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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-10-31

7. K0ze G& [ swing lids on the f1VeE9'e Gys- tai glass spice coffee, tea, salt andcereal jars.
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Henry D. Cogswell of San Francisco.
Cal" Four round pillars of polished
granite support the granite roof. Inside
is big. polished cylindrical piece of mar
b1e. the barrel of the fountain. On top
of this Is a. bronze dolphin. out of the
mouth of which flows the drinking water.
On top of the roof that is supported by
the four polished pillars is perched a
bronze stork. sor perhaps it is some other
kind of aquatic bird. On the west front
of the fountain is the word Temper
ance," on the south side Faith" on the
east Hope and on the north Charity"
There are two fountains in Franklin
Park. One of these is the big central
fountain, in the basin of which goldfish
sport in summer and around the outer
edge of which bloom pansies, vincas and
cOleii.
There are no animal heads on this
fountain, but to the westward of it is
a drinking fountain. out of which flow
two streams-that is, when the water is
turned on. 1t. Is one of those familiar
green-painted, fancy iron drinking foun-
tains, with nearly fiat iron dippers re-
tanned by strong chains with which
Washington people have been acquainted
for many years. The water at this foun-
tain flows out of the mouth of green sea
monsters of some unidentified genus Any
how, they are monsters. two of them, and
out of the mouth of each flows a stream
of drinking water.
In the Smithsonian grounds about fifty
feet north from and at the back of the
bronze statue of Joseph Henry, off the
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THE northeast corner of LIST and b
streets northeast. opposite the south
east angle Of the Senate Office building.
is busy one. 1t is not that so many
cars or that SO many persons pass that
way. but standing there through the
long day. and the long night. is crowd
of the appurtenances of civilization. And
curb In the parking there grows Oh
small tree dressed i'm a Slated tree box.
Close in under its branches is a big, gap
ing, open-mouthed box of sheet metal
painted brilliant red and in tall white
letters labeled Waste Paper" Close by
this is green painted letterbox, not
clamped to lamppost, but clampeds 10
one Of those short letterboX posts wlTjslI
one may See at intervals around the CITY.
Close to the letterbox is big cavern6jls
looking metal box. 1t, too, is a mail
box, but its special duty is to receive md
to give up-to the postman, papers and
parcels that will not pass the mouth OF
the letter box. Close by this group.of
utilities is a fire hydrant.
Standing at the corner was an old
Washingtonian, who said: The authori-
ties don't seem to have quite finished up
this corner. They might have put up in
connection with these things, to sort of
keep them company. a lamppost with a
red light and fire alarm box, police
telephone and patrol box and drink
ing fountain. While they were at it
they might also have put in an electric
signal switch tower and "A weathef
bureau kiosk
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Hanging Gardens.

THE hanging gardens of the Capitol
are cheerful with their winter plaYit-
ings. These hanging gardens grow in
the long rectangular granite plant boxes
on the marble terrace on the west front
and the north and south sides of the
Capitol. In summer cannas. scarlet sage
and other brilliant flowers glow there
higher than the top of trees in the west
grounds. Some of these boxes have been
set with small evergreen specimens OF
the cone family and others have been
planted with bulbs of hyacinth, crocus
and tulip, which will blossom at the early
touch of spring.
In these granite-bound beds have been
set thickets of small balsam frs. hemlock
spruces, Cephalonian frs. Chilean frs.
white frs, double balsam frs. Noble sill
Yer frs. Nordmans frs, European silver
frs, Chinese arborvitae, golden Chinese
arborvitae. ever-golden Chinese arboryi-
tae, Mount Atlas silver cedar, Indian
cedar, cedar of lebanon, large frufted
yew, blue Colorado spruce, Austrian pine,
Swiss stone pine, Himalayan pine. Corsi-
can pine, Mugho pine bull pine, red
pine, Scotch pine, little Douglas spruce,
silver retinospora, golden retinospora.
spreading English yew, Thuya globosa,
pyramidal arborvitae, dwarf box hedging,
azalea amoena and round-leaved box
wood.
On the marble posts of the marble bal
ustrade of the west staircase eighteen
cedars have been planted i'm the bronze
tubs that top these posts. In these tubs
multi-cOlored flowers bloomed and vines
trailed last summer.
