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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-02
ADVERSE COMMENT.
Objections to Maryland Man fol
Deputy Recorder Of Deeds.

Considerable comment has been made by
citizens having business with the recorder
of deeds on the appointment OF Alfred Is.
Schultz Of Baltimore to the position Of dep
uty recorder to succeed Col Schayer, re-
signed. The opposition Is directed against
the principle Of appointing an outside man
to succeed a District man to such a posi-
ton.
It Is the opinion of one who has lived here
all his life, and who has commented on the
case, that such position should demand
of its incumbent full knowledge Of the
realty of the District. and that such know1-
edge cannot be obtained except by close
study of the affairs of the city and resi-
dence here Of many years.
1t is regarded as a further requisite that
the man who holds the position should have
some personal acquaintance with the men
with whom he transacts most of his busi-
ness, in order to succeed In the position. 1t
is claimed that a man who has no interests
here can hardly be expected to give as
close attention to the details of the affairs
of the office, nor to administer his charge
as intelligently, as can one VINO mas hved
here and is acquainted with the people.
1t Is also pointed out that the business of
the recorder of deeds lies entirely with citi-
zens of the District and that the fees paid
into the Office are paid by citizens and not
tended that the citizens should have some
voice in the appointment of a person to
such an important position.
eft is an imposition on the good-nature
and patience Of the people of the District
to ask them to accept the appointee to the
position of deputy recorder of Deeds" said
Mr. Simon Wolf this afternoon. 1T hardly
seems fair that when the recorder Is an
alien to the District a deputy from the out
side should also be appointed.
THE fees that are paid into the office are
all paid by citizens, and not by any gov
eminent officials. The business that Is
transacted is the business of the citizens,
and it seems to me that they should have
some voice in the appointment. ! do not
say this in criticism Of the appointee, but
because Of the principle of the thing. 1t
does not seem to me that man should be
appointed to this particular position just
because he happens to be political pro-
tege of the senior senator from Maryland"
Mr.. w. V. Cox, president of the Second
National Bank. was equally as emphatic In
his comment on the appointment.
TT looks very much to me as though this
is home rule for Baltimore, said Mr. Cox.
II regard 1t as unfortunate that On appoint
ment of this kind could be made, especially
as 1t is to an office the business of which
the appointee can have absolutely no in
terest 1t should have gone to some one
acquainted with the realty and realty val
ues of the District" o. r 81
A number of other prominent residents
of the District have expressed views in line
with those quoted 1t Is evident that, for
reasons stated, the appointment Is not re-
garded with favor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-02
RAT-SKIN GLOVES.
But One Pair Ever Made and Ihey
Are Very Small.

Correspondence Pail Mall Gazette.
A report comes from Copenhagen that
great rat hunt has been organized tnere'
and that the skins of many thousands Vi
the victims are to be used in making gloves
If the rat hunters in the Danish capltal cheF-
ish any such hopes they are doomed 10 oie
appointment. Rat skins cannot De mace
into gloves fit for commerce Ihe pehei
that a valuable raw material is being neg
lected here survives only In the minus VI
the inexpert. The glovemaker KNOWS much
better. A Norwegian merchant once caiiie
to England and informed a weil-Kno"h
glovemaker that he had collected over
100 600 rat skins and was prepared to re-
ceive offers for them. He was fully con-
vinced that the skins were suitable 10,
gloyemaking. But the manufacturer Iouno
that the largest skin was only some SIX
inches long, and he held up a kid skin FOR
the smallest size of glove, chlld s, winch
WAS eight inches long, and asked now nc
was to cut such glove out OF rat Skin:
Then he took up the smallest kio sai Irh ,on
a lady's glove eleven inches long, ana Wnen
he asked how that was to be cut out OF a
rat skin the Norwegian merchant laugheo
at the idea and went away olsappoilleu.
The best offer he got for those sklns' Whlcn
he had collected with so much care, was
shtllings a hundredweight from a man VINO
was willing to boil them down for glue
famous glovemaking firm has a coliec-
ton of curiosities relating to the trace, ana
one of them is the largest pair OF gloves
ever made out Of rat skin. The beiie1
that such skins could be made into gloves
was laid before the managers 80 conndent-
ly that they resolved to. put it to the trial.
and they ordered number of the skins OF
the largest rats which could be found In
Grfmsby. But the rat is fighting animal
and bears the marks Of many battles on MS
body, and it was found that the skins were
SO SCARED and torn that it was with the ut
most difficulty that perfect pieces large
enough for the purpose could be optalneo
In the end, after ten skins had been used;
a pair Of gloves was cut and made, ana
they are retained in the collection TO TINS
day. But they are SO small that they
would only fit the smallest of small boys
Thus 1t was shown that however cheapiy
rat skins might be obtained they would
offer no advantages to the glovemaker
The rabbit skin is equally useless for this
purpose, and humane people may also DIS
miss from their minds the fear that the
skins of pet dogs are made into gloves.
The dogskin glove of which we used TO
hear is made OF nothing but the skin of the
Cane goat. g.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-02
A SHoSHONE HEROINE.
Monument to the Young Indian Guide
of Lewis and Clark Expedition.

