Evening Star Newspaper, April 16, 1895, Page 12

THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 1895—TWELVE PAGES. LOCAL MENTION. AMUSEMENTS TONIGHT. —— Grand Opera House—Mme. Rejane in ‘Mme. Sans-Gene,” New National Theate: in Sardou’s “Gismonda. Academy of Music.—George Thatcher and Carroll Johnson’s Minstrels. Butler's Vari Theater. — “The Cross Roads of Life.’”* Kernan’s Lyceum Theater.—The French Folly Company. Columbia Phonograph Company,919 Penn- sylvania avenue northwest.—Exhibition of the Kineto-Graphophone. Naval Lodge Hell, 4th and Pennsylvania avenue southeast.—Ordway Rifles’ Fair. Odd Fellows’ Hall, 7th street between D and E streets northwest.—Grand Testimo- alal Benefit to Ye Olde Folks Singers. Willard Hall.—Testimonial Benefit to Miss May Blossom, —_>—__. EXCURSIONS TOMORROW. Fanny Davenport Steamer Macalester.—For Mount Vernon, Glymont and intermediate landings at 10 a.m, Stoamer Wakefield—For Nomini, Piney Point, Coan and Yeocomico rivers and river lerdings at 7 a.m. Steamer Washington for Norfolk and Fortress Monroe at 7 p.m. —_—_—_. CARPETS MADE MOTH-PROOF Without extra charge. By our matchless vrocess Fine Carpets and Rugs are made fregh and “new” without injury. We offer our patrons the additional protection of a fire-proof building. Drop us a postal or tel- ephone. Empire Steam Carpet Cleaning Works, 631-635 Mass. ave.; tel. 425. Where others follow, WE LEAD, in all kids of Arustic Printing. Briefs receive special attention. SHEIRY, 623 D st. Yeast Powder day gt Johnston's. Largest Rumford's, 7c. botth SAVES TRO! When you get our fresh, delicious, home- made cakes; 40c. and 60c. each. Small fancy cakes, 4c. Ib.; 18 flavors of Ice Cream—put up in different shapes, incluc- ing “strawberry,” made of fresh fruit. FUSSELL’S, 1427 N. Y. ave. ea EEE Large Cans Tomatoes, 5c. Johnston's. Page 9. Se Men’s Derby and Fedora Hats, latest styles and colors, $1, $1.50 and $2—great yalues. Soft Hats, 50c. up. Boys’ Hats, 2c. to $1. A. T. LEWIS, 435 7th st. Secret aes rete t I. C. U. Whisky. Finest on earth for fam- ily_and medicinal use. Sold everywhere. Richard & Co., Wholesale Distributors. sshel eee YOU'LL BE A SATISFIED WOMA: If you let us paper your rooms. Finest work. $2 up. NOLTE, 810 9th st. a Ginger Snaps, Crackers, 4c. Ib. Johnston's. Cc. D. Kenny has built for himself an en- viable reputation by selling the highest de of Coffees at a moderate price. His ixperience of twenty-flve years in buying, testing and roasting enables him to do this. Six city stores. ed W. H. Spelshouse, 1028 7th, near 1.,whole- sale and retail wall paper dealer, interior decorator and marufacturer of fine wind- dow shades and picture frames. Good work at reasonable prices. Telephone, 416. er PLANTING TIME HAS COME. We are headquarters for best garden tools of every variety. Rakes and Hoes, 20c. Shovels and Spades, 40c. Trowels, 10c. CHAS. T. CARTER & CO., 606 Pa. ave. Largest Rumford’s Y. Powder, 7c. John- ston’s. CITY AND DISTRICT To Celebrate an Anniversary. The U. S. Grant Circle, Ladies of the G. A. R., will celebrate the third anniversary of their order by giving a musical and liter- ary entertainment at Typographical Hall tonight. Good local talent has been se- cured and an enjoyable evening is expected. ——_—_—— Wm. Goodwin's Case. Wm. Goodwin's case was disposed of in the Police Court today. Goodwin, as here- tofore published in The Star, is one of the men arrested during the “Jack the Slasher” excitement a year ago, and who was ar- Tested last week on a charge of having made an indecent proposal to two girls near Ast and H streets northwest. The charge against him this morning was disorderly conduct, and his counsel, Lawyer William- son, entered a plea of guilty. Judge Kim- ball was told of the circumstances which led to the arrest, and the highest fine, $25 or sixty days, was imposed. The fine was > Wanted to Borrow. John Law, a Swede who wanted to make @ call on the President, yesterday was ar- Tested and locked up as a crank. He said he was an old friend of the President's, and wanted to borrow $20 to pay his way to New York. The prisoner is about fifty years old, and, according to his state- ment, he escaped from Bay View, near Baltimore, and has been an inmate of St. Elizabeth's. A search of the records shows that he was not an inmate of St. Elizabeth's, as he si he had been. He will probably be sent to St. Eliza- beth’s until h’s frends are heard from. — He Plead Guilty. Leon Waters, the young man arrested in Baltimore several days ago and brought kere by Detectives Horn and Weedon, was arraigned in the Police Court yester- day on a charge of embezzlement. It was charged that he embezzled a small amount of money, the property of his em- ployer, John Green. “He plead guilty to