Evening Star Newspaper, June 19, 1897, Page 24

24 OPERA AND COMEDY The Castle Square Company in a Double Bill Next Week. PINAFORE-CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA —— A New Comedy Called “Jack Rob- inson” at the Columbia. a THEATRICAL CHAT ing additions to the Colum- Two intere Ria Stock Company are Messrs. William Ingersoll 1 ©. Thayre, who will make their first ap © with the pop- ular local players’ corps in “Jack Robin- son” next Menday night. Mr. Ingersoll will take the place of A. S. Lipman, who goes to New York to prepare for his next sea- £0 starring tour In Coyne Fletcher's ‘2 of Washington and weste under the man: Lewis Morrison. Mr. Thayre will re Alfred Hickman, who is going abroad this mmer. Of the two new recruits Mr. In- prepably th» better known to Washington theatergoers through his loug z#:sociation with Nat C. Goodwim, although Mr. Thayre has appeared here every sea- son during his eight years of stage life. is a Bostonian, and started out with and Hart, pi part for s and understudying both § ppeared here with Rice's World Company in ter wit He is he Indian, Fair ‘Wm. Hoey in best rememb« however, for his imper- of on de Champignol, the cratic conscript in s at the Columbia ia an especial hit with his Red-n: He has & and up to date has ith singing parts in farce Mr. Thayre reseim- 1c. younger days, = facil bordering on the burlesque has led to frequent comparisons between his work and that of Henry Dixey, when he was in his prime. a Bestonian—by nd is also pessessed of a good In fact, what led him to the hub as the to culti- end he chorus at the ad soon he becar E mour. Mr. Inger- soll began at the nd worke being not tov provi ert of these sterli ng part was in Captain in the four h e had to sh» i and se loudly did he his enthusiasm aout that next morang he fcund he had lest his voice. Accor he retired for hi pearance four Jater as a member of Margaret Ss company. was for one year, then jcined “She: where he first met James O. Bar- rews, who was playing the Irish Sergeant. For ‘three Mr. Ingersoll played th Marie Wainwright, ook part in the production of rat Fourteenth Theater, New York. The play never got out of Gotham, and afier an idle sea- Mr. Ingersoll’ joined Nat. Goodwin, with whom he has been ever since. He Played Squire Chivy in “David Garrick,” jack Absolute in “Phe Rivais” and Peter Barbury in “An American Citizen.” Next season he will nave the rcie of the ab- scending partner: Brown, but he will be remembered principally for his charming creation of the deaf but flirtatious Bar- bury. Mr. Ingersoll also ran a peny of his own at Sali Lake Ci had a wide ock com- ind has experience in repertoire work. The Columbia Stock Company ts com almost entirely of bicycle crank: y day during rehearsals fully a dozen stabled in the lobby of the Co- and at every spare moment the Ss are either spinning over the asphalt wheel stories and bragging about bikes. The ladies are equaily the men, and the latest he company, Miss Ferrell and oll and Thayre, are riders. are especially adapted to scene In “Jack Robinson,” all the eharacters except one appear im wheeling costume. This character, that of a me me old maid, accordingiy fell Evelynne, not because of her daptability to the role, for she nything but old maidish, but because - is the only one who does not ride a «i. She would Itke to well enough, but she dares not attempt it. Some years ago, when she was playing in California, she Was cast for the role of an unfortunate iden whom the villain hurled over a ff. One night the villain loaded himself with spirituous enthusiasm, and per- fcrmed his hurling act only too well, for Mi velynne had a fearful fall and sus- spinal injuries which laid u months. She has entirely re- evered since, but natural timidity as much as arything keeps her from indulging in athletic exercis Hence she will be the lady member of the company not in bicycle brigade during the second act Jack Ro Ea Miss Gertrude Rutledge of the Castle Square Opera Company. who has made a hit as the Dechess of Plaza-Toro in “The Gondoliers” at the Lafayette this week, is @ young woman to be depended on in’ an emergency. Last summer while playing at Manhattan Beach in Rice's “Evangeline” Miss Rutledge decided that as it was a very hot day and she did not have to make arance on the stage until lat - play she would indulge in the luxury of a dip in the surf during the first part of the matinee. While she was e! Joying the cooling effect of her swim she sude heard the ery, “Rutledge On the shore ‘gesticulating vio- Mr. Rice. Of course, the sing- was met with this frantic appeal: jeavens, the curtain is ready to go d there's no Gabriel. You're the only © attempt the part. Hurry, hurry.” ka rg gown from an attend- ccompanied by Mr. Rice, Miss made a bee line for the theater ad run, and fifteen minutes later on stage. She played tne rt in excellent manner, and for the rest the season was called the female Fre- ledge & the other members of the company. W. Provert Carleton and W. G. Stewart of . yuare Opera Company are both ers of athletics. In fact, they are ex: ced and powerful athletes, and thereby hangs a tale. After the verform- ance of “The Gondoliers” at the Lafayette Thursday night the two actors repaired to their hotel and sat talking in the lobby. The subject naturally turned to athletics, @ hobby of each of them. Stewart claimed at there was a muscle nearly beneath the shoulder of a man which !f struck even @ lxht blow would render the arm power- less, and Carleton maintained that a skil!