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improvements is the S.. OD0 $50 addition to
the Manhattan Hotel. New York now more
than half completed, making 1t a $1,000 OOJ
house No less han SJD.Usn 100 Is now be-
Ing expended throughout she country on
the erection OF new hotels in which the ele-
ment Of luxury will predUminate
The actual cost of the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
the largest and most luxurious hotel in the
world. has never been made public but IL
is estimated by good Judges at about
every one said it could not be made to paw
Yet today it IS very profitable property
1t is hard To imagine house with forty
magnificent public rooms, more than / :D0
guests rooms and Accommodations for be-
tween LOO and so people being practi-
cally filled ali the time. hut these figures
represent the NaidOrf-Astoria's accommo-
dations. and it j. constantly crowded
The payment Of from So to 500 day
FOR rooms. exclusive of meals. in New York
hotels Is by no means uncommon. There
are people living in the Waldorf Astoria
year round. For the famous royal suite
500 day has been paid on several occa-
sions for short periods. \ woman who died
at the Savoy Hotel In New York recently
had paid $40 day for year for a corner
suite overlooking Central Park. That price
did not include meals. and. as she was a
liberal entertainer the aggregate of her
hotel bills must have been very large.
Mr. Whitney, Quarters
hast fall William c. Whitney went to the
Waldorf-Astoria to live. engaging rooms by
the year. Recently he decided to establish
his private office there Also. Nearly the
entire royal suite has To he given up to
provide the comfort and luxury which tn IS
man of many millions demands and is will
ing to pay for. Taking the rooms by the
year, he does not. of course. pay 4 rate
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New Cycling Costumes.

The leading idea in the newest cycling
costume is that skirt and bodice should be
of different materials. As to the stuffs
used, almost any Of the thin summer cloths
are suitable. Sometimes a checked skirt Is
worn with a bodice of plain cloth. This is
costume that was. of course. much worn
last year, but not by cyclists. To wheel
women il is somewhat OF a novelty. A
pretty cycling dress carried out in this way
consists of skirt, closely stitched round
the hem, of checked brown cloth and an
open-fronted short coat OF nut brown cloth.
trimmed with stitching. The revers. co lar
and cuffs are faced with white cloth. al
most entirely covered with fine brown fancy
braid. The coat can be worn closed il pre-
ferred- A shirt OF soft, white washing silk
and rustic straw toQue are suitable
compartments. skirt which answers for
either walking or cycling purposes is slight
ly draped or raised by tabs at the hips
Cycling SIX rts are rather wider than of
yore and are mostly finished round the hem
with stitching. In choosing a cycling cos
tune il is advisable TO consider a material
that does not readily show dust and one
that. though tolerably substantial. is light
wearing. Except for the stitching ALLUDED
to. cycling skirts are untrimmed. 1t is
rather a good plan to line up the skirt for
a couple OF inches or SO with leather which
can easily be washed and sponged free OF
dirt A neat little cycling bodice fits tight
ly and Is fastened over slightly on the left
side with buttons similar to those which
are used on the skirt front.
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the Hotel del Coronado, at Coronado Beach.
1t claims the distinction of being the larg-
est resort hotel in the world. 1t covers
four and half acres. novel feature is
a court in the center of the building the
size of ordinary city square. in which
is revealed the floral richness of tropical
garden, from giant palms down to the
rarest plants The ball room contains H.
600 square feet. The dining room is thirty
three feet high, without pillar or post to
mar its beauty. There are $50 rooms, and
IS of them are sitting rooms The huge
tanks for hot and cold sea water bathing
inside the hotel are a great feature
The Hotel Touraine of Boston is the most
notable manifestation of New England lux
ury. Every hing about this house is superb.
unique feature a library. 1his is
beautiful room on the main floor, contain
ing about 5000 carefully selected volumes
incased in antique oak closets. II is
hotel circulating library, the books being
at all times at the disposal of guests, who
find catalogues in their rooms.
The existence on a profitable basis of
these Aladdin-like American public palaces
speaks eloquently for the volume of wealth
distributed among the American people. 1t
is a business object lesson which, Invested
of sentimentality, will do more than any
other to reveal to the future historian the
vast natural resources of the United States
at the end of the nineteenth century.
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ter 40 tons of the best hard coal are COLI
Sumed every day.
An interesting feature of luxurious, mod
ern hotel life is the Transportation Club,
whlch occupies the entire thirteenth floor of
me Manhattan Hotel Among it's 500 MEM
bers are many of the wealthiest men of the
country Senator Chauncey M Depew Is
the president. In the new portion of the
Manhattan twenty-five rooms will be de-
voted to this social organization. Unusual
being a ladies' private dining room. Sew
eraI other clubs are housed in New York
hotels.
Southern and Western Hotels
The fame of the great Florida hotels, no.
ticeably the Ponce de Leon and Cordoya. in
St Augustine. and the Royal Poinciana. at
south. however. there is no more magnit-
cent caravansary than the New St Charles
in New Orleans. What the Waldorf-As-
toria is to the world the St Charles is to
the south. Owing to the peculiar climatic
advantages of New Orleans, the builders
were able to provide luxuries which are i'm
possible farther north.
The st. Charles building with site cost
S1.GOO.0O and its furniture cost more than
$4,000 Its highest regular rate is SO a
day Tor a corner suite accommodating TWO
persons, consisting of private parlor bed
room and bath. Provision is made, how
ever, for furnishing larger suites at propor-
tionately higher rates. A great open-air
promenade filled with tropical plants and
shrubbery, occupying the space between the
wings of the building on the second floor
with entrances from the halls and dining
room, affords a delightful lounging place IN
sunshine shade. This Is the show place
of New Orleans.
Travelling westward to California the lux
ury-loving American comes eventually TO
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ON MARYLAND's SHORE.

