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The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-06-08
:: SIX SEPARATE STUDY TABLES IN ONE:.

There are several ways of carrying out
this revolving principle. AS it has been
erected at the observatory the table
occupies the major part of one of the
smaller rooms with a good light just
where it is most needed by the person
using it. The main axis of the table
proper, the part used as writing desk
and covered with the materials-manu-
script. photographs. letters. folders,
pens. ink, and dozens of other scientific
and literary miscellany-of the various
subjects which are constantly taking UP
the directors personal attention, rises
from floor to ceiling and turns slowly
passes in review before the stationary
chair in which the director is himself
seated. Above t.;is table aid in the
center of it is the special library con-
tanning all the books and pamphlets like
ly to be needed in the days work. These
books are far enough back not to inter-
fcre with the writing space of the table
and yet near enough to be reached com
fcrtably witaout iuterrupting the proc
ess CT composition, study, proofread-
ing, or correspondence as the case may
be. But there are really six little Ii
braries, and between each of them an
other smaller triangular compartment
for pens. ink, mucilage. letter scales,
paper weights. and all the other things
that accumulate on an ordinary desk
and are always in the way when you
don't want them and invariably hiding
when you do.
Each section is about four feet long
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A Part Of Washington That CiRgs to Customs
and Traditions Of d Generation Ago---Sone
Picturesque People, Typical Of the Gen.
eral Locality, Found in the No-MdR's-Land
Between the Center Market and the Mall.
Suggestion Of Southern court Week. ;"

q oUTH of 1.-THE Avenue" is town
worth yiewing-a part of Wash
~ ington, of course, but as different
from the National Capital as it is
familiar to most eyes as any place could
well be.
Shortly after crossing the Avenue one
leaves the Washington of statues and
circles and parks and clean, new build
ings and well-dressed people, and comes
into that other town-a town of ancient
looking buildings and streets not i'm
maculate, and people whose dress and
whose manner belong to a generation
passed.
1t is. this part of the city, bit of ''old
times" lingering on into the twentieth
century-an eddy in the current of prog
ress, so to speak, where a bit of that
which used to universally be has little
place in the very heart of that which
now almost universally is.
Gossip of Men of the Past.
They, the denizens of that section,
still gossip Familiarity of figures who
long since passed into history, and
scarcely know of the figures who occu-
py the stage today; the political issues
of the long ago are still absorbing prob
lens there, and the issues of today are
either unknown or uncared for, and the
new interests which time has brought
to the other sections of the city hold
nothing of interest TO the section one
Will find by journeying toward the river
and these facts show upon the face
OF that section as moral qualities are
supposed to show upon the faces of indi-
Viduals.
Down back of Center Market, In that
norman ISLAND which lies between the
market and the Mall, is particularly
typical and picturesque spot of the
sort-so far as the people are concerned.
Save for the cobblestones of the street
1t suggests nothing SO strongly as bit
taken from court week" in some small
southern town. A broad street, flooded
with sunshine so hot that outlines ap-
pear evading to the eye, constitutes
the main ground, as it were. To one
side, the south side, indolent and care
less looking negroes recline in the shade
of trees which edge the walk, and along
the curb stand carts and vehicles that |
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by two deep, and in addition has two
good sized drawers for stationery,
stamps. envelopes. measuring charts,
diagrams. photograph slides. and the
other paraphernalia of modern astron-
ony. since the director of an observa-
tory keeps in touch with the various de-
tails of its work. edits and supervises
its constant output OF scientific publica-
tons and records, and carries on the
clerical part of his own personal in
One section is. therefore, for scientific
correspondence, the answering OF ques-
lions about the stars from astronomical
centers, here, there. and everywhere all
over the world. Two sections are de-
voted to photometry-the constant rec
ord of the light or brightness Of the
stars. Another section is for studying
and comparing records of the thousands
CT spectroscopic photographs yearly
and including all the visible stars both
in the northern and southern heni.
spheres. Another is devoted to the
proofsheets CT the observatory annals,
bulletins, and catalogues; and yet an
other TO the odds and ends that must
be daily attended to. although they do
not admit of general classification. And
the new revolving table is very much
like the whole observatory in miniature.
In fact. every bit OF scientific info-ma-
tion that goes out from the observatory
will ride round and round upon it In
process of being di5ested.
or course the expense involved in the
table was mere drop in the $2Q.0oo.
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England until three years ago. Now
consignments are regularly sent from
Maryland. The diamond back variety is
the most esteemed. and cost e18 a
dozen.
One long standing delicacy that rsver
comes down in price is truiIies. This is
because it is next to impossible TO culti-
truffies cost a guinea a pound, and a
pate de foie gras with trufles, such as
would be served at a first-class restau-
rant. will add two guineas to the bill.
Articles OF food which we are accus-
toned to consider common gain eno--
mously in value when prepared in spc
cial ways. Smoked goose breast. for
instance, which is a specially OF n
Strand caterer, is valued at Is shillings
a pound.
One big London restaurant quotes on
the menus Of its most expensive dinners
Fruits defendus'-forbidden fruits
These include Bombay mangoes, lately
brought to London for the first time.
and valued at seven-apdsix apiece, hot
house pines, and pemelo, or fruit.
But, after all, a dish of December
strawberries would pay for the whole
dinner, forbidden fruit and all. Four
pounds head was charged for forced
strawberries at last years Christmas
dinner. and for another feast at the
same hotel pineapple, said to be the
largest ever grown, had been secured at
a cost Of Els.
This is possibly the record ever paid
for one fruit, If We except coco-de
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Ancient and Tubaned Aunb Whose Frying
Pan and Box Are All That She Needs for
Conducting a Quick Order Lunch Room.
FrutLadenPush Carts That Seemingly Are
Never Pushed--Cdkes, Hay, Chickens,
and Vegetables Assembled in the Street.

