Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-04

.s1,ba ,,iaw of the solar eclipse anorden
mo residents and visitors to Norfolk was
, sigh. never to be forgotten. said MI
Easor OdeN OF Norfolk. who IA Visitins
frisnds in this city. Almost everybody III
town got up early to be on hand wheh the
phenomena occurred. Smoked glass was
a. A premium and spectacles sofa dt d very
high price OF course. there were huhier-
GUS :akirs in the streets. attracteu' II"
d ubt. by the opportunities onerea D5 tne
cr,wi TO dispose OF nothing for sonneth.hs
Fary hotel in the city was packed. anu
rr4,v of the private residences held num-
b-.s Of visitors.
4f: air was the manner in "hicn the iahi
r,.,y.s upon the credulity Of the eminen,
.-..n,Is-s who selected Norfolk as the point
,e 5nsarv,tion The shadow had hardly
-, sd from the face Of The sun wher these
tr..r,rt,irg sidewalk merchants were seen
r,i- nIn, here and there with othtiai prip
toz-aphs Of the eclipse. only |" cents, tn'
NJ, -tlv..s they displayed were rear ploto-
u, ms OF A real eclipse. but me ecipSc
Too; place some time ago sd" one VI
rs photographs which was a remark
ably good one. by the way. anu ne,
who so!d them took me into has confidence
.,at1sh 10 Tel! NE that the pictures Wsie
AIKEN At the last eclipse OF the sun. ne
rhot,s were bought by every one. ana no
ma
mr. mn they were genuine pictures OF me
Inns of 1890 or some other year. But
WY should questions be asked AN euiipoe
Is an eclipse wherever or whenever 1t
'irS and one picture - as gnu o. "
urh-r
A MAJ, who does not stop to think OF II
c,, have no idea of the enormous
business hat is carried on daiiy IN 'e-
r,,r.n,ens store" said Mr.. Isaac Neurnan
Nat
I'm .he Old days when small stores were
tn. rule. a days sales which amounted 10
:, thousand dollars was record to ne
-.,i If r,,t now II Is all different. In
an. of the stores in this city. and In the
.,a-hiuy department alone. it is a common
.rin, I, take IN thirty-fiVe hundred dol
I,rs saturday l. would be Impossible TO
-,v What the amount OF a days sale Is in
the -ntire store.
.-rh.r. are many merchants IL this cOur-
RI; who do not carry stock worth m"
,rLoUnt have quoted and yet The sale IN
rh.. store have IN mind wound hardly de-
..-,-as, the number Of suits displayed on
th- various tables and shelves enough 20
allow a customer TO perceive it. There Is
.i,-p,ay.,d in one show window IN 'hLs city
c;othiug worth almost a thousand collars.
and its value Is never taken into account
wien il comes to making an attractive as
ulay | pEce made tabls or me DAY
4.Li,. In one OF the large stores IN Ne" YORK
o:. 4 certain Saturday last spring DO
10. remember the exact figures OF the ag-
s-es4ta amount but | can state that there
,ve-- thirty-six statesmen in the clothing ne-
r4rtrrent and the sales Of each amonntci
10 more ;han five hundred dollars Tor tn:
.,.y Tina, would make a total of SlS.o1 ina
day What would our ancestors have saia
Z, such a days work as that Yet they
often lost that much In gambling. r1gnt
here n Washington. and did not think
much of IL either These are days or bus.-
ness. md the land Of the free and the
brave Is doing the biggest part OF It. 100.
About a hundred excurs!onists from Dan
VILE Va. spent Decoration day in wash
iugton. They were Quartered at the van-
Gus down town hotels-whcrever they
could secure accommodation. Most Of the
visitors spent the day at Arlington They
came here under the auspices of the Eiks
and will remain for several days. There
have been number Of excursions from
Richmond to this city also. and the hotels
near the railroad stations have been doing
A good business since the Shriners left
Richmond has been having May carnival
and many of the visitors from the south
20 the Virginia capital took advantage OF
the cheap rates to visit this city.
Mr. Carlos " Taunel Of New Mexico was
the center Of a group Of after-dnneI
smokers in the billiard room of the Metro
poIitan last night and every of the
crowd had told of some queer game he had
run up against during his travels abou,
the globe. The queerest thing l ever saw
was right here in Washington" said Mr.
TauneI. 1T was not a new game or any
thing Of the kind. but 1t was simply a
sort Of destruction OF my ideals. 1 had