Evening Star Newspaper, January 10, 1891, Page 12

12 HONES FOR SHARP KNIVES. NEWS OF THE STAGE. Some Wonderful Stones Used for Making | Mary Anderson Said to Have Resolved Never Steel Blades Keen. te Play Again. 66 4 N IMPORTANT INDUSTRY of the world és is the prodoction of ‘whetstones,” ud |“ vaanow fo 1a DLLM:—SOW A TERIFFT toaGeenmperter. “Civiiantion may boenld ‘SUN OF THE NEW YORK PRESS AGENT SETTING to depend primarily for its development upon | "0% OY Smt Sun Bones edged tools, and so it is interesting to consider ee the most improved methods so far devised for | Correspondence of the Evening Star. the sharpening of the implements used in the SPY wol aheseek seotaocs mechanical and other arta, 7 “The tinest whetstones known for the sharp- | 4 that Edwin Booth’s present retirement from ening of fine edged tools are obtained from | the stage will never be broken is sccompanied Arkansas. In that state are beds of what is | by the assurance from Anderson, con- called ‘novacalite,’ which is what is scientific- | veyed in a letter over her own signature, that ally known as an ‘altered schist.’ This means | she has positively decided to never act again. ® deposit of a flinty nature, usually combined | An American manager sought her out at her with limestone, the rock thus produced being | English home less than a month ago to make ebanged in such a manner molecularly, by pro- | an offer of 95,0008 week for her individual cesses not altogether understood. as to supply | services during an American tour of three months next season. She refused to even see him, scarface most suitable for grinding. Arkan- sas furnishes the entire supply of novaculite | and he wentawaywithout having evenexchanged | Posi! for the United States, also filling s large part | # word with her. His card was returned tohim of the export demand, which is very consid-| by the servant, with the verbal message that oe. oe | the lady did not care to meet him. Ashe had deposit of the material isin r ws bene-clged tacks raters on. | formerly managed coveral of her tours, and cepted, ‘this novacnlite is unrivaled. 1s is | their business relations had never boon un- very beautiful sto: smowy whiteness, and | pleasant, he was surprised by the repulse. The E"yuite costly, because it has to be cut bY peerast fics Wk cerned on actnae of diamond dust, owing to its extreme hardness. picaveimgiorr teres rappel ‘TEE ORANGE COUMTY STONE. he fad communicaated with her by “Next in point of quality for whetstone pur- | letter. , a ‘explanation of her singular poses ; fine-grained sandstone from | conduct ven me by an intimate emgsonag ied. It is called indifferently | friend of her husband. Throughout the ful- “Hindoostan stone’ or ‘Orange county stone.’ | Sled portion of her abruptly terminated wur eoraeseniagts cae uae spikes for | i" this country,.when the enacted two charac- sharpening Knives upon in the kitehon’ and for | “™* in “A Winter's Tale” with Ce ha this purpose it is far better than steel. Aa-| Ce her nervous avatem, became other sandstone employed for the same pur- gee. tal malady, taking the form of a religious | my is quarried in C: dt county, N.Y., and | ™en! r Ercatied, without any reason that T know of, | STerwion to thestage, This monomanta becane | atten ‘Labrador stone.’ It is of « dark gray color. | f° danger of damnation if she continued in her Profession. That was the reason why she ter- minated the tour abruptly. Her manager had a good case for damages against her, of course, and notlong ago she settled his claim by the pay ment of $18,000 in cash. Under the influence of a quiet, restful life she has regained much of her former health of body and mind, but her fecling against theatricals remains unchanged and she has not witnessed a stage performance since she gave upacting. She declares that she | will never again sce others act, much less act herself. That would seem to deprive us beyond ““A still coarser whetstone for scythes and other such tools is made from Berea grits, a sandstone found in the neighborhood of Berea, Ohio. Also there are certain qualities of fine- grained micasc! crystalline rock of juartz and mica—which “are obtained from Sow Hampohire ond Vermont and. utilized for hones wherewith to grind tools of the bigger sort. Bat it must be un that there is hardly scch a thing as a whetstone quarry. Nearly every quarry from which whetstones are derived is worked chietly for obtaining building stone, the small pieces of particularly fine grade ouly being utilized for making whet- swoes ‘THREE IMPORTED VARIETIES. “Three stones imported from abroad are em- ployed in this country for whetstones. Best known of these is the Germar razor hone, "hich is commonly used by barbers for sharp- ening their razors, and is in all probability the best substance for the purpose known. It is found chiefly near Ratisbon, Germany, in the old