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brought charming chatelaine to preside
over It's legation and to give the western
republic a close view of its gentlewomen.
In the days before the RussO-Japanese
war delightful Korean family showed
many-sided culture. in which the an
cient traditions Were charmingly blended
with modern progressiveness but Siam.
from the feminine standpoint was a seal
cd book until the present young minister
brought his wife, a lady belonging to the
highest class of the nobility, a native of
Bangkok, and well equipped TO maintain
social position at a court or in the
simpler environment of a republican ca i-
.tal. The princess and her two small
children arrived in Washington shortly
before Christmas.
The minister's last post was in Lon
don, and he was transferred to this post
last spring His family remained in
Bangkok. and sailed from there to Genoa.
where the minister met them in Decem-
per and brought them to their new home
Probably none Of the children of Wash
ington enjoyed the Christmas sights the
merriment of the times and the fascin-
ating pageant Of the New Year more than
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was generally thought that Col Wilson had
about all one man could attend to. He is now
commissioner of public buildings and grounds Of
the District of Columbia, in which capacity he
acts as master of ceremonies at the White
tension. engineer in charge of the Washington
monument. "a member of the light toard
national cemetery at Gettysburg.
At that time Maj. Lydecker had been
relieved of his duties i'm connection with
the aqueduct and was awaiting trial by
court-martial, which convened March %,
1899. The detail for this celebrated
court comprised Maj. Gen. George Crook.
Col. H NJ. Black 23d Infantry: Col. r.
l. Dodge. 18th Infantry: Col f. F..
Townsend. 10Th Infantry; Col. ]. NJ.
Whittemore. ordnance department; Col.
Alexander Piper, 5th Artillery; Col c.
B. Comstock. Corps of Engineers; Col.
o. NJ. Poe. Corps of Engineers; Col. J..
Mendenhall, I'd Artillery; Lieut. Col. d.
w. Flagler, ordnance department.; Lieut..
Col. H. NJ. Roberts. Corps of Engineers;
Lieut.. Col. w. E. Merrill, Corps of En-
gineers. and Lieut.. Col. c. L. Gillespie,
Corps of Engineers. with Mai George B.
Davis as judge advocate of the court.
The charge was neglect of duty, to the
prejudice of good order and military
discipline in violation of the sixty-second
article of war.
The defendant was found guilty and
ordered to be publicly reprimanded and
to have deducted from his pay 500 a
month for nine months. The announce
ment, of the findings of the court was
made public Saturday. May 4. 1889
The engineer reports of the army for a
al,ov. ~,f II:
creasfng the water supply of Washing
ton. u. c. This work has been suspend
ed" This statement is repeated year
after year until the report of Lieut..
Col. Alexander NJ. Miller Corps of En-
gineers. for the fiscal year ending June
30, 1899, where. under the head of I'm
creasing the water supply OF Washing
ten. d. c." you may read: This work
is being prosecuted under act approved
June 30. 1885, making appropriation for
the District government, which act
authorized and directed the Secretary of
aQuedEct tunnel and to prosecute and
complete the same. the work to be car
ried on in accordance with the plans of
the board of experts as set forth i'm its
report dated January IL, 1885, In tear
ing out the lining of the tunnel the whole
effectiveness of the earlier work was
laid bare
The tunnel work was completed in
1893, and Col. Miller's report for the
year ending June 30. 1904. says:
This work has been prosecuted under
acts making appropriations to provide
for the expenses of the District of CO.
lumbia. During the year ending June
30. 1903. the work of general improve
ment was completed, and during the year
ending June 80. 1904. the iron fence
around the reservoir was completed and
a balance Of $5622.9S returned to the
Treasury"
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this charming young oriental princess.
Her little ones are given unremitting care,
a feature of the oriental mother that IS
most admirable. But she has leisure to
enjoy Washington at it's best, the soft
weather of early winter and the gay
circle of feteS.
The princess as a representative Siam
csc mother considers her duty to her
little ones of paramount Importance. and
she gives every detail the closest atten-
tion The older is dainty little girl called
Pantip, and the boy is Thevatia, and an
important member of the family Is a
pure white English bulldog. kim" He
is their constant companion and play
mate, and accompanies them on all their
excursions abroad.
