Evening Star Newspaper, November 15, 1897, Page 11

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Chiffonier Beds from. . lery, Crockery and o THEATRICAL GOSSIP Last week was one of patronized en- tertainments at the theaters. Joseph Jef- ferson has drawn a class of people who rarely visit the theater, as well as those who admire him as the dean of the Ameri- can stage, and the young people whose par- ents want they should see him before he abandons his life behind the footlights. Francis Wilson has demonstrated that nce matter at what house he is booked, or what opposition is brought against him, he has a following in this city that insures big receipts at the box office. “The Girl From Paris” has been very naughty, but nice of its kind, although it is essentially a New York production, and Marie Dressler has beer “Courted Inte Court” each night at the Columbia in a very boisterous manner. This week the bills are of a more veried character. “The Sign of the Cross” will be sandwiched between “The Belle of New York” and Ned Harrigan’s “Grip,” 80 that those who desire to see a play founde on the sufferings and persecutions of the early Christian martyrs can have the opportunity, while those who want to be amused by the glitter, brilliancy and wit of a Casino production as well as those who delight in witnessing quaint and artis- tie character work such as Mr. Harrigan always gives will also find something to their taste. “Perhaps you are rot.aware that I made my Cebut as an actor in this city,” said Mr. Charles Jefferson the other evening. Char- lie, as he is familiarly called by his friends, has been taking on flesh in recent years, and now boasts of the fact that he weighs more than any Jefferson in the history of the family. He doesn't act any more, but he is just as jolly as when he did, and he inherits the facuity of telling a good story. “Oh, ¥ he continued, “I made my first appearance in the National Theater here. My father and I were talking about it only the other day. -‘Cinderella’ was the attrac- . and my father was playing Pedro. ‘hat was back in 1865, I think. The boy who played the coachman was suddenly taken sick, and my father thought that I could do the part. 1 was asleep where we boarded, in a house across the street, and they sent for me. My mother took me out of bed, just as I was, in my night gown, wrapped me all up in a_ blanket, and brought me to the theater. Then they took me down in the cellar underneath the stage, dressed me for the part and in- image how dazed I was, waked out of a, sound sleep, and being hurriedly told what 1 had to do, and all the while being rushed into my clothes. The real, distinct recol- lection I have of the event is where 1 was shot up through a trap to the stage, and found myself in all the glare of the foot- hts and scenery, and in the presence of Cinderella in her bali*dress, and standing by the coach that I was tg drive. I got on the box and did my work all right, how- ever, and my father praised me for what I had done.” structed me in what I had to do. You = All theater goers are familiar with the kinds of stage screams. The 'm of benuty in distress is always the rill, earpiercing sound, and there f a dozen other screams all well- krown 2nd time honored. This week, how- ever, comes to this city a pretty little American girl, wro has a scream that is ait her own. No one ever heard the like of it before. Miss Gertrude Boswell is the young lady with a scream that should be patented. It is heard twice in the “Sign of the Cress,” in which she plays the part of Stephanus, a Christian boy who in the -t of the play is put upon the rack ortured in order to make him reveal sting place of the Christians. That is wkere the celebrated scream is . first heard. It attacks at once the spinal mar- row of everyone ir the audience. In the last act it ts heard again, this time caused by the sight of the wild beasts =waiting the boy as he goes out to tke arena to meet the fate that adherence to his faith brings hira. Miss Boswell is still in her teens, al- theugh she has been on the stage since she was a vear old. “I was carried on,” said Miss Boswell to a reporter the other cay, “and became an actress without even giving my consent. I played. Eva in “Unele Tom's Cabin.” when I was three and a half, and after that children’s parts with many companies. You wish to know how I learned my scream,” she continued with a laugh, “Quite by accident, I assure you. When Mr. Barrett sent me the part of Stephanus it seemed very simple, but when I came to the last act and the My imability ‘me not only by G@reamed of the rehearsals and of = my mouth and being unable to make a sound. One nigat only a week before the opening night, I dreamed that I was at the theater and that we were rehearsing the last act. The time came for me to