river, bed. Daring the period of early jogical formation the river brought down Setpoint mod. which was doposiiea on the bot- tom. This mud varied in material from one sea son toanother, depending upon the source from which it was derived, so that during one year it was white and during another blue. Subse- quently, in the course of ages, the mud became stone.and now the white layers serve to sharpen the blates by which civilized men all over the world keep their faces clean of hair. Because the white stone is costly it is usual to back a thin slab of it with another slab of the cheap blue stone, fastening the two together with cement. Such is the ordinary razor hone of commerce. These German hones cost only afraction of what is charged for novaculite serapsof the same size, but there isa duty upon them, which, togetier with the expense of transportation, renders them about as high in the market. There are two other foreign whet- stones commonly uved in this country. One of these is a fine-grained schist from Scotland known as the “Water of Ayr,’ and used much by carpenters and stonecutters for rubbing down the surfaces of other stones. The other is the ‘Turkey oilstone,’ resembling novaculite. OM10 AND NOVA SCOTIA FURNISH GRINDSTONES. ‘The stones used in this eountry for grind- stones are mostly from Ohio and Nova Scotia, the latter supplying the best grade, which does xecllently for scythes. Of foreign grind- stones most come from England. Of all whet- do reap the great harvest have grown for her, but the most doubters of her sincerity must now beli sho is really an ex-actress. DIVANS AS PRODUCERS OF MONEY. At one of our theaters the manager has | The taken a business advantage of the sentimental fact that loving couples like to sit ugly. ‘The current play at this house is drawing crowds and Shae, extra chair means an extra dollar and a half. Each row clear across the parquet contained twenty-six chairs of the ordinary size. “The idea struck me,” he says, “in sur- veying a packed audience's while ago that most of couples of young persons were leaning against each other and netually wasting space on their outer sides. It seemed a pit; to me that these interstices couldn't be turned intocash. Then I invented a way of doing it. You will sec,” and he pointed out the re- arranged section of the auditorium, “that I have removed four rows of the chairs an their places have put what we call doubl divans. Each of these will hold two puiddiing. sized persons and no more. Tw couldn't squeeze into the As this does the old chairs we away with half the arms fet room for two extra persons in each row. Phat is, in each line at either side of the cen- tral aisle we havo six of these divans instead of the eleven single chairs. As four complete rows of the sofus have already been placed the cash earnings of the invention are $12 at each Performance. Now, you are going to raise the objection that strangers wouldn't like to be #0 intimately coupled. We avoid that difficulty by selling a single ticket for each admit- ting two persons, of course; and the ticket seller always explains that it is a sofa, not two chairs, that he is selling. Do the sofas give satisfaction? Well, I should say so. Some- times I see a husband and wife wriggling a over ae H Isn't is horri: “You had not is aa ‘ine habit,” replied the listenes ‘From Life. ght me awfully bright. Just asthe play I wondered how I should get again without attract ‘over and attempted to pu ‘onto my left foot. It stuck. I tugged it wouldn't goon. Horrors! I My feet are swollen. icament. Try as I would my those shoes, and with tears of the young mon by my He was awfully : ‘You have rubbers.” if = Ireplied. ‘Then put thoxeon and I will get you into your ‘anything about it.’ Idid as he bid me and he stuffed , 80 no one will know shoes into his coat pocket. Well, now I gotout of the scrape very The young man still keeps, my shoes, of him? Ob, we girls do have woking thin; 2 10 be persucuted by tigh ht" them large enough. It had not ‘thought of that,” mid the ‘woman, holding out her foot and suppose I was to blame. tI ‘have on, however, are a world referred to made the girl's feot of wood, and as she walked ‘as though’ she were tiptocing & floor composed of broken glass. But what humbled me in my own esteem as an ob- server of auditors was my recollection that I had watched ‘her facial misery at the theater and y tionally had though! she was omot affected by ths play. Mrs.