Evening Star Newspaper, July 3, 1897, Page 24

THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, JULY 8, 1897-24 PAGES. j be, but there was one acene I had with thé | rivet one is not cheited t deatH with the | things on the grounds. ‘Then, for the music| A LESSON IN CAUSE AND EFFECT. AMUSEMENTS. EXCURSIONS, ETC. THINGS TH EATRICAL ; bass, who, as I have said, was not there, | stnell of sulphur. Of course, the boats will | lovers, in the afternoon and evening, con — rc and in this the Stagé manager took ‘The all be crowded, but such care will be taken soe by Protes: a celebrated band: The Process of Making Paupers and ae GES, iit part and told me how i should act. I to exclude all objectionable characiers he steamer Pe: will eave her wharf at Then Feeding Them. COLUMBIA ° TE LY — NDAY — 0 a. luct to sing with this bass man and 4 that ladies neod not hesitate to go quite | {1 a.m. 245 ands6 pin. returning st 1.8, | sun carr fidpath, in the duos Arcor THEATER \ THE LACE | INDEPENDENCE DAY. didn’t know how cur voices woul lend, | una! y i + 5 ley =] RSS Rela ee The avon IN TOWN. i i and I could have cried at his absence, but | children on. comed at River View, whether they come Poo! 5 ° The Columbia Theater Still Presents | ant 1 couid pa say ioe inesyecbio senior |. Sistats Pots oar eet eines || belnoatior once eh celegiad. soustwae reat cic Aainieae o——————» |GO! SHOOT THE CHUTE Attractive Programs, yt ait, So 1 went through with the te-| by thousands of patriotic citizens in hondt | Monday, the Sth, will be cbserved this| supply the material with which poor- at RIVER VIEW WS, cones hearsal with a brave face and the leader | of the glorious Foutth, who will make & | year a8 the ghniversary of America’s free- | houses are filled. Rome had as many pris- | Evenings at 8:30, Prices 28, 30, T5e. said I was going to do nicely, and the | piigrimage to the flower-bedecked temb of | Scm, and many Persons will take advan- tenor and contralto, bless their hearts, said they would pull me through all night: “When the curtain went up at the mati- nee there was a gocd house, and f was all ready waiting for the time when I should go on. I felt a dryness in my throat, a dizziness in my head and my knees began to shake as the moments drew near for my appearance, but I pulled myself to- gether, and when the orchestra played tbe prelude for my first solo I walked on the stage with a firm tread, if I did have a sinking heart. I got a good reception from the audience, and that restored my equi- ibrium, so that when I commenced to sing there was no tremor in my voice, and, “A SCRAP OF PAPER” NEXT WEEK Kernan’s and the Cinematographe Draw Audiences. I-TERESTING SOME CHAT ay gaining strength and courage as I proceed- ed, I took a high C clear and ringing and atin, the new leading Indy | ut the close I got an emphatic encore and of the Columbia Stock Company. about | Rad to repeat the aria. I sang It the sec- ond ume better than I did the first, and from that on I was in perfect command of myself, both as to singing and acting. I ept ho woul the whole lis go through with the opera in good shape, ing ladie Wa though I knew I have done it much better her lth be previous resi- | Many times since, but In all my career I es e never had anything safd about me here an numbers many ng the best fam- and the south. But ove all things to or to me that so ded as sweet as when the old manager came to me after the per- formance and said: ‘My dear, I have never seen so good a first appearance as that s of the capital « ty" actress. She | Which you made: “by your works,” aot by yeur | Actors are a proverbially superstitious be known,” and with | class, and, as is usual with any professio: BS eccadl cists as she | the female contingent are even more trou- P ani ae in the men, but Grayce Scott, the het CEO pe et Gl ee soubrette of the Columbia Stock “The only time I ever sued | © . has quite given up all those ideas umily to help me along was when I | and settled down to believing only in sober oF Se ee ts. In common with the rest of human- ee eee eae ee eae Miss Scott has shad a half-hor- pisses : of dire number represented by a An ae end I} yd ana nd up to the period of her Ife to get | 1 she joired the local troupe had al- ive me a | Ways kept away from it as much as pos- Jefferson, Thus it was with sore misgivings © > rode from the depot to her ho- upon arriving here, in a carriage bear- ing on every conceivable spot the number When she was assigned to room 12 in hotel she nearly fainted, and a dressing ith the same combination of figures spend three nights in nervous | apprehension. The discovery that there members in the stock company her, and the sight of a painter's the curtain the theater—12— into tempo e when she inother member of t Iked up to twice on the stage 1 of age. That on thirteen and at sat down and waited for bad eee aie But it didn't come. Contrary to all oceasion— | taditions—to sense or re: y, It oa thee Faust ve and now 13 is dropped from ig reele s Sc For, after being in wn just 13 days. the little lady was pre- d with a handsome testimonial eke speare as y the it. fairl re mbany she was last with, And 18 deys , nie er that she was put In with a Cre larke was the ©: : Ses Gara: Md Cr are jered | [0m @ play that had only had 13 pre jsvicnate ce | tations, and made the hit of f ‘old 11% dresses made py a dress: m of th ths I have reet, who died at the aking out any bills. sth of the month, her 12. and now she is look- ¥ roulette table to l , n get on the number 13, ae | And on Fri Witie Set trey nat time. COLUMBIA THEATER.