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Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1912-02-21
IA FOR SALE. II

HOUSE AND LOT, fronting ON Con-
duit street, side bordering ON Spa
creek Lot 5Ox130. House new and
well built. Alsoa 25-foot Launch for
sale. Apply TO
FRED DAMMEYER,
"A Conduit St.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1912-02-21

FOR SALE-MoDERN RESIDENCE.
Electric lights, steam heat. sanitary
plumbing. Location, overlooking Spa creek
Lot 50xll0 feet. Apply to SO Shipwright
street. jSlm
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THE CAPITAL
nArrs az AnvERrrsING.

Suffered 81 the Annapolis Postofiice as Sec
ond class Matter.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1912-02-21
Friday, February 23rd, 1912,
- IMPROVED BY A
L. Frame Cottage & Out Buildings

A more particular description of said
property can be found in the deed thereof
from Luther A. Palmer to Martha Maud
Holiday, dated January eth. 1899, and re.
corded among said Land Records in Liber
g. w, No. IL, folio ls4. she having conveyed
the said property to the said Margaret +. ;.
Ochse. by deed dated June Goth, 1908. and re-
corded in Liber G.. W., No. 81. folio lS9.
TERMS OF SALE:-A deposit of $500 Will
be required of the purchaser on the day OF
sale; the balance of the purchase money,
with interest thereon from the date of sale.
to be paid upon the ratification of the sale
and the delivery of the deed.
RIDGELY p. MELVIN.
rs Attorney named in Mortgage.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1912-02-21

FOR HENT-6-RoOM HOUSE on 4th ST.,
Eastport. Rent $500 per month. In
qutre of Mrs. s. X. FRAZIER East port. diff
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1912-02-21

WANTED-An experienced waitress and
w lady's maid. Wages Sl4.00 per month.
Apply. House No. !. Naval Hospital. 3t-f2l
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1912-02-21

IHyANTED VIII be done by
w the day at your home II desired. or nj
home. Address Mrs. Vivian Robinson. cor
ner state St. and Chesapeake Ave. Ea St
port Md St-f2l
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1912-02-21

FOR RENT-FURNISHED ROOMS. Ap-
ply los Conduit Street. dStf
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1912-02-21
FOR R EN- T.

FOR RENT-SToRE, No. IA Market Space.
House No. Is Market Space, all Inn
provements. Hot and cold water In house.
Apply to Charles Weiss, No. Market
Space. ffS-fF
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1912-02-21

WANTED-AH in need of Practical U p
w HOLSTERING and Mattress Renova-
ting call Tam phone. All orders Promptly
attended to. fl9d
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1912-02-21

FOR SALE-A small GAS RANGE with
oven, in good condition. VIII sell cheap
Apply to ll9 Market Street. jlOtf
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-09-21

the time has elapsed and he has thwarted
his competitor. His adventures are Disk
and entertaining and the story makes
amusing reading.
THE FAVOR OF KINGS. By Mary
Hastings Bradley. New York: ID.
Appleton & Co.
Although a novel, THE Favor OF Kings
is also chapter of history culled from
state papers, letters and diaries. colored
and frightened by real incident. dialogue
and character sketches. Fiction. as the
author states, could not be half so amaz-
ing as the facts of Anne Boleyn's story.
This is realized when the book is finished.
and the reader. wondering at the atroci-
ties and vices Of an English monarch and
his court feels sure 1t must be true II
only because of its terrifying reality OF
presentation. 1t Is a story. having def
mite educational value, OF Anne Boleyn.
second wife of Henry VIII, gay. fear
less and rashly proud, casting the pearls
Of her virtue before her bestial king and
turns upon her. and because OF his desire
for a third wife causes her to be exc
cuted. On her way to the block Anne
gives voice to a statement which illumi-
mates her whole relationship with Henry
VIII: From a private gentlewoman
he made me marchioness. and from q
marchioness a queen; and now he hath
left no higher degree Of honor. he gives
mine innocency the crown of martyr
DOM" So convincing a picture of Henry $
court and delineation OF Anne's character
is given as to vindicate her In the minds
of all who read. and SO agreeable a style
is used, full of quaint phrases character
istic of the period. as to make one linge1
and go moro slowly as the end ap-
breaches.
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X \
Possibilities in Your Roof.