- ful boxer could protect himself in such a Way as to prevent that muscle being struck. The result of the argument was that the two went to Stewart's room, and, divesting themselves bf coat and vest and collar and necktie, they started in for a lit- tle exercise in the way of boxing. For two hours they pounded at each other's shoul- ger blades. Neither succeeded, however, in striking the muscle referred to, but the next day their arms and shoulders were Diack and blue from the exercise, and each declares that hereafter they will go home to bed when the performance is over instead of getting into arguments about boxing. William Wolff, the popular and clever comedian and general director of the Cas- tle Square Opera Company, 1s receiving the congratulations of his many friends. He was married in Philadelphia last Tues- @ay evening to Miss Anna Fording, who for a number of years was a member of Rhea’s company. The bride and groom are now on their honeymoon trip, but Mr. Wolff will return here to play “Dick Dead- eye” in “Pinafore,” and Alfio, the village teamster, in “Cavalleria Rusticana™ at the Lafayette next week. Mr. Robert Grau, the director of the high-class vaudeville. which closes its sea- gon at the Grand tonight, has given Wash- fmgton the best in that line which could be THE EVENING STAR. SATURDAY, JUNE 19; 1897—24- PAGES. booked, and, speaking on the subject to- day, he promised to return in the fall with a ccmpany stronger than ever. It is to his energies that the public owe the appear- ance of the majority of the steller stars, and, as his brother's forte seems to be grand opera, he claims that high-class vaudeville can secure the major share of fatronage from theatergoers. He has un- der contract Pauline Hall, Clara Morris, Maurice Barrymore, Edward Harrigan and Bob Hilliard, also Marie Wainwright and Lizzie Evans, with many more to follow. LAFAYETTE SQUARE OPERA HOUSE. Two works so entirely dissimilar as “Pina- fore” and “Cavalleria Rusticana” are to be presented as one performance during all of next week at the Lafayette Square Opera House by the Castle Square Opera Company. The undertaking to an organi- zation leas talented would be a tremendous affair, but the next to impossible seems al- ways easily attainable by this perfect com- bination of vocal perfection. In “Pinafore” the story is so light and pretty that its pepularity can be attributed to the merry tingling music and dainty little story. There isn't a number but what can be sung by almost any one you meet, so great is the familiarity of the music to the public; the story of the love affairs of the fair Jose- phine and Ralph Rackstraw; the dignity of Sir Joseph Porter, K. C. B.; the tattling of Dick Deadeye; the story of the woman who “mixes ‘em’ babies up,” and all the other things that happen on board the good ship Pinafore are family affairs known to every opera patron. Mascagni’s magnifi- cent “Cavalleria Rusticana” is as wide a contrast as could happen even in opera. The work has all the realism of real life— its passions and its pathos. Its tragic story is plainly told, beautiful music is im- pressively rendered. The work stands alone—there is nothing like it. LUMBIA THEATER.—The story of Walter S. Craven's play, “Jack Robinson,” which will be produced for the first time on any stage at the Columbia Therter next week, deals with the duplicity and conse- queni adventures of a young Connecticut lawyer who has married into a very re- pectable Hartford family. Being addict- ed to an oceasional “day off’ he secures it by having a friend telegraph him_periodi- cally from New York: “Come down at once. Important case for you to argue. Jack Robinson.” To his confiding wife and her family he explains that Jack Robinson is a silent partner and that it is business. All goes well until a busybody of an old maid discovers in a flash-light photograph of an andience at the New York Casino Mr. Bowden sitting in a box with a strange lady. She takes it to his family and explains that the lady is Mrs. Jack Robin- son, When the Hartford people go to New York to attend the cycle show they insist zpon meeting Jack Robinson, and the wily r hires a man to impersonate that mythical gentleman. As they are waiting in the hotel parlor, who should come in but the lad saw in the box with Mr. Bo; . They at once greet her as Mrs. Robinson,” and being a wise wo- man in her generation, she accepts the title. But since her last meeting with Mr. I den she has married a fiery gentleman named Signor Terra Del Fuego. He turns up and is greeted as “Mr. Robinson,” which the wily Bowden persuades him is the English equivalent of his name. Then the hired “Jack Robinson” arrives, and is as- signed to the rank of “junior.” The un- tagling of this complicated skein and the solution of the mystery of “Jack Robin- son” occupies the rest of the play. The cast includes the full strength of the com- pany. KERNAN’S LYCEUM THEATER. — Manager Kernan’s attraction at the Ly- ceum for next week will be the New Hen- ry Burlesque Company. This is really a pigh-class combination of meritorious bur- lesque and vaudeville stars, presenting an entertainment which is described as being thoroughly up-to-date in every detail. The opening burletta, which is entitled “Pink Dominos,” is a clever composition of witty dialegue and catchy music. This serves as a vehicle to introduce the company. The olic which fellows