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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-06-27


Now, what do you think of any effort that is
made to take those little people away from
their familiar and wearsome surroundings and
give them a vacation. if even brief one, out
in the country, where they can romp and play
at their case with big wholesome meals and
long hours Of innocent childish sleep. and then
to send them back home again strong and we'll
and with the memory OF a space of happiness
that will remain with them through all time?
Don't you call that a practical charity? Yet
that's just what the "fresh air fund.- move
ment is doing with much success. and many
a little girl and boy have had .the best time in
all their lives" through that means.
1t is true that in Washington there is but
little of the AFFECT. disheartening poverty that
is to be found in New York and many other Of
the larger cities throughout the land,
but notwithstanding that there is a
large field for good work here in the
summer time. and there are many children
hearts that might be made glad with small
outlay. This work has been undertaken by the
Children's Country Home, and while its work
has not been on an elaborate scale, yet the
amount of good it has done can only be told by
the children themselves whom it has benefited
so much
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their sales. The walls were lined with tin can
listers, labeled with numbers, containing the
samples for comparison when the whole guam
/ uty Is received. Notwithstanding 1t was an
| apartment Of the strictest business and con-
tanned nothing but what was necessary to the
business, yet japanese taste and decoration had
made ii attractive. The gaudy trade labels
which we see on tea boxes in grocery stores
were worth examination in a collection of such
great extent. Each grocer in the United States
who imports Japanese tea has his own label
| Que designed especially for hint Is his own
property rigldly protected by law. The names
OF Kansas villages, California towns, New Eng
land hamlets stared at US with important con-
| spicuousness. Chrysanthemums, storks, dra-
gons. lotus blossoms, the jolly god of wealth
1nd a host OF grotesque deities rioted in bril-
| liant array.
Another agreeable bit Of this apartment was
set Oi shelves filled with caddies and tea pots
Of satsuna, so-called, each con tanning pound
OF the best tea of this house. They were pref
tlly decorated and seemed to be worth much
more than the price asked for them with the
tea included.
THE TEA faster.
In one corner Of the room was q table for
the Use Of the tea taster-an important func-
tionary. On it was bronze tea kettle cheer
ily boiling over an hibachi Of burning char
cod and several of the tiny Japanese teacups,
which are sans saucers and saas handles and
resemble baby house teacups which have sur
'iyed. In this bereft condition, some immense,
unlueky crash A professional faster is en-
ployed for the season. lie spends the days
slipping, smacking and splitting. for the tea
must not be swallowed and the splitting act is
what brings out the flavor and decides the
quaIlty. Three or four cups at one time have
tea leaves of different qualities put in
them and the boiling water poured on,
tLen they are tasted in turn and the
quality decided; If one sample should be swal-
lowed the others might be influenced by it.
which accounts for the splitting. We were very
much fascinated with the tea-bibbing corner
aud wanted, too, to sip and smack and spit,
out until We were assisted with information as
to which was the most expensive sample we
otter decided in favor of the cheapest ones.
That did not prove that we were uuaccustomed
TO good tea, but that our discernment had not
been cultivated ON the proper spitting system.
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The new corners to the home are usually q
little shy at first and sometimes not little
homesick, but in most cases both feelings
quickly wear of. and they are as ready to enter
into all the pleasures Of the home as the older
ones are eager and proud to point them out.
When the children arrive they are conducted
through the house, first upstairs to the dormi-
tory and wash room, where they are assigned
their numbers and places. The dormitory is
the show place of the house and is always
greeted with delighted admiration.
And we'll it may be, for q tastier, cozier
room it were hard to imagine. On the two
sides Of the long room are dozen little single
beds. They are all Of iron, painted white and
finished in aiming brass and the sheets and
the spreads are snowy in their whitenesa
Above each Of the little beds il framed the
name of some child or Sunday school or
parish. for the beds are all memorials and some
Of them are endowed by yearly donations. This
main dormitory takes MP all Of one side Of the
house, with windows at both ends. On the OPP
posite side Of the hall IL . smaller dormitory,
the wash room and the sisters room.
But bark there goes the tea bell, for IL IL
half-past and the little ones must 60 to bed
early. On the first day The STAB man was
there the children had been Oh blackberrying
with seven quarts - . result. and now
at - they were enjoying the fruits Of
their lAbor. stewed, With hearty slicss
q Ssss4 Caew naos - ssskaas -
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Away from the streets and the houses Of the
city, west Of Rock creek on the Broad Branch
road at the point Of its junction with the Grant
road stands two-story house that to the pass
er-by seems to be tenanted only with children.
for the woods and the hills around echo and
| re-echo to their merry shouts and laughter
from early morning until after the sun has gone
to rest.
Never straying far away, unless attended by
some older person, they race and romp in the
cool shadows of the big trees. playing hie-spy,
swinging in the big swing, chasing each other
around the crest of the hill, climbing like
squirrels and making such noises only child
ish lungs can make, happy, merry crowd
these are the children of tie Washington Chill
dren's Country Home. Any person whose
heart beats at all feels it be at bit faster he
sees their healthy pleasure and thinks how
much better they are for the experience.
Every summer from early in June to the
middle of September the home is open and
filled to the brim with from twenty to twenty
| five children who, stay a fortnight and then
make room for another consignment
who are to have their two weeks vaca-
ton in the country. The home has
been in existence for over eight years, and in
that time has entertained within its hospitable
doors hundreds Of children who must other
wise have gone without such pleasures. The
home occupies an almost ideal position, on
rather q secluded point of land high above the
main road. where the air is clear, cool and in
vigoratirg, and the view of toward
the valley Of Rock creek superb.
The building is pleasing structure of
frame, right on the crest of the hill, with
several wide pazzas and cool. airy rooms, though
the house is not az large as one might wish,
| when he thinks that were itlarger 1t would hold
| more children. In the rear Of the house stands
| u summer kitchen and a number OF outbuild-
| ings, one Of which shelters the big bay horse
and carryali that supply neyer-ending source
OF amusement to the children
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The Ladies, Tennl. Champ,op.h,o.

