Evening Star Newspaper, November 21, 1896, Page 10

10 THE EVENING STAR, ‘SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1896-24 PAGES: Goldenberg’s. ovember twenty-tirst. An immense purchase of silks and. dress goods Makes it possible to offer you some extraordinary values— some that you will appreciate by overwhelming response if you but realize how really extraor- dinary they are. The quantity we secured was enormous, yet the lots were sinall, hence you shall have to come here early Monday morning if you want to get the choicest. The whole purchase isn’t going to last long—you may depend = on that. The news will spread rapidly. Silks. 49 pieces 32-inch colored Japanese silk, in pink, biue, white, cream, olive, green, brown, lemon, yellow, nile, old rose, black, navy blue, garnet, & ilk which is really 50c. value—which has never sold for even as low as 39c., will go at 25c. yard. 975 yards black Croise Vel- Ik-faced—close nap and most elegant black, and sold about town for 75¢., will go at 39c. yard Black and all evening colors of Satins—sold once before by us as a special at 39c.—really worth more—will go at 33e. yard. DRESS GOODS. 46-in. all-wool black and navy serge—fine imperial weave and pure wool—never sold under and by some for 50c.— go at 29c. yard Lot ef honeycomb suitings— some plain, some Scotch plaids —handsome color combinations and 39c. has been our price. These will go at 25c. vard. Large lot of new silk striped Scotch plaids—an elegant as- sortment of colors—for 49c. yard. Another lot of ali-wool Tri- cots—like the last lot which went so quickly—in olive, gray, cardinal, myrtle green and red —will go at I2%ec, yar of 46-inch honeycomb in red, green, brown and other color com.binations— real value, 75c., for 50c. yard. LININGS. Following special vaiues will be distributed Monday. Do not come Tuesday expecting the same ridiculously low prices: Black, white and gray silk leno —usual price, gc., for Monday, 4%c. yd. Imitation fiber chamois—not the genuine, mark you, but as good as any imitation for which you're asked 12}c. about town. Monday, 6c. yd. Heavy black all-linen canvas, a quality which is usually sold for 20c., for Monday, 12%c. yd. High evening colors in French sateen lining—for fancy work— also in black—usual price, 20c., for Monday, 4c. yd Genuine French black hair- cloth—usual 35c. quality, for Monday, 25c. vd. OTHER 1-DAY SPECIALS. 2,250 yards yard-wide Lonsdale Cambric—usual price, 12$c., will go Monday for ae 634c. yard. 45 dozen 4-quarter chenille table covers, fringed all around and in twenty different color- ings, for Monday, 25¢. each. Genuine “Buttermilk” for one day, Monday, §c. cake. All-wool cream flannel -— - usual price, 25c. a yard, for Monday, 10%c. yard. “Mother's Friend” shirt waists for boys—have patent waist- bands, which can be removed when waist is washed. They are extra well made, and the per- cale is the finest—light and dark colors—for Monday, 59c. each. 200 pieces Japanese gold tin- sel drapery—the genuine tinsel goods (not the imitation pressed stuff) in the most elaborate pat- terns, such as only Japanese can make—usual price, 12}c. yard, for Monday, 7c. yard. 926-928 7th—706 K Sts. soap Always ~: We'll Sell $ ’Em at ek Somethin g Special _ At “Mertz and Mertz’s.” © Monday morning we open up a special purchase of trous- erings. We shall take orders at quick prices — prices not known elsewhere. For two days (Monday and Tuesday) this sale will continue. The goods are a special worsted in fash- ionable stripes, 9 different styles from which to choose. Else- where the price would be about } greater than our asking. If the fit is not satisfactory we'll buy them back for $3.85. 85 to-measure, Mertz and Mertz, New “Era” Tailors, - g06F Street N. W. $10,000 Worth of Lace Curtains, Portleres, Draperies, Table Covers, ete., will be pluced on sale op MONDAY MORNING at 50c. on the dollar. ‘This is the great purchase from the large {m- porting house of Perkins, Slack & Co. The price we paid enables us to sell them at half their valne. 200 pair $2.00 Nottingham Laces. 50 pair $3.00 Nottingkam 50 pairs $4.00 Nottingham 75 pair $4.50 Notti 14 pair $12.00 Irish Point 50 pair $15.00 Irish Point 100 pair $18.00 Swiss Laces 50 pair §20.00 Tambour All $25.00 Tambour Laces. We are selling balance o' ings, Draperies, e 50 pair $5.00 Chenille Portferes. 100 patr $7.50 Chenille Portieres 60 pair $5.00 Tapestry Portieres 150 $2.50 Chenille Table Covers. $2.00 Tapestry Table Covers 125 $3.50 Satin Derby Table Covers. 40 $1.00 Denim Table Covers... 