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= THE EVENING STAR PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT £0NDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennsylvania Avenue, Cor, lith Street, by The Exening! Stor Newspaper Company 8s. H. UFFMANN, Prest. New York Ofice, 49 Potter Buildiag. ri Mes Deals The Evening Star ' served to subscrihe-s In the elitr hy varrlers, on thelr own account ut 10 cents Bot week, or 446, per mouth. copies at the counter cena each. By mail—aoywhere tn the United Kratos of Canadi—postage previld-$0 cents per ienth. Suturday quintupls Sheet Star, $1.00 per year; with forelsn’ poste added, $200. gadis (Entered at the Post Oifiee at Washington, D. C., as second-class mail matter.) can ubecript! sas must be paid in adrarce. Kates of advertising tiade known ou application. WASHINGTON, D. ©, SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 1895-TWENTY PAGES. ——7) printers’ Inf, (the fittfe scBoof> master of advertising), saps: Jt is cfaimed for fhe Washinator Sfar, and proBabfp frufSfuffp cfaimed, what no offer newspaper in fhe counfre goes info 60 farzz a percenfage of aff the Souses wiffin a radius of fwenfp mifes from the office of pubfication. SHOOTING ATORDWAY es fharpshooters Are Preparing to Leave for Sea Girt. ALL IS WELL AT THE RIFLE RANGE a How Brigade Team Practice is Conducted. OTHER MILITARY NEWS Sea Girt and the fifth annual meetiag of the New Jersey State Rifle Association are very near to a number of District National Guardsmen, and these same soldiers are dcing all that could reasonably be expected of them in the way of preparing to meet the thoroughly representative sharpshoot- ers who will from September 2 to Septem- ber $ contest with all their skill and vigor fer the prizes which the association offers, interest ef course centers on the ophy mateh, and it is for the pur- » of winning that trophy that at least of the best shots in the District tional Guard are practicing with all ible frequency at Ordway. Every week afternoon—some at 2 o'clock and some he aspiring marksmen leave the ania station for the rifle range, » exert themselves conscientiously d that the Distriet of Columbia's for righ-grade rifle shooting be ed when teams and individual 's crowd to Sea Girt to battle for ctive states and organizations reputa main and sel A more satisfactory range on which to do this preparatory work than Ordway Ammunition, 1d hardly be fe Pleasantly located y of access—about fifteen minutes to be, when the A to Improve it as al range; sed of as many facili- last year, and is in than the 1. The iding targets, five 1600 yards, afford J 1 the rifle practice je is ever likely to want. Then tle stiffnesses and causes of fri ion to be looked for on a perfectly new range have disappeared, so everythin ves along with the st_ smoothness. lays,. Wednesdays ad ays have set apart for the guardsmen who de- tulge in voluntary practice, which r the ammunition they shoot, > fortimate on the pool ta: more money than they in- and Thursdays are sacred view of the ‘oluntary practice voluntary practice on some 1 pride of twenty each at 2 fact that th day attempts at am days will undoubtedly be 1. Regimental teams will prac- uch times tho respective team s rake arrangements for. SUN Pegging Away. Never has there been so much warm com- petition for place cn the brigade during um as couple of weeks. Two the number of men inaries S greater, of a perfunctory side of the old “cracks” no emed to care very much howing or not. stubborn and pro- the past really whether he made a geo! ‘This year the fight was one Cleaning Up. and, although the team has practically been selected, come of the more courageous and persistent ones continue to keep up their work, because they have in them reesonable hope of upsetting one of the selected ones, while still others are satis- fied that by steady application they can make everything sure for a place next year. Then some of the crowd believe it would be a good thing to keep up pr: tice, so as to be able to make away with at east one or two of the prizes that will come with the annual comp uons, which will take place at Ordway in October. The prize list for those competitions promises to be larger t so may afte In close app tion to bu icuous among th who have continued to peg away is Col. Clay, the commanding officer of the second regiment. The colonel is one of the pluck- lest of marksmen, despite the fact that his right forearm is missing; he does remark- ably well, as a rul hough the disability from which he suffers would completely bar most men from handling a gun. The Brigade Team at Work. Pelievers in the efficacy of systematize effert will find much to admire in the br gate team practice. In the