Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-19

seats, TO seaside, to the continent ana 10
risen, theaters are closing and no induce
ment remains to tempt the society man to
stay In town. Even his club is in the
hands OF the renoyatorS. Still the streets
are crowded and the ordinary observer
would see little difference If he kept away
from the carrfage-desefted parks and did
not wander through West End streets,
Where houses which were alive a few days
ago with parties and dinners now present
papered windows and closed doors. If he
should make his way in an opposite di-
rection and see the swarming streets OF the
mark of the King of SIAM who was here
a few years ago at this season. He was
repeatedly told that IAN London was out
OF town and constant regret expressed
that MS maJestys visit should have been
so unfortunately timed. One day he was
shown the slums and poorer districts,
Where MS carriage could make but slow
progress owing to the swarming popula-
ton. Turning to his guide he asked, And
when DO these go out of town.?
II fashionable London Is away 1t is not
the case with Americans. who are still
here in great number The hotels and
shops are still making money out of them,
and tradesmen acknowledge that this year
has fully made up for the last lean year.
when our cOuntrymen stayed at home on
account of the war.
Stars London Home.
The Evening Stars office and reading
A'oiii III idldiSdT Square lFeeiy dlleSlS tuc
fact that Americans are here. This office,
near the Northumberland Hotels. is a most
comfortable and convenient rendezvous
for large numbers who desire to see their
home papers, which on file here. Mr..
George Horton, the genial manager of the
office, Is making great success Of it, and
the place is destined to become more and
more widely known Papers, advice and
all are free, and everybody is made well
come. The following Washington people
nave called and registered their names re-
Gently: General Charles G. Sawtele, chief
quartermaster, United States army; Mrs.
Sawtelle and daughter; General D. T. STAN
ley, United States army. and his daughters;
Mrs. j. B. 7. Upper, Mr.. and Mrs. George
Herbert Beaman, Mr.. r. c. Johnson, DR..
and Mrs. Charles w. Richardson. Mr.. F.
A. Salaman and Mr.. Samuel Maddox.
Harbor for Entire British Fleet.
A great work is going on quietly at
Dover, place known to Americans chiefly
as departing point for Paris. The gov
eminent is creating here an immense ma
tional harbor, which will be capable of
accommodating the entire British fleet.
Work is going on night and day and even
Sundays. at low water. The harbor will
cost f4,WO,OOO and will be finished in ten
years. The water area comprised within
the harbor will not be less than 6S5 acres,
giving to Dover the finest place of refuge
to be found any part of the British
coast. Dover castle will overlook the very
center of the admiralty harbor and the
entire town will enjoy the advantage of
three enormous sheltering arms, two of
which-the admiralty pier on the west and
the new pier on the east-will constitute
magnificent promenades open to the gen
eral pubic. There will be two entrances
to the harbor, one al the extremity of the
eastern arm, the other at the end of the
admiralty pier extension. These openings
VIII have width of 600 feet and mini
mn RI h Of 10 q
harbor has been badly needed for many
years, as there is no place in which the
vessels OF the navy may take refuge on
that part of the coast between the Thames
also, as France has recently taken to
strengthening and augmenting her har-
bors on the opposite coast.
Picture of Tower Dungeon.
Sir benjamin Stone, the photogra pher of
parliament, has kindly, allowed me to see
his most famous work, photo of the dun
geon in the Wakefield tower at the Tower
of London, frequented by all visitors who
come here. No natural light could be seen
in the dungeon, but Sir Benjamin, by inf
mite care and patience, has succeeded in
obtaining a capital picture, after twenty
seven hours exposure In the photograph
you can see the dungeon much palmer
than you can when in the dungeon itself
and there is a broad reflection of light
over the wall, which in reality is so faint
that it is invisible to the eye of specta-
tor until he has accustomed his vision to
the murky gloom. Sir Benjamin is now
engaged in the most interesting and useful
work of photographing the city records
The reproductions are so good that the
writing can be decphered more readily on
them than on the originals. One of the
most valued of a series of terrace pic
lures which Sir Benjamin has recently
taken is portrait group of The Harvard
and Yale athletes who recently visited
nf A eli hi y1yith
fruit shows they have just risen from
dessert. They are gathered in close crowd
around MIR. Balfour, to whom they are be-
ing introduced. Another terrace scene por-
trays a score or more of well-known mem
bers taken just as they were caught In
the most admirable disorder. I must also
mention capital portrait of Mr.. Neufeld
who was released by kftchener's heroes
after thirteen years of horrible captivity
at Khartoum.
August Bank Holiday.
London is just recovering from her Au-
gust bank holiday. the poor peoples fes-
tival. Some idea may be obtained of how
the Londoner enjoys the most popular of
his four annual outings by the following
statistics: Not far short of a million
people must have been taken out of town.
This estimate is based on the fact that
five companies alone carried third of
million. The Great Eastern seems to re-
tain its place at the top, for It carried
133,062 passengers from Saturday to Mon
day, while the South Eastern and Chat
ham and Dover carried 11S,S39. South
End must have been the most popular
sort, seeing that $1,000 persons were car
red thither by these companies Be
sides its II ordinary trains, the Brighton
company ran rs seaside specials. 10 spe-
Gals to the Surrey Hills and 40 to the
Crystal Palace. On Saturday 1.OfS trains
were dealt with at Waterloo station in
and out, and from the station no fewer
than 1890 bicycles were booked. The BIZ
cycle bookings were numerous at Pad
dington station, and the Great Western
company in the three days booked 1850
passengers outward, most of them long
distance travellers. The Midland the Great
Northern, London and South Western and
the Great Central, besides heavy specials
ran many of their ordinary trains in du-
plicate and even triplicate. And all the
big companies brought heavy loads of ex-
cursionsts into London. OF the London
resorts the Crystal Palace was the IA
vorite. $4,000 people having visited it on
Monday. L. H. MOORE.
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
THE ANGLO-SAXON REVIEW; A Quarterly Mis-
cellany. Edited by Lady Randolph Churchill.
Vol 1, June 1899. London and New York: John