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The Washington times., 1902-09-23
Homes Lacking Taste.

| The art of furnishing is little
known in this country, especially among
the vulgar rich. says a woman whose
home is known for it's beauty and rest
fulness. The last thing that seems to
be considered in their arrangement is
the convenience of the occupants. To
judge merely from appearances, one
would think that they were designed to
serve as showrooms for furniture and
/ bric-a-brac and fancy work. and that
the inmates were only there on suffer-
ance. because they had to have some
refuge from the wind and weather and
no other domicile could be found.
Most women our authority OBJ
serves, treat their homes as store
houses or museums, and the more
things they can crowd into them the
better they are pleased. They prefer to
have the things where they can be seen,
if possible, but when no more space is
| left and not corner is available for
even photograph or china dog they
will pack them away in chests and clos
cts and go on accumulating. They may
have no time for reading or recreation
| or even for the proper care of their own
persons, but that fact never deters
| them from adding to the number of
their household gods and to the already
intolerable task of taking care of them
Mrs. Oiiphant, in one of her stories,
tells of vulgar rich man who liked
to have costly and useless things about
him. He saw no beauty in the Turner
which adorned his drawing room, but
it was sweet to him to think that he
was able to hang up thousands of
pounds, so to speak, upon his walls. 1t
is perhaps something of this feeling
that makes women turn their homes
into museums.
"In n country where so many people
have become suddenly rich or have
been raised from poverty to compare
tive affluence, possession is such an
unfamiliar thing that it seems to
please in itself, apart from any value
in the article possessed and people who
cannot have the satisfaction of possess
ing costly and useless things find some
consolation IN an lnnumeraDle numDer
of cheap and useless, If not cheap and
nasty. articles. In older countries.
where rapid changes of income are not
so frequent, one sees less of this de-
sire for display, and in English homes.
for instance, there is comfort and
restfulness. and consequently beauty,
even in the midst of shabbiness, which
is little known in America. Chicago
Chronicle.
The Washington times., 1902-09-23
GOSSIP AND CHAT HEARD IN
WASHINGTON HOTEL LOBBIES S
Believes Boies Will Win.

Representative Clayton Of Alabama
has returned to Washington from Do
yer, where he attended the Delaware
Democratic State convention. He is
staying at the Riggs House for few
days. awaiting to be assigned by the
national Democratic Congressional
committee to the West Virginia field.
He says the Democrats have every rea-
son to feel encouraged by the outlook
in Delaware He expects to make a
report on the situation as he found
it, and this will be disseminated through
the Democratic headquarters. Like all
Democrats. he sees hopes for the party
in Iowa, by reason of the action of
Speaker Henderson in withdrawing from
the race for reelection.
From reports that come from the
Third Iowa district" said Mr.. Clayton.
Il believe there is no doubt of the
success of Ex-Governor Boies' candi-
dacy. 1t looks as though Mr.. Reese
will defeat Representative Lacey In the
Sixth Iowa district, and then there Is
good promise Of the election of Judge
Wade. the nominee of the Democrats
IN the Second district. The action OF
Speaker Henderson will injure the Re-
publicans in their fancied Iowa strong
hold"
The Washington times., 1902-09-23
WAsHINGTON'S FIRE DEPARTMENT.

Chief opportunity
inspection of the Fire Department to call attention the fact
fegting Capital amenaby
dpropoonae the of the territory be and the
within limits There cities of equal population that
better furnished this respect and the majority of cities of half its
make better showing This is regards apparatus we'll
rs
the lighting
force unable simultaneously with large onfagaon 1t
trucks appliances
tngency Suppose three fires break simultaneously
a prevail and Fire Department would
equal the task of rendering efficient assistance of them
contemplate with anything like equani-
nifty.
Congress mporuned every provide
this
literally Leaving present
apparatus for properly organized fire department.
should
protection the of extraordinarily great confagraon
or several of at and the time
The Washington times., 1902-09-23
IN THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
Miss Mary BIount Will Soon Make Her Debut on the
Stage, Appearing With Charles B. Hanford.
Society Girl of Washington Assigned Curtis
in the "Tamng of the Shrew"-Led Bofen-
Life in School.
Will Appear With Hanford.

