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THE DAY IN THE CHURCHES.
nKY.noItKHT VAk DHU'-MKH WILL
iHim: rAT<tH m: at m rrt
STIUCKT BAPTIST.
Xlirrr Will be MltT Vt.llln* Mlala
lrr>-l<rv Thomas H. Thomaan
Will rrnpli at Wealey *•
■•■ Ml. Rev. fharlee Jarrell al
Trinity aid Mai. Hr. . W. Iluarrt
al Ikr I*l ral Preabrlrrlaa—l nlan
nervier of the I'onarrraatlona of
4 krill ami SI Jaha'i I'harebee
Will br I nadarlrd br Hr*. I. 4 .
Hir.li Hlatio|i Kelley Eipfrlrd
Marl, froot llir kortk.
The Duffy Street Baptist Church. after
having brrn without a pastor for several
(north*. In fart tinre (he resignation of
Rev. Dr. J. D. Chapman, will receive a
neat iDJUiitr uxloy In Kev. R. Van l>e
banter.
Rev Mr. Van Deventer comes from Haw
klnaville. He was elected to the pulpit
of the Puffy Street Church several month*
ago but Me church engagements prevent
ed his assuming charge sootier.
In a congregational letter with which
hit V.m Deventer heralded his roming.
lie outlines his aim and the scope of lh
Work that he lias set for himself ui >1 me
congregation.
"We must be 4rfle Rsptlsts." he sars.
'■the great and varied interest of our de
nominational life, which emlMxlica Ihe
principles of ihe Oospel, desegve our
•tronxesi support
• In Mer. *r University, ths A**oclst ion- j
■1 h*fh •< liooia. ths ol.px<* for the r4u>
tuition of our clrli, wo have advantages
squsl to the Fra:. iu*l theM shoukl have
®ur preference und supports
“Our miMilon board with It* lan iv cir
cles and utilofia as uuxiliari* fostering
right and pkiritifrg truth, has a work
that la* so groat and growing on Its hand
that ft our help in ita prosecu
tion
“We expect to he a factor In the relig
ious life of the rRr. While we I.red the
cry from the distance wr must not with
hold our help at home, gtrtnember that
the fire Oust burn* brightest at home all)
shin** f rth*jt awa>. \\ • must te ready
toe <fty mihsione. the cottage prayer
mooting, work among the wtiiom. an I
whatever charity we may he able to aup
|>ort
■We |*f( to present to th* public
the lee In our services—the lt Hun
tley School, the boat prayer meeting, ll.e
mutt courteous and po tto alien lon uf
our usher*, the beet mush- our talent and
practice can r mirntnil. the greate-t com
fort tn eimimr and winter, and the best
pulpit service, to the extent of our abil
ity
"We expect every member of the church
to contribute hl or her latent to this
end We cannot all ilo ll>< same thing,
but In a church with so many phases of
Work we can find a pi are for our latent,
n I we must c na tenuously give It to
the laird "
The new minister will meet his congre
gation at the morning service at 11 o'clock
■nd wilt again occupy the pulpit at the
evening service. S:3O p m. The Sunday
Ike hoot will have a special welcome eer
vtee to the new pastor at & p MX, In con
nection with the usual exercise*. At 10
s. m . the young people will have I heir
devotional meeting. Tuesday evening, at
• .30 o'Wock. the congregation of 1 tic
church, together with thoreof other ev ttv
geitca I churches, will have a "recognition
nervtoe," when Mr. Vanlievenler will be
greeted ar<l welcomed by the Christian
people of this city.
Rev. K W Oawthon will preach at the
(Plret Baptist Church, morning and even
ing The subject for morning sermon w ill
be "Servl'-e In Following." and that of the
•venlng. "Failure." Tlo midweek prayer
er service will bo held Wednesday even
ing The subject will be "The Christian
XJig and the Olive Tree " The H. Y. I*. V
meeting will follow the morning servic.
The Sunday School will meet at S o'clock
in the afternoon.
The re*ular service of the Southside
Baptist Chur.-h will be conducted by the
pastor. Rev. J>. fl Kdtnfleld at 11 o'clock
a. m. and at * p. m. Ta* Sunday School
evil! meet at 4p. m The regular woeko
prayer meeting and B. Y. P C Is held
earn Wednesday evening at o'clock.
Method iwt>
At Wesley Monumental Church thvrt
will be aervlcea to-day at 11 o'clock a m
and at 8: P tn. The preaching will •>*
by Rev. Thoma* 11 Thomson of Bruns
wick. The Sunday School will meet at 5
p. m. Prayer meeting will tv held on
Wednesday at 8:30 p. tn.
Rev. Charles Jarrell, a son of Rev. A
J. Jarrell, a former psstor of Trinity
Chur.4a. will punch In that church at II
o’clock to-day. The pastor, Itev. Bo scorn
Anthony, will preach at night.
At Grace Methodist Church the usual
service* will be* conduct'd at 11 o'clock a
m and ai p, in. The pastor. Rev.
