged upon romantic and somewhat
tragic story of Beverly farms, to be
entitled "Seemingly," which will be
published about the end of May.
The announcement Of new story
of the West Indies by William Drys
dale, will be received with pleasure by
the many Americans who have in the
newspapers followed Mr.. Drysdale's
wanderings in the tropics. "The
Princess of Montserrat," to be pub.
lished April 10, by the Albany Book
Company, as No. . of Hudson River
Series, is a tale of modern adventure
in that home of romance, the Islands
of the Caribbean Sea.
The success of Mrs, NJ. +. w. Sher-
woods charming story, Sweet. .brier,' y
shows that girls and mothers alike are
ready to welcome so delightful chap
eron through the intricacies of modern
society as Mrs. Sherwood, and so excel
form as the events in Sweet Dryer" +"
A new edition of Carrie Norris Hor-
Wits adaptation of certain German
fairy tales, which, under the title of
"Swanhilde," found 80 much favor
during the Christmas holidays, is now
ready. The cover is richly stamped In
gilt and limited edition, with gilt
edges, has also been issued.
Miss Grace Livingstone, whose new
book, "a Little Servant" has found
instant favor with Sunday school teach
ers and scholars, is one of the brightest
and most trusted lieutenants of tina,
favorite writer and editor "Pansy'
Mrs. Alden herself strongly commends
"a Little Servant" as helpful, tender
and pure.
The Begums Daughter" by Edwin
Lassetter Bynner, the noted historical
novel which has been running the pas
year in the "Atlantie Monthly" anC
has attracted wide attention in England
and America, will be. published early il
May. Tie London Spectator pro
nounced it at once very powerful
story. This verdict has been confirmed
by critics of the highest rank at home
can Expert iment in Marriage
Charles j Bellamy's striking romance
exhausted its first 5000 in two week
after issue. The second 5000 wa
nearly gone March 1, and the thirt
5000 has been oedered printed. Th
book has only been on the market 81,
weeks and seems to have started in TO
| a bip sale
The Washington critic., 1890-04-07

most public men of this country, aud
that it would be no superfluily Of mod
esty in Mr.. Cummings to feel and ao.
knowledge that he occupies the de-
ceased statesman's seat in Congress,
without any present or immediate hope
of filling IL.
The Washington critic., 1890-04-07
PHIL. sHERIDAN's WAY.
How he Observed Strict Discipline il
Game of Poker.

How he Observed Strict Discipline in
a Game of Poker.
A group of army men were discussing
the other day the reverence which Gen
eral Sheridan at all times exhibited
toward General Grant, says the New
York Tribune. To illustrate this trait of
General Sheridan's one of the company
related the following incident:
General Grant and General Sheridan
were travelling in steamboat together,
accompanied by other officers. Among
the other passengers was young Eng
lishman who frequently used to take a
hand at poker with the distinguished
travellers. The limit usually was so
cents. On one occasion the Englishman
wanted TO get up to light cigar, and
requested General Sheridan to play his
hand, which consisted of four jacks
pat, for him. On the Englishman' s
return he asked how his hand had
panned out.
"'Oh, said Sheridan, the general
(meaning GranD bet me fifty cents and
] called him and won you the pot.
"The Englishman looked at him in
amaZement, and then suffered out:
"'Well, I've heard of military disci-
pline, but I'm hanged if l ever heard
of 1t going that far.
The Washington critic., 1890-04-07
THE NORWOOD INSTITUTE.

EgtTdet from priyats letter.
'In reply TO your request for my advice as
TO a good school for your daughter, can
Cabell's Norwood Institute, In Washington,
ID. 9. The standard Of scholarship there is
high, the instruction thorough and the iniiu'
ences good. L, q. O. LAMAR,
Justice U. s. Supreme Court"
The school opens Sept. 30. au28-d&stt
The Washington critic., 1890-04-07

EMMA JUoH IS said to have purchased
real estate in nearly all the cities of the
Northwest. She evidently means to
grow with the country, and she may
find that more profitable even than Ger
man Opera.
The Washington critic., 1890-04-07

e
The large business of the
past week has conclusively
proven that you appreciate
our endeavor to give you
high quality goods at low
prices, and we shall con-
tinue to distribute the best
intrinsic values possibly OBJ
tainable.
The Washington critic., 1890-04-07

THE New YORK World has pictures
of the side doors of saloons on the east
side of that city which kept open yes
terday. Why not show up the fashion
able hotels whose bars also keep open.
The Washington critic., 1890-04-07

GENERAL FREMONT is reported to be
suffering from slight illness AT his
age-he is s0-a slight illness is apt to
become serious. 1t is hoped Congress
will not wait until the Pathfinder" is
on his death bed before passing that
bill to place him on the retired list of
the Army.
The Washington critic., 1890-04-07
WIT IN A SMALL WAY.

