Evening Star Newspaper, June 5, 1897, Page 28

28 THINGS THEATRICAL A Few Amusements Still Remain for Washington People. THE “LITTLE TYCOON” NEXT WEEK ANéwPlay by the Columbia Stock Company. SOME INTERESTING GOSSIP A. S. Lipman, leading man of the Colum- bia stock, is becoming a crank on the sub- ject of hypnotism. The reason is found in the role he is to play next week in “His Little Dodge.” As Sir Hercules Mr. Lip- man is required to hypnotize his wife, im- personated by Miss Katherine Grey, and in order to perfect himself in the scene he took to studying up the matter. Having never seen Wilton Lackaye’s mystical manipulations of “Trilby"” Mr."Lipman was ebliged to go at the subject de novo, which he did by hunting up all the authorities he could find on the subject. He has haunt- ed the Congressional Library between dally rehearsals and evening performances, and as a result is as conversant with the theor- fes of Mesmer, Dr. Bernheim et al. as the average student of psychology. Moreover, his researches have bred in Mr. Lipman the idea that he himself is possessed of hyp- nctle power. The only chstacle in the way ot demonstrating his ability in this line is the lack of subjects. He has repeatedly tried to persuade Miss Grey to throw a little realism into the scene by indulging in @ genuine hypnotic trence, but she pro- fesses to be afraid that he could not wake her up in time to go on with the play. The Test of the company declare that Lipman lcoks like Charley Coote about the eyes, so when he tries to fix them with his basilisk stare ihey simply laugh, for the idea of Coote as Svengall is ludicrous. But Lip- man declares that some night during the Perfcrmance he will catch Miss Grey nap- ping and prove to her as well as the public that he is a hypnotist of rare powers. But few of the many friends of Mr. Maurice Abbe, the clever member of the Castle Squ: Company, are aware that < S talents other than in the comic Mr. Abbe is one ef the clever- ch artists. Between the acts at the Lafayette last week Mr. ‘Abbe hap- Pened to notice one of the pretty girls of the chorus sitting in a very graceful atti- tude on a plece of stage property. He hastily procured pencil and paper, and in less time than it takes to tell it he had sketched a remarkable lkeness of the young woman. She was not aware that she had been posing until Mr. Abbe handed her the result of his work. Of course she was delighted and showed the picture to all the other girls of the big chorus of the company, and then Mr. Abbe found that, in the language of the bowery, “he was up @gainst it." Every girl wanted her picture drawn, and Mr. Abbe was too gallant to refuse. The result is that between the acts at the Lafayette every night this week Mr. Abbe's dressing room has been crowded with handsome girls, some in tights and some in short skirts, all scrambling to be the next to have her picture drawn. mbdia Stock Com- pany 3 projected far into the fi ture; Mr. Henry Bergman, the active ent stage manager. al- werk at least three weeks 1. This means that while t bers of the company are this weel ying “A Superfluous Husband,” for instance, have by this time become letter per- in “His Little Dodge,” the play for next week. and alreacy have in hand their mem- parts fo. the succeeding week. In the meanwhile, Mr. Bergman is reading and dying out the . properties, stage iness and every little detail of the play fourth week ahead of date. How ges to keep these matters going, same time direct rehea jay a part every night, ne ries of the profession. Actors honor of adding the title to their name should con- with wild eye and orms his great act © or four things at once; pos- micht serve to dampen their am- in this particular line, but it would make them more tolerant of the ser. whom all feel bound to nd correct. Returning to the sub- which Mr. Hergman ang the gement have already lald Dodge” will be followed of the Paultons, au- then they will put on v of the Hollands, and still later * that Sol Smith Russell's ey” will be revived. For a son they will produce an Washington life, the cen- of which will be the cele- Hickman. All old Washing- remember this queer genlus sted to see him again. even if ‘assess them for 25. 50 or 7 . according to their proximity to the for the > mar, be like shingtonians to vival of Willard Spencer's next week, and its presentation by the Cas- reading an old letter to any tle Opera Com vy at the Lafayette will be a most delightful surprise to its ad- . for while © and lines will S$ 80 much that luced that the production will iy marked for originality. The affords abundant opportunities ficent scenic display, and this ts i . the settings new. Spencer for a long time entertained art ideals which differed radically from the mass cf operetta makers who were veking the bub- bie, fame. He believed that it was possibie ain the public with a form of > drama that should not offend taste He gave his ideas concrete ‘The Little Tycoon,” swhich has through the length and breadth of e land, a celebrity for endurance. Thou- gands who have not forgotten Violet, or iss Hur: ne, or General Knickerbocker, or Lord Dolphin, or Teddy, may drink in again Mr. Spencer's melodies. There is much scope in the opera for the ccmedians, and Raymond Hitchcock, as General Knickerbocker, will have full opportunity to delight and amuse the pa-rons of the Lafayette. Miss Grace Golden, as Violet, will not want for encores, especially when she sings “Love Comes Like a Summer Sigh.” hh Sheehan, alwiys popular here, main with the company next week, playing Alvin Barry. W. G. Stew- art will be Rufus Ready; Arthur Wooley, Reginald Reberts, Losd Dolphin; O'Brien, Teddy's double. Miss Etta Bartlett will doubtless make a hit as Miss Hurricane. The “rose” matinees at the Lafayette on Wednesdays are proving very popular, and will be continued. The usual Saturday matinee will be given. COLUMBIA THEATER.