part from Mercia and go out into the arena. When I came to the open doors where I turn to go off and am supposed te see the arena strewn with the bodies of my companions and the beasts awaiting me. I looked out into the wings where the Supers ard chorus stand, their growls and murmurings anything but terrible when you can see them. Instead of the familiar faces 1 had seen dally, I beheld to my hor- Wo enormous lions only away sianding on pe ee eyes glared at me; their tetrible gleamed white and long, their tails lashed the air. For a moment I stood riveted to the spot, then one of them crouched and sprang a: me. I screamed and awoke. Jest as I opened my eyes and. before i fully realized that it was a dream, I screamed again."My mother was in the next room. She came rushing in terribly frightened. ‘Wnat is the matter, Gertier she cried, coming to-my bedside. I threw teeth my arms about her neck, sobbin; laughing at the same time. ‘Ob, mothers I exclaimed between my_ sobs,’ ‘I'm so hsppy! Did you hear it? I’ stream at last.’ aa the “Few people outside of those in th 5 ness," said Mr. Jas. Lederer, “have sey idea of the ruses resorted to by those who desire to gain free admission to a theater. Every one who has ever at any time had any connection with the profession, no matter how remote, thinks that he should be entitled to passes at any theater. Of course when a play is not drawing largely a manager is usually quite liberal with his Passes, but it is when a successful piece is running that the demands for free admis, sion are most numerous and most persist- I had a funny experience during a re. cent big run at the Casino that illustrates this. I received a note from a man whom I had known for a number of years, and whe had formerly been in the profession but who for the past few years had not been in any way Identified with it, a couple of seats. As we were out days ahead I simply paid no atteniee to the request, and in a few days I received another note and then another. ‘Thece were also thrown aside without answer, and shortly I received another addressed ‘Dear Jim,” and saying that the writer had been in hard luck and wasn’t financially in a condition to buy seats; that he had writ, me when he was in fun pe _ he get the loan?” Mr. Lederer was _ “He got nothing,” was = just think of the man's gall’) "°PIY> “but A poor Italian organ @ post, but who wok pee pith Ingenulty that would er calling, suffered in New York one day this week thet isons without an unusually comic side. ‘The itin. erant's organ was arranged to permit a dally change of tunes. He worked this con- trivance to the limit by using Irish airs on one day, British tunes on another and Teu. tenic und popular ones on other days of the week. Of course, on the Hibernian days he would confine his route to Celtic neighbor. hoods. So with all the other days of the A band of “The Belle of Ne: "3" comic men, that included Dan Daly, George Schiller and Geo. K. Fortescue, early this week stumbled on the musician. of the trio the inspiration came doesn't matter, but it is a fact that on Thesday the son of Italy had an Irish route booked beginning in the rear of a tenement in the longshoremen’s neighborhood of the lower west side. And it is another truth that the band of Thespian practical jokers -succeed- ed in extracting from the organ the Irish airs and substituting “God Save Queen.” They further m: as deaf as made up for the affliction Fk Aika Bh tk th th a As hs sh lk th tak ta tata Nero’s thfone. Their- NURSING THE SICK Union Mission Plan. WORK OF LUCY WEBB HAYES SCHOOL The Course of Study Proposed Re- garded as Excellent. APPEAL TO THE WEALTHY The article entitled “Care of the Poor” published in The Star of Thursday last has attracted attention from a large num- ber of persons whose business or work in benevolent lines brings them into contact with the sick poor, and the opinion has been generally expressed by those who | have talked on the subject with a Star re- porter that steps ought to be at once teken to put the project of the Central Usion Mission, as outlined by - President Bailey, into effect. The publication also brought ta light the fact that for several months past the students at the Lucy Webb Hayes Train- ing School for Nurses have been engaged in just such work as that sought to be at- tained by the efforts of other philanthrepic people, but the young women of the home have performed their self-imposed tasks in a quiet and unostentations manner, which has 1.0t attracted general attention. Would Serve Christianity. Of. the possibilities for good that might be accomplished if the plans of the Central Union Mission can be carried into effect, and the field of usefulness of the Lucy Webb Hayes Training School extended. President Milford Spohn of the Central Labor Union said: “If some plan