—“Oh, George! shall I send for the Stones the most curious and interesting are jumber?” howe which ‘are utilized by engravers to papi a ey net | Pemetons, pleubar hakwesn gaspe—"N—n— sharpen their engraving touls. ‘They are of no, telezraph to the lifé saving station for e every shape imaginable, from long needle-like boat and crew!” points to iine-edged sticks. the object being to grind the little points and edges of the steel instruments which could not be sharpened upon an ordinary hone.” —_ THINGS MADE FOR SPORTS. ‘Teols of Curious Material for Playing Games With. 66T[)© you know, I don’t think I ever saw so much vice in such alittle room,” said the Sunday school reporter of Tax Star, gazing in at the window of a dealer of sporting goods on SHUTTING OUT THE PRESS AGENT. The business of the thestrical press agents has been so annoyingly ovecdone in this city that the boomers are under taboo in the news New York and the suburbs, besides almost as many more variety shows, concert halls and other places of amusement, it is clear that the , small army of stalwart boomers would become Pennsylvania. — intolerable if permitted. The consequence is “Vice?” queried the dealer, standing in the | that most of the local managers have aban doorway. ng “Why, certainly. Look at all those dice and bh er Pah one = dice boxes. For what iumeral purposes are | cher matter as they wish ts have published. they intended, pray?” This material is treated differently by the dra- “That is more than I can tell,” responded the | matic editors, according to the usages of the dealer, “but Ican inferm you as to how they | various offices. The situation is sometimes a are mapufactured. Dice are mostly made in puzzle to the press agents of the traveling pascon_ peepee rorimsbrys Dut | Companies that come into town. The majority they are not the sort to buy, because you never : +e. —___ Written for The Evening Star. Reondeav.—Meddle Net. Meddie not witht! ‘ms ti at do Not concern yourself at all. To what purpose is’t th: yoo At tuyhee@ie. «bole bawi? ‘They will sui v elr way puree. ‘Talk not as ‘twere clear to view Just his ail alfaira will fall: ‘Whe folks are but very few— ~ Meddle not. ‘Let fools drink as trey may brew— If yor “Veh your neighbors call: iu Fede to rae, I heard alittle bird® today Caroling on a leafy spray— ‘No bird song coud be prettier. IN THE FAR WEST. Some of the Interesting Scenes About Cole- Covonapo Srurxos, January 8. BEAUTIFUL STRETCH of table land forming charming plates on which Colo- rado Springs is built is 6,000 fect above cca level, and is sheltered on th west by the range of the Rockies just at the foot of Pike's Peak, on the east by protecting bluffs, on the north by & grand spur of mountains, and on- the south- ‘west by Cheyonne mountains, where rest in the spot chosen by hetself on one of its crags the rémains of Helon Hunt Jackson. From s stream which divides above the plates and Hows in two water courses com- pletely around the town, joining again at the south, the whole ground slopes gently from the north, giving naturally perfect draitiage, especi- ally as the subsoil is gravel and very porous. Irrigating canals give adequate moisture: to all Kinds of vegetation, and the fine shade trees which line the broad streets and avenues are of great variety and beauty. MANITOU, THE SARATOGA OF THE WEST. At the beautifal and already famed watering place, Manitou, the Saratoga of the west, only five miles from Colorado Springs by electric .. | car route or a beautiful, new boulevard for car- riages or horseback riding, there are severel hours in almost every day during the winter months in which invalids can sit out of doors without extra wraps, often even using sun shades to protect from the too greatheat of the sun reflecied from the rocks, and mer season breezes, deliciously cool from the snow-capped monnisins, 90 temper the heat ‘tin shady, turesque or loung- ing on the balcony of some’ one “of "the many fine hotels, one is always cool, while at night blanket area requsite and refreshing sleep a certainty. Within’ short distances of this lovely region are romantic glens, dashing cascades, wonder- ful rocks, startling caverns, rushing streams and placid lakes, A GRAND view. One view will I mention now. From a spur of Pike's Peak, called Grand View, 14,200 fect above the sea, to which the new cog-wheel rail- road will earry you from Manitou, a distance of eight miles, clearly may be seen to the north, east and south, either wry, a clear sweep of view for two hundred miles, while to the west and about you are mountain peaks covered in the eternal snows. Great plains below the dis- tant foot hills stretch far away to the cast. Col- orado Springs, at the foot of the mountain, 8,000 fect below, with its 13.000 inhabitants, looks like a toy village, while seventy-five miles to the north sits the queenly city of Denver, enthroned upon a high plateau fifteen miles eastward of the foothills and 5,195 feet above e ocean. Her grand Buildings, crowned with domes, towers and spires, all ba i stance of an enjoyable carriage d ing to look southward, forty-five mi rapidly growing Pueblo, the Pittsburg of the west, lying on both sides of the Arkansas river, the course of which the eye traces far away in the diversified landscape as it winds