Osgrssl F Cook, will preach both morn
ing and evening After the morning ser
■nen the Sacrament of the Lord's Buppcr
will be administered. The Sunday School
Will meet at 4:h> p. m.
Thera will be preaching at the Seventh
(ttreel Methodist Church at 11 o'clo.tc a
tn and at .3t> p m. by the pastor. Rev,
J. A Smith. An administration of the
Lurd's Supper will take place nt the close
of the morning service The night ser
ves will he of especial Intereat to the
young people The Buraiay School will
inert at t ..i o'clock The Mentor Epwofth
Jssagu- will meet on Tuesday at s;3u p
tn . and prayer service* will be held on
Thursday at the same hour.
I }|l*eo|i n I.
Tha congregation* of St. John's Church
and Clwlst Church will utill# In services
at At. John# Church. There will lie a
aarynon and servic# at 11 o’clock a. tn.. and
a service at 6:30 p. tn. Rev b. C. Hlreh
■will conduct the services. Christ Church
Sunday School will meet a; 5:30 p. m.,
in Chrlat Church Bundsy School room. A
service will be held on Wednesday after
noon at Si. John’s, aL 6 p. in.
At St. Paul'* Church there will be on
aarly <-*|ed>rallon and the administration
of holy communion at 7:*n o'clock a. ni ;
Sunday Bnhool. at 5:30 p. m.; and evening
garlic# at 8.30. Rev. L. C, Birch wi.l
conduct tbs mamlng and evening o -
Vicss. ,
Presbyterian.
At the First Presbyterian Church, Rav.
JV. 8. W. Rogers will preach at tha !1
o'clock a. m. service. There twill be t o
night service.
There will lie preaching at the Isiwton
Memorial at 11 o'clock tt m , and at 8:15
p m., by Rev. W A. Jllshl. Mr. Nls
bet will leave on Mon<tay for Tennessee,
where ha will spend September. and ihe
leiwton Memorial will be ntoeed during
his absence The regular earvp-es during
the pastor's absence will be held tu Ihe
Monday School room at Barnard and An
derson streets, and will be conducted by
tha elders of Uia church Services will
be resumed in tha Lawton -Memorial the
first Sunday lo October.
lathe run
•arvloas will be. bald as usual la the
HUXbanaa Church uf the Ascension at M
o'clock a m and at *: p. m. The Bun
i lay B* ho 1 will meet at 6 o'clock
Morning service will ba hdd at Bt
Paul's huOiHst) Church al 11 o’clock by
file pant of. Hrv. M. J "Bssffi-
Hals to Right Hearing** will bo the sub
ject The Sunday UchooJ will meet al 6
p. n
• C hristian acleaoe.
The usual aervlces will be held at First
' Church of Christ. Sciential, at 11 a m
Subject of sermon. "Substance." Sunday
i School. 12 m. Wednesday evening meet
| lug. I;W Metropolitan Hull, corner Whit
aker and iTesldent streets. All are wel
-1 lOfUf.
Y. M. r. A.
The m sting f r men this afternoon at
4 o'clock at the Young Men's Christian
AtsocMtion promises to he an Interesting
one The *f*-ak* r will be Rev TTwiros* F,
Thomson of lininawhk. a young man for-
I tneriy of Savannah Ills th**tne will be
■‘True Manhood
Homan < nfhollc.
Al the Bacred Heart Church, the mass
will be celebrated at €:&) o'clock a. m.
There will be no mtv at t o’clock.
Right Rev. B. J. Kelley is expected home
to-morrow. The past month he has
► pent In New Yorft and Washington, and
I* (titiiiKbi to have completed his plans
for lb* dedication ceremonies of the
Cathedral of Bt John the Baptist by ex
tending lnvlfallone to the most
prominent numbers of the Roman Cath
olic clergy In this country to take part.
Colored.
At Bt Benedict's Church there will he
mars to-day at ! o’clock a m. The bene
diction of the Blessed Su. r.itwnt will take
put • immediately alter.
A 1.0 \DO % HTHKirri NOIMBB.
Record of a Weary arid Tornseated
Inhabitant of a Day's Kiprrlrser,
From the Tall Mall Gasttta.
They assured me It was a very quiet
’•place," and, believing their report, I
*ent my t*ook# there, and rejoiced before
in the possession of a “den" suita
ble for s scribbler whose relations are
lovers of sll kinds of music. The place
In question la a shore street, having ten
demurs houses on either side, which
forms a secondary line of communication
between two rather important thorougn
f.irm of Ihe northwest. There Is a curi
ous and inexplicable difference
tie> • .m*’hrs of these two roads; for.
whereas the Inhabitants of the one are
altnoid all the possessora of downright
British names, the other is ob
viously n part of the Middle
Ghetto. ono of thosa many cases
utioundlng in quails and window
boxes which the latter day Israelite tra
verses on hi* way from the Egypt of
Whitechapel to the Canaan of the West
End. Ii i not so easy to define the
dwellers In the intervening place, which
is unknown to two out of three . .ibmen;
but they are obviously respectable rate
payers and possessed of a fins pittance.