could be formulated and successfully operated by which the poor eculd have the care of trained nurses, we would have an object lesson in practical Christianity which would greatly advance the interest of the church and further the cause of religion. “It is a fact which has been regretted by the religionists that a large per cent of the poor were not interested in the churciies. Various reasons have been given for this anathy—in many instances, prejudice—but the principal reason fs that, generally, the poor and indigent have not been regarded practically with that favor and attention which should be given them im obedience to the precepts of Christ. “IT am gratified to hear that the Central Union Mission, which is said to be an in- stitution maiitained for the material as well as the sviritual benefit of the voor, contemplates this plan of ministration. I have observed instances in my association with those of organized labor bodies when the care of a trained nurse and proper at- tention would have saved the father or mother for the support and care of depend- ent little ones. The average member of organized labor is by no means indigent, but he is not able to pay the fees of trained nurse, physicians, cost of ovre- scriptions and other incidentals. “Many cases octur when it becomes neces- sary to remove the. mother to a free ward in some hespitat.. This is the refinement of cruelty. Of course, it is the best that can be done under the conditions, but it dis- rupts a family, and no cone will maintain that a mother removed from her circle of little ones, lying among the bed-ridden, with-ears keenly attuned to the moans of the pain-tossed, or witnessing the death throes of the occupants of a nearby couch, is in a favorable condition for recovery. “It is to be hoped that some plan will be devised and operated whereby competent nurses will be furnished at a moderate fixed price to attend.those who have not the means to emplcy one at the fees now Gemazided. : et “There is another class of our populatiot® however, that is. not Se ears plan— that comparatively Jargesclass Which is not able to. pay even a moderate ‘fixed. price; they are the indigent, the very poor. They: are the denizens of the alleys, the grega- rious poor in the unhealthy’ tenements. What provision will be made. for them? permitted to die with less concern than we have for a worn-out brute? Humanity and Christianity demand that they be given some attention, at least during periods of pain and disease. Why tan they not have assistance without money and without price? x “The plan will not be complete until the nurse service is extended to these thou- ands of God's poor.” The Work Begun. Mrs. D. B. Street, president of the Home for the Aged of the Methodist Episcopal Church, is one of the foremost in the ranks of those who desire to relieve suffering wherever it is found, and is concéded to be well qualified to speak of the work being done by the young women of the Deatoness Home for the Poor. Mrs. Street said: Li “I would say for the benefit of those un- acquainted with the good work that is being done by the deaconess nurses in connection with Sibley Memorial Hospital that since last February these consecrated women of the Methodist Church have given their services without cost to all the needy peor of our city that they can care for, and in homes where only a limited salary is received they have given the most etti- cient services for the small sum of $5 per week. ‘Frequently these women have to not only nurse the k, but do the cooking, and in many instances provide the food and furnish clothing from the toan closet of the hospital. = . “More nurses could .always be employed, but for lack of funds for their suport the ladies of the Woman’s Home Missionary Society who have charge of the work have to limit the number. “We would be pleased to have those in- terested in-this work or who wish to con- tribute to its support to call upon Dr. A: H. Ames, 1140 North Capito! street, who has charge of the training school for mis- sionaries and the nurses in connection with Sibley Memorial Hospital. Those who re- quire services for the sick should make application there. Approves the Plan. President I. L. Blout gf the United He- brew Charities, aq the. chief exeeytive for many years of that organiaation been brought into contact yearly ith, gcores of persons who need the ati ‘a train- ed nurse, but who from lack offpnds are deprived of the service. He nai “President Bailey’s suggestions, as print- ed in The Evening Star of Thursday, rela- Uve to providing nurses for the poor, etc., are, in my opinion, the best-and most feas- ible ones which, if properly systemized and carefully managed, would tend to assure such proper and prompt attention as the poor sick are so sadly in need of.” — No Longer am Experiment. - Rev. J. Fred. Helsse, pastor of Wesley. M. E. Church, hed this to say: “I heartily commend the plan. 