The attendance at the tennis tournament q
wissahickon, near Philadelphia, was large yes
terday, the promised match between Miss o.
hill and Miss Roosevelt for the championship
OF the United States sufficing to bring to the
grounds nearly all the residents Of the fashion
able suburb in which the grounds are located.
Ten games were played before the first set was
finally decided IN favor OF Miss Cahill by . score
of 6 to T. The second set was almost q velk-
over for Miss Cahill. the champion not playing
her game until il was too late for her TO have
any chance OF winning. Miss CahiIl winning the
set by score Of to 1. The third set wss
closely contested, Miss Cahill winning four
games before she succumbed 70 Miss Rooeeyeis
by score Of TO 4. The fourth set was also an
exciting one, but Miss CahiIl had the game well
in hand and won the set and the championship
by score of to 2
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-06-27
GEoRGNrOWN.
INJURED BY AN EXPLOSION.

Yesterday afternoon while xo,l,n. ..
s,on. on.rrr ~, ,h, -. "a. -
- fe! y" .No s'.'A sue VI 'he 'ser'
'o eoioieu "en-neNin thompson. JAS
Alexander and Wesley fitzhugh-received very
severe injuries about the legs and lace by .
premature explosion OF dynamite They were
Drought 10 the ONCE OF the Potomac Stone
COMPANY on water street, from which place
they were conveyed to the freedmans Hoe
boi BAD FALL
noous ooo se''eru"y a''erhoon fercy Lowe.
90, 49, ' 'e. e .esis one, son Oh ASSISTANT
~, 80 i1o"o u 'ne nie 'r'men. residing !"
-, = ,,o.eh ~ =, 80. asi ~; WINE PsyihS
o;ah,p,'n C., ;.;,.;,'I. i;.',S on
o,;csrs ,,' we hes 40
br,a - n III, - NJ, al !, iee nm W NJ
,,,a.s,,aI sl;I, amen "as o"iea anu rehosreo
-''NA. "'''''"0
INTERESTING GOOD TEMPLARs MEETING.
Last night the pretty hall of the lnde-
pendence Lodge. l. o. G. T.. on slst street.
was filled with ahon, o5o a,I;.,h,sa ,.,,.l. -
- - Peep'e ""o
.aiie W par TAKE Oh the hospitality Oh the mem
pers: An excellent program replete with
comic Rotations and catchy music had been
prepared ana all the participants acquitted
Xn,, ~ asrs cIeuitaoE orsha iemplsr
come. after which Followed a violin solo hy
Mr.. Fred W. Gaisberg with Prof Ambrose L.
ogle as accompanies, recitations by Mr. sag
sol' aia.osue oy M. PRISONS ana Miss lrea-
Nj .a'sn 'iie s D.r soeai solos oy
ni. oA'neii' MISS oeuhe. anu Miss bdna Aleu-
lilssr u p nluies oy Mesrs' Brown wainer
Trexler ana Mr. Rrora s,,.r a. ..,..,a..'
tainment Refreshments were served. Amons
those who assisted at the tables were Mrs.
harner' MRS. Giles Mrs. Sill and Miss Dan
oe''n
GOOD BOAT RACE
One Of the tightcst forr-oared boat rsoas
often participated in by members of the Pa.
,o,nao A,hlo,,, CHI, 81. - -. .s
e., '- 80 P'e raN' e'en'"s ~
inc presence OF large crowd The course -
from the boat house 20 the Aqueduct bridge
and the boats contained the following men: No.
Won Dachenhausen, bow; Mills, 2; Whiting,
>; Robertson. stroke. No. 2-Mason, bow;
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-06-27
CITY GIRLS IN THE COUNTRY.


