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ELS are always handy to have and
to hold. Never more appreciated
than in your summer outing.
Better Have One;
Very Weak Prices Now.
White Pique Skirts,
Carry emaciated prices this week.
SERIOUS SLAUGHTER
THE FINE ARTS AT
THE GREAT PARIS SHOW.
Brief Summary of the Display Made by the
World’s Painters and Sculptors at the
French Capital.
'I In* linerican .Section In Highly Creditable—This In True Doth of the
Pictures and Statuary—France Lends All Other Nations in Number
of Works Shown, as a Matter of Coarse—*Great Britain’s Medi
ocre Art Exhibit—Compa r iso ns Between the Artistic Fea
tures at Chicago and Paris—The Exposition Struc
tures This Year Are Niot Nearly So Impressive
as Those of the Exposition of ISO.*!.
(Copyright, 1900, by C. SI. Knrts.)
Paris. Jun 28.—The visitor to the Chica
go Exposition of 1893 could scarcely avoid
a feeling of sadness that the splendid
whit- palaces, so artistic, so dignified and
so impressive, were to exist for a season
find then to disappear—to be remem
bered only as a dream is remem bared—
in tais case a dream of architectural beau
ty exceeding all other dreams and all real
lb* The visitor to the Paris Exposition
of 900 is oppressed by no such feeling.
il< can contemplate the prospective disap
pearance of the majority of the flamboy
.an fantastic structures here with com
ix ire. for the exposition of 1900 is a dis
ih - ment quite as conspicuously
a 4 ' the exposition of 1593 was a glorifica
tion of Chicago.
Tne present Paris Exposition cannot in
GRAND PALACE O F FINE ARTS.
•*iy way compete with Paris Itself In at
,r’ ' veness. The views in,the old Tull*
• cardens, with the stately buildings
rf ' Louvre in the background; the
Vl ' > ® in the beautiful gardens of the
• ■ inbourg, the views up and down tho
-taking in Notre Dame, the old
‘ 011 ■ rgerle, the graceful spire of the
Chapelle and the picturesque Tout
*** la quet; the views from Montmartre,
,rr m tne Arc TTlomphe and from many
o,t ' r points, are artistically tar superior
Bnii tr more impressive than anything
“ff'Tded by the exposition.
I lu best of the exposition vistas are
obtainable from the new Alexander
... K : ie, down the Seine and over the
) I “* e des Invalides from the Pont de
ij, f and the Pont de Lena and from the
. 1,11 'O toward the Eiffel tower, and
1 ' ,>;i ■ But none of these compares
or Picturesqueness with tho
v _ Wii shout the "Court of Honor." the
from there looking toward the art
1)r °* 1,1 the general view of the Kxposl
d, ! ''hidings fom the lake, at Chicago.
H 11 * ° the various European exhibits
, .. ' ■ may Ire more numerous, more
‘"nslve.more carefully selected and
R " Lanced In certain ways than those
„ ' 1 ""'c al Chicago, the Exposition as
* or, ir '™ leel no such general lmpr<s
cr,' t| '"u’ldtude and imponancr as was
( '' by the Columbian Exj>oaltlon.
"• r t lit I*. Exiiosltton Strnetnres.
nr ex Positlon structures, us a rule,
We “Raised Cain” Last Week.
Wesho h ’ wake the echoes with out “White Squadron” of superlatively Incomparable SHIRT WAISTS and
positively unmatchable MUSLIN UNDERWEAR. Didn’t quite clean up, though. Those who bought will return this
week to buy more. Good to buy, to wear, TO KEEP FOR ANOTHER SUMMER. You can’t often get $1.25
Waists for 89c, or SB.OO Waists for $5.29, and soon. The OWLS havn’t ALL the WISDOM-vide the crushing
MID-SUMMER attendance in our cool, breezy LADIES’ DEPARTMENT. Other trades this week, for instance,
GIRLS’ SHIRT WAISTS HALF-PRICE. LADIES’ $5.00 DUNLAP SAILORS $3.00. MOVE!