the charge, and was committed in default of $500 security for the action of the grand jury. ed In Favor of the Company. In the case of Calvin Lenore, colored, against the Baltimore and Potomac Rail- read Company, the jury returned this morning a sealed verdict in favor of the company. The plaintiff, about three years ago, claimed to have been arrested at the instigation of the company while returning on the read from the Benning race track because of an alleged refusal to pay his fare. He declared that he paid the fare to a brakeman who was assisting the conduc- tor, and claimed $5,000 damages because of his treatment. —— Patriotism and Music. Continental Chapter, D. A. R., held a large and enthusiastic meeting at the Ox- ford Hotel last evening, Mrs. M. A. Bollin- It being the annual elaborate musical A ger, regent, presiding. meeting an unusually and literary program was presented. short and interesting resume of the y work was giver by Mrs. M. S. G regent. for the ensuing y ing at the residen 3d street northw The meeting for election of officers ar will be held this even- Mr: Craig, Voorhis, B. 1, M Moffati, Eugenia hington, Dascom Messenge Mr: Mr. and Mrs. O'Do O. B. Brown, Mr: Settle and Miss Mir Ripans for 50c Advertisement. headache, druggists, Who knows s ads. b Finest Creamery Butter at $1.40. . Oyster, 900 Pennsylvania avenue.—. =~ = Paintings at public sale. When the doors of Messrs. Walter corner 10th and Penn thrown open to the pu morning their first-floor rooms, turned into | a gallery of pa the p Mr. Charles Armor of this filled by ladi see the examp upon the wall till time of sale, Jay and ‘Thurs ductions of which takes ay evenings d nS > called to the nods at the United § u of un- sale ates cu: Se. can, Johnston's, Se for biliousness, druggists, 50c.— Advertisement. | Ar jing until Monday, THE A. M. £E. CHURCH Annual Meeting of Board of Finance to Be Held Here. UNIQUE AND IMPORTANT BODY ——__+. Great Growth of the Church Here and Abroad. BISHOP WAYMAN TO PRESIDE eee ‘The twenty-third annual meeting of the board of finance of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, which has under its su- pervision the direction of most cf the finan- cial operations of every A. M. E. conferen:e in the world, will begin at the office of the department of finance, 1 14th street northwest, tomorrow and continue until a large amount of business of great import- ance is disposed of. This “department of finance” is the only institution of the kind in church work in the world. For the purpose of the better conduct of the work of the department and of the de- nomination, the fifty-two conferences in this and foreign countries have been grouped into districts, and these, ith those who will represent them at the ap- ing conference, are as follows: proact First Episcopal district, which comprises the Philadelphia, New York, New Jersey and New England conferences,Rev. C. Shafter, D.D., of Philadelphia; s copal district, Baltimore, Virginia, North Carolina and West North Carolina’ confer- ences, Rev. J. H. Collett, D.D., Baltimore; third Episcopal district, Ohio, Northern Ohio and Pittsburg -cogferences, Prof. J. P. Shorter, Wilberforce, Ohio; fourth Episcopal district, Indiana, Illinois and lowa confer- ences, Rev. J. T. Jennifer, Washington, D. C.; fifth Episcopal district, Missouri, North Missouri, Kansas and Colorado conferences, v Preston, St. Louis, Mo.; sixth Episcopal district, Georgia, North Georgia, Macon, Alabama, North Alabama and Cen- tral Alabama conferences, Rev. S. H. Kob- inson, Atlanta, Ga seventh Episcopal dis- trict, South Carolina, Columbia and North- east South Carolina conferences, Rev. L. R. ‘hols, Charleston, S. C.; eighth Episcopal district, Florida, East Florida and South Florida conferences, Rev. M. M. Moore, Or- Jando, Fla.; sissippi, North Mis sippl, Arkansas, South Arkansas, Arkansas conferences and Indian mi: Re YT. W. Shriver, Vicksburg, ss tenth Ep‘scopal district, Louisiana, North Louisiana, Texas, West Texas, Central Texas, Northeast Texas, Puget Sound and Colorado conferences, Prof. H. M. Cox, Cot- ton Gin, Ga eleventh Episcopal district, Kentucky, W. West Tennessee conference: Rev. M. Turner, Frankfort, Ky.; twelfth Ep: district, Michigan, Ontario, Nova Scotia, Bermuda, Liberia, Sierra Leone and De- merara, South America, confer J. O. O'Bai oe Hamilton, Onta ‘able Bishop A. W. Wayman, D. D., of Baltimore,the oldest surviving bishop in the church, is president of the depart- ment, and will preside at most of the meet- ings, but will be assisted by two of his younger colleagues and members of the Rouse of bishops; Rt. Revs. B. W. Arnett, D. D., of Wilberforce, Ohio, and A. Grant, D. D., of Texas. Rev. Dr. H. H. Armstrong of Washington, who is the financial