Evening Star Newspaper, December 15, 1897, Page 9

THE EVENING STAR, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1897-16 PAGES. WASH. B. WILLIAMS, Furniture, Etc., 7th and D Sts. RATA Glaus —will find here the handsomest and most carefully built furniture made in the United States at very*small prices. Just a few suggestions to help out Santa Claus *and his as- sistants: Ladies’ beautiful Oak, finish and Pirds’-eye Maple Dressing Table Mahogany- §3.50 up Oak and Ma- Lovely, Cunning little Rockers, in rattan, cherry and oak, the children Oc. up “! $1.75 up Doll Raby ©: . $2 up. Baby Carriages, 10 different, de- signs, all colors, at prices that can’t be matched. Wash. B. Williams,7th&D. de15-6od For Xmas any Man will like agood Razor And we have as fine an assortment as will be found in town! The “Jubilee” in particular is our special pride. and we guarantee nothing finer is sold at any price. Showy goods of all kinds. Walford’s, 909 “8 477 Pa. Ave. é Biggest value ever offered) in Washingten. 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Among those who will in all probability be seen on the college eleven will be the Yale back that scored the touch down made against Princeton this season; Boyle, Princeton's famous end, and who will captain the Tigers next sea- son; King, the old Princeton player at | quarter; Dow of Lehigh, Carroll Fugitt of the University of Wisconsin and others well known in the foot ball world, as well as the stars of the Columbian Uni- versity team, who will make up the bulk of the team. The All-Washington team will be made up of the C. A. C. crack players, together with Al Leet, one of the best foot ball play- ers that ever appeared on a gridiron in Washington, and Tipton, an old High School player, as well as some other ath- letic stars that have not signified an in- tention of playing. VICTORIOUS BOWLERS. Saengerbund Defents the Men's Club. The Saengerbund ten pin team continued its all but unchecked career of victorious bowling Manday night by defeating the South Washington Business Men’s Club in three successive games on the Saenger- -und alleys. Business FIRST GAME. B. SAENGERBUND. I. B. C. St. Sp. Se. St. Bp. Se 127 159 113 134 17 -12 SAENGERBUND. St. Sp. " Se. 18} Lansdale... THIRD GAME. SAENGERBUND. St. Sp. Lan 4° Spiess T Hanold. 5 175 Faller. 34 Burdii 2 +6 168 Shiesinger.. 1. 4 Bruegger... 4 3 181 Akers...... 2 5 Total The games 77 725 sche@uled ‘for this evening between the Carrolb institute and Washiug- ton Athletic Club have been postponed on account of a counté roll Institute. Saturday the Baltimore Catholic Club will send its strong teani’ over for a set of three games with the Columbia Athletic Club on the C. A. C. alleys. The standing of the clubs follows: attraction at the Car- D Test. EC. 2 868 3 5 4 a a 3 9 So. Wash. Bus. M 0 9 YALE PLAYERS CoMING. , os Basket, Hall, foam to. Meet the Light nfantry. One of the most! ideresting events in Yocal athletics scheduled for this season is ‘a@_ basket ball game between the crack Washington “Light Infantry team and a team representing. Yale. University. The Yale players will leave New Haven Decem- ber 27, and will play in Philadelphia, Ger- mantown, Baittmore and Washington. They will not be'vselected tfll just before the team Ieeves. Probably eight men will be taken. SAS REVNEVRESNSVAESRSVEVENREVRENNENRENENENSNNEMNENIENNENMEY NESNENRESREMSEMNEYMEMMESNEM MEMES AEE REVERE The Infantry and Eastern Athletic Club ENEONENENENENONENENNENENE |) % jay tonight at the infantry armory. EE EE EE EE EE EE EE Et % Gifts that can be used “every day’”’--such as Carving Sets, Table Knives and Forks, Nut Picks, Razors, Penknives, etc—are the kind most appreciated. Selecting such gifts is easy from such a superb stock as ours. All the leading makers contribute their choicest products, and as a result every gift bought here will reflect credit on the giver. 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Give the men these: best makes of Razors only—Star, Wade & Butcher, Rodgers, Worsten- kolm, ete. le Penknives, with buck- ebony and other style B5e. ner Penknives for 50c., and from that price up to the grandest’ ever manufac- tured at $10. ICE SKATES, soc. UP. Lovers of skating—men or Stout Xmas Tree Holders in different and “itaymond” Roller’ Extension Skates sizes at 48, 50, 69 and 75e. for $1. 