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SECOND PART Cork Sole Kid Boots DEATH MASKS OF 190 230 pairs Womens 250 hand sewed welt fine Kid Button and Laced Boots with extension soles and Invisible cork soles Stylish and waterproof I Casts of Washington and Other Great Americans WORK OF MOMLXET ARTISTS Original 3Iodcl of Fealnres of tlic First Ircildcnt Mnde in ITS Now in Home iaees of the Dead Often Mnrrcd by Plaster There Is a unique interest pertaining to casts taken from the faces of eminent persons during- their lives or after death It is said that a death mask was made of the late President McKinley and it Is interesting to note that the features of George Washington have been thus preserved Indeed at least two plaster casts were taken from the living face of Washington The first by Joseph Wright In 17S3 was broken by the artist before it was yet dry and the subject absolutely refused to submit to the trylns operation again lie must have changed his mind for a second life mask was taken from him by Houdon the celebrated French sculptor in 17S5 from the latter cast was modeled the Houdon bust The original Houdon mask of Washington is now In a studio in Rome Mr Story has said that never to his knowledge or belief has a cast been made from the original which he owns He examined the so called cast in the Corcoran Gallery In this city and expressed himself as fully satisfied that like all the other specimens In existence it Is of no value In Itself and was made from a worn out copy of the bust A Friend of Franklin It Is said that when Houdon came to America In 17S5 to make the bust of Washington he was the companion of Benjamin Franklin and he was in all probability the maker of the cast of Franklins face taken In Paris that year as a model for the well known Houdon bust of Franklin which It Bomewhat resembles The original mask was sold for ten francs after the death of the artist in Paris in 1S28 Those familiar with Franklin have left on record the fact that his face In iiis old age changed in a very marked degree He was in his seventy eighth or seventy ninth year when he sat for Houdon in 17S1 5 A cast of the countenance of Thomas Womens SI25 Evening Sandals 95 One two and three strap dressy hand sewed turn Sandals of Patent Leather Black and White Kid Sell regularly at 125 and eei at 150 at other stores Paine author of the Age of Reason was made after death by John Wesley Jarvls who executed the bust of Paine now in the possession of the Historical Society of New York Concerning this bust Dr Francis in his Old New York The plaster cast of the head and features of Paine now preserved In the iralierv of arts nf tho His torical Society is remarkable for its fidelity to tho origihal at the close of his life Jarvls the painter then felt it his most successful work in that line of occupation and I can confirm the opinion from my many opportunities of seeing Paind He added that Jarvls said I shalW secure him to a nicety it I am so fortunate as to get plaster enough for his carbuncled nose Aaron Ilnrra Death Slunk The cast of the face of Aaron Burr was made after death by an agent of Messrs Fowler Wells whose present successors possess the original mold The features of the remarkable adventurer are shortened In a marked degree by the absence of the teeth Fowler the phrenologist said on examining this cast that in Burr de structiveness combativeness firmness and self esteem were large and ama tlveness excessive It is said to be a fact little known that Burr and Hamilton whom he killed resembled each other In face and figure in a very marked degree although Burr was a trifle the taller There was a life cast made of the features of Burr but its present Whorpjlhnnf a Trrjnl Irmn wwu wuw uuiuiunii it VVU3 made by TurnereHi the Italian wi wie land a uujfi oi liurr and the subject made the following entry concerning it in his diary CaStinC TT1V PVM In tho mlnn observed a great purple mark on mv nose went up and washed and rubbed iu uu imijiw it was inaeiioie That cursed mask business has occasioned it I believe the fellow used quicklime Instead of plaster of parts for I felt a very unpleasant degree of heat during the pperatlon i ueen applying a dozen different apllcations to the nose which have only Inflamed it How many curses have I heaped