preliminar ccmpetitions it was every man for himself, but now that o! on has been ef- fected it is every man for the team. Three targets are used in team practice. On the men who will most shooting twelve, although two of them are probably be the there n be occasions when the team cap- tain would deem it advisable to conceal Lis intentions transferring a probable team man to thi probable a hird target, at which the mates and the four men who are privileged to practice with the team usually do their work. From the outset m begins to be apparent. Unless of the men happens to be ab- Two men are target—men whose judg- ment as to clevation and windage is good— and the work on both targets opens up sent the pairs are unbroken. called to each about simultaneously. Behind each firing plat !s a score board, upon which a scorer records each shot and its position on the target. The right-hand man on each target fires first, and from his initial cartridge until the score at that range is concluded he alternates with the man on his left. At each target is a “coach,” who fs gen- erally one of the last pair, and he watches the streamers as they straighten out in = At the Pool Target. the wind or hang limp, and keeps an eye on the Jight as it changes from bright sun to shade or from shade to dark cloudy. When the first pair has completed its score, then one man out of each pair re- lleves the coach and does the coaching for the four men whose shooting still has to be done. Between the scorers sits the team captain, who tries to see all that is going on, who keeps the coaches in touch with each other and who, at crucial moments, decides what shall be done. In his score book—the pages of which have been seen by but few eyes other than his—ls a record of every shot that has been fired in brigade team matches and practice since the opening of the sea~ son of 182, with the windage and eleva* tion of every gun and with a complete record of the atmospheric conditions. Only a skilled team rifleman knows how vaiu- able such a book is, but the non-shooting Fublic will have a very fair idea of the value when attention is directed to the fact that it is possible today to find some~ where in that score book record of atmos erie conditions almost, if not precisely, like those that now prevail with the ele~ vation and windage required by each man to do satisfactory shooting. Experiment- ing is therefore almost entirely unnec sary. The carefully kept score book has made rif shooting as nearly an exact science as human eyes and nerves and muscle—all of them Hable to occasional failure—will permit it to be. At this time the brigade team suffers somewhat from the lack of vecessary telescopes with which to watch the targets, but within the next few days two fine glasses are to be procured, so that if the team fails to cap- ture the highest henors the failure will not result trom ineffective equipment. Pool Shooting. ~ On voluntary practice days there Is more or less of pool shooting; a form of amuse- ment new to those members of the guard who have never been at Creedmoor or Sea Girt. Pool tickets are sold in strings of ten, each string costing 50 cents. A ticket is surrendered for each shot fired at a pool target, and when a bull's eye is made the scorer gives the rifleman who made it a bull's-eye ticket, on which is indicated the range at which the bull’s-eye was made. The total sum received from the pool tick- ets—minus a percentage with which to pay expenses—is then divided pro rata among th holders of bull’s-eye tickets. What with the selling of pool tickets, the issuing of ammunition to team men, the tele- phoning to the markers in the various pits and the generally supervising of a hundred and one various details In the running of a rifle range, Lieut. T. S. King, who is at once inspector of rifle practice for the sec- ond battalion and range superintendent, 1s kept tolerably busy. His office is about complete just now, and he expects within a few days to have the entire office building in first-class condition; something that will hardly have been possible before this, be- cause the headquarters’ office was the only building on the range, and had to be used for all sorts of purposes. The building is a plain, substantial structure thirty-five feet long by twenty, and one story high. A porch across the entire front is roofed, so as to afford shelter to quite a multitude in ci of heavy rain. Inside, the building has three subdivisions, the larger of which is for storage purposes. There are spare tar- get frames and targets, and pasters and all orts of target supplies, large and small; tools also, and paint and ammunition—only in small quantities, though. Another of the subdivisions !s the office which, like the store