WASHINGTON has given friendly
w greeting to the roof garden, and
the idea may be extended until the roof
of the private dwelling may be utilized
as family gathering place, remote from
street sounds, secure against intrusion
except from neighbors' roofs, and
screened by awnings and vines from the
summer SUM- There are potentialities in
the roof 1t need not be waste space
covered with tin or boards or Stag or
other of the various materials with which
homes are topped Dwellers in the near
east make better use of their housetops
than do Washingtonians. Architects are
thinking that the roof may be MADE to
serve more purposes than keeping out the
rain.
Anyhow, the roof garden has grown in
days a summer garden was novelty. To
sit under an arbor OF vines. with many
lights above and around, an orchestra
playing and walters shambling or Hitting
among the tables, was a great sensation
in the capital not so many years ago.
Next, Washington began to take on high
metropolitan airs when the capital was
invaded by the rathSkeller. The idea OF
taking a dark, damp cellar, clearing out
the rubbish. lighting it up and making 1t
coy, caught the fancy of some citizens.
There is not much connection between the
roof garden and the rathskeller. but 1t
comes to mind when one thinks of Wash
ington's progress in getting Off the street
level.
when the pioneer skyscraping apart
ment houses went up, many tenants
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-09-21
Columns at Continental Hall.

<fTS it an optical illusion that the Roman
Corinthian columns of the east and
north porticos of Memorial Continental
Hall appear to have a gentle swelling OF
the mid-shaft. seeming to be a trifie
smaller at the base of the column and
perceptibly smaller at the capital than
in the middle?"
''It is not q deceit Of the eye" replied
the stonemason who set UP these COL
umns. Columns to be graceful and
symmetrical should be smaller at the
astrogal than at the base. The swell OF
the Memorial Continental Hall columns
is caused by their being just little
smaller at the base than in the middle
Of the shaft, and at the capital they are
four inches smaller"
Whether the stonemason meant that
they are four inches smaller in diameter
or In circumference The Star man lacked
the presence of mind, on this occasion.
to have made clear to him. Anyhow.
the graceful bulge about the middle OF
the shaft may be noticed by any person
with q mechanical eye.
At the east portico there are sixteen OF
these columns resting on pedestals OF
polished white marble blocks. The north
and south outer pedestals each support
three columns. and between these groups
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-09-21

are two pedestals. each bearing single
column On either side Of the portico at
the house end are tri-group columns.
each group supported by two pedestals.
and a single column stands on either
side of the center doorway. They are
sectional columns, each being built up OF
twenty-one thick marble discs with very
slight variations in tint. Above the capt.
tails the architrave is OF Ave slabs Of
marble, and above this the frieze OF the
entablature is marked in tall, wide and
deep letters. Memorial Continental Hall. y
At the north portico there is a single
spaced.
At the south portico the columns are
fiuted and each quarried Of a single piece
Of granite They are smaller at the top
than at the bottom, but they do not bulge
in the middle. There are thirteen OF
these great columns. symbolical of the
original states. Seven stand In a row
parallel to the wall OF the building and
six stand in hemicycle. Continental
Hall is thought by about every person
of discernment who studies it to be a
building OF rare beauty OF design and
execution, giving an impression OF SIM
plicity notwithstanding its multiplicity
Of detail.
The bullying column so obvious in
Memorial Continental Hall has a his
tory. The Greek architects realized the
existence Of entasis and constructed their
horizontal beams in convex form in or
der to remove the apparent concave ap-
pearance and give to the pillars Of the
Parthenon and other beautiful buildings
just such bulge as was necessary to
destroy the cratic effect Of series Of
parallel columns.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-09-21

the President and Vice President, how
ever. are hall clocks. eight feet tall, and
equipped with Westminster chimes, that
sound the hour, half and quarter The
work brings Mr.. Walter in close contact
with the senators and other ofhcials at
the Capitol. He knows nearly all of
them intimately. In the Presidents office
Mr. Walter has wound the clock for five
executives-Mr. Cleveland, Mr.. Harrison,
Mr.. Mckinley. Col. Roosevelt and Mr..
Taft. He never met any OF these men
In the Office, for they are seldom there.
Mr.. Walter is ffty-two years old and
lives with his wife at 800 Massachusetts,
avenue northeast. He was born in Ger
many. and became an apprentice to a
matchmaker in Wittenberg when he was
seventeen. He served in this capacity
for three and a half years. learning each
detail Of 'how the wheels go round" in
watches and clocks. After he had fin
ished his apprenticeship he went to
Switzerland, which always has been con-
sidered the mecca of watch and clock
making. There he spent two years, re-
turning to Germany with many secrets
Of his trade. But there were many in his
line In his native land. SO he came to
America. and. finally, to Washington.
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BOOKS RECEIVED.