upon that Italian At eleven went to TurnereHi to sit Relieved myself by abusing him for that nose disaster He will make a most hideous frightful thing of the bust but much like the origlna Lincolns Trying Ordeal The features of Abraham Lincoln in life and In death are preserved in the National Museum in two casts the death mask being In the original plas ter and tho life mask in bronze Of the taking of the life cast the following account is extant Mr Lincoln sat naturally In the chair during the operation watching In a mlrrorevery move made by the sculptor as the plaster was put on without interference with the eyesight or with the breathing of the victim When at the end of an hour the mold was ready for removal it was in one piece and contained both -a----- -v rja ass fftetJJ A SHOE FEAST For Fastidious SHOE BUYERS The big PKE TH AXK SGIVINO SHOE SALE inaugurated by us lat week made a great hit It demonstr ed to the thousands of intelligent Shoe Buyers attracted by it the advantages of buying from a house devoting all its capital energy and the combined selling space of any five ordinary shoe stores EXCLUSIVELY TO SHOE RETAILING For the next three days we have pre pared a veritable feast of Sensational Prices for those in search of the very latest styles of high grade Dress and Street Footwear The Following Prices to Prevail UNTIL CLOSING TIME WEDNESDAY ONLY Womens Guaranteed Patent Ideal Kid Boots 287 Nearly 500 pairs of the prettiest and most stylish Patent Ideal Kid Boots we ever sold at 1350 and the same grades as sold by downtown dealers for 5 A printed guarantee goes vith each pair ensuring the purchaser a new pair FREE it uppere break before tho first sole wears through Womens Swell 250 Evening Slippers Fur bound Warm Juliets A- 187 Handsome Colonial Ties Oxford Ties also two nnd three strap Sandals of Patent Kid and Calf or finest Black Vicl Kid with military Cuban or full Louis XV heels The Strap Sandals come plain or prettily Leaded All of them good 250 values Reduced lor three days to 187 75 Good quality Black and Red Cloth Juliets with hand sewed flexible leather soles and never sold before under 35c All sizes for women and children BIG SALE of MENS Elegant 9 350 Enamels and Patent Leathers at Six up-to-date Fall Styles of fine hand sewed welt Patent Calf Laced Button and Gaiters with single or double soles also three nobby styles of very serviceable Enamel Leather double soled handmade Bluchers and Laced Shoes Any of Item the best 350 values lou can buy SPECIAL UNTIL WEDNESDAY NIGHT ONLY 5285 FOR 3 DAYS from 800 to 1130 a daily to encourage early shopping 10c Womens and Childrens good quality lambs wool soles 16c II n3 and Womens Black Cloth Cheviot Overgaltcrs 39c Misses a a Childrens warm lined Black Jersey Legglns Wm Hahn Cos Three Reliable Shoe Houses 69c Worn ens 1 grade Crochet Worsted Bedroom Slippers all colors 95c Little Boys 150 Velvet and Tan Leather 3 buckle Legglns Cor 7th and Sts 91 4 191 6 Pa Ave 233 Pa Ave of the cars Mr Lincoln himself bent his head forward and worked it off gradually and gently without injury of any kind notwithstanding the fact that It clung to the high cheekbones and that a few hairs on his eyebrows and temples were pulled out by the roots with the plaster Casts of Webster and Calhoun were made in this city by Clark Mills from the living faces Calhouns in ISil Webster3 in 1819 An eminent phrenologist unon PTnmlnnHrtn of Webster said A larger mass of brain perhaps never was and will be found in thpj linnpr nnrl Intotvil nnritn nf nnv Tnrinc fnrr hanil tnt hik wUU 11 lwllll and in breadth his forehead is prodigi ously greau jv air Lawrence Hutton is in possession of the original mask from ihA fnno nf TTan pio ww i a irregular and even homely features assumed a majesty and repose In death that gave to them a remarkable beauty The death mask of Grant was made shortly after the decease of that eminent soldier The mask of General Sherman was made after his death under the direction of St Gaudens the well known sculptor NO CLASH ON QUAKANTINE iyr General Sternberg Dcnie Certain II morn OI lilrcrence General Sternberg said yesjerday that ho had made no recommendation about modifying tho quarantine regulations in view of the demonstrated fact that yellow fever Is transmitted by mosquitoes I simply expressed