The average length Of stay is two weeks, but
when, for any reason, a child is sent home be-
fore that time expires, the vacancy is filed, so
that nearly all who apply are admitted for a
longer or shorter period. The number that
can be accommodated comfortably at one time
Is twenty, but in June and September the
house is not always full, while in July and
August there are sometimes twenty-five OF
twenty-three on the roll
The sister in charge of the home last year
said in her report of the work for the summer
1T is surely good deal to take as many chill.
dren as possible away from the uncomfortable
and often unwholesome if not positively evil
surroundings of their homes in town and give
them taste OF the pure pleasures of country
life. The first object of such home is to
make the children happy, and if this were ali
it would be worth doing.
But it is believed that a greater benefit il
bestowed than making bright spot in Their
lives and invigorating their physical frames
The refining and outstanding influence of the
home is very apparent, even in the briei
period of a fortnight. The traditions of The place
are never forgotten, as We know from those
who have come during several successive years
And we believe that many of our little sisters
will be grateful all their lives for the lessons
learned in their happy summer holiday at the
Children's Country Home"
EXTREME NEArNEss OF THE HOME.
Nothing could be more Immediately clean
and neat than is the home. The floors are un.
carpeted and the walls unpapered, but every.
thing is as clean and inviting as one could ash
for. Entering the hallway that goes
through the entire house one first secs
a cabinet organ, that evidently helps te
while away many pleasant Sunday evening
and around it are vases Of wild flowers and
other attempts at simple decoration. On the
right is a small room that is fitted up with three
rows Of low benches and a couple Of reading
desks.
This room is used as chapel and hero be-
fore breakfast and before retiring for the
night simple religious service is held and en-
joyed rs much by the children as any other
event in the day.
The children attend the morning services al
st. Adams every Sunday and in the afternoon
Sunday school is usually held at the home
Before and after each meal the children are
taught to sing brief grace. in which they seen
to take great deal of pleasure.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-06-27

For in compliance with orders the Fencibles
will assemble at their armory at z o. o'clock and
within an hour VIII have started for the scene
of conflict. Special sleepers will leave the
Pennsylvania station at 7:40. Breakfast will be
taken at iittsburg, dinner at Columbus, sup
per at Richmond. Ind, and Indianapolis will
be reached Sunday night at 10 O'Clock. The
company have had flooring and cots placed in
their tents at their own expense and all is now
IN readiness to receive them. The Fencibles
will probably be the first organization to
reach the field and Monday and Tuesday will
be devoted entirely to polishing down and
smoothing off any little inaccuracies that may
exist. The encampment will be opened by a
street parade with firework accompaniment on
Tuesday evening and on "Wednesday the maiden
and artillery companies will commence the
good work. The contest for the inter.
state prize of S2.5O0, the Galveston cup
and championship of the United States will open
on Saturday. the 18th proKimo, but it is not yet
known when the Fencibles will drill, since
places Will not be drawn before Tuesday night
Some of the strongest competitors in the con-
test will be from Georgia and they no doubt
Will appear at their best. since the state troops
are now in camp at Chickamauga, Ga, and the
Southern Cadets. Gate City Guard, Atlanta
Rides and Brunswick Rihemen will proceed
direct from camp to Indiana. Lieut.. Sa.erlee
of the third United States artillery, formerly at
Washington Barracks. but recently detailed for
special duty with the Georgia state troops. has
been acting as adjutant general during the en-
campment and he has undoubtedly thoroughly
coached the Georgia boys in the fine points of
the drill. The Fencibles. however. have not
been dreaming all this time. The officers have
had number of quiet talks with Capt. Con-
stantIne Chase at the barracks and have been
given the benefit of regular army service of
thirty years and prolific fund OF valuable in
formation. Capt. Chase has acted as judge for
all he High School Cadet drills and WAS also
| one of the committee Of judges during the May
drill of 1897
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-06-27
orrespondencs of The Evening Star.