CAssELL'S HEALTH HANDBOOKs-
HEALTH AND RIGHT BREATH
ING. With an introduction by a
leading physician. illustrated. New
York: Cassell & Co.. Ltd.
OUTDOOR SPORTS, . Complete Guide
to Field and Lawn 0ames, Swim
mins, Rowias, Minor Outdoor
ssSrt s,S Sss.s Win w I. sn intro
duction by Gilbert L. Jessop. Six
teen full-page plates and numerous
illustrations in the text. New York:
Cassell & Co., Ltd.
THEFARMERS PRACTTCALLIBHA8
POEMS OF COUNTRY LIFEj .
Modern Antholo.y. BY George $:
Sturgis & Walton Company.
soYERs STANDARD COOKERY, q
Complete Guide to the Art OF Cook
ing Dainty, Varied and Ecenenical
Dishes for the HouseAold. By
Nicolas Soyer (late chef to Brooks
Club; author of "Soyer's Paper Bag
Cookery" illustrated. New York:
Sturgis & Walton Company:
SECOND INTERNATIONAL BREW
ERS' CONGRESS-, Held at Chicago,
United States Of America, October
1921, 1911. Report Of the Proceed
ings, with m Account OF the Second
International Barley and Hop Prise
Exhibition and Brief History Of the
American Exposition OF Brewing
Machinery, Materials and Products.
Two volumes.
LETTERS FROM a BASE BALL FAN
TO HIS SON. BY S. Dewitt Clough,
author of Backbone" etc. Cartoons
by c. A. Briggs. Pen sketches by
Richard Sigmind. Chicago: The
Backbone Publishing Company.
ENGLISH GRAMMAR. BY Lillian G.
KimbaIl. formerly head Of English
department, State Normal School
Oshkosh. Wis, author OF The
Structure of the English Sentence,
etc. New York: American BOOK
Company.
THE NONSENSICAL u. S. A.; Being IN
EXPLOSION Of Hitherto Unsuspccted
Statistical BOmbshelIs, Purloined
From the Latest and Most Inac-
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eurate Non-census Bulletina, the
Archives Of the Spoils and drafts
Guild, the lnfantile Industries Pro-
tective Society. the Old-storase, I'm
Other Malevolent and AcquisitiSe
Combinations, and the Omcious Re-
ports OF the Departments Of lnvesti-
Eatfoa, Conservation and Upward
Appendix Worth Oae Thousand Dol
lars to Any Aspiring Doctor es
Literature. BY Stuart r stone. De-
faced and sideswiped with numerous
artistic preparations by II. Boylstou
Dummer. New York: II. NJ Caid-
well Company.
YOU AND I AND THE STARS, New
View Of the ola way Of Telling
why We Are what We Are. ny
William Timothy Call. Hawthorne.
N. j.: c. NJ Potterdon.
THE BLOOD Of THE FATHERS, a
Play In Four Acts. BY G. Frank
Lydston. Chicago: The Riverton
Press
JACK ONE OF US, Novel in Verse.
By Gilbert Frankau New York:
George II. Doran Company.
TECTIVES. BY Edwin J. Houston.
Phi. d.. author of The Boy Elec-
trician" with illustrations by
Frank McKernan. Philadelphia: J.
b. Lippincott Company.
A JEWEL OF THE SEAS. BY Jessie
Kaufman. With illustrations In col
or by Gayle Porter Hopkins. Phila-
delphia: j. B. Lippincott Company.
LITTLE PETER PANsY. BY Caro-
Frances Warren. author of Little
Betty Marigold." etc. Illustrations
by Sarah Shreve Molarsky. Phila-
delphia: David Mckay.
UNCV.E pETER.HEATHEN. BY Emile
Blackmore Stapp, author of The
Trail of the Go-Hawks." Illustra-
lions by Harriet Macy. Phila-
delphia: David Mckay.
THE MOONLIGHT SONATA (Quasi una
FantasiaD, q Novel. BY Johan Nord-
ling With illustrations by Frank
T. Merrill. New York: Sturgis &c
Walton Company.
THE CAHUSAC MYSTERY. By K. and
Hesketh Prichard, authors of Don
O." etc. New York: Sturgis %
walton Company.
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tending from that green barrier to a
point nearly half way to the rounded tip
at the southeast end of the reclaimed
land, and reaching from the Washington
channel to the Georgetown channel, is a
big corn field. The park below the rail
road embankment covers 335 acres. and
the area planted to corn is about fifty
acres. The crop is turning slightly yellow
now, as the ripening progresses. It is a
field that would make an ordinary farmer
feel secure for another year. 1t is good
crop.
This is government corn. The Depart
ment Of Agriculture is a tenant OF this
land by courtesy and is experimenting
with corn and soil If you would know
to what use the department means to
put this corn you might ADDRESS the sec
rotary. 1t may be that this fine corn is
to be distributed as seed throughout the
country. but it Is probably to be fed to
the draught horses OF the department in
their stable at the Arlington experiment
farm, and in the department stables on
the north edge Of the mall where the
District National Guard armory may
some time be built
About halfway between the two chan
nels of the river there is big open
court with the railroad bank on one side
and the tall, tasseling corn on the other
three sides. This court, which is a court
Of vegetables, is about an acre in size.
Ono Of the features Of this place is a
patch Of tomatoes. The vines are healthy
and the ground beneath them Is thickiy
streWn with their fruit. some of 1t rot
ting, but much Of it ripe and red and
luscious to look upon. At the edge OF a
path leading to this patch a lath Is stuck
upright in the earth and to this stake q
piece of stiff white paper is attached.
On the paper a skull and crossbones
have been rudely drawn in red ink and
on one side of the deaths head Is this:
Danger. these tomato plants have been
infected
The tomato patch adjoins watermelon
patch. No infection sign is displayed
there, and II the location Of the melon
patch were better known it is doubtful
If even such a sign would operate as a
restraining influence on the marauding
appetite.
There is also a cotton patch in this gar
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preme Court and in the House Office
building There are, altogether, about
500 clocks ION the HILL" about 400 Of
which are run by electricity. The work
OF winding the independent clocks is let
by contract-to experts. for lawmakers
and Supreme Court justices are very.
very particular about time. He has been
winding clocks at the Capitol longer than
any other man now employed there at
the same work, he states. He started in
1885. right after he came to America
from Germany. Then he was employed
by Jacob Karr. for years q Washington
clock and watch expert, but who retired
about eleven years ago.
When Mr.. Walter first started in to
wind the clocks at the Capitol MT. KARI
had the contract for caring for them all,
about thirty. These were In the Senate
and House chambers, the Supreme Court
rooms. the Presidents. the Vice Presi-
dents and Speakers Offices. and In sew
eral committee rooms and Railways. Not
SO much attention was paid to clocks In
those days. says Mr.. Walter. and the
statesmen then had no objection to step
ping to the hall to learn the hour.
But times have changed and the num-
Der of clocks has doubled. and doubled
and doubled again. Every senator and
representative demanded . clock. until
now; In most Of the rooms OF the office
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-09-21
A Needed Warning.