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F street bayers an astonished when they find out re. _ IS READY WITH THE HEAVV- SOLED SHOES FOR THE LADIES : MEN. You must get a pair! They’re the kind that the tony dealers ask twice the money for.: It is getting to be the talk of the town that we are selling double and triple sole ‘Shoes--the latest shapes--the newest styles--at about what other shoemen have to pay: for them. It’s not far from the truth either. Another thing: We guarantee : every. pair of Ladies’ or Men’s Shoes we sell Ladies’ Finest “Columbian Lace’? English Storm Shoes--in box calf-.the newest thing--made very high-- winter soles--perfect workman- ship--the shoe of the season = Extra Quality Vici Tan Lace Shoes, in oxblood--with coin toes--one of the best bargainsof the opening. Ladies’ $3 Black Vici Kid Shoes. Button or lace--London, coin, opera or needle toes. This line is a specia! bargain Ladies’ $3 Cloth Top Shoes. - Splendidly made Cloth Top and Vici Kid Button Shoes, with Pat- ent Leather Tips, one of th features of the sale = Big values in Ladies’ Kid or Lace Shoes. Worth $1.50 -promise you that they will give sat- Shoes. $2.98 S27 very $1.98 : S17 976. A special line of Infants’ Colored Leather : Pliable Sole Shoes and Bootlets at 25c. v OLL’S, ‘810’ 7TH ST. : Sie Titanate te Ob Io doors. The college,is brought tothe thou- sands. Unnumbered patients, extremely il, penniless, friendless, cannot ‘enjoy the sweet comfort“of the hospital care. The luxuries of the hospital are carrled by con- secrated hands to the once friegdless, but ncw favored patient. The genius of Chris- tianity is to place its warm heart close beside the suffering one, wherever that one may be. “Some one has forceh ay Played upon the wor . Strike ‘off the let- ter “pr ant TURE remains. “Strike off the letter ‘r,’ ‘each’ is now the woni. There fe have it. "'Bhe ¥aole aniaslonk at SRE, tianity is to ‘preach’ sto ‘regen’ b Nursing among the Quok ead terqotten ts ‘ome of the. effective methods of, reaéhin it is the extenston of the heapirig: skin: dom. After this fashion there is-sweetened for many’ tht.cup et Bétrow, ‘ “Many advantages are gah [by. this: feature. Besides the physical Sees anin- yt «jgoto,. open doors are ‘discovered bythe SMrkers, throug which “doors the church may come with her rich treasures in childhood training, the culture of home- making, domestic. felicitfes,. educational bestowments and the larger ministries im- mediately to. the spiritual life. * . “ft furnishes a practical object- lesson to the unholy thrusts and blighting work of infidelity. Wherever Christfénity has.gone, her.interest for the crippled and distressed apd sick has been pronourtced. ~~ “I stand ready for that which reveals the heart of Jesus and pours out its sym- pathy and love upon and for those who need. His friendship. The deatonesses in the |. Methodist Episcopal Church aré-doing ex- cellent work along these lires. The Sibley Hospital of our own elty has some of its staff engaged in-tais special work. I am hopeful that ervice may broaden and that the response from the whole city for its | successful ac¢omplistiment’ may be prompt ‘and generbu: In the Right Direction. Dr. T. Chalmers Easton, pastor of the Eastern Presbyterian Church,. said: : “The contemplated’ movement ‘of provid- ing. trained nurseg ‘to the poor of our city is certainly one in ‘the right direction. The’ nearer our mgdern, Christianity can cémeé:to its primitive type in oes see of ; hebetter. Whether the im- Breaalon be dase arnt we:must confront fact that the pee in many.of our great métropotitan centers do regard ‘the church ure fill up the chasm between the non- church going cladses and the ehurch. It is practicable and will-in due-time become popular. a t. “It must be taken for granted. that this, like nearly ‘al! philanthropies:-and Chris- tian ‘reforms, must be fostered and main- tained by our. well-to-do citizens and mer- chants, and be utterly free.from all secta- rian or- partisan’sinfluences. It. will only be in extreme cases of poverty where it can“strictly be ied as a charity,- for with“most of the respectable and indus- trious poor there.will no doubt be a d sire to pay what they can for the ser- vices of @ trained nurse. who, if sickness” ¢am only despair ef saving thel The course of study pro lent one, and, an excel- 2 a curriculiim must ¢er- urses for their é' has my hearty God: 3:8 te. "i Cyclingsat Honolulu. “In answer. Told gays; “The. roads. fy Hoholulit;“where ant the -wheeling. 