Des Moines Register and Leader.
At the Lewis and Clark centennial cele-
bration, to be held in Portland. Oregon.
in 1905 long-delayed recognition will be
paid to one of the herones of American
history. the Shoshone Indian girl, called
Sacajawea, who acted guide to the
exploring party. At the time of the APP
pearance of Mrs. Eva Emery Dyes ro-
mantle narrative, THE Conquest" which
described this first crossing of the Amer
lean continent, the suggestion was made
that 1t would be fitting to erect statue Of
this Indian heroine at the Louisiana pur-
chase exhibition at st. Louis. the Missouri
town being the starting point of the Lewis
and Clark expedition in 1904.
1t is now announced, however, that the
statue to the memory Of SacaJawea will
be erected at Portland at the time of the
Lewis and Clark centennial Women, ap-
propriately enough, have taken up the pro-
ject of the statue. The women of Oregon.
Washington, Idaho, Montana and the
Dakotas will be called upon to interest
themselves in the matter. 1t is proposed
to erect a statue, costing not more than
So, 600, and 1t Is further proposed that a
woman sculptor, Miss Alice Cooper of Col
orado, be given the commission.
Miss Dye in her story gave full credit
to the part played. by Sacatawea In the
successful eXpeQltlOn leu Dy Lewis anu
Clark. She was first met by the explorers
in their winter camp among the Mandans.
She was q captive, a Shoshone girl only
sixteen, but married to French half-breed
interpreter. In the spring, when the party
moved forward, Sacajawea, accompanied Il
with her husband and child. She proved
of inestimable service. Keen quick-witted,
with the instinct almost of the homing
pigeon, she was the best of guides. At ono
time, when lack Of horses meant frustra-
ton of all plans and almost certain failure
of the expedition It was the Indian girl
who cajoled the Shoshones into loaning
their horses, and thus permitted the men
to press forward
Sacajawea also guided the party on its
return trip. 1t is said she seemed fully to
realize the Importance of the expedition
and to desire its success as much as the
leaders Many think, without this Indian
girl, the expedition which paved the path
across the continent might have been
failure 1t was not known when or how
she died. but monument at last Will DC
erected to her memory by the women or
the country which her services helped 70
open.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-02
FOR WRIT OF M4rDAMus.
Policeman's Widow Seeks to Have Pen.
sion Paid Her.


Proceedings were instituted today in the
District Supreme Court by Mrs Amelia H.
Orndorff for writ of mandamus to compel
the Commissioners of the District of Co
lumbia to pay her out 90 the "policeman's
fund" such sum as has accrued to her since
the date Of the death of her late husband,
Charles H. Orndorff, '.wboowas, during the
year 1888 and prior thereto, a duly enrolled
member of the metropolitan police force of
the District Of Columbia, under the name
of Charles Marion, doing duty as police
man on the force
Mrs. Orndorff further asks that she be
allowed hereafter for her relief and sup
port, payable out of the fund mentioned,
a reasonable sum, not exceeding $50 a
month";
1t is explained that the husband of the
petitioner died in October, 1888, of typhoid
fever, contracted in the line of duty. There
was deducted, it is stated, from the pay
of the deceased each month, while he was
employed on the police force, 81, as pro-
vided by law.
crued to her upon the death of her hus-
band to receive out of the policeman s
fund reasonable allowance per month for
her relief. She has applied to the Commits
sioners for the same she adds, but her de-
mand was refused.
Attorneys Ralston and Siddons and Eu-
gene A. Jones represent the petitioner.
Justice Barnard directed that a rule be
issued against the Commissioners, directing
them to show cause the 18th instant why
the petition should not be granted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-02
An English Atlantic City.
From Harper's Weekly.