is made up of Carr and McLeod, the musical comiques, introducing and playing upon many unique musical instruments: Billy Barlow, the eccentric singing and dancing comedian: Brooks and Brooks, described as the Broadway enter- tainers in sidewalk conversation; the O’Brien Sisters, the twentieth century girls: Clifford and Hall, the refined comedy duo; Miss Mollie Whitten. singer of popular songs, and others. The concluding feature en the program will be a quick glance at the latest New York succe: entitled “An Artistic Model.” During the action of the burlesque several novel features will be intredvced, Including the Edison electric dolls, executed by the four Rossard Sis- ters; the Parisian Tic-Tac Dance and the baby trick elephant “Tip.” The company includes a score of pretty girls, who will net in several capacities in froni of the curtain, which will include lady ushers, lady decrkeepers, and a lady leader of or- chestra. There will be matinees Tuesday, Thursdzy and Saturda: Walter Stetson and Ida Dupree have closed their engagement with Flynn and Sheridan's “City Sports” and will rest at their heme in this city until September, when they will again join the ty Sports” for next season. THE GREAT WALLACE SHOWS.—Ad- vance reports of the performance offered by the Great Wallace Shows are cf the most fluttering nature, so that all intending patrons may feel secure in anticipating a rore treat when the big exhibition pitches {ts tents in this city next Wednesday and ‘Thursday. The press notices declare that from the opening of the gorgeous grand entry to the last one of the exciting hippo- drome races there is not a single moment of the two hours and a half in which in- terest is permitted to flag for an instant. Prominent among the numerous features are the world famous Nelson family, whose wonderful acrobatic revolutions are of a rature indescribable in cold type. Another very popular feature with the Wallace Shows is the spectacular ballet of nations, danced by twenty charming maidens, pret- ty of face and blessed with graceful forma, headed by Mlle. Maccarri, the famous Ital- ian premier danseuse. The list of artists is too long to enumerate in detail, but the principal ones who" can be mentioned in this limited space are the Martell’s, in phenorrenal bicycle and skating noveliies; the Werntz family, thrilling midair feats on the trapeze; the Petits, in a laughable comedy by bar act; Rowenna, head bal- ancer. the Sansoni sisters, female Samsons, in feats of strength; Martineti Sisters, con- tortion wire walkers; Girard Leon and his f7mous singing mule, “Trilby-" Oscar Lo- wande, Reed Sisters, Mlle. Tatalli and oth- ers, bareback riders, together with a loag list of menage riders, revolving globe walk- ers, tumblers, trained animals, funny clowns and all the other concomitants that gc to make up the modern monster circus. The glittering white and gold street pa- rade, one mile in length, should not be for- gotten, leaving the show grounds at 10:30 Wednesday morning and traversing princi- pal streets of the city. THE X-OGRAPH.—Commencing tomor- row (Sunday) evening, at the Columbia ‘Theater, the management will introduce the newest and most improved picture ma- chire—the X-Ograph. This machine is considered by experts to be the best yet introduced. It will also show many new pictures never before shown here, and will introduce some new effects in colors that are simply marvelous. —_—___ Counsel for Clerks. From Hardware. Here are some maxims for clerks that I have studied out, in a long course of busi- ness: Never do today what you can shove off on a fellow clerk tomorrow. Keep at the back end of the store as much as possible, so that the other boys will have to wait on customers. Always keep a novel under the counter, to eatch up when the old man is out. Keep your eye out for a soft snap. Don’t do any more work than you are paid to do. Be the last to come in the morning, and the first to Ieave at night. Don't do a thing outside of your pre- scribe} duties. Show up the weak points of your estab- iUshment to the clerks of other houses. pee as snappy with customers as you re. Tell your fellow clerks all the things you. hear against the boss. Threaten to leave whenever fault is found with you. Believe that the world owes you a living, cor Cs —— — ho ie ve rules are strictly followed you will be out looking for a job in about thirty days from date. bes ———_+e2-—____. ‘The Average Run. From Life. “Now, my dear, you ought to-go right into housekeeping as soon as you are mar- ried.” “That is the best time to begin, I suppose, while I am sure of George's love.”. LIFE OF PETER FORCE Librarian Spofford on the Work of a Great Man, HERO IN THE REALM OF LETTERS es Labored - Unceasingly to Preserve American History. SS EX-MAYOR OF WASHINGTON ee “The Life and Labors of Peter Force, Mayor of Washington,” was the subject of a scholarly discourse by A. R. Spofford, librarian of Congress, at the last meeting of the Columbia Hitscvrical Scciety. “The life of such a man as Peter Force, who died in Washington at the ripe old age of seventy-seven years, was worth more to American lett2rs and to human so- ciety than that of almost any forty of the generals and other notables whose names are blazoned on the scroll of fame,” said Mr. Spofford. “Yet he was suffered to pass away with a brief ‘obituary notice’ in the corners of the newspap=2rs, while the names of ignorant and presumptuous nobodies, whom some accident had elevated