The princess considers Siam one of the
most interesting countries OF the world
Bangkok is called the Venice Of the east
and in some ways 1t does resemble that
famous city, but with this difference, In
Venice water is merely the mode or
locomotion, while in Bangkok there Is
an aquatic population entirely independ-
emit of the terrestrial. Every one who
comes TO Siam must enter by way of the
mighty river, Menam, which in the Ian
Duke river translated into English. fol
the title duke represents very high
order of the nobility. Entering the river
all along the shores may be seen houses
floating on RATS or pontoons, and again
households which move from place tc
place. Those who live thus have theil
floating markets which bring all kinds OF
eatables and wearables to their door
They visit among themselves and Lead
their own life. caring little for the city
There is nothing in Venice like this mol
like the Siamese water life at all. For in
stance. the princess says when thu
Siamese wish to give great fete IT
Bangkok similar to the magnificent
evening levees and balls here, they givs
a water festival or a barge party as the,
say in England. But sometimes the
barges are Ito feet in length and they
are manned by a hundred oarsmen
dressed In gay uniform, and the barge
or rather gigantic gondola, would bette
express il, is wonder of color in flags
drapings of silks and festoons of flowers
There is music aboard and all kinds O
refreshments and abundant room to pas
from one group of friends to anothe
and exchange the compliments of tn,
day. Usually there Is a landing ant
pagoda up the river where the part.
disembarks. strolls about and has NOR
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ridor. which is more like a reception
hail opening off a corridor. that runs
north and south along the east gallery f
the Senate, stand marble busts of Linz
coin, Charles. Sumner. Garibaldi. Pulaski.
kosciuszko. thhe Chippawa chief. Ree-
Shee-kee and ~that. other famous Chip
pawa Indian called in the Indian Ian
guage Aysh-ke- ba n ke-ko Ebay, or in
English. Falmouth. There is an oil por-
trait of John 4. Dix. the painting.
The Florida Case, representing ses-
sion of the electoral commission in 1877
and curious mosaic portraits OF Lincoln
and James 4. Garfield.
IL il rather a dim chamber. the light
entering through two small windows high
up under the ceiling OF the east portico
OF the Senate. chandelier of electric
lights sometimes sheds yellow radiance
there There is gliding i'm the ceiling and
the floor is yellow. blue and white mosaic.
Two elevator shafts open into this cham
Der and during a session OF the Senate
there Is good deal of clicking and
rafting and humming from this cause.
The bust OF Zachary Taylor. mounted
on one OF those painted wooden ped
estals soon 10 be replaced with marble.
stands near the southernmost of the TWO
windows and between the busts of Gar
ibaldi and -Shee-Kee and under the
mosaic portrait of James \. Garfield.
The mystery of this bust is who ex-
ecuted it. Ii is unsigned. Far-reaching
efforts have been made to learn the
sculptor's name. but without avail. 1t
Is believed that IL was chiseled in New
Orleans between the time of Taylor's re-
turn from Mexico and his election to
the presidency, but this is speculation.
1t was bought by the government from
descendants of Taylor but they were Sk-
norant of the name of the artist. lt js
a fine marble-one of the really artistic
sculptures of the Capitol. Anybody 70
terested in the art objects of the Cep-
itol would be glad to get clue as 10
who was the sculptor.
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send began his examination of the tun-
mel lining Tuesday, September ., and
The Star Of Wednesday, September IS,
told of the finding of a big open space
above the arching, where rubble and ce-
ment packing should have been, and of
many other evidences of gross fraud The
newspapers the citizens and Congress
were boiling with Indignation. Everybody
was reading and talking about 1.-THE tun-
mel frauds. military court of inquiry
was ordered and joint congressional in
Vestigating committee, composed of SEN
ators Edmunds. Faulkner and Dawes and
Representatives Mcmillan, Ryan and
Clements, began to search into the Sc
crets OF the big tobbery.