SUITS
are pretentious, overloaded with orna
ment, artificial looking and utterly lack
ing In dignity. They are very evidently
"only for the moment;" they do not com
port in character with the exhibits with
which they are crowded. There are a
few exceptions to this general characteri
zation: The two Art Palaces, which ere
permanent structures, are fine in most of
their details, and the buildings reproduc
ing feature of “Old Paris” are exceed
ingly picturesque and well-placed—though
these last are not exposition structures in
the specific sense any more than are the
buildings of the various foreign Powers
—some of which are admirable, while
others are needlessly hideous—or those of
th* numerous concessionaires from vari
ous parts of the world.
The Grand Palace of Fine Arts, in w hich
the contemporary art exhibits of the va
rious nations are shown, is far better
.adapted for its purpose than was the Art
Palace at Chicago, but In Its exterior tt
Is not nearly so dignified or impressive
as the Chicago building. Both the Grand
Palace a.id the Palace of Relrospectlve
Art arc most admirable in their general
features, but both are disfigured by por
tals that arc at variance with the other
portions of the structures and that depre
ciate the fine effect their beautiful colon
nades would have had If unDroken by
such disproportionate and inharmonious
projections
The exhibit of contemporary art is not
quite so large as that made at Chicago,
and while Rome nations show to better
advantage here, others were more credi
bly represented there.
The contemporary art exhibit of Prance
is enormously larger here titan was that
at Chicago, but 41 averages about the
same in quality. Many of the pictures
exposed In Chicago ate in evidence here,
prominent amonr% which are some of the
strong j>ortralts by Bonnat, including the
Ernest the beautiful portrait of
Madame Gauthereau and other works by
Cortols; the Horses of Besnard, the nude
dancing figures of Codill, and so on.
Many of the lending French painters ate
represented here much more fully than
at Chicago, notably among them be ng
ltoybert. who exhibits, nmong other strong
works, Ills colossal "Charlew the Bod, at
Neele," which wa* ahown at the St. lx>uls
Exposition three years ago; and Jean
Beraud, with bis somewhat Irreverent In
terpretations of Biblical nubjecta with
types of character, costume and scenic
It Dawns
On the ladies at last, that
it is possible to get REAL
UNDER
WEAR
in tli is city
M H s / r ' ces ’
m y X Elk
Brand
AAuslin Underwear,
At material, well made and
handsomely finished. Lots
of imitations, hot no equal.
Great Cuts
In washable and
other good and
Underskirts,
B. H. Levy & Bro.
THE MOKMNG NEWS: SUNDAY, JULY 15. 190a
tVVe Get Orders
' For the Popular
Kabo Corsets
From the distant Western
states even. It’s fame is at
home and abroad.
Summer Weights and Styles.
Kabo Perfectors,
Handsome Corset Covers, *
Combination The ■’*
, PATENT SHIRT WAIST.
Lovers and
Skirts in One fv Jo
Piece ' iflllM
Elaborately designed and trimmed.
Corsetine Wrappers.
Straw Sailor Week.
$5.00 Dunlaps Cut to $3.00.
Others from 49c up. , \} To „ ef *
Fine Rough Black Sailors
. wfth the A'wiijg on ! Uuttooi It •* •upplied
Reduced from $2.00 to SI.OO.
tor o oil cilhri m wana(. w.thing or ironing.
surroundings borrowed from the Pari#
of the present time.
ConMft>it'ii ••Victoria*’ I* Ghost-Id key
Then there is Benjamin-Constant’s por
trait of Queen Victoria, in royal robes and
crown, seated on the throne. This, while
one of the most pretentious, Is one cf tho
most inefficient of Benjamin-Constant’s
works. The figure of the Queen presents
tho appearance of an overfed ghost. It
emphasizes the least attractive features
of the monarch’s personality in its out
lines. It lacks substance and give# no
suggestion whatever of the Queen’s
womanly character and dignity. The fig
ure is entirely subordinate to the archi
tectural details and gorgeous adornments
of the throne. In color the composition is
monotonous.