—Hypnotism asa dramatic theme has been pretty well work- ed out in such plays as “‘Trilby,” “Dr. Bel- graff’ and “Ar Innocent Sinner,” but it has remained for those clever French play- Georges Freydeau and Maurice juin to discover the farcical possi- bilities of the theme. “His Little Dodge,” which Justin Huntley McCarthy adapted with such success for the London Royalty Theater, may be aptly termed_a hypnotic comedy, and from its story Tt vugat to be the funniest of the French pieces im- prted in some time. Gf course the plot as to do with a flirtatious husband and his jealous wife; all French comedies do; but the clever authors have run in some new changes on this time-honored theme, while Mr. McCarthy, a bright Hterary man, as well as one thoroughly conversant with Stagecraft, has duly modified the piece so as to be acceptable to Anglo-Saxon audi- ences. At least this is the inevitable con- ch.sion to be drawn from its long and profitable run at the Royalty Theater. The story concerns one Sir Hercules Little (Mr. A. 8. Lipman), who has married a widow of a jealous disposition. Miss Katherine Grey will appear as the jealous Lady Mi- randa Lvttle. Sir Hercules is something of a hypnotist, and his little dodge is :o put her inco a hypnotic trance, deville Hobb (James-O. Barrows). Now, the Hon. Mr. Hobb has long been an admirer of Lit when Sir Hercules {o call'on the wife Of « neighbor, Mr. Pol laty Fetlow (Wm. Boag), e artful ed races t un! 10 ct ul Sdiranda. He tececds ff woking her from the hypnotic sleep, and is spepging 9 very Pleasant evening when Str Herd re- turns, followed by the irate Mr. Petlow. ly Miranda feigns sleep and learns from heir conve-sation that her husband has n nnduly rttentive to Mra. Petlow. She in her wrath and prepares to leave the a when Ste piascatee = his 'ypnotic power ani in puts her to sleep. n she gpakes ay finds her husband and Mr. Hobb engaged in a quiet game of Poker, and they try to convince her that there is no such person as Petiow, and thet she has been dreaming. But just then Petlow turns up again to complain that Sir Hercules has hypnotized Mrs. Petlow, who cannot be awakened. From this pcint on the complications are multiplied in a manner that makes the spectators doubt if they themselves have not been hypno- tized. Geoffrey Stein and Miss Carrie Berg complete the cast, and “One Touch of Na- ture” will be given as a curtain raiser. GRAND OPERA HOUSE.—The Grand Opera House is the coming home of the vaudeville stars. Managers Kernan & Rife have spared ro expense to give the Wash- ington theater goers a treat in engaging the very best vaudeville stars that can be secured for the coming week, with matinees on Wednesday and Saturday. They an- nounce the special engagement of Marion Manola Mason and John Masen in a sketch, “A Matter of Money,” which shows the ability for which these artists are known the world over. Montgomery Irving, San- dow's rival, will also be seen. It was he who challenged Sandow to see which one was actually the stronger of the two, he having been examined by Prof. Doremus of New York, who had examined both men and found Mr. Irving the best formed. An- other performer will be Sam J. Ryan, the Irish comedian, who made Denman Thomp- son’s play, ‘Paradise Alley,” one of the best money makers on the road last season. Master Witter Peabody, the wonderful boy soprano, who is the only one today who sings “The Palms” without a flaw in style and expression, is included in the bill. He sang it for two years at Trinity Church, New York, and was specially engaged to sing “Home, Sweet Home,” at Miss Anna Gould’s wedding. May Wentworth, the female Paderewsk!, who was engaged by Oscar Hammerstein in New York for one week and remained six weeks, so great was her act, is also to be seen .in the bill. Mile. Flora, “the tough girl on the wire,” performs an act which must be seen to be appreciated. Mr. and Mrs. Robyns, who have just closed with one of Frohman's stock companies, will appear in a new one- act travesty. The original Lumiere’s cine- matographe, which set the whole world agog, will be exhibited with a score of new views, the principal ones being the re- versible films, which are said to be de- cidedly novel as well as mirth provoking in character. KERNAN’S LYCEUM THEATER—Man- ager Kernan’s atttraction at the Lyceum next week will be Katie Rooney’s Big Bur- lesque and Extravaganza Company. This organization is comparatively new to the patrons of the Lyceum, the present season being the debut into vaudeville and bur- lesque of the charming little artist, Katie Rooney, who will be seen in several clever character imitations of her father, the late Pat Rooney. The entertainment presented is said to be exceedingly bright and novel, beginning with an elaborate burletta, en- titled ‘The Millionaire’s Reception,” which will se-ve to introduce the full strength of the company, including a score of very pretty girls, who will appear in costly cos- tumes. The action is quick, while the dia- logve is exceptionally witty, affording the comedians considerable scope for their fun. The olio which follows is made up of Katle Rooney, in songs and dances; Washington Mike Caokley, assisted by Miss Mabel Huested, America’s soft shoe dancers; Mat- tie Rooney end Pat Rooney, jr., the juve- nile comedy duo; Whitelaw and Stewart, dialect comedians; Miss Elsie Eastman, vocalist and danccr; Clarence Wilber, de- scriptive vocalist, and Miss Belle Parsohs, lady baritone. The concluding feature of the program will be a musical farce, en- titled "The Irishman’s Dream,” during the action of which will be introduced the Gay Girls From Paris, the Night Gown Gavotte, the Triple Trilbys and the Cripple Creek Bandits. There will be matinees Teesday, ‘Thursday and Saturday. One of the members of the vaudeville company playing at the Grand Opera House this week is a Washington boy, who, al- though in his first season, has already made a distinct hit in his specialty and bids fair to have an excellent career. This is Mr. Al. Stern, or, as he was known when he used to be in Lansburgh’s store, Aaron Stern. His imitations of prominent actors are faithful reproductions of voice, manner and peculiarities of the one imitated, and the truthfulness of the interpretation is at once recognized. “I made my first hit through an accident,” said Mr. Stern in telling how he happened to go on the stage, “but I at once secured an engagement and I have not been out of work since. This wasn't my first appearance,” he added, “for I had my first opportunity on a Su day night, and was too nervous to do my- self justice. However, a short time after that at a performance one of the people was sick and couldn't do his turn and I was put on, and this time I was all right.” THE GREAT WALLACE SHOWS.