orrsspondence Of The Evening Star.
TIExrsIS. CHINA. May 5. 1891.
GEORGE THE FOURTH PASSED THIS
~ criticism upon family he admired In
many respects;
The HarringtOns have . passion for tea
drinking. Whether IL be taste or insanity
cannot say. but the drinking Of tea In that
house was most extraordinary. Ii began natu-
rally enough at breakfast. but it extended very
unnaturally through the whole day and night.
i have seen them drink tea just before dinner
have even seen them drink tea after supper.
and the whole family. old aud young, were pos
s---sd with this slip-,lop propensity"
Fancy George the Fourth awakened now and
wandering among his English homes. Bnt
the slip--lop propensity must be seen among
the Lngilsh residents Of Japan and China to be
appreciated in its full force There the day
must begin with early tea at 80 or o'clock
Ia tn morning. and even the children con-
slider '.afte rnOon tea much a part OF their
daily existence breakfast and dinner.
AFTERNOON tea has become a custom almost
everywhere. Certainly IN the United states ~
l. rapidly becoming established. but the .
O'Clock tea table there il not a. inevitable NJ u
l. in the east, and n coy. attractive custom II
h. d. paving visits ~ interests me to note the
different degrees of daIntIness IN the tea tables.
NJ souIe places Il - evident that the house
bow" has followed his own sweet
viii and saved himself all the ex-
ertiou possible. Mt others the taste
full cire OF the fastiliOus mistress has watched
and guided the arrangements. In one snug
little drawing room. with Its rich. warm Iekiu
rug- blue Jsr- aud hanging- Of old imi erid
eHIbroI'ierirs the tea table l. bit Of genuine
comfort with fsathery sponge c.kes and dainty
cups - blue bamboo. In another we find close
beside the blazing fire, presided over most win
uinsl'. httl. threc-ls gsrd table too fragile To-
flstaln anything more substantial than III"
diniuutiye silver service and the sandwiches
which are the poetry of sandwiches -lttle son
net made thin aud square of very brown
bread and hlled with golden mayOnnaise-
sEARCHING FOR INFORMATION.
HoEever. the object II my recent tour among
the ia tables has not been to ''eat. drink and
be msrry'-it has been a search Cor informa-
tiOn a subject which l. a serious one To- me.
becaus. NV friends al home look Tor my return
Nth joyful expectations Of presents % tea
which shsil be nectar. quite beyond anything
that ,-tn be found In New Sork- Therefore, ia
my rsimble- among tea table. aud NV converse
u"u- With bon NIyant- have kept this aim IN
view. sith results which have been so surprising
O. ms that write them down for those VINO
NAV le unconscious - l was of the
diversity - opinions upon what Is quite the
best tea ~ drink.
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.AvE YOU EVER THOUGHT WHAT IT

HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT WHAT IT
IL would mean to you if you had never had
taste Of country life; never played in the
new mown hay, waded in the brook, made mud
pies, climbed trees and felt that 1t was good to
be alive?
OF course you know that child misses the
best part of his childhood unless he has chance
some time to lay his head pretty close to the
bosom OF Mother Earth and drink in great
draughts of inspiration and strength from her
endless store. But have you ever stopped to
realize that in overy big city there are hundreds
and even thousands of little ones who are born
and reared in overcrowded quarters, with an
unlimited supply Of heat and toll and discom-
fort and u minimum of fresh air. nourishing
food and healthy outdoor exercise, poor little
wan, peaked waits of humanity, old before
their time and more familiar with adversely
and privation than with the innocent pleasures
Of childhood?
They know what it is to miss meal and to
60 to bed hungry and cold. but they have no
idea what it is to go blackberrying. to help
drive yoke Of oxen. to feed the chickens,
jump from the rafters into the haymow aud
when it rains to spend long summer after
noon in the swing in the big barn or playing
hide -and seek i'll the mysterious Iecesses OF the
dusty old pranary
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Preference. Of P.nn.yiv.n,. Editors.