One painter alone, in the French sec
tion, elands head and shoulders above his
fellows—Dagnan-Bouveret—who was very
inadequately represented at Chicago, but
who is seen here at his best. His "Last
Supper” is the most impressive picture in
the French section. In conception, in
composition, in color nnd in all artistic
qualities it is one of the great pictures of
our time. “The Conscripts’’—bought by
the French government a few yeats ago—
is another of Dagnan’s particularly line
works shown, and this picture rank#
among the matserpiece* of art.
In the French retrospective section
representing the past hundred years of
painting in France—whtdh is in another
part of’ the Art Palace; one finds excel
lent representation of nearly all the men
have contributed toward making
France famous in art—including, of course,
“the men of 1880.”
It is a pleasure to record the fact that
the United States section of fine arts is
one of the most attractive of all the sec
tions—not excluding that of France. This
may seem a broad statement, but it is the
truth.
The first impression of the visitor upon
entering the American galleries is of rest
fulness. The walls are covered with a soft,
gray-green material, having the effect of
brocade, and the pictures are hung with
liberal spacing—only two rows above “the
line”--and in no way crowded. The dra
pe rie#, fauteuils. end so forth, conform in
coloring to the- scheme of the walls, and
the result give* a decided feeling of relief
after the heavy, conventional red-draped
galleries crowded with pictures from line
to cornice in most of the galleries of the
other section#.
Six American Galleries.
There are six galleries in the United
section, admirably located at the
head of the great staircase at the south
west corner of the rotunda of the Art
Palace, and it is safe to say that these
galleries contain such a representation of
contemporary American pictures as never
before has been assembled together. While
a number of our painters of the first rank
are not represented—as Tryon, Dewing,
Mowbray. Colman, Wyetl, Eaton, Ryder
and a few others, the works shown dis
play practically the highest achievement
of the exhibitors, and have a general char
acter of seriousness and dignity, and a de
gree of Individuality not characteristc of
the general exhibit of any other section.
The most noticeable work shown in this
section is John S. Sargent's portrait group
of Mrs. Carl Meyer and her children, rep
resenting a handsome young woman In
a pink dress, half reclining on a light
colored tapestry covered soft, over the
back of which her two children—a boy and
a girl—are leaning. Artlsticaily, there is
no liner work shan this in the exposi
tion. 1 do not believe there Is another
work in the Art Palace containing so
many of the qualities which belong to the
work of a great painter. Such a pic
ture, like the same artist's portrait of
Mr. Wertheimer—which hangs In another
gallery—may be mentioned along with the
great works of Velasquez and Frans
Hals. The portolt of Mrs. Meyer and
her children Is carried further than most
of the work of Mr. Sargent, with which
tho puhllc Is familiar, and shows the mar
velous ability of the painter in “finishing"
so as to satisfy the most exacting demand
for realistic detail, while yet preserving
the breadth of handling that goes with
enthusiasm. Mr. Sargent's portrait of
the president of Bryn Mawr Collego Is
another fine work.
James Mac Nell Whistler shows three
Important pictures: A portrait of the art
ist, portrait of a lady in black and gray,
and an exquisite portrait of a lady stand
ing hv a manted-plecc, with her head re
, ted In a mirror. It would require
nearly a column to mention and comment
briefly on the noteworthy work of other
American artist* shown.
Nearly all the American pictures shown
here have been exhibited at the academy
of society exhibitions at Philadelphia, Chi
cago, I’Mtaburg, Cincinnati and Bt. Louie,
so that any detailed description of them is
unnecessary.
Exhibits of Other Countries.
The British art representation is little
more than o third as large as that at
Chicago in 1593, and does not compare
with it in excellence, and many of the
strongest artists in Great Britain—espe
cially the Scotchmen—are entirely unrep
resented. The German exhibit, though
less then a third as large as that made at
Chicago is most creditable. The galle
ries are handsomely decorated and the
arrangement is generally excellent. The
Austrian exhibit, also, is pratieularly fine
—far better than that made at Chicago.
The galleries containing the works of the
painters of the Austrian “Secession,” and
those of the artists of the Genossenschaft
are simply superb in their exquisite decor
ation and general arrangement. They are
the most beautiful galleries in the art pal
ace.