1: Is not their fault that a straggling army
of hawker*, organ grinders, street singers,
♦•• c.. loiters through every morning; for
on no single occasion, so fur as my obser
vation goe*. has any member of thot
noisy, ignoble army done a penny's worth
of buainesa with them Though, with
(he ex• option of the large i>aek. green
eyed cat to whom No. 14 belongs—he
nibbles* geranium leaves every day, and
that is why his eyes ore always an re
freshingly green. I auppoae-and the lit
tle trotting boy In red stockings, who
belong* to No A none of these worthy
jwople are acquaintance* of mine, I de
sire to expre** my regret jhat they will
have no further opportunity of studying
my goings out and coming* in. For. ba
nt*** of the tthomlYiahle peripatetic noises
which prevent fn* from working there
during the forenoon I have sought and
found another and. * do hope, a more
peaceful literary lair.
Here I* a plain catalogue of the hor*"|-
ti* hullabaloo* and clangorous jargoniqgs
will* h occurred iMn morning between 9
o'clock ami noon;
it;10 n m. The sweep came thnmgh
- rylng "Bwee-ep"* r intervals of a few
seconds He soon passed, but hk* voles
was Audible here nnl there arvl every
where In the neiglviorhood for nearly *tn
hour afer h!* *iis.ipimwranee. It w.i not
t> l>e heard uniesn I listened for It. hut
then I could not help listening for It.
9SI a. m -Barrel organ No. 1. which
pi-tyad "When Other Ups" and three op
eratic airs which I dare not Identify This
Is a very old machine.
9.40 a. m Man with a hand cart contain
ing lemons and oddments, accompanied
by a small !oy to do his shouting. "Fresh
lemon*, three a penny J" While traversing
this short street he repeated the cry twen
ty-eight times? I /sir after he had turned
the corner Into th<* Israelites' road his
voice, a veritable mosquito of sound, was
still audible.
9 f5 a. m. -Procession of four dust carts
and Interchange of chaff between the
drivers and a-prowltng cab. I didn't ob
ject to that.
10:10 a. m Funereal coal cart dawdled
through. "Coal, coal? loirge coal?** was
(lie chant of the coal heaver. The driver
only whistled
10:35 a. m-After a refreshing Interval
of silence (during which I could hear
aomebody playing male* on a broken
down (ilano somewhere In Ihe netghhor
hood>, a hawker of fruit appeared. "Fine
slrwhrs!’’ u hi* raucous cry, deatituie
of vowel* and truth.
10:50 a ni —Barrel organ No. 2. which
played "The Abend Minded Beggar." Do
the owner* of the machine* that play this
Inevitable tune rend any portion of llielr
dally collection to the fund? If not. why
not?
1! nr. a. m —Man selling flypaper walk*
through and alnga hie weird little aong:
Oh. those troublesome file*!
Catch 'em alive, oh! catch 'em alive, oh!
Oh, three tormenting fll*!
Catch 'em alive, oh! catch ’em alive, oh!
The 11 ret and third line* are aung. the
second an<l fourth Spoken very rapidly.
This man ha* a very penetrating voice
At 11 :’JO a. m —The strain* of a German
hand were heard In Ihe southeast. This
fraternity of cheap musicians with even
cheaper Instruments I* heard hereabouts
on Mondays and Thursdays only.
At 11:2a h m —Two men with a rwrt and
l>ony. selling lanky plttnls In small pots,
'•(•'lowers! Growln' flowers!" was the cry.
At 11:45 It m-Appea nance of a very
friw-y person In n ragged frock coat,
singing a most doleful aong about his
mother.
Ai 12 m,—The flrsl Istrrel organ raturn
„| In silence. The owner looked unhappy,
and 1 rejoiced to think he must have had
an unprofitable morning My morning
was altogether unprofliahle
These are all workaday noise* On Bun
day the hawker* and Ihe barrel organs
do not appear. but there are compensa
tions In the form of male mid female
street singers In great abundance and an
o|ten ulr preacher, with a most lugubrious
voice, who has a friend with an American
organ. The twain held coney tulle ser
vice at the corner. During trie hot weath
er these services are frequently met
with. Voyaging Into West Kensington,
for lnstatn-e. during the time of evening
service last Sunday I passed no leas than
six In full blast.
I may say that 1 do not mind a contin
uous noise of traffic, and am not at all
Iroubiad with nerves But I cannot aland
hawker* and bsrral organ*. The only
really quiet time I have ever had here was
on th* occasion of tha Paddington car
nival. which Journeyad up one of th* thor
oughfares mentioned above, and down the
other. There was a broad, deap river of
nolee then, which did net disturb my at
teatt—h
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 2. 1900.
