Evening Star Newspaper, October 16, 1897, Page 24

24 THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1897-24 PAGES. ‘ATIONAL THEATER.—George Ea- wardes’ Lordon Gaiety Theater Company, one of the most neted organizations of its din the world, perhaps, will bring the cessful musical farce, “In Town,” to the Natioral Theater next Monday evening. The company presenting “In Town” is a large one, numbering over seventy persons, and it is id to possess a greater quan- tity and better quality of feminine pulchri- tude than any company of English high- class buriesquers yet seen here. Indeed, it is claimed that George Edwardes, who is an adept in the selection of pretty as Weill as talented women for entertainments of this kind, has brought together a larger number of bewitching young ladies in “In Town” than he has ever been abe to mass in any of the other burlesques which have made his name famous. There are Juliette Nesville. who came over here three years ago and made a great hit; Marie Stud- holme, who needs no introduction, and Maud Hobson, who is considered one of the Frettiest girls in al! England, and these are but types of more than two score young women, each of whom ts reputed to be as worthy of distinction in the beauty line as either of the distinguished duo named. Miss Marie Studholme will be remembered as the winsome girl who made such a con- quest during the engagement of “The ts’ Model” here, and whose song was re-echoed all over Wash- ington. “In Town” is a musical farce full oz fun and color. It has some clever come- dians and good singers and dancers in it. Some peculiar types of London society are burlesqued in this farce. There is the im- pecunious man about town, who knows everybody, and has the run of everywhere, and whp gives the impression that he has limitless resources, though he is really “stone broke.” He encounters a ducal family at a leading London hotel, and un- dertakes to show “the ropes” to all the members of it, from the dignified duke down to his airy-brained son. A luncheon is arranged at a hotel, where the young lord meets the prima donna of the Gaiety ‘Theater, and when other Gaiety girls tum- ble in at the proper moments, and the fun of the incidents is heightened by compli- cations this brain-turning lot have with the whole ducal crowd, and by the attempts of solicitors’ clerks to serve writs of at- tachment on the moneyless but masterly man-about-town. In the second act all the personages of the piay are shown in the green room of the Gaiety Theater, where the joknnies” are introduced, and spe- cialties are woven into the action. It is the first night of a Gaiety production, and there Is the most interesting revelation of the goings on behind the scenes during the tig burlesfue performance of such a night. The real love story of the play concerns the fondness of the man-about-town and the Gaiety prima donna for each other, and it is worked out cleverly to the rezu- lation happy conclusion. The engagement is for a week, and there will be a Saturday matinee only. COLUMBIA THEATER.—Next week, which is the farewell week of the opera season at the Columbia, the Castle Square Opera Company will be seen in a lavish ion of Franz von Suppe's pleasing Clover" Special efforts will be made to make the final week's bill an un- lly attractive one. The cast selected all those singers who by their jentious work the past six, weeks endeared themselves to musi¢ lovers w member in Miss Elvia Crox Sea- who fs well known and well liked is charming comic opera come- dienne has a voice in which sweetness and Strength are found, and in addition she is an extremely clever actress. She will as- sume the bright role of Fanny. Miss Grace Gelden_ will appear as lla, Miss Ger- tr Rutle¢ as Florina, Mi Bessie Fairbairn as Petrcn@ffa, Mr. Joseph Shee- han as Rudolph, Mr. Raymond Hitchcock as Cassimer, Mr. Melville Cristot nd Mr. W. C. Count Wilfred. The large and efficient cherus will find plenty of opportunity to test its capatilities in “Clover.” It is needless to say that the sett nes surroundirgs will be all that is required of them. 7 With this company they a appropriate, but in “Clover’ ‘er opportunity for rich stage embel- and beautiful costuming than in some of the other productions that have been recently given. over is a charming opera. Its music is bri i exhilarating and its dia- logue brisk and entertaining. Suppe’s work is always marked by an unusual thorouzhress a tle intelligence, and the Cas- ny may be depended upon to bring ovt these attribute. The ra begins with characteristic Ba- Varian music In the Parisian scene there and ga: life A ety of the French in the second act is thrilling by martial 2g, While in the carnival at Ven- ion of sw happy selection for * week of the It giv stirring x turesqu resentin; ‘ompany. in its ation to The usual given on Thurs and children’ r in advance he line of mount ef mental and physi- ich must have been