—The first advertising car of the great Wallace shows arrived from the west over the Bal- timore and Ohio railroad yesterday after- noon. This tented ‘enterprise, which ex- hibits in Washington June 23-24, is now classed among the largest of circus institu- tions. Tne advertising force of some two ore men will brighten up the city today with the usual startling circus paper,which is always so dear to the hearts of the young people, and some of the older ones. -—.—__ EXCURSIONS. Now that the regular summer season has commenced on the river, Marshall Hall will be the Mecca for many thousands of per- sers who take advantage of Sunday to es- cape from the heat and glare and noise of the city. The Macalester will make her regular trips tomorrow and will in all prob- ability carry down an immense crowd. Marshall Hall is a synonym for coolness, comfort and good order, and as such has always enjoyed and will enjoy the best and most liberal patronage. Prof. Schroeder’s excellent orchestra will be on hand to play for the excursionists in its usual spirited manner, while the dining room will be open and ready for all guests. A personally conducted special excursion will be made to Ocean City, Md., this af- ternoon. The train will leave the Balti- more and Ohio depot at 4:30 p.m., arriving at the Atlantic Hotel at . The round trip fare will include board at the hotel, and the return trip will be made at 8:05 Monday morning, arriving here at 1:40 p.m. Tickets may be secured from John F. Wag- geman, 700 l4th street. The number is limited to 100. A special excursion will be made to Co- lonial Beach on the steamer T. V. Arrow- smith Sunday morning at 9 o'clock. ‘The boat will arrive in Washington on the re- turn trip at 10 p.m. The excursion will be made enjoyable in the extreme. There will be music and all the amusements at Co- lenfal Beach, and meals and refreshments will be served on the boat and at the beach. The Arrowsmith is one of the old stand- bys of river excurstonists and should carry a jolly crowd when she starts tomorrow morning. The United Singers, the Arions and Saengerbunds will make an excursion to River View tomorrow and one of the most enjoyable days of the German series is expected. The steamer Pentz will leave at 10:45 a.m. and 2, 4, and 6 p.m. On the re- turn trip the boat will leave at 1, 3, 5, 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. There will be several features at River View tomorrow outside of the regular at- tracticns. There will be a chorus of 100 veices, made up of Arion and Saengerbund singers, and a number of selections-will be given during the course of the day. Be- sides this there will be bowling and shoot- ing contests for prizes, in which some of the best marksmen and bowlers of the city will try for honors. The chute, of course, will be in full operation, as well as the hundred znd one other ments that make River View so popular and enjoyable. The popular and swift steamer Jane Moseley will sail Sunday, June 13, from the Clyde pier for Colonial Beach, being the inaugural of a it 1 rervice to the ‘beach. “fhe Jane Moseles THE EVENING STAR. SATURDAY, JUNE 5, 1897-28 PAGES. —_————_—_ ROYAL ALIASES. Names Under Which the Queen and Others Go Abroad. From the London Spectator. _ President Faure’s recent interview with Queen Victoria at a French railroad station |} was a breach of the strict etiquette of royal incognitos, as the queen on her trav- els is the Countess of Balmoral, and can be recognized officially only by that title. French sticklers for etiquette are discuss- ing now whether the Queen of England is residing on French soil incognito or only half or quarter incognito, A similar break with tradition was made last year by King Leopold Il of Belgium while in Paris, in acknowledging the cheers of the crowd for the King of the Belgians and accepting dinner invitations, inasmuch as he had gone to Paris as the Count of Ravenstein and returned to Brussels under the same name. The Prince of Wales has never been in Paris; it is the Earl of Chester who is the hero of all the naughty adventures ascribed to Albert Edward. The aliases as- sumed by royalty when seeing life in the French metropolis were divudged recently by_Le Figaro. ‘The Empress Frederick, theugh to the government she is only the Countess Lin- gen, was recognized by the German and British embassies when in Paris in 1891. The Empress of Austria calls herself tbe Countess of Hohenembs; tke Empress Eugenie, Comtesse de Pierrepons, the me- diaeval strongho!d which she had restored. If you mect Countess Toledo in your tray- els you will know that she is Isabella Il, once Queen of Spain; the Duchess of Cas- tro is ex-Qneen Sophie of the two Sicilies; the Count of Barcellos is King Carlos of Portugal, and his wife, Queen Amelie, is the Marquesa de Villacosa; Prince Victor Bonaparte calls himself Count of Monca- liere; Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria, Count the Swedish crown prince, Count ex-King Milan of Servia und his son Fardly try any disguise. One