along until it roars with mighty force through the Grand Canon, and then on down the mountains to the plains, rushing through Pueblo with twelve- miles-an-hour speed. ‘TRE PITTSBURG OF THE WEST. From the many furnaces, manufactories and smelting works, rapidly increasing in number, clouds of steam and smoke rise steadily upward in theclear skies like grateful incense, surely olving in their ascending flight masses of “silver islands in a sapphire sea.”” This city has @ union depot that cost $400,000, an oj house, when completed, that will have costover 500,000, a mineral palace, showing the many and diversified ores of the Rockies, to which Pueblois the key, is a great railroad center and ere five years passes will have 100,000 inhabitants. ‘The smoke of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe trains reveal their rapid motion for many miles out on the plains, and when the Rio Grande train over the Marshall Pass at an altitude of 11,000 feet, ninety miles away, the smoke of the ‘locomotive is plainly visible. Lovely and fertile valleys nestle under the pro- tection of these mountain giants, teeming with noble trees and in summer with luxurious grasses, flowers and vines. Fine trout streams abound and everything tempts to out of door amusements and exercise. ‘The residents of these favored spots are not slow to perceive their peculiar advantages in this respect, and lately quite an original icea occurred to a lady of getting up a “potato bake,” which waa forth- with carried out on a grand scale. A POTATO BAKE. You must know that the potato is, first-class success in Colorado, and while eastorn are having a hard time over their failing and decaying crop of this most desirable edible, the people of Colorado are enjoying in perfection und abundance the finest variettes of potatoes known. Now for the bake. Eastern peopleare familiar with clam bakes, chowder parties, bar- Decues and husking bees, but I can assure my readers that Colorado potato bake is by no means inferior to the best of them. This especial “bake” was attended by fully 2,000 people. Such potatoes! many weighin; from three to five pounds each, when baked Qpened whito and ‘mealy—entirely “heartless. accompaniments were barbecued ox, pigs and sheep, hot coffee, jugs of rich cream, bread and’ butter. Finally watermelons of a size and flavor that would surprise even a. South Carolinian—piles on piles of them—im- mente, ripe beauties. of these mtlemen intermit their labors largely, u informed that they tind two of them alike as to size, shape or marking, | When you seo « die marked on its ‘pon are likely to do more harm than good, but the sides with the numbersall askew you may know minority do not take a vacation so lazily. One that it is a German product. It is in New York of these workers has this week povtize: his usually prosaic efforts. He has sent to each city and the towns sear by the metro; ‘that the best dice sold are made, of a celluloid com- Said I. Wat poet, mocking wren, (Oan sing as well as you, 'mong ment” ie au wered, “Whittier, Whittlert ‘Whiteti-er, Whit-ti-er, Whit-trer!” And echo, listening in the glen, Repeated, “Whit-ti-er, Whit-ti-er!” ALL TOWNS GROWIXG RAPIDLY. The towns are growing very rapidly with a steady, healthy advance. Real estate changes hands with good profit constantly, and business of all sorts is flourishing on every side. The important fact should be stated that not important journal an original and exclu: m in praise of an actress who employs him. position that is particularly excellent for the Each die is precwscly like ¢ e verses are smoothly rhymed and metred very | and they extol the lad; beauty and ability to the poker dice, which are 20 with all the enthusiasm of a knight of old, ex- kings, queens, jacks and ten | fusi pherant over his lady love. None of these ef ions, however, has yet gained publication. ots are as perfect as it is possible to make bs m in a plastic material. A novelty is black other one, trict. August, 1990. *Thriothorns tudovicianus. The great Carolina, or mocking Wren, & permanent resident in this Dis- Ihave frequently heard repeated by him the syllables, “Whit-ti-er,” ad libitum. liquor saloon or gambling place exist Colorado Springs; the penalty for sale of liquor being the enforcement of a clause in each indi- vidual deed of conveyance of land which for- felts the property to its. original owners. JAY OOCLD'S THEATRICAL. 