Late Arrivals Increase Cottage and
Camp Colonies.
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
ARUNDEL-ON- BAY, Md.
July u. 1900.
Among the recent arrivals are Mrs. E. M.
Colford and family. ]. b. Could and family.
Mr.. Peters and family. Mr.. Mcintyre and
family Mrs. T. C. Heinecke and DR.. Her.
bert and family.
A number of merry campers have pitched
their tents On Chesapeake avenue. The
Golden Sunset Camp includes Mrs Baker
and the Misses Baker. Mrs. Kipp and party
have a picturesque settlement. as yet I'M
named.
Mrs. and Mrs. David Gould are the guests
o. Mr.. and Mrs J. B. Gould.
A shark four feet long was seen in the
cove Thursday by several residents of Point
Pleasant.
Miss Ida Cottrell and Mr.. Joseph w. Cot
trell, who have been the guests of the
Misses Medford. have returned to P!ttsburg
Mr.. James Sanner has purchased DIR.
HaZens cottage.
Mrs. T. M. Kelcher and large house
party are occupying the ''Anaers'' for
short time
Mrs. T. w. Smith and Miss Mabel Smith
are at Atlantic City for two weeks Miss
Carolyn Smith sailed June l6 for a three
months trip abroad.
Mrs. A. Lee Lowe has as her guests her
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. McKim of Wash
iEgtOn.
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when not worn for wheeling. A bicycling
costume may be adopted as a walking or
automobile gown. if well made and pretty.
Natty Outing Costumes.
At the same shop where the Duchess of
Connaught has ordered her waist the Prfn-
cesses Margaret and Patricia of Connaught
have had handsome cycling gowns of Irish
longcloth made Each is cut with a semi
fitting back. gathered in by stitched bands
at the waist and buttoned in front to sew
eral inches below the waist, where il is
finished by a series of false hens put on
one over the other. The neck is trimmed
with insertion and edging the bodice being
buttoned at the side with plain but hand
some buttons harmoniZing with the clnth.
Underneath the skirts are worn smart
knickerbockers The cycling hats are of
plain, coarse straw. with a satin band.
In CIfnginT Crepes.
Crepe de chine is much worn for outdoor
afternoon gowns. Ii is soft and cool. yet
quite dressy. At a fashionable restauran mt
a gown of plated white crepe de chine.
trimmed with applications of black cham
lilly lace. was ore of the most effective
toilets worn by a fashiona bic beauty. The
plaitS on bodice and skirt were laid on in
narrow lines, and were fiattened down by
rows of silk stitching. A collar and short
vest of silk on the bodice were closed by
a row of tiny gold and pearl buttons. The
ioNSi piiI VI the ll2f eu broadly,
owing to the loose arrangement of. the
plaits. and gave to the skirt that bell shape
so much admired in the outline of skirts of
the moment.
Warm Day Waists.
Blouses for warm days are made of thin
material. such organde and NULL White
organdie. crossed with insertions of lace is
most effective. One such was made of or
candle. laid in narrow tucks and with the
bands of insertion even crossing the sleeves.
A blouse of white muslin. with daintily
tucked and insertion-trimmed yoke. was
another satisfactory bodice of this style
Alternate bands of lace and muslin formed
the lower part of the sleeves and the
blouse the shoulder portion of the sleeves
being OF material to correspond with the
yoke. Blouses with al-over patterns of
lace are WON over silk or over low-cut
underbodces of white muslin. They are not
only cool, but elegant in appearance
CATHERINE TALBOT
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A DAY OF DREAD.
Suggestion for Making the Washing
Less of a Bugbcar.