secre- tary, and under whose immediate super- ion the large sums which come into the treasury of the’ board are disbursed, vill, it is expected, act as conference sec- retary. Connected with the department of finance and having the general direction of its af- fairs is an executive board, selected from among those above named, and which, at present, comprises Revs. C. W. Preston, who is likewise vice president of the de- partment; J. H. Collett and Prof. J. P. Shorter. ninth Eptscopal district, Mis- issippl, Middle Missis- West st Kentucky, Tennessee and J. The Dollar Fun The operations of the department of finance are kept moving through receipts from the ‘dollar’ fund, that sum being re- quested yearly from each member in good standing in the conference. The receipts for the last conference year from this source were $85 , fifty-four per cent of which was the board in its va- ridus lines of work, six per cent sent to the Church Extension Society, and forty per cent expended for mission and other work, under the direction of the conferences within whose bounds the funds were raised. Over one-third of the large sum named was contributed by the churches in the con- ferences over which Bishop Grant presides, and whose constituency comprises 1,100 preachers, 1,500 churches and 150,000 mem- bers. There are also under his supervision three institutions of learning—the Morris Brown College in Atlanta, Ga., with 38) tudents and eight teachers; the Edward vaters College in Jacksonville, Fla., with 27 pupils and five teachers, and a pay chovl in Selma, Ala., th pupils and five teachers. For these there were con- tributed by the same people, in addition to the sums already named, about 38,000. It is worthy of note that notwithstanding the extremely hard times the contributions for all purposes during the conference year were greater than ever before, while the in in membership was over 32,000, Other Boards. Closely connected. with the department of finance, and greatly interested in its success, are the Leard of publication, head- quarters, Philadelphia, Pa., Bishop B. T. Tanner, president, and Rev. J. C. Embrey, business manager; missionary board, head- arters, Wa: . Der- ecretary; educa- Bishop B. W. Arnett, president; WwW. D. Johnson, secretary; board of publication for southern department, headquarters, New Orleans, La., Bishop B. F. Lee, presi- dent; Rev. A. M. Green, editor; board of church extension, headquarters, Athens, Ga., which during the past three years has disbursed over 00 and assisted more ”) churches, Bishop A. Grant, presi- Rev. C. T. ‘Shaffer, secretary; Sun- day School Union, headquarters, Nashville, Tenn., Bishop A. W. Wayman, president: Rev. C. S. Smith, secretary. The opera~ tions of this department are on a most ex tensive scale, the circulation of the various papers alone being upward of 70,000 weexly. The Bishops. The bishops of the A. M. E. Church, most of whom, with the exception of Bishop Turner, who has started for Liberia to pre- side over the Sierra Leone conference, are shington while the ion, and are Re SALE , senior bishop, Baltimore, H. M. Turner and W. J. Rev. B. W. Arnett, D. D., Wilberforce, Ohio; Rev. B. T. Tanner, D. D., Philadelphia, Pa.; Revs. Drs. A. Grant and B. F. Lee, ‘Te Rev. M. B. Salter, D. D., South Carolina, and Rev. J.* A. Handy, D. D., Kansas City, Mo. —— Merringe Licenses, Marriage licenses have been granted the following: Henry D. Fry and Ida B. Lind- say; Frank S. Lerch and Dorothea Doehrer; Warren W. King and Gertrude M. Barr, both of Anacostia, D. C.; Edward F. Ab- ner and Marie M. E. Vorlander; Samuel Johnson and Sophia Rawles; Wm. E. Fletcher and Essa E. Ford, both of Rich- mond, Va.; Chas. B. Bennett and Annie C. Barnes, both of Richmond, Va.; John Har- Annie Andrews, both of Richmond, Sben Eveleth Whiting and Frances x; Frank Washington and Henrleita ent; Ferdi Simmons and Agnie Penny; warl L. Tippett of this city and Ada board is in se: Wayman, D L . Dr: Lee Owens of King George's count Arthur Merrill Hood of Mndianapoli: and Alice Burges Johnson of_ thi: James Courtney and Maggie Dyer; W. Murphy and Margaret Tudge; G Wright and Mary A. Shannon. SS Excurs: to Baltimore vin Pennsylvania Railroad. xcu il 20, and Sunday, 25 S125 F $1 mn tickets to Baltimore, Saturday st, good return Via “Pennsylvani: . railroad, at $1 a Ripans for heartburn, druggists, 50c.— Advertisement. a Look! Largest Rumford’s, Johnston's. Page 9.—Advt. AMUSEMENTS. Grand Opera House.