A block or so beyond where this old
woman has her establishment is an
other, kept by younger woman. and
while it is somewhat more pretentious.
and considerably more popular, it is not
quite so picturesque.
Push Carts Never Pushed.
In this immediate vicinity also null
titude of fruit-laden pushcarts have
their habitat. They suggest very strong
ly the foreign quarters of New York,
but unlike the carts which grace those
districts. the Washington species do
not seem to be peripatetic. They all
congregate in one spot. and there, back
ed up against the curb in long row
as regularly disposed as the stalls of
market. wait such custom as may come
along. Most of them are presided ever
by Greeks or Italians, but here and
there is a negro fruit vender, and these
negro vendors are. every one. ancient
relics and capable almost of remember
ing when bananas. pineapples. and
oranges. the chief lines of their stock
in trade, were costly curiosities in this
latitude.
Bucolic Contributions.
Also the streets Whereabouts are Or
namented here and there with contri-
buttons truly bucolic. Which is to say
that at one spot one will find mild
eyed calf Grated like piece of furni-
ture, and destined for veal. sitting out in
the street where him who has brought
the animal to town for sale has sat him
down for the sake of convenience: and
al another spot there will be found a
great pile of chicken coops filed with
feathered denizens; and at another
group of farm wagons piled high with
hay and drawn by lazylooking horses.
and so on innumerably.
Besides such things as this. the Sec
ton south of the Avenue is filed with
ancient landmarks that are at once
and stored. Among these
is an old slave market. A squatty.
shed-like structure, it catches the at
tention of the observing eye. and sug-
gests the days that are gone. Yet 1t
does not offer any hint Of what it is or
used to be.
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in silver, while the newest caviar,
made not from sturgeon but from ster-
let roe, is only served at two London
restaurants; and in the bill the tiny
portion serYed figures at two guineas
a head-that is, practically its weight in
gold.
Most game is expensive, but the mill
Iionaire who wishes to give his guests
a treat never condescends to anything
so vulgar as pheasant or grouse. Small
birds are eaten. such as Dunstable
larks, OF which 1000 dozen annually
find their way to London, and of which
a dish may be bought for the modest
sum Of 80 shillings.
Ten pounds. however, is the value of
pie made of another kind of bird. and
this British one. The ruff, bird of
the sandplper family. was common
enough in England before the Eastern
fens were drained Now it is a rare Wis
itor and very difficult 10 kill
Oddly enough. no joint, with the pos
sible exception OF bison ribs o. giraffe
steak, is so expensive as really first
class York ham. One OF exceptional
size, weighing in the neighborhood of
fifty pounds, was sent last year TO King
Carlos of Portugal. He paid for it at
the rate of shillings a pound-that IS
TO say. about e12 for the whole ham.
Such comparative rarities as bears flesh
and reindeer venison, both of which are
occasionally put on the London market,
are less expensive than this.
Terrapin was an unknown delicacy in
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-06-08
NE of the first results of the re-
cent anonymous gift of $4,000
made to the Harvard Astronom-

