Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-09

of democratic state leader, offered TO him
the nomination for lieutenant governor.
Mr.. Hill will never forget what the district
attorney told him when he offered him
second place on the ticket. Since that Incl
for the district attorney, but the contempt
of the district attorney for Mr. Hill and
his intrigues is as deep the Atlantic
ocean.
The Coney island Season.
Although Coney Island will not be for
mally opened until May 10, over $4,000 peo-
pie have journeyed to that famous resort
on each Sunday during the last month.
There are to be more attractions than ever
this year. All winter thousands of work
men have been busy making changes, tear
ing down old buildings, Installing new cleo
trio layouts, building taller and odder archi-
tectural monstrosit.es, while in lofts in New
York city others have been scheming out
such extravagances of the mind that will
make the 1905 visitor gasp with astonish-
ment. Towers, cavernS, maZeS and grottoeS
are now assuming FORM the paint pot and
the gold leaf book are being worked over
time, and on the day when the merry-go-
round begins to turn everything Will be
ready.
Luna Park announces many important
changes, despite the fact that it's owners,
MeSSrS. Thompson & Dundy, have been
working all winter On their other tremen-
dous enterprise, the Hippodrome. It's great
est novelty will be spectacle founded on
the capture of Port Arthur by the Japa-
nese army and navy The harbor will be in
the foreground, and battle ships will sail
in and attack the fortress in the hills,
while Nogfs army copes with the Rus
slams from the rear. There will be ire
meEdous cannonading, fierce battle, lots
OF fireworks and grand finale, consisting
of the blowing up of the Russian forts and
the surrender of the army. In this spec
tacle over 500 men will be employed, many
horses, several battle ships, and nobody can
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will consist of real Russians, imported for
the purpose, and the Japs will be actual
Japs.
l.. A. Thompson, the scenic railway crea-
tor, has contributed to Luna Park his latest
whim in the way of eccentric trips OF just
what the scenic part consists the inventor
Is more or less secretive, but the prepara-
tons are on an enormous scale, and plans
are being made to allow the traveller to
alight at various places along the route in
stead of making it one continuous ride, as
heretofore.
A novelty will be great book of living
pictures, the leaves of which will be illus
trated with human figures in various poses
In mysterious way. Then there will be a
"trip to the center of the EARTH" on similar
lines to the famous "trip to the moon"
These two wonderful illusions will attract
thousands.
Another novelty rejoices in the PIC
turesque and descriptive name of Hell
Gate and will occupy the place where the
submarine boat used to dive in Dream
land The amusement consists of a ride
in boats through streams of water which
form whirlpools and eddies, and when the
boats reach the midst of this they suddenly
disappear and the ride is continued through
dark passages. Finally an explosion takes
place. and the blowing up of He'll Gate is
depicted.
Brief Mention.
Women who are welded to the attractions
of French underwear in contradistinction
to the more moral If less beautiful Ameri-
can garments, came in for a satirical scor-
ing at the hands of Mrs. Florence Kelley
of the Consumers League recently.
She was addressing a meeting at the
United Charities building on the objects and
aims of the league, which provides a label
for garments made under good conditions.
According to her showing, the solid virtues,
as portrayed by lingerie of the "goody-
goody" type. are mostly discouraging. They
run to ungraceful lines and misfits. Mrs
Kelley said there were some women will
ing to make themselves martyrs for the
cause, but admitted they were few. Two
manufacturers who gave up child labor on
the assurance Of the league that increased
sales would compensate them have return
ed to the cheaper method of manufacture
Signor Giuseppe Campanart, the noted bar
itone, one of the Metropolitan Opera House
stars. took out his first citizenship papers
this week New York is good enough for
him, he says. He viii live in this city and
Is.
Sgnor Campanari has been living in the
United States for five years under the i'm
preston that at the end of that period he
could take out full papers. He was greatly
disappointed to learn that he would have
to wait.
Louis Potter, a young sculptor of repu-
tation and nephew of Bishop Potter, has
become disciple of Hanish, the leader of
the sun worshipers in New York Or
Hanish,' he said, is teaching me the prin-
ciples of external health. He is the most
wonderful man that 1 ever saw, and he
teaches absolute truth. People think he is
thirty years old. He is sixty-one. He has
the secret of life, and I am learning. 1 be-
lieve in him absolutely" So great is the
regard of the sculptor for the teacher that
Zoroaster without the latter's permission.
Another rich and beautiful young New
York woman has entered the trades union
movement. She is Miss Margaret Dreier
of Brooklyn, who before she became in
terested in settlement work was a popu-
lar social leader of an exclusive set. From
settlement work her interest grew to the
broader field of general labor conditions
and she elected national secretary of
the Women's Trades Union League. The
Dreier home, on Montague terrace, is one
of the show places of the city
In lot of abandoned goods sold recently
at the public stores was painting of a
COW consigned to "Pierpont Morgan, Trust
koenig, America" but which was never
claimed by the banker. The painting is q
little remarkable. The eyes are extremely
mild and cowlike. The cow stands on an
elevation, and between her legs there is
visible in the distance medieval castle.
The unesthetc government appraisers
but at that price there were no bidders.
OLD BOARD REELECTED.