—If there was a‘per- son at Mme. Rejane’s presentation of “Sans Gene” at the Grand last night who did not compare the star in the original tongue of the play with Miss Kidder in the Ameri- canized version, it was a person who had never seen Miss Kidder’s Sans Gene. Not to compare was impossible, but the possi- bility of comparing no doubt brought a larger audience to see Mme. Rejane than she would have otherwise drawn, for not- withstanding Washington is a center of fashion and the court language is popular here, there are not enough who speak it or understand it to fill a big house six nights in the week. The comparison was not critical, therefore, so much as it was curl- ous, and Mme. Rejane and Miss Kidder stand quite as well in the estimation of theater goers as if they had never ertered into competition. In point of personal beauty, it is quite six of one and a half- dozen of another, so that factor in th: com- parison of any two wemen is out of the count entirely. As to merit, the balance oscillates between the two, with possibly some swing ir. favor of the French woman. She speaks her own language, in a play ty an author who writes and thinks and lives in a French atmosphere, and the in- cidents of the play are of France, all to the advantage of Rejane, and she has that finesse and fervor and naivete which only a French actress po: s. An American woman may approach it more nearly than any other, but she does not quite attain it. What it is cannot be defined in words; it is as the Louquet to the wine, the spark of the touch of electric poles, and it finds ex- pression in the unexpected gesture, the flash of a smile, a nod, a look, a shake of the head and a t of the skirt. It is the spirit of the thing, the innate qualii of fitness, and a French woman has’ a prac- tical monopoly of this whatever-it-is in its highest form. Bernhardt, Hading, Rejane, all of them, homely or handsome, have it, and they are great actresses. As Sans Gene Mme. Rejane has an prepared for her by the master himself, and she responds admirably to every dra- matic demand made upon her. Not less dces Miss Kidder, but her Sans Gene is a transplanted growth, and it lacks the flavor of the French. It is not a difference cf degrees, but of kind. Of her support the best word may be said, for they make the play 2 living chapter from the life of Na- peleon, who, in the person of M. Duquesne, is set forth with the fervor, if not the figure, of the great Corsican. The audience, which was a highly fashionable one, in- dicated by its frequent applause its gratifi- cation at the interpretation of the play, which will be repeated tonight. New National Theater.—It was found im- possible to properly set the great mass of scenery required for the production of “Gismonda” in time to give a performance at the New National Theater last night, and so the house was closed and given over to the stage carpenters and machinists. Tonight, however, Miss Fanny Davenport will be seen for the first time in this city in the title role of Sardou’s latest and, in many respects, his grestest play. Academy of Music.—The Academy was filled last night to the doors. The occasion was the first appearance here of George Thatcher's and Carroll Johnson’s Twentieth Century Minstrels. It-was a minstrelo-va- riety entertainment, a marked innovation on the minstrel trad‘tions. The show opens, urse, with a “first part,’’ and it is a striking spectacular display Music, in- trumental, vocal, solo and concerted, was given in quantity. Lillie Laskelle, Alma Bulini and Helen Courtland were the ladies of the cast, Miss Larkelle receiving a lib- eral measure of zpplause for her songs. George Power's skill as a banjoist is well known, and his fingers have not lost their cunning in handling that instrument. Mr. Thatcher's monologue amused his admirers, as is always the case. It is needless to re- mark that it was the quaint originality of his style which entertained rather than the matter of his discourse. Carroll John- son and George ‘Thatcher, representing, as they do, two distinct styles of comedy, make an exceedingly good comedy pair to draw to. Among the strong features of the show are-the wonderful acrobatic perform- ances of the brothers La Rose, who intro- duced some genuine novelties. The audi- ence responded to every bid for apprecia- tion with a hilarious enthusiasm which left no doubt as to the popularity of the per- formers. Butler's: Bijou Theater.—The Bijou Thea- ter was crowded last night with an enthusi- astic audience, the play being “The Cross Rcads of Life” and the star Edmund Col- lier. The attraction proved to be one of the strongest seen at this house this season. The play is of the melo-dramatic type, and sensational, humorous and pathetic inci- detits are brought out in a telling manner by Mr. Collier and his supporting company of capable actors. The scenery is elaborate and startling, the Harlem tunnel, the light- house off Sandy Hook and a thoroughly equipped life-saving station being especial- ly worthy of notice. At the conclusion of the play Manager Butler put forward as an extra attraction Jack McAuliffe, the champion light weight, and Jack Bolan, a well-known local light weight, in four one- minute rounds. The boxing was fast and furious and also exceedingly clever. Mc- Auliffe, of course, had the best of it, but Bolan’s exhibition demonstrated that he is a boxer of more than the usual cleverness. McAuliffe and Bolan will continue to close the performance for the rest of the week. Kernan’s Lyceum Theater.