THE GEORGETOWN CONVENT
WHMUC MrtV rAMOI • WOMKft
n lAI K GUI CATU).
The Names of Monte Uha 1% ere
Known for Their lleauty and
Others Who Attained High Boelnl
Position—A Few Wlmi Had VHstla
galahctl Fathers or lloabouda—The
llrlde of a linaalaa Diplomat—*ome
Feafnrea of Her Mfe—Othrr Hal
ter* of tieseral latrreat.
Washing ton, Aug 31 —One of ths prom
inent landmark* of the national capital,
since late In th* previous century, Is the
Convent of The Visitation In Georgetown,
known throughout the world as one of
America a tin* at educational Institutions.
S- me of the moat distinguished women
of the country have *|* nt a great part
of thilr early lives within Its sombre red
hr.ck walla, from which they finally
emerged to take thtlr rightful place* as
queen* of society; and It Is safe to say
that amid the world’s most brilliant gay
etles. every one of them has retained
fond recollections of the quiet but busy
y*ars sietit with the good sisters of the
Visitation. Among the convent pupils of
other days h* Harriot l.nne Johnson,
niece of President Buchanan, distinguish
ed for her grace and beauty both at the
court of Bt. James and 1n the White
House; and the sUndcr, whtte-halred lady
now well advanced In yars. Is yet a
prominent and beloved figure In Washing
ton society. Both Ellen and Theresa Ear
lug. daughters of Bvnacnr Kwlng of Ohio,
were graduated tier*-; and the former Im
medla** ly afterwards married Gan. Wil
liam Tecumseh Bhetmati and long reign
ed among the que ns of Washington so
nny A couple of decades later their
three •laughter* were also educated at
t Im* same old convent.
• • • •• • • e
One of the mo t leautlful graduates was
Adelaide Putts, who h*came the wife of
Bteithcn A Itouglaa, and juat missed h*-
coming "Fimt lady of the land." After
Dougina’ death, rhe married Gen. RoU rt
Williams, of the army, and was long
h*ard of at th* head *<f society in the
West. Of the daughters of Secretary Mc
l.ain who were educated in the George
town convent, one became the wife of the
noted Confederate soldier, Gen. Joseph
K Johnston, and, sad to say, for fear of
fratricide, .mother married a prominent
officer on the other able of "late onph as
antness. ' Miss Deslonde, another grad
uate. i* came the wife of Gen Beauregard
Mrs. Potter Palmer, who la now In Pa
ris, was edu at. and here; and also her hand-
f"fLipxA. ‘v* **ft t ’ 4 * ■*', y * *’*/ , < .-■ 4. •*£•*♦£
'
A Waist of Medici Red Panne, Primped In Groups of Cord Tuck* and Fasten
ing I morn the Front by Tabs. Decorated with Dull Gold Bullet Huttons that Ex
tend Upon a Full Frill of Black Chlfff*>ti.
soma sister. Mrs Frederick Grant, mol ti
er of Ibe Princess Catacuxene, and now
In St. Petersburg. "The Honore girls."
daughter* of a Chicago hotel-keeper, are
still spok'n of as among the most beau
tiful of the thousands of lovely girls who
have conned their books and raid their
prayers In th* old convent during Its cen
tury of existence. Among the later grad
uate* was Mamie daughter of
Gov. Alvin Bounder* of Nebraska, who
served hi* slate In the United Slate* en
atc foa ntanv year* Miss Saunders was
like her distinguish'd father tall, plump
and hlonde; and after her marriage to Iho
only eon of ex-Preeldent Harrison, when
she resided In Ihe While House, her
"golden hair" and azure eyes were the
favorite ihcme of society column*.
If 1 am not mistaken, the Baron Bodls
eo—an elderly ambassador from ltussia.
who wns said to he ut one- the richest
and the ugll-st man In Washington -tlrst
sow hi* wife os a school-girl tn th
Georgetown convent She was ihe dangh
ler of a poor and obscure, but highly
respectable family, named William*, and
her youthful beauty was something naar
voloim. She left the convent. Is fore grad
uation. at the age of slxtcn to marry
the elderly llitmn. The wedding Is yet
talked about In Washington
and Georgetown. There were only
eight bridesmaids the tlrst. Mis* Jessie
Benton, who afterward* climbed out of a
window lo run away with and marry Fre
mont. walking with President Buchanan
The bride. In rich satin brocade and vat I
of Honlton Isce. was given awsy by Hen
ry Clay. The Huron sent to his home In
ltuasl* for the ancestral Jewels with
which lo bedeck hi* wife. These Jewel#
sr* deaorlbed by Mm. Tyler In a letter
whleh she wrote in l*ti. "I very seldom
go to parties," aald the President's wife,
"but 1 could not refuse Madame Hodtsco's
Invitation Her la*U was expected to be
the grandest affair of the season. Mad
ame Bdi*co looked lovely and was attir
ed In pink satin with lace, flower* and
ohl such sph-n.lld diamonds—stomachers,
earrings, necklace, breast-rlns. bracelets;
I nevrr saw such beautiful diamonds,
nor so many on one smalt person " The
moJ sumptuous fete ever given In the
district, up lo that tlm# was held In Ihe
80i15... mansion In honor of th* birth
day of Kmperor Nicholas of Russia
Eighteen hundred guest* were Invited and
all th# foreign ministers, with their at
taches. were present In court dress It
was an ordinary thing for people to line
tha streets on the occasion of a Presi
dent's recaption, principally to ■*• Mad
am* Bodtaco pass from her mansion to
th* Whit# House. If the weather was
fine ah* was alwaya frankly vtslbl* and
happy tn the sunshine of love and admir
ation and the personification of gracious
cordiality. Her favorite costume waa
creamy whHr aalin anrt rare oM 1 arc,
and whm adorned wllh the Bc*dl*co ).*■
Hi. worth rnmathlnv like a million dol
lar,. an .••.-on of mounml policemen fol
lowed In her (rain al tha rcqueit of Ihe
IlarOfi People uaed 40 my, "Old i11,11,C0
Ik afraid aotnrhody will aiewl hla wife,"
but wa only following the Runlan cup
nun of furnlkhlnit an eacort.