cf the first monarchs to use an as- sumed name on his travels wes the Em- peror Joseph II, who appeared in Paris in 1777 as Count Falkenstcin; Pavl I of Rus- sia, while crown prince, visited the city under the style of Comte du Nord. Louis XVIII in exile called himself Comte de Lille; Charles X, after he was driven out, Comte de Morles, and Louis Philippe, Comte de Neuilly. The Duc de Bordeaux, name of Comte de Chamberd. Joseph Bo- naparte took the name of Count of Survil- “Henry V,” lived all his life under the liers when in America; Hortense Beaut:ar- nais, when no longer Queen of Holland, called herseif Duchesse de Saint Leu. In spite of their assumed names, persons who come in contact with these royal trav- elers are expected to treat them as though the incognito did not exist. In Switzerland alone has the disguise been taken seriously. The late King William JII of Holland was once treated like a private person at Ge- neva, end came near keing taken to the Folice station. One summer evening he undertook to promenade on a hotel piazza without any clothes on, and the subsequent legal proceedings were stopped only on his promising that he wouid leave Geneva at once. He never returned to the city. HIGHEST MILITARY PYRAMID. The Fourth Mlinots Regiment Beats the Record in Escalading. From the Chicago ‘Tribune. ‘ Corporal Leary, the limberest man at Fort Sheridan, took the chance of breaking his neck and tumbling the storming pyra- mid of forty-one soldiers in a bruised heap yesterday as he sprang upward from the shoulders of Private Miller, caught with three fingers of his left hand the top of the high wooden wall behind which lurked the eremy, hung for one perilous instant, and then gallantly pulled himself to the top, scized his rifle and sprang into the midst of the foe on the other side of the improvised perapet, in the Coliseum gallery. The human pyramid swayed, but held its sturdy place while gallant infantrymen swept up the stalwart shculders and over the thirty-une-foot wall to Corporal Leary’s support, while a platoon of twenty-five men kept the enemy away in front of the wall. It was at this point that the regular army officers, who were watching the \ray from the Coliseum gallery, led the applause, for Corporal Leary and his comrades had brok- en the world’s escalading record by three feet. As a partial reward for his daring feat, Corporal Leary will be recommended by Lieut. Yercival G. Lowe, in command of the camp, for promotion, When Corporal Leary climbed to the apex of the pyramid and stood on the shoulders of the men in the top row the tips of his fingers lacked five inches of reaching the top of the wall. The highest wall that ever was escaladed before was twenty-eight feet, and the men who climbed over that, in the military carnival at New York, broke the world’s record then. The wall at the Coliseum was thirty-one feet high, and it took just four minutes to scale it. Eighteen of the heaviest and strongest men in the regiment formed the base of the pyramid, gen mounted on their shoulders and leaned against the wall, six stood on the shoulders of the ten, four on the shoul- ders of the six, and three on the shoulders of the four. Corporal Leary scrambled up this escalading pyramid of blue and stood on the shoulders of the top three, braced against the wall. When he stretched out his arms and found his fingers would not reach the edge of the wall he crouched, and then, as the human mountain swayed dizzily beneath his feet, with the mighty and yet delicate effort of the trained athlete, he sprang bodi- ly five inches upward at the edge of the barrier. He tried to grasp the top of the parapet with both hands, but only three firgers of his left went high enough. The pyramid under him was still swaying. He held to the hazardous edge by the three fin- gers for an instant, and then, with a heave and a twist, pulling his whole body up, caught the wall with the other hand. An instant after he was on the enemy's side of the barricade. ——__+e+_____ A Gold Mine Dedicated to the Lora. From the Chicago Tribune. A mine dedicated to the Lord! Such was the novel exercise a few days ago in one of the principal mining camps of Colorado, when the prospective returns from a pro- ducing mining property were formally of- fered to the Lord to aid in charitable and other works of philanthropy, but more es- pecially to the aid and education of or- phans. The mine is the Bon Ton, a gold- producing property, located in Russell Gulch, in Gilpin county, and has been leased by the Rev. J. H. Weber of Preston, Ohio, and Mr. C. W. Elmer of Monroe, Mich. Mr. Weber is an evangelist, who has traveled extensively in this country and abroad, and has created a stir and sensa- tion in religious circles wherever he has labored. : The ceremony was witnessed by a large concourse of people, including many prom- inent mining men of the region. It was held at the shaft house of the mine, on the hillside and under the blue canopy of heaven. Most of the ministers of the Gos- Pel in the vicinity were present, and the ex: ereises consisted mainly of prayers, singing and addresses. The Rev. Mr. Weber him- self stated that his work as an evangelist had enabled him to extend educational ad- vantages to many worthy young men, es- pecially orphans, and he invested his Money in this mining venture with the hope that it would yield good returns,which would be turned into a good and worthy cause, and he believed that in Medicating the property in the name of the Lord he was simply carrying out the Master's will. The mine has been worked for some time, but more especially in the line of develop- ment rather than production. The lessees have already built a shaft house, put in machinery, and have several shifts of men at work. The new and novel proceeding has attracted widespread interest among the mining men of the state, and the pro- gress made will be carefully