required is rarel ought by who marvel at and a fs ng to Yecure somethin In the iield . and this season brought to- most bewildering collection of i, ene 7 apitation. feature inv In w new d ost novel of his aud head entirely from the body and allows it te float away in the air. Dur- ing the progress of the trick the héae pS up @ continual conversation, smilez and nods nee, and finally di appears en . Kellar will also present his new hindoo clock mys: an unique and startling conceit, and one that fairly dum the audience with the accu- racy with which it answers all questions bearing on the past, present and futu In addition to the above, Mr. Kellar will also present his new dark seance and a line of new experiments in pure sleight-of- hand, thoroughly up to date. BANDA ROSSA—Direct f: concerts at the Metropol use, New York, the Banda Rossa di San Severo will give a concert at the New Na- tonal Treater Friday afternoon, October 29. it is not a military organization, ltke other bands which have come over here frem Europe, of musicians brought together In San Severo, a small town of southera I.a’y, whose inhabitants distinguish themselves by that intefsity of devotion to musie which made Italy the = ¢ of art for so many centuries. The a Hossa first al al at- tention when it was awarded the first prize of sixty-four comp ting orchestras at the great musical Columbus festival held in Genoa in 182. Since then they have tour- ed under the leadership of Maestro Eu- genio Sorrentino, through southern Europe and Germany. and wherever these accom- plished musicians appearei they created a} “Tom | Stewart as Don! Brockmeyer as | and | % C7, a SAE TTT great furore. Their gequine artistic success has been attested to by Europe’s foremost musical critics, who speak of the Banda Rossa in the most glowing and flattering terms. The orctestra differs materially in its composition from those generally heard in this country, and the ensemble playing is mest remarkable, because the musicians are obeying a common and to them a nat- ural impulse whey they use their flutes, clarinets, oboes and horns and even tubas as instruments of song, and their concert here will be awaited with unusual interest. GRAND OPERA HOUSE.—A new roman- tic melodrama that excites Interest and is replete with startling climaxes will be pre- sented to the patrons of the Grand Opera House Monday, October 18, for one week. It is written by Harrison Grey Fiske and bears the title of “The Privateer.” The production is made by a company worthy of commendation for the most part, under the direction of Mr. Lewis Morrison. The scene of the play is laid in the small fish- ing villaage of La Roclfer, on the coast of Brittany, and on the deck of a vessel in that port; the time during what 1s known as the “seven years war.” The climaxes are wrought out by an exceedingly inter- esting plot and as entertaining dialogue. The old mill, which is fired by the villainous Heutenant of the Firefly, that he might de- stroy the lives of Jacques Moreau and Andre, to whom rightfully belong the title and fortune he seeks to usurp, makes a startling scene and 1s one of much realism. The close of the second act exhibits a dance and frolic of the saflors, and is a good piece of stage dressing. The cottage on the cliff, the open sea and the deck of the Firefly, comprising the third act, are noticeable for the scenic and mechanical ingenuity, and the scene representing the open sea fs particularly realistic, show- ing a person swimming in the dashing waves. Much of the success of the pro- duction, aside from the scenic elaboration, is attributable to the efforts put forth by the leaders of the company. The Jacques Moreau of Mr. George Wessells calls into play all the energies of a capable actor. He is assisted by Edward Elsner as Andre. As Gilbert LaFarge, lieutenant of the Fire- fly and instigator of the vast amount ot villainy and intrigue in which the play abounds, Mr. Lorin-er Johnstone gives evi- dence of being a finished actor, and An- nette Moreau finds clever representation in Loyola O'Connor; as Valerie D’Espinoy Miss Agnes Rose Lane gains favor at once. In the part of Hortense, Miss Margaret Raven in the last scene gives a refreshing bit of character acting. The mechanical effects are rare examples of electrical art. ACADEMY OF MUSIC.