Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-09-04
interests Of lawn tennis both at home and

interests Of lawn tennis both at home and
abroad
Small Bankers In Hard Luck.
The east side bankers" have received
severe blow. aRd many OF the smaller try
among them VITA 4ooners or later have to go
out Of business. Their chief source OF in-
come was on drafts on Russia bought by
immigrants in this country to send money
to their wives or relatives ct home. Apart
from the direct profits derived from these
transactions tsey-have been a great con-
venience to the small banking offices OF
Canal, Grand or Essex street, enabling
them to use the money intrusted to them
for transmission in their own business. In
stead OF being sent to Russia at once the
sum to be forwarded IS often detained
week or more to help the banker pay
his bills. The people in Russia thus re-
ceive the remittance later than they ought
to, but this does not matter so long as
they receive 1t at ALL For cases wnere !
banker" disappears with few Thousand
dollars belonging, to poor Jewish families IN
Europe are not very uncommon, ana 'he
question on the east side is not SO much
whether the money sent Is to get TO ~, .s
destination without delay as whether II
will ever leave the bank through Wnlcn
il Is sent. Now. however that the united
States and Russia have signed atreaty under
which the post offices of this country ac-
cept money remittances for the cars en-
pire things are gradually assuming d new
form. This treaty has been TN 1orce since
April 1, and although the Ghettos OF OUT
large cities are rather slow In discovering
the fact. the number of Russian money
orders issued by the post offices Is growing
apace and the business OF the Gnetto Danks
is suffering proportionate falling OF. one
OF the rooms in the foreign money oroer
department in the general post once III
this city has as many desks as there are
countries which have money oroer treaty
vurtf h ArVrrp
ing special country. The accounts nan
died at these are not confined to TINS city'
but come from all over the United STATES.
The Russian desk. which was added 10 tnis
'living man of Europe. as one OF the OH
Gals called it, on April I. has been gettlng
buster every month. Thus the number OF
money orders Russia has grown from
1887 in April to APO in August, ana '.e
total amount sent from this country 70
Russia from 500, 764.9S in April to SGT %
In August.
Yachtsmen are looking forward with
great eagerness to Thursday, September -,
when the seventies will battle for the SlOoO
cup presented by Sir Thomas Upton. me
historic old course out from the SANDY
Hook light vessel has been the scene OF
many a thrilling conflict. but the four
cornered. thirty-miIe windward and lee
ward struggle between the Mineola. yam
kee, Rainbow and Virginia will take It's
place with the best of them. All four boats
have been put in the best possible shape
suggested by their past performances mas
been carefully thought out and applied. and
II Sir Thomas prayer of no fog and plenty
Of wind" be answered favorably those who
witness the race will never lose their recol-
lection of 1t. Old and tried campalgners
now. their little sidiosyncracies are fully
known and appreciated by the opposing
shippers. Guessing at the ultimate erect
of each maneuver is a thing Of the past.
Each instinctively knows what move his
opponent contempates before he begins II,
and 1t will be check and countercneck over
the whole course. Will the skllful Ameri-
can amateur Herman b. Duryea again
prove more than a match for the crafty
English professional Wringe? VIII there
be such jockeying that inevitable collisions
will again set the red flags of protest fly
ing? How With Virginia sail with her nine
new men? These are a few Of the ques-
tons occupying the attention of the ex-
perts. i-rF.--
Work on Charter Revision.
There has been little vacation for the
members of the charter commission this
summer, according to a statement Of .
somewhat wearied reviser. 1t has been a
hot and busy summer for the revision COM
mission. 1t appears from conversations
with several members of the commission
that they are not altogether satisfied with
their work. They do not hesitate to ad-
nit that the formation Of a governmental
scheme for city of the size of New York
hampered by the comparatively brief time
allotted for the work. The law requires
that the new charter shall be submitted to
the governor by December i, which means
that the commission has only three months
in which to finish. it's work. Though a
great deal of progress has been made moth
ing in the way of actual revision has been
done; no detailpof the new charter 1t ia
said, has yet beeen definitely determined
on; and the weishly problems Of municipal
admins ration prOpounded to the commits
sion are yet unsolved.
Hunting Season ODens.
The hunting season was opened Saturday
and it will be lawful to kill deer in all bu,
four counties of this state until November
ID. In the counties of Ulster, Greene, Sui.
Ivan and Delaware there will be no oper
season until 1902. Black and gray squirrels
may also be taken for the next three
months and half, but 1t is still agains
the law to kill wild moose, elk, caribou OF
antelope. The season for feathered game IL
also open, but there are many kinds OF
birds which must not be killed before Sep
TENDER Is. Duck hunters may begin their
sport at once. but the law insists that they
fire their guns at arms length and without
a stationary rest. Plover, surf birds anG
water chicken will also be In season Sew
eral hunting parties have started from this
city for the Adirondacks, and many more
will follow. According to reports from the
mountains there are more deer than there
have been for years and not a few bears
which may be shot on sight, as the game
laws AFFORD bruin no protection