• ••••••
The fleorgetown convent la the oldest
In the United State* and owes Its origin
Indirectly so the KHgii of Terror during
the French revolution In 1792 three la
dles belonging to the French aristocracy
took refuge In the United Htates from the
deadly fury that r*xd in their own coun
try Their names were Marie dc la
Marche, uhlesa of the order of Ht. Clare;
Celeste lu Blonde de la Rouchefoucauld,
and Maria de Bt. Idle. Arriving In Wash
ington they found themselves penniless,
among stranger#. Three years previous
the Jesuit fathers had founded George
town College and through their friend
ship. Madame de la Mar* he was enabled
to procure a small house which formed
the arly home of the splendid Institu
tion thst has sine* molded the minds of
many women who have become exemplar*
of the highest culture and refinement.
The growth of the convent was slow, by
reason of numerous obstacle* and diffi
cult.*-. the chlefcst being lack of money.
Madame de la Marche maintained the se
verest economy, nearly starving herself
for food and freezing herself for fire* In
winter, and at length became able to pur
chase from a wealthy Colonial land-hold
er and personal friend of President Bu
chanan, the stately grounds that now con
stitute the convent premises About this
time a young Irish girl, named Alia Ea
lor, liecame companion to Madame de la
Rochefoucauld and upon the death of the
latter decided upon a religious vocation.
HtYheMn the convent had been only an
ordinary lay school, though under Roman
Catholic au*p!ce*. Miss Latlor persevered
in her desire, und being joined by two
oihul young women, succeeded In having
the convent property trs*nfc k rred to the
trio, jointly, by a deed dat(l June 9.
Thu* originated the Order of Visitation
Nuns In the United States, n religious or
der which 1* now represented in nearly
every one of our large cities.
•••••••
The order Is peculiar In that, though all
branches follow the same rules, there Is
no head, or "mother" of the house. All
of the slst* rs who have dlfd In the con
vent. together with the founder* and most
of the *Hritual directors, have le**n buried
either in the large vault beneath the
chapel, or In the little cemetery in the
ground*. In the center of the vault it
seen the eotlin of Archbishop Neale, with
the following Inscription: "Here lies the
body of Most Reverend Beonard Neale,
second Archbishop of BaJlimor*'. and
founder of thl* monastery*’* Near by Is
the tomb of Rev. Plcot dorlvere. On the
plain little lion ids around the sides of the
vault are recorded the names of all thaw
who have been filed away, like musty doc
ument*. a century, more or 10-. Aroutvl
the walls are several scriptural quotations
and a very striking, 011-palnllng of a Vis
itation nun prepared (or burial, her habit
and veil adorned with white flowers.
Through the windows of the vault, pierced
In the thick Ivy-colored walls. Is seen the
pleasant garden, dotted , here and there
with plain black croeacig which mark more
burial places. All that was mortal of
. sweet Virginia Bcott, daughter of Gen
Winfield H-ott, who renounced th* world
for the cloister, was tlrst placed In th<
vault, awaiting her father's arrival. A
mm has thus described the last oecaslon
upon which the father looked upon hi*
daughter's face: "Here stood the grlxsied
hero of Lundy's lane anal the conqueror
of Ihe capital of the Montexuma*. to Id-1
a last farewell to the lovely child of hi*
heart, whom he hnd generously allowed to
give herself. In ail her youth and beauty,
to God. in a religion which he 'ltd not pro
fess, but respected." At the breaking
out of tha Civil War tho convent would
have been tuketa possession of by the gov
ernmetit for army purposm. had r.ot Gen.
Bcott asked of Secretory Blanton that the
spot made sacred to him by the grave of
hi* child, should. If possible, be tqsued.