—The Columbia Company, which has heretofore ade a record as a producing organisation Will next week inaugurate a series of re. Vivals of Standard “successes, beginning | ; excellent comedy, “A Se / = with Mr. Tnilsomea Scrap on spects ‘this departur difficult than the originating of w to the stage, for in the latter the = field to create the char- list, Whereas in standard t inevitably challenge stars who have made famous. This is esp Serap of Paper, ef the most popular pl: of Kendals on their American given here in response to ir last engage- | ‘k Company xcellent all heen espe- | by the enlistment dur- ty was as Ma Mr. Man My <mall role ome tn < er n Ckevrail f the dally which was toire ment has not onl: round or} proved itself an ion, but it h ly strengthene the past fe h iy work. Moreover, By a strange co- | both Miss Alberta Gallatin and | ersoli have previously | t hits of their s for which the are the parts form- * Mr. and Mrs. Kendal, and | te that the younger | : will not only compare | | faverably with their clever British cousins, | but even surpass them in | or instance, Miss Gallatin | thle some re outh | beau will g her | over the mature Mrs. t could not entirely con- ue. In addition y an accomplisl atural grace of a ritan and mone of the best families of Mr. Ingersoll is just the type of comedian to play the role of «allant and debonnaire colonel, while better man « be se for the of the s#bsent-minded naturalist oO. liam Boag | the nd M Fe t wife, whose | | ap of Paper” | fons of the play. and Jefferson wil of the com- y strong, with Madame Dupont, the sister of the eccentric 1 natural- Scott as_merry ny this no doubt lertaking from th int tat least. Roland Reed's suec ent as a Lamb,” is underlined. LYCEUM THEATER. — ser Kernan’s attraction for next week Colored Sports’ Big Show, eribed as a meritorious aggre rier Afro-American talent. ent presented is new and rtment being thorough! late. The curta’ entitled “The C one who has ob- line so far this of the n will have lon a novel burletta Roi Sports’ Reception,” which has been a was 5 ranged for the p of introducing the “to i fuil strength of The ollo which follows is said to be an exceptionally | good one, and is made up of Hillman and Perrin, the novelty musical art Billy Jackson, vocalist and comedian; The Bar- } tons, eccentric sketch artists: Eaton and ers, premier comedians and dancers; marvelous acrobat Freeman ‘Sisters, ap- que dances The en- 1 conclude with a realist rn cake walk by the entire com- During the week the cake walking t will be open to all, and handsome he awarded to the winners at ‘There will be matinees ; and Saturday. nV. DR. K HS ADDRESS.—The bs Rey. Dr. Katser of the German Theological S University at Rochester will deliver an . ress in German this evening at the be Metropolitan Baptist Churc corner 6th z and A streets northeast, at » o'clock. ‘ were had | Dr. Kaiser is recog das an excellent < wl very hard. | public speaker, and those who will have I | the fortunate requisite to hear and under- : stand Lim will be pleased beyond measure be with his addres t SMATOGRAPHE.—The Cine- t has had a most successful « k et Willard Hall, and the engagement % and the rel is fair to be as great in popularity as its we i to making perfect | visit here last season was. The pletures t to the | Shown embrace ail the old favorites that t y, and [| made a hit h last year, together with he 0 rehearsal, s to the | Some new foreign and domestic views, that n nd told him’: vt think | are both {interesting and instructive as Fi ng the right me, ex-| Well. A novel feature in connection with pls t bec no rehearsal | the Cinematographe is its ability to show ot Was to inake my | @ View and then repeat it, but showing it fr © agreed with me, and | backward; that is, turning the films the ce ler Into consulta and it | Other way. The effect must be seen to be Was decided that there should be a rehear- | appreciated, and the queer-looking pl sa’ Saturday morning at 10 o’e eck. | that is put on the screen defies all descrip- tion. The Cinematographe shows dally at é ht I went over my part at my | Willard Hall, in the afternoon at 2:80 and board: and I was dead letter per- J and in the evening at 8:15 o'clock. fect toth in music and words, and I went —-- to the rehearsal expecting to have about EXCURSIONS, two hours’ work and to go through the »le opera except the overture and the entre acts. I found when I got to the thea- ter the orchestra and two principals, but Monday will be celebrated at Marshall Hali in the most approved old-fashioned j th | Ocean City, Md., by the sp j excursion, style. All the usual amusements will be in full swing during the day, and in the evening there will be a most gorgeous dis- play of freworks-—not just a few rockets, but a reaily magnificent, artistic pyratech- nic display that will be a