Evening Star Newspaper, May 15, 1897, Page 24

. THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, MAY 15, 1897-24 PAGES. A short talk with Mr. Paul Wilstach, the author of “A First Offense," the new comedy to be produced at the Columbia next Monday, disclosed some interesting facts about how he came to be a play- wright. He is an Indiana boy, though his her was born on the present site of the F street end of Willard’s Hotel. not until he spent a summer with the Kesters, dramatists, then living at Gun- ston Ha’ Va., did he become strongly inoculated with the virus of play making. That was three years ago. His first play was the usual ambitio: but entirely im- possible study in psychological tragedy. Next for practice he dramatized George Onnet’s “Dr. Rameau,” and wrote a Hoo- sier pastoral. Odd times between were fill- d in with contributions to magazines, his present journalistic work, the writing of “Bridget” and “Bluff,” which we saw last summer, and several small pieces for actors who have gone into vaudeville. First Offense” was written last autumn, and immediately sold to William A. Brad: at what Is probably the largest price ev paid an author for a first play. At present Mr. Wilstach is digesting the scenarios o! two other comedies, one of which he ex- pects to finish this summer. His forte is comely, though we who have seen the underlying sentiment of “Bridget ane cthers who have read a pastoral comedy know how human and beautiful is his sen- im When M Wilstach left college him to pursue family precedents ce law. But he pre- ] playwriting. The idea was r = petite oun a quiet smile, until the xoung iar presented this logical proposition: If 1 tecome a lawyer, it will mean four years of study at the university? Then four years » of establishing practice before I can his family wis © 2 Obtain the confidence of clients which brirgs cash support. You agree. Weil, I'm going io give four years to the study of dramatic technique, literature, construc- Then if I shall preb- io d convention. Ue G ney to write ably be possessed of the effic s . tice should a play, four years more of prac’ ld bring ine a production. A single produc- tion will bring me more money that any but the most brilliant lawyers make ina year. He has r ized the aim of cight years’ work in less than two and a half. Will Jefferson, a son of the eminent comedian, Joseph Jefferson, is a member of the Columbia Theater Comedy Company, which will make its bow to a Washington public next Monday night. It happens that m leaving Buzzard’s Bay Will brought along his clothes and costumes in trunks of his father, and the aforesaid trunks r upon their conspicuous outsides the me, in large white letters, of their dis. tinguis 1 owner. As Mr. Jefferson's trunks were driven up to the Riggs and unloaded on the lewalk Thursday morn- ing sev 1p ty girls came that wi Evidently they saw the name on the trunks, for Will recetved three scented notes be- fore dinner that same day, ©: ph, and if he would please write © his famous toast as Rip. Will had to write back diplomatic notes, to say that he is merely his father's but hopes me day to have his autograph valuable for his own sake. It might be a specula- tion for the girls to keep these entire auto- graph letters which he has written. General interest has been awakened here in Miss Lizzie Macnichol’s version of the role of Carmen, owing to the fact that it 1s expected to be original. The popular con- traito has some decided views on the char- acter, and will Carmen in keeping with Bizet’s con of the woman. Just what this view be partly guessed from Miss Macnichol's words when she said in sneaking about this opera a few ied the part for a year and that I have found the points the Bizet, wanted emphasized most while the ideas of Meilhac and Halevy. who suppiied the words, I have read most carefully. Carmen, as these three men intended her, is a creature of impulses, and the interpretation from their standpoint !s at once one of grcat power d great art. They made her rub up against any male in her vicinity and purr I feet composer, strongly, and pout, until the foolish object of her cination sickens with love and sur- renders. Her magnetism is enormous. But ne person who portrays Carmen must dare on the stage to make her a cold-hearted, hot-blooded young woman, who is not es al about the quality or quan- her lovers. She must temve> her must never be coarse, but always THEATER.—Julia Marlow will begin their engage the } ational The r Monday ning next. « ing bill will be “For onnie Prince Chai prodviced here it wis given a heat ork, where it ran ix weeks ¢ past winte it was pronounced one of the ses of the New York season. ‘T’ and deals with the struggles of Prine ward Stuart, he young The action teat with his adventures in and e: The first act Firkyard o liberation ‘ape from Scotland. f the play takes place in the Clanmorris, in 1745, wh ge on as to wh lan ef Clanmorris shall join the risiag in the prince's favor. Lord Clanmorris and his wife, Lady Dora, are among the prin-e’s ¢ b are unable to ; to support the priace. on to the pleadings of Angus, géar. and his granddau; rites. Mary and Prince tne camp of the young p r, walls of Edinburgh. A rumor of en the priace and Lady 4 tne chieftains wao are not who Dorz ari of woman's identity, and who nine the rumor proves true to the prince, resolve to find out. S made an appointment for 2 and the chiefs plan to sur- where he is to meet the . who is worn out by a long prince's service as a y chieftains to to meet. She to save the permits and diverts sus suilty self to in the ho} «aly Dora to herself. All the es are against Mary and she ern old chieftain w her had before held her in vem. Angus, Mary's graadfathe wht In to pass judgment upon her: es her. The chiefs withdra nd to her ¢ layed and dise the result of ne: and his army The fou anc noble motives. 