noted. The district is one of the richest in the county, while the county is by far the richest spot for its size in this country. It is only twelve by fifteen miles in area, yet it has produced in the last thirty years upward of sixty-five millions of Ptecious metal, principally gold, and has never enjoyed Boum oc eaters’ depression. ieveg a * FOR SUMMERs. TOURISTS Where the Heated Sierasdifay Be Pasmed in Coston Some Pointers fo Those Who Have Not Yet Determiued Where to Spend Their Qucation. ‘The hot wave that:has been making the People of Washingtom.perspire for the past two days has brought gp the thoughts of seaside and mountain wesorts and where one shall go to spend«the vacation that comes with the summer, Below are given some suggestions where: it would be de- sirable to send one’s family and to go one’s self to get that invigorating air so essen- tial for health, either at the seashore or in the country. There is a wide range for selection, from the modest boarding house, where all the comforts of home may be secured, to the most fashionable hotel, where the appointments are of the most elaborate description. Righty yards from the beach at Atlantic City should be near enough to suit alniost any one. ‘This is the situation of the Hotel Richmond on Kentucky avenue, and be- sides its beautiful surroundings it has all that could be desired in the way of ap- pointments, equipment, cuisine and_serv- ice. It is supplied with steam heat, elec- tric elevator, sun parlor and other attract- ive features that will recommend them- selves to any one looking for a desirable stcpping place at this resort. J. D. Pease is the proprietor and will furnish informa- ticn upon application. All who desire a delightful view of both beach and ccean at Atlantic City this sum- mer would do well to write to D. S. White, jr., proprietor of the Hotel Traymore, at cnce, It overlooks the most delightful sec- tion of this famous beach and is, besides, a model house in every particular. It has seasonable comforts end amusements and iz cpen all the year. Its service and cuisine are unsurpassed. Alfred Wyman, late proprictor of the Grend Atlantic Hotel, will furnish, upon application, all necessary information about the new modern home at Atlantic City, the Scarborough. It is situated on Maryland avenue fronting on the beach, and is sup- plied with every comfort and convenience. The cuisine is first-class and all the ap- pointments are in every way in keeping with the new character of the house. Hotel Kenderton, a stopping place where rates are especially reasonable, is situzted at the ocean end of Tennessee avenue, and, of course, enjoys a beautiful view of the water. Its appointments are first-class and all comforts will be found here by those desiring a homelike stopping place while at Atlantic City. Mrs. J. F. Neale of Tioga is the proprietress. The Hotel Dennis, at Atlantic City, is sit- uated directly on the ocean front. It is open all the year round, and is equipped with every modern appointment and con- venience. Joseph H. Borton is the pro- prietor, and will furnish al] information relative to the house that is desired. Kenilworth Inn is well known to all who are in the habit of visiting Atlantic City. This season it has been thoroughly reno- vated, newly furnished and under new management in the person of Mr. T. K. Gould, will be fully as attractive as a stop- ping place as it has been in the past. J. C. Copeland, preprietor of the, Edison, at Atlantic City, will give special spring rates at his house. The Edison is situated on Michigxn avenue, has all modern con- veniences, including. elevator, steam heat, etc., and is an attractive home. Informa- tion will be furnished upon application. The Cordova, formerly the Berkshire Inn, at Atlantic City, will be remembered by many as a delightful stopping place. It is located on New York avenue near the beach, and has every feature that goes to make hotel life enjoyable. M. A. Hoeck- ley, the proprietor, will give information upon application. The Hotel Stickney; on Kentucky avenue, 100 fcet-from the oeean, enjoys a most Ae-~ Ughtful situation. Its terms for both tran- sient and regular boarders are reasonable, and information on this subject may be ob- tained upen application to the proprietor, Mr. L. V. Stickney. An illustrated booklet’ will be sent to all who write te Mr. James. Hood, proprietor of the Pennhurst. The Pennhurst ts iocat- ed at the ocean end of Michigan avenue, at Atlantic City, and has all the modern im- provements and conveniences that are nec- essary to make an #=joyable stopping place. It has an electric elevator and steam heat, and the service is of the best quality. The Little Brighton Hotel and Restaa- rant is tituated at South Carolina’ avenue and the beach, at Atlantic City, and a most beautiful ocean view is obtained from it. It has all the home comforts, and is in every way a first-class stopping place. Its terms are reasonable and will 'e fur- nished on application to 8S, A. Schweitsfort, the prcprietor, formerly on boardwalk, The Little Brighton is a most desirable place, and those contemplating a trip to Atlantic City could not do better than write for in- formation concerning it. The Avoca Hotel is open all the year around and affords a delightful stopping place for both transients and regular board- ers. It is located on Kentucky avenue, near the beach, at Atlentie City, and has all the improvements that go to maRe a hotel comfortable and attractive. M. and J. Carr are the proprietors. The Hotel Ponce de Leon has been en- larged for this season and is now thorough- ly equipped and ready for patronage. It is at the ocean end of Virginia avenue at Atlantic City, and has for its special fea- ture a beautiful sun parlor. It is hand- somely appointed and makes an attractive summer residence, having a -beautiful view of the beach and ocean. S. E. Sweeney is the proprietor