Miss Mary Blount, the elder daughter
OF Col. and Mrs. Henry F. Blount of
The Oaks their historic mansion on
the heights of Georgetown, has decid
ed to turn her histrionic gifts to pro-
fessional advantage, and will make her
debut with Mr.. Charles B. Hanford' S
company which will give the initial
performance of the season shortly in
Pittsburg.
Miss Blount will make her first ap-
pearance on the professional stage as
Curtis, in "The Tanning of the Shrew,"
and will be given good parts in other
plays to be presented by Mr.. Hanford
during the winter. She has never car
ed for social gayety. but since her
school girl days has devoted herself en-
| Enthusiastically to study.
| About four years ago Miss Blount
went to Paris. and became the pupil
of the daughter of the famed Delsarte.
Instead of taking advantage of ner
fathers wealth. and installing herself
| in the fashionable section of the French
capital. she preferred % join group
of hard working girl students, who were
obliged to study economy almost as
earnestly as their art They had rooms
in the Latin Quarter. Friends of Miss
Blount. when they called on her at the
studio, found her making a fire. or
sweeping or some other little task OF
housekeeping. The girl bachelors did
these duties by turns. One friend of
Miss Bloant was amazed that she made
some ejaculation that let the other
girls know for the first time that their
comrade who did her share of the work
so cheerily was rich girl used to al
the luxuries of life.
Unlike the average American student
who comes back before thoroughly mas
tering her art, Miss Blount remained
until her famous teacher told her that
she had no more to learn In her line.
She then returned, and for two years
has studied at the Sargent School in
New York.
Some years ago Colonel Blount had
perfectly constructed theater built at
the top of the house, and when Cheya-
lier Trentanove came to this country
one OF his first commissions was TO dec
crate its walls. The figures he painted
on the fawn-tinted wallis were Egyptian
In type. and gives to the small play
house a distinction not edualed proba
bly, in any other private theater in the
country
The plays arranged by the young
daughters of the house have always been
the special features of the merry hos
ptalitios of the Christmas holidays at
The Oaks. and Miss Mary Blount was
always the stage manager and director
in chief About two years ago the
younger sister became the wife OF Rev.
Mr.. Shippen, of Dorchester, Mass.
The Washington times., 1902-09-23
PROGRESS AND PROSPECTS
OF THE PELICAN STATE
BY W. W. HEARD, Governor of Louisiana.


This State covers of 1920 square
miles It. is the gateway of the Mississippi Valley
with the world 1t has 1000 miles of navgabe
has prairie, river bottom, and uplands abounding
with valuable timber which rise from the shores of
the Gulf of Mexico by gradual undulations to ele
vations of 500 feet the northern part of the State,
thus afordng lands and elevations to suit the fancy
and purposes of every dweller or home seeker Its
climate is neither excessively cold warm, and it is
unsurpassed for healthfulness. 1t produces
gar and more rice than any other State and it
yields more cotton per than any other part of
the South.
Its lowlands equal those of the Nile for ferti-
ity, and its uplands are more fertile than lands
of the grade and quality elsewhere. 1t has all
the products and fruits of the temperate and
many Of the products of the tropics 1t has 900
miles of and-locked bays, afording oyster beds and
fisheries surprising those of any other State, capa
BILE of Welding as much riches annually the land
products of the State, which amount to $780,
100000, not counting the output of the sawmills,
the manufactures, the salt and sulphur mines and
the oil wells already discovered and to be discovered
1t has 10000 square miles of alluvial lands and
2500O square miles of uplands the possibilities of
which simply amazing.
In 1880, the population 939,946; in 1890,
111s,5s7; in 1900, 1881 ,625, with an. excess Of
$4,000 whites over the colored. In 1880, the as
sessed valuation of property was 177,096,459; in
1890, 1924 $50, ,791; in 19OO $276679, ,4O7 in 1901
it 1901 ,215, ,222, being increase of $24555,-
The Washington times., 1902-09-23