—The Academy of- fers as its attraction next week the only American Indian ectress, Go-Wan-Go-Mo- hawk. Miss Mohawk was born in Gowan- da, Cattaraugus county, state of New York, on the Cattaraugus reservation, and be- lcngs to the Mohawk tribe of the Six Na- tions. She was educated at Painsville, Onto. Her father was Dr. Allen Mohawk, a noted medicine man, physician and surgeon, who stood over six feet high. When a child she was taught all the arts of woodcraft and horsemanship, and few indeed equal her on horseback, she invariably riding without saddle or any support other than tether to guide the animal. Miss Mohawk is an ex- pert in the use of the bow and arrow and throwing the lariat; also running and jump- ing added to these accomplishments. Miss Mohawk plays the piano, banjo and guitar and sings in a rich contralto voice. All the costumes she wears both off and on the stage are of her own design and making. She wrote the play “Wep-ton-no-Mah,” in which she fmpersonates a male character, and her delineation of the part is said to be so perfect that her sex is often doubted. Miss Mohawk for the past five years has been playing in England, and proved to be one of the best money-making attractions that ever visited that country. KERNAN’S LYCEUM THEATER.—Man- ager Kernan's attraction at the Lyceum next w will be Hyde's Comedians, a | famous high-class vaudeville organization. It will be the first straight varety enter- tainment presented at the Lyceum this season. Manager H¢de has won an envia- ble reputation by his very excellent organ- izations. He always secures the best at- tainable talent, and his efforts are nearly always justly rewarded. As his especial feature Manager Hyde this season retains the lady baritone, Miss Helene Mora, who has a host of admirers in Washington who never fail to “turn out” to hear her rich, melodious voice. Miss Mora will introduce a number of new songs next week, among which are “The Cross of Gold,” “The Song That Will Live Forever,” “Just for the Sake of Our Daughter” and “A Starry Night,” all bright and catchy. Miss Mora stands alone in her particular line, and no one has ever sought to rival her. She has been a stage favorite for years, and today is one of the highest salaried artists in the “vaudeviile.” Manager Hyde has surrounded his star with an excellent com- pany, a corupany where merit and quality and not quantity are the factors. The program includes seven acts. McIntyre and Heath, the celebrated negro delineators, are at the head of the list, and appear as the Georgia Minstrels, a specialty full of pure fun; Williams and Walker, two real coons the boys who wrote “You Ain't So Wa’m Charles R. Sweet, new to Washington, but the big hit of the season at the Olympia, New York, last year; the five Castilians, tnade up of Gerald Griffin, Lottie Walters, Harry Lester, Ruby Bridges and Frank J. Wesson, presenting the delichtful sketch, me of Wits,” yne; The Street Arabs’ Sextet, in solos, medleys, &c., and the Randalles, the. mar- velous contortion and acrobatic dancers. ‘There will be matinees Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. THE SOUSA CONCERT.—Sousa’s last tour is unprecedented in the record of great misical expleits. He and his men traveled visiting 106 towns and fes and playing a continuous series of 28) concerts. They traversed the territory frem the Atlantic to the Pacific, from the Gelf of Mexico to Prince Edward's Island. That they are able to accomplish such re- sults is emphatic proof of the universal favor Sousa enjoys. The catholicity of John Philip Sousa’s musical taste is ad- mirably exemplified in the arrangement of his programs. A thorough believer in the principle of giving the public what it wants and is willing to pay for, Sousa possesses, in addition, the happy faculty of being able to cater at once to the most widely diverse tastes. Here a bit of classic music for the lovers of the substantials in music, there a dainty melody for those who love the lighter forms of musical expressions; here the stirring rhythm of a Sousa march, and there the languorous swing of the dreamy waltz. A glance at the superb program that Sousa will present here tomorrow evening, when his band will give a single concert at the Lafayette Square Opera House, will show how the great band- raster consults the wishes of the many. Jokn Philip Sousa is one of the most con- spicuous musicians in this country this year. In addition to heading the tours of hus great band, Sousa will give to the pub- lic in January his new comic opera, “The Bride-Elect,” of which he has written both the words and the music. His “El Capi- tan” has entered its third season, and ts still finding favor. The Sousa marches show ever-increasing popularity,- and his latest, “The Stars and Stripes Forever,” is one of the greatest successes of his works. Whatever relation it may have to the artistic development of the country need not be considered, but it 1s a tangible fact, nevertheless, that a large portion . of Sousa’s audiences attend his concerts sole- ly to hear his encores. At every perform- ance of Sousa and his band the requests that reach the conductor for encore num- bers, if complied with, would treble the by Edward Owings length of the program. Some of these re- meny of them have been treasured for the amusement they still provoke. COLUMBIA THEATER.