room, is fenced off, so that business may proceed in an orderly manner, The superintendent's desk is near the front window of the office, while close to the door is a counter over which the ammunition and pool tickets will be handed. The third sub- division is the private office of the inspector general of rifle practice, which at this time {s entirely devoid of furniture; by and by it will be fitted up with a desk and whatever else may be needed to make It useful. Just north of the office building are four tents that are being used as dressing tents by the marksmen who prefer to or have to shoot in uniform. In a little while it ts hoped that a place may be found for lock- ers sufficient to accommodate those who are steady patrons of the range, but at this time nothing is being done on that line. In front of headquarters and distant from it some twenty yards or so is seventy feet of flag statf, from the top of which while practice proceeds the old red, white id blue snaps in the breeze or lies close to the mast. : An Attractive Scene. On-a pleasant afternoon the sight pre- ented on the range is good for any ey: and must be especially grateful to the op- tics of a rifleman. The headquarters build- ing, shaded beneath enormous trees; the white tents beyond; the long stretch of greensward, fringed with cornfields and weed-banked streams and broken only by the glacis of the four pits; the clearly-out- lined targets and their rapid motion as they change places; the groups of riflemen scattered along the firing point; the puffs of smoke; the rattle of exploding cart- ridges and the singing of the bullets as they speed toward the great hill in which the lead 1s belng buried; the red streamers that denote the atmospheric changes; all these combine to form a picture which brings to the car windows of every passing train as many people as the windows will accommodate. Military Fete in October. The military fete of company A, second battalion, which Is to begin October 28 and to continue two weeks, is already attract- ing considerable interest, and has proven a matter of much hard work for every member of the company. The fair commit- tee comprises Capt. E, C. Edwards, chair- man; J. W. Thornton, secretary; Lieut. Ckas. A. Meyer, treasurer; W. L. Hazard, assistant secretary’ Lievt. Logan Prosise, jr., Sergt. W. E. Thompson and Sergt. W. H. Smith, The following well-known per- sons have consented to act as an advisory board: Commissicner George Truesdell, Gen. Albert Ordway, Maj. George H. Har- ries, Wash B. Wiliams and R. Harris. The fete is intended to be one of the most novel enterprises ever attempted in this city by a military organization. The object of Capt. Edwards’ company in giv- ing the seme is to raise funds with which to purchase new uniforms. Notes. The resignation of Howard Griffiths, jun- ior first lievtenant of battery A, light ar- tillery, has been accepted. First Lieut. D. V. Chisholm of company A, sixth battalion, has been promoted to the captaincy of the same company. Sec- ond Lieut. Walker has moved up to the first Hieutenancy. The inspector general of rifle practice has called a meeting, to be heid in the lecture room of the armory Monday even- ing at 8 o'clock, of all perscns who desire to go to Sea Girt August 31, whether as riflemen or otherwise. To carry out the sentences of courts-mar- tial th2 following have been _dishonorably discharged: Private James Dement, com- pany A, fifth battalion; Private George Drake, company D, fifth battalion; Cor- poral Thomas Jcnes, company A, first sep- arate battalion; Private Cornelius Ruffin, company A, first separate battallon; Pri- vate George Conte, company B, first sep- arate battalion; Private Edward Hawkins, company B, first separate battalion; Pri- vate Benjamin Keane, company B, fir: separate battalion; Private Walter Stewart, company B, first separate battal- fon, and Private Robert Edeling, company D, first separate battalion. + -- A CONFUSED IDENTITY. Similar Names Start a Long Proces~ sion of Mistakes. “I am not a believer in the supernatural, and I am certainly not a theosophist,” as- serted a bright, chipper old lady to The Star writer as she turned from the post office window Monday, after an interview with the “powers’’ in which she was en- deavoring to establish her identity, “and neither do I believe in the ‘fates’ or evil stars or anything of that kind, but I am taunted, or hoodooed, whichever you may desire to call it, by a dead woman. I never knew her in life, never knew that she had lived, in fact, until she had given up the struggle. It was the day she died and the notice was put in the papers that my ‘hant’ began business. This lady lived on the same street with me, about fourteen blocks distant, so I