4 fice Prince Charlie gaily to the south ce after the Scottish fore Lady Dora i is is in flight; Dut his wife mor truth kill the i the to 2 in te. when from Mary duct of the b and ho has take upon Lord Clanmorrt is prine, he and reft. restr ed by a plea tions upon the r gicl. ‘he prince € his escape 1 Mary, worn out | to her mtry’s cause and hope- affection for her prince, after a brief % with the latter, dies in her zrand- s arms. The scenery, cost-um: pd les used in “For Bonnie Prince are said to be handsome, pictur and accurate, and the acting of Miss ve and Mr. Taber in the roles of Mary and Angus, respectively, is des: as u ¥ powerful and effactive. other play new to Washington whica they put on during the week is “Romola,” J on George Eliot's novel, which will in to arouse interest among the humerous readers of her masterly hook. Miss Marlowe plays Romola and Mr. Taber plays Tito, and the play is said to be staged With rich and adequate picturesque results. They will also give Shakespei great love tragedy, “Romeo and Jullet,” the pro- duction Wing a sumptuous and artistic one. The repertoire for the week is as fol- lows: Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday evenings and Saturday matinee, “For Ben. At college | he adapted and playedsin many plays, but | asking for his | cz Thursday evening, evening, “Ro- nie Prince Charlie;” omeo and Juliet;” Friday mola;” Saturday evening, “As You Like 1 THE COLUMBIA THEATER.—The sum- mer seaon of comedy will. be inaugurated at the Columbia Theater Monday evening, when the house company will be presented to the public for the first time. Much care and thought has been cxerelsed-in the se- lection of its members, and with what re- sult it will be for the-public to judge. Cer- tainly the list of names is one of the best that has ever been brought together since the old days of stock companies, and the policy already outlined has awakened the greatest interest in what is to follow. For the first week a new manuscript has been secured. Monday night will see the first performance on any stage of Mr. Paul Wilstach’s rew farcical comedy, “A First Offense.” Mr. Wilstach is a gentleman of unusual attainments, and as far as it is possible to judge of a play before its pro- duction he has written a comedy that will prove a wholesome and healthful entertain- ment. It is thoroughly up to date and so original that after reading the play Mr. Paul Potter, one of the greatest of Ameri- ca’s dramatists, expressed the opinion that there was no one in America who could have written such a play, and that it must have been adapted from’ the French. Mr. Wilstach is thoroughly {dentified with this city, and his many friends are taking great interest in his coming production. The sale has been extremely gratifying and includes a block of seats for the members of the Columbia Athletic Club for Monday night. The Columbia Theater 1s ore of the coolest and most comfortable houses in the coun- try, and is thoroughly suited to comedy. In fact it is generally cenceded to be one of the best comedy houses in the country. The house will be kept comfortable at ail times, and will le made a veritable fairies’ bower in time for the opening. The company includes KatherineGrey,Grace Mae Lamkin, Pearl Evelynne, Grayce Scott, Carrie Berg, Clara Emory, Kate Denin Wil- son, A. S. Lipman, Henry Bergman, James O'Barrows, Alfred’ Hickman, Geoffrey Stein and Wm. Boag. LAFAYETTE SQUARE OPERA HOUSE. —The Castle Square Opera Company prom- ises another great production at the La- fayette Square Opera House next week. Bizet's “Carmen” will be the opera, and it will be presented with the most elaborate stage setting, and with an augmented or- chestra fully competent to properly inter- pret the beauties of the score. “Carmen” has always been popular here, and every performance has been largely attended. The best interpreter of the title role that has ever been seen here, of course, has been | Emma Calve, but it is expected that Miss Lizzie Macnichol, who will sing the part next week, will present a performance that will stand out on its own merits and com- mand attention and praise. She has all the requirements to make a successful gyp- sy cigarette girl—beauty of face and tig- ure, splendid dramatic ability and a voice that for richness, flexibility and sympa thetic quality is unsurpassed in English opera.” The opera is also attractive aside from the interest in the principal charac- liter. There is much music in “Carmen” | that can be classed as rich, some that Is | popular and many numbers, choruses and ensembles that are grand. In fact, mu- sically considered, “Carmen” is the best of Bizet’s works. That the vocal score | will be adequately sung may be judged {from the following cast: Carmen, Miss | Lizzie Macnichol; Michaela, Miss Anna | Lichter; Don Jose, Mr. Richie Ling; Es- Mr. Cunningham; Il Dencario Robt. Broderick; Zuniga, Mr. ; Prasquita (Carmen's friend), : Mercedes (Carmen's friend), jeleigh. Miss Mary*’Helen Howe N sing Michaela Wednesday night, but Lichter will sustain the part for the cther performances. } | ACADEMY OF MUSIC.