From harper 3 WeehAy.
At Folkestone devotee OF Atlantic City
might complain Of baroness. The only ac-
cessories. except an infinity of publia
benches along the gravel walks at the ver1
edge of the cliff are a couple of band
stands. Folkestone is within a mile or two
of the great military encampment of ShornH
cliffe and the regimental bands play twios
a day on the Leas. The music they provide
Is of the kind one would expect to come
across at the popular resorts" Of coun-
try that really takes Sousa seriously. Still
they offer a pleasant enough excuse for
lounging in the canopied chairs that this
pervasive municipality supplies for rev
pennies and their performance morning
and afternoon, always winds up with a dis
tinctively British ceremony. No sooner are
the first bars of God Save the King"
sounded than the whole company rises, thu
men take off their hats, and so we all stand,
devoutly patriotic, till the verse is played
through. 1t is done so quietly and sobeIiy,
and is, above ALL so extremely mild way
of being an Englishman, that the ceremony
never CRATES on foreigners, who find them
selves. indeed, very easily moved by tts
pretty significance and the reserves that lie
behind it. And, after all, 1t exposes one
to nothing worse than the risk of cold In
the head.
Beyond this the Leas have no adjuncta,
There are no shows" along the sidewalks.
none Of those unspeakable stores that nc
in so naturally with the rest of the board-
walk at Atlantic City, no invitations to
come and see the celebrated $4,000 pic-
ture, Fatina,' that Washington press and
society raved about'Ln fact, nothing Of
that kind The Leas are just promenadiIx
lawn. where you stroll up and down to d.
gest one meal and to prepare for the next,
and to see and be seen. AS a promenade 1t
is everything 1t should be, except for the
people on it and the dresses they wear.
Those dresses! French women come over
from Boulogne, look at them. and take the
first boat back. 1t must be owned that tho
crowd" at an English watering place even
one so fashionable as Folkestone, Is not, az
any rate round Easter time, an exhilaratine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-02
WHILE YOU WAIT.
One Days Experience of Washington
Business Man.

On a recent pleasant evening a represen-
tative of The Star met well-known young
business man of this city and after the
usual salutations complimented the gentle
man upon his good looking and recherche
appearance generally.
Thanks" was the response. IT feel pretty
well contented, I'm a living picture OF the
benefits that result from an application Of
the while you wait system"
"Elucidate" said the reporter.
Well" said the contented citizen. Il
noticed this morning that my shoes were
badly down at the heel, and in addition to
their appearance they detracted from the
comfort of my feet. On the way to my
office noticed little shop. on the door of
which was a sign reading shoes repaired
while you wait That was my golden op-
portunity. ! went in, was furnished with
a pair of slippers and picture paper, and
In less than ten minutes my shoes were
all right again. AS 1 went out a daintily
attired young woman came in and the
cobbler removed her shoes, which, OF
course. imagine, were also to be repaired
while she waited.
Then when / went home to luncheon
my spouse with her eagle eye noted that
my hat band was slightly soiled and sug
gested a renovation. Good idea quOth
i, so 1 went to a shop In the neighborhood
OF my residence. where old hats are made
new while you wait and at trifiing ex
pense / possessed new chapeau.
But this did not end the chapter" con-
tiuued the enthusiastic citizen. Before /
left the office 1 noticed that button on
my coat had left its moorings. The fever
was me and / struck an establishment
where clothes are repaired while you walt
i waited, my button was made fast. the
coat was nicely brushed and l emerged In
what ! might say was practically new
set of harness.
Now for the last scene Of all that ends
this strange. eventful history II may bor-
row the words of the melancholy Jacques
in the forest Of Arden. AS ! was home
ward bound / met q friend to whom de-
tailed my experiences Of the day as have
TO YOU, with the exception that told him
that all the busy workers / had employed
were fcreigners-an Germans. think--and
j wondered why-nativ Americans did not
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-02
MARINES TO TAKE PART.
Orders Issued for Detail for Independ-
ence Day Celebration.