have learned since, and we moved to another street on the same day that this estimable woman de- parted for the silent land. “The next day my daughter got two let- ters of condolence on her sad bereavement. Of course, we didn't know what to make of ‘That evening a lady called to leave her card. Our maid knowing the lady quite well said Mrs. M—, my daughter, was re- ceiving, and in a surprised but subdued manner walked into my daughter's pres- ence, and, being tender hearted and recent- ly bereaved herself, burst into a passion of sympathetic tears. My daughter naturally ed an explanation, and, though it was a sorry joke, we all had a merry laugh over it. “The lady who died was my own age, bore my own initials and name and was born in the town where I spent most of my life. ‘The publication of her death no- tice in The Star having been seen by friends led them to think that I had parted this life. The next day cards rained in on us, and five more letters. The next week the mail of the dead woman began to come to me. Letters, papers, magazines —they all found their way to our house, because the lady, who had lived alone, had no friends to look after her affairs, I pre- sume, and the house was shut up, and the city directory gave my address, but not hers. “T wouldn't have minded them so much, but there also came duns and circulars, bills for the literature and newspapers. Finally we got worried. We could not tell until the letters were opened whether they were for me or the dead woman. So, often I sent back opened let marked “opened by mustake,” that I began to fear the law. Then casual acquaintances of the dead woman began to call on me, having seen my name in the society notes, to congratu- late me on not being dead! And all the time I was, or rather the woman whom they thought wasn’t dead, was dead, whiie I was alive. Then we moved in, and people who used to be our best friends he- gan to drop me from their invitation list, having got the vague impression that I was dead, which a few speaking acquaint- ances confirmed by asserting that my name was on a handsome monument in Oak- wood. ‘It certainly was, for they had seen itr “The worst of it was, they had seen my name, but I was not there; that is, if it is I who lie under the stone, my astral body is pretty lively, don’t you think so? At last I had got rid of the namesake's letters and papers, but mine also were missing from the time we moved to our present address. My daughte mail came all right, but mine suddenly stopped. I came up today to investigate, and I find that my namesake now appears in the directory as ‘dead,’ while I do not appear at all for some inscrutible reason, so that the spectral mail forwarded by our other postman to our new address has fallen into the hands of one who knew the ‘hant’ and of her death, and who has been herding the mail back to the writers or to the dead letter office, much to my distress of mind. I am now trying to establish my identity. Real- ly, it is almost uncanny, and my nerves are actually suffering from the persistent manner in which the dead woman's per- sonality pursues me. Se Stnge Property and Actors. From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. “There are a good many, I suppose,” sald a stage carpenter, “who regard stage property, furniture, etc. as being a very unimportant accessory to the produc- ticn of a play. Suck p2ople make a great mistake. Take, for instance, the absence of a pen and ink. Very small in itself, but yet it may spoll a whole scene.” If the actor in a certain part has to write a letter, and the pen and ink are absent, what is he to do? And ia connection with the writing of a letter it is curious that the actor never really writes a letter. When I spoke of ink I should have sald ink bottle, for the botile is always empty. On the otter hand, when an actor is sup- pored’ to read a letter, he always has the letter before him. The reason {s, curious as it may seem, the average actor and actress possess an exceedingly poor mem- ory, and a letter contains a greater number of lines than they are usually asked to repeat on the stage. Now, the arranging of the letter, the ink botile and everything in the way of property depends on what is known as the property man, thé man charge of all the property. Again, uch an apparently small thing as the arrangement of a chair for a tragedian. The chair has a certain amount of business depending upon ft. Suppose {t is not ex- actly in the spot where the actor needs it. What happens? The actor is a nervous man; he keeps his eye on the chair 2 thinks of the chair; he forgets his lines, and he spoils the production.” a0. A Railroad Advocate. From the Atlanta Constitution. “I’m in favor of railroads,” editor. “You