THE use Of Rock Creek valley as a
dumping place early engaged the at
tention OF tho government Of Washing
ton city. Last year the District Commits
sioners issued an order against the
dumping of ashes. and The Star. COM
mending the order, said that It was
aimed against "a practice that threatens
the extinction Of this potentially beauti-
full creek. and which year by year adds
impeachment to its final use as a park and
park system link" A little later Col
Langfitt. Corps OF Engineers. issued a
no-dump order based on authority found
in the river and harbor act of March 8.
1899
Since the issuance Of those orders there
has been no further use Of the cid public
dumps between p and NJ streets. but the
dumps between those streets had already
SO encroached upon the creek that the
stream has been narrowed till, after
every heavy rain. the water Is burdened
with refuse which shoals that part OF the
bridge that long ago was converted
into and which Is still used as a canal.
In view OF these conditions 1t is inter-
esting to re-read this:
posting earth on the east side Of Rock
creek within the limits Of Washington
city: Be it enacted by the board Of alder
men and board OF common council of the
city OF Washington, That 1t shall not be
lawful for any person or persons to do
posit earth on the east side OF Rock creek
within the limits OF this corporation with
out first having made q wall sufficiently
strong to prevent the same from falling
into the waters OF said creek, and shall
keep the same wall in repair. And be 1t
enacted, That a fine OF twenty dollars be
imposed for very infraction Of this act.
to be recovered as other fines imposed by
this corporation, one-half to the use OF
the person informing. the other to the use
Of the corporation. Approved. October II.
1876"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-09-21