and will furnish rates on application. One of the most attractive family hotels at Atlantic City is the Hotel Atglen, situ- ated on Michigan avenue near the beach. Its terms are reasonable for regular board- ers as well as for trarsients, and all its appointments are first-class and modern. It ie supplied with steam heat, comfortable rooms, which contain even more comfort- able beds, and is in every way a model family stopping place. J. E. Reed, the proprietor, will furnish a booklet upon ap- Plication, giving all information. The Elberon, corner of Tennessee and Pacific avenues, Atlantic City, one of the best known houses at that popular resort, will be conducted this season by Messrs. Miller & Leedy in a way that will make it one of the most attractive stopping places. Their terms are $1.50 to §2 a day, $7 to $12 a week. Send for a booklet. An entirely new Atlantic City hotel is the Hotel Champlaine,-run by Dempsey Broth- ers, and situated on Kentucky avenue near the beach. The cuisine is of the highest order, and the hou@e #8 supplied with an elevator, hot and Gold baths, and every eee convenience. Iti has’ a capacity of An ideal spot to spend. the.summer is Riverton, Va., and the Kenner House, J. ‘W. Kenner, proprietor, with its cool rooms, porches and shade, and‘pure’ mountain wa- ter, offers every inducement to those wish- ing to avoid the heat and discomfort of the city. There is splendid black bass fishing near by, boats being supplied free to guests. | * Green’s Mountain House, Harper’s Ferry, W. Va., is now opens It is located on Fruit Hill Farm, in the Blue Ridge, just twenty pinutes’ drive fromthe depot, and is sup- Plied with medicinal: waters. Terms: $5, $6 and $7 a week, and $1 and $1.50 a day. Send for circular. A cottage by the sea is the thing. Thcse who enjoy having home comforts and inde- pendence want a cottage all to themselves. A cozy furnished cot! by the surf at Ballston Beach, Truro, Mass., is offered for a low rent. A photo. of the cottage may be seen at 1212 K street. 5 Passaconaway Inn has. opened for the season, This attractive summer resort at ¥ouk Cliffs, Me., is under the management of Robert: Murray, whose New York office is Spat ia ‘ ed, with elevators, electric lights and ealt water baths. . The Grindstcne Inn, at Winter Harbor, Me., is the place to go for comfort and coolness in summer. It is but about twenty minutes’ sail from Bar Harbor, and is cne of the most thoroughly equi; Tesorts on the coast. Provisions are made i, those who enjoy outdoor exercise, and amiuse- rents are provided to suit a variety of dis- positions. There are horses and bicycles; music and dancing; bowling alley, billiards, club house, casino and facilities for fishing. C. B. Cleveland, 729 Tremont Temple, Bes- ton, Mass., is manager. ‘When hot weather begins in earnest, the cool shores of Maine will call to you. The Reckledge, at Popham Beach, Me., is a re- sort where particular attention is paid to service and cuisine. The air is good, and there is fine bathing and sailing. The ho- tel is managed by Chas. P. Costello. La Fontaine at the ocean end of Ken- tucky avenue, Atlantic City, New Jer- sey, has all the modern improve- ments and conveniences that are to be found in the finest of hotels. Its sun par- lors are well adapted for invalids or those who like this form of health-taking recre- ation; it is steam heated and has all the little comforts that are so enjoyable. Spe- cial spring rates will be furnished on appli- cation to Edward C. Clark, proprietor. One of the mogt attractive and beauti- fully appointed hotels at Atlantic City is the Hotel Windsor, the chief hotel of the “Florida of the north.” It is one of the most modern hotels on the Atlantic coast and is run on both American and European plans. It has attached to it a Turkish room, a marine room, a ship’s room, sun balconies and other handsomely appointed apartments. French service will be found in the cafe, while a Russian orchestra will add to the enjoyment of a stay here. The hotel is eighty feet from the ocean and has beautiful surroundings. The proprietor,Mr. G. Jason Waters, will furnish all informa- tion upon application. Those contemplating a visit to Atlantic City at any time in the season, whether early or late, would do well to write at once to the Hotel St. Charles, James B. Reilly, proprietor, for a booklet of informa- tion. The hotel is situated directly on the beach, is handsomely appointed and is in every way a most desirable stopping place. Salt and fresh water will be found in the baths and every comfort and convenience is provided for those who stop at this well-known house. The Evard on Kentucky avenue, At- lantic City, one hundred and €fty feet from the beach, has a most desirable loca- tion and in that gains its special advan- tages as a summer resort hotel. It is heat- ed by hot water and the service to be found there is in every sense first-class. Special weekly rates are given on application to the proprietor, J. Ruffentait. ——— EDUCATING THE “NEGATIVE” EAR. Training of Children With This Af- fiction. From the Chicago Tribune. ‘he education of the “negative” ear is to be made a specialty in Chicago. For some time there has been a schcol conduct- ed in the city where children afflicted with this strange trouble received training, but though much attention was paid to the “negative” ear there were numerous other branches of instruction carried on—devel- oping imperfect speech and the like—and the work was divided. Now, however, Mrs. Loursbury, the discoverer of the “negative” ear, has decided to devote her efforts to that especially. The discovery of the nature of the “nega- tive” ear is a comparatively recent one, and was made by Mrs. Lounsbury through one of her pupils in a deaf mute asylum. For ten years Mrs. Lounsbury had been training the inmates of the asylum in ar- ticulation without the least suspicion that any of them