pleasure to watch; and amid the cool breezes of the orus. I went through my solos—the me I had ever sang them with or- estral accompaniment—the duets with the tenor and the quartets, the leader sing- ing the bass part, and then was told the business of the part by the stage manager. Most of It was with the tenor and contralto, and both were as kind to me as they could the illustrious dead. The Macalester will leave at the usual time—l0 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. The fare is 50 cents, and admission to the grounds 25 cents. Tonight the Macalester will make thd popular trip to Indian Head, leaving the wharf at 6:30, and touching at Marshall Hall both going and returning. After the heat of the day In town it is a Joy to take these cool moonlight sails down the river, and the sweet strains of Prof. Schroeder's band add to the enjoyment of the trip. The accommodation on the boat is so excellent, Including barber's shop and excellent res- taurant, that the trip seems all too short, though it means over four hours of con- tinuous sailing. After this week the Ma- calester will go down to the Head every Thursday night, as well, for the balance of the season. The glorious day of independence will be celebrated in true, old-fashioned colonial style on Monday next at Colonial Beach. ‘The steamer Jane Moseley will offer extra inducements to the public this (Saturday) evening, leaving at 6 o'clock tomorrow and Monday at 9 a.m. Tickets on thes@ dayS will be good to return on Tuesday, July 6. Pistorio’s fine band will render patriotic music on board and at the Beach. The daily trips of the Jane Moseley are being largely patronized, and offer a delightful outing to salt water. The city office is at 1 F street northwest, where charters are booked and full information is to be had. The hotel at the Beach is now open, and excursionists will find there everything thet is needed for their comfort. The Hotel Belleview, at Chapel Point, Md., has been reopcned, and tomorrow the steamer Harry Randall will run @& special Fourth of July exctrsion to Chapel Point that will prove very attractive to those who wish a short holiday. The Randall will leave the River View wharf, foot of ith street, on Sunday, July 4, at 7:39 a.m., and will reach Chapel Point early in the afternoon. Returning, she will leave Chapel Point about 1 p.m. Monday, July 5, arriving in Washington about 8 p.m. Tick. ets for this trip, which include the round- trip on the steamer and board and lodeiiig at Hotel Belleview, will be sold for $2. ‘This is one of the best and cheapest excur- that has heen offered the people of ington for some time. The trip cn river wiil be a delightful one, and the Chapel Point ts a most pleasant place to spend a holiday. The best of salt water bathing, crabbing and fishing will be found there. It 1s very cool and pleasant these even- ings on the electric cars that run to Fort Myer and Arlington and to Falls Church, and one can while away many an enjoy- able hour, especially on Sunday, under the grand old trees of Arlington. ‘fhe clectric cars leave Aqueduct bridge for Fort Myer and Arlington every half hour from 9 a.m. to 11:40 p.m., and for Fort Myer Heights, Ballston, Fostoria and Falls Church every hour from 8:30 a.m. to 11:40 p.m., with trains at 4, 5 and 6 o'clock p.m. The man- agement requests passengers to buy tickots at the railway offices, as higher fares are charged when paid on the cars. The at- tractions at Fort Myer are the drills and good music. Those who will take advantage of the re- duced rates offered by the Norfolk and Washington Steamboat Company, and spend the “Glorious 4th” at Fortress Mon- roe, Virginia Beach or Ocean View, can spend one of the most delightful holidays it has been their good fortune to enjoy. These resorts never seemed more inviting than now, for who woyld not be glad to spend a few days at the magnificent hotels there—where cool, salty breezes, fresh from the ocean, always blow—and where one may enjoy the finest fishing and bathing on the Auantic seaboard? The steamers of the Norfolk and Washington Line form the only direct route to these resorts. ‘The Newport Ne Norfolk and Washington leave 7th street wharf at 7 o'clock every evening in the year, reaching Fortress Mon- roe and Norfolk early the following morn- ing. Washingtonians do not realize how near y are to one of the most delightful places on the Atlantic seaboard. It takes but four and a half hours to arrive at, cial train leay- ing the B. and O. station at % o'clock every Saturday during July and August. The bathing, yachting, fishing, ete., reach the height of their enjoyment there, while the | roads on the mainland are {deal for wheel riding when the ocean's tide will not per- mit wheelmen to use the magnificent beach. ‘The strongest and perhaps most attractive tures of life at Ocean City are the ab- sence of mosquitoes and malaria. As a place to spend the summer, and especially to spend Sunday, Ocean City, Md., has few uals. The Ertesson line of steamships affords one of the most delightful ways of reach- ing any of the Atlantic summer re- | The boats of leave Balti- y, Atlantic York, con- necting at the latter point for all places on the Hudson