II
The congressional investigating commit
tee began its sessions Monday, October
70. 1883. It's report was presented to the
Senate by Mr.. Edmunds Tuesday, Febru-
airy 26. 1880. In brief, it was that from
the report of the experts and from the
testimony taken it appeared beyond all
question that substantially the whole
and every part of the lining of the tunnel
is absolutely and enormously defective
and that 1t is scarcely too much to say
that there is hardly any continuous length
OF ten feet in the whole lining where the
backing. particularly over the arch of the
lining, is not absolutely wanting or only
partly filled in or SO badly constructed as
to make the whole backing of the lining
worthless"
The committee found that under the
last contract. If not perhaps earlier. sew
eral of the government inspectors whose
duty 1t was to watch the operations of
the workmen and see that the work was
done according to the contract, under
color or working overtime. ETC., received
under false names, various sums of
money from the contractors, the time
keeper OF the contra ctors entering in his
time book these fictitious names intended
to represent the particular inspectors, and
from which time book the sums were
computed, but in envelopes addressed to
the fictitious names and handed to some
one of the sub-contractors or handed over
directly to the inspector
The committee reported that it had no
Just grounds to believe that either Maj.
Lydecker or Lieut.. Townsend was guilty
of any corrupt practices in regard to the
matter or had any personal knowledge
that the sub-inSpectOrs We're receiving
money in the manner stated, but"
said the committee, the fact remains
that with this responsibility and duty of
vigilant superintendent and watchful-
ness on their part, thousands of feet of
lining occupying nearly six months in it's
construction was Systematically put in
in fraudulent manner The commit
tee thought that the officers in charge
must have been guilty Of great negligence
in the discharge of their duties. The COM
mittee concluded that it would be unwise
to spend any more money on the tunnel
and recommended that it be left as it
was. but favored the laying of forty
eight-inch surface conduit to the new
reservoir.
The Star of March Z. 1889, contained
this news paragraph:
numerous other duties been ordered to take
charge OF the Washington aqueduct extension. 1t
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substantial food than is served in the
gondOla.
X X
Anything SO gay and attractive as these
graceful boats with a pleasure party is
rarely seen, and no other capital can
boast Of this particular form Of enter
tanning
The princess is proud of her country
and is entirely conversant with the tre-
mendous strides which 1t has made in the
past twenty years. But the oriental no
blewoman does not concern herself with
such considerations except in the broad
est way. Her sphere is definitely defined
for the social and domestic role. at least
in Siam The exclusion of women from
any part of family life has never been
tenet of those who follow the teachings
of the gentle Buddha. The wife of the
Siamese noble is on little different plane
same station, at least since the western
civilization took such firm root and
spread to every division of life.
But the Siamese never had restrictions,
even in time when it was one of the iso-
lated and absolutely inclosed kingdoms.
They were always educated in a certain
sense and that they are being more care
fully taught is no different, they think.
ITOEl the PROCEDURE OI TIC Icot VI Tic
world. They have now an excellent
school system founded on the very best
types and teachers of every nationality
imparting the various good features of
their mode. The Siamese lady of today.
says the princess, lives much as her sis
ter everywhere. They preside over the
fetes which their husbands give and take
a deep interest in their housekeeping
They visit among themselves and among
the foreigners who live among them
and give their own entertainments. They
are fond Of needlework and do 1t exqui-
sitely. one of their favorite gifts being
pieces of embroidery for personal use.
My country is the center of won
derful fruit zone," said the princess. land
one thing which the western world knows
nothing of is the exquisite fragrance as
well as taste of the fruits of the east. We
have many not even known by reputation
here which are almost q staple of food
and most luxurious for dessert or for
breakfast. We have very large fruit,
the durien plant, of which an enthusiasts
tic British writer says II tastes like ripe
strawberries and cream, like ambrosia
and nectar combined. like a ripe peach and
ice cream all mixed together. i tried this
combination once in England, but / like
the durien plant better. The fresh green
cocoanut has Q cool. delicious milk which
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reservoir to the site selected for the new
reservoir near Howard University; third,
for constructing a new reservoir which
was to have capacity Of more than
fourth. for reinforcing the city water
supply by new mains from that reser-
voir. The amount appropriated by the
act OF Congress of July Is. 1882, was ST.