into no- toriety, filled the public eye. But notoriety is not true fame, and the appeal continu- ally lies from the days to the years, and from the years to she centuries. And in the high court of the cetturics, where «ll the errors of the courts below are re- versed, the cause of those ‘unaccredited heroes’ and unobtrusive workers, like Peter Force, who raise no vipple on the sea of current history, will be adjudged, and they will be elevated to a place in the temple of fame as lofty and illustrious as the fruits of their unpretending labors, en- jeyed and used by mank‘nd at large, can justly entitle them to. és Half a Century in Washington. ‘Peter Force lived over half a century in Washington, having removed here in 1815 from New York. He found Washington a straggling village of wood, and left it a stately city of brick and marble. He filled various public and responsible positions in municipal affairs and national associations. He was, during nine years of his busy life, editor and proprietor of a daily Journal, which enjoyed the confidence of Henry Clay and John Quincy Adams: but it is not as mayor of Washington, nor as editor of a political paper, that he will be best remembered. His characteristic mer- it, which differences him from the Ritchies, the Duff Greens and the F. P. Blairs, who also bore an active part in political jour- nalism at the national capital, is that he was more than a journalist—he was a his- torian. His Early Life. “Born near Passaic Falls, N. J., on No- vember 26, 1790, his father, William Force, being one of the veterans of the revolu- tionary war, Peter Force was by lineage, as well as by native tastes and talent, a worthy exponent of that branch of Amer- ican history to which he dedicated so many years. Removed to New York in early boyhood, he became a journeyman in the printing office of William A. Davis, and made such progress in the art that at six- teen he was intrusted with the direction of the office. When the war of 1812 with Great Britain came he served with honor in the army as sergeant and lieutenant. In 1815, his employer having secured a contract for the printing of Congress, re- moved to Washington, and Peter Force, at twenty-five years of age, became also a resident and a printer in this city. Here he soon became known as an active and public-spirited citizen, whose judgment and Sagacity made an impress upon all who were brought into contact with him, In the seventh year of his residence he was elected to the city council, then to the board of aldermen, being chosen president of voth bodies, and in 1836 he was elected mayor of Washington, and served by re- election four years, until 1840. Besides thus filling with signal dignity and ability the highest civil offices in the gift of his fellow-citizens, he was also honored by the highest military office, having been made successively captain, lieutenant colonel, colonel and major general in the militia of the District of Columbia. He was also for some years president of the National In- stitute for the Promotion of Science. A Priceless Service. “But the great distinctive service ren- dered by Peter Fo to his countrymen was something far above the province of the highest official station or military rani. Very carly in life he evinced a zealous in- terest in historical investigations, and four years after coming to Washington he orig- inated and published an annual devoted to recording the facts of history, with statis- tical and official information of a varied character. This ‘National Calendar and Annals of the United States,’ as he called it, antedated by ten years the publication of the old American Almanac, and was continuously published here from 1820 to 1836, except the years 1825, ‘26 and when none was printed. In 1823 Force established a semi-weekly rewspaper, the ‘National Journal,’ which became a daily in 1824, and was continued until the year 1831. This journal was indepencent in politics, with moderate and ccnservative views on public questions, and it drew to its columns some not-d eontributors, among them John Quincy Adams. The high-mind- ed conduct of this paper in deing justice to the opponents of the administration, orce led to a committee of the ruling party (which it then supported) waiting upon Col. Force and asking him to permit them to edit or to revise the political columns with a view to more thorough partisan effect. They little knew the independent character of the man with whom they had to deal. Col. Force drew himself up to his full height (he was six feet tall), and with that dignity of bearing which sat so na: urally upon him, with his clear gray cy fixed upon his visitors, he sald: ‘I do not suppose that any gentleman would make such a proposition to me.’ Preserving Historical Papers. “Among Mr. Force's publications of greatest value to the students of history were the series, in four volumes octavo, of Force's Historical Tracts. These were re- prints of the rarest early pamphlets con- cerning America, long out of print, and scme of which he could not procure, or else could not afford to own, but bor- rowed them from Hbraries for the pur- pose of reproducing them. ‘Whenever,’ said he, ‘I found a little more money in my purse than I absolutely needed I print- ed a volume of tracts." Many of the rarissimi of early American history or ex- Ploration owe to Peter Force their sole chance of preservation. “The series of American Archives, the great monumental work of his life, was published at intervals from 1837 to 1853. It embraces the period of history from March 7, 1774, to December, 1776, in nine stately folio volumes, printed in double columns, and most thoroughly indexed. These archives constitute a thesaurus of original information about the two most momentous years of the revolutionary struggle, and especially concerning the Declaration of Independence, of inestimable value. To this work, the bold conception of his own mind, to contain nothing less than the original fountains of American history, reproduced in systematic chrono- logical order, he dedicated his long and useful life. For it he assembled, with keen, discriminating judgment and un- wearied toll, that great collection of his- torical material which now formes an in- valuable part of the Congressional Library. Interested in Many Subjects. Mr. Spofford told of the labors of Force through authorship in many fields. He gathered 4 small library of books, printed in the infancy of the art, and collected all books on the subject of arctic explorations. He discovered and published in the columns of the National Intelligencer the true his- tory of the Mecklenburg Declaration of In- dependence of May, 1: His library em- braced the largest assemblage of books ever then accumulated by a private citizen in this country, 80,000 pamphlets and 800 was kept in the lo&g, ®mbling mansion on the corner of 10th an@ D streets. 1t was through visits to Mr. Borce in his great l- brary that Mr. Sp@ffor@ became acquainted with its rare treasaress An Impreseive>Personality. “Ir his physicat aspect,” Mr. Spofford continued, “‘Peter~Force was a man of marked and impressive personality. Of stalwart build, hig massive head covered to the last with a profusion of curling hair, his erect bearing, kee vision and dignity or port inipresse@ the most casual be- holder. Once seen, he was not one to be forgotten, for the personal impress was that of a man cast tna heroic mold. Ad- dicted to study 2s he was, and living a singularly laboriows life, he yet took ac- tive exercise in long walks, and his famil- jar aspect and courteous recognition was an every-day benison in Washington Streets, for he had the respect of all men. His domestic life was singularly fortunate; he brought up and educated a family of seven well-gifted children, some of whom inberited the paternal zeal for historical investigation, and produced writings of recognized value. “The one great object which overshadow- ed all other objects with Mr. Force was to amass the materials out of which a complete documentary history of the United States could be compiled. His la- bors as a historiographer are known to comparatively few, since the great bulk 4nd cost of the published volumes of his American Archives’ confine them chiefly to the large libraries of the country. But by all students of our revolutionary his- tory, and all writers upon it, especially, his work is estimated at its true value. The plan of it comprised, in the language of its prospectus, ‘‘a collection of authentic records, state papers, debates and letters, and other notices of public affairs, the Whole forming a documentary history of the origin and progress of the North Amer- {can colonies, of the caus2s and accom- plishment of the American revolution, and of the Constitution and government of the United States thereor.” to the final ratification : Labor Little Appreciated. His contract with the Department of State (executed in pursuance of an act of Congress) was to embrace about twenty folio volumes. He entered into the work with such zeal that the fourth series, in six volu:nes, was completed and published in the seven years from 1837 to 1844. Three more volumes, forming the com- mencement of the fifth series, and bring- ing the history down to the close of ‘1776, were also printed, when Secretary Marcy. arbitrarily stopped the work by withhold- ing his approval of the contents of the volumes submitted to him for the con- tinuaticn. This about the year 1833, and this sudden and unlooked-for inter- ruption of his cherished plan, and demoli- tion of the ir and perfect historical edi- fice which was to be his life-long labor and his monument of fame, was a blow from which he never fully recovered. It was not alone that he had entered upon a scale of expenditure for materials com- mensurate with the projected extent of the work; thai he had procured at great cost thousands of pages of manus copied from the original archives various colonies and the State Depart- ment; that he had amassed an enormous library of books and newspapers, which filled his whole house and encroached so heavily upon his means that he was driven to mortgage his property to meet his bills; but it was the rude interruption of a great national work by those incompe- tent to judge of its true me ; It was the petty and vexatious and unjust rescind- ing by an officer of the government of a contract to which: he had reason to be- lieve that the faith of the government was pledged. Mr: Force was already over sixty years of agé when this cvent hap- pened. He never-renewed his labor upon the archives; the yunpublished masses of manuscript remained in the very spot where nis work upon them had _ been broken off, and he could never allude to the subject without seme pardonable bit- terness of feeling.’ Friends arged him to appeal to Congress, to-try to prevail with new Secretaries of State to renew the work, to sue for damages, to petition for relief. | Not one “of those things would he do. Sale of His Rare Library. In 1866 the librarian of Congress took up the question of the purch: of the Force Mbrary by the government to pre- vent it being hepelessly dispe and it was bought for $100,600, the price which had been put upon it by New York par- tles, and it now forms a part of the Con- gressicnal Library. Peter Force died January 23, 1868, his health having begun to fail three months previously. His remains were interred in Rock Creek cemetery. WHOLESALE PRODUCE MARKET. Batter and Eggs a Fraction Lower— Products Plentifal. Both butter and eggs are a fraction lower today than they were a week ago. Both, however, are firm, and butter gives prom- ise of advancing. It is steady, many ex- porters buying. But under grades are only fair. While cheese remains as quoted last week, it is firm. Eggs are plentiful, but their quality is only fair. Poultry is steady and firm, and there is a better demand, especially for spring chickens. Vegetables and fruits are plentiful, and waile the strawberry season is about over, the sea- son for the other berries is fast approach- ing its height. Prices remain about as they were a week ago. The same is true of beef and other meats. The market as a whole is not only firm, but also abundant- ly _well supplied. Butter—Creamery, Elgin extras, 16; choice, 15%; firsts, 15; choice bakers’ stock, 11 to 12; creamery print, 16 to 18; New York tubs, 12 to 14; local creamery, 12 to 14; dairy, 9 to 11. Cheese—New York full cream, large, 9%; flats, 10; ponys, 10%. Eggs—Nearby, fresh, 12; southern, 10. Poultry—Winter chicks, Hve, 8; spring, large, live, per 1b., 15 to 17; spring, medium, live, per lb., 14 to 15; spring, small, 13 to 14; capons, large, 11 to 12; slips, 9. Old fowls—Live, per Ib., 7%; roosters, live, per Ib., 4 to 6. Ducks—Live, spring, young, 12 to 14. Geese—Live, per Ib., 5. Vegetables and fruits—Asparagus, extra, dez. bun., $1.50 to $2; prime, d bun., $1 to $1.25; culls, doz. bun., 50 to 75c.; cucum- bers, per box, $1 to $1.50; peas, per bbl., 75e. to $1; celery, fancy, per doz., 75c. to $1; medium, per doz., 50 to 75c.; common, per doz., 15 to 20c.; squash, per box, 75c. to $1; spinach, per bbl., 50c. to 75c.; beans, per box, $1 to $1.50; lettuce, per bbl., 50c. to $1; potatoes, fancy, new, per bbl., $3.25 to $3.50; choice, per bbl., $2.50 to $2.75; New York, per bush., 50 to 55c.; Maryland and Virginia, bush., 40 to 45c.; culls, 35 to 40c.; sweet potatoes, fancy, per bbl., $1 to $1.50; No. 1, T5c. to $1; culls, 35 to 40c.; yams and haymons, bbl., $1.10 to $1.50; tomatoes, per crate, Florida, $1 to $1.50; beets, per 100 bunches, $1.50 to $2.50; cabbage, new, per bbl., $1 to $1.50; onions, Bermuda, per crate, $2 to $2.25; beans, white, New York mediums, 80 to 85c.; New York pea, 80 to 82c.; marrow, $1 to $1.20; Virginia, white, 50 to 60c.; white,«mixed, 50c.; colored, 40 to 50c.; black-eyed: peas, per bush., 75c. to $1; apples, $1.50 to #4 @ barrel; peaches, $1.50 to $8 a basket; oranges, California, navels, r box, $3.50 to $8; sé€edling, per box, $2.50 is $3.50; lemons, Cicily, per box, $2 to #4; cherries, per bush, $i-to $2; strawberries, per quart, 2 to 7 cents. . Beef and other meats—Cattle, extra, $3.50 to $5 per cwt.; buteher, $2.50 to $4 per cwt.; common, $1.50 to $2 per cwt.; rough, $1 per cwt. Hogs, fair, # per cwt.; gross; ordi- nary, $3.75 per cwt, net. Sheep, $3 to $3.50 western, 11; per cwt. Lambs, spring, choice, $6 to $6.50 per cwt.; mediu %.50 to $6 per cwt.; common, $5 to $5.08 per cwt. Calves, prime, $6 per cwt.; common, $4.50 to $5 per cwt.: , $3 to $3.50 per ewt. Cows, prime, $25 {o'sa5 each: commony $10 to $15 each; old and dry, $6 to $8 : Made Famous by Gray’s “Elegy. From the New York” Tribune, The rector of the Httle church at Stoke Pegis, England, has appealed to the Amer- ican public for funds with which to make needed repairs upon the structure, basing Is claim for assistance upon the fact that Gray’s “Elegy” is connected with the SEAS churchyard in which the building stands. The little church at Austerfield, now externally the same and still repre- senting the Anglican establishment as it was when William . Bradford left it for more congenial associations, is being re- stored to its ancient beauty by taking away its outer walls, and the American that th erect a | you infinitely for the pleasant half hour Beoble tive ‘to Bradford's’ een in the | Which you have enabled me to pass, and I church if they will give a substantial sum toward -the repairs. It is a novel reason | troupe were highly brea alton apf gr tion “whom American connection can be claimed was driven away because of | “Want” ads. In The Star because persecutions _ 4 they, bring auswera, ae that the | honor paid them by the greatest of living connected with the organiza- | Italian composers. AMUSEMENTS. WASHINGTON, MING WED. AND THURS., AFTERNOON 2. EVEINNG 8. Location of Exhibitions, N. Capitol St. bet. L and II. GREAT WALLAGE SHOWS 3-RING CIRCUS, MILLIONAIR ROYAL ROMAN H THE "GAS" | REGAL AND IMPOSING IN THE GREATEST, GRAN WORLD. o—————0 CA’S BIG SHOWS. Half-Mile Race Track, 1,000 Features, 100 Phenome- nal Acts, 25 Clowns, 20 1,500 Employes, 6 Ban Camels, FROM PITTSBURG (PA.) CI The title of the “Greatest Show on Earth’ many aggregations which annually TAIN there are none greater than the GREAT WALLACE SHOWS Grand Free Street Pageant, Leaving grounds 10 a.m. sharp Wed: cipal streets of the city. EXCURSIONS RUX ON EVERY UNE OF