—An audience of fair size yesterday afternoon and a erowded house at night witnessed the first performances of Manchester's French Folly Company at the Lyceum. It is a variety show of more than the usual strength, nany of the acts being exceptionally good. he performance starts with the farce, Fourth of July,” which proved to be really funny and very well acted. The olio embraced such well-known special- ists as Billy Van and Lillian Leslie, Kitty Clark and Belle Vivian, May Adams and a troupe of Japanese acrobais, whose per- formance closes the show. Their acts are sensational and performed in an entertain- ing manner. A sensational slide by one of their number on a rope stretched from the stage to the second gallery closed the show and called forth rounds of applause. Yale College Glee Club.—Both friends of old Yale and the lovers of good music crowded Metzerott Music Hall last night at the concert by the Yale Glee and Banjo Clubs. The audience was a very fashion- able one, and manifested their delight at the singig and playing of the college boys by numerous and repeated encores. The glee club opened the program, and opened it very acceptably. Much improvement was noticed over the club of last year, and the manner in which the members composing it gave the several numbers provoked round after round of applause. Mr. Lapham’s sweet tenor voice was heard to excellent advantage in two selections, and Mr. Green delighted the audience by his rendition of the quaint little song, ‘Maybe You Do, But I Doubt It.” He also sang an encore song and gave a laughable imitation of some of the freshmen scholars to give the- farewell of Lord Woolsey. The glee club also sang several other selections, all of them delightful,and although some of them were old they seemed to please the audi- ence just the same. The banjo club was fully up to the standard, and for quick- ness of touch and expression there have been but few clubs heard “here to compete with them. The mandolin club also gave a selection, which was highly appreciated. After Mr. Parker had sung a solo, the Negro Sweep Quartet, composed of Messrs. Stephenson, Nolan, Parker and Lackland, sang several songs, much to the amusement of the audience, and in response to the last encore, Mr. Lackland sang a solo accom- panied by the club. The program conclud- ed with the song “Bright College Years,” rendered by the glee club, and one of the Seoeteige ROYAL ; BAKING ; Bs BA $ e - Absolutely Pure. z ZA cream of tartar baking powder. High- % est of,all in leavening strength.—Latest 3 United States Government Food Report. ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., 106 Wall st., 2, Seetenaeesoete ptetetetetetedeteteteteed most successful entertainments ever given at Metzerott Music Hall was over. Miss May Blossom’s Benefit-—This even- ing at Willard’s Hall thére will be a tes- timonial benefit to MissiMay Blossom, the well-known fancy dancér and soubrette. Scme of the best local»talent has volun- teered for the occasion, and such people as Mrs. Kitty Thompson-Berry, Mr. J. J. Fisher, Mies Chalmers sand Ed Bowman" will furnish the numbers on the program. In addition to these, there will be a one-act farce by the pupils sof the New National Theater School of Agting, under the direc- tion of Mr. Percy Wintér, and dancing by pupils of Prof. Montgomery and the Misses Hawke. A number of songs and dances will be rendered by May; Blossom, assisted in some of them’ by (Mr. Ed Bowman. After the close of the{program, dancing will be enjoyed until m late hour. Olmo Mandolin Club.—The annual concert of the Olmo Mandolin and Banjo Orchestra will be held tomorrow evening at the Car- roll Institute Hall. They will be assisted by excellent talent, and. the name of the club is enough to insure a good program. Scme very good music will be rendered ‘in excellent style, and after the concert there will be dancing. The sale of tickets should insure a large attendance. “Ye Olde Folks Singers.”—A testimonial benefit is to be tendered “Ye Olde Folks Singers’ by Douglass, Trinity, North Capi- tol and Wesley Churches, at Odd Fellows’ Hall, 7th street northwest, this evening. The “singen begins at 8 by ye towne clock,”” and it costs ‘xxv pennies to get irside.” William James Palmer is to act 4s conductor, and the whole entertainment will prove very enjoyable and interesting. Odd _ Fellows’ Hall.