Major General Corbfn. chairman Of the
military committee Of the Fourth OF July
celebration in this city has received let
ter from Acting Secretary Darling Of the
Navy Department saying that in oompli-
ance with his request aorders have been Is
sued for the officers and men Of the Marine
Corps including the Marine Band, to take
part in the proposed celebration.
General Corbin says that the parade to be
given on Independence day will be repre-
sentative one and as hne as 1t is possible to
make 1t under existing conditions. The line
will be composed Of all the troops in this
vicinity, including the garrisons at Wash
ington barracks. Fort Myer, Fort Hunt and
Fort Washington. az well AZ tho Marine
Corps and &c many bluejacketa az arc
available. The District Na Vat On Guard vii!
also have prominent P aaSo - me lne; and
ment will be assembled for the occasion.
Major General Young has notified General
Corbin of his acceptance Of the position OF
chief marshal Of the parade.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-02
FILES A COMPLAINT.
Attention Called to Conditions al
Police Court Building.

Mrs. Charlotte Smith, president Of the
Woman's Rescue League, has written to
the Commissioners complaining of the al
legged filthy conditions prevailing about the
Police Court building. She also forwards
resolution adopted by the league In re-
gard to the matter, and asks that the sub
ject be given immediate consideration. In
the resolution 1t Is stated that at this ad-
vanced state of civilization 1t is lasting
disgrace and menace to public health, mo-
rality and common decency to tolerate
longer the dirty corridors and cells of the
court building. Continuing the resolutions
state:
These cells reek with filth and prisoners,
black and white, are locked up there TO-
gether like swine in a pen. These human
prisoners are helpless to help themselves
and should be treated with as much con-
sideration as animals are by society. the
odors and stencil emanating from the three
cells where seventy-five prisoners are often
confined, some battered and bleeding, I'M
washed for forty-eight hours. during the
extreme hot weather, Is something almost
beyond description.
1.-THE only ventilation to these damp cells
where the prisoners are housed awaiting
their trials is from the filthy sewer pipes
One dirty hole is designated by the name OF
the women's cell, where young girls and
old women, stepped in crime. are locked to-
gether. The floor in this cell looks as II 1t
had never been washed.
LAS Washington has a large floating
population and strangers come here from
all parts of the world, and as many of
these are liable to arrest through mistaken
identity or some other cause of which
they are not guilty until the charges are
proven. such should NOT, be permitted to
endanger their health by inhaling foul
odors, and the risk Of contracting
loathsome diseases with which 75 per cent
of the regular Police Court buns are in
fected.'' 10 .e
1t Is recommended that the matter be
called to the attention of the health de-
partment and that disinfectants be used in
quantities, and the cells Whitewashed at
least once year. f7r3I
The communication has been referred to
the judges of the Police Court.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-02
THE TER-ENGRAVER.
His Work More Difficult Than That OF
the Translator.