—At the Academy T), of Music next week the Cummings Stock Company will present Clay M. Greene's beautiful romantic comedy, “The Golden Giant,” with Mr. Ralph Cummings in his favorite role, that of Jack Mason, a part in | which he is said to excel all his other crea- | tions. It is a play practically new to | Washington, and is calculated to present | this clever company to much better advan- tage than the opening bill. The business the past week has been a continuous im- provement upon the opening night, which demonstrates the excellence of the players. A company as worthy as this will undoubt- edly find favor with the theater going pub- lic of this city when its desserts become ful- ly known. The Benevolent Protective Or- Ger of Elks gave an “Elk night” at the Academy last night in respect to the Messrs. Cummings, who are members of Louisville Lodge, No. 8, and it resulted in. | testing the capacity of the house. After | the performance an enjoyable “affair” was had by the members of the company and |a large number of “Elks” at the Elks’ |Home Club. Monday night the Columbia | Athletic Club will have a night at this |house, and the theater will be suitably | decorated in its honor. GRAND OPERA HOUS | | | | E.—The opening | of the summer comedy season at the Grand | Opera House will occur next Monday night, | When the Buckler and Butler Stock Com- pany will present H. J. Byron's famous | Comedy, “Our Boys,” which ran at the Vau- deville Theater, Strand, London, for over 1,500 consecutive nights. An excellent com: pany of the following well-known artist has been engaged for the season: Wm. | Stuart, Richardson Cotton, Geo. W. Mur- r Wm. Richardson, Frank Bosworth, ‘wrence Williams, Charles Mack, Phil Greiner, Henry Cameron, Eleanore Newton, Rose Osborne, Anna Eggleston, Ethel Raynes and Fern Dayton. Each play will be in the nature of a production, and be- | tween the acts a few refined vaudeville turns will be introduced. Managers Buck- }ler and Butler are also making arrange- | ments to have the American biograph ex- | hibited at each performance. For the vau- deville portion of the program they have | specially engaged X-Ray Bixley in his lat- est novelty, “The Musical Bar Room,” and also Miss Goldie, who has gained a wide reputation for her clever songs and artistic Columbian serpentine dances. This play and vaudeville acts will be changed week- ly, and every possible means taken to af- ford the patrons of the Grand a high-class attraction. KERN LYCEUM THEATER.—Mana- © Kernan has specially engaged for one | week the undisputed champion of the world, Rober Fitzsimmons, who will appear in tion with Oppenheimer’s superb z “Zero.” Fitz. signed a contract last week in New York, by the terms of ch he is to give nine performances in Washington, to consist of an accurate re- production cf the big ficht at Carson City March 17, when he defeated with one ter- rible blow the pompadour champion, James J. Corbett. Fitz. will particularly illus- trate this famous heart blow with his sparring partner, Dan Hickey, who suc- fully trained Bob for his great fight. On several occasions when Fitz. has been eribing his many blows and jabs, with key playing the part of and imitating Corbett, the good-natured Hickey has been lifted off his feet by the realistic earnest- ness with which Fitz. illustrates his knock- out blows. In fact, every prominet fea- ture of the fourteen rounds will be repro- duced, including breakaways and the blow which relieved the pumpadour of a tooth, Fitz. will also give a scientific exhibition of bag punching. The features of the Zero Company will include a comedy wnich hinges on the endeavors made by an ec- centric Irishman to discover the north pole. It is made the vehicle on which is carried a succession of bright specialties, r music, pretty girls and scenic and electrical effects. Harry Le Clair, the well- known protean artist, has the role of Countess Fluttermore, a part that is ex- cellently suited to him,and his new and original specialty is one of the features. Miss Florenc> Edwards, who interprets the soubrette role, is excepticnally clever, while her dancing !s sald to be decidedly unique. MHe. Theo, the charnfing musical artist; ‘opack and Steele, Madden and Curr and the Monroe Sisters are among the other specialty turns with Zero. There will be matinees Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. SOUSA'S BAND CONCERT.