are?” “Yes; they’re a great institution; had my leg cut off on one, and got $5,000 damages and a pension for life. If it had only been my head I'd have owned the road.” sald the REAL ESTATE GOSSIP Building Regulations and the Health of the Public, ECONOMY IN THE SWE OF LOTS Opening of the Rental Season and the Indications. —_—_>+__—_. SOME IMPROVEMENTS + Public attention has been called during the past week to the building regulation which requires that there should be a space of at least ten feet square in the rear of residences. It was not generally known that there was such a provision limiting the right of property owners to the use of their own land, and, in fact, it has only been quite recently that such a rule was adopted by the District Commissioners. In the opinion of a great many people, es- pecially those who belleve !n intelligent health regulations, this change in the build- ing laws is a wise one, and Is likely to cor- rect an evil which was just beginning_to make its appearance in this city. The increasing value of land has led to economy in its use. Lots have gradually been reduced in width and in length until now a limit in both directions ts fixed by the building regulations. It is evident to any one who has given the matter any con- sideration that economy, rather than the health and comfort of the householder. has controlled in the minimizing of building lots. It is possible to live in comparative comfort and with some regard to the laws of hygiene in a house that only has a nar- row frontage, but it is quite a different matter when there 1s no space left in the rear of houses for light und air. Injurious to Health. In a number of cases corner lots have been purchased aad houses built on the long line and extanding back to the build- ing line. If the adjoiaing lots are not built up, the occupants of the houses get the light and air which come from over thelr neigh- bors’ property. As soon, however, as im- provements are made, the rear windows of the houses occupying the corner lot come within a short snace of the blank wall of the house on the abutting lot instead, and are thus deprived of the healthful atn phere from the broad sweep of space. The unfortunate householders ire compelled to admit into their houses the air which comes from a narrow and damp areaway. In the lower stories there is practically no light even in broad dayligat, and in this Way two essential conditions of heulthrul jiving are lacking. It is believed that a regulation which protects such conditions will in the end-result in beneiit to the city and in enhancing.the value of property. Demand for Houses. Two weeks from today will mark the be- ginning of the first month of the fall sea- son. This period has considerable signifi- cance to owners of preperty, as well as to real estate dealers, as it marks, as well as any arbitrary date cam, the opening of the fental season. Already dealers can see evidences that people are beginning to think about their homes for the winter. Inquiries are being made for houses, and the keys which adorn the racks in the real estate offices are now In more or less act- ive circulation. Those who are early in the field, it is said, are apt to get the cream of the market, and perhaps this accounts for the interest which is being manifested just now in the subject. It is believed by real estate dealers that the demand for houses this fall {s going to be greater than was the case last year. It is said that rents remain about the same as .ast year, and the only change in the situation, it is thought, will be the in- crease in the number of people who want houses. As a result of the building opera- tions durfhg the present season, a num- ber of new houses will be added to those already in the market. Even with these additions, it is not be- lieved that the number of vacant houses is as large at the present time as during the corresponding period of last year. It is the expectation that at the close of the com- ing rental season the number of unoccu~ pied houses in this city will be consider- ably reduced. All this, it is believed, will be preliminary to the operations of next spring, when, in the opinion of men of good judgment, there is likely to be great ac- tivity in al! branches of the real estate busines: Encouraging Indications. There are indications that enterprises of some magnitude will be marked features of the material development of the city dur- ing the next year or so. The plans under consideration for the consolidation of street railroads will have some Infiuence, and the final settlement of the street ex~ tension question will be another potent factor in the seme direction. With a con- fidence in the future of this city on the part of capitalists, which already