The Spanish exhibit Is about half the
size of that made at Chicago, and is less
interesting. The Italian section is redeem
ed by a most interesting collection of the
remarkable work of the late Giovanni Se
gantlni. Sega mini was one j>f the most
individual painters of our time. His- meth
od w r as absolutely his own. He wa#serious,
Painstaking in the extreme, and combined
impressionism, realism and poetic senti
ment in hds work. Perhaps no other pic
tures In the exposition will be the subject
of more discussion or more diverse expres
sions of opinion than his. But he was a
great painter and his death was a deplor
able loss to art.
The Holland exhibit is much smaller
than that country’s exhibit at Chicago,
and is not equal to the latter in quality.
Tne Belgian exhibit is also smaller than
that made at Chicago, but Is rather bet
ter. The Scandinavian sections, as usual,
are extremely interesting. Here painters
of originality and individuality predomi
nate. Among these men of the North
ore finds a sturdy, honest, frankness and
oftentimes n most captivating n&lvebte.
They paint the truth as they see It, and
they see it through human eyes and feel
it with very human hearts. The arti
fi ial plays little part with them. Of the
Swedish painters, Zorn unquestionably
stands at the head, and in the art sec
tion of his country he is represented by
his portrait of King Oscar 11. by “The
Mother” —an attractive young Swedish wo
man, witii a child in her arms, and by
“Midnight at Mora, June 21"—a festive
scene under bright sunlight. While these
are pictures of great vigor and consum
mate art, Zorn is not so well represented
as he was at Chicago, nor is Swedish
art as a whole.
As Zorn Is the leader in Sweden, so is
Kroyer in Denmark. The Danish exhibit,
though smaller here, is better, on an av
erage, than that at Chicago. Kroyer is
splendidly represented by a number of Im
portant works. His “Meeting of the Roy
al Academy of Science at Copenhagen”
is an enormous composition filled with
life-size figures. The Norwegian section
Is especially strong in landscape. Ex
hibits of the art of Hungary and Croa
tia-Slavdnia are in galleries adjacent to
those of Austria. By the lamented Mun
kaesy there are two eharacteristic land
scapes. The art exhibit of Russia is
about double the size of the exhibit made
at Chicago, but is not remarkable for ex
cellence. Some of the works In the sec
tion of Finland are among the best.
The Swiss section contains a consider
able number of pictures, hut few' whi h
call for special attention. There Is little
to attract one In the art exhibits of Bos
rda-Herzegovina. Bulgaria. Kquador,
Greece. Luxembourg. Mexico, Monaco*
Nicaragua. Peru. Portugal. Roununia,
Sn Marino, San Salvador. Servia, Tur
key or in the small International section.
The exhibit of Japan consists mainly of
paintings on silk by modern artists. Is
handsomely Installed in galleries adjoin
ing the United States section, and is ex
tremely attractive nnd Interesting.
Sculpt nre.
The sculpture exhibits are placed In the
great court of the Grand Palace and in
appropriate positions in the ground# out
side. The French exhibit naturally is tho
largest and contains 840 works. Next in or
der are Russia with 137; Italy, with 87;
Germany, 72; Ihe United States, 70; Great
Britain, #2; Spain, 57; Hungary, 52; Aus
tria, 46; Belgium and Switzerland, each
37; Greece. 36; Denmark. 24. and so on.
The United States exhibit of sculpture !
especialy well placed. Many of the prin
cipal works arc arranged in a large half
circle immediately under the great dome
of ihe Art Pal ice, and others at e disposed
In excellent positions in the grounds. Un
der the dome are the large equestrian
ntatue of Gen. Sherman, by Augnatus St.
Gaudens; the enormous groups of spirited
horses, the Shakespeare, the Sir Henrv
Mothers Don’t
Seem to grasp the GIRLS’
t opportunity
Dresses
and Slips,
Plain and
Mothers nor
seamstresses can ever match
their utility arid beauty at
twice our regular price, and
this week wc
Are Cutting Prices.
Great Reductions in
R
S
o iFp
s
Vane, the Venus and Adonis nnd the Bac
chantc, by MacMounles, and the bronze
fountain by Karl Bitter. Daniel t’.