—Sousa has evidently been working up a lot of new mvsic for his concerts of late, as the pro- gram he will present at the Lafayette Sqrere Opera House tomorrow (Sunday) evening includes four entirely new num- bers—“Dos Modell,’ overture, Sup} “La Campanella,” an idyl by Dreyecheck; “‘Sou- verir du Bal,” imtermezzo, Benger, and a mew march, by Sousa, “The Stars and Stripes Forever,” which he plays in this | ee first, as he did so many other of his gicricus marches. The soloists, Misa Zora Gladys Horlecker, contralto, and Fraulein Leontine Goertner, ‘cellist, must also come. under the head of novelties here, though the fact that they are on a Sousa pro- gram is quite enough assurance of their merits. ‘They have been specially engaged fer this concert. We are also to be in- dulged in a Wagner number, Ride of the Valkyries, “Die Walkure,” which will cer- tainly put the big band to a test and dem- onstrate its abilities in music .of the most serious and exacting sort. There is also the “Zampa”’ overture, Herold, an old }milier friend, and an exceedingly . bright characteristic from Saint Saens, “La Jota Aragonese,” and Sousa’s own “Three Quo- taticns.” Miss Horlecker has chosen an aria from Saint Saens, “Samson and De- Mlah,” in which she will give evidence of her vocal powers. The concert promises to be one of the very best that Sousa has ever given in Washingtcn. There has al- ready been lively demand for seats in ad- vance. THE BIOGRAPH.—The Blograph at Wil- lard Hall will terminate its unprecedented run on Sunday evening, May 30, having completed its thirty-two weeks’ season. The last performance will mark its 584th exhibition. No class of entertainment has proven more popular in Washington than has the marvelous biograph and its won- derful moving pictures. It has entertained, amused and instructed thousands and thou- sands of people, and at no time from the commencement of its run in this city has interest in it decreased. It has proven to be an entertainment that has grown in ropularity the more frequently it has been seen. The public of Washington has, in- Geed, been generous in Its patronage, and with the addition of new views weekly, which the present management has done, has served to add increased interest in the program, and oftentintes the house was net large enough to accommodate those seeking admittance. When the season closes on the date named that will be the last of the blograph in Washington for the present s2ason. Within the last three months upward of twenty benefits have been given for churches, and all have met with greater success than the church man- agers had expected. On Monday next the First Presbyterian Church will have its benefit. This is the church of which Dr. Talmage is the pastor, and the m&nage- ment hope to prevall upon the eminent di- vine to introduce the views at one of the exhibitions. More new views will be added, as usual, at the Sunday night entertainment. Per- formances, as usual, , 4:20 and 8:15 p.m. Sunday, 8:15 only. BIJOU THEATER.—The largest advance sale of the season is on reccrd at_ the Bijcu Family Theater, where the McKee- Wilson Lenefit will come off on next Thurs- day evening. There are probably no two men in the city more popular than Mr. A. V. McKee and Mr. A. S. Wilson, and this, together with the general excellence of the program, has sent the sale of seats well up into the hundreds. Every theater in town will contribute talent, and the result should be a strong vaudeville entertainmen:. X Rey Bixly, the musical comedian, wiil come trom the Grand, and Miss Bertha Woods, the charming songstress, will be the contribution of the Lafayette. Teams from the Academy, Kernan’s and the Co- lumbia will share in the list and a num- ber of local artists will have turns. The feature of the evening will be the produc- tion of “The Stepping Stones,” by the same cast that made so pronounced a hit at the Grand last year. The sketch is a beautiful bit of character work with quiet, errotional scenes that go well with a cast headed by the author, Channing L. L. Pol- lock, and Mark O. Davis and Jesse C. Wheat. Seats can be had at the theater. MAY EXHIBITION AT BROOKLAND.— Miss Sarah Willard Howe's dancing school will hold its May exhibition of novelties in dancing next Friday evening at the town hall of Prookland, when the school will give a two-act drama, entitled ‘Violet's Dream,” in which many difficult dances will be in troduced. The characters in the play will be as follows: Violet, Mary Dowling; Polly, Viola Rhine; Bertha, Bessie Maxwell; Pau- lne, Edith McGee; Grace, Margaret Ma- rean:Mamima,Florence Crook; Fairy Quenn, Marie Howe; Fairy Pity, Alma Risdon: Fairy Rose, Mabel Flanagan; Rainbow Fairies, Edith and Madge McGee, BessieMax- well, Eila and Florence Crook, Ethel Bates, Mettie Jarrett; Sun, Lillian Gayles; Cupid, little Elsie Sheetz; attendants to the fairy queen, Alberta Stewart, Marie Stone, Ethel Bates, Viola Rhine and Margaret Marean Among the novelties that will be presented are the Spanish ballet, La Nuit, butterfly cance, Cupid dance, “Little Dottie and Lit- tle Tottie,” from the opera of the American Beauty; dance of the Nymphs, rainbow bal- 1et, “Gayety Girls,” “Dancing Girl," ‘Tyrol dance and La Cachucha. An excellent ex- hibition will be given, which will exceed all past attempts. AMERICA’S WONDERLAND.