Evening Star Newspaper, August 14, 1897, Page 24

24 ° THEATRICAL GOSSIP Some Good Stories Picked Up During the Dull Season. GROWING POPULARITY OF GLEN ECHO Preparations Being Made for the Coming Fall Work. GRAND OPERA HOUSE ees The only amusement resort to whicn ladies can go now is Glen Echo, and every night they flock out there in crowds. Wherever the ladies go there the men are sure to be, d as a result of the fondness of the ladies for the picturesque grounds of Gien Echo and fo- the attractions of its amphitheater thousands crowd the electric cars nightly and find their way to that beautiful spot on the Potomac. Many go early and take their dinners at the cafe, and nothing is more pleasant than to sit on the veranda, with ccol breezes blowing and with music playing, and take one’s evening meal. It's getting to be quite the fad to do this. Many ladies and children who cannot well go at night make the trip in the afterncon and listen to the same program. The success of “Beau Brummel” precipi- tated a deluge of costume plays. With their customary methods, managers proceeded to produce “costume plays’ merely for the sake of the costumes and without re- gard to the play, and the result was dis- appointment in numercus Instances. As soon as it became obvious that the public recognized the subterfuge which had been attempted, a reaction set in, and the cos- tume play is now regarded with suspicion. An eminent manager expresses the follow- ing opinion: “It is only occasionally that costume plays succeed, and then, in spite of their being period plays, only because they have strong and interesting love themes. When a historic subject is chosen, it is almost always necessary to introduce a great many passages and incidents, which barely have the charm of dramatic novelty. They are interesting because of their historical importance, but not of much value for the stage. It is difficult, except in rare cases, in the production of plays by a stock com- pany or a modern actor to interest au- ionces in remote periods, unless the play possesses intrinsically an unusual charm. The expense of elaborate costuming makes it desirable that such plays should be worked upon by one of very sound expe- rience in what will please modern au- diences.” Sear ee eee eeeeee Mr. Edward Middleton, the manager of Glen Echo-on-the-Potomac, had a rather exciting experience as his introduction to that now popular pleasure resort. Mr. Middleton did not reach Glen Echo until 7 o'clock on the Monday that he took charge, having come from Philadelphia with his vaudeville people, who were to make their first appearance at Glen Echo that night. The first information given him was that the Fadettes, the woman orchestra, had declined to play for vaudeville people. The leader said that her force was an artistic organization, and played good music, but that it would not do accompaniments for song and dance men or acrobats. Here .: ied to reason sing women from Boston, but they planted their feet firmly and would budge from their position. Vell,” said Middleton, “we'll have to get a 0; and, without s: word, he jumped on a car, and, as supposed, started for the His assistants won- dered how he was going to get into Wash- ington, secure a piano when all the music store: e closed, and return with It in time for the performance, which was to commence at 8:20. In less than half an hour Middleton returned with a wagon ining a plano, and it was placed on age, ready for action. Where did you get it?” asked Tom Wil- kinson. e “Went to a house down the road, told the people my fix. asked the loan of their in- strument until tomorrow, got it, and here it_is," was Middleton's reply. Tt was possible to secure a male pianist that evenin, one of the Fadettes had to her id of classical music suffi- to play accompaniments to the le performers for that night only. sink ent vaud “The Bachelor's Baby,” a play by Coyne Fletcher of this city, is to have a produc- tion in New York very soon. McKee Ran- kin will produce it at the Murray Hill ‘Theater. “The Baby” has weathered some rather severe storms, and having survived so long on the door-step of success, there is every reason to expect that it will tind itself comfortably adopted as a public fav- crite. Mr. Rankin seems to have shared the difficulty which the late Frank Mayo had in selecting a play which would pre- sent him in the most advantageous man- ner. Possibly the “Baby” will do for Mr. Rankin what “Pudd’nhead Wilson” did for Mayo. eee The tour of Robert Downing will be in- augurated the evening of August 30, at the The company so far and in- Academy of Music. engaged fs far above the average cludes some of the best-known before the public, and e: true with reference to the principa Prominent among them are Adelaide Fitz Allen, who in years has supported Keene, Salvini and other famed tragediang; Harriet Sterling, who for years was nt in all of A. M. Pal: and Miss Helene Potter. Edward N. Hoyt, who divi Cc. W. Vance, Clement St. Mar- tin, Richard Steele, Charles MeMurdy, V A. Robinson and George A. Holt are als in the company. These, together with an auxiliary of ten responsible young men and n. go to make up one of the strongest zations on the road. What will add nal interest to Mr. Downing’s tour is announcement that he will present for the first time on any stage during his Washington engagement Mr, George 8. Jot w play, “David Laroque,” based on Ohne ne theme popular novel b; The production will be George elaborate in the extreme, and there will be a wealth of s embellishme: heretofore un- known in stage productions. Every stitch of canvas skown will be new. The tour embraces country. all the principal cities of the Carl & Theodor Rosenfeld, who bring the nda Rossa” to this country in October for a transcontinental tour, intend to make it similar to the famous Gilmore fes- tival tours, with which the well-known banémaster was so successful some years ago. Two fine vocalists of great European reputation have