suggestion for Making the Washing
Less of "a BuEbcar.
Why do women cling to Monday for
washing day? Where housekeeper is also
a maid-of-all-work there is some reason for
1t. as Sunday has usually. by comparison,
been with her day of rest, and she Is bet
ter prepared for hard work. But where she
has maids Sunday is with them a fatiguing
day, for besides the dinner and tea they
prepare they go to church. and go to walk,
and are off to see their friends, and making
a gala day of it; in fact they are too tired
out when the next mOning comes for such
hard work as washing. and it would not be
remarkable If the work were done poorly.
II the tasks of some other day of the
week were transferred to Monday perhaps
it would be a good change-one might try
1t as an experiment. If, for ms ance. the
halls and sleeping rooms We're swept and
busted, leaving the parlors and other rooms
of that sort to be attended to, as before, on
Friday. so as to be fresh for Sunday, it
would divide heavy task as well be of
beneht otherwise, or else all the silver and
brasses could be secured, or the closets and
the refrigerators cleared and cleaned. Then
the clothes could be picked up, sorted, put
to soak, and Tuesday given to the wash
with more strength of will and muscle
The fact is the wash is such a disagree
able affair that both mistress and maid are
eager to get it out of the way: and even
this could be mended by an outdoor wash
house or laundry with fire and boiler Then
where the means permit the hire of a wash
erwoman weekly, ii need never be known in
the house that there is such a thing as
washing day at all: and where the means
do not permit of the extra help, sill a
great part of the disagreeableness in the
steam and the smell of suds Is taken away
from the consciousness by being taken out
of the house.
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DOWN AT THE BRANCH.
President and Mrs. Mckinley Expect
ed for n Visit.


LONG BRANCH. n. j., July II, 1900.
The Branch Is already preparing to well
come President and Mrs. Mckinley, who
are to visit the resort next month as the
guests of Senator and Mrs. Hanna. On the
occasion of their visit last year to Vice
President and Mrs. Hobart the whole coast
turned out and gave them royal welcome.
1t is understood that the President will re-
main here about week.
The coming of Senator Hanna next week
will, of course, intensity the political at
mosphere. The resort is already the sum-
mer home of a number of distinguished
politicians, and the arrival of the republic
can chairman viii, of course. attract
good many more. Richard Croker has tenn
porarily left for the mountains. He says he
will return in August and stop with Senator
Murphy and salso with his sons down at
Deal.
AS the date for the horse show draws
near society's interest in that chief social
happening offthe summer heightens.
Henry Davis of Washington is at the
Rowland.
John G. Long. Uhited States minister to
Egypt is at the Rowland.
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A DIPLOMATIC GUEST.
Where Baron Faya Is Summertime
others From This City. ~,