500 yds. Tie. Furniture Covering. » yds. $1.00 Furniture Covering. So yds. $1.50 Furnttur ing. 350 sds. $2.50 Furniture Covering. Lansburgh’s Furniture Rink, N. ¥. Ave. bet. 13th & 14th. es Leetesseeeeteine Lp MAM MNOG GCC HECHT & COMPANY, 515 Seventh Street. wrapper sale —will start here Monday. We have bunched all of our eider- down and fine fleece-lined flan- nelette wrappers and tea gowns from our regular stock, which have been selling up to $3 each and marked them $1.19 each. They are the finest garments we sold—have ruffled yoke, are elegantly made and trimmed with cording——-have newest sleeves and wide skirts. You may have them on the easiest weekly or monthly payments. $4-93 ia ‘Two-tone ‘Suchet halt satin lined, and inserted velvet collars— such as usually eell for $9. for Seal Pi ‘apes, plah $7-73 or vested und bratied~al trimmed with Argora fur and silk lined —Wwerth $11. fo Figured Britt S157 Sists. toed, stoned and bound. und worth $3. A lot secured very 13 cheap. 83c. for your choice of a lot of Wo- menu's Persian Flauuelette Waists, that are worth $1.25 e&ch. i | Ge. for Mink Neck Scarfs—head, claws and tall complete. Me. for Eiectric Seal Muffs—satin lined. HECHT & COMPANY. 515 Seventh Street. It > PRREP REREAD PIO SToilet Sets, 3 ( ($1.98 up. POR AR 9 pleces, beautifully decorated. China, exquisite de- ¢ Cor. 7th +, BARKER, epg. Prices renge from $1.98 to $6.48. signs, Pieces, a \ CHINA, HOUSEFURNISHINGS, STOVES, &c: ) TEA SETS, Engilsh KS 8 rare bargain, voly.. 4 e 9 ¢(_ no2i-s,tugeth-28 RoR AAAS -) similar reason. 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Does not cure all diseases, but it will cure yspepsia or tion. Al mo7wetheem ty ee PRESCRIPTION 4887, FOR Rheumatism. ‘The prescription of one of Washington's oldest and most eminent physicians. It instantly eves: and permanently cures RHEUMATISM, NEURAL- GIA, GOUT, MATICA, LUMBAGO and all aches: and ‘pairs due to URIC ACID polson.. It purifies the blood, stimulates and restores the kidneys, im- Proves the health and gives tone and vigor to the retem. Price, $1 per bottle; trial size, S0c, HNO 438 7th st. n.w., cor. EL AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOW: N. St. Ann’s Aid Society and Other Local Notes. The St. Ann's Aid Society has completed all the preliminary arrangements for the Thanksgiving hop and the turkey supper to be given on Thanksgivirg night at the town hall in Tenleytown. Mrs. Annie Faina, Misses Margaret and Mary Calla- han, Mrs. Kramer and Miss Celia Cummins have charge of the supper table, and will bountifully provide for their patrons. Mrs, Shoemaker and the Misses Garrity will superintend the confectionery table. Music will be furnished by an orchestra under the leadership of Mr. Harry Nelson. The prececds of the entertainment will be de- voted to defraying the expenses incurred in repairing the extensive damages caused by the cyclone in September. Victim of an Assault. Harry Bradly of 1203 Sist street was the victim of an assault last-evening about 10 o'clock in close neighborhood to his home. A brick, thrown by some unknown Person, struck him on the head and ‘felled him to the ground. He was found by Policemen Housel and Pratt, who sum- toned the patrol wagon and fad the man ecnveyed to the Emergency Hospital. It is thought that the man had a quarrel w:th some companions, who committed the assault, though the injured man would &ive no informaticn. Funeral Services. ‘The funeral of John P. Bremer, who died suddenly Wednesday night at his home on the river road, as stated in The Star, will take place tomorrow afternoon at 1:30 o'clock, services to be held at Grace Church. The interment will be at Walter's Chapel, Virginia. The revival services at Dumbarton Ave- nue M. E. Church, closed last evening for the week. There will be no services held this evening. ——— OLEOMARGARINE CASES. Sentences on Convicted Persons Will Go in Effect. ‘The Court of Appeals having affirmed the conviction of Israel C. Kollock, convicted several months ago of violating the oleo- margarine laws, Judge Cole has dismissed the appeals of Wm. 0. Lusby and Samuel J. McCaully, convicted in April last on simUar charges. The two defendants will now be required to meet the requirements of the sentences imposed upon them. Lusby was convicted of both selling oleo- margarine as and for butter without hav- ing properly labeled it, and of selling i without the license required by law. Inthe first case, Judge Cole sentenced him to pay @ fine of $400 and $28.75 costs, and also to be imprisoned in jail for three hours, sen. tencing him in the other case to pay a fine of $100 and $25 costs. McCaully was con. Mcted of dealing in the stuff without a icense, and was sentenced to ay a fine $500 and $28.50 costs. The detendents notes an appeal in each case, thelr counsel agree: ing, it is sald, to