just been engaged in addi- tion to those already announced, and the programs will present several new and original features never yet presented by any band here. The “Banda Rossa” has just returned to San Severo, where it is located when not on tour—having just con- cluded a remarkably successful trip through Germany. After a four weeks’ en- «ement in the principal Italian summer resorts, they wfll start for this country, opening their long tour, extending from New York to San Francisco, at the Metro- politan Opera House, October 15. The successful application of the prin- ciples of arbitration to the differences be- tween Klaw & Erlanger, the managers of Round Pleasure.” and Sydney 43, the author of the original book has forestalled all legal pro- « 1 the erratic Rosenfeld and ‘ will be given credit, joint- sh alter Jones, Rich- Rogers brothers, Charles W. Tred k, M te are Wisdom and ith Str pals in the company of nearly © vodred members. The elaborate scenic ® ing recently shown at the Knicker- booker Theater will be earried on tour. The Sunday Night Muste Club met t Mie ow Durbage’® on 1 reet 1 pH Menctets arranged for four the nd suite Mr. Frits ra "Hungarian Rha of Huttnns leeman play eel ont Mise Clara Moran played the Romance from Moa fourteenth piano concent duarte strings accompa. wt * predivted that the theatrical world we treated te a genuine « when te Manion's new a, wih adelphia in October. Isabelle Evesson, a sister of Miss Clayton, will play the title role, and the author will play a soubrette character, a German bond servant of 1691. The piece will be presented in three acts. The scenes are laid in Salem, Mass., during the historical witchcraft persecutions, but the fanaticism of the time has but a pass- ing interest in the story Miss Clayton tel inspired by Augusta Campbell Watson’ famous novel, “Dorothy, the Puritan.” A well-known soubrette had occasion to yisit the notion department of one of the big stores one day last week. She was in search of some of those queer little ar- rangements which women use for puffing out their hair so that the unsuspecting public will think that their tresses are more plentiful and luxuriant than they. really are. She =< her wants to the gentle- manly floor walker, who turned about face, saying, “Walk this way, please.” When he approached the counter, he looked to- ward one of the saleswomen, and in a loud voice said “Rats.” The soubrette gave a shriek, made a flying leap for one of the stools in front of the counter, and, gathering her skirts together, made an unconscious display of the charms whicn have assisted in winning her great popu- larity before the footlights. “Kill him! please, kill him!” she shouted, while the clerks at the different counters stopped work and took in the situation and the polka-dotted hose with much satisfac- tion. The floor walker saw the predicament of the little actress, and after he had ex- plained that the little puffs which she was seeking are known in store language as “rats,” she dblushingly allowed him to help her down from her perch, while the clerks want back to their work with a renewed interest in life. THE GRAND OPERA HOUSE.—During the vacation the Grand Opera House has been tharovghly cverhauled and the in- terior has been repainted and upholstered, and when the house opens it will present a cheerful and attractive appearance. Among the attractions that Managers Kernan and Rife have secured are the following: Fran- cis Wilson, Minnie Maddern Fiske, David Henderson’s “Crystal Slipper,” Bros. Byrne’s “Eight Bells,” Jacob Litt’s ‘In Old Kentucky,” “The Last Stroke,” “Wo- man In Black,” “Chimmie Fadden” and “Shall We Forgive Her?” Davis & Keogh’s “Fallen Among Thieves, “The Great Train Robbery,” “Heart of the Rockies” and “Sidewalks of New York; Chas. EB. Bla- ney’s “Electrician,” “Boy Wanted’ and “Hired Girl; Lewis Morrison’s “Faust” and “The Privateer,” Elmer E. Vance's “Patent Applied For,” Wm. A. Brady’s “Under the Polar Star,” J. H. Martins & Co.'s “Sinbad, or the Maid of Belsore,” Gilmore & Leonard’s “‘Hogan’s Alley “McFadden’s Row of Flats,” “McGinty, the Sport,” “Shantytown” and “In Gay Paris.” KERNAN’S LYCEUM. THEATER.—The “Bon Ton Burlesquers” will be the attrac- tion at Kernan’s next week, and from the many successes that Manager Rush has produced, there can be no question but that the “Bon Tons” will surpass all pre- vicus efforts in the way of extravaganza. The company comprises a brilliant array of talent of the highest order. There are twenty beautiful forms of female lovell- ness, girls that can sing, dance and pose. The comedy element as it is equipped dem- onstrates ths fact that one is compelled to laugh in spite of cne’s self. ‘The scenic and electrical effects are excellent in the extreme, and the liberality dis: yed in the selection of costumes cleir'y shows that no expense has been spared in order to attain satisfactory results. The “Bon Ton” girls are dreams of queenly grace, and their charming gavotte, “La Bivousc,” never fails to catch on bigt ken in its entirety, the “Bon Ton” is one of the brightest ex- travaganzas yet produced; all antediluvian ideas have been eradicated and regenera- tion given in every detail. So much for the “Bon Tons,” who will make their first appearance bere in a round of pleasure and merriment. THE PROVOST GUARD.—General Stan- ley has done much for the Soldiers’ Home in the past two years, and one of his best achievements has been the erection of the beautiful Marble Hall Theater. This has been done part at a time, but it has been done well. For the past month he has been giving special attention to the equipment of the stage. Herr Albert Tiedfort is paint- ing complete sets of brand-new scenery, and, by special effort, he says, he will be able to finish the work in time for the production of “The Provost Guurd.” Wash- ington Davis’ new military comedy-drama, on August 26. Tae stage direction of this production is by Mr. Frank Bosworth, and special music is being arranged for the piece by Professor Meyerelles of the Sol- diers’ Home Band. It is a pleasant ride on the Brightwood cars to see the improve- ments at the home, and the preduction of a new play under the circumstances prom- ises an evening of enjoyment. GLEN ECHO-ON-THE-POTOMAC.