1NVESTMEXT. Jay Gould owns the theater which commands re a eet Seek ee erate | a ghie nenlal Gian, ancy otha Ss tow Yok, rounded corners, bec s18e sons who know | This isthe Grand Opera House, overin 8th about such things believe they throw bet- | avenue, and it is run on » half-price tariff— ter. ostensibly, “That is horrible,” said at least—although s system of the Sunday school | tended ticket speculation in the lobbies realy reporter, but Ieee what I presume are poker | raises the cost of —W. L. Suomwaxen. re are said to be sixteen resident million- ceo ____ A 85,000,000 National Art Gallery. From the Springfield (Mass.) Union. ton which isa little leas than startling in its in| magnitude. His project involves the construc- theatrical man- for several seasons he made famous—it would be about as ac- ite to say infamous—by means of French in which the women were it,” of New ‘ork as having drawn more money in a month has ever been received at any other New But the splendors of Jim Fisk him and the property was depreci- jould bought it. - Two capital and standing, Poole | $0 got the theater at of the spacious proscen- ‘connected with a luxuriousl “Cards are room behind and it was od to few years | Be'nis intention to entertain his friends com. less vivially in this ante room of the stage. meant that the Grand should be visited UF: g' Hise is js ital cement owes torraise. the rubscriptions with « generous. sum, inela art, treasures which ho has eccumula during twenty-five years since he retired from tion of buildings covering with their parks and courts 250 acres, on # hill north rest of Wash- ‘They are to be reproductions in orna- of classic b the P "arthe- | past two years. aires, one of whom is a railroad president worth upwards of $20,000,000. aL Sergius Stepniak and Nihilism. The appearance of Sergius Stepniak, the lesder of the Russian revolutionary party, exile as he is, on the lecture platform in America revives interest in the general sub- Ject which Mr. George Kennan of Washington hhas pressed so forcibly and persistently tho Nibilism is not anarchism. As defined by Stepniak it is un impassioned cry against despotism, erpionagey suppression of dix ‘ob- | cussion and cruel imprisonments and banish- i . | the there will be no trouble in carrying the enter- |g Adnan, tion. “He does not propose to ‘the money by subscription, and ‘an willingness. Yo head "the lst of ment. One has only to mention the words “Siberia” and the made so familiar by Ge to bring before the mind a. long pro: cession of indignity and official atrocities. Stepniak’s reception last week in Boston has not been equaled since Kossuth’s time. The Brown- ‘members are now thumbing over old Kreutzer Sonatas and Siberian exile stories, while Russia: the nm Press Club wante too. William Dean Howells has entertained him, and all agree that it is delightful to have him tell about bom! time his idea of a na- | 5! ‘Tribune. Smith of Worth street—“You know my wife recently became a convert to the ides that it is wrongyto take the life of any animal.” Brown of Duane street--“"Yes, and she pers | and played WASHINGTON, : D.C, SATURDAY, JANUARY 10, 1691—SIXTEEN PAGES. ‘Who Have Succeeded om the Stage—Wilten Lackaye’s Notable Career. 6] SEVER WAS TAKEN for « bunco steerer ‘but once,” said Mr. Wilton Lackaye to « Stan representative, “and that was by aman from my native city. I was in the Hoffman ‘House cafe one day and I saw Mr. James Lans- burgh come in. It seemed good to seca man from home and I said, ‘How do you do, Mr. Lansburgh?’ and I held ont my hand. “He looked at me rather queerly, and I then ‘saw that he didn't quite recognize me and 0 I told him that possibly I had changed some- what since I had left Washington, but that he must remember my father. ‘Oh, yes,” he knew my father, and then he shook hands, but I noticed that he gave me the stiff arm—that is, he warded me off at the same time that he held my hand. He then went out of the cafe and it dawned upon me that he had mistaken me for ‘crook.’ “Since Ihave been here I went down to Mr. store and was telling the story to who insisted 4 Hoffman House ineident, and he did take me for a bunco sharp, that he had been approached by tome one who was really in that line but a short time before and that had made him unus- ually cautious. We had a hearty laugh over it, upon & and I am satisfied that Iam now respectable footing in his memory.” ‘WILTON LACKAYE’S HARD WORK. While Mr. Lackaye has not yet considered himself an inhabitant of the stellar firmament be has acquired an enviable reputation as a conscientious, able actor, which makes his services always in demand. Before he adopted th ‘as @ profession he was known here as an t reader and amateur actor, and the success which he has attained has justified the ictions of his friends when he left Wash- bs Meg to commence at the lowest rung of th lder with Lawrence Barrett. His appearance here with Rose Coghlan in “Jocelyn” first showed the rapid strides he had made in his profession, but it is since then that his best work has been done and his best representa- tion has been made. “It's been hard work,” said he in speaking of it; “for no man can ‘succeed without hard work. Why, when I was playing in the ‘Skirmish Line” in Philadelphia I was at the same time rehearsing ‘“Featherb: wi Minnie Maddern in New York, and after the wearing work of rehearsal all day I would get into a railroad train, go to Philadelphia and lay at night and then go back to New York for rehearsal the next day. “‘Featherbrain” made me a hit, and then I played five weeks in ‘Bootles’ Baby," and then I was the original Gen. Averill in ‘Shenandoah.’ ‘Then I went with Daly, and, of course, you have read of my ion after a brief period. ‘THE DALY DIFFICULTY. “I believe I acted perfectly right in that mat- ter, for before I signed my contract with Mr. Daly I had a verbal understanding with him as to the line of parts Iwas to play. He violated that understanding and his promise to me and I have a suit for salary for three years, which I expect to win when the case comes to trial. I had my reputation to sustain and I didn’t pro- pose that Mr. Daly or anybody else. should make it suffer. I have never done anythin that was dishonorable and in that matter I thin! my conduct will bear the most critical inspec- fell,” he continued, “after that I played in Nat’ Goodwin's piece, ‘Col. Tom;’ then in jy Henry. Guy Carleton; then in ‘Money Mad,’ where I'made a decided it. I went to Chicago after this for a while in ‘The Dead Heart’, and when I got back to New York I did the New York Sport i MeKeo Rankin's play, “The Kanuck.’ After that came ‘The Clemenceau Case,’ ‘Dr. ill’ fr ” “What is your ultimate ambition—I mean what line do you hope to make your greatest success in?” asked Tue Star man. “Well.” said Mr. Lackaye, “I should like to do a tragedy, but I don't comrider that I have the physical equipment. My turn-ap nove is against me. I play Nero every night with a made-up nose, but a man couldn't do tragedy rolos all the time in putty noses. I shall prob- ably do my best work in comedy. I don't mean light comedy, but in eccentric character parta in which there is in of bitter or satirical humor. Now I'm going to create the leading part in the new play by Pitou and Jessop, called ‘The Power of the Press,’ and I shal try in that piece to present a character which will call for some careful stady on the part of the critics. MONUMENTAL GALL. “I must tell you a funny incident which hap- pened Wednesday afternoon,” added Mr. Lack- aye. “Just as the matinee was ont some one rapped at my dressing room door and said there were two gentlemen who wished to see me. Ihad seen several of the Sothern com- any whom I knew very well in the front of Ths house and st ones wt .d that it was two ot them. #0 I said, them to come up.’ Shortly two men, neither of whom I had ever before seen, came into my room, and both of them were pretty well loaded. One came up to me in the most ing manner and said, ‘Hello, Will, old fellow,’ and commenced wink- ing his right eye furiously. ‘ “ couldn't understand the wink until he leaned over, and as he gave me 8 good whiff of hisaleoholio breath whispered, It's all right. He'—pointing to his friend, who had anchored himself on the nearest chair—he don’t know I don’t know you. I'll explain some other time.’ Ididn't know whether to get mad or wait for developments, but as I was by that time dressed I invited them down to the sidewalk, where a friend of mine who was waiting for me took care of the silent visitor, while the loquacious inebriate commenced to brace me for two seats for the night's performance so he could take alady. He wanted good seats and he didn’t want any written pass, but tickets without the corners being clipped. This could only mean that I should buy them. The mon- umental gall of the stranger completely stag- gered me until I found out that he was a drum- meron a spree, and then I could understand his assurance, but I got rid of him as quickly a8 possible, suggesting that I had no more to do with the tickets than he did and advising that he should see Mr. Davis or Mr. Brady.” THE OTHER WASHINGTONIAXS. ‘There are in the campaign that is now per- forming “Nero” at Albaugh's three others who claim Washington as their home—Miss Anita Rothe, Mr. James Kearney and Mr. W. T. Don- nelly. Mise Rothe will be remembered as having ap- peared here amateurly in German plays several ites, and always acquittin If with credit. She studied under Miss gueritte Saxton and Mr. Robert Downing, and this is hor first professional year. The ease with which she plays Poppea shows that she has not mis- taken her vocation. Mr. Donnelly will be remembered as havi been the night clerk at the Portland for sev. years, and the self-confidence which he ac- quired in that position has been of great ad- vantage to him in his new profession, for he has rapidly advanced from being the leader of the mob to the of Tigellinus, which is second only in importance to that of Nero. During this weck he has played both Nicodemus and Tigellinus, and, considering the fact that he Gover had any stage experience before appear- ing in this play, his promotion has been