my personal opinion to that effect ho cnnttmin did not speak for the War Department There cannot possibly be a clash of authority between the War Department and tho Treasury because the War Depart ment has nothing to do with the quar antine regulations I have made no official recommendation on the- suhlert nf quarantine I have no doubt that the nri KAnf cient Surgeon General of the Marine Hospital Service will give due consideration to thn exnerimpntAl pvMmi Mhit i wwVUVw uuiwu uaa oeen recently presented by a board -of medical surgeons showing that yellow fever is transmitted by mosquitoes and that when in his Judgment the present quarantine rules can be safely modiHed he will be glad to do whatever Is possible to make quarantine less of a burden upon individuals and commerce ENTITLED TO BE BEIMBTJBSED Comptrollers Decision In Record to the Use of Press Passes The Comptroller of the Treasury decided that an editor of a magazine who In that capacity has received from a railroad company a pass over its lines In return for advertising space In the magazine and who in his capacity as an Official of the United States Government uses this pass on official trips Identified to reimbursement from the Government for thrt nmmint MrhtvT Journey would haye cost 1 4 smmt mmmm WASHESTGTO STHSTDjisX NOVEMBER 24 1901 COLORED WOMEN- AS BMDWIMIS Progress Made Sinco lie Slaves Shackles Fell HAINT OF THEM Df IfUSIKESS Well Knorvn Names in the Field of Ilternlure lloKlilnlnii of the Club Moreiueut The Xntloual Axnocln tion nnd What It Stolidx For i The general splritf Unrest among women -who are breadwinners as well as those who are more or less of the leisure class to get away from the usual occupations to- which they have been limited ha shown Itself among colored women to such an extent that thousands have aspired lo get beyond the humble avocations In which slavery left them and participate In the general aggressive work characteristic of the women of today As a slave the colored woman was either a domestic or field hand In which capacity the testim6ny Is all In her favor for faithfulness and efficient service When the race was emancipated to her hands fell not only the responsibility of establishing home life which had hitherto not existed but in most cases she was an equal breadwinner with the men of the race often assuming entire support oflarge families wholly dependent upon her for shelter food and clothing The present generation of negroes hare received their formative influences from these ex slave mothers and the remarkable fact Is not that the criminal and vicious element of the race it so large but that these untrained and unlettered mothers Iiave produced a generation In which there are so many that are law aljldlng honest and nspiring public citizens Fidelity to Home While the largest and best exhibition of negro womanhood has been and is still shown In her fidelity to the homes of her race the number who have entered the various occupations requiring educational fitness or special preparation is a considerable clement Still the masses of colored women who -are engaged In gainful occupations are to be found outside of agriculture In domestic sen Ice and tbo simple Industries of laundering and sewing From the kitchen some haw nn into special lines of cookery Some of our best French cooks are American negro women Many are in the bakery buslness During the arls Exposition of last year the Agricultural Department built a corn kitchen In whichthe various ways of preparing the American corn for fooa which is so entirely strange to all Europeans were demonstrated by Aditt Jemima a South ern colored woman taken from this country at the expense AgrJcuI tural exhibit Even the most exacting French pastry connoisseurs pronounced Aunt Jemimas pancakes something new and delicious tothe French palte So that it is to the credit of this colored Avoman that she is the first American to enier France the source of all that is delicious tn the culinary art and teach them the luxury of the American pancake It is Interesting to note however some examples of those jvho have been fortunate enough to enter higher fields of labor and others who are sufficiently removed from the hard struggle for existence to entitle them to be placed In the leisure clas3 or women Many