ical Observatory is a new
study table for the directors office. The
table is the invention Of Prof. e. C.
Pickering, the director. and is probably
unique among study tables the world
over. Although it would hardly appeal
to those who live in flats. for it takes
up nearly the whole of one OF the
smaller rooms of the observatory. the
new table offers a very good suggestion
to every busy man who finds it neces-
sary to systematic his work. and sew
eral visitors to the observatory have
already declared their intention to have
similar ones constructed
The new table, which was worked ou.
by Prof. Pickering and Mr.. w. p. Ger
IRISH. also of the observatory, is prac-
tically six separate tables of ordinary
size. each provided with its own book
case. But instead of having to move
around from table to table and from
shelf to shelf, tables and book shelves
move around to whoever is using them,
very much as Mahomet was compelled
to go to the mountain. These tables are
Joined to make one big circular table
which revolves horizontally on an axis
so that each section can be brought
easily within working distance of a sta
tionary office chair The bookcase.
situated in the center of the table. re-
wolves independently. so that any book
may be brought within reach without
disturbing the table itself.
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n EFF is not the highest priced
x food in the world, despite the
l. general opinion at the present
time.
A dinner was given to a little party
of eight at a West End restaurant last
June The bill which the host. young
Australian millionaire. cheerfully FOOT
ed was G16O. Considering that one dish
consisted of the tongues OF two dozen
peacocks, that the soup was turtle-fn,
and the wines were the rarest to be had.
the price seems hardly extrayagant.
Turtle soup has always been held up
as the height Of luxury and extrava-
gance. it is not in the same street.
either as regards price or flavor, with
tur,le-fn soup. Turtle-fn costs twelve
and-six an ounce. II takes a good many
ounces to make a tureenful. If you
wish 10 go step further in the way of
extravaganza. you can pay Is shlllings
an ounce for Chinese birds nest soup.
To come to fish, epicures can never
decide whether Eastern gray mullet or
Caribbean pompano is the best. Ger
tainly the latter is the dearest. Dellv-
cred in London. pompano costs a guinea
to guinea and half a pound. II has
to be brought in ice from Galveston or
Pensacola. Various delicacies made OF
fish roe are also dear. Mullet roe, for
instance. costs little over its weight
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how long it will be; you amt gwine to
perish befo' hits done!"
AS she speaks she arises and proceeds
to feel in the box. and the patron at the
same time retreats to the shade Of the
sidewalk. sits down there, and gives HIM
self over to the joys OF contemplation.
The turbanned old aunty meanwhile
draws forth a shad ready cleaned from
the interior Of the box and after it ar
ancient case knife. With the instrument
she saws off section of the fish, and,
having done so, she restores the remain
der of the fnny denizen to the box's in
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HOTEL DE cURBsToNE.

