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Evening star., 1902-08-21

Mr.. and Mrs. Payne Whitney, who since
their return from Europe have been with
Secretary and Mrs Hay at The Fells Lake
Sunapee, n. H. have leased the AmeriC
Hugh Paget house. II East 6tst street, New
York city, and will take possession within
a month or so.
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Mrs. A. C. Thour and family are occupy
ing their cottage, the WILLOWS, at Colo
nial Beach. They have as their guests al
present Misses Mabel Daily and Louise
O'Meare. also Miss Alma Harris of Ia.
koma.
Evening star., 1902-08-21

Col. Arthur Lee. NJ P, and Mrs. Lee who
was Miss Ruth Moore of New York have
come for a visit to this country, arriving by
yesterdays steamer.
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being the birthday of their son Elmore.
The little guests assembled in the garden,
which had been tastefully decorated with
Chinese lanterns, and where they were
served with ice cream. cake and fruit
They were entertained with music and
games, and all had good time Among
those present were Masters Edward Pick
ford, Earl Bloomer. Leo Torrens. Raymond
Clarke, LIE Roy Hirth. Henry and Willie
Hornig Raymond Coombs. Misses Doro-
thy McCauley, Louise Loetsch, Elizabeth
AlberS, together with their parents. The
young host was the recipient of many val
liable presents.
Mrs. Sarah Klock celebrated her ninety
second birthday at her home, near Falls
Church, Va, yesterday. In honor Of the
event quite a number of the members OF
the Presbyterian Church. with which she
is connected, gathered at her residence in
the afternoon. A large cake and hand
some bouquet of ninety two 0seS were pre-
sented Mrs Klock by Mrs. d. Q. Munson in
behalf Of the ladies of the church. The
guests then repaired to the dining room TO
partake of the bountifui repast provided by
the hostess. Those present were Rev. and
Mrs. r. A. Dawson, Mr.. and Mrs. 4. f.
Lounsbury, Mr.. and Mrs. George w. Man
kin, Mr.. and Mrs. George B. Ives, Col and
Mrs. r. 2. Buckner, Mrs J. H Garretson'
Mrs. Mary A. Shreve, Mrs. d. o. Munson,
Mrs. NJ. B. Jacobs, Mrs. Yale Rice Mrs.
Ladd, Mrs. Tobias Robey, Mrs. Webster
Klock, Miss Sarah klock. Miss Emmaline
hIock, hf. toualndH hlOCh anu MI. Den
jamin Klock.
pretty home wedding was that of Miss
Maude A. Hopkins and MIR. Albin S. Quin-
ter,,both of Washington, ID. c., which took
place on the 14th at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. A c. Banker. 467' South Sd East street,
Salt Lake City. Utah. The ceremony was
performed by the Rev. Clarence T. Brown
Of the First Congregational Church and
was followed by a pleasant reception at
which about thirty-fiVe friends of the young
people were present. The bride was at
tended by Miss Mamie Banker brides
maid and was dressed in a dainty gown of
white organdie. with trimmings of lace and
chiffon. She carried a shower bouquet of
white carnations. The house was prettily
decorated with pink and white carnations
and smiiaX festoOued in graceful ropes
around the walls. The bride Is well known
in society in this city. Mr.. and Mrs. Quin-
ter will be home for the present at -
North State street, Salt Lake City.
Mrs. Helen Richardson and son of Balti-
more are visiting Mrs. Samuel Gaskins of
1411 10Th street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin b. Hess left this aft
ern0on for a two weeks vacation. They
will go to Atlantic City for a few days and
will probably spend a short time in the
mountains before they return home.
The Misses Julia Brakhagen of 905 9TH
street northwest. Misses Emma Plugge. 473
Pennsylvania avenue northwest. and the
Misses Cameron and De COster from North
east Capitol Hill will leave tomorrow for
New York to embark on the steamship
kronstadt for Antwerp for extensive
trip in Europe. They will visit Holland,
Belgium, Switzerland, Italy, France and
part of Germany.
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Mr. and Mrs. r. L. Moorsom are at At
lantic City.
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: Number of Accidents.