3 SSE OE NE 8 88 88 88 BF U8 8 UF 8 OF UF OF 8 8 88 8 8 8 88 8 Barber & Ross, 1 Ith&eG Sts. e FEL EL EE EEE EEE KEELE EEE KEEL EEE EEE ES £ The Fencibles and the Washington Ath- letic Club basket ball teams will also meet tonight at the W. A. C.’s gymnasium at | South Capitol and O streets. Ladics’ Golf Match. “Ikvery Day Git ower ste: wan to take place on the Chevy Chase links Friday afternoon. The match, which is to be a meda! handicap competition, eighteen © | hotes, is open to the lady members of the club and to ladies who belong to the fam- & | ilies of members. The prizes will consist of three silver cups, awarded by Mr. C. % | Downing Tows. ® * Base Ball Notes. ‘< A special to the Louisville Evening Post from Shelbyville, Ky., says: Manager J. J. McCloskev of the Texas League this morning induced Russ Hall, the crack young shortstop, who played with the Dallas (Texas) team last year, to put his name to a contract with the St. Louis club. Hall is in good trim, and expressed himself as being glad ef being able to get into fast company. The Frooklyn club has drafted Pitcher Elmer Horton, the ex-Oriole, and who was with ihe Syracuse club last season. Leon De Montreville, second baseman, a brother of the now ex-Senator, has been signed to play base ball at Fort Wayne rext season. President George Wagner of the Sena- %| tors on Tuesday of last week became a | nappy father for the third time. It’s a fine boy. Coming at the same time as the triple deal with Baltimore, which is | a splendid one for Washington, Mr. W: * % % % *% * % % al Rog Wade & Butchers’ Steel . s re Razors for $1. nS reatner | DOYS—girls or women—will § | ner has popasreespa gto tool tieets thie need Soees ‘sis et ma oe 5 =e have lots of pleasure out of a & Ao Razor Strop rushes in immense H ¥ sariety at pleasing. prices pair of Ice Skates before the S The first golf match between the teams QUICK HOT HEAT ; SCE IS OVE ere &| of the Washington Golf Club and the 1 Ve = mney ‘Ss \-clam| from a" sPurltant ON or Calorit™ Gas Skates, all. sizes. Priced as. low BOc.% | Chev”, Chase Club will take place tomor- Heater. $4 and $2 ph ibley Mh prs ei aoe ecadeataoy gaia, . *. row afternoon on the links of the Chevy op re ee Sa Ee 4 Chase Club, and will be between teams of XMAS TREE HOLDERS, 48c. wheelie tS, Af any TentenasTih, hardwood @ | siz dighteen Noles, ‘The Washington Golf Club team will be J. F. Leech, captain; James W. Lockett;'Horace Wylle, N. Semp- kins, Henry May and George Dunn, and the Chevy Chase team, Major Frank L. Denny, captaing W.;C. Marrow, Rev. P. M. Prescott, Jobgy B. Wilkins, Dr.’W. P. Compton and Ormsby McCammon. Much interest is felt ae itch, and as a start has now le it is proposed AN ODD TOMBSTONE. minutely has the imitation Massachusetts Man Has a Miniature Mill Erected Over His Grave. From the New York Times. It has often been said that a movement which to some degree represents a man’s life work is his most fitting tombstone. Seldom, however, has an attempt been made to carry out this idea with such real- istic exactness as was done a few years ago in Oak Grove cemetery at Fall River, Mass., by one of the large mill owners of that city.. As the visitor proceeds through the southeastern side of the cemetery he sees a quaint little granite structure, look- ing at first glance in the distance like an enlarged doll's house, with windows and peaked roof, but as he draws near enough to catch the view of the great stone cot- ton mills in the city below the full signifi- cance of it flashes upon him. It is a mill, @ miniature copy of the larger ones which are so distinctive a feature of Fall River. ed on the monument. many of the mills are forty tall chimneys can be their glistening panes. The majorit: the mills in me Bien but one great structure seen from as more ornamental for the monument. —_——_-cee-__ ornament, and their panes of high! ished ‘stone stand out in to the rougher finish of the rest structure. There are six windows tier on both sides of the little mill, in the row is varied by a central doors are placed on the different ies of the cotton print factories in loading and unloading goods, fu i The Saturday Star BY MAIL i $1.00 Per Year, R § nie Z 3 o to been carried out | frequently during ’ that round keyholes have been drilled in| commence at 2 O'clock. the middle of each of the doors represent- = The man who conceived this curious 7 tombstone was F. H. Stafford, formerly | From the Mustrated dimerjean. part owner of the Stafford milis. It was his wish ac ere Vea eS with which he was so long ident! commemorated in this way, and accordingly the monument | the slaughter raet was erected soon after his death, in 1892. | other, and the hirtché: of from fitteen No finer site for such a memorial could have been found in the whole cemetery, or, = a an tiie vee It is on the brow of a hig! commanding a view of the ~ Southeastern portion of the city, where | 204 mangled and -kiliedy tt is monstrous. located. Near! seen against the | Pens, but it was’ ‘my — noe poe as ee stone build- ings, wit! elr rows of windo’ I now’ and ‘then where the sunlight stipes | Killed, and the spectacle which I had hetore the city, including the Stafford | fede away completely. mills, are built with slightly sloping roofs, have matches between the two clubs Pinter. Play will A Pastime of: rFible Benuty. An ordinary bull ‘Aght,“as it occurs every few days in the large citles of Spain, r2eans one after the to thirty horses. This {s dreadful enough. But when, in add:tion to that, a man ts tossed on the brute% ‘hérns, and torn open Such a casualty, :fortunptely, eeldom hap- ‘fate to be present when the first toreador of Spam, the brave, dashing, fascinating young Espartero, was of | ™y eyes on that memorable day will never I shall never ior- get the awful sight of that bull fight, 4 the | have been tcld, however, that any one can cemetery in tHe foreground shows the| &ct accustemed to it. A charming and re- sharp-peaked roof which had been chosen | fined New Yerk woman now living :n Ma- drid onee said-to me: “I have seen about a dozen of these fights. The first time 1 nearly fainted, byt now it has hardly any effect upon me. One. becomes accustomed Of the three American to -everything.” ladies with whom-I went to the fight, two had to be helped to the rear of the box, where they remained with-thetr The wind-up of the season in foot bal! will occur Christmas day, when an All- AMUSEMENTS. “LOHENGRIN.”—Wagner’s carly opera, “Lohengrin,” which marked the beginning of his departure from the accepted school of music, from the melodious arias and concerted work of the Italian composers, was presented last night at the Lafayette Square Opera House by the Damrosch-Ellis Company. It was a Damrosch night, and the young conductor added new laurels to the wreath that belongs to him as the apostle and exponent of the great German composer. The whole performance bore the impress of his interpretation, and its great excellence was a tribute to his indefatiga- ble work in behalf of Wagnerian opera. It was rather a surprise that the audience ‘was not larger, although the rain was in -a large degree accountabie for the absence of many, but “Lohengrin” is very popular here, and never has it been given in a more thoroughly satisfactory manner than was the case last night. All the principal roles were in competent hands. Ernest Krauss was easily the hero of the occcasion, as he was of the opera. Those who heard him in the sayhe part last season were prepared for excellent work, but he scems to have developed since then, and his voice was even stronger, fuller and more resonant. It is the most satisfying tenor that has been heard in German opera in many years. Its resources seem to be inexhaustible, its tone is rich, virile and vibrant, and in its upper register it has a lyric quality.He sings with perfect ease and phrases with truc musicianly intelligence. Mr. Krauss’ phy- sical endowments made him an ideal Lo- hengrin. Tall and splendidly proportioned, it was easy to imagine him the Knight of the Holy Grail, the embodiment of all that was noble and true. Mme. Gadsky was equally effective as Elsa, and invested the part with a sim- plicity and delicacy that was remarkably attractive. She has been seen in the same role before and the anticipations of those who had heard her were fully realized, while those who heard her for the first time were charmed, not only by her sing- ing, but by her graceful acting. David Bispam was the Frederic, and gave to the part all the dramatic power that it demanded, while he sang with force and effect, his rich baritone voice being heard to good advantage. He was ably seconded in his work by Mme. Staudigi who gave a fine interpretation of Ortrud. In the duet in the second act these two fully deserved the applause that followed their efforts. Emil Fischer made a majes- tic and impressive King Henry, his noble bass voice being heard with great pleas- ure, and Mr. Staudig] was unusually good as the Herald. The chorus sang with good volume, but at times was rather wobbly. Too much praise cannot be given Mr. Damrosch for the exquisite work of his orchestra. He had his large force well in hand ard seemed to infuse into all the members a portion of his own enthusiasm. Not only in the preludes to the acts, but also through all the masterly accompani- ment, the orchestra played with a precis- jon, an intelligence of phrasing and a finish that was delightful and worthy of the highest commendation. Tomorrow “Carmen” will be given, with Seygard in the title role. BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. The second of this season's concerts