abide by the decision at the Court of Appeals in the Kollock case erefore, on the motion of District At. torney Birney, Judge Cole has ordered the appeals dismissed. Mr. Birney will new notify the convicted men to come into court and abide by the sentence imposed upon them. This will be done (eta during the next ——— The Suit Withdrawn. Mary A. Coakley has orierad the dis- missal of the suit for divorce which she filed against Thomas A. Coakley the ith of this month. , Mr. Coakley, one of the doorkcepers of the Heuse of Representatives, a New York man, applied for divorce the 224 September. Just a week later, howevnt he dismissed the sult, as the result, it ig said, of a reconciliation between bimself and Mrs. Coakley. Now, it 1s understood, Mrs, Coakley’s suit is’ dismissed for a Mrs. Coakley hased her petition for the separation on the alleged cruelty and abuse of her hushand, while it is.eaid that he charged her with intem- perate habits, PUBLIC SCHEPL TRAINING, An Old-Fashiou}d Mother's Views. To the Bilitor of The Evening Stat While the question. $f public school train- ing is being agitated I would like to “say my little say.” » é I have one chtfd—a boywho, at the age of eleven, has now entered the sixth grade. From the beginning/of his school life I have been most desirous that he not only learn to read, but bécome fond of reading. Is it not far better; D have reasoned, that he should be, on yBurainy day (or on a Pleasant day, after sufficient amount of outdoor exercise hadi been allowed him), sitting quietly down, deeply interested in a book, developing ind and acquiring a taste for the pure and the good, than to be wandering restlessly about the house, teasing the younger-ichildren, dissatisfied -and unhappy, because he “is tired of games and has nothing to do?” as I have seen so many children. I wish I could impress upon all mothers the belief that in Me way can they benefit their little ones more than to devote a half hour or more each day hearing them read aloud. In this way, and in providing them interesting and attractive reading matter, a taste may be formed for reading that will mold their characters and be of incal- culable benefit not to the children alone,but to the community at large. Who are the lawbreakers in our land? Are they men and women who are fond of reading? Feeling thus, I have frequently inquired of my boy as he progressed at school, “Did you read in. school today?” The answer has often been “‘no;’” sometimes he has told me “Two or three dines.” When I have questioned other boys, his schoolmates, they have made similar answer. He has recently, in the sixth grade, for the first time, brought home spelling lessuns to be learned at home. I attended the public schools myself, graduating. I have compositions of my own, written at the age of eleven, after five years’ Instruction, and I assert, and can prove, that they are far superior to anything my boy can write, not in orig- inality, but in correctness of expression. It is true, we in those days had less holiday, and, I think, longer school hours; but I sek this question: Ought not the average child, after five years’ instruction at school, losing no, or little, time through sickness or other cause, be able to read without stumbling and spell correctly? Can the majority of the children in the sixth grade do this? If they can, and it can be proven, I think we will all cease our grumbling. OLD-FASHIONED MOTHER. Another Studen To the Editor of The Eventn As a “seeker after truth” I submit the fol- lowing: The teachers in the public schools, as a rule, accomplish simply wonders in thelr work with the pupils under their care. This will be more clearly apparent when we consider the fact that in many of the grades each teacher has on the register the names of about fifty pupils, with an average attendance of, say, forty to forty- five each day. Thirty pupils is the maxi- mum that should be allowed to each teach- cr, both from a sanitary and an educa- tional point of view. My children have surprised me by their evident famillarity with the Constitution and many ther subjects of seeming depth for little ones. Parents should aid their children by guiding and directing them to do the work themselves, and not by the parent performing the work to a finished result. This can be done by leading ques “ens of a kind to elicit from the child his own ideas of his lesson, and then com- menting, connecting and shaping his i leas and method of preparing the lesson. In estimating the work accomplished by the teachers it niust*be remembered that the mere book instriction Is not the only care weighing on thetr minds and hands. ‘Their relationship-to ‘the children suggests many other attentions. A child may be awkward or careless; may persist in writ- ing with his left-hamt; or he may be ad- dicted to other sloventy habits; all of these the teacher feels bound to correct or eradi- cate as far as she can;do so. On the other hapd,.d have long felt that the apparent neglect of “elocution and declamation” is a serious defect in the conduct of the public &chools. 