Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-07-18

Adjoining the dining room and opening
from il is the big ball room. where a fine mil
ltary band furnishes inspiration for the dancers
in the evening in addition to playing through
out the dinner hours in the afternoon. The
appetite is dull and jaded indeed that does no,
take a brace under such pleasant surround
ings, coaxed along from course to course by q
menu that leaves nothing to be desired but q
larger capacity. On Wednesday, however
while several hundred persons were dailyine
with the charms of green turtle, sweetbread
croquettss and clam fritters, that band per
petrated a medley that jumped from the tender
strains of Memberships wedding march K
Learning McFadden to Waltz with such sud
denness that several nervous people though
| that an earthquake had landed on our shores
FOOLED OUT OF LYScHISG.
People here at the hotel, who have the de
tails Of the story, have not yet left off laughinf
| at an experience of five young men at tn.
point, two young officers from the fort, q So
ciety luminary who is well known in George
town and West End circles and two newspaper
men who were spending q few days at the
Hygeia-
It was whispered around very quietly Wed.
nesday afternoon that a young colored man,
who was confined in the Hampton Jail, was &c
be taken out some time after midnight and
tied up by the neck to a tree without waiting
for any judge to say SO but Mr.. Lynch. 1t was
more than an idle rumor, though, for all the ar
engagements for the event had been completed.
About midnight the two officers and the social
luminary drove over to Hampton and, leaving
their vehicle at quiet corner, made their way
stealthily around to the Jail. There they STUN.
bled over the two enterprisng correspondents
who had been hidden away by the fence fol
over an hour prepared to score a large and ele
giant scoop on all possible rivals The two
parties Joined forces. They found place tina,
commanded good view of all the approaches
to the jail and there they stayed until after Z
O'Clock, talking in undertones and wondering
why it was the lynching party did not material
ize. Then they drove back to the point five,
q driver and tired, discouraged old horse.
The next morning those five young mer
learned that the party most interested in the
lynching had been secretly smuggled over Il
Norfolk the day before.
The officers stationed at the fort are a splen
did set of men and make q desirable element
in the social life here. A longer stay at the
point convinces one that they do not live by
any means an idle life. They are around the
hotel only early in the mornings and after tea
and the precision, well nigh perfect from Q
military standpoint, that prevails around the
post is good proof that their work is done
and we'll done. They are not clannish and are
extremely courteous toward civilians, male al
well as female. A desirable man is likely to be
well received at the fort and q card to the
OMcers Club ID pretty sure to bring about q
| number Of pleasant friendships.
THE NEW CHAMBERLiN HOTEL
Col. smithmeyer Of Washington, who ID the
architect Of the Hotel Chamberlin, on the beach
across the road, has just taken me through thu,
handsome fve-story building Of brick and
wood that must certainly be one of the fnest
hotels to be found anywhere. It is four fee,
longer than the Capitol. Think of O corridor
400 feet long and q dining room 120 by 100 feet
The main Office is . lofty room, eighty-five fee,
square, and near it runs the great parior
1872 feet long, with . sun parlor beside it,
every window Of which looks out upon the
bay. There are $40 rooms. The construction
of the building is in forward state. Much OF
the rough plastering is already on and it 10 ex.
pected that the hotel viii be ready for occu.
psncy by December, In time for the onslaught
Of the winter visitors.
Mr.. Charles Dudley Warner in "Thsir Phi.
grimage" has written 30 pleasantly Of Fort Mon.
roe and life at the Hygeia that he has left but
little Cor others to say. have simply written
down some random impressions that never
would have occurred to Mr.. Warner. H
probably would not have written them il they
had. YE.