S15 over the preceding year. and this current wear
the reports indicate another increase of more than
$10,000000 the last year.
The obligations Of the State are above par and
ITS current warrants are paid on presentation The
Legislature of 1902 found ample means to increase
by $135,000 the States annual contribution for the
public schools; to meet the annual increase of $25,-
900 for pensions to the Confederate soldiers and
widows; to contribute 100000 toward the erection
of court building at New Orleans; to provide
$4,000 for repairing the satehouse; to amply sup
Home, the Southern University for Colored Youths,
and in addition to the provision for their support
appropriate for new buildings and sundry improve
meits total sum of 1907 100 for the Institute for
the Blind, the State University and Agricultural and
Mechanical College, the State Normal School, the
Industrial Colleges at Ruston and Lafayette, the
State Insane Asylum, the charity hospitals at New
Orleans and Shreveport, the Lepers' Home and the
State penitentiary, which, in January 1901, passed
to the direct control of the State the convcts being
employed, under very satisfactory conditions, two
plantations purchased by the State and on levees.
The sum of 100000 also appropriated to
establish new asylum for the colored insane and
like sum for the States representation at the Lou
isana Purchase Exposition at St Louis
These are but few illustrations of the prosper
GUS and progressing condition of Louisiana; and
joining to these the steady influx of immigration
and capital and the assured construction of the
isthmian canal, | feel entirely secure in asserting
that the prospects of this Commonwealth were never
brighter.
The Washington times., 1902-09-23
Snow a Good Armor.

"Do you know that snow is highly
efficient protective material" asked Mt
Henri C. Henderson, New Yorker, but
native Norwegian, at the New VIII
lard last night.
.'In Norway, whence / have only re-
Gently come from visit to the home
of my ancestors, the government Is
quick to utilize natural resources. 1t
has been developed by actual expert
ment that a wall or a bank of snow
four feet thick, neither rammed nor
frozen, is proof at a distance against
the bullet of rag-Jorgensen army
rife. We regard as rule snow as
light fluffy material. easily f1urried and
dislodged. For this reason the results
obtained are noteworthy. They are
furthermore valuable to the Norwegian
and Swedish armies, and, in fact. TO all
nations of the north, for any war on the
Scandinavian Peninsula would necessar-
lily be fought in part when the snow
was thick on the ground
The Washington times., 1902-09-23
Encampment Good for Trade.

There will be two fall seasons for
the commercial men who visit Wash
ington.'' said Mr.. D. S. Einstein az the
Raleigh last evening. This is because
of the national encampment Of the
Grand Army of the Republic. and the
number OF visitors that convention will
bring to the city. Merchants generally
have made their purchases for winter
consumption. but they will find at the
close Of the encampment that their
stocks have become so depleted thai !,
will be necessary to restock to carry
them through
Mr.. Einstein says that he will remain
here after the crowds have departed and
work as though he had made no advance
sales.
The Washington times., 1902-09-23
RANDOM REFLECTIONS.

Overcome thyself, upbuild thy be-
ing, make thyself a harmony, a
unity, hold to thy work with stead
fast purpose, doing in all seriousness
and with cheerful heart the thing
that is given thee to do. Herein lies
the secret of blessed life.
Some of US don't know ourselves
half as well as other people know US,
and it is well for our peace of mind
that we don't.
The Washington times., 1902-09-23
Patriotism Developed by the Whip.

Mr.. Charles Henderson. OF New Or
leans, who has been more or less of
constant sojourner in the West Indies
for years, and always an interested
though non-partisan observer Of the
perennial revolutions in the Latin
American countries to the south of the
United States. was at the st. James
yesterday.
The first thing he asked Times man
was: ANY news from Haiti. Panama.
Venezuela, or any other sporadically
disturbed regions down across the
gulf?"
He explained that he had been in
Haiti when the country was never quite
sure who was the president, they were
SO suddenly assassinated and new ones
proclaimed.
standing one day on the streets OF
Port au Prince, the capital of Haiti, 1"
said Mr.. Henderson. 81 beheld strug-
Cling down the narrow thoroughfare a
motley crew OF negroes. There were
fully fifty of them, and as they came
nearer ! saw they were unwillingly be-
ing driven forward by resplendently
earbed negroes, trifie more intelli
gent looking, who we're armed with long
whips. with which they occasionally
persuasively lashed the legs and backs
Of the common herd they were driving
ahead. A bystander informed me the
uniformed personages were officers OF
the Haitian army.
But / asked. who are the others?
They look like convicts.
'Convicts!' replied the bystander.
oh. no: they're not convicts. They're
volunteers, going to the front.
"And that" concluded Mr.. Hender-
son, .is a fair example of the patriotic
inspiration of Haiti, country which
would be far better off were 1t under
the protectorate at least Of the United
States"
The Washington times., 1902-09-23
THE QUIET MAN IN THE CORNER