The entire area covered by the convent
Is about Ihlrty-flve acres. The grounds,
within their high, thick walls are twau
ttfully laid out. with well-trimmed hedge*
iaral gravelled walks; atv I close by Is the
even more famous Georgetown College,
upon Its commanding eminence. There Is
an old and new building forming the con
vent. the latter presenting exactly the
•annae appearance It did half a century
ago-the former, I believe, the original
little old house In which the French exile.
Madame de la Marche, set up her school
for girl*, one hundred and eight years ago.
Tha chapel connect* the two. and over the
chapel door appear* the following Inscrip
tion:
Vovcta
ex Roddltc Immlno
1 >eo Vestro.
• • ass ***
One of the mnet Interesting events tn
a century of Interesting history was the
commencement exercise* and annual ex
hibition to the summer of I&2S, when Pres-
Mem John yulney Adam* conferred the
primes upon the pupils and ilellvered the
iddress before the graduating claw. In
President Adam*, personal memoir* we
And this record, tn his own handwriting:
"At 2 o'clock 1 went with my son John
and hi* wife to the Academy of the Nuns
of th* Visitation, ai Georgetown, and dis
tributed th* prUea that bad been award
ed to Ihe young ladle*. There are upwards
of 100 girls at the moot excellent school.
Among them are three daughters of th*
sometime Emperor of Mexko, Tturbtde.
and they ail received prices. Tha eldest
received the first crown and la adjusting
Foye’s New Store
WILL CLOSE AT 2:00 P. M. TO-HORROW.
EVERYBODY will be visiting the NEW STORE this week and we expect
to be crowded every day. We haven’t gotten things in as good shape
yet as we will have them in a few days, Put we have to get used to the
new store; and we trust you’ll give us your indulgence until we get “straight
ened up.”
The new Hall Goods are arriving and before many days we’ll be ready with
the grandest display of Fall and Winter merchandise ever brought together in
Savannah.
We open this season four new departments, adding to our already immense
stocks complete and extensive lines of Shoes, Carpets, Millinery and Hurni
ture. As in all other lines, we intend to carry in these only reliable, worthy
qualities and offer you best values at all times.
We want you to make yourself at home in our new place. We’re building
up the business with your co-operation and your help. We want to make
every detail of the business meet your approval and request that you offer anv
suggestion that seems to you as for our mutual benefit. It's your store—a
store that everv man, woman and child in Savannah should be proud of—and
we want to and will keep it always in the lead, if you'll give us your assistance.
We don’t ask your support for nothing—the immense increase of our business
in the past few years conclusively proves that Savannah people have discov
ered that it’s to their best interest to do their trading here—that they always
Get Full Value Received for Every Pen=
ny Spent With Us.
THE NEW
1111 Hill
W# have falthr enough In Savannah to
believe that it will kppreclate and sup
port a complete and extensive atock of
high grade Furniture. Following our poli
cy thkt "Nothing tk too good for our cua
lomerk." we have bought from the fore
most furniture factorte* of America their
•peclal productions In high rlak Parlor,
Dining Room. Drawing Room. Library,
Bedroom and Kitchen Furniture. In com
plete suit-* or In single pieces. We show
the moat handsome and exclusive dexlgna
In all the most desirable woods. Also less
expensive sorts that are elegant In finish
and thoroughly well made and durable.
We can suit almost any taste and purse
and In every line and at every price. We
shall give you moat real value for your
money.
Home In and Inspect the exhibit. We
believe you’ll agree with ue that for high
quality and low price It outehlnes any col
lection of Furniture you’ve eeen.
It to her head, the sentiment of the
vanity of human greatness Impressed ll
self deeply on my mind. Four or five of
Ihe nuns were present, and ai the side
of the piano. In the sable weeds of the
order, sat the young and beautiful daugh
ter of Commodore Jon a. who not long
ago took the veil. AI the close of the
ceremony I addres ed a f w words to the
young ladies, assuring them that 1 felt
as much honored In distributing th# re
wards as they had tv on In receiving them
with this dllTerenee. however, that on
me the honor was gratuitously conferred,
but theirs was the reward of merit."
Bpeoktng of the Yturhides: In the ear
pest year* of Ihe century, a very rich
man named Gn Forrest, whose wife
was a famous Maryland beauty, owned
"Roeedale," one of the old-time hospita
ble mansions near Georgetown. One of
their daughters was supposed to have
■nude n mesalliance, In marrying John
Green tpo r clerk In the navy department
who, however, afterward* succeeded
to the estate line of hla daughters he.
came Ihe avtfe of Don Angel de Yturblde,
son of Ihe so-called Kmperor of Mexico.