phe- nomenal. Mr. Kearney has been 2 professignal about‘four and is now work in ti i for mantic introduction. One night about s year ago a daintily attired little lady got aboard one of the 7th street cars on her way home fi faa Hi made hh fi i ith | new brillis ‘The Flags on the Dome of the Capitol July 4 1890. For the first time the flags were thus dis- played on the center of the dome of the nation’ Capitol; from the tholus and under the feet of the Statue of Liberty were five great banners flung out to the five points of the compass—e most beautiful and stirring sight ‘North, south, east, and west, Over the Land we love the best Calm above its fluttering waves Liberty, the azure braves. ‘Thus upon her altars spread ‘Once the offerings of the Dead. For this Banner's crimson stains Blood was poured from Patriot veimal Heart's devotion, set in light, ‘Made this Flag, a thing of might! But from out each faithful heart Beantifal as dawns the day ‘Mark those gieaming colors play! ‘So, when angry storms are past, ‘Shine, serene, the Heavens at last! 1. Rowanpe CLaare. ‘Wasuineron, July 4, 1990. HOME MATTERS. Seasonable Suggestions and Every-Day Hints to Practical Housekeepers. To Sror Hrccovan take s lump of sugar eat- urated with vinegar. Wuax Survenmo Faow OvERsTaaINEp arp Traxp Eres bathe them in hot water several times a day. Artes Witt Nor Fareze if covered with linen cloth, nor a pie or custard burn if in the oven with a dish of water. Ros Your Laur Ounexevs after washing with dry salt and you will be surprised at the cy of your lights. Tunrextixe axp Buick Vanwinm ie the blacking used, by hardware dealers for pro- stoves from rust. it will ast through the sense? * = PFePerly Two Arries Kurt rm Tae Cake Box will cause moderately rich cake to remain moist for s st len; i Ereat length of time, it the apples are renewed Ir Is Sav Tuat to Dare Sweer Mux after icsnien will purify the breath so that no lor remaii Qdor will remain. A cupful of strong coffee is Aways Dissotve Gezarme in an equal bulk of cold water; if put into hot water at firsta strong taste will be developed. It will take about fifteen minutes to dissolve, but many stand two or more hours without harm. To Taxe Tae Rust Ovr or Srezx rub the steel With sweet oil; in a day or two rab with finely Powdered unslacked lime until the rust all dis- appears, then oil again, roll in woolen and put ina dry place, especially if it be table cutlery. Rewier rox Cotp rx Hrap.—A ful of camphor in a wide-mouthed bottle, well cov- ered with boiling water, produces warm vapor which can be inhaled for the relief of acute head colds. Ten minutes’ use, three times a day, will suffice. Ir Is Sar Taar whisky will take out every kind of fruit stain. A child's dress will look entirely ruined by the dark berry stains on it, but if whi poured on the discolored places before sending it into the wash it will come out as good as new. Scaupeixo Bavsmzs Suoutp Br Kzrr with the bristles down aid they will last twice as long. Common sense will tell you if you stand them the other way the water will run down and soak into the back, loosening the bristles, whether they be glued or wired. A New York Witness correspondent verifies from experience the statement that fuel can be saved on ironing day by placing over the irons an old tin bucket or Corre Buaxc Manor.—One quart of milk, one-third box of gelatine, one cup of strong coffee, four eggs, one and a half cups sugar. ‘When the milk boils add the eggs and sugar; itir well; then let it come to boil the coffee. Put in a little van: improvement. Then pour into» or two small ones. makes eight or ten people. followed in the cases in which he tried the drug by complete cessation of the various symptoms; She depression, vomiting and giddi an Tar Tavz War To Coox Rice.—Wash a pint of rice in two waters, picking out all discolored grains. Have ready a saucepan containing two quarts of boiling, well-salted water. Stir the tice into this, cover closely and boil hard twenty minutes, stirring frequently. At the end of that time whena grain is rubbed be- tween the fingers it will be soft on the outside, buta little hardin the middle. Pour off ali the water, cover closely and set on back of stove to steam three-quarters of an hour, occa- sionally tossing with a fork. When done, each grain will be separate, but soft. Cooked’ thus and served with roast poultry and eaten with the gravy of same, we consider = necessity to every well-regulated dinner. Frevr pez Lis Maprueme Caxes can be made from the following rule: Rub to a cream half a pound of butter, add three cups of sugar and left over for icing, coloring some with chocolate and the rest cranberry juice. ‘thick, icing. made and baked each little cake is deliciously tender, » melting moreel. Manxiaxp Cuowprn.