TRAVEL, CHARACTER, MAGNIFICENT IN EQUIPME)D 15 Open Dens, A Herd of Elephants. $4,000.00 Daily Expenses. AMUSEMENTS. JONE 23-4 EXCURSIONS, ETC. Annual Excursion Boston House Employes’ Relief Assn. TO MARSHALL HALL, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 2. Steamer “Macalester” leaves Tth at. wharf at 6:45 p.m. Dancing. Music by Schroeder's Orchestra, ack: Also good for mornin ind at Tickets, 50c. —_ Je16-6t For Sale at Boston House. Colonial Beach. The afsestic steamer JANE MOSE Y wilt leave YAY, June 20, a.m. home at E MUSEUM, AQUARIUM AND IPPODROME, SPLENDID _ IN iT, IN PRESENTATION. DEST AND BEST OF AMERI- four hours on she Round trip fare, ite e Jane Mosel WHITCOMB’S TOURS. ALL TRAVELING EXPENSES INCLUDED, Parties witl LEAN Hurricane Races, 4 Trains, ds, 50 Cages, A Drove of PHILADE TTA in JUNE, JULY, AUC 2 EPTEMBER, 1 for @ 4 ff A) NN] i] 'HRONICLE, MAY 26, "97. S U Ml Mi E R T 0 U R § en to Twe has been claimed by |, New " York. a é sit this vicinity, but IT IS CER- ] rvaiy ana 3 ane ‘K and GREEN MT. DESERT and Mov THE MARITIN, ‘ é aN Tours through Burope. nesday, June 23, and traversing prin- UNE 28 AND JULY 12. Alaska and Yellowstone 15 AND 29 AND AUGUST 31. Yellowstone Park tours, ado Mawaii, Ja- Yellowstone Park, the Northwest Columbia Theater. EVENINGS AT 8:30—PRICES, 25, 50, Tc. ONLY MATINEE SATURDAY AT 0c The Columbia Stock Co. TONIGHT FOR THE LAST TIME, THE CONVULSING COMEDY, A MAN WITh A PAST —NEXT W First Performance on Any Stage of the Side-split- ting Bicycle Comedy, JACK ROBINSON Introducing two new members of the company, WM, INGERSOLL, BERT C. THAYER. CARRIAGES may now approach the door of the house, as obstructions have been removed. it SPECIAL! Sunday Evening, June 20, FIRST PRESENTATION IN WASH ‘TON OF MOVING PICTURES By the Latest and Most Improved Machine, THE X-OGRAPH. Jel7-3t BASE BALL TODAY. LOUISVILLE —Vvs.— WASHINGTON Special Ladies’ Day. Game called at 30 p.m, ADMISSION 25 AND 50 CENTS al! Philadelphia. Next==|| sevens Selo Physics Department, Colored High School. This department will hold an exhibition of the work accomplished during the year at the Hi, Schcol building, M st, near New Jersey ave. p.w., on MONDAY, June 21, 1897, from 7 to 10 p.m and on TUESDAY, June 22, 1897, from 1 to 5 from 7 to 10 p.m. ‘The exhibit will include a dynamo, electric car, telephones ard other electrical devices, electroplat= ing, photographs, photo-engraving, " stereopticon views, weather bureau instruments, etc., etc. A small admission fee of ten cents (1Gc.) will be cherged to defray the expenses of the exhibition and increase the apparatus of the department. Je19-2t* Grand Opera House, KERNAN & RIFE, Managers. Matinees Wednesday and Saturday at 2. Attended by the Elite of Washington. High-class Vaudeville. First Time in Veudeville of the Popular Stars: Under the Direction of Mr. Robert Grau. EUGENE 0°ROURKE AND ADA DARE, MARK MURPHY, MLLE. OCEANA, BAMON MOORE, 0. K. SATO, PEARL ANDREWS, _ | ISABELLA HURD, AND AL. STEAN oe Week—June 21: |. K. (FRITZ) EMMETT. PHYLLIS RANKIN, LIZZIE EVANS, HARRY MILLS, HORWITZ & BOWERS, | ISABELLA HURD, KATE DAVIS, BELLE HATHAWAY, AND MONKEY AND DOG CIRCUS. Jel5-5t ALL THIS WEEK. KERNAD Matinees “Tuesday, Thurs- LYCEUM day and Saturday. THE: FIRST APPEARANCE IN WASHINGTON. THE LITTLE EGYPT BURLESQUERS, soa Dance, LITTLE EGYPT. Concluding with ‘the Latest Burlesque Success, ‘BGYPT IN COUR’ “Little Egypt’ appearing in the Sensatioual Trial Bey ete dulge and Jury. aS Week—THE HENRY BURLESQUE CO. 4-6t Hydrocycles!! 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 uot, yuu don’t know what you have missed. Donch’s Band and darcing every evening on the pavilion. my22-3m,20 A Story of Verdi. From the London Daily News. A atory is told of Verdi touching his Kindness to those around him. For some time past he has been staying in Genoa, et his palace in the Via Andrea Doria. A few days ago, while out driving, a man approached his carriage and begged to be ‘allowed to speak. The man turned out to be the director of an obscure troupe of performers from Java, who were about to commence a series of performances at the Alfieri Theater, Genoa. The director (Signor Bernard) summoned up sufficient courage to beg the great maestro to attend a spe- cial representation which his troupe de- sired to give in his honor. Verdi accepted the invitation, and immediately drove to the Alfierl Theater, to which no one but he was admitted. He listened with great at- tertion to the primitive orchestra, and watched the fabrication by the troupe of various objects. A Java woman offered him a cilk pocket handkerchief as a pres- ent and embroidered it for him in gold in his presence. Upon leaving the theater Verdi said to Signor Bernard: “I thank wish good fortune to you all.” The Java delighted with the Week T RAILROAD AND STEAMSHIP TO ALL POIN Lafayette!9th Matinees at ings at 8. evenings, $- STLE Sq! RE Send for descriptive book, mentioning tour desired. RAYMOND & WHITCOMR, ‘stnut St., Mutual Life Ins. Eidg., Phila. River View Steamer Sam‘l J. Pentz DAILY 6:45 p.m. Sundays at 11 a Matinees, $2.50; $3. PRESENTING By Gilbert and Sullivan. Next Week--Double Bill. AVALLERIA RUSTE And “PINAFORE, Stats now selling. THE CHILDRE COMMED 110 a.m. aud 2 ana anes TRSIONS Will take place a HALL, SDAY AND SATURDAY, x wening, Cxcopt Br Little BLIZABi LDS, four sears of oe age, will appear fui monologues and | MeKEIS. . he, CHILDREN recitations. An ruatic musi pe shaves s Will be Miss LOULIE Boo. AMILY DAY, EVERY SATURDAY. Will preside at the piano, and Prof. Bur Orchestra will give jons during the For sale ut studio, in. nw, COLUMBIA AGABEM One of the «ights of Washingtoa. Cyel! on a 12,000-ft. floor. Competent I Charges small. " Music every evening. streets. 