Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-24

which IL hoored with asphaltum and
ornamented in the center with a bed
OF flowers. These apartments are
rented for SIS a month, and those OF
the three upper stories. opening upon
balconies. rent severally for $23, $21
and SIS a month. All these tenements
are neat. well finished and inhabited
by respectable persons. Each family
has a separate storeroom in the base
ment for coal or provisions, and de-
fined space upon the, roof for drying
clothes. There are, however. no wash
tubs in the rooms. All facilities Tor
back Of the court. which also in
cludes private water closets for each
family. and bathrooms which can be
used when desired. The privilege OF
twice a week. A janitor regulates the
whole establishment He directs
visitors to the apartments sought
keeps the court and stalrcases III
order and restraints the children from
becoming noisy and from injuring the
furnaces. The buildings are of brick
The number of apartment suites is
forty-two. The cost of the whole was
$4,000. 1t is said that other estab-
lishments of the kind might be erect
ed for far less money. The rent OF
the different apartment suites now
brings S11,700 a year, or about Sl2
per cent on $4,000"
Half a century ago it was a custom.
though somewhat less prevalent
than in the early
Newspaper part of the nine
teenth century, for
Controversles. the newspaper edi-
tors of this country to engage IN
fierce personal controversies in the
columns of their papers. In The S,ar
of August IL. 1869, is an editorial depre-
eating this practice.
"Of the abuses Of journalism which
have tended to degrade the American
press and destroy its usefulness IN
great measure. none are more worthy
OF condemnation than the PERSONA
controversies which formerly hiien
column after column of the news
papers, but happily are disappearing
in some quarters with the grown ol
a healthier public sentiment, Wheh
the persons engaged in such discreoit-
a HE business occupy prominent posi-
lions before the public. their person
alities may find large hunper
readers. who relish such wordy con-
tests and want to know the worst
thew can say of each other. But wheu
tones of the Weakly Truth Avoloer
attacks Smith OF the ScrapoiStoMh
Sockdolager IN a column OF olnlnss
gate and Smith retorts IN .wo o,,,rans
of slang, which leads to other columns
of scurrility and balderdash, IL
simnly ridiculous. The public. oeyohu
their limited circle or acquaintance,
does not care to know whether 1ones
got his shirt washed last week OF no. no,
church. Enough matters OF itnpoi
tsnce are continually transpiring III
the world, even in these dull times, 20
fiji the columns of the largest papers
with a daily budget OF Inte a,ao,ish
news. and unless Smith can demoiish
his antagonist in a brief paragraph ne
had better let him alone Noto,leS
is generally the goal at winch tnese
weak minded brethren aim ana tney
win attain it II possible at ars any ya S"
which are too nice to publish the cur
rent news of the day il 1t does not
square with their peculiar ideas OF
propriety, which would expurgate tne
and yet which are not at All too dig5
nified to print the most offensive and
slanderous personal attacks.
complaint of the lack of public en-
terprise has never been wanting In
any community. and
A Chance for a Washington mas
experienced out
World Fair. bursts of such feel
ings on various occasions In the past
A letter signed "A Citizen of the First
Ward" appears il The Star OF Au-
gust Is, 1863, as follows: 1casss
Can it be possible that our citi-
zens will passively allow 70 sup
through their fingers the golden OPP
portunity Of having the WORLDS iair
or exposition held here next year. as
proposed by our distinguished coun-
trymen. Messrs. Peabody and Cor
coran? Or will they let 1t pass 10
more wideawake competitors? II is
safe to assert that had the above
named gentlemen proposed such an
exposition to be held at Chicago, en-
thusiastic meetings would ere THIS
have been held and sufficiently money
advanced to begin, il not complete. the
requisite buildings. Can We not wake
mn to the fact that 1t would bring
hundreds of thousands of guests TO
our hotels and boarding houses. pur-
chasers to our stores, and money TO
our people? Look at the Paris expo
sition of 1867. 1t made the fortunes
of thousands in that city. Let us cafl
let us subscribe money; LET
us call upon Garrett for his aid the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
could afford to aid us to the extent or
at least $4,000 at the outseD: let
be appointed on grounds.
on buildings, and on finance. Again
I ask, where are our business mem"