—Take of the shoulder of cod or a good-sized haddock two pounds of fish (without the haddock bones). Put one gill of water in the bottom of an iron pot, lay in also a sliced onion and one-half the fish, skin side down, Sprinkle level dessert — AUCTION SALES. AUCTION SALES. TERT WEES Siw FORK AVENCE AND WEST, AT ACCTION: ». M.. we stall well fas square 84, having 17 ‘aah; balance in oneand two: See Saf dross ~ Ser, Sevag teks STARE FOSS ‘Aacticnecrs. HOMAS DOWLING, Auctioneer. SALE AT AUCTION. OF VaLta te papal * of the of Columbia, in Liber fo, La page a Be ‘st the request of the SE Rae oes pation fo. the Rerintor reine SS FOUR O'CLOCK P. M.. in fi ine, : shal kive those ce ‘aud Twenty-four mets: re. | Re ee oe ATION on ee Mi CRIS. RUPEE! “ RATCLIFFE, DARE & 00. zy __Auctionsst. SALE OF IMPROVED Phopiny aS Noa nibur eTuney Ronee tarsus chen porcine armor tee on tue day of sale: | inscn to be secured by | (THOMAS DOWLING, Avcticnser. EXCEEDINGLY RARE AND COSTLY TURKISH CARPETS, RUGS AND HANGINGS AT AUCTION. EMBRACING THE FOLLOWING SPECIMENS: CARPETS. BUGS. Zarit, Carabegh, Kermit, ‘Shirvabaa, ‘Teberan, ‘Mecca, Royal Agra, Derbent, Boumee, ‘Bokhara, Antique Mecca, Mosque, Antique Kiva Bokhara, Anatolian, Antique Royal Mecca. Candahar. BAGDAD PORTIERES AND OTHER HANGINGS. ‘To be sold at my ART ROOMS, 11th st. and Pa. ave., ‘TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, JANUARY THIRTEENTH, FOURTEENTH, FIFTEENTH, 1801, AT ELEVEN A.M. AND THREE P.M. EACH DaY. ON EXHIBITION MONDAY, JANUARY 22, FROM 9 A.M. TOG P.M. ‘This is an exceptionally fine collection, and was se- lected especially for this market. THOMAS DOWLING, 284 ‘Auctioneer. TECLIFFE, DARE E00. aectoaos R EN DWELLING NO. 1212 NOKTHWEST, | COM- MIRRO! Fo! UTHER CH RUBER SE TERE T bi Ti Xo. NEW Ey 7 AT AUCTION. eB THURSDAY MORNING.” JANUAY PIP. NTH, 11, at TEN O'CLOCK. wo will sell at the dwelling all the furniture, &c., con: RUSTEE’S SALE OF VALUABLE ESTATE ON ETWEEN VIRGINIA AVENT STREET, WASHINGTON CIT’ ‘of ground situate in the city of Weshinzton, ct of Columbia, and known and described sbered nine (#) in 'Witsian: M. Puilips stb Vision Of a part of original lot numbered two (2) im square Dunibered five suaidred and eizhty-one (3M), as uid sutxiivision is recorded in Liter B, solio 116, ome ot 2 ‘said District, together with, ree One-half of purchase money in cash and the balance in equi mstaliments ct sx (6) and. twelve (12) months from the day of salt, with interest, to be secured by the notes of the purchaser and. an trust on the property so.d, or all Laser Purchasers expense. ‘Teriss or sale to be compliel Sith within ten days from diy of sale. otherwise toe Unuersiemed. trustee reserves tes right to Resell nekd Property at the risk and cost of the ‘de oe ere THOMAS DOWLING, Auctioneer. jatedbas I AM : RATCHPPE, DARE & CO. Anctioncers jauiting pur- -a¥e. BW, VALUABLE BUILDING LOT ON FIFTEENTH STREET BETWEEN RHODE ISLAND AVENUE AND P STREET NOMTR WEST EENTH DAY OF JAN- AL, we will offer yy 24 feet on “Theis otvect Uy 0 depth, of 100 feet This n'a destrauie tulldie bite sad soos ibe ‘of parties in search of valu SALE OP ALL FURNITURE, WIN! Bak FURNISHINGS. ETC. CON: OT EL INE BETWEEN y E ———— ne 1 re ‘sale. SATRAS proen RATCLIFFE, DARE & CO. (Cooks TOURS TO THE TROPICS, TRE wrest PR AND SOUTH AMERTC: THE MAGNIFICEST STLAMEMS OF ERR oe 5s. co. . CURACAO, ETC, Bi THE snare oF CELL THE RED Tickets for cirealar jou to” & SON. 261 BROADWAY SSYLVAVIA AVE « ‘ To Hayti and Columbia. — Fie vOnwoub et Récoxt — TUS. COO! S¥O8T Rowre To Lown NORDDEUTSCLER Fast Express To Southam yon Sat... re, yudon, Havre), Bremen, NAL MASSAGE BY MRS. H. CAM 1h at, wa rela crasimate. 9 peruse ts Sot Washineton. jain al t Prominent tad LECTROPATHY al Treat © CAN BE OBTAINED Hi Sit beste sacl raterence by apple _Prom 2to 7 p.m. EAP ann ne. any hour of ny Sworn to me by Dr KHOTHERS. MILLS, a notary | Public in und tor the District of Columbia, this id aay of duly, Is. = Twenty year experience (sealed) contatming 10M paruculars for Hi tree of carve. aia ee - 2 30) N. 15TH ST., PHILADELPHI Neng, te DENTISTRY is, at PAA feet © rte! positively without pain ar danger by oUF pain.ess 5) 4 Darius Vervtable Vapor MB tee Uy Unouly. Ytstiocta are eat tad eaten Aruscial covth, crown aba Uriage Work et reasonohio a CHIGN, DENT INT. 737 or itiasen Cniveratys on Pee DENTAL TNFoOARY TET FILLED and crtiticial teeth, iusectad WithOUt Chanee, exoape cost of junteriel, st L320 Hl st. mw, Dental Vepamt: iy, except = open trom Octobe ad DD STARE PARSONS, DENTIST, oH ST. com. En.w.—Pirst-ciass fillines inseried. to euins prevents pain ip extracting. Ail Gentisizy. At present location ten years, BICYCLES. ‘Hk Invi COLUMBIA SAFETY BICYCLE ‘Has arrived. ‘It is a beauty and puts ail uthers to sleep. (Call and see it, GEO. 8. ATWATER & 00., = aes aie WENTY-FIVE PER CENT OFF Hewnining sick of Boyt and Girl BICYCLES AND TRICYCLES For cash. SMITH’S WHEELERIES, 021 H ST. 5.W. @13-Lm FAMILY SUPPLIES. __