Machinist Robinson reports four accidents
to the apparatus Of the department during
the year and 153 repair jobs to the same.
One of the large pieces of work done by
him was the overhauling of extra engine
No. 3 and placing the same in service at
No. II engine house. He also ovcrhluisd
Nos. !, and fire engines. He personally
tested and inspected all hose belonging 10
the department twice during the year lie
recommends that two steam fire engines be
purchased of not less than second size. and
that they be placed in companies, the ones
replaced by them to be used as extras He
asks that 10000 be appropriated TO build
and equip repair shop upon District land
to do the work of the fire department.
Evening star., 1902-08-21

Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Shaw have re-
turned from Lakeview Farm, Md, and are
located at the Pierpont where they will be
pleased to see their friends after Septem-
ber 15.
Evening star., 1902-08-21

Mr. and Mrs. George Johannes enter
tanned a large number of little folks a.
their home Monday evening, the eccasion
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bridegroom's brother, Cadet Douglas Mac
Arthur. Harry Coolidge of Boston, Sur
geon Frank Pleadwen, L. S. N, Lieut..
Chester Wells, Lieut.. A. Bronson, Lieut..
Pope Washington and Lieut.. William Rey-
nolds, L. S. N, were ushers.
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Still Offering Summer Mill Ends.

THE IS IN
a rLaE OR ZC
10000 Yards
II AssdRTMhMNP M ARE IRE AL GOOD; c1N 36c
SsSUO Yards
pore TaTIERXs AND 90Rs WHICH WILL
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RSSS f. @ $$f:H f5 Ei Ss$ 555 t Sr 6Bc
iUoG saros 1 5s ' E5SaS HE Ht
wv " S : HI s$$# & B i #s1 $40.
IsSUU Yards OF NEW GINDEREILA
HJ a; t5$E ;%E S, aS A:s t @ 4 84c.
Evening star., 1902-08-21
Veterinarian Reports.

The Commissioners have also received
from the fire department the annual re-
port of c. b. Robinson. the veterinarian
and Thomas NJ. Robinson, machinist OF the
fire department.
Mr.. Robinson states that during the last
fiscal year forty-three new horses had been
purchased for the department twenty-five
condemned as unfit for further fire service.
three destroy ed and two dying from dis
ease Nine horses are now I'm bad Condi-
tion and 7hould be replaced. The construc-
ton Of a department stable has been a
great relief to the veterinarian. He says
the stable should have two attendants. ma
suggests an appropriation be asked for au-
thorizing the placing Of one more man, and
also that room be built there where drugs
used may be safely kept A yard. he says,
where the horses might be turned out.
would be of great benefit. and could be con-
structed south Of the stable. where the
District owns land. Ii would only cost the
pf he fInH
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FIRES IN DISTRICT
MARSHAL BIEBER MAKES RE-
PORT FOR PAST FISCAL YEAR.
Losses for Twelve Months Aggregated
$134 5o4-Fire Department Com
plimented-No Serious Casualties.

Mr.. Sidney Bieber. fire marshal Of the
District. has made his first annual report TO
the chief engineer OF the fire department
and il has been forwarded with approval 10
the District Commissioners Mr. Bieber has
occupied the position Of fire marshal since
January "a, 1892, succeeding William @.
Drew, who retired at that time after thirty
three years Of conscientious and creditable
service. In regard to fire losses Mr Bieber
repeats the figures gwen TO the Commits
sioners in the annual report Of the chief
engineer. The total loss was SI345n less
than one-half Of that OF the previous year
Referring 10 the inspection work during
the year. Mr.. Bieber having served as as
sistant to the fire marshal up to the time OF
pelns appointed succt ssor to Mr.. Drew, the
report says:
During the year 309l business houses
and cellars We're inspected for the purpose
of ascertaning their condition and whether
they aHorded ample passageway for the de-
partment In case of fire therein but few
were found in bad condition. l am glad to
note the cooperation OF the occupants and
owners in this work of minimizing possi-
bic danger and to state that the sugges-
lions made by this Office were as a rule
promptly adopted. Together with the SEN
lor assistant chief engineer. William T.
Belt, thorough inspection was made OF the
theaterS and other places Of amuse ment,
school buildings. Summaries, hotels ana
apartment houses, with good results
Small Loss During Year.
The small loss during the past year
speaks well for the promptness and eff-
cheney of the department. the number of
confined fires being remarkably large a
feature of lighting fires the iInpurtanc, of
which cannot be ovcrestimated.
Complaints made to this office in regard
to danger from fire from different causes
were attended to and reported on
j am most happy to state that there
were no serious casualties among the mem
bers of this department during the year"
The fire marshal submits detailed state
ments OF the various fires during the year
together with the amount of insurance and
loss in each case. The report is a very
thorough one and many valuable statistics
have been compiled.
Evening star., 1902-08-21
S. KANN, SONS & co. s. KANN, SONS co.