1920. Maj. Lydecker said in his first
report that 'the work will be commenced
as soon as practicable. the Attorney Cen
eral having published his advertisement
of lands to be TAKEN
X X
Ground was broken for the tunnel at
Foundry branch December ~, 1888; at
Rock creek and at Champlain avenue
December 13 and at the new reservoir
January 2, 1884 Contracts for work on
the dam, tunnel and reservoir had been
let in the fall of 1883 and in the engi-
neer in charge IN his report in 1884 said
that progress during the past year has
been such that the work at the dam will
probably be completed during the fall of
1885" At the close of the fiscal year of
1884 the length of the tunnel -excavated
was 1900 feet.S leaving 1915 feet to be
excavated. .ss se- ss 70
The contract called for the completion
of the work by June 30, 1885, but
wrote the engineer. this is not likely to
be accomplished at the present rate of
progress. the funds for carrying on the
work will be exhausted by or before Feb
ruary 1. 1885, and unless an additional
appropriation is made available by that
date operations will have to be sus-
pended, causing thereby not only delay
in bringing the increased water supply to
the city, but also considerably increased
cost. The officer in charge estimated
that the additional appropriation re-
quired for completing the work would be
$685., 900.
Operations on the tunnel were contin-
ued until February 1. 1885. when it be-
came necessary to suspend work because
the appropriation was about exhausted.
and the balance then remaining 81 500
was held to protect the tunnel from
damage by flooding during suspension OF
the work pending action by Congress in
the matter of additional appropriation.
Action was delayed until that small sum
was exhausted. and Congress made a
special supplementary appropriation OF
5000 to continue pumping operations,
and a little later in a general deficiency
bill appropriated 1895 600. The work was
resumed. and from time to time reports
were made as to the progress Of the bore
and the lining.
In 1887 the engineer in charge reported
that the completion of the work Of exca-
walton had developed the necessity of do
ing more lining than was contemplated
when the last estimates were submitted,
and an additional appropriation of $500,
600 was asked for.
1t is in the report of the engineer in
charge for 1889 that one reads this cold,
bald official statement:
I'm September. 1883, charges were made
that improper work was being done under
the contract Investigations were COM
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we value highly, and soft sugar cane cut
in small cubes is what the Siamese chill
dren prize above any sort of sweetmeat.
Our mangoes are delicious and tender.
Young bamboo stems made salad much
more tasty than asparagus OR tomato We
have all the fruits which are used here,
but none have either the fragrance or the
flavor and sometimes not the soft, lovely
exterior
X
The Siamese legation is established in
a pleasant home on Rhode Island avenue
Just above 10th street. Prince Prabandh
has led the nomadic life of all those who
serve thar country abroad, and he has
given up the idea of taking his house
hold possessions about the world. The
home. though leased furnished, presents
many Of the delightful aspects Of the far
off country from which it's residents
come. Magnificent pieces of teakwood
and Of carved ivory give a regal air to
the prosaic interior of a modern Ameri-
can drawing room, and in the dining
room some quaint old dishes and vases
of porcelain claim instant attention.
The princess has started most bravely
on her round Of duty outside her home
AS the wife of diplomat but recently
appointed to this capital, she has most
formidable obligations. She must call on
all the high officials of the capital, ac-
companied by her husband; the cabinet.
the Supreme Court and the entire sena-
torial set. Then come the diplomatic
corps, and, of course the ambassadors.
and then every minister who preceded
the prince in term Of services here. She
has set about her duties gayly and has
found abundant pleasure. to compensate
any fatigue attached to the exertion.
Washington has always given particu-
larly cordial welcome to the strangers
from the east, and when such a del ght-
full personality is included in the chate-
laine OF such wonderful and quaint
country interest is universally aroused.
Conspicuous in the drawing room Of
the legation is the picture of the young
King Chowfa Maha vajiravudh. who as
crown prince made an extended tour of
this country during the spring Of 1902.
The heir to the throne of that most pro-
gressive and successful of the recent
kings of Siam, Chulalongkom, the crown
prince, was educated at the Royal Mill
tary Academy at Sandhurst. He had
previously studied at Christ College, Ok
ford.
After completing his education he made
the grand tour Of the continent, and then
came to this country. President Roose-