3 , are wety ‘good. ‘The | adversaries MANAGEMENT OF TRUMPS. Some Pointers in- Regard to Strategy in Whist. The proper management of trumps is the hest indication of a strong whist player, not overbold cr too timid. With equal Strength the player making the atteck is always at a disadvantege. It is better to ¢hance_a force (with only four trumps, in- cluding one honor) on the weak hand, thereby losing .a trick, than to lose two |or three ‘on. the premature play «f the trumpattack. The time to hold up the ace of trumps is .when you have an estab- lished suit and four trumps. Take the third rounc, with your-ace; unless you ar¢ So fortunate as to lay fourth hand, with a ten-ace. Then you can exhaust trumps, being in on the third round, with only one trump against rou. You have an immense advantage, 2nd can make a great game. -Alwaya;bear in mind that to be in the lead equals a re-entry card, often’ equals a trump, and do-not part with the lead un- less it is necessary to establish your suit. It is only the expert player who can risk throwing the lead and sparring for posi- tion. You can safely conclude he has no suit to make, nor has his partner shown any, and he is strong enough to part with the lead without detriment to his or his partner’s hand. ~:. Sceme of the most -beautiful- positions in whist occur when two hands hold four trumps each, and the one that discovers the situation_first has the advantage over the adversary. That is why the trump- showing leads are a two-edged sword—you are informing two enemies, and it is just two chances to one that four trumps will be held by one of the cdversaries. Holding up thé ace, in the side sults, is a trick-losing game, as your object is two- fold: First, to invite a trump lead from the enemy; second, to keep command of the adversaries’ suit, preventing its estab- lishment. _ Another -result is often observed. You win the second trick cheaply, and still have the master card’ in the suit, but to offset. this ts the length of the original suit opening, which is usually five Or more and the suit will not live, probah'~, three rounds, and very’ often not two. The card usually held with the ace, when it is hold back, is the jack (vic 'ten- ace), and.the play 4s often justified, if- you suspect.a trump signal by the adver y, sho. 48 allowed to. vompleteit,: leaving you three to the queen, and would like a little more development before going on with the game. Like all other strategic plays, it is only. for the advanced player. « E There are many positions constantly arts- ing In whist where it is of the utmost im- pertance to hold up. the ace of your ad- versaries’ sult. The most important Is: when the enemy has started .a trump signal on your suit, and, on account of the fall of the cards on the first trick, he wishes to suppress the signal, as he finds his partner can trump one or two of his losing cards. Then you can deceive him to ad- vantage. Of course, you . must against the chances of a cross ruff. The ace of his suit, being presumably withthe trumps. Many otherwise vAtpot often tempted, when the ad- aye! vere bpers the game with the lead of land he wins the trick cheaply, trump- strength, -either by the lead skeleton -or “running”. with their winning It is uaually ace or king time when both signal, A judicious force or given below in ‘a = match at the | gr x 2. i ii in.the lead,ard-if-you have two suits of. bid? partner, he ig emboldened to go good. laying minor tenace over the strong trump signaling hand, with king, jack and two other trumps, E. commences to run for his life by leading the deuce of hearts at trick 4, a singleton inviting a force, which he promptly gets from his partner, who wins the trick with the ace of hearts, and at trick five returns the heart, thus taking the first force himself and at the same time establishing the adversary’s suit at a loss of three tricks, when, with an established suit in his partner's hand, and. his trump strength at trick 6, Salvator could not have headed him, so quick he to get home with his ace and king of diamonds. And they call this whist! Well might we exclaim, like Falstaff to Prince Henry, “If I do not beat thee out.of thy kingdom with a dagger of lathe, and drive all thy sub- jects afore. thee like a flock of wild geese, ¥il-never-wear hair-on my face more.” , Im the Local Clubs. Stimulated by.the enthusiasm manifested at the C. Bi. C., the last month, the chair- aan-of the whist committee of the C. A. C. has brought the subject before the board of governors, and the club will have a prize’ tournament -for those making the dighest score, up to the first Wednesday night of January inclusive. The C. A. C. thas too strong a whist following to allow the interest in whist to flag, and it is to be heped that the secrecy of the handicap (which is known only to the chairman of the whist committee), will induce players who know enly the rudiments of the game to enter for the prizes. The game Wedne: day night had some of the oldtime vim in 1t. Tonight, the C. Bi. C. starts