exists, ft is believed that these conditions will re- sult in a rapid advancement and develop- ment, phe A Gem for Collectors of Posters. From the Chicago Record. ‘This has been a famous year for posters. Indeed, one of the popular fads just now is to collect posters from all parts of the world. One collector in New York city has gathered together several thousands of these pictorial advertisements, some flam- ing, some modest, all interesting. We have before us the announcement of a celebra- tion in which certain colored people in a neighboring state engaged upon the 3d in- stant. It has no striking picture, done in bright colors, to catch the eye, but its wording is so unique that we think we ought to reproduce it for the edification of cur readers: “a Grand National Celebration will be Held on the 8d of August, 1895, by the Col- ored Population of Clinton, Mo. “The Parade will start at 10 o'clock a.m. from North Clinton, in an elegant Form, like this—namely: ‘Twenty-five riding Cav- alry, foliowed by a screen of Infantry in Baitle line; by a train of Comrades. In the midst of this escortation there shall be a Carriage of Ladies drawn by the power of Four or Six white Horses. his will be the Grandest procession ever marched through this town by the Colored People; and when we lock back and pick up the golden stone of Liberty, it makes us invite one and all. We grant equal rights to all and exclusive privileges to none. “Everybody come out on this Great and Grand Day and erjoy yourself on this oc- casion. In the midst of this Magna Charta, we, the emalgamational people of the divine deity take pleasure, not from an egotistic standpoint, but with care, courtesy and profound ability. We shall serenade the street from North Clinton, on Main street, to the square and then we shall march up the south side of the square, in the square limits. A moment's halt with an eligible form of luSricity, Shen march due horth one-half mile to Col, McLane’s green grove, on Water stfect. “To all who desire to participate after the day has been spent, Prof. Jim Flippins has secured a hall tn this city for dancing. He invites all guests heartily. ——_+e-+ Almost a Fixture. From Life. “You say you came up from Florida by boat and rail without change. How ts that possible?” “Easy enough. I came by boat, but more than half the time I was on the rail.” sales and We've a story to tell—what we're goitig to do—why we are going to do it—how we will go about it—and how it will interest you— Here’s a business with a re- pair department grown great. Growing busier, livelier day by day. The main work— Carriage making—is shelved for the present—every energy is bent toward getting the efenlentessentessesseetetirss PEOPPOOOPODYSGOOOIOPOLOD ODEO POEOSOEOODHEOSD continually arriving repair + work finished. = Bs But here’s our Quandary— eten £ —repaired vehicles need room ‘= for their storing, final drying, & &c.—if left in shops hinders $ other work—uptown stores % there’s no room. In the Fac- tory lies our remedy—spa- cious floors there filled with Fine New Carriages and Sodenzeesescens + Traps — mostly made last £ spring and winter. é NOW THE SPACE $ THEY OCCUPY WE z MUST HAVE— $ —so we offer them, not at our $ price—BUT AT YOUR $ OWN! z —Doctor, real estate man, + contractor — every man of & business can find his liking in Carriages here—either for + work or pleasure purposes. Our half-century reputation for fairness and honorable dealing assures you that these statements are true, and that this is no Cheap John trick to inflate a collapsed trade. 5 ede Seelestontens ‘ete Setententent 3, A New Era In Carriage Prices. Departurefrom old lines. of high prices torn down carriage makers enterthe field for larger smaller profits. 1 “Happy Thought’ Business Buggy 1 Canepy Top Jump-seat, curtains Phaeton Buggies 1 Sidebar Piano Box Buggy = 1 Natural Wood Canopy Surrey, with curtains 1 Corning Buggy 1 Sidebar Piano Bex Buggy = 1 Cut-under Canopy TopSurrey, with curtains = 1 All Leather Extension To Cut-under Surrey = 1 Leather Top Corning Buggy, wide seat, high spring very back = 1 Ladies’ Phaeton, with dash, fenders and lamp 1 Sidebar Kensington 1 Stanhope Physician’s Buggy $275.00 1 Business Rockaway 1 New York Physician’s Buggy $285.09 Fine Box Spring Vic- 1 Very toria These prices are good one week from date, and will not be adyer- tised again. Clip this out, it may be a valuable reminder, ANDREW J. JOYCE’S SONS, BUILDERS OF FINE CARRIAGES, , Factory, Corner 14th and E Sts. N. W. FEO ON C OSS ToS De eS Da ae Se aes See eee ae eee POPES SESS SE SY The barrier Spring =-famous Was Reduced = $85.00 with $65.00 $110.00 $125.00 $125.c0 $150.00 $175.00 $145.00 Top | $133.00 | $147.00 $150.c0 $165.00 $185.00 $190.00 $225.00 $165. = §265.0c0 $185.00 = $275.00 $190.00 large = $300.00 $195.c0 = $300.00 $200.00 $200.00 = $275.00 $200.09 §210.00 = $750.00 $475.00 | : IN MUSICAL CIRCLES The Choral Society Directors Preparing for Next Season’s Work. The New Local Symphony Orchesira Now an Assured Thing—Result of Herman Rakemann’s Labor. At a meeting of the board of directors of the Choral Society Wednesday night the work for the coming season was discussed at length, and, while the program was not definitely determined, it is probable that the oratorios to be presented will be the “Messiah,” “Samson and Delilah” and “Elijah."