have become typewriters and one of tne large mercantile houses of Chicago has a negro woman for chief stenographer Others are clerks a young negro woman bwing demonstrator In a larr departmental establishment In York Sirs Whetzel of St John New Brunswick one of the richest women of the- race conducts a large ie business EeSeral have become ftilcicnt nurses and a few are pract fjng physicians and dentists while there are some lawyers- one a teacher In a law school llnrrict Tubmans Work From the dais cf Harriet Tubman who made nineteen visits to the South bringing back to freedom over 0 slaves she having been sent as a spy and scout for the army by the Governor of Massachusetts and Soiourner Truth the uneducated but witty philosophical lecturer who gained the Northern ear to now women of the race have been prominent in efforts tot elevation The wprk of Jennie Deane at Manas sas a an uneducated woman who is so anxious to help educate her race that she hat devoted fier life to raising funds to carry on the ork is one of the secrets of the races progress This aid and encouragement work Is a powerful stimulus to the negro youth In the public schools of the country over 21300 colored women are employed as teachers many as principals In Boston Miss Maria Baldwin principal of Agassiz School is regarded as one of the best teachers of that section of advanced thought and method Mrs Bettle Francis as a member of the Washington School Board not only identifies herself with the Interests of the negro education but she has taken rank among the most energetic and progressive members of the board making her influence fejt in everything for the betterment of our school icm The young woman from Philadelphia Jessie Fauset who has Just won honors at Cornell standing first In Latin in third in Greek of the 126 who competed for the scholarship is one of the many colored girls to enterNorthern colleges there being graduates from Cornell Vnssar Wellesley Radeliff Smith Oberlln and others In the Field of Literature Though in literature none has equaled the productions of the slave girl Phlllls Wheatley whose poems published In 1773 were so excellent that her authorship bad to becertifled to the incredulous public negrft women are authors magazine contributors and newspaper writers Thet works of Mrs Frances Harper of Philadelphia show ambition and some litearymerlt an5 there are many others who have written works of equal The name of Jennie Jackson may -be forgotten mitfevv wbii Sever1 heard her with the Jubilee Singers can forget her song By such singers as Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield the Black Swan Madame Sejika Siserretta Jones and the Cleveland Ohio glrf Lucie Lenoir who is S9 favorably Imr pressing jpansjijne negro muwit a ability Tia been raadetbrominent An i Cxb Sr 3 TS iutr other American negro woman worthy of mention is Edmonia Lewis a sculptor now resident in Borne Italy who was patronized by Lord Beaconsfield Prime Minister of England Club wdrk among colored women be fto Ktuppn tho years nf JS30 andlSS3 There nad been clubs for study self culture and social purposes but organizations for rescue work mothers clubs and the womans club on broad lines were begun Later came the day nurserles and kindergartens Until now there are business clubs suffrage clubs and all the others negro women having over 30Q clubs doing work nlong the same lines as other women Pioneer In the Club Idea Mrs Ruflin of Boston who had not lived among tke masses but whose sympathies were alive to the needs of her race was pioneer In the club movement Assoclatted with her were Mrs IC Bruce and many others of the country Jlrsjj Washington perhaps more than any of the others knew the real situation for she had been In the Black Belt and seen the ignorance and poverty of the race and was In close touch with Its women Mrs John Cook and other women organized Into a league and began work here In Washington where we have an example of one of the best colored wo men- clubs Under the leadership of Mrs Anna Murray kindergartens were established for colored children which were maintained till the work was taken up by the public schools Now they have a day nursery where mothers who are compelled to wort out can leave their little ones In safe keeping Mrs Thur man of Michigan