From Scrfbner's Magazine.
Tot # he admitted that the work of the
.na,nter-engrayer Is very different In
artistic character from that of the faithful
translator Let 1t be admitted also that 1t
is higher in artistic rank. Those limitations
once stated hardly need to be forced on our
notice, because each kind of art is 80 noble
in itself. See Cole Interpreting a Pau
Veronese, would you not say: A loving STU
dent of nature at work upon study OF
sky and mountain? What are masses OF
colored light and shade but one object OF
the artists study, in either case? And
what has he to do, in either case. but TO
express them as best he can in gray shade
and white or pale gray light
LAS is usual in such cases. the new school
when it is examined infinitely does not DIFF
fer inch by inch 30 radically from the best
work of the old school as one might sup
pose The triumphant march Of new art
is never without "reminiscences OF the step
that had been learned. and of the music
that had set the time for the now disre-
garded professionals Of the past. The splen-
did glow and profundity of Kruell's portrait
of William Hunt, the painter; the gentle
and subdued harmonies of Frank French's
engraving from the picture OF r. u Mlliet
q Greek girl tying her sandal; the indescrib-
able harmony, like that OF a meazotint by
Turner'S own hand. of Elbridge Kingsiey's
landscape, the large oblong one with river
running slowly between low banks covered
with trees and with a black boat on the ex-
IRENE right Cknown as the Split Block) are
all the result of such devotion to the wood
block and to the right use of the tools
which carve it's surfaces.
You have q worthy subject to begin with;
you try to render some part Of its beauty or
its significance upon a medium which 10 no.
torfously limited in certain directions, you
submit to those limitations like q sensible
workman and you find that they yield in
sensibly here and there; your instincts as
an artist in black and white guide your
skilled and constantly more sldllful hand
and without knowing 1t, until after while
YOU produce one Of the admirable compost
lions alluded to or something Of correlative
Importance"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-02
engage in business that certainly seemed
lucra tive to fOreiPners

engage in a business that certainly seemed
lucrative to foreigners.
Come with me- said my friend I will
introduce you to a native American who
first saw the light of day in Limerick He
is a magician by profession, and by max
Ice, modicum of sugar and a slice of
lemon go through process he will, while
you wait. conjure up decoction that will
please the eye, tickle the ear with the
music of it's manufacture, and delight the
palate Well, we waited and 1 found it
just my friend told me. The magician
was an artist of merit and renown in his
line of business as all the others whom
had visited that day also were In their
respective vocations"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-02
DEBATE FOR PRIZES,
Columbian University Students Discuss
Labor Unionism.

Labor Unionism.
The annual prize debate Of the Columbian
University Debating Society was held last
night in the university hall, when six young
men of the law school, who were the win
ners of the public debates of the year, con-
tested for the prizes. Labor unionism was
the subject of the discussion. The judges
awarded the first prize to Milton M. Dear
ing of Missouri and the second prize to
Leslie c.. Fuller of Michigan. There was
a large audience present and each speaker
was warmly applauded.
The question for discussion as stated af-
frmed that labor unionism as it exists in
America today, involving among other
things strikes, boycotts, restriction Of ap-
premiership, hours and individual output
and exclusion of non-union labor, is correct
in principle"
There was some disagreement among the
debaters as to the meaning Of the question
to be discussed. and each side argued from
its own Interpretation Of the issue. The
Judges decided in the negative.
Mr.. Knapp is a graduate of the Univer-
sity of Tennessee and was class orator
there. He was later Superintendent OF
schools at Villisca, Iowa. He has been an
active worker in the debating society.
Mr.. Barrett Is a graduate of Christian
College Of Canton. Mo. He represented his
college in prize debate against Eureka
College, Illinois.
Mr.. Walter has the record Of having led
the Columbian team in its victorious contest
of last year against the University of Vfr-
ginia. He has taken part in several cam
paigns in Kentucky as stump speaker.
Mr.. Hinton is a graduate Of Ouachita Col
lege, Arkansas He has a record Of not
having lost a debate at his college, He
was one of the representatives of Column
bian against the Needham Society.
Mr.. bearing is a graduate of the Univer-
sity of Missouri. He won for Missouri in
all the intercollegiate debates he partici-
nois Nebraska and Kansas
Mr.. Fuller won the first public debate OF
the present school year OF the Columbian
Society.
The judges were Judge Advocate Gem
eral George B. Davis Of the army, Judge
Stanton ]. Peelle Of the Court Of Claims
and Prof. Charles c. Swisher, Ph.D., Of the
Columbian University.
The prizes awarded were SIS worth of
law books. But prize even more coveted,
won by the two winners last night was the
honor OF representing the society next year
in the intercollegiate debate, for both win
ners will be at Columbian next year, and
It has been an unwritten rule of the socie-
ty that the winners of the prize debates
each year shall be on the intercollegiate
team Of the next year.
In the interim between the debate and the
decision of the judges. President Gompers
called attention to the fact that the judges
had left the room and said smilingly that
otherwise he would be afraid to say any
thing for fear OF hurting the affirmative
side. He made q strong plea for labor
unionism.