were other than they seem, until it was suddenly made clear to fer that one, at least, of her pupils could hear, though without appreciating the different shades of tone. That sound was at all per- ceptible disproved the supposition that the pupil was a deaf mute. Mrs. Lounsbury investigated the case and discovered the “negative” ear, which she calls a sort of “color blindness of the ear,” a lack of the appreciation of sounds, though the sounds are heard. The sense of~appreciation of the different shades of tone is often so utterly lacking in a child that, instead of learmirg to speak as other children do, it constructs from the imperfectly heard sounds a ‘anguage of its own, so wholly unintelligible to any one else that it resem. bles the gibberings of idiots. Indeed, many cases have been found where children have been sent to an idiot asylum on no stronger evidence than this. Still more often they never learn to make any sounds at all, and are turned over to the institutions for deaf mutes. To educate such children as deaf mutes deprives them of nearly all power to achieve success in life; to treat them as feeble-minded is even worse. But until withir a few years their case was not understood. In a California institution for deaf mutes Mrs. Lo.nsbury discovered nine children possessed of the “negative” ear. They could hear as well as any one, hear even a whisper, but they were utterly unable to discern shades of tone, and so could not understand language. In an eastern schoo! she once found a young woman who had spent almcst her whole life in the insti- tution, had learned the’ sign language and lip-reading, ard yet could hear perfectly. Had this fact been discovered early in life, six months’ or a year’s training would have fitted her to enter the public schools and obtain an education with other children. But she had never made a sound, and her parents thought her deaf and mute. Among the pupils afflicted in this way now receiving instruction in speech there are two particularly interesting cases. One is that of a small boy of twelve years, whose parents thought him an idiot and whose language is so twisted and filled with substitutions of incorrect sounds that no one who has not made a study of his at- tempts can understand what he says. Yet he is bright, active and talkative, and thinks he can talk—a common delusion among persons so troubled. He has been studying now only two weeks, but already his speech is becoming better, and one or two words spoken in every sentence are clearly spoken. The other is that of a young man, who had grown to manhood speaking a Janguage wholly unintelligible to others, but without finding out what was the matter with him. In a month he has learned to talk fairly well, and in a few months more will be in a position to enter upon active businezs life. The method of curing the “negative” ear is no less strange than the trouble itself. It is, of course, impossible to teach the child through words spoken by others, or it would have learned in the natural man- ner. Instead, the prccess is reversed. The child is taught to speak correctly by in- structing it in the positions of the mouth and tongue, and the words spoken are made to teach the ear. The child’s own tongue cultivates its ear. No other tongue can do it. There is as yet no public institution any- where for the treatment of this strange disorder, but those interested in the sav- ing of such children from the idiot and deaf mute asylums hope for an appropria- tion to establish a school in Hlinois for the treatment of those whose parents are too poor to obtain help in any cther way. The need of such a school is proved,Mrs, Louns- bury thinks, by the fact that she has re- ceived an everage of fifty letters from each state in the Union, written by parents of children possessed of “negative” ears, but too poor to send them to a private schcol for treatment +o+—___ A Lesson of Self-Control. From the London Telegraph. An eminent Scotch divine was in his youth regarded by the villagers where he was brought up as a “gay, wild lad.” One day he jumped into an old woman’s garden and commenced to pluck the berries off the bushes. The old woman gave chase, where- upon ho leaped the dyke, and was soon scudding up the road, the old woman yell- ing after him: “Ye lang-legged deevil! I'l sort ye for this yet.” ae ater be sock ened degree of LL. D., |, preac! in native village, he ob- served the old lady in the congregation. At the close of the service he sent the beadle to say he desired to speak to her. After some talk she inquired the meaning of the “LL. D.” after his name. E AMUSEMENTS, . Cc OLUYBIA THEATER. EVENINGS Saturday Matinee only, at 2:15. Prices "3255.2." Prices COLUMBIA STOCK GO. ‘Will Present for the Last Time Tonight, A Superfluous Husband. : NEXT WEEK, First Time in America of His Little Dodge. ONE T AT 8:20. OUCH OF NATURE, A Story of the Heart. GRAND OPERA HOUSE. KERNAN & RIFE, Managers. HIGH-CLASS VAUDEVILLE SEASON EXTEND! Matinees Wednesday and Saturday, 2 p.m. COMMENCING MONDAY, JUNE 7, First Appearance bere of the Famcus Stars in Vaudeville, 2 MARION PANOLA MASON aiid Mr. JOHN- MASON IN THEIR NEW SKETCH, ENTITLED “A MATTER OF MONEY.” Mr. Montgomery Irving ‘The Peer of Sandow—the Emperor of Strong Men. Mr. Sam. J. Ryan The Great Irish Cqmedian. - Master Witter Peabody The Phgnomenal Boy Soprano. May Wentworth The Artistic Comic Female PADEREWSKI!!! Mile. Flora As “THE TOUGH GIRL ON THE WIRE,” The Latest Furore at Koster & Bial's, New York. Mr. & Mrs. Wm. Robyns The Renowned Sketch Artists. And the Greatest of all Picture Devices, LUMIERE’S CINEMATOGRAPHE Showing Living and Moving Pictures—all new, Popular Prices—15, 25, 50 and 7% Private Boxes, $1.00. It Matinees—15, 25 and 50c. Box Seats, $1.00. BASE BALL TODAY. CLEVELAND - WASHINGTON. Game Called at 4:30 p. m. ADMISSION..... 