Don Augustin I. though why lie should
be , ailed so I d<i not know, a* he caused
himself* to h.- proclaimed Kmperor of
Mexico, hut never served a minute In that
aapaeity. not being r<cognl*ed by the
Mexican people. But he had *ome follow
ing of course; and after hi* death, his
friends had hla only son. rvwi Angel, ap
pointed secretary of the Mexican laaga
tlon In Washington, In lasts. While hold
ing bis poorly paid position, the scion of
bogus roynl'y martbd Miss Green, and
the fnmllv were wonderfully set up by
the fanekd shadow of a shadowy throns
that never really existed, except In one
mans ambitious Imagination. They had
one son. Don Augustin, who was about
7 yearn old when Maximilian, at the In
stigation of Kmperor Napolean. made his
dlsa-trous attempt Upon the crown of
Mexico, and eventually paid for It with
his life. Wishing to make himself popu
lar with the peoj le whom ho pur|>oaed to
govern. Maximilian r< solved to adopt
young Augustin Yturblde as Ills heir. To
th * end, the Austrian archduke made
promises of grat peer and wealth to
tha parents of the boy; and upon their
surtetulerlrig their son under these con
ditions, they wre, by Maximilian's or
der. banished from Mexico. They again
returned to Washington and besought
William H. Seward, then Secretary of
Stute, to mediate between Maximilian
and th. mselves Sir 8- ward said this
was Impossible, a* the country was then
at war; but he advised them to go to
|*ans. Interview the great Napoleon him
self and lay their case before him About
tbls time the husband died. Hnd Madame
Yturblde wnt alone to Darla Hut she
arc enpllahed nothing, being refuse.! an
It tervlow with the Kmperor of the
French. After Maximilian's failure and
death. Augusiln and his mother were
again unit'd Young Yturblde grew up
ami wnx educat'd In this country (In
Georgetown college. I believe), and. ham
pered eternally by hankerings after tha
shadow throne that never existed, devel
oped Into a first-class cad. with number
|(>s* duels on his hands for alleged Insults
to ladles, and black-balled by every club
he aspired to enter.
P. P P.. * wonderful medicine; It gtvee
en appetite; U Invigorates and strength
ens f. I*. P. cures rheumatism and all
pains In the side, back and shoulders,
knees, hips, wriste and Joints. P. P. p
curs* syphilis in all Its various stages,
old ulcer*, aores and kidney complaint p.
p. p. curea oatarrah. ecsema. erysipelas,
atl skin diseases and mercurial poisoning,'
p. P. P. cures dyspepsia, chronic female
complaints and broken-down constitution
and loss of manhood. P, F P.. the best
blood purtfler of the age. hat made more
permanent cures man ell other blood r*m
edlea. Lippman Bros , sole proprietors.
Savannah Us—od
Abbott's East India Com Paint cures
every time; it takes off the com; no pain:
cures wart* and bunions and Is conceded
to be a wonderful com cure. Sold by all
druggists.—ad,
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It’s to be a thoroughly complete Carpet
Store, this new department of ours, with
every grade of Carpets, from the cheapest
Ingr-ln to the finest Brussels. But In ev
ery kind, the best quality that can possi
bly tie bought to sell at the prlca we ask.
We will be thoroughly equipped to make,
line and lay these Carpets on your floor.
We have been particularly fortunate In
securing for our first season's showing
the most artistic and beautiful of the
many new designs and color effects that
have been produced by the beat manu
facturers,and In buying in very large lots
have been able to get price concessions
that would be surp-islrg to the oldest
wholesale carpet buyer.
Beside* Carpets, we will carry fult as
sortments of Linoleum* and Mattings, and
a display of Oriental Rugs that Is posi
tively unmatched In Savannah.
CIIIMKSC CPSdlkO.
Memlaelly for* Which the Kuropean
la dot Preps red.
From (he New Orl.ona Tlmes-Democrat.
"The cunning of Ihe Chinese has been
very much exaggerated," said a form r
ca captain In conversation the other iloy.
•’I wo* In the Hong Kong trade for sev
eral year*, where I was compelled to
mske a pretty chose study of the native
character.” he continued, ’’nr.d 1 soon
found oti( that the etorle* of their phenom
enal astutenew were mostly rubbish It
Ii true that the average Chinese business
man will generally overreach Kuropcan
newcomers; but It Isn’t through any cu.
pertor ttnessc or Intelligence—lt 1s by
plain, sinaightmn tykfg That is some
thing the Kuropean Isn’t prepared for.
and until he learns the ro|xv he can’t
believe that a wealthy, dignified
n erchanf of high nodal and commercial
rank will tell him deliberate, premedi
tated falsehood Asa rule, it requires
several sharp lessons to get that fm-t
Into his head. I will never forget my own
first experience We had arranged with
a prominent Chlneee merchant of Hong
Mini Eve Cuatle Copeland, Oftly Chlrn;o Olrl In lirlxtan Hare Hualnrae.
Kong for a quantity of lea. hut nt the
last minute there was a hitch tabCmt thu
delivery of the consignment. He told nu
ll hnd been temtrorurlly tied up by the
official* on account of some mtsunder
standtng al-out the tntem.il taxes. I dis
covered by accident later on thnt the
k>t had liven sold over my head to a
chance customer, and the tax story was
a mere pretext to gain time for the sub
stitution of an Inferior gra|e The tea
merchant wae a sedate, courtly old gen
tleman. and he hast told me this outra
geous lie with perfect calmness, looking
m squarely In the face, without a quiver.