The king of the Cannibal Islands used to
have many domestic broils when he cooked
his servants.--Iiotel Mall,
A Good Memory-"How far back can
you remember, Bobby ?" asked his uncle.
"Well," said Bob, 81 can remember
when didn't know how to play Marbles
"No further back than that ?n
"Oh, yes; | can remember when
couldn't remember at all."-Haper's
B0zdr.
She Lived to Learn.--Mr. Caustique--
And so old Mrs. Gadd is dead
Mr.. Cary News--Yes, dead and bSried
Mr.. Caustique--D and buried !
Humph I'll wager that by this time she
knows all the family antecedents Of the
women In the adjacent lot-Life.
What They Need --Squiggsby-Did you
hear they were feeding the freshman crew
ON sugar.
Wiggsby--NO. What for?
Squiggsby-Oh, to get some sand into
them, | suppose. Harrard LaDlpoon,
The Washington critic., 1890-04-07

YESTERDAY WAS perfect Easter Sun
day. The sky donned its tenderest blue.
Radiant sunbeams filled the air without
experimenting it. The churches were
filled with splendid song and the in
cense of grateful hearts. Connecticut
avenue-and, indeed, all other avenues
and streets-were filled with moving
visions of Kaleidoscope beauty, mostly
garbed in spring costumes daintily
tinted, surmounted by flower garden
hats with rose bud faces beneath them.
Heart could wish no fairer sights or
sweeter sounds than was to be seen and
heard yesterday.
The Washington critic., 1890-04-07
Prepare for Spring

Now IS the time to attend to your personal
condition in preparation for the change to
spring season. II you have not "wintered
we'll" If you are tired out from overwork,
if your blood has become impure from close
confinement In badly ventilated offices or
shops, you should take Hoods Sarsaparilla
at once. 1t will purify and yitalize your
blood, create a good appetite, and give your
whole system tone and strength.
Hoods SarsapariIIa
For first class spring medicine my wife
and think very highly of Hoods sarsapa
rila. We both took it last spring. 1t did us
great deal of good and we felt better
through the hot weather than ever before. 1t
cured my wife of sick headache, from which
she has suffered a great deal, and relieved
me of dizzy, tired feeling. | think every
one ought to take something to purify the
blood before the hot weather comes on, and
we shall certainly take Hoods Sarsaparllla
this spring."--J. II, PEARcE, Supt Granite
Railway Co.. Concord, N. IL.
Purifies the Blood
"This is to certify that have used Hoods
sarsaparilla in my family for some time past
and have found 1t to be a good blood puri-
fer. II has been of great benefit as recon
mended and have no hesitation in recon-.
mendng it to all who are In want of any
medicine Of the kind. ."-RoBERr A. SMITH,
Justice of the Peace, Honesdale, Pa.
N. B.-Be sure 10 get only
Hoods SarsapariIIa
Sold by all druggists 81; six for s., Pre-
pared only by G. |. HOOD s. CO., Apothe-
carries, Lowell, Mass.
100 Doses One Dollar.
The Washington critic., 1890-04-07

HAVING HEARD of the successful opera
tion Of Mr.. P. T. Halls Shirt Factory, on F
street, we called, and found him engrossed
in filling early spring orders, which have
been unusually large. He informed us that
on account of the rapid growth Of his busi-
ness he bad found it necessary to lease the
upper portion of the building, the first
floor Of which he uses as mems furnish
ing store; thus he will utilize three floors
in manufacturing shirts. His cutters are
frst-class, his operators experienced, and
his facilities adequate to meet all demands.
During our call he received an order for
shirts from George Washington. We did
not stop to inquire whether or not he was
related to the father of our country.
The Washington critic., 1890-04-07
EDUCATIONAL.