of thz Boston Symphony Orchestra drew to the Lafayette Square Opera House yesterday afternoon a good-sized audience, who lis- tened with every demonstration of pleasure to the marvelous playing of this splendid organization. It is a question that has not yet been determined, whether matinees are as profitable investments as night perform- ances, but it was a case of Hobson's choice tor Mr. Comee this season, as he could not break into any theater for his series at night. The rale that has obtained ever since this orchestra first came to Washing- ton of closing the doors the moment Mr. Paur raises his baton, and not admitting any one until that number on the pro- gram is completed, is still adhered to, and those who desire to listen to the whole program should be in their seats on time. Yesterday afternoon there was quite a crowd in the lobby waiting for the finish of the first movement of Dvorak’s sym- vhoay, and, while a few grumbled, the large majority of those who came late ad- mitted that it was their own fault and quietly abided by the custom. The pro- gram selected by Mr. Paur contained noth- ing that had not been heard before, but there is not a selection that has been play- ed by this admirable organization that can- not be heard with pleasure more than ence. The first number was Dvorak’s “American Symphony.” wrongly named, for it is founded not on American themes, but upon African meiodies of the voodoo char- zeter. In the development of these Dvorak has shown his great ability as a composer and as a master of harmony and orchestral effects. The interpretation of the sym- phony by the orchestra brought out its capabilities both as to delicacy of treat- ment and exquisite finish as in the Largo, and as to its ability to do rapid and furious work, as in the final movement. The other orchestral numbers were the Peer Gynt Suite, by Greig, which was undoubtediy the popular success of the program, with its beautiful and weird melodies, and Beet- hoven’s overture to “Egmont,” which was played with majestic effect. The soloist was Mr. Staudigl, who sang Polyphemus’ aria from “‘Acis and Galatea,” and an aria from Spohr’s “Faust,” both in good style. THE LYNDSAY COURSE.—The opening entertainment of the Lyndsay course oc- curs next Monday evening at Central Hall, when the famous novelist, F. Marion Craw- ford, will deliver his new lecture, entitled “Leo XIII in the Vatican,” and there will probably be as much interest in the person- ality of the lecturer as in the subject, for Mr. Crawford is considered one of the most interesting personages among the lit- erary men of the present day. On the lec- ture platform he has an unusually distin- guished appearance, for he stands fully six feet tall, and his features, while cast in an intellectual mold, are strong and manly. His voice is full and well modulated, but his delivery is almost wholly devoid of dramatic or elocutionary effect and unac- companied by gestures. He simply talks in a pleasant, corversational way. Mr. Craw- fcrd has lived in sunny Italy, in torrid In- dia, in rural England, among the Alban- ian mountains and the Calabrian vine- yards, and he has lived much in America, which, after all, he considers his home. He says he is fond of Americans, and he re- marks that every time he visits America he can note a marked progress in art, cul- ture and literature. He is universally proficient as a linguist, and among the lan- guages in which he has perfected himself are Sanscrit, Russian and Danish. Mr. Crawford will preface his address with a sketch of the Vatican in the time of Pope Pius IX. In speaking of Leo he says “he is of the same type of man as Lincoln and Gladstone. It is a common saying in Rome that those who were received by Pope Pius came forth from the audience in tears, and that those who come forth from an au- dience with Leo wish to go straight into battle.” Season tickets may still be had at Droop’s. The sale for the Crawford lecture opens Friday morning. “WHAT HAPPENED TO JONES.” “What Happened to Jones,” one of the live- Hest and most hi‘lariously diverting farces of the times, will be quartered at the Na- tional Theater for next week, with matinees on Wednesday and Saturday (Christmas). The clever people in the cast are George C. Boniface, jr., George Ober, Wm. Bern- ard, Reuben Fax, J. W. Cope, Cecil Kings- -ten, Harry Rose, Anna Belmont, Kathryn Osterman, Mattie Ferguson, Florence Rob- inson, Mrs. E. A. Eberle and Rose Stuart. “Jones” had a very successful run of three months at the Bijou Theater, New York, and were it not for the fact that May Ir- win was booked there and insisted on open- ing im spite of the fact that