its second series, and it promises to be-a great suc- cess. Americans Beaten. The match between the Americans of Boston and the Philadelphia Club was played last Saturday at-Boston, and was the best exhibition of the scieutific game that has ever been giver between any two clubs in the league. Both clubs played virtually the same game, long suit, number-showing, with all the advantage that was possible given to partner, carrying the strength up to him, sacrificirg their own hands at all times when it-wss to partner's interest, let- ting the responsibility rest on him,’ The Philadelphia players are the-old Hamilton, with one exception, Watson taking the place of. Remak.. Watson is a. brilliant young player, having secured the) highest plus score against the C, Bi. C. in their last match against the Philadelphia, Work, Mo- gridge and Eallard forming the rest of this team. This is one of the strongest combi- nations in whist circles, as evidenced by the result of the first twenty boards, Phila- Gelphia scoring 14 to Boston’s 2, when an adjournment was taken to witness the foot ball match, play being resumed in the evening. During the rest of the match the Phila- delphia team were instructed to take no chances, and strictly conservative whist was resorted to, thus enabling them to hold the lead. The score was: Philadel- phia, 23; Americans, 13, Capital Clab Games. The C. Bi. C. had an interesting team match of fours Wednesday evening, four teams participating, Low, Prince, Johnson and Barrick winning by a handsome mar- gin. The sécond match for -prizes com- menced Saturday night, and, being of the same style of handicap, promises to be very exciting. Pechin, a very promising player, "v Ha rain Bet will ~ am ut soon edit a ref- remiemiee eres \Wisition -to, vers.of the Debt sheets,show some interesting and ine structive data, and no whist library will be complete without it. Jno. C. Yorston & Co. of Philadelphia are the publishers. WOMENS” WHIST ‘TOURNEY. Playing of Mrs, Hawlty’s Team Was r of a High Order. The character of the whist at Philadel- phia last week was of the highest order, ‘the continual improvement of whist players. The remarkable rE i Efi dividual score was a plus of twelve tricks. With a little more team work, we will have a team second to rone in the countr | it was, they made a splendid showing. j ing for third place among the strongest women players in the country. The score, showing the way each team | seed at the end of each day's play, fol- lows: eee Score end Score end Fina Mrs. Lex. 3 — ac H 6% By rig oy 5 z 6 5 1 withdrew. rize for the highest plus on the three days’ score was won by Mrs. William Williams of Camden, with a plus of 20. The leaders were Rodman Wister Newbold .. Haw sees Halberstadt Kein ; > OLD JOURNALIST DEAD. Karl Roeser Passes Away at the Age of Eighty-Seven, At the ripe old age of eighty-seven years i Mr. Karl Roeser, editor of the Volks-Tribun, ot died yesterday morning at the residenc his son-in-law, Mr. Emanuel Waldeck. 1504 Caroline street northwest. Mr. Roeser was born in the year 1811, in Saxony, and educated as a jurist at the universities of Leipzig and Halle. During the stormy years in the 30's and 40's he came. like thousands of his countrymen, in contlicc with the authorities, and was sentenced to a long term of imprisonment. With the aid of relatives and friends he managed to es- cape from the Hausvogt.i at Berlin, reach- ed_England, and from there immigrated to America, where he first settled in the ‘state of Wisconsin. He carly. entered politics, was one of founders of the republican party in th state named, and started the first German republican paper at Manitowoc, Wis. Har! in the w’s-he came to Washington, a government position had been tendered to him by t Lincoln. In this posi- tion he remained for years, never, how ever, entirely abandoning his calling as journalist, and while in office he reguiariy corresponded for several newspapers, among them Karl Heinzen’s Pioneer ot Boston. Twenty-three years ago Mr. Roeser founded, in partnership with his son-in-law, Mr. Waldecker, the Volks-Tribun at the national capital, of which weekly paper ne has been the acting editor until his laic illness forced him to retire. Mr. Roeser enjoyed a very large circle of - friends, and his demise, while not unex- pected, is a severe shock to them all. Numerous descendants mourn his death. The burial will take place tomorrow aft noon at Rock Creek cemetery, his last re=t- ing place being alongside that of his wife, who died about two years ago. ———.—_ FINED FOR ASSAULT. Gus Crasenberg Punished for Violent Treatment of a Boy. For an assault on a little boy Gus Cruz- enberg, a middle-aged white man, was sent to Jail for sixty days today in the Police Court, in detault of a fine of $20 im- pesed by Judge Kimball. vy