looks around him for little while,
and then asks:
What's you got terday?"
Fish says the aunty, and it's mitey
nice, chile!"
What's it wuth?" pursues the patron
in the most casual tones Imaginable.
Ten cents" say the old woman in
scornful accents, meant to reflect upon
the paltry price.
We'll, cook me some," says the patron.
How long will it be-"
Go on now and set down." says the
old woman, land don't you mind about
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terror. Then she produces the frying pan
frying process, puts the piece Of fish into
the pan, puts the pan on the pile Of
fagots. light the fagots, and retreats to
the box and resumes her pipe.
Then the fagots begins to crackle, and
the fish begins to sputter, and there
arises thin blue column OF smoke
weighted with an appetizing odor.
Cart drivers and hucksters. rumbling
by. catch the sayory smell. and turr
toward the primitive establishment and
cast longing glances at 1t; pedestrians
sauntering slowly along, stop for mo-
ment to watch the cooking, and now and
then tourist kodak-fiend, CHANGING by.
levels camera at the scene and fixes it
upon film or plate.
Sits and Serenely Smokes.
During all this time the turbanned
aunty sits upon the box and serenely
smokes, and the prospective patron
lounges luxuriously in the shade of the
trees
Finally. however, the old woman
arises with grunt, proceeds to where
the cooking is taking place. turns over
the fish time or two, sprinkles condi-
ments upon it. and announces it will be
ready for serving shortly.
A few minutes later she is setting out
the product of the frying pan upon the
box and the patron to-be is slowly lift
ing himself from his reclining place.
And moment or two more and the
patron is at work upon the meal-the
cynosure of dozens OF pairs of black
eyes, whose owners are seated along the
curb.
''Yessir," said the turbanned one. in
reply to query; 81 sho' kin cook fish.
Use ben cookin' fish for mon thirty
yuhs, Ell ! kin cook hit.
.Yessir, things is bout lax dey used
ter be. Cose lot wv em dat used to
be roun' heah dun died; but den folks
sho' got ter die. 20 know.
"Nossir times amt so pow'ful
charged Dey amt no slavery now, but
den-well, wuz er free niger in de
wah times. l ben er cookin' heah sence
befo' Abe Linkum's time, an Ise gwine
ter keep on twell die. reckon
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seemingly are all connected by ties of
blood.
The vehicles and the animals attached
to them appear to have foregathered
there to rest and recover from the wear
and tear of the long journey, and there
is about them and about the negroes
that fixed air which a country outfit
camping in town for the day presents.
The wagons are loaded with various
burdens, from tropic fruits to peanuts,
and ornamented occasionally with a
proprietor who prefers the hot sun
shine and the wagons body to the shade
OF the sidewalk. And a passerby can
buy there nearly anything the market
affords if he will search long enough.
The negroes lounging in the shade of
the trees engage themselves, the most
of them. in a low-toned conversation,
punctuated at intervals with bursts of
hearty laughter. Some, however. prop
themselves against the tree boxes. pull
their hats down over their eyes, and
doze serenely. while few engage them
selves in some vocation.
With Frying Pan and Box.
OF this last class there are too or
three who might be called outdoor
restaurateurs. One of these is an
ancient and turbanned aunty, and her
equipment for business seems to consist
Of only frying pan and box.
She builds, when the weather permits,
small campfire in the street and pro-
ceeds to prepare thereon a bill Of fare
which usually comprises little more
than fried fish. And this bill of fare
she serves on the box, which is table.
cupboard and pantry.
This business of hers is interesting to
look upon, and picturesque. She, the
old aunty, appears largely in the morn
ings, bearing the frying pan, the
box, the fish and the condiments, and
the other simple requirements of the
meal.
AS soon as she arrives she begins to
make ready. and. in doing this, she first
gathers up a few bits of dry wood and
piles them up. ready to be set afre Then |
she makes whatever other preliminary |
are necessary. and having
done that, takes seat upon the box,
fills and lights a clay pipe. and pro-
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ceeds to contentedly await the coming
of patronage
One of Her Customers.
This in time comes. usually in the
shape of grinning young negro. though
sometimes in tie guise OF sedate old
one.
"Howdy-do. ma ami says the patron.
sauntering carelessly up to her, pow
erful nice mawin', ma ami"
She receives the salutation by re-
moving the pipe from her mouth, spit
ting, and finally nodding assent.
When this assent is given the patron
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One of Her Customers.