—The com- mittee on entertainment, of which Perry Heath, third assistant postmaster general, is chairman, is arranging for an interesting and memorable event for the entertainment of the visiting delegates to the universal postal congress. As it will not de prac- ticable for the members to unite in an ex- cursion to California, they are invited to attend an illustrated lecture by Mr. John P. Clum, in the New National Theater, on Monday evening, May 24, and 300 of the choicest seats have been assigned to the foreign delegates end other distinguished gvests. The President and Vice President have promised to be present and will oc- cupy box D. The audience will take an hour for the trip, instead of a month. and will look upon more than a hundred stere- osccpic views of the most beautiful and novel scenery of America’s wonderland. Mr. Clum is an interesting and graceful speaker, and his deep, rich voice and per- fect articulation will carry his descriptions to the remotest seats of the large theater. The most distinguished officers of the gov- ernment will be present, and it is the pur- pose of the postal union to make the occa- sion on of high official and social conse- quence. MRS. DYER’S MAY BALL.—Mrs. Flora c. Dyer will give her thirteenth annual May ball next Wednesday at National Rifles’ Hall. Little Miss Florence O’Brien will be the queen of May, attended by Misses Irene Cahill and Lillian Simpson, maids of honor. Others who will take part are: Miss Marian Reeves, as Lady Hope; Miss Ma garet Betz, as the Goddess of Liberty; Miss Georgie Knox, garland bearer; little Elizabeth Harmer Reeside, crown bearer: Edward P. Mertz, jr., scepter bearer; Al Louise Hendricks, Rosa Whittington, ‘and Margery Mertz, flower girls; Masters Ken- neth Hendricks and Edmund Cammack, pages. The queen's set, imperial court quadrille, will include Mr. Weber Bryan, Miss Florence O’Brien, Mr. Edward Tow- ers, Miss Irene Cahill, Mr. Arthur Nyman, Miss Lillian Simpson, Mr. Ralph Burgess and Miss Marian Reeves. The following fancy dances will be given: Cracovienne, Miss Elizabeth Reeside, Mas- ter Edmund Cammack; La Espanole, Miss Rosa Whittington; Cachuca, Miss Al Louise Hendricks; tambourine, Miss Neal Parry; Liberty Bell, Miss Margaret Betz: medley, Misses Georgie Knox, Bridget Ma lone and Elizabeth Reeside; Cuba Libre, Miss Vilette Anderson; La Madrillaine, Miss Bessie Tiffan; I's Rastus’ Sister, Miss Georgie Knox; gipsy, Miss Adele Bouchere; skirt dance, Miss Margie Betz; Lily of the Valley, Miss Villette Anderson; Night, little Elizabeth Reeside; the Mystic Shrine, com- posed by Mrs. Flora C. Dyer and dedicated to the Order of the Mystic Shrine, will be danced to Prof. Wm. Haley's unpub- lished Mystic Shrine Mareh, by Miss Georgie Knox. ‘The little folks will monopolize the time until 10 o'clock, when the floor will be cleared for adults. CARUANA’S DANCING EXHIBIT.—In compliance with many requests Prof. Mor- timer Caruana has decided to repeat his dancing exhibit on the 25th instant, but this time it will be given at the National Rifles’ armory. The stage will be enlarged vo that the full effect of all the novelties can b> presented. —_~———— Profit in Tramps. From the Cherckee, Iowa, Democrat. A tough story is being told on the off- cers at Emmetsburg. It is said that the marshal and a justice of the peace make aregular business of arresting every tramp that comes to town as a vagrant and then get a fat fee for their work. In one month they arrested 144 vagrants and taxed the costs up to the county. This became ob- noxious to the board of supervisors, so the fee for arrest was cut down to a nickel a head. This did not suit the officials, so the next month there were ninety nine drunks in the place of vagrants. The lat- ter charge came under the state law, and costs and all amount to % or $6 per head. In order to make all tramps that are ar- rested plead guilty to the charge of drunk- enness the officials give them each a plug of tobacco and a pint of whisky, or a half THE NATIONAL GUARD Battery A; Eight Artillery, Practi- cally Ot of Existence. BIG BATCH 09: COMMISSIONS EXPECTED Creditable Rapid Assembly of Com- pany AxSecond Battalion. SENTINELY’ NSTRUCTIONS It appears from the statements of a num- ber of enlisted mer. who are cn the inside,+ so to speak, that Battery A, Light Ar- tillery, will not figure in the coming camp of the brigade at Fort Washington. The absence of this organization from the out- ing willbe due to the fact that, unless all signs fail, the membership of the battery within the next few days will be reduced to about four men. Applications for dis- charge, it is understood, are soon to be filed by the wholesale, the situation being due to the recent general order reorganiz- ing the battery as a foot battery. The great majority of the present members have a strong objection to hauling can- nons by hand, as they express it, and therefore have decided to step down and out. At a recent meeting the artillerymen voted to dispose of the handsome furnish- ings in their quarters, and, in fact, of all the valuable property owned by the organi- zation. A committee was appointed to con- duct a sale. On top of this, it was decided to heve a farewell road march. The march wes decided on, so every one admits, for the rurpose of disposing of the money re- ceived from the sale of the property, so that if an attempt should be made to put the orgenization on its feet the promoters of such action would have absolutely noth- ing In the way of company property with which to start. So leng as any one holds commission as an officer of the battery, there is a bat- tery in existence, and it is stated on the kest of authority active efforts are to be made to restore the