—The bill next week at beautiful Glen Echo will be a strong one, and Manager Middleton, ever alert for the best things to be drawn from the vaudeville world, has secured an exceptional array of talent for his patrons. The billing includes the Grotto trio of juve- nile singers, Robert Emmet Walsh, Hor- ace Lewis and Paul Brady; Lynch and Trailor, the military marvel: Howard ard Leigh, the snake team, and the Fadettes. that popular aggregation of musicians, which has made such a hit with Washington's sic-loving population. Laws and Brady have a clever sketch that should take with every one who journe: to Glen Echo during the week, and Lynch and Trailor are said to be the strongest team that is obtainable today in vauc ville circles. The Grotto trio will have me new songs, and Howard and Leigh, well known in this city as contortionists of the first order, will present an entirely new ect, which should win for them ap- plause and favor. The Fadette: iil, of be heard in a number of ‘tions, including one or two by the excellent brass quartet selected from the orchestra. and will contribute to the pleasure of those who visit Glen Echo during the week just as much as they have done in the past. The cafe at Glen Echo is fitted up in the best of st is able to accommodate an im- mense crowd and gives a service that is unexcelled at any excursion resort in the vicinity of Washington. The grounds themselves are worth a visit. It is proba- bly the most beautiful spot anywhere near Washington, and as such will be appre- ciated and has been appreciated by thou- sands of persons. ee EXCURSIONS. The steamer Jane Moseley, the old stand- by of river excursionists, will make her ar trips to Colonial Beach this evening “0 o'clock and tomorrow morning at % o'clock sharp. From the time the boat leaves here in the morning or evening, as the case may be, the trip is deiightful to a degree and calculated to make one entirely forget the heat and dust and glare of the city left behind. Upon the arrival at the Beach salt water bathing, fishing, crabbing and boating and sailing are furnished fer the amusement of those who make the trip. These who take the boat this evening will find every convenience at ihe Colonial Beach Hotel upon their arrival there, which will furnish excellent meals and accommo- dations for the night. The dinner served at this hotel upon the arrivai of the boat Sunday afternoon is one of the best ob- tainable on the river. Those who make the trip need not worry about carrying pro- visions, as the hotel is situated near the excursion wharf and in the direct way of travel. ‘Phe return trip both from the Sat- urday night and Sunday morning exeur- sions is made about 10 o'clock Sunday night. The trip to Piney Point on the st. Arrowsmith, which leaves this evening at 6 o'clock, is one of the most pleasant out- ings to be selected from those offered by the Potomac river. Rounl-trip tickets to this well-known summer resort, including transportation on the boat, meals and rooin at the hotel, are sold. ‘Sunday morning there will be a special concert at the Point by the Mt. Pieasant Field ,Band. while all the other features of the place will be in fell running order for the benelit of those who make the trip. The return ho:ne is made by Sunday evening at 10 o'clock. The amer Arrowsmith leaves every Monday and Wednesday at %:30 p.m. for all the popular watering places and summer re- sorts on the Potomac river, and om Satur- day evening at 6 o'clock for she rame. ‘The accommodations on the boat are first-class and the ride down to the picturesque lower ‘otomac is wel worth consi % in the matter of sbort summer outings. The Virginia hills overlooking the Poto- mac are perhaps Pleasant a place for plente parties to spend the day as any in thi immediate locality. Those who are fond of music should spend the evening at Port Myer and hear the mone hacen natn 7 cee theme means of te via the clectrio care from Aque- emer THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, AUGUST 14, 1897-24 PAGES. duct bridge, which run from 8 a.m. to 11:40 p.m. So successful were the German excur- sions during the early part of the present season that the members of the various German organizations of the city have been anxious to repeat them, and have pre- vailed upon Capt. Randall to give them the last Sundays of the season to his pleas- ant resort at-River View. Tomorrow the first of these German excursions, that of the Deutsch Central Verein, will take place. This is a union of all the German societies in the city, and a large crowd is looked for. The occasion will be made more pleasant by the rendition of popular German songs and choruses by a full choir from the Arion Singing Society and the Washington Saengerbund. The Columbia Turn Verein will also give an athletic exhi- bition to entertain the visitors to the View. In addition to these special features of the program, the various amusements at the View will give pleasure, and Chris. Arth, jr.’s, full orchestra will be heard in concert, both afternoon and evening. To accommodate the large crowds expected to visit the View tomorrow the steamer Pentz will make four trips, leaving her wharf at 11 a.m., 2:30, 4:30 and 6:30 p.m., and leav- ing River View at 12:30, 3:30, 5:30, 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. If there is cne trip more than another that the people of Washington enjoy, it is the run to Indian Head. Four hours of solid comfort and enjoyment, with ail the pleasures of the sail through the finest scenery in this part of the country, make an evening that is sure to supply all de- mands made by a_ease-seeking public. Just now the moonlight adds greatly to the natural beauty of the home