It never occurred to me to doubt hi* word,
and but for chance we would have been
heavy losers When I exposed him In
dignantly before all hi* employes and
several foreign resident* I supposed he
would be ashamed and disconcerted. An
Amerlean of hta standing would have
been humiliated and crushed beyond m- is
ure. 1 have known nten to commit sui
cide for le* disgrace; but he never so
much a* blinked. He heard me through
blandly, made l*o comment, and begun
to talk about something else. ||e had
told a lie, was caught, and regarded lne
episode a* closed.
"It la that sort of thing that throw*
foreigner* off their guard." continued the
captain, "and give* the Chinese their rep
utation for preternatural ehrewdness.
Moat of their Ilea are clumsy and child
ish, and for that vary reason they are
ept to be crldlttd. He woukln t dare tell
me such a thing If It wasn't so.' the
stranger wilt argue to himself, and a* a
consequence he gets badly left. When a
Mump*,in trader tells a ll*. and lam sor
*i t® Piecty ot ties* do, It la usually
THE NEW
at mu
To build a successful Shoe Department
ami hold a valuable patronage we realize
that we must go a step further than any
of our contemporary*. We must glia
better values, newer # tyle* and the rao-t
competent and courteous service. We
launch forth In this new line with a per
fect confidence In our slock, our prices
and our salesmen. W'e believe that oir
shoe aching will become an Important part
of our business and that ere long "Roys'a
Footwear" will be known for highest
quality, smartest style and lowest price tn
every Savannah home.
We’ve selected the shoe* with care
there's not an unworthy pair In Ihe emir®
line—ive couldn’t afford to offer you sn
unreliable quality—and wo have a com
plete line for tidies. Infants, and children.
The materials that enter Into th*- make
up of our Shoes are of our own special
selection and the wo-kmanohlp of every
•hoc |- thoroughly ami carefully Inspe-ted
before It I# placed on our shelves.
Some complicated fabrication that will
leave him a loophole for explanation In
the event of detection: but a Cnlnaman
lakes no su< h pains. He coniines himself
to a plain, luild inlsstaiein.nl of fact,
which Is rather staggering to one who is
arrustomed to Iv-Ileve that men of large
alToirs . ain’t afford to deliberately d*-
I ••ive. But lifter Iho situation In that re
spect is understood Iho American never
has any irou!>lc holding his own with
the Oriental. On Ihe contrary, he gets
Iho I*e*t of nine deals out of ton The na
tive t'hlnese husincse world seems tn nave
no conception whatever of Ihe meanm**
•ind criminality of falsehood, yet 1 he.
Ileve It Is u matter of custom rather lhn
character. Th host proof of that Is th*
strict Integrity of *he Chinese tradesmen
In Ihls country. We have a number of
them here In New Orleans, and half a
dox* n or so <l*ra I pretty extensively with
ihe Jobbers. Without exception they en
joy a reputation for absolute truth and
reliability. A wholesaler In Magaxine
street. Who sells large quantities of soap
and starch lo a Chinese firm near polk -•
headquarters remarked to me recently
that they were the most anllsfactory ,*i>
tomers on his hooks, because he could
place Implicit confidence In anything they
tohl him. It Is the same ail over tbs
country. You will never hear of a China
man swindling a creditor, defaulting n
obligation or h-lng Involved In any trou
ble through misrepresentation. So I * m
Inclined to attribute the crookedness of
[ th". Chinamen at home nj the national ai
m-sphere of duplicity and deceit. Js-u
, hie dealing 1* so universal over there thu’-
U Is simply taken for granted, and when
n native really desires to communica 1 *
a fact ha Is obliged to twist It wrong end
to or h* wont get anybody to believe It.
In other words, he hns to tell a ile In or
der to tell the truth.”
(A It tippy t|ld Age In Burmah.
When Buriruin parents are past their
prime their children pray them to "nob*
• *n.," which means that they should he
, m she children's charge for the rest of
I their lives, aa tho children had first been
at their parents’. The turning point I*
not marked by any formality, but a child
approaching parents on a solemn occa
sion adopt* the gesture of veneration The
K-I are not Idle; they preserve a great
clasttelty of mind ami Interest In tiling*;
they study their religious book and oc
cupy themselves with their grandchil
dren. When they are too old to go on pil
grimages with Ihe others shey keep the
house and tet! their beads alone. The old
people wear plainer clothes than the
young and. according to old Burnt**'
fashion, less of It. The human dignity o f
th# aged t* of a kind that apparel cannot
add to. Steeped In the spirit of Buddh
ism tha aged navar yield to anger Want
ing neither for neceesartee nor honor the
pettiest of their serene Old age Is purely
that' of years, A peaceful end I*
k*.