—Tomorrow evening opportunity,” Friendship Lodge, 12, I. O. O. F., will give én Easter entertainment and hop at Odd Fellows’ Hall, 7th street northwest. Quite a number of good people have vol- unteered for the program, and dancing will begin at 10 o'clock. “Coronet and Coin.’"—Rehearsals for the coming presentation of the comic opera, in three acts, by Messrs. Fort, Hub Smith and MacLeod, entitled “Coronet and Coin,” are in active progress, and show good improve- ment, both in the cast and in the chorus. The first presentation. will be at the Acad- emy of Music April 25, the proceeds going for the benefit of the Children’s Country Home. a most estimable charity. The long V'st of patronesses who have volunteered their services for the occasion includes scme of the best known ladies of Wash- ington. They are as follows: Mrs. Calvin Brice, Mrs. John S. Billings, Mrs. Buck- Ingham, Mrs. F. E. Chadwick, Mrs. Ban- croft Davis, Mrs. Rozier Dulaney, Mrs. John W. Foster, Mrs. Chas. Glover, Mrs. Horace Gray, Mrs. Phoebe Hearst, Mrs, Reynolds Hitt, Mrs. Archibald Hopkins, Mrs. Mayo Hazeltine, Miss Herbert, Mrs, Daniel S. Lamont, Mrs. N. S. Lincoln, Mrs. Bly Lee, Mrs. Alex. B. Legare, Mrs. L. Leiter, Mrs. Randolph McKim, Mrs. erick Maguire, Mrs. Edw: McCauley, Richard Mulligan, Mrs. Frances Nash, Mrs. Carlis'e Patterson, Mrs. J. G. Parke, Mrs. Josiah Pierce, Mrs. Pellew, Mrs. J. Duhurst Patten, Mrs. R. S. Phenix, Mrs. Thos. Nelson Page, Mrs. John F. Rodgers, Mrs. R. G. Rutherford, Mrs. J. M. Scho- field, the Misses Schenck, Mrs, Wm. Win- eBrSD: Mrs. Westinghouse and the Misses es. Willard Hall—C. Garvin Gilmaine, Miss Ellen Vockey and J, Raymond Park, three clever professionals, will present “'Snow- tall” tomorrow evening at Willard Hall, assisted by Edwin ¥. Campbell, Agnes Vesser, Marie Flood and Chas. F. Purdy in the play, and by Mme. Esputa Daly and ber company of singers, the Imperial Man- dolin Club, Master Hunt, violinist, and others. —— THE CHORAL SOCIETY. Presentation to the Late Chairman of the Finance Committee. Added interest wags given the regular meeting of the Choral Society last night because of farewells said to and by Mr. Eugene E. Stevens, one of the most promi- nent workers in the organization. Mr. Stevens is to leave the city this evening for Ohio, where he will take up his residence and his removal from Washington nec. sitated his resignation from active mem- bership in the society, although he will retain his interest in the work with which he has been long identified, ‘and his name will be borne oy the rolls as an asso- ciate member. For five years Mr. Stevens has becn actively connected with the Choral Society and has served it in many important capacities, being for several suc. cessive terms its efficient secretary’ and member of the board of directors and re- cently served as chairman of the finance committee. It was largety due to his untir- ing labors that the ‘society has attained for itself such a prominent place in the co- cperative sympathy of the musical public. Outside of the Choral Society he is well known as a popular lawyer, having been graduated from the law department of the Georgetown University, has extensive ac- quaintance among local church musical circles and was also connected with the Capital Glee Club. At the meeting last night Mr. W. H. Dan- jel, the president of the society, fittingly re- ferred to Mr. Stevens’ worth and his ab- sorbing interest in the affairs of the organ- ization, and a committee was appointed to draft suitable resolutions, which were read and unanimously adopted. The vice president, Dr. Frank T. Howe, was then introduced for the purpose. of presenting to Mr. Stevens, as a token of the esteem and affection in which he was held by his fellow-members, a gold watch and chain, handsomely engraved and suitably marked. On the inside-cover was inscribed: “To Evgene E. Stevens from the Choral So- ciety, April, 18% Washington, D. C.”" In his presentation remarks Dr. Howe fitting- SOOO << M\can a dentist afford to do good work at Ssuch prices?” AS “A”? dentist can't afford it, but SEVERAL dentists associated, each doing the work (at which he is specially skilled—aided by <modern appliances—can afford the most perfect dentistry at our prices, Call and ssee “how.”? That costs nothing. Painless extracting, SOc. Filling, Se. up. Rest teeth, $8. Crowns, bridges, etc., at ‘corresponding prices; estimates gladly given. U. S. Dental Association, 7th and D N.W.3 gh OL OSOSOSOISOSO HOW BABIES SUFFER When their tender skins are literally on fire with itching, burning, scaly and blotchy skin and scalp diseases, with loss of hafr, none but mothers real- ize. CUTICURA REMEDIES afford immediate re- lief, permit rest and sleep, and point to a speedy and economical cure when the best physicians and all other remedies foil. Sold everywhere. TERLING : ILVER— PECIAL PRING NOVELTIES. Heart Stickpins......