trips, and that is where perhaps the majority of the guests find their greatest satisfaction. Schroeder's band furnishes music on the boat to the Hall, where stops are made both going and returning. If any prefer to spend some time on the grounds of Mar- shall Hall while the boat makes the ad- ditional run, they may. It also affords an opportunity to those folks who went down on the earlier boats to take in the added pleasures of the extra sail to the Head. The Macalester leaves for this trip tonight at 6:30. : Popular at any time, Sunday is undoubt- edly the favorite day for the people at Marshall Hall. There are very many who rarely miss spending this day there, and {t is no wonder they find new pleasures in the trip each week, for there isn’t a thing that could add to the comfort or enioy- ment of an outing that has not been pro- vided in plenty by the company. One of the leading features is the band concert on the lawn. Each Sunday afternoon, up in the shady groves which surround the mansion, Prof. Schroeder and his com- pany of musicians hold the people almost spellbound. The programs are carefully selected, and the band—well, every one knows there is nothing better in the musi- cal line hereabouts than Schroeder offers. Hundreds go down each week to enjoy the comforts of the place, and it is the univer- sal criticism that every comfort-contrib- uting and pleasure-giving feature is there—leaving no wish ungratified. A good many wheelmen take their wheels down with them on these Sunday runs. The company transports the machines without any charge, and the roads are in excellent condition, affording numerous rides through the surrounding country. The gentlemen must not lose sight of the barber shop privileges accorded them on the Macalester. The boat leaves on Sun- day at 11 a.m., 2:30 and 4:30 p.m. That a Chapel Point day is a merry one has become a fixed fact with any number of folks. This is plainly. shown by the boat loads of guests that take advantage of each trip made by the River Queen. There is everything there that can be found at“any of the other resorts, and a good many attractions that others do not boast of. The sail alone is enjoyable enough to crowd the boat. The Point is fifty-five miles from town, and the run is made in about four hou: A cool, delight- ful trip, where the scenery is pleasing to the eye, and the breezes comforting. Once on the ground, and the sport has only be- gun. No finer fishing and crabbing could be wished for than are found at Chanel Point, and the facilities for salt water bathing offered by the excellent beach tend to keep the water fairly alive with bathers during the four hours the Queen lies at the wharf. Dinners may either be had in the cafe on the steamer or at the hotel. Excellent service at either place. The home trip at night. ‘s especially pleasurable. It stamps itself as a most enjoyable closing to a happy day. That is the undivided opinion of the guests, who are loath to leave the steamer which has afforded them so an pleasant outing. These trips will be made each Tuesday, Thurs- day and Sunday throughout the’ season, leaving the city at 9:30 a.m. The Shriners of this city are making great preparetions for their annual outing this year, which will take place Wednesday evening, August 18, for which occasion the steamer Chas. Macalester has been engaged to convey the excursion: to Marshall Hall. From what has been dene it is safe to say thet the nobles of Almas Tem- ple will entertain their friends in a way which will surpass any of their previous efforts, all of which means much, for their entertainments have always been excee ingly popular. A number of the best vaude- ville specialists in the country, together with eminent soloists, have been engaged, and programs of entertainment have been arranged for going and returning on the boat and on the pavilion at Marshall Hall. The Arab patrol will give an exhibition drill, wearing the same costumes they did in Detroit at the late ion of the Imperiai Council, when they apeared as the personal ‘cort to Imperial Potentate Hu ison Ding- man. The program on the grounds will con- clude wir a burlesque cake walk by well- known nobles of Almas Temple. Besides all this, there will be a reminiscence of De- troit, one and a half hours for dancing, a match game of ten pins and champion tar- get shooting. Empire Council, Sons of Jonadab, one of the leading temperance organizations of Washington, will give its annual excur- sion to River View on Monday next on the steamer Samuel J. Pentz. These excur- sions are always enjoyable affairs, and the committee in charge are working hard to make this one more enjoyable than those of past years. The attendance, it is expected, will be quite large, and the steamer. will leave her wharf at 10 a.m., 2 and 6:45 p.m. The amusements at River View are numerous, and include the now famous water chute, and Chris Asth, jr.’s, orchestra furnishes the best of dance mu- sic all day and evening. ee ALASKA BRACELETS. Hammered Out of Silver and Qurint- ly Ornamented. Miss Scldmore in Harper's Bazar. Those aesthetic people of the northwest coast of America who paint and carve ev- ery object of their belongings, who paint and literally carve their own bodies, were wearing bracelets of twisted cedar bark, bracelets of wocd, bone, horn, bears’ claws, birds’ beaks, :eals’ teeth, shells and cop- per when the white man found them. They had ponderous wristlets hammered from nuggets of pure copper and inlaid with abalone shell, and others of twisted copper wires. They made iron bracelets as soon as the traders brought them that metal, and they learned to oxidize copper by heat, until It resemb:ed iron, When the miner in- vaded the fur-traders’ realm the Indians began to receive actual money, to sell in- stead of to barter their furs. They have never seemed to value or covet gold in its just relation to silver, and they hoard the white metal like Hindoos. One Tlinkit wo- man amazed an official by bringing