1 know that “emphasis” is tayghuyin the “reading }. sons,” and it may be that the pupils * up and read their compositions” before the school (and any ‘visttors), but after re- feated inquiry I havé never learned of a boy’s being. required; on ‘Pfriday after- noon,” or any other’ day, to “go up ind speak his speech,” which he might select from our many fine specimens of oratory. ANOTHER STUDENT. A Lawyer's Comment. To the Editor of The Evening Star: I have been much interested in perusal of the communications of Pater Familias, Old Fogy, et al., with relation to the meth- od of instruction adopted in our public schools, and would like to present for con- sideration a theory which I believe has not been advanced so far. I am a lawyer in fair practice, and one of the greatest drawbacks to the prover and full presentation of my cases has been that my clients dv not give me full in- formation as to the details of their cases. I am onliged in every instance to subject clients to a long and thorough examina- tion to get full information of all cireum- stances relating to a case, and even then, often fail to get desired information, not because my clients want to hold anything back, but because they have full informa- tion and talk to me as though I were pos- sessed of like information. For instance, 1 stranger asks me to di- rect him to a certain lawyer's cfiice, and I answer in good faith, intending to give exact information, ‘‘a few doors west of Masonic Temple.” Such answer given to a resident of Washington woule be full and explicit. buz a stranger does not know where Masonic Temple Is, and therefore my answer leaves hir cony - in the dark. Just so it is, In my ectemation, with in- structions given (verbally) by teachers in public schools. They are familiar with cer- tain subjects, and when asked by their pupils concerning such subjects they give answers which would be sufficiently full and explicit to another teacher, or to al- most any intelligent adult, but which to a child tmparts littie or no information. I have arrived at this conclusion from experience with my own youngster, who 1s under charge of an apparently thorough teacher. The youngster a few evenings since worried herself into a crying fit over some problems, and when I asked the cause she explained that she had to prove long division by multiplication. This is a very simple matter to adults, and was so to ter when I explained it to her, but it oc- curred to me at the time that in requiring night werk from a child the teacher should have cxplained the work so fully and spe- cifically that the home work should have resulted only ia work, and not worry. THEORIST. Parents and Diphtheria. To the Editor of The Evening Star: As soon as the schools are opened diph- theria or some other epidemic seems to make its appearance; Soon after the clos- ing of the schools thy'discase seems to dis- appear. The’ fawit liés not so much with the school authofjties,as with the families themselves. Frequently a child shows a little indisposition. ‘The parents, who think it a good thing “lo ‘Be rid of the home trouble, send the chif@ to school, and if it should be an ineipient case the natural consequence is awhple school is infected. Slight throat trqublea: are also overlooked, and what wouldjappear only as slight sore throat, as it Is qisually called, and which without treatment makes a complete re- covery, yet such slight colds often infect the whole family, plus a whole school. Parents, after consulting their physician, who advises sequestration, become very in- dignant if advised thatthe child or chil- dren should be kept from school. Now, in my opinion, there is only one remedy to rectify this evill« Thre should be a pen- alty, say, In the shape of further denying them the privileges of the school. Such a method would tend to make parents more careful, and prevent them from sending their children to school when indisposed. PHYSICIAN. ——- —__ Transfers of Real Estete, U street northwest between 14th and 15th streets —Radolt Gokischaid ef ux. to Annie A. Cole, orig, inal lot 18 and east 34 feet 1% inches of original lot 17, sq. 205; $5. Thirtcenth street and Whitney a@venue—Mary H. Myers to James Gibbons, Roman Catholic arch- bishop of Baltimore, Jot 10, blk. 20, «& Helghts, éontulning 29,840 sq_ tt.:'326,400. 