oIherS from THIS city. 9 10.
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star
SEA BRIGHT. n. j.. July l., 1900
The middle of the month finds the season
at this choice resort booming from the
sandy stretch up toward Sandy Hook all
the way down to Monmouth Beach. The
beautiful weather Of the week has called
out of doors the entire summer populace
who have regaied themselves with every
species of amusement they could lay their
hands on. The bewtchiEg dance has claim
ed attention evenings, and down at the
Monmouth Beach Clubhouse the weekly en-
Baron Fava. the Italian ambassador has
practically decided to put in the entire sea-
son at the Octagon. He has a very COM
plete suite of rooms overlooking the ocean,
arranged that he can some of them
for offices for the transaction Of h S ofti-
cal business. Inc baron usually spends the
entire morning in his rooms, and his two
secretaries are consequently kept busy most
of the day. In the afternoon he drives
with The baroness. The baron has expressed
himself as delighted with The beauty OF the
country along the north Jersey shore.
Mayor Van Wyck is another Octagon
guest who Is combining business with peas
ure. The mayor however, makes the boat
trip to New York III order to attend to his
affairs. He returns to Sea Bright about
$50 and always takes plunge in the surf
before going to dinner. Mayor Van Wyck
Is good swimmer and one of the most en-
tEusiastic surf ba,hers at the hotel.
Mr. and Mrs. .. l.. Brown of Washing
where they intend to remain most Of the
summer
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From Harper's Bazaar.

AS soon as a baby is put into short
dresses he should wear stockings not
socks. stockings long enough to cover the
entire leg. There may be no harm done
in wearing socks during the warm weather
but in a climate as changeable as ours
there is certainly some risk. The extremi-
ties ought always 10 be kept warm espe-
cially the feet, and there is no doubt that
severe colds are contracted by children
where the legs have not been properly COW
cred.
The shoes should be of soft kid or
leather and broad enough to give all the
toes free play: also carefully avoid getting
shoe that is too short. Many adults are
great sufferers today and have deformities
of the feet from having during their child
hood worn shoes that have been too short
Neither should children be allowed to wear
pointed toes: it is a shame to crowd the
little toes into small space. A light,
flexible sole. soft leather. length and plenty
of breadth are the desirable qualities for
a chiId'S shoe.
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Enameled saucepans soon become discol-
Ored inside unless they are kept with scru-
pulous care. An easy way of removing
stains is to put small quantity of chloride
of lime into the pan and fill 1t up with cold
water and let 1t remain on the stove where
the heat is moderate for several hours The
pan should then be scrubbed and thorough
1y rinsed and placed on the rack over The
stove. When dry it will be found perfectly
white and free from stains. Scattering
chloride of lime over a sink will cleanse 1t
with less trouble than is required for a
saucepan. The lime should be spread rather
thickly over the sink (which should be wet)
the last thing at night. In the morning ali
that IS necessary is to brush 1t of with q
stif brush and flush the sink with water
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coast: The bttsgets and hotel guests at
Aienhurst and Elberon are taking lively
interest In the event. which is to be for the
benefit OF the local fire department. A
large numbeEof this: wealthy cottagers here
are going to black up and over 200 ladies'
along the coast have lent their names as
patronesses The participants are holding
rehearsa.s every night. and are said to be
developing sofme hssh-grade talent. A full
dress ball at the Inn will follow the min
strel show. and there will be a costly dis
play OF fireworks during the evening.
MAJOR and Mrs. J. NJ. Brown OF Wash
lngton. arrived at the Inn this week, to re-
main the most of lie season.
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From Tit Bits q. m
Look at this, will your exclaimed the
estate and house-renting optimist. I'm this
paper there Is a record of eighty-seven mar
rage licenses issued yesterday
well what of it, said his partner. the
pessimist of the firm. who was leaning back
in a chair. with his hat pulled down over
his eyes.
What of it," echoed the other. Cant
you see? Those eighty-seven marriage Ii
censes mean eighty-seven marriages. The
eighty-seven marriages will lead to eighty
seven inquiries for houses. flats or at least
eligible apartments. It's bound to stimu-
late business in our line, apd well get our
share
THAT doesn't follow at all. Those eighty
seven licenses represent TIA persons, don't
they?"
Yes"
Probably all adults
Undoubtedly. What of it?''
Nothing" grow-led the pessimist: except
that 171 persons who have hitherto occu-
pied ia apartments will hereafter occupy
eighty-seven. You give me a pain. Go
away
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An Able Advocate.
From Life.