river, and those who are con- to any of the resorts tioned above would do well to inquire the advantages of such a trip. The on the bi s is first class in every Tr, state roon are large and com- and the cuisine {ts all that could -d. All information relative to the $ » furnished upon application to the company in Baltimore. Norfolk and Wash- boats to- ervie partic: Excursionists on the ington Steamboat Company night and tomorrow night can secure a spe- cial rate to the Princess Anne Hotel by applying to N. Dushane Cloward, special ent, at the Columbia Theater, or on the . The Princess Anne Hotel is situated Virginia Beach, Va., and is one of the t delightful summer resort hotels in at region. The ride from Old Point or Norfolk {s a short one to the Beach, and should be taken b: ke a trip to either of the first-mentioned points. The steamer ‘T. V. Arrowsmith will leave her wharf this cvening at 6 o'clock for all the summer resorts on the picturesque lower Potomac. ‘The boat also leaves dur- ng the week Mondays and Wednesdays at 2 pan. This trip to the lower river 1s de lightful at this time of year. ‘The accom- modations on the boat are ail first class, and the sail on the river in the zvening fs one of the most pleasant ways of escaping the heat of the city. The return home is made Sunday eveuing by 10 o'clock. National place June ‘The postponed exci Rifles, which was to 17, will be given y evening next to Marshall Hall. The C Macalester will leave promptly «t 3:3) o'clock, and the sale of tickets both for the postponed event and for this one promises one of the iarg- est crowds of the season. The les are noted for thelr Hospitality and their mode of entertaining visitors, and will endeavor io show all who make the trip a jolly gcod time. Tickets are for sale by all members of the organization, and will also be placed ou sale at the boat on the evening of the One of the most enjoyable short gcean trips that can be taken in this vicinity 's that provided by the Merchanis and Min. ers’ transportation from Baltimore to Bos: ton and Providence. All the boats of this line are models of beauty in every way, the accommodations are eminently and they are fast and safe in every particular. Full particulars may be gained from a circular that {s ssued by the com- pany, setting forth all the advantages of the boats and trip. ‘The Chas. Macalester and the River Queen took down what was in all proba- bility the largest crowd of the season at Marshali Hall yesterday. The ocauston was the annual joint excursion of the Sunday schcols of the First Presbyterian rch, Eastern Presbyterian Church and Waugh Chapel, and it is estimated that over 4,500 persons at one time or another during the day enjoyed the cool breezes and many amusing features to be found at this delightful resort. There were so many persons at the Hail, in fact, that some of them did not reach this city until a special boat arrived avout 2 o'clock this morning. Hamline and the Metropolitan M. E. Churches gave their annual excursion to River View yesterday, and during the day about 2,000 of the children, their parents and friends crossed the gang plank of the steamer Pentz. The young people captured the resort early in the day, and heid it un- tl the last boat homeward. Tomorrow River View will be the Mecca of hundreds of the business men of Wash- ington, who always mace it a point to spend the day on the cool lawns of the View under the shade trees. Those who want a day of rest can find it at River View. There are easy chairs in plenty on the breezy porticos of the dining room for them. Those who want to be amused will find the “chute” and dozens of other good ee of the holiday taspend it away from he city. River View; Washington's favot- ite excursion resert, ie the place to spend the day. The broad Jawns are cocl and shady, the chute ts a fun-maker, and there ate numerous ethet) amusements. Then, too, there will be music and dancing all day. To accommodate the large throngs expected to visit River View the gteamer Pentz will make four fast flying trips te poat resort, leaving here at 10 a.m., 2, 4 an :45 p.m., and stoppitg at Alexandria at 10:20, 2:20 and 7:05 p.m. The return trips will be made at 12:15, 8, 5, 8 and 10:30 p.m. The fireworks display from the top of the chute at night will be very fine. CHAINED TO A MAD BEAR. Unpleasant Experience of a Mainc Woodsman. From the Lewiston (Me.) Journal. A few days ago a woodsman near Kineo, Me., had an experience with a bear that would give color to a tale of backwoods ad- venture. Milton Pike had a bear trap set up near Lozatean on the biggest hill to the south of the stream. It was near the bear’s den, which was a hole or small cave in the ledge. The old lady had two paths leading from the mouth of her den,, and wken Pike set his trap in one she traveled by the other route. Pike had enother trap, but it was not provided with a chain long enough to attach it properly to a clog. After thinking the matter over a while, he set his trap at a point where the two paths come near together. Then he set the trap with the short chain in the other path, and stretching the few lirks across the inter- vering space attached it to the longer chain, which had a clog