organization to a posi- ticn among the most healthy in the bri- gade. The rumor is current that Captain Forsberg will tender his resignation be- fore the lapse of many weeks. o Surprise Not a Surprise. “What is the use of non-commissioned cfficers if you do not use them for other purposes than right and left guides?” said Capt. E. C. Edwards at the armory last evening, after a rapid assembly of his com- mand, Company A, 2d Battalion, The as- sembly was more of a success than was an- ticipated, the attendance being but a few points below 100 per cent. Captain Ed- wards at 6 o'clock last evening issued an order directing the members of the com- pany to report at the armory before S$ o'clock. This order was transmitted to a lieutenant, who in turn notified the first sergeant. The latter communicated with the corporals, and the latter with the mem- bers of their respective squads. The ma- jority of the men were at the armory be- fore 7:30 o'clock. By invitation Major O'Brien and staff of the 2d Battalion were on hand to inspect the company, after which Captain Edwards had guard mount and extended order drill. The turnout reflected nothing but credit on the organization, demonstrating its effi- ciency in several branches of military duty. Captain Edwards will make an inspection of the lockers of the company Tuesday rext. He has issued a circular containing instructions as to the care of property and the arrangement of the same in the lockers. Big Batch of Commissions. Commissions are daily expected at head- quarters for the following offic Maj. William Cramch MeIntyre, quarterma: gefieral; Maj. Michae) V. Tierney, chief of ordhance; Maj. Edwin H. Neumeyer, com- missary general; Maj. Charles H. Ourand, inspector general; €ol. Winthrop Alexan- der, 1st Regiment; First Lieut. Howard Beall, Company ist Battalion; Second Lieut. William Marshall, Company D, Ist Battalion; Capt. James E. Hosford, Com- pany B, 4th Battalion; Maj. Otto G. Simon- son, 5th Battalion; First Lieut. Richard D. Simms, adjutant, 5th Battalion; Maj. Gil- bert Thompson, 2d Separate Battalion (En- gineers); First Lieut. Frank L. Graham, adjutant, 2d Separate Battalion; First Lieut. Lewis G. Freeman, quartermaster, 2d Separate Battalion; First Lieut. George A. Drury, surgeon, 2d Separate Battalion; First Lieut. Glendie B. Young, inspector of rifle practice, 2 arate Battalion; Capt. John S. Tomlinson, Company A, 2d Sep- erate Battalion; Second Lieut. Andrew O. Hutter! Company A, 2d Separate Bat- talion; Capt. Frank W. Holt, Company B, 2d Separate Battalion, First Lieut. W. C| Stewart, Company B, 2d Separate Bat- talion; Capt. William Ef. Harvey, Company C, 2d Separate Battalion, and First Lieut. George V. Chandler, Company C, 2d Sepa- rate Battalion. Other News From Hendquarters. The brigade board of examination has re- ported favorably in the cases of Corporal T. J. R. Campbell, recently elected second lieutenant of Company D, 2d Separaze Bat- talion (Engineers), and Sergt. Duncan Dav- enport, chosen second lieutenant of Com- pany A, 5th Battalion. The resignations of Maj. John L. Smith- meyer, chief engineer, and Capt. Thomas D. Singleton, ald-de-camp, have been accepted The resignations cf Lieut. Col. Clifford S. Walton, Ist Regiment, and Maj. George A. Bartlett, 6th Battalion, bave been received at headquarters during the past few days. The following officers have been honor- ably discharged during the week; Maj. Frederick T. Wilson, 3d Battalion; Capt. Harrison S. Barbour, ist Separate Com- pany; Capt. William J. Simmons, 34 Sep- arate Company; First Lieut. Charles A. Knockey, 3d Separate Company, and Virst Lieut. Frank B. Gibson, inspector of rifle practice, 3d Battalion. On his own application, Private Sidney H. Davis, Company B, Ist Battalion, has heen discharged. Private Victor Nash, Com- pany B, 2d Separate Battalion, has been discharged because of removal from the District. Instructions for Sentinels. Col. Cecil Clay has ordered the 2d Regi- ment to assemble for parade and guard mounting, Tuesday next, at 8:15 p.m., in the drill hall in undress uniform. All of- ficers and men must be present, says Col. Clay, unless excused by proper authority. All the companies of the brigade, in view of the approaching camp, are, devoting considerable attention to guard duty. As an assistance to all concerned, Col. Mosher is about to have printed a circular giving instructions for sentinels, corrected to date, and other matter pertaining to guard duty in camp. This circular is expected to issue in time to place a copy in the hands of eyery member of the guard several days before leaving for camp. War Against the Festive Chigger. ‘The attendance at’the monthly meeting of the Ambulance Corps a few evenings ago was decidedly gratifying, and the re- ports presented demonstrated that the or- ganization is in decidedly healthy condi- ! tion. Private N. Vernon Walsh ts carry- ing the colors of the Ambulance Cycle Corps on his wheel over the mountains and through the valleys to Toledo, Ohio. On the return trip he will endeavor to break the record of seventy-two hours between Washington and Toledo. Knowledge of pharmacy being of particular advantage to members of the corps, Dr. W. N. John- son, jr., has arranged to deliver a course of lectures prior to going to camp, on poi- sons