VNHE BERLITz SCHOOL OF LANGUAGES,
T23 i4th ST. n. W.
$40 o term. Trial lessons free. Send for
circular.
Branches in New York, Boston, Brooklyn,
Chicago, Philadelphia, Louisville, Paris,
France; Berlin; Moscow, Russia London,
England, and Dresden, Germany.
The Washington critic., 1890-04-07
UNDEKFAKEII

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I WILLIAM LEE
Successor 10 Henry Lees sonsh
= u ~ ID III E9 Il A * n II
Sa2 PENN. AVENUE N W.,
South Side.
Branch office, 49s Maryland ave. 5. ".
The Washington critic., 1890-04-07

Call attention to their stock
Of WatcheS, cOmbr1sing all
the mOSt desirable mO0ementS
and styles Of casing, J'0m tie
I0aOeSt Price for a0hich a re-
liable hme-keeber can be
b0nght to tile most efbenSire.
These aVatcheS bear our
firm name and are fully
guaranteed.
american Ma Lth a M
WateheS Of all grades.
The Washington critic., 1890-04-07

If THAT VETERAN African explorer,
Sir Samuel Baker, may be credited,
England has nothing to fear from the
circumstance that Emin Pasha has
joined Captain Wissmann with the
view of obtaining control Of Central
Africa. Stategetically the founding of
stations at Victoria Nyanza would Sc
cure the control of the White Nile. If
the Italians succeed in their Abyssinian
campaign and obtain possession Of
Berber and Kassala, Khartoum would
be bound to fall. Sir Samuel holds
that the Equatorial Province is of no
commercial value, the cost of transpor-
tation being ten times the value of its
products.
The Washington critic., 1890-04-07

Stanley has written to King Leopold that
he will visit Brussels about the beginning
of April, and the authorities are preparing
to give him a grand reception.
The Washington critic., 1890-04-07

On HIS ARRIVAL in Europe, Henry
NJ. Stanley, the African explorer, is to
be royalty entertained for a week by the
King of the Belgians. The city of
Brussels during that week will be ea
Jete. A great reception awaits him in
London. 1t will be held at Albert Hall,
the largest auditorium in the city. Lord
Mayor Isaacs vii! preside, and regard
the event as the greatest function of his
year of office. The Royal Geographical
Society will have massive gold medals
struck for the occasion. The London
journalists will give him formal well
come. But probably the American
dinner, to be presided over by Minister
Lincoln, atwhich no one will be present
but Americans, will be the most crafty
ing attention of all.
The Washington critic., 1890-04-07

TIE INDIAN RIeHTs ASSOCIATION
protest against the removal of the Utes
from their present reservation to noun
tain lands in Utah, which are arid and
inaccessible. The fear is expressed that
the Indians will be forced back into
their lawless and savage ways OF
course If these Indians could be trained
TO the condition of self.supporting
citizenship II would be the better policy
to keep them on arabic and productive
lands. But when it is considered that
in the main the efforts of the Govern
ment to make the Indian farmer have
been unsuccessful, it will seem that the
good lands should be occupied by ap-
preciatlve white settlers while any reser-
walton may be good enough for Indians
to get Government rations on.
The Washington critic., 1890-04-07

archaeology os a science, pursuit and
a solace, 9. On ancient Egypt and its
religions Z On ancient Egypt and its
laws s. On ancient Egypt and its his.
tory and people, 8. On ancient Egypt
and its arts and sciences; 10. On ancient
Egypt and its literature; II. On ancient
Egypt and its biblical relations; 10. On
ancient Egypt, its buried treasures and
recent discoveries.
Miss Edwards is a thorough linruist,
musician, novelist and archGologlst
Woman's wit could scarce wish for
more chances of investigation and ex-
preston than she has.
The Washington critic., 1890-04-07

Clifford S. Walton, at the Church of
the Epiphany, Wednesday evening. A
reception will follow at the residence of
Senator and Mrs. Edmunds.
The Washington critic., 1890-04-07
Hoods SarsapariIIa

Sold by all druggists. 81; six for s., Pre-
pared only by c. |. HOOD s. CO., Apothe-
carries, Lowell, Mass.
100 Doses One Dollar.
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NOTICE.

THE undersigned. a Committee To
l. obtain subscriptions to aid In fur
Hishing the funds for rec tablishing
1.-The Sailors Home" in Honolulu, beg
leave to state, that in order to provide d
suitable brick building and furnish 1t
will require about $1,000. that u grant
of $1,000 has been voted by the I.egls-
lature of 1856, conditional upon the
building of new "lIOme" within five
years from that date: that $4,000 has
been received from Mrs. Maria Hack.
field donated in memory of her late hus-
band Henry Hackfcld: that the Prcsi-
dent of the Board of Trustees has pledg-
ed 81 900, provided that $1,000 can be
raised to complete the required amount
named labOve, |. e. Sl5, 900, and that the
Committee will he glad to receive sub
scriptions with either of them or ut the
Bank of Bishop & Co., In aid of Il cause
which has much In 1t to commend itself
TO this community.
Is. +. DILLINGHAM;,
j. b. ATHERTON.
JOHN II. Patty,
+. w. DAMON.
Honolulu, Dee. 81, 1889. 4l3 81