attached. But two days later Jerry Perkins came along the trail not far from the hillside. He had an ax, and said he was whistling and enjoying an hour of fair weather, which by some chance visited the section that day. Jerry was destined to meet that bear, and he did. He saw that the animal was in a trap and that the clog had stuck fast In some bushes. Thinking {t would be a very easy matter to advance and knock the bear in the head, he procceded to do . His ax hit the bear quite a thump, but s she dodged the blow took effect a little lower on her skull than the woodsman had intended it should. And just as the blow fell Jerry heard a strange sound in the neighborhood of his feet and he found a bear trap en his ankle. The bear had gone such a short distance before being brought up by the clog that the other trap had not been sprung. Perkins found himself hitched to an ugly old she bear with cubs only a few rods away in a crevice in the rock. The bear was fresh, having dragged the clog no dis- tance, and she went at Jerry in a very business-like manner. Again the ax was brought down on her head, this time with better effect than before. Before the third and final blow could be struck she had lJacerated the flesh of Mr. Perkins’ left leg. The man got out of the trap after some difficulty. He could move about enough to cut a sapling and with this as a lever he put the spring down so that ~he jaws fell back and released him. He and Pike divided the proceeds of the catch, one taking the skin and bounty and the other the meat. An attempt to get the cubs was unsuccessful, the dittle fellows having got big enough to runaway. ————+o+____ Best Gears for Women’s Bicycles. From Harper's Bazar, In the first place, although it has been explained many times, it is better to state once more, briefly, just what the gear of a bicycle means. It is en arrangement by means of which a comparatively small wheel is made to revolve as if it were a very large one—that ts, to cover as much ground as the large one would in every revolution. Practically all bicycles now are made with 28-inch wheels, and thus, if a 60 gezr 1s spoken of, it means that the rear wheel of the machine (gear al- ways refers to the rear wheel) revolves as if it were 60 inckes in diameter. It is by means of the chain turning over two sprocket wheeis, the large-one in front and the small one behind, that thls result is accomplished. The variations tn the num- her of teeth on the sprockets determine the gear. Fifteen teeth on the front and seven on the reur give the gear 60; 19 on the front and § on the rear give 66%, etc. The for- mula for finding the gear is to multiply the actual diameter of the rear wheel, usually, as was said above, 28 inches, by the num- ber of teeth on the front sprocket, and then divide the result by the number of teeth on the rear sprocket. Now, so far as I have been able to ob- serve and judge, a gear of about 63 is high nough for the average woman to ride. The higher the gear, just so much the harder must be the push on the pedals at each revoluticn, and it {s certainly less taxing to cne’s strength to push a little more frequently and lightly than to be at great effort In making each movement. Es- pecially in hill climbing, or in riding on the level over rough roads, does a high gear make its disadvantages felt. On a smooth surface, where there is no grade, the high gear 1s very pleasant, because ith each push one covers a great deal of ground, and the machine moves rapidly in proportion to the effort expended. But} there are few persons who can be sure of always riding on roads like academy floors, and in fact such a daily routine would be extremely monotonous. The pleasantest cycling trips ere those which take one out into the country, and there one must be prepared to encounter all sorts of up-and- down grades and varying conditions of the roadbed. Of course it is impossible to lay down any fixed rule which would apply to all women, but 6% seems a fair average. Any one who is not strong would do better to choose 60, and riders of good muscular power ana endurance can ride 66 and even 68 without injury. Nothing above the last figure seems to me advisable for women. For girls who have not the muscular strength or physical constitution of the fully aevelanen! woman, gears from 56 to 6 would be better. 66 Oll Used for Laying Dust. From the Philadelphia Press. The first practical use of ofl in laying dust on the roadbed of the West Jersey and Sea Shore railroad was made last week under the supervision of Assistant Engineer J. H. Nichols. A big tank with 2 sprinkling attachment, much like a street sprinkler, was placed on a car, which was started out over the road, the off used be- ing a heavy petroleum product of low cost. The roadbed of the double tracks of the Camden and Atlantic brench, running to Atlantic City, to a point below Haddonfield and for a distance of about eight feet be- yond the outer rails was liberally sprinkled, and men with swabs latd the oil on at the pianked crossings. Bicyclists at first did not like the smell of the ofl; neither did people who live along the line of the road near where the ofl was spread, but as trains whizzed by and made no dust every- body