—Margaret Mather is to make her appearance at the Columbia Theater October 25 in her great production of “Cymbeline.”” During the week's engagement ‘“‘The Honeymoon” and “Romeo and Juliet’ will also be presented. In Miss Mather’s version of “Cymbeline” there are eighteen scenes, and the third act, with the Cave of Belarius, has six changes. It is a most elaborate presenta- tion, possibly even surpassing that of Henry Irving. The return of Miss Mather to Washington is welcome news to theater- goers. THE BIJOU.—With the opening Monday matinee comes a child wonder, Little Ger- tle Cochran. She is most gifted, and al- though at the present time but 7 years and 6 months of age, any question, no matter on what subject, asked by any one pfesent will be answered by her correctly. Among the other attractions are Burtines’ dog cireus, with a splendid lot of trained ani- mals. The canines are most intelligent and seem to be able to do everything short of talking. Byron G. Harlan, the western tenor, assisted by Edward Marsh, in l- lustrated songs; Adelaide Marden, canta- trice; Mile. Cariotte La Verne, premier of flying rings; the royal musical artists, the Misses Whalleys; Frank and Grace Graham, in a neat comedy sketch; Charlie Banks, in a new unique specialty, and the Bijou Comedy Company in the laughing farce, “Tatters,” will also be seen and heard at the Bijou next week. The Lumiere cinematograph has been retained, and an entirely new series of views just obtained from Mons. Lumiere’s factory, Lyons, France, will be shown. MISS PITTS’ LECTURES.—The second lecture of the course on English history. which fs being given by Miss Pitts, will take place ta the Friends’ Meeting House, 3811 I street rorthwest, Friday evening, October 22. The subject of the lecture will be “The Anglo-Saxons.” Miss Pitts is a well-known and recognized authority on the subject of English history, having taught that study many years in various schools, and is well qualified to make a lecture at cnce both instructive and enter- taining. The succeeding lectures of the course will be given Friday evening of each week. THE SAENGERBUND SEASON.—The Washington Saengerbund has prepared {ts annual program for the winter festivities and the scheme as made up presents one of the most attractive lists of entertain- ments ever put forward by this well-known and popular organizaticn. All entertainments will be held at the music hall of the society, wita the excep- tion of the two concerts, which wiil be given at the Columbia Opera House. and the opening ball, the masquerade ball and the children’s masquerade ball, which will take place at the National Rifles’ Hall. A new feature has been added to the Sunday evening entertainments, consisting of a course of popular lectures, during which prominent speakers and readers will discuss various topics of interest in science and art. Member: of the German Dramatic Club will give several dramatic performances during tne season, and it will be the so- clety’s endeavor to bring the Sunday even- ing entertai: ments, so popular during last season, to as high a degree of excellence, as the facilities and resources at its com- mand will allow. Informal dances will be held at the club house, and will be arranged on various week days, the dates of which will be an- nounced by card. The gentlemen who constitute the vari- ous committees in charge of the festivities of the season are as foilows: F. Altrup, Chas. Dismer, A. F. Joerss, Win. Berens, jr., P. Havenstein, Hugo Schulze, E. Ab- ner, L. Doerr, Chr. Heurich, John Barthel, H. Dench, A. Eberly, Ernst Schmid, Simon Wolf, Kari Xarder, A. Lerch, W. F. Mey- ers, Geo. Ackmann, H. Nathan, Geo. Lohrer, R. Ponikan, R. L. Henning, H. Nolda, C. F. Widmeyer, E. Kuebel, A. C. Tuinmann, F, Eckstein, Theo. Beuchert, J. Waldmann and L. Kimmel. The executive branch of the Saenger- berd is in the hands of the following offi- cers: Frank Claudy, president; John Wald- mann, vice president; Louis Kimmel, finan- cial and corresponding secretary; Frederick Carl, recording secretary; Louis Faber, treasurer; W. Hagemann, Ubrarian, and Henry Xander, musical director. It is a source of much gratification to the members of the Saengerbund and the public generally that Mr. Xander is still at the head of the musical department. There is probably no musician in the city better qualified to take charge of this work, and the high standard set by the organization last sea- son testified at once to his ability, effictency and popularity. The list of entertainments is as follows: Sunday, October 24, evening entertainment; Sunday, October 31, lecture; Monday, No- vember 8, opening ball; Sunday, November 14, evening entertainment; Sunday, Novem- ber 21, lecture; Sunday, November 28, even- ing entertainment; Sunday, December 5, first grand concert; Sunday, December 19, lecture; Sunday, December 26, Christmas festival; Sunday, January 9, 1898, evening entertainment; Sunéay, January 23, evening entertainment; Monday, January 31, car- nival session; Monday, February 14, mas- querade ball; Sunday, February 20, lecture Sunday, February 27, evening entertain- ment; Sunday, March 13, lecture; Sunday, March 20, second grand concert; Sunday March 27, lecture; Sunday, April 10, eve' ing entertainment; Friday, April 15, chil- dren’s masquerade ball; Tuesday, April 19, anniversary festival, and Sunday, April 24, evening entertainment. THE BIOGRAPH.