The Washington times., 1894-08-12
CURB AND CORRIDOR.

dock the Senate amendment to the District
appropriation bill providing for the erection
of plant to destroy the garbage and dead
animals collected in this city, as recommended
by the Commissioners. the health officer, and
petitioned for by over one thousand promi-
nent citizens, by one hundred and fifty physi-
clans, and by the business organizations OF
the city in the interest OF public health? II
not, who is responsible for the alarming con-
dition Of garbage affairs which 10 now con-
fronting the Washington public"
"The recent meeting OF the National Educa-
tional Association at Asbury Park, N. j.. was
the most successful of the thirty-two
ever held" said United States Com
missioner DR.. William 7. Harris yester-
day to TIMES representative. DR.. Har-
ris had just returned from attending the
meetings of number OF educational bodies,
and though very tired and having large pie
Of correspondence before him, which had ac-
cumulated in his absence, hevery courteously
gave The TIMES representative some incidents
OF the Asbury Park meeting. There were at
the meeting" said he, 5000 prominent
teachers and educators, and there would have
been 1000 more from the West but for the
fact that they were deferred by the recent
strikes on the railroads.
1.-The new department OF Child Study in
| Stltuteu Dy tne NhtlOnal EuucHtlODdl ASSOcld-
ton attracted the attention OF a great many
very enterprising teachers who are studying
the development OF the mind in the child.
| Great interest was manifested in the meeting
OF the HerbartIan Society, whose members
| make a study of the writings of HerDart on
| education. and is devoted to spreading the
| views OF Herbarts German disciples. The
society aims to secure the attention OF the
| child by making the center of his work some
attractive volume like Robinson Crusoe. The
number Of disciples of Herbart is increasing
rapidly in the United States.
| ''The kindergarten teachers were present in
| large numbers and many valuable papers
were read at their meetings.
"A surprising amount OF interest was mani
| tested in the meetings of the council OF edu-
cation. a body Of sixty members, selected
| from among the most prominent members OF
| the National Educational Association, who
| discuss and report upon the Chief educational
| problems. 1t met a week in advance OF the
association. but large number of teachers
| went TO Asbury Park in advance of the period
set for the assembling OF the association, in
order to have the advantage of listening to
| the discussions before the council.
1.-The famous report of the committee of
ten on the defects and needed reform in sec
ondary education was one OF the most i'm
portant subjects brought before the council.
| 1t was aiterward discussed at great length in
the meeting OF the general association and in
l
| cation.
"A report was made before the council on
| psychology taking up the question Of the i'm
| itative functions in childhood. Prof. Royce,
! of Harvard College, whose paper on the sub
| iect appeared in the May number of the Cen
tury. was presen. during the debate and took
| a prominent part in the discussion
| ''It is possible to live on IS cents day and
not want for food. and to do this in Washing
ton at that said u citizen to TIMES repre-
sentative yesterday. A few other pointers
were given and the latter started in to make
| an investigation. This is the result. On
prominent street which crosses Pennsylvania
avenue an eating place has been opened
where the greatest variety OF food is furnished
| and no one dish costs over cents. For in
stance. if a customer wants beefsteak ne can
get right good piece for nickel. If he
wants beefsteak and potatoes that will be 10
| cents. Coffee and one roll are cents soup
and crackers or a roll are also 5 cents. but the
| cups contain very much more coffee and
there is about two or three times as much
| soup for cents as can be gotten at other
| places for much larger sum.
The same rule obtains throughout the very
| extensive menu, for there are almost many
| dishes TO choose from as at the larger and
more pretentious eating houses. The plan
has been in operation only short time, but
| the trade that it has already secured is some
| thing enormous.
at is good thing for me- said nice
| looking man, whom The TIMES representa-
| tive met there. ''that there is such place as
| this in Washington for if there were not /
would not be able to eat at all. Since the
| present hard times began have lost SO much
that am lucky to have a nickel to get the
| price of n meal"
NO; 1 am not actuated by philanthropic
motives exclusively" said the proprietor,
when asked how he could furnish such a
large amount OF food for such small sum?
Il could not do It. ~ he said 'but for the fact
that my trade is SO large that / am thus
enabled to buy in very large quantities, thus
making it possible for me to make small |
| profit i'll this way on nearly every ORDER
The proprietor Of this place has quite his |
| tory. He was formerly prosperous business |
man in n city not more than 200 miles from |
Washington. and less than three years ago |
was rated in the reports of the business |
agencies at nearly $4,000. He was then |
conducting twelve different enterprises-two |
eating establishments, a lodging house, |
laundry, and several more things. but the |
panic came and swept everything from him, |
and when he landed in Washington he had |
only about $50 in his pocket. He has gone |
to work with indomitable energy to repair |
his broken fortunes and expects to be able in |
the course of the next few years to do SO.
1.-THE increase in divorce cases." said Clerk |
Williams at the city hall yesterday. ''does not |
keep up with the growth of the population. |
A large majority of the cases filed are for de-
sertion. 1 am surprised that there are not
more of them. especially at this time when
there are so many unemployed people. 1 |
look for an increase next year, however, due |
to this fact.
''There are not many applications by
colored people. The majority of the suits en-
tered are for divorce from bed and board.
Petitions for separation of man and wife are
few. do not know the number of applica-
tions pnt In this year, but YOU can form an
idea from the month Of May last, when there
were nineteen of these suits entered. About
8 per cent. of them are dismissed and many
of them lay over for years. Most of the cases
are of people who were born in other cities and
who have come here to live, either temporarily
or permanently. The percentage of native
Washingtonians applying for divorce is small"
Lieut.. Swindells, of the Seventh precinct,
has good word to say for the industrial
army. Il have found.' said he, ''the men,
bers of the industrial army to be a well be-
haved class of men. Many Of them are in
telligent, and since their stay at Rosslyn
have had no trouble from them. The only
complaints that have arisen have been due to
a lot of buns who have joined them here,
and this class we know. They have been mis-
led into coming here by their leaders,"
"There appears to be bad state of affairs"