--- ctcecsceescesers +100. Shirt Waist Studs. Be. Shirt Waist Sets. T5e. Shirt Waist Enameled Sets: + -$1.50 ‘The hardSomest ‘assortment of Belts in town. LATEST— Sterling Silver Belt Buckles, with tortoise shell center. l.Goldsmith&Son apl6-30d 911 PENNA. AVE. go cents for $1.50 and $2 Eyeglasses —- fitted and guaranteed — no wonder we do a big business. OPTICAL DEPARTMENT—MERTZ’'S, ey 11TH AND F STS. N.W. apl5-144 ly alluded to the care with which Mr. Stev- ens had watched over the affairs of the society and had sought to keep it up to face value, and that the links of love, af- fection and etteem which boun@ him and the society together were as pure, as strong and as lasting as the chain accompanying the watch. Mr. Stevens was deeply stirred by this ex- pression of appreciation on the part of his fellow-members, and his voice trembled with emotion when he attempted to reply. He thanked his friends eincerely, and spoke of the growth of the organization and as- sured them that it was now on a substan- tial basis and was bound to be successful and to see the realization of its aims if the individuals composing it would only work as faithfully and as loyally as they had done in the seasons past. He parted with the society with' sorrow and regret, but would always retain an interest in its affairs. For himself he had already ar- ranged to connect himself with a similar organization in his new home, and did not propose to allow his musical interest to wane. After the adjournment of the re- hearsal Mr. Stevens received many expres- sions of good-will and best wishes for a successful future from his friends in the so- ciety. ————— Ripans for dyspepsia, druggists, 50c.— Advertisement. seateatoefecgetoateatoogen HOOD'S PILLS easy to buy, easy to take, Victims of | Dyspepsia all the ‘horrors of dyspepsia, insomnia and indigestion. 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Bargains in Gas Globes. ‘They are very neat—and usually sell for 2c. and B5c. ‘This lot only—no more to be had at this Aid POCOOOS: PIOPISO HIDE DE SED IO OSS OSS: price. ic, A. Muddiman, 614 12TH ST. apl2-48a SESSCOSALEGL OOS OI ESOS GOSS: Beecham’s Pills are for biliousness, bilious head- ache, dyspepsia, heartburn, torpid liver, dizziness, sick headache, bad taste in the mouth, coated tongue, loss of appetite, sallow skin, etc., when caused by constipa- tion; and constipation is the most frequent cause of all of them. Go by the book. Pills loc. and 25c. a box. Book free at your druggist’s or write B. F. Allen Co., 365 Canal St., New York. ANNUAL SALES MORE THAN 6,000,000 BOXES. CITY ITEMS. Largest Rumford’s Y. Powder, fc. John- ston’s. 1t* 5 7 Cakes Pearl Soap, Johnston's. Page . eee ee “Royal Glue” Mends Everything, Itc. jal2-eott ——— Large Cans Tomatoes, 5c. Johnston’ Page 9. 1t* ——— Ginger Snaps, Crackers, 4c.1b. Johnston’ AMUSEMENTS. Yellow Jonquils And Tulips make a pretty guthering. They're cheap—only 25e. a dozen. over from Easter. A. Gude & Bro., 12d No flowers left Ours are fresh cut daily. FLORISTS, 12t4 F ST. by Le ‘hurch, corner 14th and Y, April 17, 1895, at 8 Mrs. Ada will ret solo, accompanied by Prof. W. K. Cohen,organis! apl6-2t* EW NATICNAL THEATER. Every Evening and Saturday Matinee. First presentation TONIGHT, here by FANNY DAVENPORT Of her Magnificent Production of SARDOU'S GISMONDA- Great cast, headed by MELBOURNE MACDOWELL. Prices, $2, $1.50, $1 and 50c. Next week—MISS ADA REHAN. apl6-tt TRINITY PARISH HALL, COR. “World’s Fair.” A Lecture, fllustrated by over 100 large views. FRIDAY, APRIL 19, AT 8 P.M. Admission 3D AND IND. AVE. WILLARD HALL, WEDNESDA’ The Three-act ch SNOWBALL Under the direction of C. G Mme. ers, the Imperial Mandolin Club, and other tal Tickets, 50 and 75 cents. itt GRAND TESTIMONIAL BENEFIT TO Ye Olde Folks Singers, Under ye patronage of ye DOUGLAS, TH NORTH CAPITOL AND Wi ¥ CHURCHES Tuesday, April 16th, 1895, ODD FELLOWS” HALL, 7TH ST. N.W- Singen begins at Eight by ye Tewre Clock. XXV_PENNIES TO GET INSIDE. WILLIAM JAMES PALMER. Conductor. apls- ACADEMY. Prices, 25c., 50c., 75é and $1.00. Wed. and Sat. Pops. 25 and 50c. Reserved. THE REPRESENTATIVE MINSTREL ORGANIZA- AMUSEMENTS, RAND OPERA HCUSE—EXTRA. EDWARD H. ALLEN, MANAGER, Eve. ct 8; Wed. and Sat. Mats. at 2, MME. REJANE And complete company from Theater du Vaude ville, Paris, under the direction of Ab- bey, Schoeffel & Grau TONIGHT, JNESDAY EVE WE MATINEE, MME. S-GENE. MA COUSINE, DIVORCONS, SAPHO $2.50, $2.00, $1.50, $1.00 nnd hee. NIGHT, APRIL '20, SHELDON’S: ULAR PRODUCTION