and Mrs Law son of this city and otters In the Womens Christian Temperance Union have entered Into this broader club work while In Louisiana Mrs Joseph has taken up prison reform work There Is a National Association ot Colored Women hlch meets In convention every two years Of one of these meetings a Western newspaper said There were gathered there from all parts of the country North South East and AVcst the negro women who are giving their lives and strength and brains to the uplifting of their race and they came together to talk it over There were no rhapsodies about Wagnerian motives no Interpretations of Browning not even a paper on Shakespeare but instead there were earnest talks on grave problems that affect the colored people There were women who handled the labor queBtlorr In its relations to the colored people other -women who spoke of the effect of the convict lease system on child nature other women who talk ed On the Jim Cron and the lynch law of prison work social purity and kindergartens discussing these subjects not in a general way but as each related to their race It was that which made the convention unique among club women Mrs Mary Church Terrell who for six years was president of this national organization is a woman versed in parliamentary law and a lecturer whose ability is recognized as she is a course lecturer under the direction of the Chautauqua Lecture Bureau These women have gone- back and linked themselves by their clubs to their less fortunate sisters adopting as their motto Lifting as AVe Climb THOMAS CALLOWAT COUTEOVERSY NOT ENDED Array OHinnnee Board OrJcru a Dii ppprarlnc Gun Carriace The question of the ralue end utility cf gun carriage Is likely to be enquired Into by Congress at its approaching session unless all present signs fall The gun carriage which Is the Joint Invention ot General Buffington the late Chief of Ordnance and -his successor In that offee Central Crozler has btcu relegated from tho field of controversy for some time st by the fact that Secretary Itoot has kent in his desk two contrary reports without expressing his approval of either The majority reports conclusions aro adorse to the disappearing gun carriage and this decision hich had the sanction of General Miles was considered the final and effective ruling until the subject should be revived for further review Uecent developments however have caused considerable surprise among those who rested secure in this view and some enquiry into the matter by Congress is anticipated It has Just become Known that notwithstanding the action ot the Hoard of Oriinince and Fortifications against the system the Ordnance Bureau has awarded a contract to the Midvale Steel Company for several of these gun carriages at a cost of J42E00 each or if the total of sevencarrlages are to be purchased the total cost shall not exceed 2S4f63 or about 7Q3 each This award recalls the estimate furnished by the Ordnance Bureau in 1S3S At that time the price of material was much higher than It is today and the estimated cost of gun carriages was based on an emergency delivery incident to the condition of war General Flagler then Chief of Ordnance reported to the Secretary of War that a 12 inch disappearing gun carriage could be built for from 17 000 to 32000 In view of this action by tho Ordnance Department Just at the time that Gen eral Bulllngton retired there Is some adverse comment amojg army officers and it is declared to be the intention of members of the Board of Ordnance and Fortification to again take up tho subject at Its next mectingfiDeccmber 5 with a view to bringing thetubject before Secretary Itoot for a final decision General Crozler the new Chief of Ordnance will attend the meeting of the bourd then for the first time IN QOVEBNMENT SERVICE Many Appointment Made In the In terior Department Yesterday the following appointments were announced oV the Department of the lnterlcr Indian Service Appointments William II Code of Arizona a special agent to Investigate irrigation on the Fort Hall Idaho and Southern Ute Colorado Indian reservations at 13 per day Jesse House of Ohio supervisor ot Indian schools at 11500 General Land Office Appointments AI vin Hathaway copyist at 900 Frank Perkins of Texas assistant messenger at f720 Promotions James Casey of Louisiana