| The much desired local sym- phony orehestra now seems to be assured, for a definite propcsition made by Mr. Herman Rakemann to furnish an orchestra for the Choral Soclety at its concerts dur- ing the coming season was received and favorably acted upon. Mr. Rakemann has dene a great deal of hard work in his efforts to assemble the good musicians of this city into one harmonious body, and that he has succeeded is due, not only to his energy and earnest persistency, but also to the fact that those who will be as- sceciated with him recognize his ability as a musician and his qualities as a leader. The Choral Society directors will be great- ly pleased at being able to secure a com- petent local orchestra, and will feel grati- fled that the money which has heretofore fone to outside musicians will in the fu- ture be spent right in this city. The question of a hall was discussed at length, and the need of a suitable music hall in Washington was forcibly set forth, It was found impossible to secure dates at either the Lafayette Square or Grand Opera houses unless the society should take an entire or half a week or should buy off the attraction at the time desired. There was the alternative of a Sunday night oratorio, but that was not considered feasible, be- cause a large proportion of the singers are members of church choirs, During the dis- cussion an extract from a letter from Mr. Bugene Stevers, who was for so many years identified with the Chaoral Society, was read, showing the advantages of Cleve- land, Ohio, where Mr. Stevens is now lo- cated, over the capital city. The Cleveland Vocal Society, with which Mr. Stevens is now associated, pays $75 for the use of Musje Hall, everything included, per per- forrffance. The hall is a music hall, with permanent seats for a chorus of about 300, and has a seating capacity of over 4,000, including two galleries. It 1s, furthermore, right in the heart of the business section. It was the general opinion that if Wash- ington could only have a hall of that kind it would greatly benefit every musical or- ganization here and would enable the Choral Society to continue its work of edu- cation without being harassed each year by an uncertainty as to where its perform- ances shall be given. It 1s understood to be Mr. Rakemann’s intention to present the new Sympony Or- chestra to the Washington public in a concert some time in the early fall. A pro- gram will be arranged which will show the ability of the players, and the orches- tra may he assisted by one or two well- known artists. Mr. E. W. Stone, the hard-working sec- retary of the Georgetown Orchestra, is spending his vacation in Brooklyn, but he goes nearly every Gay to either Manhattan of Brighton Beach and listens to the pro- grams of Sousa’s band or Seidl’s orches- tra. Marsick, the celebrated Belgian violinist and first professor at the Paris Conserv tory of Music, is summering in Switz land. He has been engaged for a series of fifty concerts in the United States the coming season. This will be his first ap- pearance in America. When the Tavary Grand Opera Company inaugurates its season early in September it will contain more celebrated artists, a larger chorus and orchestra than has been known in the presentation of grand En- glish opera in many years. It is Manager Charles H. Pratt’s intention to give only the most elaborate productions of the mo: celebrated operas, _ notabl. “Aid 'L’ Africana,” “Les Huguenot ‘The F'ly- Dutchman,” “Mignon” and “The Jew- ."" Of last season's successes “Carmen,’ ‘avalleria Rusticana,” “Tannhauser” and Lohengrin” will also receive attention. The tour has been booked solid, and em- braces all the larger cities throughout the United States. There will be many prom- inent artists brought over from the other side in support of Mme. Tavary, Mme. Thea Dorre and Chev. Guille. Rehearsals have been in progréss for several weeks past, and no expense will be spared in en- deavoring to eclipse all previous attempts in the production of grand opera. Prof. and Mrs. Jesef Kaspar are spend- ing the summer on their farm at Snick- ersville, on the Blue Ridge mountains. Several Washington