was delighted, Passengers found that they could sit at the apen windows of the cars and not get a particle of dust on their clothing. The oi] willbe placed upon the whole of the Atlantic City division at once. ——__+e+____ Florida’s Profitable Pineapple Crop. From the West Palm Beach (Fla.) Tropical Sun. From the reports of all those who have shipped pineapples already this season and have received returns for them, we learn that the prices received have been very good so far. By this we mean they have brought from 7 to 8 cents apiece for poorer quality of common pineg up to 10, 12 and 15 cents apiece for good ones of the common kind, and in some cases even more than that. This is doing very well, and if the rest of the pines shipped this season average anything like this in prices, the growers will be perfectly satisfied, for at such prices there 1s money in raising them. Of course the fancy pines that were shipped brought fancy prices, in most cases selling all the way from 25 cents to $1, and in some in- stances $1.50 apiece. This year is the ban- ner year as far as the crop is concerned, and, from indications now, it bids fair to be the banner year for S gave and profits. also. There is surely good money in raising Pines, and our growers are finding it out this year even if they never knew it before. ‘The statistics of the present crop cannot be obtained in full until the close of the shipping ceasun, but estimates promise a total of 150,000 barrels or 300,000 standard crates, ons, pro rata of her population, as Boston. The réagon why she had as many was that she supplied the material with which to fill them. Rome thought she was doing well when she apprehended her criminals and put them in the Mamertine caves; Bos- ton thinks so also. Rome and Boston have both flattered themselves with the notion that they “protect society” by first pro- ducing and then caging their criminals. Paris has as many almshouses as New York, and both Paris and New York have made the wretches who cry at the doors or drift in shoals along the streets. The reason why Paris and New York have invented the almshouse is because they first in- vented the beggars. It is no doubt a fine thing to make paupers and then to feed them: Observe bow it works: The magnificent ladies of 5th avenue hold a charity fair; they put thousands of dollars into the cof- fer, to be used in feeding the squalid wretches in their husbands’ tenement houses. They sleep that night on their husbands’ breasts, thinking how good they are! The great merchants and greater gamblers organize a mont-de-piete, in which the poor and half-starved bankrupts may pawn their goods in order to get the money to pay rent to the very men who in- vented the big shop. I know of nothing more beautiful; it Is positively romantic! What does all this signify? It signifies that certain infifiences dominant over man-life, and certain organized powers in society, have come down to us from the middle ages, and that these influences and powers are so depraved that they must in self-defense do something to remedy the results of their own abuses. They must trammel up the consequences a little, to the end that they may continue to despoil mankind. They must make a_ practical apology to the human race by furnishing coubtful antidetes for the very diseases with which they have inoculated the sor of men. They must save their forfeited reputations by taking up and fondling poor wretches whom they themselves have first begotten and then disowned! Monarchy is a brute of this kind. @ monster that crushes down- some mil- lions or billions of human beings, enslaves them, robs them of their libertics, takes away the fruits of their toll, consumes the residue In war and lust—and then goes to work to make the condition of the slaves so tolerab'e that they may still live end Have children! A mediaeval church, with its gothic tow- ers and marble palaces, with its swarm of on-hangers and its fat men in fashionable reiment, Is another creature now busily en- gaged throughout the world in trammeling up the consequences of its own work. From filling the world with paupers and slaves, this splendid reminiscence of darkness and despair now turns in self-defense to take care of Its own progeny. The great remin- iscence ought to do as much; for it has never been regarded as particularly merito- tious to feed one’s own. How fine it is for the fruitful mother of outcasts and beg- It is cars to give them a little counsel and cof- ee! Plutocracy that snatches the wealth of the world from tie hands of them that Produce it is another such monster—plutoc- ra that sponges up the ocean in order to fer Sahara with six drops! One drop is a library: one is a college; one is a hospi- tal. The library 1¢ to perpetuate the mem- ory of the sponge; the college is to teach the sysiem of political economy by which the sponge sucked up the ocean; the hos- pital is to receive the broken bodies of those to whose families the sponge might otherwise have hud to pay damages. oor ete, Seana Mountaineers at Nashville Fair. From Harper's Weekly. Vanity Fair is the name given at Nash- ville to that interesting part of the show which might have inherited the meaning- less name