HEROES of peace are commemorated
. In stone and metal in the Smith
sonian grounds. In that quiet, leafy
place there are four monuments to men
who achieved fame and greatness with
out ordering other men to cut throats,
or stain fields with human blood, or trans
form wives into widows. One of these
memorials Is the vase erected by his
friends in memory Of Andrew jackson
Downing. who died July g. 1852, aged
thirty-seven years." This vase was
minutely described In a previous ramble,
but 1t is fitting to repeat q part Of the
inscription from the vase to show the
relationship between Downing and the
Smithsonian:
when these grounds were proposed he
was at once called on to design them, but
before they were completed he persisted In
the wreck Of the steamer Henry Clay"
To the northwest of the Smithsonian
building facing south on the main east
and-west drive Of the grounds is a heroic
sizes bronze statue Of Joseph Henry. The
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-09-21

name Of the man is cut in the south face
of the granite pedestal and the only other
inscription on the monument is this, in an
inconspicuous place: "W. w. Story, Rome
1881" No inscription tells the wayfarer
who Joseph Henry was, and some tourists
as well as some Washington folk may be
a little lame and halt on the scientific
achievement Of this man whose memory
is honored in bronze.
Henry was a great physicist. In 1927
he began series of experiments in cleo
trtcity and In 1928 published an account
Of various notifications of the electro
magnetic apparatus He proved that in
the transmission Of electricity for great
distances the power Of the battery must
be proportioned to the length Of the con-
ductor. He was the first to magnetic a
piece Of iron at distance and was the
the agency Of electro-magnetism He pre-
coded Morse in pointing out the applica-
bility of electricity in the instantaneous
transmission of intelligence between dis
tant points. In 1916 on the Organization
Of the Smithsonian Institution he was APP
pointed its secretary.
On the same driveway, but on the south
side and facing north, is the bronze statue
Of Samuel D. Cross, thus inscribed:
American physicians have erected this
statue to commemorate the great deeds Of
man who made such an impress upon
American surgery that 1t has served to
dignity American medicine. 1897
Southwest OF the Cross statue and be-
tween the old National Museum building
and the Army Medical Museum is a me-
mortal to Daguerre. A granite pedestal
supports a granite globe and a bronze
maiden Is placing a bronze wreath on the
bronze portrait-bust OF Daguerre. On
one side of the granite base is this:
photography. the electric telegraph
and the steam engine were the three
great discoveries Of the age. No five CEN
turtles in human progress can show such
strides as these
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buildings there are two clocks. one run
by electricity and the other of the old
style eight-day variety.
Most Of the clocks for which Mr.. Wal
ter cares were made in France. Some,
however, are American products and
have proven to be just about as good as
the imported. All are built to run eight
days, but he aims to visit each on the
seventh day. before it runs down. If a
clock is to keep perfect time, he says. it
must be treated with regularity. Now
that Congress is not In session Mr.. Wal
ter goes to the Capitol two days In a
week. AS the senator's are not here. he
can always get into the Offices and COM
mittee rooms. When committees are
meeting and important hearings are on
the winder does not have access to his
charges. He often has to go to an office
six or seven times before he can get to q
clock. And SO when the session Is on
he goes to the Capitol every morning.
Just now his visits are made Tuesdays
and Fridays.
/ Clocks in nearly all the Offices are
small, and stand, usually, on top of a
desk or ON the mantel. In the offices OF
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would climb through the skylight to en-
JOY the greatly widened view. Then the
more venturesome would go there on hot
nights for better air. Roof parties took
form. Sofa pillows, shawls and steamer
rugs were spread on the Stag or tin. Inc
summer pastime grew in popularity and
some enterprising landlords. perhaps as
much to protect the roof as to humor the
tenants, laid down wooden stats.
Then came the demand for railing, and
soon thereafter came the benches. In
some cases lights were installed, much
against the desire of romantic tenants,
and the Washington roof garden had ar
rived Now. there are many apartments
with this attraction. The hotels and res
taurants run roof gardens and the roof Is
competing with the park and the doorstep
as a pleasure place on summer evenings.