Evening star., 1934-08-19

Presidential vacations were simpler
80 years ago than that recently taken
presidaut,s by President Roosevelt,
according to the fol-
Vacation lowing, printed In The
Star Of August 10, 1884 :
president Arthur, accompanied by
Gen. and Mrs. Sharpe, arrived at
Rhinebeck, N. p, at noon yesterday
in o barouche and were driven to
Theodore TimpSon's residence, Red
Hook, where they quietly spent the
afternoon. At 6 O'Clock the presiden-
tial party left for Rhinebeck, reaching
the latter place just before z O'Clock.
The villagers had hastily prepared o
reception and the carriage was met
in the suburbs by committee, the
James B. Livingston Gun Squad and
citizens generally. The President and
party were then escorted to the public
square, where thousand people had
congregated. Public and private build
ings were handsomely decorated with
flags. A platform had been erected,
which George Esselstyn mounted and
in two-minute speech welcomed the
President to the village. President
Arthur stood up In the carriage and
made brief reply. At Rhinecliff the
President took the train for New York,
where he will remain 1.-TWO or three
days and thence go to Newport to
witness the naval review. The train
ran from Rhinecliff to Poughkeepsie,
16 miles, in l6 minutes"
There was no starting nuisance"
half a century ago. but the sparrows
Sn,rro,r were a cause Of much
Sp"1io" concern. The Star Of
ousst;on August 10, 1884, says:
Those charged with
the duty Of reporting on the sparrow
question at q meeting to be held in
the Museum of Natural History in
New York on the 26th of September
ask the public to aid in the task by
furnishing information on the subject.
They say: We now want all that can
truthfully be said in favor Of the
English sparrow. Evidence Of the
opposite character is received IN great
quantities. The inference to be drawn
from this remark is that there Is
very little to be truthfully said In
favor of the bird and great deal
against it. That is the general verdict
in Washington, at all events. We are
bound to say, however, that the cater
pillars are not nearly 50 plentiful or
destructive to foliage here as they used
to be before the advent of the noisy,
Quarrelsome and dirty little nuisance;
though. whether this improvement Is
due to their efforts in that direction
or the other and natural causes 1t Is
a little diff1cult to determine, with
the weight of scientific opinion prob
ably In favor Of the latter view. 1t
may be observed In this connection
also that the sparrows themselves are
not as plenty in the city as formerly.
For this state of things two explana-
tions exist. They are slaughtered by
gunners and boys for food purposes
and they are gradually working their
way into the country, apparently ex-
tending their area Of occupation as
well as increasing their numbers each
year."
"It Is enough to aggravate the
Democratic Congressional Committee"
rross.d says The Star Of August
0Ao''eu %, 1884, ito find that
Wires they have been firing
broadsides which were
intended for the enemy into their
own ranks. The clerks have been
industriously circulating Republican
campaign documents among the faith
full Of the Democratic household.
Through some sort Of blunder docu-
ments intended for the Republican
committee were sent, folded and ready