Evening star., 1918-02-17

George G. Leach, two well known stxee&
car,conductors, who entered into aW1EeF
for considerable figure as to their
respective skill in the art Of skattnG.
They skated from the Long bridge to
Fort Washington, about sixteen mNea,
and. as the contestants are experts In
the art: rapid time was made at start
ing. The disparagement in the size of
the two 'skatfsts' may be inferred whaa
1t is stated that Mr.. Leach weighs ovef
200 pounds, while Mr.. Burssy weighs
but little over 100 pounds. MessrA.
James knight and Oliver Dunn. judges,
and Messrs Thomas Livtngs Of New
York and Mott Dunn and Red. Tucker.
unnpires, accompanied the parties in
Capt George Sheckles' newly construct
ed yacht for sailing on the ice Tho
contestants are expected to return to
Washington tonight"
A careful search OF The Star Of the
next day and subsequent issues fafls
to disclose any report of this event
leading to the conclusion that the
~skati for some reason or other
gave up the match.
The Star of February II, 1858, called
attention to the danger Of crowdlnx
the aisles at
Safety at Places of places of publio
Public Gathering. reference to late
serious accidents. with the following
local application:
'In this city the practice in places Of
amusement of placing chairs. etc. in
the passageways. in order to seat q
greater number of persons, has grown
to a dangerous extent. and we under
stand that Maj. Richards, superintend-
ent of police, has taken the requisite
ma IN Ryr n
ing, very serious calamities may be
averted.
"As regards facilities for egress, we
believe the public halls of Washington
largest and in many respects the most
eligible hall in the city. Carroll Hall.
was shown. by the painful slowness of
exit at the time of the Dickens read
spect. The same is true of other halls.
but it was the more apparent in this
instance by the largeness of the as
sembIage accommodated within its
ample walls and the length of time re-
Quired to enable them to leave the
building through the single mode of
exit. The proprietors of our city halls.
one and all. will do well to take into
and increasing the number of exit
passages In the construction Of new
halls now in progress-the Masonic
Hall and the Young Mems Christian As
care is taken in the same direction The
late lecture room of the Smithsonian
Institution might. serve a model; II
was not only the best hall we have ever
had in respect to acoustics and ventila-
tion. but it was also the best provided
with means of exit, with no less than
four ample modes of egress."
In view of the present tendency
throughout the United States, owing
to the inter
Plea for German in national situa-
Public Schools. tho stnav =, ~.
German language in the public schools
and other educational Institutions. an
item in The Star of February IA, 1865.
is of particular interest. It tells of a
meeting held the night previous of
, leading German citizens and dele-
gates from all the German associations
to arrange a mass meeting of those
favora BILE to the teaching of the rudi-
ments of the German language to such
pupils of the public schools as might
desire it. The resolutions. which were
referred to a committee, recited the
fact that that language was spoken by
$4,000 persons in Washington.