Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-31

system, typical Instance may be given.
A small charge, itishould be said, is made
Tor every package handed II the soi &c
charge is sixpence; If beyond this radiue
and within sever miles Of the general post
office 1t 10 one shilling; II beyond the seven
miles an extra fourpence fs charged. For
these charges luggage 10 taken up, carried
to the London station forwarded to its
destination and delssereA there.
The system oughk to become general. It
at least small part OF charge for the
carriage Of luggage by train. and what
they thus get Is eextra earnings. which
under the ordinary system would not ac-
crue to them. The passenger, on his part,
saves money In cabs andfin other ways, and
30 reimburses himself for the payments
made on the luggage. The only drawback
Is that the traveller deprives himself OF
what to many seems the chief end Of
1ourney-the fight and scramble at the lug
gage van, and consequent exhaustion OF
nerve and temper.
An Evening Star Tea Party.
Many Americans are leaving town, but
still it is possible to see large numbers of
our countrymen and women on the street
busily engaged in sightseeing. The heat
has no terrors for them, as even the hot
test day here, when Londoners are gasping
for breath, Americans find it quite COM
Portable
AhS SNSiihS Guar OulCC III l. e1Ae@Aoe~A
Square is becoming more and more popular.
Quite little party took afternoon tea
there yesterday at the invitation Of Mr..
Horton. After tea, however, patriotism
demanded Ice water, and the national sum-
mer beverage succeeded the tea drinking.
So England and the United States were
equally honored and the two customs Joined
in friendly alliance. During the past few
days the following Washingtonians have
registered at the office: Mr.. and Mrs. VIM.
r
Miss Flora Freyhold, Mr.. s. H. Agnew and
Mr.. John Taylor Arms. Lieut.. Col. 6. ].
Fiebeger Of West Point also registered his
own name and those of Mrs. Fiebeger and
his daughter. They are in town for a few
days. So many people have spoken of the
office at the United States embassy that
our military attache, Col. Sumner, was de-
puted to call. This he did, and expressed
himself as highly interested in its success
and aims. Just at this season of the year
the social end Of the Office is at Its best,
who like to meet friends there or read the
papers, which can be found nowhere else
in London.
1890 Cooperative Exhibition.
The organizers Of the national co-opera-
tive festival at the Crystal Palace took
rather a novel step in inviting prominent
American divine to accept the presidency
of their movement for the coming year,
in succession to Earl Grey. The appear
ance at the opening of the first of their
exhibitions yesterday was thoroughly
pleasing. The Rev. DIR. Lorimer of Boston
was indicted as president Veteran British
co-operators like Mr.. Holyoake and Mr..
Ludlow were sitting cheek by jowl with DR..
Lorimer and other Americans on a plat
form over which waved both the union jack
and the stars and stripes
Dr. Lorimer, by the eloquence of his ad-
dress, justified his reputation of being the
leading pulpit orator in the United States
since the death Of Henry Ward Beecher.
No part of his address was more loudly
applauded than that in which he paid
tribute Of respect to the work done "by
his old friend,' Mr.. Holyoake, and the
founder of the festival, Mr.. E. o. Green
ing. The program for the week seems to
indicate that the cooperative exhibition
of 1899 is to be a record success. The ex-
hibition will continue all the week, with
special feature on each day. Yesterday,
for instance, 1t was Horticultural photo
graphs, and today Mr.. Gerald Balfour is to
open an exhibition of cooperative manu-
features. On Friday the great One and AIS
flower show will be opened This is the
greatest cooperative event Of the year.
There will be six thousand exhibits and
thousand prizes. The great day of the
flower show will be on Saturday, when
the cooperative concert 'of seven thousand
voices will be given. On this day also the
president, after distributing the prizes, will
attempt the feat of delivering his great
speech with an audience of seven thousand
cHOTlSlSTS Denln0 nIIn ana forty Thousand
auditors in front. If he succeeds in this
he will have done what no other public
speaker has succeeded in doing.
A Russian Exposition Maybe.
1t has been proposed, after the close of
the Paris exhibition next year, says the
St Petersburg correspondent of the Morning
Post, to open American exhibition either
in Moscow or st. Petersburg. consisting
chiefly of the American exhibits on view
in the French capital. 1t is impossible as
yet to say whether or not the scheme,
which would obviously entail considera-
BILE initial outlay, will really be carried into
effect. Apart from the difficulty of finding
a suitable site in either Moscow or st.
Petersburg. it is uncertain whether the
proprietors of the more important exhibits
will be prepared to allow their goods and
employees to remain in Europe for a second
display, or whether the Russian govern
ment will afford the necessary facilities in
the matter of railway carriage and Gus
toms. But the promoters of the scheme,
the chief object of which is to extend the
market for American goods in Russia, are
confident that all such difficulties will be
successfully surmounted.
Expensive but Bad Service.
I have referred more than once to the
poor and expensive telephone service in
London. Some details respecting the use
Of the municipal telephone at Trondhjem,
cellent and in universal use, will be of in
terest The population Of tho city is about
30, 900, and early last year there were 500
telephones In use. This is about one in
strument to every thirty-four of the pop
ulation, as against one to every 636 In
Great Britain. The inclusive tariff is fixed
at SIS for single instrument, a reduc-
ton being made for one or two additional
connections; for private houses the charge
is about 50. The charge for speaking on
the trunk lines at distances from twenty
eight to forty-eight miles is about cents
for five minutes. Inconsistencies can
speak to any one on the exchange for
cents for five minutes, and cents for sim
liar use of the trunk lines. Two aldermen
sit upon the telephone committee, which
retains office for four years, and thus is
able to obtain thorough grasp of the
business. The capital is provided out of
the rates, but AZ per cent interest is charg-
ed against the telephone system, so that
rate payers make good profit out of the
concern. The tariff not only covers work.
ing expenses, finds interest on capital and
provides for a reserve fund of per cent
per annum on capital expended, but in
sures all employees against death, accident
or sickness, and even goes SO far as to
leave a small surplus besides. The ex-
change seems to be growing despite the
large proportion of the Inhabitants who
are already on the telephone. 1t is an in
tereSting object lesson of possibilities raal