liberal induce- ments were made to have her postpone her coming, Broadhurst’s merry farce could easily have remained there the entire win- ter. Its humor must be seen to be savored. Ebenezer Goodly, a professor of anatomy, has been to nee a glove contest that has been raided by the police. Jones has also been. Jones is a drummer who sells hymn books and playing cards—one as a steady thing, the other a3 a s‘de issue. has Icst his coat tail in a scuffle with a police- man. To bridge over this he dons the min- isterial gart: of the bishop of Ballarat, Goodly’s brother, who is expected to pay a visit to the Gcodly household. Complica- tions ensue with girls, with the typical spinster, with the usual hen-pecking wife, and with everything and: everybody in sight. With the arrival of the real bishop comes his confusion, as he is mistaken for an escaped lunatic. _ “CUMBERLAND, ‘61.”—Mr. part author of “The Girl I Left Be- bret a ‘and, sole author ef “A Ward.of France” and “The of « sentiment is supplied by the love between a@ son and a daughter of two families sep- arated by a deadly feud. The political .n- tagonism that existed in 1861 between the inhabitants of Kentucky and Tennessee adds still another dramatic factor. The treatment is said to be dramatic without being sensational. Five elaborate scenic sents the Military Academy at West Point sents the military academy at West Point at the breaking out of the civil war, and the others a Cumberland church pictur: esquely ruined by warfare; the exterior and interior of a mountaineer’s house and @ bridge spanning a wild chasm. The cast, which is a great one, is as follows: Ben- ner Ainsley, a Cumberland mountaineer, Charles G. Craig: John Lenox, an idle New Yorker, W. J. Ferguson; Leslie. Murdoch, an army colonel, Frank Losee; Gordon Crayne, a cadet Heutenant, Edgar L. Dav- enport: Adolphus Drayton Lenox, a cadet, Lionel Barrymore; Dirk Kansett, a cadet, John E. Kellerd; Mr. Manning, a chaplain, 8. K. Chester; Zeb, a Kentuckian, Richard Malchien; Rance, a Kentuckian, Alvin Drehle; Absolom, a negro, Richard Web- ster; Alice Ainsley, a mountaineer’s daugh- ter, Florence Rockwell; Mrs. Victor, a Missouri widow, Amelia Summerville; Mammy Han’, a_negress, Millie Sackett. “Cumberland, ’61,” will be presented at the Lafayette Square Opera House for one week. commencing next Monday. “A HOT OLD TIME. wrote —Edgar Selden, who “McKenna’s Flirtation” for Barry and F: is responsible also for ‘A Hot Old Time.” the farce comedy in which Johnny and Emma Ray will be seen at the Acad- emy ncxt week. These two clever sketch people, who were great favorites in the glorious days when Tony Pastor was king of New York, and variety was variety, and not a vehicle for Maurice Barrymore and Eben Plympton and Cla Morris and others of that ilk, have made a gi su cess in their new departure. Johnny Ray's reputation as a comedian and dancer is most enviable, while Emma Ray presents strongly warranted claims to being the handsomest woman on the vaudeville stage. John C. Leach, who used to be the be: Chincse impersonator in the business, has an important part, end so does Bernard Dyllyn, the baritone. Marshan and Nelson and a whole lot of other vaudeville people fill out the cast. The scenery, costumes and mechanical effects are guaranteed to be first-cless. “McCARTHY’S MISHAPS.”"—At the Grand Opera House next week Barney Fer- guscn and Sam. J. Ryan will be seen in t popular and well-known farce comedy en- titled “McCarthy’s Mishaps.” In its recon- structed form it is said to be one of the funniest comedies on the road this season. Everything is new, bright and up-to-date, and a dull moment is hard to find, as Fer- guson and Ryan have surrounded them- selves by a clever company of performers, who are sure to please their audiences and Keep them in the best of humor. The cast includes Sadie Connolly, Murphy and Mack, James W. Reagan, Lew Spencer, negro di lect comedian and monologue artist; Harry Norman, baritone; Steve Ferguson, the Cariisle sisters, Camilla Martin, soprano; Tillie Ryan and others of equal merit. Music has been used largely in the play. ‘There is also a lberal interpolation of spe- clalties, not thrown in at random, as in the case with most farce comedies, but having coherent connection with the plot. be SAM DEVERE’S COMPANY.