out nine thousand and odd silver dollars to be counted. They find the metal dollar a more convenient article to handle and store than the blanket or beaver skin, which were the fcrmer units of vatue and the current coins, Half the silver coins that go into Alaska are converted into bracelets, and the native artisans used to carry out some of their cleverest ideas in this soft, easily-worked metal. ‘The first silver bracelets were broad bands etched with the totems of their owners, their rude heraldy ordered by as severe and arbitrary rules as in any European college of such arts. One finds the strange- ly conventionalized raven, eagle, bear, wolf and whale of the great clans most admir- ably drawn and arranged on such broad barbaric old wristlets. On one of these two animals approach in profile from either end, the bears combining in one exagger- ated full fa with the storied tls, or ceremonial hats, piled up in a crown or column of glory. On another, the one animal ‘ms to be split in half below the head and stretched around the curved surface. It took a whole dollar to make such bracelets as these, and by custom the silversmith was paid twice the value of the coins used in this work, -— — it tera little what it NANTUCKET ALASKA TRIP. Islanders Pixgning #6 Go Round Cape Horn té& the Geld Fields. From the Springfiail Repaliliean. There is no-@bpic di#eussed more along the wharves of Nantuftket than the gold fields of Alaska; and atsmall ripple of the wave of excitement stwhich has . swept across the coumtry hagereached the shores of the island. ‘@niess @Gapt..W. T. Swain’s plans miscarrywan Alaskan expedition will start from Nentucketwthis fall in. the schooner W. & Nettleton, made up of Nantucket mem The siovement ‘is especi- ally significanty in view of the California epidemic which: struck#Nantucket in 1849, and not only took from the island its young men, but nearly:put a stop to busi- ness. There age many of these “Forty- niners” on the tsland now and they are full of recollections of the exodus half a cen- tury ago. Many were in California long before gold was discovered there, and three sailors are stiil alive who were in Califor- nia as early as 1829, which is not so sur- prising as it would be if Nantucketers Were not sonotably long-lived and if they had not walked a deck as early as they could walk on anything else. These old adventurers.are now laying their heads to- gether and raking up all the yarns they can remember of frontier life in the gold fields, of the voyage around Cape Horn, and the captains’ clubroom is one of the most interesting places on the island, for there the old skippers and their friends gather and while away many a long day. Capt. Swain’s sclteme has set the discus- sion going afresh and the old sailors are inclined to hold rather gloomy views of its success. Capt. Swain is a veteran ma- riner and has traveled over most of ‘the globe in the search for whales and sea elephants. Two years he has spent in the arctic regions, and many in the scuth seas. The plan as outlined by Capt. Swain is this: A stock company will be formed, the number of shares to be limited to 20 at $500 each, no one person to hold more than two shares. The shareholder or his proxy shall work the ship. On the payment of $250 a certificate will be given and on the Payment of the balance, ten days before che vessel sails, a bill of sale will be given each holder of stock for his share of the vessel. The $10,000 subscribed will cover the cost of the schooner and equip her With provisions, mining outfit, clothing and whatever else is needed. Any surplus will be divided pro rata or held as a reserve fund for emergency, this to be decided on the arrival of the party in Alaska. It is Proposed to leave Nantucket in October or the early part of ‘November, making the voyage around the Horn in ‘the most fa- Vorable season of the year and touching where necessary. It is calculated that the vessel would reach the Yukon river in April in time for the opening of the season. What will be done with the vessel will be determined on the arrival of the party. If they vote to sell her the proceeds will be divided. It $s Capt. Swain’s idea to take fer up the Yukon as far as possible and keep her as a home for the members of the party. She will be supplied with half a dozen dories for use when the vessel can go no further. The whole ship's company Mes Pep ete and Dartners, but the voy- em: eas le under strict maritime ———+o+___ Hot Weather in Arizona. From the Detroit Free Press, “It makes me laugh to hear you people up here talk about heat,” declared tife Arizona man, who happened here with the leaguers. “Why, down with us I’ve seen it for six weeks at a stretch when the ther- mometer never went below 104 at night and ranged frem 114 te\116 in the day. I've taken the recard on the sunny side of an ice Wagon fulleof ice when it showed 102."" Then some of the loeal politicians under- took to draw the gentleman out. ECouldn’t work, coyl you?” asked one. “Never worked so'in my life. You un- dertake to keep a Waterbury watch wound up, at the same time paying proper atten- vee to an aes of the prickly heat, and guess you’) e as busy as i bumble bees.” oe ser oe aoe do the stock and the poultry stand “Brought up‘to it. During the particular hot spell I speak of the crates were neth- jug but incubators... The little chicks would hop.out of the:-boxes.and go chasing around on. the grocery floors. We never had con- fidence In an egg for more than twenty-four hours, and chicken ranchers placed their hens in wire jackets with a rubber stamp attachment so as to be sure of the date, Of course you hear from some districts down there that the hens lay hard-boiled eggs, but there’s nothing to it. The heat makes the hair curl on horses and cows, but they~ don't seem to mind it. Its straight goods that in our really hot Weather we ocasionally have a barbecue without building a fire.” “Such weather must cause great fatality among the inhabitants? “That's absurd on the face of it. It% im- possible to turn cold with the thermometer crowding the top of the tube.’ ———-~ree A Klondike Enthusi From the St. Louis Globo-Democrat. Mrs. Lewis W. Anderson, the wife of a Tacoma machinist, who went to Klondike to seek his fortune, has received a letter from him, in which he says gold is as free as water there, and that the immense yield in three years will cause Wall street to seek to demonetize the yellow metal. Mr. Anderson says, in part: “It is a lucky thing I came. If you will just be brave, we will have all the money in a year we and our precious children will want in two lifetimes. I have been here a little more than two months, and have al- ready secured a quarter interest in a claim for which I have been offered $26,000, but out of which I expect to make as my part more than $100,000 in the next year. This for us, you know, is a big thing, and yet there are dozens of men who are making ten times as much. When I arrived my money had almost given out. “I had only $37, so I worked ten days at sawing lumber, at $15 per day, to get a start. Nothing like this has ‘ever been heard of in the world. Money, that is, gold dust, is almost as plentiful as water. There are many hardships to be endured, but I expect to return to Tacoma next year, safe and sound, with lots of money. Tell Henry that we will have to change cur polities, because the Klondike will kill Bryan ‘and the silver question, and the money power of Wall street will try to de- monetize gold. The gold that will come out of here inside of two or three years will make Wall street more anxious to de- monetize gold than it ever was to demone- tize silver. Be sure and tell our friends to come up as early as possible. Come via Dyea, but I would not advise them to come later than September 15. Tell Mr. M. to sell out his grocery store at any price and Sport in Mediaeval English Schoois. From the Tablet. Probably the oldest English schools were the London schools described by Fitzste- phen, who wrote in 0174. He gives in- teresting details of the lighter moments of schooltime. We hearof scholars, who, on certain privileged oceasions, attacked their schoolmasters ‘tin eptgrams or other com- positions in nambers,’ using “all that low ribafary we ead of in the ancients,” though one isiglad te hear, “without men- tioning names.” In dddition to these ele- gant exercises they had the more robust sports of their time. On Shrove Tuesday each boy brought his fighting cock to school, and they had cock fights all the morning in the schook room, and after din- ner played foot ball: in the fields of the suburbs. Every Sunday in Lent there was a sham fight, some of the boys being mounted, the rest on-foot. At Easter they played at the: water quintain, while on summer holidays they practiced St archery, leaping, wrestling and stone throwing, and in winter slid, skated and went to bull baits and hog fights. No doubt the London schools had their severer side, and the life was not quite such a round of dissipation as it see Divorce on Queer Grounds. From the St. Louls Globe-Democrat. A novel application for divorce was filed at Denison, Tex.,today. E. E. Baker states that his wife is addicted to HARTZ MOUNTAIN. CANARIES. The Majority of the Songsters Come From Milwaukee. From the Milwaukee Sentinel. Milweukee supplies the Unite’ States with the bulk of the Hartz Mountain. ca- naries, and there is no great crime in the deception, for the Milwaukee bird fs really an improvemerit on the imported article, having just as fine a voice and being much herdier. Experience has shown that the imported singer Icses the power of transmitting his voice to the young after’ passing through an American winter. This is the case, also, it is,said, with Tyrolean singers who come to this country, their voices losing the pe- cullar yodling quality when they have been here a year. The native canary is hardier than the imported ones, and, with proper training, is every bit as good a singer. = Before they are mated the hen birds are kept in separate cages in the music room, carefully fed and made to listen to the mu- sic of the singers and the machine used in training their voices. In this way the hen is erabled to transmit the best musical quality to her offsprirg. The music room is a large one, with a south exposure, and is kept with the same scrupulous neatness as the breeding room. In the corner of this room is the bird organ, and with it the little birds are given their vocal train- ing. When the machine Is started the ‘notes emitted are wonderfully like the song gf the untutored canary. These notes are known to bird trainers by the term pfeiffen. Gradually the whistle strikes on to a dif- ferent line. It is an improvement over the pfeiften, and is called the klingel rolle. A higher step still is called the klingel, and a still higher step hohl klingel. Lastly comes what is called hol rollen, and a bird whose voice has been developed up to that point is worth $50 in the market any day. A NEW WOMAN’S CLUB. Has for Its Object the Reviving of Famo Baths. From the Philadelphia Recon. A new woman’s club has just been founded in Paris called the “Beauty Club.” The members are ladies of the best circles, and the object of the club is nothing tess than the’ preservation of personal beauty by means which are too expensive for an individual, but might be provided by join- ing forces with others. As a matter of fact, the club is a bath club. The baths are prepared according to old and famous recipes. For instarce, one set will use asses’ milk, as taken once by Queen Isa- bella of Bavaria. Others prefer baths of melon juice, rose water or Mecca balsam, all of which are believed to benefit the skin. The Marie Antoinette bath consists of a mixture of aromatic herbs and salt thrown into water, while another compo- sition includes sweet marjoram, thyme and crushed rice and barley. Beautiful. wo- men have always been more or less eccen- tric in the choice