—An entire change of views will be shown at the exhibitions of the Biograph at Willard Hail next week. ‘here are three exhibitions daily, at 2:30, and 8:15 p.m., and each one this week has been well attended. The views have proved to be irstructive, entertaining and amusing by turns, and the selection of the pictures has received much favorable criticism. An exhibition will be given to- morrow evening, at which a majority of the new views for next week will be shown. The Blograph js one of the won- ders of the age, and there could hardly be devised a more pleasurable way of speng- ing an hour in the afternoon and evening than by spending it at one of these exhi- bitions, The Biograph will not stay long in Washington on its present engageme it here, and those who have not seen it should by all means make its acquaintance. Those who have seen it during its past engage- ment here and during its present will with- out much doubt renew acquaintance before the invention is taken away. GLEN ECHO.—The Royal Hungarian Or- chestra at Glen Echo is attracting great crowds to that popular and beautiful re- sort, and none has yet expressed dissat- isfaction with the music given by it for his or her benefit. Glen Echo has become one of the standard amusement and ex- cursion places for the people of Washing- ton, and there is every prospect of its en- joying a long season of prosperity under able management. There is everything there to delight the eye, while plenty of refreshments of all classes may be ob- tained either in the cafe or restaurant. The dinner served is entirely up to date in every respect. Now that the autumn tints are appearing wherever there is vegeta- tion, Glen Echo is more beautiful than ever. In fact, its beauty cannot be de- sccibed, but, according to the stereotyped phrase, it must be seen to be appreciuted. THE REMENYI CONCBRT.—The fact that Edouard Remenyi, the violinist, is to be at the Columbia Theater tomorrow night attract a large audience. should quests are particularly humorous, and{ Remenyi has not been heard in Washing- ton for several seas@ms, but his former appearances are Indl remembered. Remenyi has w@n ‘tle title of “the peo- ee favorite” from tle fact that he never ‘fails to work up am audience, however cold, to enthusisstic expressions of approbation. A marvelcus teclmjque, coupled with the sentiment, fice an@ forée. The prima donmm off the company, Miss Louise Brehany, has atmezzo-soprano voice, from all report, clear# of much depth and flexibility and eS inga charming manner. The pianist, Mr. . Suuvelet, is a brilliant performer atd has recéived much flattering praise for his artittic work. Popular prices will prevail. “CRIMINAL RECORDS.” Exceptions Taken to Views Advanced in Recent Publication. To the Editor of The Evening Sta: Please allow space in your columns for a reply to an article which appeared in your issue of October 1. The article was entitled “Criminal Records.” The writer of this article ls a man of exceptional ability and fairness, and certainly entertains kindly feelings toward and has high regards for the worthy of my race, yet I beg to differ from him in some things, and add to his category of causes which make the negro’s criminal record exceed that of the white race. ‘The writer of “Criminal Records” labored most strenuously to prove to the thinking world that the record of the negro exceeds that of his own race, and that the excess “reveals a terrible state of negro deprav ity.” According to his method of reason- ing, he proved his case, and whether it was the prodding of “animus” or “prejudice,” or whether or not it was prompted by a spirit of investigation, that causes be dis- covered and efficient remedies applied, it is evident that the writer congratulates himself upon finding that his is not, ac- cording to the record, so degenerate a race as is that of the brother in black. If the authorities, including the metropolitan po- lice force, who investigated and deter- mined the criminat records of both races, were as eager and deeply interested in making their race record, the minimum and the maximum, as the writer was in proving the negro’s excess in crime, then it is a marvel that the predominance of negre crime is not greater. So great was his love for his race, he fedred even a sus- picion, and, therefore, without a single provocation or challenge, he plunges into the records and compares them. To prove the basis for the negro’s predominance in crime, appeals are made to his emotional 1ature, his impoverished intellect, his eth- nological tendencies, his gregarious habits, his brutal instincts, his alley and court tenements. Granting