Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-02
AFFAIRS in GEORGETOWN
American a. THROWN TO the Breeze at the
UNIVERSITY Building.
Located Over The Roof of CASTOR Me-
marinI IEnii-othcr News
of Interest.

Until within a few years no flag of any
kind was hrist.7 rn the university build
ing Lately an american flag was hung on
the upper contr4 part of the main build
ing. at the la. ,E the clock tower but no
breeze struck BE-. flag and It hung limp on
the pole Und.r th- direction of Rev J.
d. Whitney. the present rector. flag pole
was erected over the roof of the CASTOR
Memorial H3'l. Greedy above the main
trance, and fr, 90 this point. high in the air.
the American las suspended. 1t was
directly in the ptth OF the breeze and the
flag showed up eN Silent, According to the
orders of Rev. Pa her Whitney the flag is
to be run up every day at sunrise and taxi
en- down at sunset
Head iu,er Door
A small white boy, named Talbot, living
at the southeast corner of 34th and 0
streets, was yesterday afternoon in search
of chicken which had entered a stable in
the alley in the rear of his house opening
up in the east side of Saith street between
and o streets The entrance to the sta
BILE was through a small hole in the door
and the boy stuck his head In the aperture
to see if he could locate his chicken. In
some manner his head became wedged,
and he was frightened His cries attracted
attention, ana ne was finally rescued. Mr..
Charles b. Hunter and another man lifted
the door sufficiently to allow the boy to ex-
tricate himself
Carpet Hcuting Objectionable
The prev alence of diphtheria. scarlet fever
and other cunta gious diseases in the north
west section of town is attributed by some
of the residents Il me practice of beating
carpets on the vacant lots north and west
of the high school, on what is known as the
Bufleth subdi' rs on. Carpets from all sec
tons of the Dt,. tenn 10 brought TO this
place every sp.rng AID fail and busted by
Coiored men. The attention of the school
trustees has oee.l called to the matter and
the Commissioners VIII be asked to take
some steps .oUaI toward the discontinue
ance of the practice.
tiirtnan. Anniversary.
Miss Blanche NJ liams entertained a num-
Der of her friends at her residence Friday
evening, the uccasi Il b ing the anniversary
of her birth After several selections OF
vocal and Instrumental music refreshments
were served. Among those present were
Misses AnaheI Narport. Mamie Farr, Lille
Young, Katie SAea, Lille Melchoir, Mamie
Bernard. AunIt Brown, Katie Harper. Ettie
Harper, Mr.. and Mrs. l. ID. Williams Mr.
and Mrs. Jnh.snn, Mr.. and Mrs. Jet. Mr.
and Mrs. Digges, Mr. and Mrs. Brawner,
Mr.. and Mis- Strawser, Mr.. and Mrs.
Greaves, Mrs. King. Mrs. Bernard, Messrs.
William Hurley, Chas. Venabie. Joe Ber-
nard, William 1hear. Leo Mckinley. John
Santmyers, James shea, Harry Cant. Jas.
Burns. L. Fanhorn, &. Mechanism, Frank
Bernard. Bra Gley Williams and C. ECkert.
General MENTION.
Mr., H. B. " Woodward of st. Augustine,
Fla. is d visit to his brother-in-law, Mr..
Jesse Wilson. Mr.. Woodward visited New
York and Witnessed the Dewey reception,
and will remain in Washington to see the
local parades.
The annual opening of Linthicum Insti-
tute will occur next Monday evening, Oc-
tober ., at O'clock.