and their antidotes, insect bites and remedies and proper doses of the remedies contained in the hospital medicine chest. If Dr. Johnson will fix it so that members of the corps will be able to successfully cope with the usually aggressive and all- powerful chigger, the members of the Guard, so several of them say, will con- sider him a hero. Duties of Officers. Discussing the duties of National Guard officers, a writer in the New York Sun says: > “The grade of second leutenant is the lowest among commissioned officers, and mext above that comes the first leuten- same, and are not laid down specifically at AMUSEMENTS. j . THE GREAT... OGRAPE WILLARD WALL OWLY Next to the Last Week SEASOM WILL GLOSE HAV 30 More New Views Will Be Added Tomorrow. SUHDAY EVENINGS, 8:15 0XLY All entertainments Monday, May 17, for the benefit of the First Presbyterian Churc Daily, 2:30, 4:30 and 8:15 P.M. Sundays, 8:15. it first lieutenant is of higher rank, takes command of the company when the cap- tain is absent, and, other things being equal, is promoted capiain of the company wken a vacancy occurs. For the rest, the Meutenants perform such duties as the cap- tain may direct, except on drill and parade and on guard, when each first lieutenant has his place, each second lieutenant his. It may be remarked in passing that in battle formation the second lieutenant leads the attack ‘In each company, as he is of least value; and further, that an army officer of high rank said of the battle fo: maticn now taken by our army and Na- tional Guard, that the first two battalions of a regiment would be wiped out in. ac- tion, and the third might win through. “The captain, with the two lieutenanis, are line officers, because their position is in the line when the regiment is formed in what used to be called ‘line of battle,’ not in the field. “Irstead of only one company, a major has five companies to look after; and on the way he looks after them ’ depends whether the five companies are prou be in his battalion or are resigned. His terest in each company is less naturally than his interest in the battalion; still, he must know the trend of opfhion in each company, know why this one is losing men and that one seems to be stanc why the other seems to have Ic terest in shooting; he mustn't interfere too y, but he can help the line offic vastly by a suggestion here and a warning there and a reminder somewhere else. He has rot the full responsibility of the bat- talicn on his shoulders, because the regi- mental organization is behind him, and un- der the regulations a battalion which is part of a regiment is simply a tactical unit, rot a separaie and complete organiz+ ticn. The full responsibility falls on the commending officer, the colonel of the reg- iment. “But between the major and the colonel comes the lieutenant colonel, who.rides a waiting race. He has no particular plac in drill or at ceremonies, and no eS so long as the colonel is around. But, the colonel away, the lieutenant colo- nel takes comman In other words, he is a regimental vice president. Colonel Dowd, when in command of the 12th Reg ment, made Lieutenant Colonel Butt “ex- ecutive officer,” and so relieved himself of much work, though of no responsibility. The plan worked well, for Colonel Dowd could not give so much of his time as he knew was necessary, and Lieutenant Cclo- rel Butt could and did give all that was needed. “The most difficult place in the regiment is that of colonel, the highest in the organi- zation. Everything said about a captainc applies to th> colonelcy. As the colonel is so will the officers be; if he takes an active Interest in the regiment, the officers will do the same. Of course, both he and they ought to do so anyway; but if his interest is only perfunctory, theirs is likely to be the same. Or if theirs isn’t, they find their way made harder than it should be, for the men of a regiment are quick to learn what the “old man” does or does not, and if he takes no interest in his duties, the men fol low his example despite the best company officers, and all through the regiment there is a loss of esprit du corps and a feeling of “uphilliness’” about the ordinary work. Of course, the colonel isn’t expected to inter- sere continually in company matters, any more than the battalion commanders are, but he ts expected to know what goes on in each company, just as those officers are— or rather, if he does know it will be all the better for the regiment, and the better known his face is among the men the better it will be for the regiment. Most regiments have headquarters night every week: the h has one every month. Probably, how- ever, the commanding officer of the 7th 1s around the armory at least as often as the colonels of the other regiments.” Notes. Company D, 2d Separate Battalion, which is to devote itself hereafter to signal work, has been furnished with a complete supply of code cards and instructions for helio- graph signaling. The company has turned in its guns and will hereafter be armed with pistols. First Sergeant George A. Von Dauchan- hausen, late of the Ist Separate Company, has been appointed sergeant major of the brigade. Rehearsals of the newly organized bri- gade band are progressing — favorably, under the leadership of Lieut. D. B. Ma Leod, and