that the above conditions are tne seurces from which come the bulk of the negro’s crime, yet I disclaim for him the total respoasibility of having his criminal record so far exceed that of the opposite race. Since his crimes have been reviewed and determined by his superiors, and not bis “peers,” every fair and thoughtful mind will go back of the records and inquire as to how, and by whom, these records were made; whether the courts were organized or composed of those who loved the negro, and really desired to referm him, or by those who hated and condemned him and desired to conquer and cower him; or whether the courts have been used as institutions of negro crimiral reform, or prostituted into self-sustainirg business enterprises. Then, and not till then, will the critical, thoughtful, unbiasedmind accept as con- clusive the “criminabistatistics, as careful- ly summarized amd cempiled by the police departments of all cities and accepted by the goverrment and ‘criminologists as the best authority to determine the moral stat- us of the people.” If the police forc courts had been differently organize cordirg to recial instincts of fair pla the established princtples of justice, many a should-be criminaltof the opposite race who is now roamingxat large would long since have passe through the mills that grind our criminals, and thus augumented the minimum record, while many a good- natured but garrulousy boisterous negro boy would never have been added to the maxi- mum. On the one side>ma: been passed unreported, while on the other many a little loitering negro boy has been meddled with, pursued and provoked, until he showed signs of resentment; then he was “‘nabbed,” carried down and fined for “resisting an officer.” One class is watched and terderly, but positively. warned, while the other is watched with suspicion, peered out and “pulled.” No wonder his arrests for “disorderly conduct” exceed 2) per cent of the white arrests. Discovering that the “emotional predomi- nates in the negro’s character,” and that by nature he {s boisterous, indecorous and uncouth in his manners, fair play and jus- tice demanded that some allowance be made for that garrulous class until the law of evolution develop out of him what it has made out of others of the different race: but, instead, the most stringent laws hay been enacted, to catch him in his weak- nesses, the immediate result of plantation environments. In that way the higher law of development has been retarded by the criminal law. Such unfair, unequal laws, demand of the class referred to, emotional and ex- citable as it is, that it act and demean itself just as decorously as the white race, with a decorum and refinement the result of seven generations of culture, or it must take its part with the herd of criminals so accurately numbered and so graphically described by criminologists. I confess that polished manners and refinement must bo taught that class of negroes referred to by the writer, but “catchy” laws and hasty convictions are not the ideal methods. Un- fair convictions can never touch the weil springs of higher aspirations, but crystal- lize and “toughen” the tenderest sensibili- ties. Let the laws protect him against the combined force of rental agents, and help that class to dignify his places of resi- dence, that the atmosphere of the home correspond to the refinement and “practical common sense taught by the pulpit.” It will but little to teach him from the pul- pit ‘practical common sense,” invoking rea- sons rather than emotions, so long as he is forced back to the “courts and alleys” refer- red to and caused to reproduce such charac- ters as are caught by police regulations. It will avail but little to teach nim “reason” when he fs conscious of the eagerness for his multitudinous arrests, or the prejudice, the bias or indifference manifested in his trials before a legerdemanic law. He is beginning to think it heroic to do 80, to “toughen” himself to pass through the ordeal. Al- ready the “jail birds’ of my race have become so hardened that they now sit and sing, “Put me on the chain-gang; you can't do me anything. If this process of incr‘mination and indis- criminate conviction for petty offenses goes on much longer, its influence will counter- act and retary all the good influences radi- ating from our refined homes, churches and educational centers, and bring about a more “‘terrible state of negro depravity” than discovered by the writer of “‘crimi- nal records.” He asserts that “there is no fairer ju- diciary than that: found in Washington.” Of course not, considering the fact that the Washington, like all other southern cities, is one-sidedly composed. Its very organization is im direct violation of the universal principlé of justice, that a crim- inal be tried by @ jury of his “‘peers,” not superiors; for the superiors, feeling con- tempt and scorn’ for the lowly and un- fortunate condition of that “class,” might be wholly disqua#ifie® to enter into that sympathetic relation #o necessary to guide the stern, rigorous hamd of justice in many cases. A high semsesof honor is not suffl- cient to steer oneesafely through the difficult straits of » distributive justice. Racial ties and sympathies alone are ade- quate to the task. No wonder all races have struggled for self-government. They have et last asled for representation at law, and their mamy instincts revolted when denied. The writer of “€ritinal Records” ciaims that before that (Washington) bar “all racial distinction perishes.” If that be true then his courts are the advance of his other moral institutions, churches not excepted. In his courts the accused of any race “ie tried for his deeds and not for his color,” and yet some of his highest moral and religious institutions deal with the “noble men and women” of my race “who have reached the highest cond:tion of modern civilization” solely on the grounds of their color. ‘The conclusion is this, that if the most noble of our race are rejected, consigned and discriminated aguinst by some of the highest moral institutions of the white race, solely on. color grounds, then the taint and bias have not infected the courts also; and at last the fountain has risen higher than its source, and the law of race evolution has wrought the greatest marvel of the ages. Rev. R. E. HART, Israel Metropolita’ Church. criminal is more fortunate that the color |/ | New National Theater. GEORGE EDWARDES’ GAIETY THEATER BURLESQUE COTPIPANY, FROM THE GAIETY THEATER, LONDON, Management of Al. Hayman and Charles Frohman, IN THE GAIETY MUSICAL COMEDY, “IN TOWN.” Book by Adrian Ross and James T. Tanner. Music by Dr. Osmond Carr. 70—ARTISTS—70. New York Herald: “Everybody will go to see ‘In Town,” and every one will be pleased. As much of a beauty show as a merry musical comedy. No prettier lot of girls has ever come to us from the Gatety nor brought handsomer costumes with them,”* October 25—WILTON LACKAYE in “A ROYAL SECRET."* 1t i Fray arrerxooy, Oct. 29. Banda Rossa= Messrs, Carl and ‘Theodor Rosenf-1d have the honor to announce the oniy Washington concert of the celebrated BANDA ROSSA di San Severo, 60 artists, under the leadership of MAESTRO EUGENIO SORRENTINO, Assisted by FRAEULEIN MARGARETE VON VAHSEL, Chamber and Court Singer to the King of Saxony, and the famous thirtcen-year-old violin virtuoso, CARLOTLA STUBENRAUCH. . Regular House Prices. “BANDA ROSSA.”’ Trinity Parish Hall, 3d st. and Indiana avenue northwest. Six Mlustrated Lectures on the History of The Church of Engiand. By the Rector, Rev. RICHARD P. WILLIAMS. On TUESDAY EVENINGS of October 19, 26, No- vember 2, 9, 16, 28. Single admission, 25c. Course tickets, $1. 300 REOPTICON VI Eectuce at 8. Doors open 7:30. Tickets for sale at the oall on Wednesdays aud Fridays, from 7 to 9 pam. MUSIC £0" First Lecture, Tuesday, “Early Christianity in Britain’ M. Stewart, in and piano, M. Stewart .. Simonds, s Mabel These lectures authority of interesting 2 Apostolic Time of English hist formation. 'Thé artistic re- productions in black and white of rare prints and paiutings—many of them taken from the stored treasures of the British Museum. They include all churches and cathedrals of old nd. Stere- ‘on in charge of Professor Murra ite THE GREAT American Biograph, WITH ITS WONDERFUL MOVING PICTURES, 1S STILL THE ATTRACTION AT WILLARD’S HALL. New Views Each Week. SPECIAL SUNDAY Night Exhibitions, 8:15. DAILY EXHIBITIONS, 2:30, 4:30 AND P.M. 16-6t FOR SALE Spaces for Exhibits and Advertising 3 _AT THE Methodist Union Bazaar and Trades Exhibition, Which will be held at the National Rifles’ Armory, from NOV. 9 to 19, Address, for parti LB. BU! ocl6-tt GOI Pa. ave. An Up-to-Date Beggar. From Fliegende Blatter. Columbia. xs Evenings at 8:15. “Mat. Thurs. and Sa COMMENCING MONDAY, OCT. 18. Sixth and Last Week of Opera Season. “FAREWELL TO THOSE DELIGHTFUL PRO- DUCTIONS.”” “GOOD-BYE TO ALL THE FAVORITES.” SQUARE OPERA CO.... With the following Great Cast of Favorites: Grace Golden, Etvia Crox-Seabrooke, Gectrude Iut- ledge, Bessie Fatrbaten, Joseph Sheehan, Melville Stewart, Raymond. Hitchcock, W. C. yer and others. A Bright, New and Sumptuous Production. Prices: X>t*—*«.. 50c. and 7c. * Matinees—25c. end 50c.—NO HIGHER. GOOD-BYE! GOOD-BYE! GOOD-BYE! NEXT weex- !TARGARET MATHER TOMMORRO THE GREAT ARTIST, Edouard Remenyi, THE FAVORITE VIOLINIST. PRICES—25c., 50c., T5c., $1.00. Box cffice open 3 p.m. Lafayette. Tonight. Positively Last Performance here by the Great Comic Opera Trio, LILLIAN RUSSELL, DELLA FOX, JEFF. DE ANGELIS, In Strange & Edward's Comic Opera, The Wedding Day. NEXT WEEK. .. »-..