of “Midway.” All our old friends of Chicago, San Francisco and Atlanta are there, from the disciple of Barnum, who tried to induce a group of country clergy- rien to enter the Cairo theater by telling them that “this is the dance that John the Baptist lost his head over,” to the tamer ef more or le: wild beasts. But over in one corner of Vanity Fair is a show that is genuine and characteristic of the state of Tennessee. There “Uncle Jack,” an old mountaineer in a coonskin cap, presides over a moo: shine still, and after explaining carefully to every visitor all the fine points of the magic change of corn through sour mash into “mountain dew,” whispers solemnly as a dead secret that he never distilled a drop of wildcat whisky in his life. Nev Uncle Jack has an assistant, a tremendous fellow, who lacks only a few inches of en feet in his boots (I doubt if he was ver measured in his stockings). There 1s a good deal of simple human na ture in the customs of eastern Tenne: The mountains are not so very larg © e. nd occasicnally one gets too small to hold two of its inhabitants. Then {t is that the careless man has to go and the man who always keeps his gun loaded remains. Un- cle Jack's big assistant seems always to have been a careful, forehanded or at least forearmed citizen. Uncle Jack would be a more comfortable man to share a mountain with; a man given rather to contemplation than to ac: ticn. I stood beside him one day gentleman who was dangling in the sky on a bicycle seat suspended from a balloon was supposed to be sailing an “airshi Uncle Jack followed him with his ey. til he became a mere speck. Then he said, “I wouldn't car’ to ever resk my old bod: so high as that—but m’ soul—I don’t car’ how high that goe He Obeyed Orders. From the Electrical Review. The president of an electric railway com- pany complained to his superintendent, a Hibernian named Finnegin, that his daily reports of trouble on the line were too long --too word: “Cut ‘em short,” said the busy president. The superintendent's next report of a car off the track satistied all hands. It was ‘Onagin. “Awayagin. “FIND It matters little what it is that you want —whether a situation or a servant—a ‘want” ad. in The Star will reach the per- son who can fill your need. AMUSEME: ILLARD HAL * NOW THOROUGHLY LED BY LARGE ELEC- TRIC FANS. A DECIDED SUCCESS. Lumiere Cinematographe. Change of views Sunday, retaining the most popu- lar ones, accompanied by ‘realistic effects of sound. pers hereafter will be at tly. SUNDAY AT 8:39 P.M. Spectal matinees for children Saturday, 2:30 and 4:30 p.m, POPULAR Pr ADULTS, 25¢. CHILDREN, 15¢. Speaat arrangements can be made for benefits. x3 TS. Something New! BEGINNING TONIGHT, GRAPHOPHONE PARTI ES, z THE LATEST FAD. Bring your friend and have your favorite compo- sitions played for YOU on a Special Machine. Delightfully cool Parlors. Comfortable Chairs. A Cheap and Varled Summer Entertainment, New Kinetoscope Exhibit. COLUMBIA PHONOGRAPH COMPANY, dy8-8t 919 PENNSYLVANIA AVE. Hydrocycles!! HAVE YOU SEEN THEM? Y HAVE YOU TRIED THEM? ‘If you have, you are glad to know that you can try them again at CHEVY CHASE LAKE. If yeu have vot, yuu don’t know what you have missed. Donch’s Band and dancing every evening on the pavilion, ms223m,20 | my27-tt MONDAY, JULY 5, Mors emusements than all other resorts come Dined. Dancing all day and ing. Grand dis- Play of fireworks from the top of the chute at Only Matinee Saturday at 2:15—25, 50c. The Columbia Stock Co. night. ee fe i? The Steamer SAM'L J. PENTZ will make fast fising tripe, leaving Ler wharf, foot of street, at 10 a.m., 2, 4 and 6:45 pom. and stopping at Alexandria at 10:20, 2:20 and 7:05 p.m. Return. ing, the Pents will teave River View at 12 6, 8 and 10:30 p.m. NEXT WEEK, By Special Request, A SCRAP OF PAPER. The same version as produced by Mr. and Mrs. Kendall, and the greatest comedy in thelr reper- totre. First appearance as a member of the company of It MISS ALBERTA GALLATIN. Glen Echo fe ttint RANDALL, N Proprictor Annual! Excursion Postponed from June 17) OF THE NATIONAL RIFLES TO MARSHALL HAL, Wednesday Evening, July 7 MACALESTER WILL LEAVE STEAMER CHAR: 620 SHARP. AT Tickets for sale by members and at the boat. Je26-10t ALL FOR TWO DOLLARS. July 4---July 5. The STEAMER HARRY RANDALL will sell round-trip tickets to CHAPEL POINT, inclod ON-THE-POTOMAG. " at HOTEL RELLVIEW, for ® The Twill Ie nday, July 4, at 7 POPULAR CONCERTS ve Chapel Point Monday, Jul ving in Washington about § p.m, EVERY AFTERNOON AT 2:30, . POINT, MD Gray m by the Hon EV Y EVENING AT 8, By the Fadettes ROUTE Arlington, Ballston, lostoria Crossman’s Grove ic Parties M AQUEDUCT nemMe ACAND F, 4 Fort Myer, Falls Church, Boston. Take Georgetown and Tenleytown cars at W apd M sts.: through without change. Special train for excursion parties. 7th, Mth and U st. cars, at excursion parties. 