Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-02-07
RANKINGS.
"He rambled In his walkA
And likewise In his talks
Old SOao.

Odd SOno
In the light Of the distressful experiences OF
the people now trying to make . living in that
part OF the country, Il would seem that the
early geographers didn't make such very great
elunder after all in printing in brownish color
on the maps Of the school aliases quite bit OF
territory west Of the Mississippi river and call
ing 1t the Great American Desert" To be sure.
the whole section SO marked isn't an arid sandy
plain, as deserts are popularity supposed 10 be.
but il isn't by long ways the blooming garden
spot that railway drummers and real estate
boomers have united In painting it, As mat
Ter OF fact, good deal of il is the Kind Of q
place that those who are there want TO get ont
from.
There is reason TO believe that. intoxicated
by his success in that effort. the artist who
lately decorated the lower lobby of Albaugh's
has concluded to enlarge the field Of his ambi-
ton and try his hand at outdoor effects.
Ground for this belief Is furnished by the
paralyzing appearance Of the kiosk or protec-
uon box lately set up over against the Riggs
bank on 18th street. Its q daisy" 20 use o
slang phrase. but which really is inadequate to
the occasion. The result here reached doubt
friends, and possibly to his empioyers-for
what IL to be expected of a street railroad any
way. that furnishes only about half enough ac-
commodation for its travely-but how long
does he think this sort Of thing can 20 on until
there will be mass meeting held TO call for his
soppresslong Or, proceedings still more sum
mary and effective might be taken. Provoked
beyond endurance. there is a possibility that
the boys might think il good thing to have q
funeral some day and plavfully conclude 20
have this CANDY paint-slinger furnish the
corpse for the occasion. Stranger things than
this have happened, even in countries where
itself.
So -
The success in America Of Mr.. Stead's Reris,r
Of Recietcs has been so great that he has de-
cided to issue in New York. under local edi-
torial and business management. an edition
specially designed for this country. And.
oddly enough. the conductors Of both depart
ments are chosen from the hustling northwest.
instead Of from New York or Boston, as might
have been expected. The cis-Atlantic editor is
TO be Mr.. Albert Shaw. at present associate
editor OF the Minneapolis Tribune. while the
business affairs of the new edition will be in
the capable hands OF Mr.. W. c. Gates
who won his spurs as business man.
ager of the Milwaukee .Sniinel Under
ought to be illustrated and printed
in better style. and on better paper than the
numbers so far issued in London have been,
even If the price has TO be advanced. But Of
that step there is probably no need.
x x
Rather the publisher Of the Reuisc ought 10
adopt the principle acted upon by the con-
ductors Of The Century and Harper's Monthly,
nd L.,
cheaper than the London issue. Each OF the
two American magazines named are sold at the
news stands in Europe for twenty-five cents
per copy, while the price TO home customers il
40 per cent more. or thirty-five cents! 1t NAV
seem strange that il should be 80, but so il is.
BY the way. will the proposed copyright law be
OF any use to American readers on this point?
II not, why not! It's poor rule that doesn't
work both ways, they saw.
Mr.. J. @. A. Ward who, both for the amount
and the character of the work he has done, may
now be regarded as the foremost American
sculptor, is busily engaged at present in model
ing two accessory groups for the colossal statue
OF Henry Ward Beecber, lately set up in the
Brooklyn Park. One represents a freed
woman laying branch Of palm at the feet Of
the great preacher; the other shows a little boy
and girl hanging garland of flowers upon the
pedestal. When finished and put in place
| these figures will add much to the effectiveness
of the statue, which is one of Mr.. Wards most
successful achievements. Mr.. Ward is also en-
gagged on a statue of the late Roscoe Conkling.
to be cast in bronze, for which he has received
commission from a committee representing
the New York admirers of that gentleman
Upon this nothing has been done as vet. save a
study for the head of life size, which has
already reached the point Of being a strong
likeness and pre- m sing to be fine work of art
Beyond some preliminary sketches and Civ
ing the matter a good deal of thought. Mr.
Ward has done nothing upon the equestrian
statue of Sheridan, to be placed in the triangle
| in front Of the National Theater in this city,
but he expects to take it actively in hand before
long.
The latest gossip on the subject from the
south is to the effect that Miss Winnie Davis.
1.-The daughter of the confederacy," is to wed
Mr. Richardson, the very rich Louisiana planter
who has lately come somewhat conspicuously
into public notice. Just why she did not marry
Mr.. Wilkerson, the young Syracusan, to whom
she was engaged for some time. has never vet
been explained. One reason given was that
after their betrothal he became reduced in cir
cumstances, while some of her friends assert
that it was because he was a northern man and
connected with the family of one of the old
southern people. Iii to be hoped that neither
of these alleged reasons is the true cause. Both
would be equally discreditable to a lady who is
truly lady.
Few newspapers have madea harder fghtfor
success without achieving it than the New York
Star, which last Sunday changed ownership,
name and form. 1t is now styled The Continent,
and consists of sixteen small pages, OF five
columns each. Whether or not the paper will
have better fortane under the new order of
things remains to be seen. Superstitious people
may think the name unlucky, since Judge
Tourgee's venture, bearing the same title. died
young few years ago, after sinking q lot of
money. On the other hand, in the matter of
size and form it is the late Col. Peter Hoes
ideal of what daily paper should be, and that
point may be in its favor. That gentleman
once told the writer of this paragraph that
if he were to publish or have anything TO
do with publishing a newspaper, its pages
should be no larger in size than those Of Harper's
Weekly. and rather less, and in number what
ever the news and its advertising patronage