1 fingered night
who
hat a o US
buied opponents who dared not venture out
a little
discouraged standing still
nome
swoop,
n a
sat
made while the others
80 Of
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reaches
life
bette not forget
still
W. 4 Los Angeles
The Washington times., 1902-09-23
Personal Notes About Washington People.


with Mrs Green New Hampshire expected home tom
thema
farewell the assistant
tor who ha the Chicago
of has froma
vacation.
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The Washington times., 1902-09-23

Sometimes a man will tolerate
even his mother n-law-if she con-
tributes to her daughters support.
The most innocent appearing per.
son in the world is woman when
she is telling a lie.
A woman's affection should be so
deep that she could forgive a hus-
band for preferring a fairer face than
her own.
The Washington times., 1902-09-23
A Graceful Reply.

Viscount Wolseley has replied as fol-
lows to a correspondent who asked
whether he was correctly reported as
describing the American Army as the
best In the world" Lord Wolselcy
presents his compliments to Mr.. Skeen,
and begs to inform him that he believes
the newspaper cutting contained in that
gentleman's letter to be a good descrip-
ton of the army he refers to.
The Washington times., 1902-09-23
French Duel Imported.

Brooklyn Eagle-Two Cubans fought a
pistol duel in Tampa, Fla, the other
other lost the skin from his knuckle
They then cried over one another and
kissed. So the French duel has been i'm.
ported.
The Washington times., 1902-09-23
Three Terrible Ds.

Baltimore American-The Duchess of
Marlborough bewails the stiff dignity
and the consequent loss of really good
times in the position OF an English
duchess compared with that of an Amer
ican girl. But there need be no sympathy
wasted on such cases as hers. America n
girls are under no compulsion to give up
their good times and their liberty for
diadems, dignity and dullness.
The Washington times., 1902-09-23
Arbitration the Best Remedy.

Springfield Republican-In one day las
week three labor disputes with capita
were settled by arbitration, and on Other
days two more threatened strikes of Sc.
rious proportions were thus averted
There is usually something 10 arbitrate
In these controversies, and the sooner
labor and capital come to concede this
the better 1t will be for them and the
public.
The Washington times., 1902-09-23
New Official in Sight.

Topeka State Journal-It looks All
though the country were being prepared
for the addition to the list Of another
Government officer to be known as the
examiner Of trusts. His business. of
course, will be to determine whether
trust is good or bad, and issue GER
tificates of character where they are de-
serving.
The Washington times., 1902-09-23
Entertains Little Friends.

Miss Glenda Hornungt entertained her
little friends Saturday evening to cele-
brate her sixth birthday. Among those
present were Misses Maud Maxwell. An
ME Magruder. Irma Reich Frieda Luke,
Salome Harris Rosie Clark. Leonora
Siegel. Marian Siegel. Juliet Mundheim,
Esther Loehl. Bertha Loehl. Agatha
Wells. Teresia Kennedy, Katie Sullivan,
Katie Gudgin. Alcinda Gudgin, Mar
CLINE Bean. Edith Hogeland. Masters
Ralph Bernstein. Garnett Mattingly,
Emery Clark. Nelson Miller. Edwin
Cox. Miss May Harris. Miss Ruth Fall
Ion. Miss Pearl Martin. Mrs Maxwell,
Mrs. Bean, Mrs. Harris, Mr.. kulfner, Mr..
and Mrs. Hornung
The Washington times., 1902-09-23
Eph's Daily Thought.

"Yes. sah." said Charcoal Eph, after
the raid, ''ie loves roos' am de easies'
one t reach, but nah experience am dat
de suspicious nature oh de fahmer
finally cause de fat fowl To- L stay on
de top perch, Mistah Johnson. "-Balti-
more News.
The Washington times., 1902-09-23
Tells of Many Gowns.

Mr.. and Mrs. Larz Anderson are at
their home at Brookline. Mass. before
coming TO Washington. An out-of-town
paper is authority for the statement that
Mrs. Anderson has brought with her
from Europe twenty three trunks filed
with gowns for the coming season, as
she is to enter society this winter for
the first time since the death OF her
father, Commander Hamilton Perkins.
The Washington times., 1902-09-23
without Seeing Washington.