clerk 1200 to J1400 John Phadle of Illinois clerk 1000 to 1200 Benjamin Irving of Oregon copyist 900 to clerk 1000 Fatent Office Appointments Jesse Holliger of Indiana and Francis Sea bolt of Michigan fourth assistant examiners at 1200 Arthur Cutts of District of Columbia messenger boy at 360 Pension Office Appointments William Bannerman of Wisconsin Frank Becker ofi Wlsccnslp John Jones of Mis OurR Robert Faulkner of California Thaddeus Bell of Georgia Harry Purcell of New Jersey William Milne ot Minnesota James Montague of Minnesota and Richard Garrett of Minnesota copyists at 300 Promotions Thomas Ingram of Pennsylvania clerk 1600 to medical examiner 1800 Charles Forster of District of Columbia topylst 900 to clerk 1000 Resignations Mrs Nannie Davis of North Carolina and Miss Annje Pren tiss of South Carolina clerksy at 1000 I UnsthO X- -1 1 SECOND PART T- IllTllllVV ll I ft I EXTRA GEN COBBINS WEDDING GIET IVrmy Olucera in Iliiliiipines Donate Silver Fanch IIoitI A punch bowl ot massive proportions suggestive of the splendor of tho Far East and engraved In unique fashion arrived at the War Department yesterday from the Philippines as a wedding gift to Adjutant General and Mrs Corbtn The bowl is of solid silver and Is In two pieces the frame with heavy base and the bowl proper The latter is nearly two feet in diameterand of unusual depth The lower side of the bowl Is almost entirely coered with the names of the donors who are officers of all ranks now serving In the Philippines The frame Is naornca witn lour oDiong pictures representing typical scenes In the life of the Inhabitants of the archipelago These views aro surrounded by headings and traceries of a highly ornamental design Army officers who have been In the Philippines said yesterday that the engraving was a very fine exemplification of the art ot the Islanders and of their general ability as silversmiths The weignt of the complete bowl is estimated at thirty-five pounds The Tonus Colorea American Roscoe Simmons editor of the Washington Record will address tho Second Baptist Lyceum today at 330 on The Young Colored American Time will be allowed for discussion Mr Simmons is a nephew of Booker Washington and Is a forcible and thoughtful speaker A soprano solo will be rendered by Miss Nettle Murray of St Lukes 2 choir and Miss Delia White -will contribute a piano selection The exercises will bo held at the Second Baptist Church on Third Street between and I Streets and Mr Thompson will preside Our Thanksgiving Sale of Mens 350 Patent Leather Black Box Calf and Black Vici Kid Shoes will be continued for next week as long as the lot lasts you may take your choice of these swell Avinter ftl mn shoes for OZiTJ Crockers Invincible Shoes For hunting and itftfouldoor winter sports for Mail Carriers Policemen Street Car men Our Invincible Shoe is the best protection against cold and dampness Extra high cut leather lined cork Tilled sole the most QQ Cfl popular shoe in Town at wwiuU PADFWTS are lavish in their praise of our Jenness Miller Box Calf Lace Shoe for childrcrv Have the new low flat heel Sizes 8 to II for L50 Sizes 11 to 2 for iZ rOrrT2r LI LVCJ Shoes ShinodFreo 0JAVJLS J1XU k5 G39 Pa Ave Cash Walker Burks 1013 1015 Seventh St Credit YOUR FURNITURE FOR THANKSGIVING CANBE HADFORTHE LITTLEST PRICES FREE For Cash or Credit To every customer visiting our new Stove Department we will present a handsome and useful present Carpets A good Ingrain Carpet right off the roll Cant be equaled elsewhere Oak Easels Actually ZV feet high Excellently made and finished worth Tic Iron Beds a i1 with baked enameled coverings The most durable bed for the money 25C 39C 198 Book Racks Fine solid oak Book Rack 3 feet wide 5 feet high French beveled plate glass Cxlt 348 Costumers Well made in Mahogany and Oak Six yfns securely fastened Chairs Golden Oak Dining Chairs braced ana and seat Well worth i2 fir Book Racks Made ot solid Oak 3 feet wide a feet high and 3 folding shelves- for 25c 98c -Mm Kail Racks Made of Golden Oak with bevcled edge mir ror worth every bit 5 50 for 398 Wc Make Lay and Line AH Carpsfs Free WALKER BURKS I0I3 I015 Seventh St I Piano Perfection Personified THE MHMHM KNABE We Invite Your Personal Inspection of the New Styles of Grands and Uprights i I Wm Knabe Co 1209 Pennsylvania Ave 1.