27 California street northeast between Ist and 21 Het Ce OE to Joseph N. Whitney, Jot , ed. ; ~ N.' Whitney conveys same propert Chas 1. Simms; $10. - eee First and E streets, southeast—W. Riley Dechle aad Benj. P. Davis, {rustees, to ‘T. Duniop, fots 91 to 102, -104 to 116, sq.'736; $10, AMUSEMENTS. - Lafayette Square Opera House.—Wash- ington theatergoers are to be singulariv favored next week. Not only does Beer- bohm Tree and his Her Majesty’s Theater London Company begin their thirteen weeks’ tour here, but during their stay a play will be produced for the first time upon any stage from which Mr. Tree ex- pects very great and briliiant results. It is the play with which he will dedicate his new London theater named Her Majesty's by special permission of the queen. The theater is to be opened immediately after Mr. Tree finishes his present contract with Charles Frohman and Al Hayman, under whose management this tour is made, and the play 1s Gilbert Parker’s adaptation to stage treatment of his own remarkable book, “The Seats of the Mighty.” Mr. Tree begins his engagement at the Li fayette Square Opera House Monday night, opening in Henry Arthur Jones’ drama, “The Dancing Girl,” which will be re- peated Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday nights and Thursday matinee, and “Seats of the Mighty” will be presented Friday end Saturday nights and Saturday after- noon. Only four other cities are included in the present Tree tour—Baltimore, Phila- delphia, Boston and New York. For this limited stay he has brought over the scene- ry for several plays, to say nothing of the splendid sets he has had built for “The Seats of the Mighty,” and a supporting company that is said to be the strongest that has ever crossed the Atlantic. His leading Jady is Miss Kate Rorke, a promi- nent London favorite, who last year played Ellen Terry’s roles at the Garrick and Lyceum theaters during the latter actress’ absence in this country, with Sir Henry Irving. She created the title role in “The Dancing Girl” in the original cast with Mr. Tree, and will have the same part in the representations of the drama given here. Miss Janette Steer, another London favorite, is in the organization, and is as- signed to the creation of the role of Mme. Pompadour in “The Seats of the Mighty. Among the other members of the company are Nina Boucicault, daughter of Dion Boucicault; Marguerite Sylvia, Miss Frances Ivor, James Taylor, Lawrence Courtley, Lionel Brough, Gerald Du Mau- rier, son of the lamented author of “Tril- by; Kate Astlere, Miss Leon, Louis Allen, Leonard Outram, Mark Blow, Percival Stevens, H. MackVicors and D. J. Williams. Columbia Theater.—Frank Daniels and his opera company, in their great success, “The Wizard of the Nile,” which was seen here last season, will commence an engage- ment at the Columbia Theater Monday evening. This most enjoyable entertain- ment has, according to accounts from oth- er cities, not been allowed to deteriorate in the slightest from last season. It has been in the endeavors of Managers LaShelle and Clark to so thcroughly impress their au- dience upon the second visit as to cause them to leave the theater saying that the performance was better than ever before. To achieve this result, aside from the car ful retaining of those members of the cast who had been so successfuj last year, care was taken to have the scenery and co: umes of the opera all made anew, so that there should be nothing to distract in view- ing what they expected to make a most excellent and smooth-running performance. Ot those whe won approbation 11 this opera last year in support of Mr. Daniels, who, of course, comes with it again gthis year, there were the Misses Louise Royce and Greta Risley, and the Messrs. Walter Al- len, Leonard Walker and Louis Cassavant, who are still retained in the roles which they originally made so attractive. In fact, the only change which has been made in the cast Is in the role of Cleopatra, which is now in the keeping of Miss Edna Thorn- ton. Matinees will be given ‘Thursday (Thanksgiving day) and Saturday. Grand Opera House.—Freeman’s Fun Makers in the howling farcical succ written by Joseph, M. Gaites, entitled “A Railroad Ticket,” will play at the Grand Opera House next week. It has been re- written up to the hour, with brisk dialogue, Ivdicrous situations and has infused into it new songs, dances and medieys. The fa: cirating and femcus chanteuse Marie Stuart will intrcduce her original special- ties, which created a sensation in London and Paris and at Koster & Bial’s Music Hall, New York. The eccentric comedian Leuis Wesley has the leading male role ia the character “Chips,” and he still con- tinues to repeat his former success, as he is both artistic and criginal. There are ove fifteen others in the company, includin Moulton, Charles Burke, the orig in the “Bunch of Key: rry Porter, Mattie Lockette, Minnie Carleton, Gus’ Pixley, from the New York Casino, and a host of pretty girls. New National Theater.