Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-08-20

The past week has been busy one st the
| once Of the woman's committee The CORE
spondence every day keeps Ave people busy, and
the prospects are that from this time onward
the letters will be received by the bushel basket
Two-thirds Of the everyday work d that Of the
accommodation committee, and the room-rent.
ing business goes on with commendable smooth
ness to the Office and the mutual satisfsction Of
both the coming guests and their prospective
hosts and hostesses.
] Notwithstanding all the efforts Of the com.
mittee the daily correspondence indicates tina.
there 10 still widely spread idea that there will
be free quarters for women. Three
thousand applications have already been
received and the back woods are
BY no means all heard from yet. A
good many more only write for tent space and
they agree to bring the tent themselves Other,
are willing II the tents are provided to cook and
walt upon themselves. 1t IL needless to say
that these well-meaning but misguided excur-
sionists are at once informed that no such ac-
commodstions will be provided for them.
PROVIDED THEIR own QUARTERS.
Some OF the largest organizations coming here
have provided their own quarters, and some of
| them are likely to be very mad when they dis
cover that fifty persons are consigned to one
| room which, with the highest packing. would
not hold twenty. OF course they will have to
seek other places, and the woman's committee
expects to have enough in reserve to satisfy
them. Another good woman, who wants quar-
] tiers for fifty Of the Boston organization to
which she belongs, came here last February, Sc
lected what she wanted, but has written on an
average three letters q week here since in ref
| erence to them. Her contracts have been go
hat ~fl hnl1 md hos
] latest epistolary effort has been to request the
committee to keep her and her band Of fifty q
| well-located house on the avenue until she ar
rives, on the eve Of the encampment, when she
| will decide.
The board and rooms offered by private per-
sons, SO far from being exorbitant in price, are
probably cheaper than was ever known at asimi-
lar event. In fact the only instance the commit
tee has to record of desire for a little grab
bing is that made by a boarding house keeper,
who wants el.50 night for a mattress on the
floor. The offer was not entertained.
PATHETIC SIDE.
In the thousands of letters received there is
pathetic side, to which there ought to be .
| response. A fair share Of the women who
| apply say that they cannot paw more than
| dollar a day for lodging and meals There are
| probably private families living in distant Sec
| tons OF the city who would be willing to take
| these people. II 80, they should ut once COM
! municate with the committee.
The courage, however. that dictated some Of
| the following letters shows that they could go
a dollar more and not mind it, Precedence
should be given, however, to one letter. in
which the writer asks for plain accommoda-
! tions at the lowest possible rates and implores
that no previous occupants viz, bed bugs. be
| in the room before he and his family reach it.
Mrs. Dalzell the chairman Of the accommo-
datons committee, comes in naturally for q
great many personal letters, and Mrs. Logan is
equally unfortunate in the same regard These
ladies have been notified by scores Of entire
strangers what pleasure it will give the latter to
stop at their Washington mansions during the
encampment. Both Of them, however, will be
entertaining houseful of friends at that period
and cannot, Of course, do any more.
SOME SAMPLE LETTERS.
The rest will explain themselves.
Dear Madam: l wrote to Madam Logan some
weeks ago concerning accommodations for my
self. daughter and husband for about one
week in one room during national encampment
OF G. A. r., &C., there on the 18th instant
received reply from you stating we can be &C.
ccmmodated at Mr.. Blanks house for 81. 80 Q
day, with, perchance, the company Of others in
the room with us. think that 81. so a day for
room to accommodate three persons is an ex-
brilliant price. We can rent q farm Of 900
acres and an eight-room house here for 81 a
day. My husband is in feeble health. vet wishes
to be in Washington during encampment week,
but a. rates for rooms are SO high we will not
be able to pay so much for accommodations
there. My husband was in the Union army
thirty eight months, from Pittsburg, Pa. where
he enlisted in 1861.
We are aware that you are a Pittsburg. Pa.
lady and would be glad to see you and Hon
John Dalzell your husband). if we could afford
70 go to Washington to enjoy the glory OF the
grand review of the great, grand old army that
saved the republic from ruin. commenced by
the rebels, and still hope yOu can find US ac-
recommendations at a less rate: if you can We will
'be there If my husbands health warrants it,
He gets only a small pension $l7)a month. and
he cannot do more than about one days work in
| fifteen days. We thought that if we could get
! accommodations, such as convenient room for
us three, myself, daughter and husband. for one
week for IS, we would be there. We moved to
this place four years ago and as the climate,
| water and some other things are very good, we
like it for living place. but social amenities
are only scant and Indifferent. In conclusion,
let me pray you and your noble sisters to try to
| help us get to the encampment according to
our means.
THERE'S NO sUITINa SOME PEOPLE
Dear Madam: regret that no provision is to
be made to enable US to secure lodgings at less
rates than 81 per day. While to some of US
| that is moderate indeed it will shut out thou
sands. and again address you to ask, Is there
no aVallaDle space where we might erect tents
and camp out, in Detroit? This may seem
impracticable to you, and perhaps is, but re-
gard the coming encampment an historical
event, which many Of the frank and file" of
our corps should see as possible. Cannot some
thing be done for that very large number who
will find it difficult to raise the fare vet could
| do this and manage the meals il lodgings could
be had for less money? Am to understand
that prices quoted for hotels, boarding and
private houses include meals?
| COMING TO QUIET DOWN.
This lady is coming here to quiet down:
| Dear Madam Mrs. John Dalzell refers me TO
you for room during encampment week. am
to do press work for the Boston -. and de-
sire comfortable place merely to sleep. I
have the refusal Of several rooms but do not
propose to pay such outrageous prices as are to
be charged. 1t is downright robbery. and I
have to work too hard for my money Let me
know what you have. Under no circumstances
! will share my room. wish to be quiet.
KNOWS WHAT SHE WANTS.
This person knows what she wants:
Dear Madam: Please secure lodgings for hus-
band and self CORNER . veteran) for the en-
campment as near the hall where campfres
&C.. will be held as possible. As am not
delegate prefer to be located as near the q.
A. R. convention as possible for my husbands
convenience. Please secure lodgings at o.