-KELLAR. Lafayette, Sunday Nignt, OCt. 17 SOUSA AND HIS BAND Will Give Their First WASHINGTON CONCERT, Assisted by at 2:30. Beautiful Presentation or VON SUPPE'S Taceful, Delightful OPERA COMIQUE, VER SUNDAY, NIGHT, oclé Seats now on s Miss Maud Reese Davies—Soprano Miss Jennie Hoyle. ......Violiniste PRICES—LOWER FLOOR. $1; BALCONY, Te.; MEZZANINE SEATS, $1.50. SEATS NOW SELLING. it Lafayette Sq. Opera House. J. W. Albaugh, Manager. Nixon & Zimmerman, Directors, Oct. 18. MAGIC UP TO DATE? FIRST TIME HERE. KELLAR’S GREATEST ACHIEVEMENT, MYSTERY OF THE BLUE ROOM. MYSTERIOUS DISAPP! R FROM A BRILLIA rHOUT Your VE y ATEST DEVELOPMENT RAY E GROWTH OF ORAN THB STARTLI THE F NG DECAPITATION OF KELLAR. MOUS HINDOO CLOCK. = NEX CAMILLE D'ARVILLE PEG WOFFINGTON. Kernan and Rife, Managers. Week of Uctober 18th, Matinees Wednesday and Saturday. mast 2 uate. |The Season’s Big New York Hitt! FIFTY NIGHTS IN THE METROPOLIS!! Morrison’s production of the New Romantic Drama THE RIVATEER, By Harrison Grey Fiske. A Great Cast! w Scenery—New Properties Correct Costumes! Startling Electrical Effects! The Thrilling Fire Scene! The Swim for Life! The Execution on the Deck of the “Fire Fly.” Original New York Cast. First Time in Washington, Commended by the Entire New York Press. Popular Prices. Next Attraction: “On the Bowery” The Bijou. en Matinees Every Day, toc., 200. Every Day, toc., 20¢., 30c. Family High-Class Vaudeville. JUDGE and WALTON, Acrobatic Comedy Sketch Artists. Ke-engagement for ONE WEEK longer of the wonderful DE GREAUS, Lumiere’s Cinematographe AND 10 OTHER BI < DON'T FORGET THE FAMILY MATINERS ocl2-18tf EVERY DA’ G™5 OPERA Hous! RNAN & RIFE, Managers, OCTOR 11, ATINEES | Saturday. MAIANT AND IMPORTANT DAVIS & KEOGH REAT SUCCESS, The Picturesque and Sensational Comedy Drama, The Sidewalks of New York. TUSTIN'S TERRIFIC DIVE From Top of Stage, Herdicng, Tank of Water ouly Three F THE GREAT HERALD SQ A Triumph of Art nud Cr i A SUPPEMELY Bn tive Genius. POPULAR PRICES. Xext, Attraction—Morrison RIVATEER.” ocll LYCEUM THEATER. ALL THIS WEEK. Matinees Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. THE FAMOL RENTZ-SANTLEY Burlesque & Novelty Co. The Specta onal Burlesque, “Av EASURE,” Portraying ‘the Fads and Funcies of ‘the Present ray. Next Week—HYDE'S COMEDIANS AND HELEN MORA. ocl 1-4 — = LECTURES Miss Pitts’ Second Lecture. Miss Pitts’ lecture on the Angk is, the sere ond in her course on “Early ar ‘aewal English Histor; will be given at the Friends’ Meefug House, 1811 I st. n.w., Friday Oct. 22, at 8:15. 3 to two in one family, $7.50; single lec- Scents, s may be purchased at the door, ocl5- Virchand R. Gandhi OF INDIA Will lecture upon Occult Sciences and Artsy irduding Psychometry, Telepathy, Hypnotism, ete. A 8 ovclock p. No. 513 wth st old Bt 2 L¢PAserre SQUARE OVEIA OUSEL Boston — Symphony _ Orchestra, Mr, EMIL FAUR, Condactor. Seventeenth Seascn, 1897-98. Thirteenth Season in Washington. SOLO ARTISTS: BLAUVELT. CAMPANARI. MR. RAFAEL JOSEFFY. MR. C. M. LOEFFLER. Season tickets, with reserved seats for the series Of Sve concerts, $7.00 and $5.00, according to loca- thon. ‘The sale of tickets will open Monday morning, October 18, at Lafayette Squaze Opera House. Program’ books, With descriptive notes on the works to be performed, will be mafled in advance of each concert to purchasers of season tickets. F. R. COMEB, Asst. Mgr. ©. A. ELLIS, Manager. ocBE16-2t NEW NATIONAL THEATER. PRIMROSE & WEST'S —BIG— MINSTFELS. Next ‘Week —George Edwardes’ London Gaicty “In Town.” Direct from the Knickerbocker Theater. Regular prices, Seats now on sale. ocl5-20,tf GLEN ECHO AMPHITHEATER. SUNDAY, OCTOBER 17, CONCERT ATT 3:30 P.M, ADMISSION, 10¢. manda Site coe, Gein apen al ait boars servis fi i? fe open a : "Bicycle Breakfast, from 7 MME. LILLIA MR. G. Sion ill noon, B0e: Admission to the grounds Tree. 0cl5-2t ACADEMY. ae Popes = Farewell of MISS BERTHA CREIGHTON, The Country Girl. ‘Next Week—The celebrated Indian actress, GO-WAN-GO MOHAWK. * EXCURSIONS, ETC. FIFTH AND LAST OYSTER ROAST OF THE SEASON At CLIFTON BEACH, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 17. Steamer Saml. J. Pentz will leave at 10 a.m, Returning at 7:30 p. LADIES ESPECIALLY INVITED. All the oysters you can eat. Only select oysters: used. Four 1 the Beach. Fine fishing aud bouting. Dinners at the Beach Hotel, 50c TICKETS, 5c. ; Be. E. 8. RANDALL, ocl3-4t Proprietor. TAKE THE METROPOLITAN LINE AND THE ELECTRIC CARS AT THE AQUEDUCT BRIDGE FOR ARLINGTON, FORT MYER AND FALLS CHURCH. auT-3m,10 Qgu« AND FREQUENT ELECTRIO TRAIN Mount Vernon, Arlington and Alexandria. Station, Pennsylvania avenue avd 13% street, For echcdule see B. R. column, this paper. Southbound. -Washington.7:00 p.m.| Ly. Alexanéria.7:30 p.m.|Lv. Norfolk. m.|Lv. Ft. Monroe.7: Alexandria wost attracth ite, “¥ ioe a ve tout * fortable night's reat. eee: Larze aud luxurious rooms, heated by steam and fitted throughout with electric lights. Din. ing room service is a Ia carte, and is sujplied from the best that the markets of Ws - fon and Norfolk afford. Tickets on sale at 6. THAN. General Maaager. A DAY’S OUTING. Sixty Miles on the River. » except Sun- intermediate @. TICKETS, aa