that will be who will be the first
selling inclined
rtised charged drawing
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engine weighs forty-eight tons and 1t gets
Its current from that third rail in the CEN
ter by means of two contact shoes which
are mounted on each side of the locomotive
The engineer stands in the center OF the
engine and operates the controller There
Is circuit breaker and an ammeter
mounted on each side Of the cab. and also
an air pump and motor of large capacity
beautifully it Is made.
Learning to Hustle
But look at the cars See the people rush.
ing in and out. They surely cannot be
Britishers, for they have move on them
like the hustlng Americans. The truth is
that the average Londoner did not know
what the word hustle meant until this
road was put in. On the ordinary train it
is the custom to stop and take up the tick
cts before you enter the principal cites
That is what did before l got to London
and five hundred people waited with me ten
minutes while they took up the tickets. In
the tube line the tickets are dropped into
the boxes before you get in and the con-
ductor urges the passengers to step lively
or they will get left.
We have to rush to get our own seats
The gate CLOSES as soon as we are on the
platform and the car has started before we
have taken our seats.
How American everything isl We can
almost imagine ourselves back in dear old
New York. The cars are almost fac-sim-
lie of those on our elevated railroads, ex-
cept that the ceilings are lower and the
seats are upholstered.
But we have left the station and shot into
the darkness of the tube. We can see moth
ing out of the windows, but within electric
lamps in balls Gut glass as big as your
fist make the carSas light as day. We go
on shooting through section after section
of the great dark tube and coming out into
light at the stations. 1t is like riding
through flute and looking out at the
holes. We ride to the Bank and then go
back to Shepherds Bush, and then back to
the Bank to study the road.
Twenty Acres OF Electricity.
At Shepherds Bush we come again to the
surface and go over the enormous electric
works built there to operate the Tuppenny
Tube. They cover twenty acres, and with
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cents ride About one-third of all the
people who rode in London last year rode
in omnibuses. while two-thirds of them
were pulled by horses And this is in the
biggest city Of the world!
Fortunes in Electricity.
Is 1t any wonder that the Yankees are
grasping at these enormous possibilities
with itching palms? know a baker dozen
of New York millonaires who are schem-
ing to carry the Lendonef to and from his
business more rapidly. at a good round
profit to themselves. You have all heard
of Charles Tyson Yerkes. He made a few
millions in Chicago, the most rapid city of
the world, In carting passengers to and fro.
He has come to London and expects to
make tens of millionh In carrying these
slowest people in the same way He has,
1t is SAID the CONTROL OF the Metropolitan
their power to electricity. t,Pierpont Nor
gan is in another big scheme and the chief
systems seem destined to- be owned by
Americans.
es of Ps Nh the pessn
be estimated. With fast trains, twice as
many will ride as under the present system
and rapid transit will make the city grow
beyond conception. IT. has 100000 people
now. and it is estimated that it will have
100000 within thirty years. The new
electrical schemes proposed will make the
whole of England its suburbs. and by the
Mono rail systems. of which / shall write
later, millions of people outside will be
brought to and from it in less than an
hour.
In the Tuppenny Tube.
But let us enter the Tuppenny Tube. We
are in the west end of London and there is
the Marble Arch station just over the way.
The ground on which it Is built Is worth
about IS square inch. but 1t is only one
story. You see the sign Central London
Railway" and fare 2dd to any station" on
the front windows. We make our way
through the buses and ,hansoms and enter
the door. ss... .5+ :.
How clean everything is. The walls are
tiled and all above Is white There are
glass doors in the ticket windows and over
them incandescent electric lights. We each
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immortality and a history of the league, in
which the following are set forth 'Prin-
ciples to be observed by the League of the
Good Samaritan "Brotherly love, justice
and equal rites to ALL to show charity and
mercy to every one found in DISTRESS to
endeavor to suppress every sort of vice; to
provide every facility to successfully pro-
mote reform work; to aid and conduct the
works of charity in the most practical and
economical manner; to endeavor to place
only citizens of the highest moral character
in public office regardless of creed, national
ity or politics. to promptly pay the weekly
dues for the successful carrying on of the
work. 1t should be stated that these
weekly dues are graduated, and begin
ming with l cent, can be voluntarily in
creased to 81.
Successful Work for Temperance.
Enough has been quoted from Mr..
Downey's talk on the league and the home
to indicate how ardently he espouses the
cause of temperance. This attitude on his
part is an outcome of his work in the pris-
ons before organizing the League of the
Good Samaritan.
Il soon saw" he explained, that it did
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year. and also . per cent on the purchase
price Of the property. which il owns in Zee
SIMPLE, and per cent on the value of its
depots and other buildings. II also pays
liz per cent of the increase Of the gross
receipts over those of the year of 1896. IL
pays other fixed charges. so that the orig
mai owners have a very fair bargain. At
the same time the receipts are large They
amounted to almost Sio0.00O i'm 1891. and
showed a profit balance of about 500 COO
On the Southern London tramways the
profit last year to the city was in the
neighborhood OF S1J0.O00. and this notwith-
standing that the passengers were carried
at an average fare of less than . cents per
ride. On the omnibuses a. per cent Of the
passengers were carried at 1-cent fares
and 4S per cent NJ cents per ride.
The county council is steadily buying
railroads, and 1t has a number under COM
struction. | may have more to say of its
work in the future.
FRANK c. CARPENTER
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THE TUPPENNY TUBE
Great Electric Railway That
Runs Under London.
AMERICAN ENTERPRISE
CITY BEHIND THE TIMES IN MAT
TER OF TRANSPORTATION.
A Third of Billion People Drawn
by Horses-Plans for the
Future.
AMERICAN ENTERPRISE
Copyright, 1902, by Frank G. Carpenter)
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.