of their baths. The wife of Czar Alexander the First of Russia used every morning a small barrel of Mal- aga wine, which was poured into a smail silver tub, and she is said to have benefited greatly by these libations. The ever-youth- ful Ninon de l’Enclos used milk, tepid rain water, a little soda, salt and three pounds of honey, while Madame Tallien, who played a prominent part during the first revolution, took a bath of water and milk, in which twenty pounds of crushed straw- berries and two pounds of crushed rasp- berries were stirred. All these baths are provided by the club to its lady members at comparatively rea- sonable rates, but a famous Paris physician, who was asked by an inquisitive member as to the effect of the various recipes, was cruel enough to reply that the result ex- isted mainly only in the imagination of the ladies themselves. soe - SUBSTITUTE FOR COAL, A Smokeless Fnel That Seems to Be Gaining in Popularity. From the Chicago Inter-Ocean. In the future we may be importing masut instead of exporting coal. Masut is a by- product in the distillation of raw petroleum. It is also manufactured from a cheap, brown coal found in Saxony. There has been, until recently. great trouble in find- ing a furnace suitable for burning it. It is now blown by steam into a special fur- nace, on the principle of the Lueigen light, and used without difficulty. It is 40 cr 50 per cent cheaper than coal, and is 20 per cent better as a heat raiser. Steam can be got up quicker and kept at a higher rressure and more work be done by the machinery. From a naval point of view these are vitally important facts. No sign of a ship under full steam will be shown in the sky, for masut is a smokeless fuel. Russia and Italy are using it in their navies, and Germany has lately made some valuable experiments. At Kiel, Wil- helmshaven and Danzig are tanks from which it can be pump2d into ships. Its specific gravity being so much less than that of coal, a ship’s buoyancy is greatly increased when the bunkers are filled with it. Heavier armor or cargoes can be car- ried. The heating capacity being greater, the ship can travel faster or farther. It is yet to be learned what improvements the Germans have introduced into their fur- naces and what are the disadvantages cf masut ——~+e+____ An Enormous Bell. From the London Sketch, For some time past there has been a sort of dead heat between the two bigzest bells in the world, the one at the cathedral in Moscow and the other at the unfinished pa- goda of Mengoon, India, north ef Manda- lay, across the river. If the former was the bigger of the two, it was cracked, and therefore useless as a bell, while the latter, though whole, had dragged its supports down till it rested on the ground and would not emit any sound. Now, however, it has been reswung, and can claim attention as the biggest bell, in working order, in the world Last year the Burmese community decid- ed to have the bell raised, and mployed the Irrawaddy Flotilla Company, limited, to do the work. The rim of the bell was first supported by huge. balks of timber wedged in all around, and a tripod erected over it to fasten the shackle to and keep it up- right. The old supports having been knock- ed away two large iron cclumns, 25 feet high, cast by the Irrawaddy company, were erected, with concrete foundations. A large steel cross-girder, with a distributing girder on the top of it, was then passed through the shackle, and the bell was_raised by screw-jacks all round the wedges of timber, until the cross-girder could be placed on the pillars and riveted in position. The screw-jacks were then eased, and the bell left swinging, with its lower rim about 2 feet 10 inches from the ground. The weight is about ninety-eight tons, the circumfer- ence at the base being 51 1-2 feet and at the top 26 feet. It averages over a foot in thickness. The bell itself is over 12 feet high, and the shackle, which was intended for logs of timber, about 12 feet. The pin in the shackle has a diameter of 16 inches. The bell was cast about the beginning of the century by King Bodawpaya as an accom- paniment to the huge pagoda which he never finished. It is seid to have been cast on an island and rafted across. No proper means yet exist for striking the bell, but when hit with a heavy piece of wood it gives out a deep vibrating boom. 1 MATINEES—TUES., THURS. AND SAT. MLLE. ZITTELLA’S ENGLISH FROLIQUES. AMUSEMENTS. Grand Lawn Party For the benefit of ST. ANTHONY'S CHURCH, Brookland, D. C., August 17, 38, 19. 20, 1497, from 6 to 11 p.m. On grounds ‘near terminus of electric cars, Many attractions. Dancing from 8 tll 11 pan. Merry- go-round for the children. Supper will be served in Lee Meneien, each will be apen to all tn nse ef inclement weather. reshments at po. UPPER. ADMISSION. . +10 CENTS. aul4-3t EXCURSIONS, ETC. aneaarenesignl cere pianist The Mystic Shriners’ Excursion TO MARSHALL HALL, ON THE MACALESTER, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15, At 6:30 o'clock p. THE EXCURSION EVENT OF THE SEASON. THREE ALL-STAR PERFORMANCES On the beat going, returning and on the grounds, EIGHTEEN SPECUALISTS. BURLESQUE CAKE WALK. PARADE OF PHE ARAB PATROL. Tickets can be procured from Nobles of Almag Temple. auléSt The Southern Maryland Fair ‘AT UPPER MARLBORO. MD- Trotting —Pacing “Running —St Special = leaves 6th st. at 10: Mariboro’ at 6:15 p.m. Leave 14-4 BASE BALL At National Park TODAY, Washington —v8.