Chicago Record -Herald-The Grand
Duke Boris has departed. He not only
made name for himself during his stay
but several kinds of names.
The Washington times., 1902-09-23
Uneasy Rests, Etc.

st. Louis Globe e-Democrat-The Speak
ership must be a thorny place, judging
from the manner of the retirement of
Thomas B. Reed and David B. Hender-
son.
The Washington times., 1902-09-23
Where They Would Score,

Atlanta Journe Sir Thomas Upton
wants the next yacht races set for Au-
gust. as the wind is too strong in Sep
tember. We have always thought that
Sir Thomas yachts would do better in
a calm
The Washington times., 1902-09-23
Subscription Rates to Out of

MORNING EDITION. one year. S.; six
months. $3.50; three months, s1.25. Morn
ing and Sunday, one year. 81; six months,
$3.50; three months. s1.75. Sunday edi-
tion only. one year. 81; six months. 81;
three months. 90 cents.
The Washington times., 1902-09-23
CURRENT PRESS COMMENT.
Kaiser on Trolley Car.

Milwaukee Sent:Eel-Kaiser Wilhelm
says the trolley car is an enemy Of
humanity. The Kaiser must have been
having dispute over a transfer.
The Washington times., 1902-09-23
Town Points, Postage Prepaid.

EVENING EDITION. one year. SO; six
months, sL5o; three months. IS cents.
Evening and Sunday. one year, So; six
months. $3.50; three months, sL25.
Morning. Evening. and Sunday. one year.
The Washington times., 1902-09-23
Now's the Time.

Providence Journal-This would l.. an
excellent time to make study Of the
New Zealand arbitration system.
The Washington times., 1902-09-23
Visiting in Boston.

Col. and Mrs. Theodore A. Bingham
are at the Hotel Westminster. Boston.
Their summer was spent at their coun-
try place in Nova Scotia
The Washington times., 1902-09-23
HASSAN'S PROVERB.

King Hassan. well beloved to say,
When aught went wrong. any labor failed:
Tomorrow, friends will be another dayt"
that faith he Slept and prevailed.
Long live this proverb! While world shall roll
Tomorrows fresh shall rise from the night
And baptize the indonfitable soul
With courage for its never-ending fight.
No one, say, is conquered till he yields; I
And yield he need while, like mist from glass;
God wipes the stain Of lifes old battlefeds
From every morning that he brings to pass.
New day new hope. courage! Let this be,
o soul. thy cheerful creed What's yesterday
With all its shards and wreck md grief to thee?
Forget it, then-here lies the victors way
Christian Endeavor WI
The Washington times., 1902-09-23
Announcement Is Denied.

The relatives and friends of Miss
Isabel Taggart. daughter of Mr.. Hugh
T. Taggart, of 3249 n Street northwest,
assistant prosecuting attorney OF the
District, are endeayoring to trace the
authorship of an announc ement that
Miss Taggart would be married at Holy
Trinity Church to Daniel Ely on Sep
tember 20. The announcement was
written by some person unknown to
Miss Taggart and signed with her name
Miss Taggart is not even acquainted
with the Mr.. Ely mentioned, and the
announcement was pure fabrication.
The Washington times., 1902-09-23
Will Be Welded October 1.

The wedding OF Miss Mamie Haw-
thorne Clear and Mr.. Walter James
Wilson will take place in the Church Of
the Covenant on the evening of October
at $3.50 o'clock Miss Clear is the
alto soloist in Gurley Memorial Church.
and was for some time the alto in the
Sixteenth Street Baptist Church choir.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1902-04-05
Had A swELL TIME.

The Woodmen gave their first blow
out last Wednesday evening and to
say that it was a success is placing it
too mildly for any one to get an al
equate understanding Of the immensely
Of the time that was had.
The supper was served in the lodge
room and everyone was pleased with
the spread that had been provided by
the lodge. Long tables were placed
along the side Of the rom. xpnning
from end to end and act shiodating
about 80 persons at ht{Ing. These
tables were loaded witlhRll kinds Of
good things.
The dance was ut the opera house
and the music was furnished By Van
derberg S full orchestra Of seven pieces.
II was AN ,.excellent dance and no mis-.
take.