French’s equestrian statue of George
Washington decorates the United States
government building, and there also is A.
Phimister Proctor’s “Quadriga." The Pil
grim of Augustus St. Gaudens stands in a
commanding position near the entrance to
the Palace of Retrospective Art.
There is enough real art at the Paris
Exposition am>i>]yao repay one for ad the
time and trouble necessarily involved in
searching it out, but if all the really
noteworthy productions only could be sep
arated from the vast sea of mediocrity in
which they ore mostly submerged, a most
superb collection might be formed.
Charles M. Kurtz.
INTERESTING WORD HISTORIES.
Queer Antecedents of Fain 11 in r
Terms Like Hin inn rale, Tnly.lln,
Bankrupt. Etc.
Some words hive. histories. Other
words embody hb’tory, as for example,
the word rigmarole. Everybody under
stands it as signifying a confused and
meaningless jumble, but precious few re
coil the fact ibat It comes from ragman's
roll. Now the ragman's roll is a crown
document of no small importance. It is
a r* al roll of ancient parchment, and re
cords categoiica’ly, the instrument and
deeds by which Scotland’s nobility and
gentry gave in their adhesion, and swore
allegiance to Edward I. of England to
ward th * close of the Thirteenth century.
Naturally it is a somewhat confused doc
ument. bui. possibly not so much con
fused as confusing to the good people of
its own era. It must have been unset
ting in those days, to dis over that the
lords and gentlemen thought to bo
staunchest for the old order/ had gone
over to the invading king. Yet there is
something to be said for the lords and
gentlemen—they loved not Scotland’s in
depetuk nee less, but their h* ads and their
estates rather more.
Venison, which nowadays mean# al
ways anl strictly the flesh of a deer,
is any fish hunted—that is meat
of venery. Venery is the old name for
hunting—thus foxts and wolves and badg
ers furnish “venison” no less than the
lordly stag. Cur, the synonym for a
worthless dog, has somewhat the same
derivation. In feudal England the dogs
of the villienage. nj doubt mostly si rav
ing mongtels. were by law required to
be cur-tailed—that is. have their tails
cut short, so they might be readily dis
tinguished from the stag and l*oar
hounds of the lords and gentlemen. The
stag-hounds ran true upon the scent, the
mongrels would confuse and a raw them
off from it. Sometimes the villien-dogs
had to suffer also “hombling,” that is.
cutting away the two mi ‘dl tO:S front
each fore fcot. so they could not run
with the hounds. A curtail-dog, or cur
tie-dog. in time became simply a cur.
His owners, the vlllkns who lived in clus
tered hovels outside the cattle walls, in
like ,manner gave rise to the word vil
lage.
Another wonderfully expressive phrase
also come# from the hunting field, where
it is to this day in comon use. It is “<o
run riot.” Foxhounds run riot when they
leave the drag of the fox, and go racing
and chasing off upon the scent of hares
and rabbits, whose company the fox seeks
when he fir.ls himself pursued. Indeed,
in fox-hunting parlance, ha re-scent is
known as “riot.” The familiar phrase,
“on the pad,” as (signifying going hither
and yon, also throws hack to Reynard
the tox. His feet are known techni
cally as pad#—when he gets up nnd be
gins to move about sportsmen say he is
“on the pad.”
It seems a far cry from the hunting
field to the name of u fashionable coach,
but It is from the hunting field the tal
ly-ho gets Its title Tallis hors, pro
nounced tally ho. Norman French for
“ou of the thicket,” was the proper cry
when the fox broke cover. The hunts
men nnd the master of foxhounds an
swered the cry with long blasts of the
horn. Then when public coaches be
gan to run, their horns blew' the tally ho
blasts; further as luxury progressed finer
coaches often took to the meet, and the
throwing off. fine people who did not in
tend to follow the bounds, but to #*c
them spectacularly. Between use and
luxury, the coach with seats on top. crys
tallized us the tally-ho. The tally-ho ft
is llkelv to remain, unless all the world
should go automobile-mad.
Lombard's, money-changers of Venice,
sat on benches round about the plaza
of t. Marks. Banco is Italian for
The White
Waist Sale
Last week was a destructive one, on
lines, yet the assortment is still good.