— Brooklyn. ADMISSION. .. --25 and 50 CENTS ult KK E®*AN's LYCEUM THEATER. ALL THIS WEEK. GAME CALLED AT 4:30 P.M. Up-to-date, Novel, Spicy and Sensational Features. —A SCORE OF PRETTY GIRLS— 20—TALENTED SPECIALTY ARTISTS-—20 aud-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 not, yuu don’t know what you have missed. Donch’s Band and dancing every evening on the pavilion. my22-3m,20 Music and Dancing! AT TBE LARGE, COOL GROVE aT Congress Heights EVERY EV! 1G, FROM 6 UNTIL 10 O'CLOCK. New electric line is now running from the Navy Yard bridge to Congress Heights." Accommodations for thousands. Basket picnies welcome; sacred con- cert by members U.S. Murine Band Sunday, 4 to 16 p.m, All churches invited. especially sit ers. jy3i-tt Glen ~ Keho ON THE POTOMAC. Every Afternoon at 3 and Evenings at 8 GRAND CONCERT BY THE rADETTES, Boston’s Famous Woman Orchestra. Mr. J. T. O'BRIEN, Barstone of the Castle Square Opera Company. Rice Brothers, concay par act Eugene A. Neidert, American Champion Trick Cyclist. The Cinematographe, Presenting New Views. ADMISSION TO THE GROUNDS FREE. Take Washington and Glen Echo Rajlroad via 7th, 14th and U strects to Chevy Chase Circle; also Georgetown and Tenlestown road, connecting at 324 and M streets with Metropolitan and Capital Traction (through cars). aud-70d _ EXCURSIONS, ETC. Grand Family Excursion Under the Auspices of the German Central Verein Consisting of all the German Societies of the Dis- trict of Columbia, To RIVER VIEW SUNDAY, AUGUST 15. Palace steamer Samuel J. Pentz leaves her wharf : 30 and 6:3 1, 3:80, 5:30 acd 9:30 p.m. Tickets .... aul2-3t Colonial Beach. The only Salt Water Rathing Beach Within Easy Access to Washinzton City With pure, bracing sea air and good surf. 30 p.m. Returning at FARE, [sso SATURDAY 50c. NIGHT Round AT 6:30 P.M. ‘Trip. On the Palace Steamer JANE MOSELEY. The only excursion s*eamer running directly to this recozt Without stop. From Clyde pier, foot of Cth st. s.W. Grand Faraily Excursion cvery MONDAY DAY. Round-trip fare, 25e. Local offi 33 ARLINGTON, FORT MYER, FALLS CHURCH. Fort Myer Band [lusic Every Evening. Cars from Aqueduct Bridge. auz-3m-12 OceanCity,ld. Washington’s Favorite Seaside Resort. ——— More than 200 went down last Saturday —a greater crowd expected this Saturday —finest beach—cheapest trip. Everybody has a good time. C7Personally conducted excursion leaves B. and O. depot every Saturday at 3 p.m. via Bay Ridge. Home Sunday, 10 p.m. HH II AMUSEMENTS. COLUMBIA ACADEMY ™.2.= if the sights of W: cling taugat gn a. Izopft. door.” Competost Instructors Charées Stay and 819 14th st. nw. mb5-8tf J. HART BRITTAIN, Mgr. Take Dinner At Chevy Chase. A charming ride through the ‘Most beautiful section of the — Time each way, 4% hpurs. Fare, Round Trip, $3! —— _ Full information at office of John F. Waggamah, 700 14th St. ap6-284 POPULAR SALT WATER TRIPS. Colonial Beach. EB LOWER POTOMAG AND EB BAY. Str. T. V. Arrowsmith SAD. aT ' 11 A. M., 2.30 & 6.30 P.M. ‘The oteamer CHAS. MACALESTEit tcaves on Sum days for Marshall Hall, Concerts By Prof. Schroeder's Band on the lawn. Excellent meals on the beat or in the pera reetaurant. Fiching, bathing, boating, ete, FARE, ROUND TRIP, 25c. aul4-40d 0 DUST. 0 1 “QUICKEST AND SAFES Te” TO — MOUNT VERNON. Steamer Macalester, Dally (except Sunday), At 10 am. and 2:30 reach the city at mn. FARE, ROU ) CENTS. sale at wharf and at hotels. my24-214 L. L. BLAKE, Captain. =~ RIVER VIEW. THE ONLY UP-TO-DATE EXCURSION RESORT IN THIS VICINITY. More amusements than all the other resorts come SHOOT THE CHUTE USE BECAU EVERYROPY SHOOTS TITE CHUTE. Steamer Samuel J. Pentz DAILY at 1 a. and 6:45 p.m, Agent at Washington si A delightful trip of 7 on the morninz TRIG TRAIN Mount Vernon, Arlington and Alexandria. Station, Pennsylvania avenue and 1314 street. For schedule see R. R. column, this paper. my27-1f ¥ amie we POT 2, 79 Ericsson LineExcursions BY WATER FROM BALT! e. To Phitadelphia (daylight trips! Wednesdays and Fridays, at return Cape May and return ( 0. ‘To Atlartic City (from Philideipiia Atlantic City and return 4t To Atlentic City and return To Asbury Park, Ocean Geo Park, Ocean G ladviphia by rail)$6.00 $4.00 $6. or Albany, Haven, Bridge- en and Cottage ewport and to ly steamers (except Sundays) from wharf, Ligntvand Pratt strecte, at 5 pan, Write for o- scriptive jamphiet of the route and the great tish- ing grounds at Bett Tic at OFFICE ONLY. Buc. State roctns, $1 further information, ap c cE Bot ings, N.Y |. Vinevand 1 Fall River, Boston, polnts North. SLAR my26-tf Queen of Summer Trips. Boston by Sea. Providence by Sea. MERCHANTS’ AND MINE Steamer BALTIMORE to Boston DAY, TRURSDAY Steamer Day, W . C. WHITNEY, Traffic Manager. Jel 3 Nextel & W2ztington boat Co. © for Fortress Monroa, News and all. points south Steam te tote tbe or oa Virgie Beach will God this jusuring @ com- Ly. Ly. Ar. Ar. ar. the fortatle night's rest. neg fm luxurious rooms fitted throughout with electric Hehts, Dining worn, service te a = st ve aoe ton ad Norfolk afford, mS. Express office, SIT B13, Gio. 1421 Pennss]- | ticket office, corner be had. Shay other information dexired will be fur nished pplication to the reigned The company's whart, foot of Th st. Washe aaee BY SEA From —— WASHINGTON dds NEW YORK. Ae'short and delightful trip, in ocean-going steam ‘ebips latest model, with privilege rot a pleasant tat fainous OLD POINT COMFORT, connection ith the per steamers NORFOLK. & WASHINGTON STEAMBOAT COMPANY, A 4aily all-water service between Washington and WTA ror! jn compect, h “"GLD DOMINION LINE, Leave Washington daily, 7 p.m.; leave Alexam- > Sundays at 11 a.m., 2:45 and 6:15 m. Persoxauy CONDUCTED EXCURSIONS SUNDAY. WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY and SATURDAY. Dancing day and evening, except Sunday. Sun- days, concert by River View Orchestra, Chris Arth, Jt., conductor, TI CHILDREN, Ie, DAY EVERY SATURDAY, to all on the 10 2.m. and 2 p.m mer will leave River View Wednesday, Friday turday at 12:15, 5, 8 and 10:30 p.m, Sundays, E and 9:30 p.: E. S. RANDALL, Sole Proprietor. BAY RIDGE OPENS JUNE 5. 5 The Only Salt Water Bathing Resort IN THE VICINITY OF WASHINGTON, Excellent Re: Efficient train servi Low rates. Trains leave fon, week doys, 9:15 a.m., 4:30 p.m 5 v8." 9. 30 and 8:15 p.m, ROUNDTRIP TICK! x 50 CENTS For the 4:30 75 cents will be charged, mn return of coupon 16 niles on Chesapeake bay itimore and return for 2 cents. ‘on cafe porch upon ape rival of morning train from Washington. mi, wéestonu31 Que AND F