—‘‘The Great Dia- mond Robbery” will be the attraction at the New National Theater next week. Acade of Music.—Isham’s America” will play a return engagement at the Academy of Music next week. Bijou Theater—One of the best melo- dramas of the season will be seen at the Fijou Theater next week. “Slaves of Gold” is not a melodrama of the thunderboit school, but is a play which appeals to the people more on account of the intense thread of heart interest which s through the production. The story is one that commands the strictest attention throughout the performance, and the ef- fects are heightened by scenic representa- tions of the first magnitude. Among the thrilling situations is the explosion of the mine, when the villain, who would have de- stroyed the heroine and her father, is im- prisoned by falling earth in the same trap he had designed for his victims. Another exciting scene is that when the villain, terrified as a rescuing party approaches, bursts an immense water tank with 30,000 gallons of water, and seeks to kill all. Just in time, as the water is overwhelming the heroine and her father, an explosion tears away the side of the mine, and lets in the rescuing party. The company which will present this interesting play is headed by the young romantic actor, Mr. Arnold Reeves, and his support is ‘the best that could be obtained. Kernan’s Lyceum Theater. — Prominent among the higher class of burlesque com- panies touring the country fs the famous Rentz-Santley Burlesque Company, which will be the attraction at Kernan’s next week. The costumes are rich and ele- gant. The scenery {s artistic and’ the specialties are new, sensational and up io the times. The program opens with the new musical extravaganza called “Paris and Pleasure,” written and arranged by Mr. Charles Lovenburg, which introduces the entire strength ef the company. The olio includes the only J. J. Sullivan, Amer- ica’s greatest Irish character imitator: Miss Lottie Elliott, the charming queen of the burlesque; Dawley and Waldron, Fisher and Crowell, Sisters Engstrem, Elinore sis- ters and Curtis and Gordan. The perform- ance then concludes with the laughable, artistic. beautifully staged satirical bur- lesque, entitled “Gay Life in New York.” During certain periods a series of living pictures will be presented, which are raid to be works of art. Empire Theater Company.—The engage- ment of Charles Frohman’s Empire Thea- ter Company at the Lafayette Square Opera House for six nights and two mat- tinees, beginning Monday, the 30th instant, is quite as notable as any that has been announced here. In fact, the Empire Thca- ter Company is today the representative organization of its kind in this country. Its repertoire, in which it will be seen in Washington, consists of four plays: R. C. Canton’s “Liberty Hall,”’ Clyde Fitch’s ““Bo- hemia,” Sydney Grundy’s masterpiece, “Sowing the Wind,” and Brandon Thomas’ “Marriage.” Viola Allen is the leading lady, and William Fabersham is the leading man of the organization. Oth- ers in the company are Elsie de Wolfe, Agnes Miller, Annie Irish, Ida Conques May Robson, Mrs. Thomas Whiffen, Gladys Wallis, Amy Busby, J. H. Gilmour, J. E. Dodson, Robert Edeson, Fritz Williams, Ferdinand Gottschalk, E. Y. Backus, W. H. Crompton, E. Finney, Joseph Hum- phreys, Jane Harw Elien Gail, Kath- erine Mulkins, Lottie Nicoll,Charies Young, Walter Day and George E. Pearce. The Damrosch Opera Season.—The Wash- ington season of grand opera under the” rection of Mr. Walter Damrosch will open at the Columbia Theater December 17. The following is a list of all the artists of Mr. Damrosch's company: Soprano and mezzo- scprano, Cacile Mohor-Ravenstein, Johanna Gadski, Augusta Volimar, Alma Powell, Riza Eibenschuets, Marie Mattfield; tenors, Ernest Krauss, Paul Lange, Fritz Ernst and Paul Kalisch; baritones and basses, Carl Somer, Wilhelm Mertens, Gerhard Stehmann, Heinrich Hobbing, Fritz Der- schuck ard Emil Fischer. There will be a large chorus and the famous New York Symphony Orchestra, the whole company numbering nearly two hundred people. Mr. Damrosch promises the Washington pui a performance of Wagner's “Walkure,” which was looked forward to with so much interest by music lovers last year, but which could not be given owing to the ill- ness of the late Frau Klafsky. In Frau Mohor-Ravenstein, Mr. Damrosch has found a worthy ‘successor of this great artist. is Stuart Robson.