A visit will convince you of the magnitude
of the VALUES and insignificance ot the
PRICES.
Over 30 Per Cent. Off
On these superb creations of art.
Boy Suits ’ r~
Woolen and u <
Washable,
Mothers’greatest ! '
Reductions in j] i|
Negligee Shirts, *
Shirt Waists,
Underwear, f'l|l
Neckwear, o m
Straw and 1
Crash Hats. U?r,?-,4i,. f —-z~
bench. When one of the money-changers
defaulted, the others fell to, and broke
his bench in little pieces. After ward he
was knowm as “banco-rupto”—that is, the
man of the broken bench. Hence some#
our word bankrupt.
OLD LADIES OF TAHH.UI ATT A.
Ilcnldonts of a I nlqac Asylum In
New Soiitli Wales.
Perhaps one of the most curious es
tablishments maintained by any govern
ment, is that of the New* South Wales
Ayslum for Aged Women ai Newington,
Tnrramatta. .Eight hundred old ladles
there literally smoice their pipes in peace
amid ngrcable surroundings. The grounds,
shaded by gum trees, occupy a wide sur
face overlooking the Tarramatta river.
An old colonial mansion for tho superin
tendent, and several barraek-4ike struc
tures for the female pensioners are pro
vided.
The uniform of white poke bonnets,
white or blue notion shirts, ami black and
red checker-board pattern shawls, if tic
void of variation, at least, when dotted
all over the landscape, adds cheerful
spots of color to the universally sombre
hue of the gum tree foliage.
Some unique peculiarities of the Insti
tution impress the mind of the visitor.
First, the word “pauper" Is by regula
tion strictly tabooed in deference to labor
sensibilities; as it is quite possible a rel
ative of a member of Parliament might
be found among the inmates. Th* age
column, too, is a proof of longevity on the
Australian continent, few of the 800 being
under 70 and several over the century
mark. Among the litter the old ladies
are very particular that they have not
been deprived of a year or two on the
register.
An asylum is probable the last place on
earth where one would expe<4 any encour
agement given to the expenditure of
money even upon the most limited scale;
yet such is tho case at Tarramatta, and
for a sufficient reason. In order to enable
the old ladles to procure a few simple
requirements, wool for knitting, tobacco
and so forth, the government allows each
Inmate 1 cents a day. In principle tho
idea is excellent, but In practice it does
not always work out as intended. Noth
ing alarms the superintendent more than
to hear that Sarah Smith is saving her
pennies, for he knows from experience
Hint trouble Is sure to follow.
Alcoholic liquors are strictly prohibited
nt Tarramatta, hence b’arah Smith pro
jects a .visit to some place where such
form of- liquid refreshments can be pur
chased. f Sarah fchnith having succeeded in
evading the persuasive arguments of the
superintendent to part with her money,
Is one morning found missing with per
haps 65 In her pocket. Then telephone
message# commence to pour in giving dis
quieting information concerning the pro
gress of So rah Smith.
In a black covered van. much resembling
on undertaker’s wagon upon two wheels,
with a pauper groom in attendance, a
pauper dog slinking along underneath, and
drawn by a pauper horse who we*ms pain
fully conscious of his degraded position,
the superintendent starts in pursuit. At
the outset it might be supposed that the
hunting of a poor old woman could nst
offer much excitment. tha*. In fart, she
would soon be captured; but generally
such is far from the case. The pauper
horse is compelled to draw' the, curious ve
hicle over many miles of church-hole road
before a trail is struck. It is astonishing
how far these old ladies can travel. From
roadside inn to roadside inn the guest of
the checker board shawl leads on, until
at last even the spirits of the. subdued
quadruped revive, when one of those fa
miliar garments flutter Into sight. Usual
ly the old ladles are Indignant over the
curtailment of their liberty, passing many
uncomplimentary remarks nnent the < h.jr
atcer #nd appoarnace of the superintend
ent. as they ate assisted into the wagon,
and slowly conveyed back to Tarra
inatta. Michael Gifford White.