—Sam De- vere’s Own Company wil lbe the attraction at the Lyceum Theater next week, and this will be its only appearance in Washington this season. In addition to the only Sam Devere, a sensation is promised that has set all Paris wild—the beautiful Mildred Howard de Grey in her “Barefoot Passion Dance.” Another novelty is “The Glessan- dos,” Parisian musical wonders from the Empire Theater, London. The king and queen of colored aristocracy, Johnson and Dean, fresh from their successful engage- ment at Koster & Bial’s; Pcarl Haigh known as the American’ “Anna Held; Walter J. Talbot, the Califcrnia_ teno Catheryn Rowe Palmer, contortion dancer: Leanard and Fernard, Byron and Langdon, Rice brothers, comedy bar performers, and en original farce, written by Sam Devere, entitled “Peep-O'Day Club.” full of bright @ialogue, are among the attractions. Among the incidentals are a cake walk, and the “Salvation Army Lassies’ Quadrille.” Manager Kernan declares this company to be the best vaudeville show that will play at the Lyceum this season. ON MORMONISM.—Tonight at the Sixth Street Presbyterian Church, corner of 6th and C streets southwest, Rev. Scott . Hershey, Ph.D., will deliver a lecture on Mormonism, which will no doubt prove in- teresting. —+ DAMAGES AWARDED. Sarah Wood Obtains Verdict Against Railway Company. A verdict against the Washington and Georgetown Railroad Company (now the Capital Traction), awarding Mrs. Sarah F. Wood damages in the sum of $7,500, has been returned in Circuit Court No. 2. The suit, which was on hearing several days before Judge McComas, arose out of an accident to the plaintiff, who was thrown, it was declared, from one of the cars of the company at the navy yard terminus of the line, October 2, 1894. As the outcome of the occurrence Mrs. Wood alleged she sustained permanent injury, consisting of a fracture of the right hip, Wass caused total loss of the use of the mb. The hearing just concluded was the sec- ond trial of the cause. At the first trial the jury returned a verdict for $8,000 Mrs. Wood was represented by Attorneys Herbert M. Locke and J. J. Darlington. Attorneys Totten and Davidge appeared for the defendant company. SS A Realistic “Passion Play.” A realistic presentation of “The Passion Play” will be given at the Columbia The- ater the week beginning Monday evening next, the seats for which will be put on sale tomorrow morning. This event will come somewhat in the nature of a sensa- tion, religious and educational, to the peo- ple of Washington, for the “Passion Play” will be seen for the first time by the aid of Lumiere's enlarged and perfected cine- matograph. It will be remembered that Mr. Stoddard’s lecture on this play was by far the most interesting and successful of all his efforts, but the pictures then used were “still” pictures, or photographs, while the presentation at the Columbia will have all the realism of the actual one, the ab- sence of speech only serving to make it all the more impressive. For years attempts have been made to get pictures of “The Passion Play” by the aid of Lumiere’s wondeciful invention. In fact, the consum- mation of such a plan was ever the hope of that genius. But all attempts met with failure until Dr. W. W. Freeman, who di- rects the present exhibition, went over a year ago to Horitz, in the beautiful Bo- hemian forest, called “the Austrian Ober- Ammergau,” where the play in all its de- vout simplicity has been presented for gen- erations, and, by gaining the confidence of the community, succeeded in having a special open-air presentation given, some 80,000 photographs of which were taken by Lumiere’s machine. He succeeded also in getting many interesting pictures of the Peasants at their daily avocations, and Particularly of those humble men and wo- men who enact the principal parts in the “Passion Play.” The first presentation of these pictures in any land was made at Philadelphia two weeks ago, but it was done in a somewhat quiet manner, so as to perfect the machine and see that the films were properly working. Nevertheless, it attracted the attention of the Philadelphia newspapers and clergymen to a great ex- tent, and the director is in possession of many eulogistic indorsements from the la! ter. Prof. it Lacy of Philadelphia, well-known scholar and literateur, who written som2 beautiful works in verse, will cme to Washington to deliver the lecture, students of the Bible. A pipe organ is be- ing put inte the Columbia, and music wil! be rendered during the progress of the pic- tures. There wiil be three afternoon pre- sentations—Tuesday, Thursday and Satur- day—the Tuesday one being mainly intend- ed for the Sunday schools. The first pre- sertation Monday evening will be attended by a representative body of Washington clergymen and other prominent people, who are taking a deep interest in the matter. —>— Drinking Water. Mrs. 3 Offerings Stand peerless in their line. We're distinctly proud of our Silverware. 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