Copyright, 1902, by Frank u. Carpenter-)
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
LONDON, May 80, 1902.
Come with me and take a ride through
the Tuppenny Tube Do you know what it
is? 1t is an immense iron tunnel, SO big
that two men could stand one on the Shout
ders of the other upright within 1t and the
hair of the upper man would just Craze the
roof. 1t is six miles in length and it runs
under the busiest part of this busiest city
of the world. 1t lies from sixty to one hun
dred feet below the surface of the streets
and there is an electric railroad within it
which carries you rapidly from station to
station, where you climb up or climb
down. 1t is made of cast-iron pipes bolted
together in segments. 1t is laid in cement
and it cost something like So, 600 900 mile.
1 want you to see it because it is big
part of this American invasion have come
here to describe. The most of its machin-
cry was made in New York and the loco
motives were constructed by the General
Electric Company of the United States.
The Tuppenny Tube carried more than
thirty-five million passengers last year and
it's receipts during twelve months were
more than a million ard a half dollars Its
traffic is steadily increasing and it promises
soon to. become one of the most profitable
railroads of London. r-.+,.
Locomot1on IN London.
Before we go into the tube I would ike
to say a word about the possibilities of in
vestments in London loeomotion. The
population here is enormous, but the ia
cllities for carrying 1t are the poorest of
those of any capital of Europe. The streets
are narrow and the most of them are ac-
cess!ble only by buses Or cabs. There are
underground roads run by steam, and tram
ways hauled by horse power, but as yet
the electrical undertakings are at their be-
ginning. ....H
L have before me the number of pas
sengers who paid fares on cars, cabs and
buses last year. This is counting a pas
senger to each fare. The number is more
than one billion. OF these 3J1 millions rode
on the railways. 331 millions on tramways
and 1856 millions omnibuses.
Think of that! More than four times as
many omnibus rides were taken in London
a s there are men, women and children in
the United States. and every one of those
rides on bus dragged by two horses
There are more than three thousand omni-
buses in the greater London One omnibus
company carried more than 200, 900 900 pas
sengers last year. 1t used three thousand
horses, and it's fares averaged about three
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Don'ts for Summer Boarders.