SOMK W.vvr A TICKKT,
Gold Hr iiiocriitN of Four State* Herk
n >letlng.
New York, July 14.—A committer of Gold
Demo, rats to-day Issued a call for a meet
ing In this city July 18 to devise the !>ext
method of placing In nomination u third
tickei for President and Vive President
niton a platform "denouncing ami combat
ing the fallacioua oml unconstitutional
creed* of both of the old parties.’'
The call Is signed by Gold Democrat* of
New York. Massachusetts, New Hamp
shire and Colorado.
READY TO FIGHT CHINESE.
SAVANNAH YVOI 1.0 SEND ITS QUOTA
OF VOLUNTEERS.
No Lack of Volunteers for f'ommla
nloiim—Col. Lawton Says There Wilt
Ben Heady Response When the
tall Jm Made if tlio Necessity for
More Troop# In Chinn, Arisen—-Gov.
Candler Sniil Georgia Can Furnish
10,090 Men—Mn van n nil Will Do Its
Part.
Indications point to the fact that <*re a
great while has elapsed the United States
may find it necessary to raise a number
of regiments of volunteers, either for
aervire in China, or to take the place of
regiments of regulars, moved from ggr-*
risen posTs to th# DSi
A Washington bulletin to the Morning
News yesterday, announced that it was
there expected, that a special session of
Congress would be called to authorize
the President and the war department to
raise new volunteer regiments, for thy
purpose named. Though this bulletin was
not afterwards confirmed by any more ex
tended report, it is taken, to mean that
the convening of Congress in special ses
sion is certainly within the probabilities.
In this state of affairs there is consid
erable speculation as to the response that
would probably be made by Georgia and
Savannah to the President’s call for vol
unteers. In a recent published statement.
Gov. Candler said he believed that th#
state could and would put 10,000 men 111
the field easily.
Col. A. R. Lawton, who commanded the
First Georgia Volunteer Infantry durln*
the war with Spain, was asked yesterday
for hi# opinion on the subject.
* I think," he said, “that there will be
a ready response to the call for volunteers
from this state that in exactly propor
tioned to the exigencies of the occasion.
The question of Whether or not It is a
man’s duty to volunteer or to stay at
home is one that each of us must settl#
for himself; sometimea the duty to go is
imperative, sometimes the duty to remain
is paramount. The result, though, is gen
erally satisfactory, and generally in ac
cord with the need of the nation. When,
during V the Spanish war 200.000
troop# were needed, 200.000 responded,
while when the volunteer regiments were
recently raised, and only 35,000 wer£ need
ed. only about that number volunteerod."
“So I think the country will never have
any difficulty in raising by volunteer en
listment all the troops needed, and I am
sure Georgia will not b- lacking in read
iness to bear her full share of the bur
den. One thing is certain—there will be
plenty of volunteers willing to take upon
themselves the duties nnd responsibilities
of command, who will flock to the stands
ard if they can get there with commis
sion#.”
HA* A HEW MAMAGE.fI.
Mr. AV. D, Anml en It.-ra to Taka
Charge of the Marshall.
Mr. TV. D. Vandenberg will assume
charge of tho Marshall House manage
ment Monday.- Mr. Vandenberg has
made a contra, i with Mrs. Mallette, the
proprietor, by which he is to have entire
control of the house. He propose* to com
pletely revolutionise ihe Marshall, ren
ovate and refurnish It, and make It an
up-to-dote hotel In every way.
This will be good tjewj to the hotel
public which h.is felt for some time that
the Mrc.hall stood very much In need
of an improved management. As Mr.
Vandenberg ha* had more than twenty
years’ experience In the hotel business,
a large part of which has been In Sa
vannah, with the Puiaskl, Hotel Tybea
and leading hotels elsewhere, h* would
appear to t>e the right man in the right
place.
WILL HE HEADHt ARTKRB,
I
Mlddle-of-the-Itoad Populists Are
Snl.l to Favor luclinnnt>olts.
Indianapolis. July 14.—Verbal assurances
have received by member* of th,
State Fo;u!l*t Committee that Indian
apolis will be made the headquarters of
the middle of-the-road Populist National
Committee.
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