--The Lafayette manage- Assignee Sale of the Everett Stock! This assignee sale of the Everett stock offers an unprecedent- ed opportunity for prudent shoppers to secure bargains of unusual worth. Everything is doomed to go—the entire stock MUST be disposed of by January 1st! Former prices are entirely ignored— the goods are marked “down to the quick-selling point! small list of bargains is given today. Visit the store! $2 Hand-painted Cups and Saucers = = =$1 Sterling Silver Cut Giass Salve Boxes = $1.25 Sterling Silyer Cut Glass Vinaigrettes 7sc- Sterling Sfiver Hat Brushes $1 Sterling Silver Scissors,$1 Hand Decorated Pin Trays i eR dott 6oc. Only a $3 Bonn China Clocks, a $1.8 $4.75 Gilt Ciocks, $3.35. $15 Bonn China Clocks = = = $10.5 $17 Bonn China Clocks = = = $12.75 $18 Bonn China Clocks = $13.5 Handsome Verni Martin Cabinets at Half Price. Henry F. Woodard, Assignee, Everett Art Store, 1225 the rounds of all the store: the qualities and pric your buying here. 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Street. ee ee ee ee eee ee) The only complete Hovsefurnis hing Extablistment. and make “Your Credit is Good.” Seaententvedentooondnivaentoeeatotonsafoeentoeoatotoatnteaeateagntenenteteagecoateceagecoogaseeeateeatodeatoeteaatoatateoageoeageteeeapeteeeatosentey VOLCOM LLL LLL LINEAL LLL LISS ment announce the engagement in the near future of Stuart Robson in “Mrs. P derbary’s Past,” and a one-act sketch, ¢ A- ed “Mrs. Gilman's Wedding,” cne of Buc! stone's oid comedies renamed and brought up to date by Mr. Robson himself. The famous tragedienne, Mme. Janauschek, is his principa! associate. Fregoli Goes to Mexico.—Mr. W. R. Hay- @en, one of the financial backers of the Fregoli company, announces that the f: mous Italian artist is bound for the City of Mexico the week after next. His Ameri- can tour, which will end tonight, has been twice exiended, and is said to have netted Mr. Hayden a very respectable profit. Opening of the Ice Palace.—The Ice Pal- ace at Convention Hall will open next Wednesday evening for the season. Th announcement has been anxiously awaited by the thousands of persons who have be- come proficient in the art of ice skating since the institution of that place of amusement. The rink is now going through an overhauling which will result in putting it in even better condition than it last year, and it will be quite com- plete by the time the opening night arrives. While no improvements have been mad as the rink is cne of the most complete places of amusement of {ts kind in the werld, the interior finish will be brightened and the decorations enllvened, and it will present a gala appearance when ready for the renewal of the generous patronage that was bestowed upon it last season. .Out in the main hall the flooring has been gone over, and a new system introduced in the manner of distributing the ammonia gas, which will make the ice surface harder and smoother, and less Hable to be cut up into slush by the many thousands of steel blades. son by even a better aggregation than fur- nished music for the skaters last year. The Passion Play.—The Epworth Le: of the Fifteenth Street M. E. Church have been giving a very interesting course of lectures at their church during October and November. The last event will be the Passion Play at Oberammergau, by Miss Janet E. Rithards, on Wc<dnesiay even- ing, the h, Miss Richards was present at Oberammergau when the play was given the last time in 18%), and because of her personal observation of the play and study of the people is able to deliver a most in- teresting and instructive lecture. The lec- ture is illustrated by eighty stereopticon views. Miss Annie V. Forbes.—Next Friday even- ing at Carroll Institute Hall there will be a dramatic and musical recital, when Miss Annie V., Forbes will appear as a public reader, and those who have heard her in private speak highly of her attainments. She will be assisted by Mrs. Thomas C. Noyes, Miss Eleanor Simonds, Mr. John H Nolan, Mr. G. Frank Gebest, Mr. John Tweedale and Mr. Bowie Clark. The “Colleen Bawn.”