musicians go up this evening to spend a few days at Mr. Kas- par’s hospitable home. Mr. D. G. Pfeiffer has returned from an outing at Atlantic City. Mr. Gus A. Schuldt, a well-known young musician of this city, has become the cor- respondent of the New York Metronome, a popular musical monthly. Mr, Schuldt is well-known, both in musical and news- paper circles, and will undoubtedly fur- nish bright and interesting letters. Miss Amy C. Leavitt will leave the city on a brief trip next Wednesday, Miss Leavitt is the indefatigable financial sec- retary of the Chcral Society, and to her excellent work is the success of that or- ganization largely due. Mr. Wm. H. Daniel, the president of the Choral Society, and the efficient director of the boy choir of St. John’s Church, has been suffering from an abcess, which has confined him to his house for some weeks. He is now on the road to recovery. Mr. Robert Cary Stearns has gon> to Brussels to continue his musical studies. —>___ A Tale for the Horse Marines. From the Buffalo Express. “Accidents?” sald the old sea captain. “No, we never have any to speak of cn this line. Why, one trip, about a year ago, the ship caught fire down in the hold, and we never discovered it until we got into port and began to unload.” “That's strange. What put the fire out “Why, it burned down through to the sea, and the water put it out. Couldn't burn. the water, you know.” And the captain walked away smiling, while the interlocuter was so astonished that he neyer thought to ask why the shi: did not sink. = es ir ——$_—_—__§<os____ An Excess of Compliment. From ‘Truth. Mrs. Youngwife (nervously, at breakfast) —‘“I—hope my biscuits suit you, Charlie.” Mr. Youngwife—“They're superb! Why, if my mother had cooked as well as this, I'm afraid I would have stayed with her instead of marrying you!” IF THE BILL WAS GEAUINE. But the Denomination Made Bishop a Little Doubtful. From the New York Trivune. Recently a bishop of the Methodist Epis- copal Church returned from a tour of the south and made his headquarters at one of the big hotels uptown. To those who called upon him at the hotel he told a funny story about his experience among the negroes of the south. He went down with a party to one of the fashi winter resorts along the coast. One day he was told of a service that w be held at a colored Methodist several miles inland. It was sug: the party attend these servic ccrdingly carriages were ordere drive was made. The rest of the bést told in his own language. He seid “When we arrived at the church we fovnd that it was to be a sort of cial service to ralse money to pay off a church debt. They had recently erected a new ehurch and it was only partly paid for. The local bishop had been summoned and a great effort was being made to get the money. When we had taken our seats a eclored brother came around and asked us if we would not go to the front, but we declined. “In the course of his remarks the bishop dwelt upon the good work that had been done in the name of the Redeemer, and calied upon every one present to contribute something toward paying off the great debt that the church had assumed in build- ing a new house of worship. He said that the debt was $142.35 and that it must be met. His eloquent plea reached our hearts and we made up a little purse among ou selves and raised $100. The money was handed to me, and I, when the plate was assed around, laid a crisp hundred-dollar the and ac- 1 the tory 1s ney was being counted a song service was held. It was plainly evi- dent to us that something unusual was going on and there was a subdued air of excitement among those counting the money. Finally the bishop stepped to the front und raised his hand. The music ceased at once, He began to speak yery vely, and imagine our astonishme: when he said: “Brethren: We have met with remark. able success in our efforts today. We have received enough money to pay off the debt and a surplus of $14.12—that fs, providin' the bill which the gentleman from the north gave us is genuine. He Pardoned the Deception, From the Detroit Tribane. “Then you haye deceived me?” “Yes, Alfred.” “And you married me knowing that you were rich “Yes, Alfred.” She now concealed nothing, nothing of the terrible fiction whereby she had led him to believe her poor. “Can you forgive me, Alfred?" With pleadin, she watched in his face the of the strug that waged in I “Yes, live it c And they ‘ He even quit his job, and devoted him+ self exclusively to living it down. Hix Red Letter Day. Fram Fliegende Blatter. ‘Say, guide, what does that memoria stone commemorate?” “I put it there. It is upon that spot where a tourist once gave me five marks? at last. “We will

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