5. Hak BRifraL Take F street care. tring ning. 24 Sth st. Tickets, 10c. to all on the 10 a.m. trip: amer wil ave River View Sand IW day JeIS-5t FOR CHARTE inz schooner Humming spectal dates apply to HM. E.” NICHUI diana ave. n.w. ARLINGTON, FORT MYER Ballston, Fostoria and Falls Church, ELECTRIC CARS FROM AQUEDUCT BRIDGE. mii22-3m. N, Mer. mh5-8te IONS, ETC. 18th Annual Excursion OF THE GALEDONIAN GLUBY For a merry time, join the Caledoulans on their Excursion to River View, THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 1897. ee races, under the auspices of the “Polo contest between the Blue Grass and Fetipse polo teams for District’ championship. Bley furpished by Blue Gross and Eclipse ncles. “Ericsson Line Excursions BY WATER FROM BALTIMORE, hia «daylight trips), 3 sand Fridays, at ‘hia and return (ten days). y rail elyhia by rail) seed a cl as (season) Prize Highland Fil reine. iladel 1 Ugual guises and prizes for children, beginning at pp bees 23) p.m Dancing during entire day and evening. Steamer Samuel J. Pentz leaves her wharf at 10 a.m., 2 and 6:45 pm. Returning, leaves River nas by nae See tines Paes rons Witla by rail. 00 Tickets, 25 cents each. Children under & years Bee *T ork and retarn 2 Se19-5t on sale (at the Troy, Saratoga Sy a, X, 3 New I. O. O. F., BAY RIDGE, | ject Tortland, Vinesa: rd Mav WEDNESDAY, JU a7. City. . REUNION OF THE ODD FELLOWS Or MARY- | , Daily a ee, LAND AND DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. P. ethe ar >> An interesting program has been arranged, In- route and the great fish- cluding addresses by prominent members of the or- | 105, ftaunds at Ketter a ae der of national repaint : ag ey ER RE a ee further Information apply or writ. Trains leave B. & O. Depot 9:15 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. SHRIVER, Agent, 204 Light st., my26-tP paca Se CK AND FREQUENT ELECTRIC TRALN SERVICE. Mount Vernon, Arlington and Alexandria. Station, Pennsylvania avenue and strect, For ecbedcle see R. KR. column, this paper. ms2i-t Jel9-3t s ANNUAL FAMILY EXCURSION Capital City Commandery, No. 169, A. AND L. O., Se OF MALTA, River View, Tuesday, June 22, 1897. BASE BALL—CAPITAL CITY COMMANDERY vs. COLI 5 Steamer Samuel J. Pentz leaves wharf 9:45 a.m., Returning, leave River View 5 p.m. 8:00 and 10:30 p.m. TICKETS . 25 CENTS. Children under ® years of age free. All objec- tionable parties led. 1S St NEW STEAMER BARTHOLDI FOR CHARTER, day or evening; fast and cozy. Rowboats for Lire." JNO. CUMBERLAND & SON, Foot of E st. nw. Jel9-Im SPEND SUNDAY On the Green Lawns of Marshall Hall. Queen of Summer Trips. Boston by Sea. Providence by Sea, MERCHANTS’ AND MINERS’ TRANS. CO. 1 Steamer BALTIMORE to Boxton every TUES: DAY, THURSDAY and SUNDAY at 4 £32: Sicamer BALTIMORE to Providence e1 Mon- DAY, WEDNESDAY and FRIDAY at 4 p.m. For tour books and further information address C. R. GILLINGHAM, Agent, Baltimore, Md. 1, BR, HOWSER, 619 Penna. ‘ave., Wash. D. C. H. P. MERRILL, New York ave. and 15th st. Wash. D.C. J. C. WHITNEY, W. P. TURNER, 5a “Pirie Manager. Gen. Pass. Agent. me Norfolk & Washington — Steamboat Co. — Steamer “MACALESTER” leaves 7th st. — — wharf at 11 a.m., 2:30 and 6:30 p.m. Re- — | —_ Brery Gay tn the year for Fartrone, Monroe, — turning, leaves Marsball Hall at 1, 4:90 —| — Norfolk, Newport News and all, polute south — and 8:30 p.m. On week days steamer —]—— OF. goies Norfolk ‘and “Washing: — leaves at 10 a.m., 2:30 and 6:30 p.m, —| = sett on ic peer cea — Steamer “RIVER QUEEN” leaves on — Southbound. | ‘North Lr. Washington.7: Sundays at 3 p.m. Returning, leaves — | Lr. Washington. Marshall Hall at 8 p.m. Music by Prof. Schroeder’s Band. Fare, Round Trip, 25c. MEALS A LA CARTE at the excellent — — Restaurant. Ladies are especially invited — — on these excurcions. Maurshall Hall has no — — competitor for beauty, cleauliness and good — — order. = Jel19-50a L. L. BLAK2, Captain. m.| Lv. Ft. Monroe.7 (Ar. Alexandria. new betel, “The ia Beach will find this ttractive ‘oute, insuring @ come ble night's rest. ‘Large and luxurious. rooms heated by steam and fitted throughout with electric lights. Dining room service is a la carte, and is sup- ied “from the best that the markets of Vashington and Norfolk afford. ‘Nekets on sale at U. 8. office, 817 Pewwssivania avenue; 518, 619, 1421 Pennsyl- yan avenue; B. and 0.’ ticket office, corner 25th street and New York avenue, and oa Doane steamers,where time table, wap, ett. can also be thad. Any other, information desired will be furs nd Virg! TTT nished on ‘tien to the nndersicned at cece oe Jonette sites GOES Wiss SNO. CALLAHAN, General “Manager. “QUICKEST AND SAFEST ROUTE” —To — 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, 60 CENTS. Admission to grc 25 cents. EIEGANT CAFE ON THE STEAMER. ‘Tickets, with Mount Verron admission coupon, for eale at wharf and at hotels. my24-21d 1. L. BLAKE, Captain, —— BY SEA —snom—— NEW YOxn. ships of the lat ‘model, ‘ota pleasant stopover at tauneus OLD POINT COMFORT. ‘In connection with the superb steamers of the ” NORFOLK & WASHINGTON STEAMBOAT COMPANY, A gel ha ceed aetemee wi tase OLD DOMINION LINE. Gaily, 7 p.m.; leave Alexane Rovfots dally, 82.0, BAY RIDGE fil é