OF CINDERELLA, Week—STUART ROBSO: apie The Capital Giee Club CONCERT, ASSISTED BY The Rubenstein Club, WEDNESDAY ING, APRIL 24, 1895q METZEROTT MUSIC HALL, Gade’s Cantata, ; The Crusaders, : and a Miscellaneous Program. Under the direction of Mr. N. Da ts on sale at Me St Pa TUESDAY Academy, EVENING, April 23- SI-LOOTAH, Romantic Opera by nd and Taslor Grimes. AST—CHORUS OF 40, Given under the auspices of the Daisy Chain Guild, for Contagious Hospital Fund. PRICES. -$1.50, $1.00, 75c. and 50e, Seats now on sale at Metzerott’s. apl6-7t* KAFFEE-KLATCH given by the Ladies’ Sewing Society for the benefit of the GERMAN ORPHAN ASYLUM, AT NATIONAL RIFLES’ HALI THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1805, AT 8 O'CLOCK P.M. s NG FROM 9 TO 12. m ticket, including coffee and cake, 25c. ANNUAL CONCERT OF THE “OLMO MANDOLIN ang Banjo Orchestra,” Carroll Institute, Wed- nesday evening, April 17, assisted by excellent Tickets, 25 cts. Dancing after the concert. al5-3t LYCEUM THEATER. All This Week. a Good Thing! THE FRENCH FOLLY COMPANY, Vresenting the JAPANESE LIVING PICTURES! A Novelty of High Degree. VIRGINIA JOCKEY CLUB. St. Asaph, Va. DAYS, WEDNESDAYS AND FRE NTIL FURTHER NOTICE. Six Races Each Day. First race, pm. Special trains direct to grand stand from 6th street station at 1:30 and 2 p.m. E. E. DOWNHAM, President. ap4-tt Grange Camp Association of Northern Virginia, H. D. McINTYRE, Secretary. Chartered by the General Assembly of the State of Virginia, February 26, 1886, The Old Dominion Jockey Club will, until further notice, have racing on every TUESDAY, THURSDAY and SATURDAY upon the magnificent race course situate upon the grounds of the Grange Camp Association of Northern Virginia. $1,200 IN PURSES GIVEN EACH RACING DAY. Special train direct to the track from Gth street station at 1:30 p.m, TION OF AMERICA. G. R. TOMPKINS, ISAAC B. Re, PEIN A. . JONES, George Thatcher aps-tt Secretary. President, ANI = ’ PROF. SHELDON’S DANCING ACADEMY, = Carroll Johnson’s Gee a ees IVI} J IN] STIR [Ee LS jal-tt For the balance of the season. Oo | —— ——n 50—-FAMOUS MINSTREL Gorgeous costumes. Superior singing. Graceful dancing. Entertaining novelties, APRIL 29, HINRICH’S GRAND CPERA CO. apl5-tf 5c. Now To See the Kinetoscope —or Kinetographophone. The price to see them all bas been 25c. heretofore. Visitors to Washington should not fail to see this wonderful instrument, which reproduces liv- ing and moving people with vivid reality. Chinese La ne; Else Jores’ Buck Dance; Sandow's Pos! Buffalo Bucking Broncho; Bertha Waring and John W. Wilson; Dentist Scene. See the “Carnival Dance” also, by three dancers of “Gafety Girl” troupe—on the Kinetograpbephone—you see + the dancers dance—you hear the orchestra. he Trilby Fad’ and “Ben Bolt,” the great Trilty song, are the latest records on the graphophone. The former is by Philan- der C. Johnson. Open day and night. Ad- mission free. Columbia Phonograph Co., g19 Pa. Ave. Berns: BIJOU THEATER. Seats Be. and_5Oe, THIS WEEK EDMUND COLLIER IN The Cross Roads of Life. JACK McAULIFFE, CHAMPION LIGHTW! OF THE WORLD, 3 FOUR EVERY PERFORMANCE. Next week-—The Great co. FAVORITES—50 apl5-2t “and Hop to be given by Frien¢ ‘ at Odd Fellows’ Hall, Seventh st. nesday, April 17. 1 10 o'¢locl CADEMY OF MUSIC FIRST PRESENTATION OF SSCORONET AN COIN,” COMIC OPERA IN 3 ACTS, BY Messrs. FORT, HUB SMIT! |acLEOD, FOR THE BENE! The Children’s neing a F- ADY PATRONESSES: . Randolph Mekim. Trederick Maguire. . Ed U THR FOLLOWING >» Mra. Gulvin Brice | Ino. 8. Billings. ham. le Patterson. Parke. Pierce. . Reynolds Hitt. . Archibald Hopkins. . Mayo Hazeltine. Herbert. Danl. S. 2 Mi N Blair Lee. Mrs, Wm. Winthrop. ; Alex, B. Legare. Mrs. Westinghouse. Mrs, L. Z. Leiter. The Misses Wilkes. ‘Tickets may be obtained from: the lady patron- esses and at Metzerott’s Musle Store, 1110 Fst. 2.W. apl5-1it To Clean Evening Dresses ¢¢* —requires more of a “knack” than you ¢¢* think You are right in hesitating about °° having it cleancd—because of its daintiness# ¢* * We like to clean delicate dresses, and know °° what 64 years’ experience has taught us $2 about doing It. A postal will bring our lady °° representative (of rs’ experience) to $s son on a “yhonolet” 764.” 66 S Jeff. ave, heatley,”’ grrgttown ap13-10d MAY BLOSSOM’S TESTIMONIAL BENEFIT—WUL- lard’s Hall, APRIL 16. Curtain rises § o'clock sharp. Datcing from 10 to 1, Tickets, 25 and 50 cents; on sale at Metzerott's. api3-3t* Doing Europe Economically ———— —when a 33-day tour, with all expenses paid, only costs you $195. But that's only one of many tours. We can sell you tick- ets for all parts of the visitable world ody else, WICKLE, 1225 Pa. AVE. —apl2-Sd EXCURSIONS, é&c. 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