7th, 14th and U st. cars = Ps cbanging at Chevy Chase Circle. Sy3-484 1ver 1C VV KKERS NS LY é. be Steamer Sam'l J. Pentz DAILY at 10 am. and ALL THIS WEEK. 645 Sund l. Matinees Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, on THE BEST YET. - om . Y SUNDAY, WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY, Wood Sisters’ Burlesquers. ag nial evening, except Suu: Sea earner itivce ice “Orcheeteay” Chee, A Coterle of American Beauties! Me. An Olio of Star Features! F. ERY SATURDAY, x at [eck —The Colored Sports’ Big Show. Tickets, 1c. to all on the 10 a.m. and 2 p.m, An The cycling ADEMY verse. ington. Cycling tanght ‘Competent nesday and COLUMBIA AG One of the sights of on a 12,000-ft. floor. Charges small. streets, Music every evenii a vr = EXCURSIONS, ETC. SPEND SUNDAY On the Green Lawns of Marshall Hall. Proprietor. GE, RID OPENS JUNE 5. The Only Salt Water Bathing Resort IN THE VICINITY OF Excelleat Restaurant WASHINGTON, Trains leave Steamer “MACALI Wharf at 11 a.m, STER™ leaves 7zh st. 2:30 and 6:30 p.m. R “8 on Chesape Itimere and. re — turning, leaves Marshall Hall at 1, 4:30 — — and 8:30 p. On week days steamer — — leaves at 10 a. » and 6:30 p.m. —| NEW STE _- Steamer “RIVER QUEE) leaves. on — a: or ev — Sundays at 2 p.m. Returning, leaves — | Lire. st. now. Marshall Hall at 6 pan, = = FOR CHARTE ———_ fng schooner H Pe special da apply Ss Iu. Music by Prof. Schroeder’s | #0 ste a.m" iB Dw. “Ericsson Line Excursions” BY WATER 1 Band. Fare, Round Trip, 25c. M BALTIMORE, A LA CARTE at — MEALS =f — Restaurant. Ladies are y invited — — on these excursions, Mars! 1 has no — eanliness and good . L. BLAK ickets on sa + Conn. ; Portiand Me.. and poitits ly Steamers (exc and Pratt stre Great Display of FIREWORKS at Marshall Hall, Monday, July 5. THE FOURTH ~ Queen of Summer Trips. Boston by Sea. Providence by MERCHANTS’ AND MINE! q Stamer BALTINORE WIL be celebrated in true | pay fa tiad — od-fashiowed yle at shall iLall, There —— will be a nagnificent display of reworks in hares BBE Heme rockets, parachutes, arate — bengolas, miae te. ave, Wash. D. @ Macalester and River Queen Se eS — STPAMER “MACALE ™ . Je1-3m Norfolk & Wyash ngton Steamboat Co. Every day in the year for Fortress Monroe, — Norfolk, Ni News and all points south re 0 am, 3 ; RIVER QUEEN” at 9-30 a.m. and 3 p.m. Steamers leave Marshall Hall about 1: —— 1:30, 4:45 : —— can return on any of the steamers. Music by Prof. Schroeder’s Band. DANCING ALL DAY AND EVENING. Fare, round trip = = = 25c. CF Cafe on steamers and grounds, at city prices, ‘The best ef order will be maintained. NO DUST. NO DIRT. “QUICKEST AND SAFEST ROUTE” ej =s MOUNT VERNON. Beach will find this insuring a come —— Hygeta, — the most able nicht’s rest. — Taree And Juxucloun rooms heated by steam — and fitted thronghout with electric. light. m — Dining room service ts a la carte, and fi Steamer Placalester |= fig jot ttt ac Sa dig Daily (except Sunday), — Washington an folk afford. At 10 a.m. snd 2:30 pm.; returning, reach the | — | ““ickets on at US. Express oftice, 817 city at 2 and 6 p,m. — Pawsylvanta avenue — Yanw aveme; 1. an . — Ith street aud New York ayeaue, ‘and on — bdoarw steamers, where time tuble, map, ete. can alsy be hud, FARE, kOUND TRIP, 50 CENTS. Admission to gre coats. EI EGANT CAFE ON THE STEAMER. Tickets, with Mount Vertov admission coupon, for Any other nation Gesired will be furs sale at wharf and at hotels. piched oo ayplication te the pndersicmad at Eyey cE, in, | — the company's wharf. foot of 7th st. Wasbe see" — —Inzton, D.C. ‘Telephone No. 750. ty18-404 JNO. CALLAHAN. Genoral Manager. BY SEA —From—— WASHINGTON io NEW YORK. A short and delightial trip, in ocean-going steam. ships of the Iatest model, with privilege Of a pleasant stop-over at famous OLD POINT COMFORT. In connection with ihe superb steamers of: the NORFOLK & WASHINGTON 0 B Yi Popular Salt-Water Trips|, STEAMBOAT COMPANY, daily all-water service between Washinzt ‘To picturesque Lower Potomac and all the summet New York 4s operated 1p councetion With thet retorts resumed SATURDAY, June 26. Steamer T. V. Arrowsmith leaves 7th st. ferry wharf every OLD DOMINION LENE. Leave Washington datiy, 7 m.; hh ‘Alexa Monday and Wednesday, 3 p.m., and Saturday at | ria dally, 7:30 ive "Fort Sonn is 6 p.m. Home Sunday, 10 p.m. Accommodations | 6:30 a.m.; arrive Norfolk daity, 8 a.m. Colonial Beach. Steamer Jane Moseley. KEEP COOL. 136 MILES down the Potomac for 50c. Grand salt water batl ving: and boating. Spec IPS, SAT., G p.m.; SUNDAY end MOY 9 aan, sharp. from CLYDE WHARF, foot of ZU st. HOLEL now open, under new and efficient’ man- agement. SPECIAL attention given to the kitchen department. al office for state rooms and charters, dy2-tt 1321 F ST. ing, fishin. 1 4th of Joly HOLM xv Passengers from Washington will make firet-class, ficns with Old Dominion shij it Norfo — Je23-tf C._W. RIDLEY, G._M._ | Norfolk xt 7:80 Pan te ite Old Point Gone = fort _at 6:15 p.m, daily ¢ ‘luded UICK AND FREQUENT ELECTRIC TRALY €F Pascengers ‘are privi to ‘ Q SERVICE. rection by rall, If desired. anir Tickets for sale in Washington at the f efiices: “Norfolk and’ Washington, D.C. Steumane Com) 42h ") c. Mount Vernon, Arlington and Alexandria. ny, No. 817 Pa. ave.; 518, 619, 81 Pa. ave.; 707 15th st. nw. (corner dy and at office of the Norfolk and Washington, Steamboat Compans. Toot pith st. where fewerea: lens state rooms can inade fort formation obtrined. 5 eaters, So Station, Pennsylvania avenue and 13% strect. ome 5. For schedule cee zg ‘E. column, Fancy ng Pier 26, ‘SE a my2i-tt