Evening star., 1901-02-16

Guiding the barrel When it Is considered
that the common grades of elders bring even
a better price than this, it Is easily seen
that there was no money in wine at such
price. The wine growers of the state nave
been endeavoring to get better price, OF
course, but they did not succeed. They
have now just done what many other in
terests have done, formed combination by
which they have raised the price to thirty
cents per gallon. Just think of It, even
your lowest grade of vinegar brings thirty
cents at retail Certainly it costs as much
to produce wine as it does to produce apple
cider or its resultant, vinegar.
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Senators Tillman and Wolcott are the
only left-handed men in the Senate said
South Carolinian. Senator Tillman has
almost perfect use of both hands, but more
often uses the left hand. He writes his
name with equal ease and facility with
either hand, but in this respect, as in others,
most of the time uses the left He writes
his name in a bold. plain style, and his
manuscript Is read without the least trou-
Bile. l notice quite a change in Senator Till
mans disposition. His stay in Washington
is putting more polish on him, and the
rough. hard edges are wearing away. Till
man is man of great brains and ability,
but he has always been quick-spoken and
rather rough in his manner. He believed IN
saying just what he thought and felt, no
ma tier where and how much it hurt. AS he
gets older he shows more policy and is
slowly curbing his tongue. In consequence
MS usefulness to his state grows with each
day In the Senate, where he Is taking rank
with the brainy men. Age is changing the
man wonderfully, and for the better all the
time
" So as to get the locations right and fixed
for all time" observed an official of the
Oldest Inhabitants Association to a Star
reporter. Il have given considerable re-
search to the matter of the exact locations
of the round tops the six buildings the
seven buildings and the two sisters which
figure very extensively in the early his
tory of Washington city. All of these build
ings were erected about 1900, and were
probably more famous than any other
buildings in what is now the west end of
the city. They were the residences of we'll
known citizens who were prominent in the
hospitalities of that time. The round tops
were given that name from the peculiar
round top shape Of their roofs. and were
in the square bounded by 23d and oath
streets. Pennsylvania avenue and l. street.
The six buildings were three-story struct-
ures and very elegant homes In their day.
They faced Pennsylvania avenue, the yards
of which ran back to X street, and were
near 22d street. The seven buildings were
older than the others, and were on the
square bounded by 10Th and 10th streets,
two sisters were two-story brick buildings,
and were located between st. Johns Church
and what Is now the Arlington Hotel. The
buildings We're exactly the same shape, and
were originally residences, though later on,
one of them, the one nearest st. John S
Church. was occupied cabinet makers
shop in which were made in 1850 the first
mahogany desks used in Congress.
1T has no connection with this matter,
but there is another thing that I would
like to have fixed right, and that Is, the
first race track in Washington. 1t Is gen.
orally thought that the first race track was
located on what is now. and was then
called Holmead Manor. There was a race
course at Homead on which many famous
races We're run, but the races there were
most all running races. 1t was known as
the Congressional race track, for the rea-
son that Congress very frequently ad-
journed so that its members could go out
to witness the races. Short races were un-
known then. Now and then mile races took
place but-the big events were always TWO
or four miles, the great races being always
four miles But years before the Holmead
track was established there was a race
track on the south end of the Jenkins
farm. The track which was owned by
DR.. Thornton, was on a held bounded py
what is now 4th and 9th streets. and Il
and \ streets. 1t was on the thornton
track that the first series of trotting races
even took place in this city, though there
were a few very stiff, as far as purses are
concerned, running races ran OIL 'here
also
"a faint idea Of the immense business
that was done last year in the dry goods
district Of our CITY, said a wholesale dealer
in yeilings In New York to Star reporter
recently, may be formed when 1t Is known
that the trade in veiings alone amounted to
between S75OO.OOO and IS 100000. No veil
ings are manufactured In this country. It
is all imported, and fully f1ve-sixths OF 1t
comes from France while the other fraction
is manufactured in Nottingham, England,
for the American market.
1.-The demand for veilings Is increasing
every year in a far greater ratio than Is the
population. Three times more is sold now
than ten years ago. Fashion, Of course,
has much to do with the demand, and at
present the material is used by women very
extensively. Every lace establishment car
ries veilings, and they may also be had in a
number of dry goods stores, but there are
five or six houses In New York which sell
that article and nothing else. The prices
range from cents to 30 per yard, and more
if specially ordered. To the inexperienced
purchaser 1t would seem absurd to see the
small parcel of veilings in the high-priced
lots that are worth $1,000. 1t would not be
difficult to stow such a package away in
ones overcoat pocket. The duty on imports
is 20 per cent"