Collector Cooper returned to Philadelphia
yesterday from Atlantic City, where he had
been for the past three days with the members
Of the Pennsylvania Editorial Association
He was asked vino the editors favored for the
presidential nomination, and replied: "All
the republican editors are Of one opinion
They favor the denomination Of President
Harrison. They say he has proven himself to
be safe man and he has given general salts
faction"
Are they really all for Harrison"
There doesn't appear to be any who oppose
his denomination. All with whom talked, and
talked TO Q great many. were Of one opinion
editors were q unit for Mr.. Harrison, the
democratic editors debated 40 to Pattison 40 AN
expedient for the presidential nomination"
Then the democratic editors were united
upon Pattison?''
They simply discussed him - an sxpe-
dent"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-06-27

company A. fourteenth Ohio infantry. Column
nus. onio' champion Guard. Springfield Ohio,
Lama city Guard, Lima. Ohio. Avon Rifles.
Sincinnau, ohio' National Fencibles. WASH
Mich; jackson Guard. Jackson. MOI
Walsh Zouaves. ST LOUIS, Mo-; Hale ZousveS
Kansas City, Mo-; Farrar zouaye.- Inderend.
ence. Mo-; Busch Zouaves. Aurora, m; Msnys-
Ian Cadets, Memphis Tenn: Dallas Artillery,
Dallas. Tex; battery A. 81 Louis No; picks.
con Artillery, Danville. m; Rockville ARTILLERY.
Rockville. Ind; battery A. Louisville, Nv.
The following 10 the roster Of the Feucibles
who will compose tho drill team: Captain.
Charles s. Domer; first lieutenant, Lee r.
Moshet; second lieutenant. William W. Morti-
mer; first sergeant, j. L. Betz; second sergeant
r. {. Rice. First set Of fours-F O. Roman.
II. Z. kondrup. J. J. Gavin. W. L. Thornton
Second set Of fours-w. A. Domer. ]. b. Mur-
ray, T. l.. Costigsn, X & Roche. Third
set Of fours-F r. RynsI C. I.
fourth Sc, Of ,oa % .. Rice. S E = 3.
o'Neil, W. r. Mahoney. W. T. Crist Fifth ses
OF fours-E. s. Newman. J. q. Gessford. J. q.
Stelle, X. ID. Cromwell Sixth set Of fours-E
NJ. Wardwcll, W. T.. Cox. W. T. Caruthers, J.
7. Cromwell Color guard and subetitutcs-w.
D. Culverwell @. 5. Hamlin, o. d. Darrell, NJ.
Is Domer, +. ID. Hester, II. b Ramsy, }. q
kondrup.
MILITARY QUESTS AND sTaFr.
Maj. Fred Bracket, second battalion; Capt
L. Il. DAILY, second battalion; Lieut. J. ". Ander-
son, second battalion; Lieut. r. A. Foster, sur.
geon, second battalion; II. W. Tessford, hospital
steward, second battalion; sergt. Mai J. T.
Callaghan, Quartermaster Robert McMurrsy,
special artist Of THE SrsR, Felix r. Mahonsy,
correspondent Of The SrAR, L. b. Mosher.
THE ExHIRrTIoS DRILL
The exhibition by the "drill team" In front
OF the Arlington Hotel yesterday evening ~
witnessed by about 2 200 persons and taken -
whole was unusually creditable perform,
ance. The turns, wheels and double tlma
movements were excellent. hut the manual
loadings and firings could be improved upon.
Lieut.. Hines. who graduated No. in ''tsc-
tics at Vest Point this wear, an interested
spectator and criticised the boys at the arinory
before ranks were broken. ''One cap worn on
side OF the head. one man raised hand 90 head,
feet too heavily brought down at halt and few
individual errors in the manual. but The added
the drill as a whole Was grand aud it will take
very hne company to defeat you" Col.
Burch of Missouri, who was in charge OF the
kansas City encampment spoke very favorably
OF the drill, and advanced an opinion that the
Fencible boys would return with . substantial
prize.