it is expected that the music will be a prominent feature of the coming camp. The rifle range at Ordway will be open Saturday afternoons, until further notice, to members of the National Guard, from 2 o'clock to 5 o'clock, for voluntary prac- tice. The train leaves the Gth street depot at 1 p.m., and, returning, leaves Ord- way at 5:36 p.m, Second Lieut. William W. Company C, 2d Battalion, has declined commission ‘as first lieutenant, and has tendered his resignation as second lieuten- ant. Lieut. Mortimer was one of the char- ter members of the company, and has per- formed service of great vaiue, especially as chief of the second platoon in interstate drills. His resignation leaves the company without lieutenants. Mortimer, In order that issues of property required for camp may be properly made, the quar- termaster general has directed that all requisitions should be prepared and for- warded not later than May 31. Until June 5 issues and exchanges will be made at headquarters each day from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Capt. Harry Walsh, Company A, 4th Battalion, is in receipt’ of a communication from Capt. Ford of the famous Chicago Zouaves, announcing that the zouaves have returned to the Illinois National Guard and intend to cut pretty much of a figure in the interstate competitive drill to be held at San Antonio, Texas, in July next. First Lieut. Chas. L. Beatty, late of the ist Separate Company, has been tendered the captaincy of Company A, Ist Battalion. It is understood that Lieut. Beatty, should he accept the profier, would take with him to his new command twenty or_ thirty members of the disbanded troop. He has not, however, reached a conclusion. * The National Guard Athletic Association is making arrangements for its final in- door reception to mark the close of the season, which will occur in the near future. Prof. Fay Temple 1s pusily engaged in- structing bis pupils, in order that the show- ing may be as creditable as possible. a Nothing to Do With Vaccination. From the New York Times. = x All the anti-vaccinationists are leaping up and down in a frenzy of glee at the death in this city of two chiidren upon whcm the Jennerian operation had recently been perfcrmed. Membranous croup caused one of the fatalities, and the other resulted frem the malady known as purpura hem- orrhsgica. Neither illustrated the perils of vaccination any more than would have beer the case if a cable car had run over the httle unfortunates. It matters little what it is that you want -whether, a, situation or a servant—a “want” ad. in The Star will: reach the person who can your need. ~ AMUSEMENTS. AM USEMENTS. rae" MAY 16 OMORROW RIGHT, JOHN W. ALBAUGH. NIXON & ZIMMERMA’ Manager Directors SOUSA AND HIS BAND WILL GIVE THEIR LAST CON- GERT OF THE SEASON HERE, ASSISTED BY MISS ZORA GLADYS HORLOCKER, Contralto, FRAULEIN LDONTINE GAERTNER, ‘Cellist NOTE nsa will play his New March, STARS AND STRIPES FOREVER,” tomorrow night for the first tim it u AL’ SOUSA PRICES. EW NATIONAL THEATER ONE WEEK PEGINNING MONDAY, MAY 17 Saturday Matinee Only. ENGAGEMENT OF Julia Mar AND obert Taber. Monday OW “FOR BONNIE “Ee”) PRINCE CHARLIE’, play Lb of Francois Coppee. 3.1 ©. Clarke Pray “ROMOLA” ‘sue’ | “AS YOU LIKE IT” ~ MAY FESTIVAL THE Dg McK Afternoon MISS SABAG WILLARD HOWE’S DANCING SCHOOL. ARTISTIC AND UNIQUE TOE DANCING. BROOKLAND HALL, BROOKLA’ ate AY 21. ADMISS! RAND OPERA HOUSE. BUCKLER & BUTLER, Managers, WEEK COMMENCING MONDAY, MAY 17, In: uguration of the Summer Season, The Buckler and Butler Stock Company In the merry comedy. success, OUR BOYS, Together with Refired, High-class Vaudeville, in- cluding Chas. Mack, Miss Goldie and X-RAY BIXLEY, The Musical ‘Cramp, Prices—15, 25, 50 and my15-2t LL THIS WEEK MONDAY, woxpa’, MATINEES Fos SATURDAY, The Beautiful Military Comedy-Drama, THE CONF CDERATE SPY cu MBIA THEATER. Week Commencing MONDAY, MAY 17, Only Matinee Saturday. COLUMBIA STOCK GOMEDY COMPANY, Presenting for the First Time. A FIRST OFFENSE, A COMEDY BY PAUL WILSTACH. 50, T5e. evenings. , 50c. matinee. Seats now on sale. EW NATIONAL THEATER. Every Evening and Saturday Matinee. STUART ROBSON In His Latest Comedy Success, THE JUCKLINS. Extra! Next Week, SATURDAY MATINEE ONLY. JULIA MARLOWE AND ROBERT TABER. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday nights and Sat- urday matinee, “For Bounie P: Chacit ‘Thursday, “Romeo and Juliet. Friday, “Romola.” Saturday night, “As You Like It.”* Seats now on sale. GP4»D ovens nous. KERNAN & RIFE, Managers. Regular Matinees Wednesday and Saturday at 2. Week of [lay 10. LAST WEEK OF THE REGULAR SEASON. turn Engagement @f the Phenomenal and Unparalleled Success, BLACK PATTI’S TROUBADOURS, bo 1a Greatest Colored Show on Earth. Company. ‘weetest Singers, Cieverest Comedians and Dancers, POPULAR PRICES: myl4-14tt my13-34,3t jer Stock Company in “OUR * myi0-6t" MISS LILIAN PIKE WILL REPEAT, BY RE- guest. her Lecture on “The Constitution, the 3 the Flag and Patriotim,"” from her fa- ther’s’ writings, on MAY 15th.’ at 8 p.m, at Scottish Kite Sanctuary, 1007 G n.w. Tickets fo. first lecture not used will be good for this one. Adm Be apz4ém13,14,15 {NAN'S LYCEUM THEATER. ALL THIS WEEK. Matinees , Thursday and Saturday. 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