From the Prophets Chamber.
Don't ask for ice water. The well water
is as cold as any self-respecting stomach
will ask for. Don't expect half pint OF
cream on twenty nine Strawberries. Don't
ask for glass Of milk at every meal. 1t is
not good for you. One hOmespun cow
equals eight quarts of milk. equals one
quart of cream, and three meals day for
eight people And where does the baby
come in? Don't ask for ice cream nine
times in seven days. The icehouse is four
miles away. Don't wear too many starched
things. Steam laundries are not found on
every farm. Don't think any old thing will
DO to wear on the farm, but don't dress"
too much Both extremes are in bad taste
Don't imagine that because country fare
and ways are different they are not so good
as city things and ways. They may be bet
ter. Don't ask for things you don't see
or for things out of season. It's two miles
to the store. Don't try to be a superior per-
son. 1t may lead to mistakes. Don't in
dulge in improving conversatlon-unless you
need it Don't sit up late or be late 10
meals. Both are insanitary. Don't COM
plain because there are no links: life is
more than golf. Don't ask for sterilized
milk for the baby-unless you bring your
own sterilizer. There are other 'don'ts,"
but they can all be condensed into the
Golden Rule.
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tube. These black holes are where the
trains from the tube shoot into the station
and out, and sations like these are at every
half mile throughout busy London along
the line of the tube.
The American Invasion.
While we wait for the train 1 notice that
the walls are hung with framed advertise
ments, and 1 look about for signs of the
American invasion. 1t sticks out like a boil
on your nose. There is an American type
writer picture just opposite me. You can
see the big red seal which forms its trade
mark, and above it is the statement that
800 of these American typewriters have just
been bought by the British war office. Be
side it is card putting well-known brand
Of American oats, and farther on is another
of those internal Yankee little pill ads
over faster than a ventilating fan run by
electricity. You find them all over London
and you can't escape them even in the
bowels of the earth.
But what is that noise? 1t is the advance
thunder of the invasion. That is the Tube
Line train of American cars carried by
American-built electric locomotives through
the Tuppenny Tube. Keep your eye on the
black hole at the left. See that turtle-back
engine as it shoots out. dragging the long
train behind it. That is the little Yankee
baby that does the business. In size it is
perhaps the smallest working engine of the
world, but it has all the strength of 800
horses, and it can drag that train along at
forty miles an hour, although the average
speed down here is less than half that. The
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shove in two pennies and are handed our
tickets, which we drop into the chop boxes
just Is you do in the elevated road in New
York when you pass through the gate.
We are now on the level of the street and
we must go down almost one hundred feet
to get into the mighty tube, which will
take us to the Bank of London. We might
enter the elevator put in by Americans, but
we prefer to walk down the great SPIRAL
staircase. Down, down. down We go. We
wind our way around and around enor-
nous well, walled with porcelain bricks as
fine as those in millionaires bath room.
The well is brilliantly lighted with cleo
tricity, and we can see ourselves in the
white tiled mirror as we wind our way
down it.
We stop midway and listen to the tramp
of the people above and below us. We can
hear the hum of the city overhead and the
volcanic thunder of the cars far beneath.
We wind around and around step by step to
the bottom and enter one of the subterra-
mean stations. We are in a great cave,
rooted and walled with white tiles, with a
railroad running across its floor and with
round black holes at each end. The cave
is as light as day under the rays of cleo
tricity, and its brightness accentuates the
darkness of the entrances to the tunnel