ceeds to contentedly await the coming
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= OUTH of the Avenue" is a town
worth viewing-a part of Wash
~ ington, of course, but as different
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Missouri. Tickets continuous
passage and same route both di-
rections Final limit Oct. 81, 1902.
Annual meeting of the Colorado
Rifle association, Central City,
Colo, May 10Th. 1902 Rate of
one and one fifth fares on certifi-
cate plan from all stations in Colo
RADIO. Tickets on sale May l3. Ia,
and 10. Return not later than
three days after close of associa-
ton meeting
State convention of Epworth
League OF Colorado, Salida, June
- to l6 Rate of one and one-hfth
fares on certificate plan from all
stations in Colorado. Tickets on
sale June 10, ii and IL. Return
limit not later than three days
after close of convention.
State meeting department of G..
A. R, Rocky Ford, Colo, June 10,
II and II, one fare for round trip
from Colorado points to Rocky
Ford and return. Selling days
June 9 and 10. Final return limit
June IA, continuous passage.
Imperial Council, Mobiles of
Mystic Shrine, San Francisco,
juno l0-l4. Round trip $40. On
sale May q to June s.. inclusive.
Return limit so days
Supreme Lodge Ancient Order
United Workmen, Portland, Ore,
June 1920. Round trip $40.
National Convention Travellers
Protective Association of America,
Portland, Ore, June 3-7. Round
trip $40
Annual meeting Young Peoples
Christian Union Society of the
United Presbyterian church, Ia
coma, Wash July 1927, 1902
Fare for round trip $40; tickets on
sale July 1922, inclusive. Final
return limit Sept l5, 1902.
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d. St R. q. Excursion Rates.

Summer excursion rates to
eastern points. An open rate of
one standard fare plus 50 for round
trip from ali stations to eastern
points, where rate from Colorado
common points is Sl3 or higher.
Selling dates, Florence, June I and
l3, July 8 and %, August 9, Ii and
81, Sept, 2 and TO- Territory to
which rates apply includes Okla
homa Territory, Indian Territory,
Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, South
Dakota, Kansas, Nebraska, except
points in Kansas and Nebraska
where rate is not less than Sl3,
North Dakota east of Missouri
river, Northern Michigan, Illinois,
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PURELY PERSONAL.

j. Wallace left this morning
for Denver.
---C. e. Curtis returned at noon
from Canon City.
Mr. and Mrs Alf Mitchell are
down from Canon
Father Brunton returned to-
day to his home in Pueblo.
Sylvester &. Williams of Dem
yer, an insurance man, is in the
oity.
John p. Kearns, Walsen-
burg lawyer, is stopping in the
city.
p. r. Mcclure left for Pueblo
this afternoon and will return this
evening.
Simon P. Smith returned at
noon from business trip to Grip
pie Greek.
j. +. Greenawalt came down
from Victor at noon and will re-
main until tomorrow.
james Gordon left today for
Glenwood Springs and before re-
turning to Florence may go on to
Arizona
F. P. Cartwright of Omaha,
distant relative of Peter Cart
wright, the backwoods preacher,
was here yesterday.
g. HI. Wilkes and HI, Houston
are up at Rosita and Silver Cliff
on mining business. They will
return tomorrow.
Mr. and Mrs F. A Gillespie,
who have been the guests of Mr..
and Mrs +. P Purdy, returned to
their home in Colorado Springs
this morning.
Mrs. b. l.. Paris, mother Of
Mrs. G. h. McLain, returned to
her home in Newton, Kansas, over
the Santa Fe last evening, after
spending the winter with her
daughter.
Mrs. A. A. Hawley, state
president of the w. @. T. U, last
night lectured to a good house on
Seed and Fruit" at the Presby-
terian church She also addressed
the ladies in the afternoon.
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Homeseekers' Excursions

Round trip homeseekers' rates
to Northwest on following dates:
April | and 10. May 6 and 20.
Rate of one 6rst-class limited fare
plus 81 for round trip Going
transit limit, 10 days from date of
sale. Tickets to be executed for
return passage any day within
final limit, which shall not be more
than q days from date of sale,
and will be good only for contin-
uous passage on return trip. Rate
applies to Washington, Oregon
and British Columb bia
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The miners of Rookvale and
Fremont mines were paid today.
The amount disbursed at either
place was considerably less than
for some time owing TO the idle
ness of the mines the greater part
of the month. The miners at Coal
Greek and Brookside will be paid
tomorrow. The pay roll at Coal
Creek will be about the same as
usual because that mine worked
nearly every day during April. E.
R. W Bruce of Denver is the pay
master.