—The “Colleen Bawn,” Boucicault’s great Irish drama, will be the attraction at Gonzaga College Hall beginning Thanksgiving eve. The Albaugh Dramatic Association has the production in hand, and it will undoubtedly draw crowded houses to this cozy little play house. The proceeds go to swell thé building fund of St. Aloysius Church, and for that reason the affair should be well patronized. The cast is as follows: Myles, Mr. Finley S. Hayes; Hardress Cre- gan, Mr. Daniel F. Murphy: Mr, Henry B. Dolan; Danny Mann, M: Thos. Solon: Father Tom, Mr. M. Mr. Corrigan, Mr. Theo. M. Hard: O’Moore, Mr. Lionel Strachey; M C1 gan, Shelah, Mrs. Mary Russell Hardy Eily O'Connor, Miss Lillan Hurdie: Anne Chite, Miss Katherine E. Halloran: Ducie Blunnerkassett, Miss Lizzie O'Neill; Kath- erine Crigh. Miss Lottie Knibbs: Kate, Miss Dana Herron. Attendants, soldiers. Carroll Institute Minstreis—Tre Carroll Institute Minstrels will give a benefit pei formance Monday eyvenfng for the insti- tute itself. Several new people have been taken in and the result will be greatly beneficial to the company in every way. New sketches are being rehearsed, and the first part will be entirely remod:te: Some excellent features have been pro: vided for the second part of the show, and altogether the performance will be high!y enjoyable. Marine Engineers’ Ball.—The Marine kn: gineers’’ Beneficial Association will give its first dress ball next Wednesday evening at the National Rifles’ Armory. The asso- ciation’ ts wel] known among kindred or- ganization of the city and its members individually are numbered among the most popular portion of the city’s inhabitaats. The bandstand will, of course, be | in position, and it will be occupied this sea- | | A great deal of effort to make this first nt a memorable one, and there is every indication that fits stc- cess will come up to the expectations of those interested in it. has been exp Miss Katherine Lucile Foote, the beauti- ful daughter of Col. M. J. Foote of this city, who has met with such marked cuc- since her first appearance on the stage in London with Mr. Wilson Barrett, has accepted an engagement with Mr. Lesfie to play a leading role in “Pllerim’s Progress,” to be produced at the New Olympic Theater, London, the Ist of De- cember. SSeS INQUEST ON MRS. MEYER. Corouer to Investigate Her Death This Afternoon, This afternoon at 4 o'clock Coroner Ham- ‘mett will hold an inquest in the case of Mrs. Kate E. Meyer, whose death, under suspicious circumstances, occur at 1208 Delaware avenue southwest, at an ty hour yesterday morning, as published ex- clusively in yesterday's Star. Mrs. Helen Stern, the midwife, who was arrested on suspicion of having caused her de: still in custody, and will be held ur coroner's jury decides upon the Deputy Coroner Glazebrook per! autopsy yesterday on the body of the dead woman, and found that death vited from the use of instruments. ‘The Hl de- jur; termine whether or not Mrs. Stern should be held for the action of the grand jury. published in yesterday's Star, Mrs. ver said before she died that Mrs. Stern had performed the abortion. The sick wo- man’s condition was so serious and she Was so near death when the police learned of the case that there was not time to her ante-mortem statement by the cuting attorney. When Lieut. Vernon learned of the case from a physician he sent Policeman Peck As M to the house, and Mrs. Meyer gave him the information concerning the manner in which she been treated. Conrad Meyer, the n’s husband, and father of two living children, is a motorman on the Metropotitan railroad, and he was very much shocked when he learned cf the ci of his wife's sickn nd death His wife had been sick only a few d and had been attended Dr. John T. Price. While the doctor w tending her the midwife was also in attendance, end when the doctor became suspicious of the cause of her illness he questioned her. ated she told him what she subsequently told the policeman. When Policeman Henry ar- rested Mrs. Stern she told him that Mrs. Meyer had called at her house on 7t on two occasions, and she alee Polen at Mrs. Meyers’ house twice. She denied that she had used an instrument on the sick oman. The police have summoned a num-~ ber of witnesses to give evid the coroner's jury this afternoon. before At last the accurate yi of all the coun- ues in Indiana can be given. The following are the complete figures as taken frou the official returns: Democratic and populist, 305,4: can, 323,828; Prohibitionist, M6; gold standard democratic, 2,146; socialist labor, at McKinley's plurality, 18,403; McKin- ley’s majority, 9,610. Total vote cas ley" al Vote cast, 6 In 1892 the totals were as follows: Demo- cratic, 262,740; republican, 23 GI prohibi- Uonist, 13,050; populist, 22,208. ‘otal vote, 553,613. . republi- ew Final Count in South Carolina. The official vote tt South Carolina for the several electoral tickets was as follows: Bryan and Sewali, 58,801; McKiniey and Hobart, reorganized republicans, 5,098; Mc- Kinley and Hobart, regular republicans, 4,215; Palmer and Buckner, 84. Majority of Bryan an@ Sewall, 48,664. In a vote 1,776 lighter than in 1892, the democratic ticket received 4,109 more votes. 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