2% AND 50 CENTS Next-= fee Cleveland, June 7 and 8. = St. Louis, June 9, 10 and 11. je5-tf Hydrocyclesi! HAVE YOU SEEN THEM? HAVE YOU TRIED THEM? If you have, you are glad to know that you can try them again at CHEVY CHASE LAKE. If you have not, you don’t know what you have missed. Donch'’s Band and darcing every evening on the pavilion. my22-3m,20 JKE®*4N'S LYCEUM THEATER. ALL THIS WEEK. Matinees Tues: Thursday and Saturday. 10 W._ISHAM’S nN g OsTORDO Introducing the Bronze Melba, MME. FLOWER, The Greatest Sinzer of Her Kace, assisted by FRED, J. PIPE! : my31-6t Lafayette| 7th Week PRICES: Evenings at 8. 25e.. Matinee at 2. .. Be. Boxes, Eve., $4.50, $3.75. Mats., $3, $2.50. CASTLE SQUARE OPERA CO. CHAS. M. SOUTHWELL, Manager, In Planquette’s Tuneful Opera. PAUL JONES. Bicycles checked free. NEXT WEEK— THE LITTLE TYCOON. je2 O1 Seats now on sale. FOURTH GRAND CONCERT OF THE FAMOUS MOODY CHOIR Percy S. Faster, Director. CENTRAL HALL, R. STH AND PA. AY after Reserved “A YMA raday, June 3. OWING TO THE UNPRECEDENTED SUCCESS OF “CARUANA” he has decided io remain in this city the next two months. ‘hose preparing for the stage and wishing specialties or coaching, ad- dress “CARUANA," 32 Grunt place. Circulars and particulars for the asking, my2S-4w,6 COLUMBIA AGA Be ita craze. the sights of Washington. Cycling tanght Competent Gharges simall. ” atusie: 224 and P irges le eve > wd. HART BIIETAIN. Sgr. ‘Take F street cara Tihs St ____ EXCURSIONS, ETC. ‘Ericsson Line Excursions” BY WATER FROM BALTIMORE. - To Philadelphia “(daylight trips), M Wednesdays and Fridays, a¢'7:80 ate To Philadelphia and return (ten days) 4 What It Is. From the Chicago Times-Herald, “Jt seems terrible,” he said. “What does?” she asked. Songstress — surnamed the cts. Seats in EXCURSIONS, ETC. ANNUAL EXCURSION WATIOWAL RIFLES: To : MARSHALL HALL, THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 17. Steamer “Charles Macalester” will leave at 6:30 Tickets for eale by members of the corps and at 36-5t | DON'T FORGET THE DATE. SPEND SUNDAY ON THE GREEN LAWNS OF Marshall Hall. mer “MACALESTER™ leaves 7ti - wharf at 11 a.m., ‘and 6:30 pom. Re: turning, leaves Marshall Hall at 30 8. 30 p.m. On days steamer leaves at 10 a.m., 2:30 and 6:20 p. Steamer “RIVER QUEEN @ay at 3 Hall at 8 Music by Prof. Schroeder’s Band. leaves on Sun- “4 Returning, leaves Marshall Fare (Round Trip), 25c. MEALS A LA CARTE at the Excellent — — Restaurant. Ladies are especially tavited ca - — these excursions. Marshall thas no —! — competitor for beauty, cleanliness and ‘good GRAND EXCURSION | UNITED SINGERS, (ARIONS AND SAENGERBUNDS) To River View, SUNDAY, 3U e Grand Chorus by choir of 100 trained voices, Bowling and Shooting contests. River View Or chestra in concert, etc. Take Steamer Pentz at 19:45, 2, p.m. Returning, leave River View at 1, 8, 5, 7-36 and 9:30 p.m. Jeb SERS ETB on neon nee on nnn BS CENTS. ° NO DUST. NO DIRT. “QUICKEST AND SAFEST ROUTE” MOUNT VERNON. Steamer [lacalester Daily (except Sunday), At 10 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.; returning, reach the city at 2 and 6 p.m. FARE, OUND TRIP, 50 CENTS. Admission to grounds, 25 cents. EI EGANT CAPEION THE STEAMER, Tickets, with Mount Vernon admission c sale at wharf and at hotels. — my24-21d L. L. BLAKE, Captain. SIECIAL EXCURSION wR COLONIAL BEACH D. JUNE 6. Steamer T. V Arrowsmith, from Tth st. (f¢ wharf at 9 a.m.; home at 10 p.m. Fare, rout trip, 50 cents. Meals and refreshments served on steamer. C. W. BIDLEY, Gen. Manager. Notice.—The steamer “Jane Moseley” will come mence June 13. H3-3t BAY RIDGE, OPENS JUNE 5. The Only Salt Water Bathing Resort IN THE VICINITY OF WASHINGTON. Excellent Restaurant. Hfficient train service. Low. rates. Trains leave B. and 0. station, week deys, 9:15 a.m., 4:30 p.m; Sundays, 9:35 a.m., 1:30 and 8:15 p.m. ROUND-TRIP TICKETS. --.50 CENTS For the 4:30 p.m. train 75 cents will be charged, and 25 cents refunded upon return of coupon to Agent at Washinzton station, jel-bt THE BEST RCUTE TO ARLINGTON, FORT MYER Ballston, Fostoria and Falls Church. ELECTRIC CARS FROM AQUEDUCT BRIDGE. mh22-3m NEW STEAMER BARTHOLDI FOR CHARTER, day or evening: fast and cory, Rowioats for Lire. JNO. CUMBERLAND & SOX, Foot_of FP st. nw. yS.1m Queen of Summer Trips. Boston by Sea. Providence by Sea. MERCHANTS’ AND MINERS’ TRANS. CO. Steamer BALTIMORE to Boston ev SES. DAY, THURSDAY and Sl 4 pm Steamer BALTIMORE to Providence every MON- DAY, WEDNESDAY and FRIDAY at 4 p.m. For tcur books and further information address INGHAM, Agent, Baltimore, Md. H. R, HOWSER, 619 Penna. ‘ave. Wash. D. H. P. MERRILL, New York ave. and 15th st, Wesh. D.C. Z. ©. WHITKEY, wie Manager. Jel 3m Qgu« AND FREQUENT ELECTRIC TRAIN SERVICE. Mount Vernon, ‘Arlington and Alexandria. Station, Pennsylvania avenue and 13% street. For schedule see I. R. column, this paper. my2i-t FOR CHARTER TO PLEASURE PARTIPS—SAIL- ing schooner Humming Bird. and 1 dates apply to H. E. NICHOLS, 338 In- jana ave. nw. apl3-3m Norfolk & Vashington Steamboat Co. = pereae, Seema hoon ook Oa pear oo Ao Sy Southbound. es yee oe 4 Ly. Ly. ar. Ar. Norfolk Ar. Portsmout! p.m.| Ly. pam.) Lv. Nov to, Chamberlin's. new. hotels BH: .* and Virginia Beach will @a@ this the most attractive ‘wute, a com fortable night's rest. ‘La and luxurious rooms heated by steam and "Bited throughout with electric lights, Dining room service Is # In carte, and is sup: Med from the best that the markets of Merete on male at US office, 817 k, is on a . Pevorsivanin avenue: S18, 610, 1421 Penuayl- vanw avenue; B. and @.’ ticket ofice, commer IBth street ‘- and New York avenue, and timo table, PET —FEOM. WASHINGTON TO NEW YORK. A short and delightful trip, in ocean-going steam. vilege Ships of the latest model, with ‘ot'a pleasant stop-over St famous stop-over ai OLD POINT COMFORT. In connection with the steamers of the NORFOLK & WASHINGTON STEAMBOAT COMPANY, service between Wasbington in coanectioa with the OLD DOMINION LINE.