Broadway Since going to England
Choate has apparently lost his wit. To
judge from his public utterances. he Ia be-
coming stupid
Manhattan-.'That merely shown the won.
derful adaptabiltty Of ths man"
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Amateur MinstreIs for Fire Laddies
Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star
DEAL, N. j., July IL, 1000.
The amateur minstrel show and bail that
are to be given at the Hathaway Inn on the
evening of Friday July 20. are an absorbing
topic of interest along this part of the
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when not worn for wheeling. A bicycling
costume may be adopted as a walking or
automobile gown. if well made and pretty.
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Late Arrivals Increase Cottage and
Camp Colonies.
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
The National tribune., 1900-03-15
In tha PhilipniueR.

The absence of garrisons in Northern
Luzon has encouraged insurgents to renew
hostilities. Last week. Young and Hood
rebels persistently attacked Aparri for sew
eral hours, but were finally driven away.
Details of the affair are lacking. The
rebels are holding reunions in the province
of North Ilocos. and the Red Katipunan
Cross, symbolic of resistance, is again
appearing among the natives.
It is believed that the insrlrgent Cen
erals. Tinio and Flores, have been driven
by Gen. Young into Gen. Hoods territory
south of Aparri. The fact that Gen.
Young is unable. owing to lack of troops.
to maintain garrisons in all the towns oc-
cupied has had a bad effect on all the ma
tives.
Several small encounters have taken
place elsewhere.
The National tribune., 1900-03-15
Meteor History,

Meteors, Sir Robert Ball tells us. have
n curious history They become visible
to us only at the last moment of their exist
ence-in fact. thei Streak of light which
forms a shooting star Is merely the destruc-
ton Of a meteoroid. The whole briIliancv
of the shooting st:ita is simply due to fric-
ton AS the little body dashes through
the air. it becomesaiifst red-hot, then white
hot. until at last it5is turned into yapor
Thus is formed that glowing streak which
we. standing very iilhny miles below. see
as shooting star. The meteors dash into
our atmosphere with ifrightftii speed. and
it is rather Fortunate for us that they do
So Had the litlebBodies only moved as
quickly as a rifle billet, or even only four
or five times as, fast, they would have
pelted down on the earth in solid form.
Indeed, on rare occasions it does happen
that bodies from fhe heavens strike down
| on the ground. 'lfrhe great ma ajority of
those that fall oil the ground, however,
become entirely tfaifsformed into harmless
vapor The earth would, indeed. be
almost uninhabtable from this cause
alone We're it not for the protection that the
air affords us. All day and all night
! innumerable missiles would be whiZZinp
about us. and though many of them are
undoubtedly very small, yet, as their
speed is one hundred times that of a rifle
bullet, the fusillade would be unpleasant.
The National tribune., 1900-03-15
ALI Due to Roberts,

Discussing the changed aspect of the
situation in South Africa, the London
Times says:
Every day now brings fresh evidence
Of the value of sound strategy, though our
satisfaction at its results is tempered by
sorrow for the loss of thousands of brave
men sacrificed in pursuance of strategy
radically unsound. The appearance of a
mobile British army III the Orange Free
State has completely altered the condi-
tons of the campaign everywhere, and
every alteration is conspicuously to our
advantage. The capture of Cronje and his
force is the smallest part of what Lord
Roberts has achieved. His real service
has completely broken up the whole Boer
plan of campaign, turned their whole elab-
crate line of intrenchmentS, forced them
to evacuate chosen positions, and depart
from their favorite tactics. and enabled
the whole of our army in South Africa to
resume that freedom of movement of which
it had been unfortunately deprived
People talk of Gen. Butler relieving
Ladysmith, but as a matter of fact it was
Roberts who relieved Butler and Lady
smith together. Had he not struck out in
the direction of Bloemfontein, Butler prob
ably would still be making a stubborn but
costly unavaiing attempt to penetrate
an impregnable fastness. and the I'M
fortunate garrison of Ladysmith would
still have been living on quarter rations
and suffering heart sickness and hope de-
ferred"