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a "my S ys have divided the attention of | paid them all large fees, he felt that if he Pikes ipsa Gels Sunk “Gurihesiand 01m | Securedlone gocd plas ontiet ths heitiaeses rpal aoe the latter | Which would be submitted to him he would and “What Happened to Jone: ie feel amply repaid for his outlay. The play ccming out first so far as attendance Was/ that he selected was “A Virginia Court- concerned and in the interest manifested | ship,” and thus far it has been one of the by the audiences. Not that it was the best | biggest hits of the season. Its engagement play, for it was more-a series of incidents | 1" Chicago was a record breaker and it without coherent plot or purpose, but it did the largest business at the Century furnished hilarjous entertainment and sent Theater in St. Louis that that house has known since its erection. At present there the people away in good humor. Mr. Fyles’ drama, on the contrary, contains some } is talk of presenting the play abroad, where it has already been given for copyright vell-drawn characters and is splendidly put upon the stage. While there were some purposes. LAFAYETTE SQUARE OPERA HOUSE. improbabilities in the story, it is a consist- ent and interesting one. —‘Secret Service,” William Gillette's latest Play, will be on view for the first time in Washington next Monday night at the La- Next week there will be a wealth of at-| fayette Square Theater. It will be present- tractions for amusement lovers. There will | ed Bs a Com PEDY, ace has received ce s] ization of Mr. | most unstinted praise for uniform excel- er ee Oe ner cor a mecha ccten: | lanes of the intecyescationr emerson Lr SC Gok SEC ae given the play. The central figure of this villes,” who will be seen at the Grand Opera | company will be Mr. Gillette himself. who Mrs. Fiske is not controlled by the | in this instance plays a serious role for the nd therefore is compe.led to 80) first time in Washington. The dramatic to what is ordinarily a popular-priced | cgrrespondence from New York and Lon- Her manager, however, is satisfied | don has been during the past year teem- that she will do as big business there a5 | ing with the admiring utterances of critics she would at any other theater, for he says | jp those cities, most of whom have not hes- been her experience in every City | jtated to pronounce “Secret Service” the Then there will be Gil-| best play yet written on this side of the Secret Service,” which, | water. Deplorable as wars are in the * will be seen in Wash-' main, they have ever exerted certain ben- time, and finally, but by | efits. One of the largest beneficiaries of important, will be Fan- who will present a repertoire in which she has made a than any English-speaking + conflict and its aftermath of freshened peace is literature. Particularly a debtor to war is American dramatic literature. The civil war has been an inexhaustible fund of complex action, picturesque adven- ture and certain appeal to alert patriotism. Of the numerous plays which have sprung from this source “Secret Service” is the last, and, according to critics who have seen it, the most remarkable. In this play it is only the echo of warfare which reach- es the ear. Mr. Gillette has had the cour- age—had he failed we should have said “the audacity”—to make his hero a spy, a Union spy, working in Richmond at the time of its beleaguring. The hazardous work of the men in the secret service dur- ing active conflict has never before been set forth dramatically. He has worked out the possibilities afforded by this new-found piece of material with that ability which = z has previously brought him so many suc- fa aiataeteie tA oes cad (Coane: DM! Gilictleuiticrelatoreinias user a constructed a complete’ set seen only in comic roles: and the public ae ea cosa aan 1 grown to consider him only as an arch ne Emacs with, the | farceur. Not the least surprise, therefore, Dee te eoranmandt % he has sprung in connection with age carpenter at- | “Seeret Service” is the almost perfect way toes to Miss Daven. |i which he is said to have handled the of Sardou pla: greater suce actress. While there has been a marked improve- ment in the accommodations for the bene- fit of actors and modern stages, there is still a great room for bet- ter conveniences in many of the large th aters of the country. An actress, espe- cially one who has expended large sums | in elegant costumes, is often confronted | with dressing rooms not over clean, and it is quite a problem to occupy such apart- ments without injury to delicate gowns. Fanny Davenport, who will be seen at the National Theater next week and who is famous for ker magnificent stage cos- -d a scheme which is not- only for its ingenuity, but has tumes, has devi able not places the tem- ef his own spy-hero. IS part re® poster Tmicetrie’ prack: | it is und at times the to the framework, and | y of that famous Gillettean imper- “s she finds a perfectly | t lity which was so marked a char- on the walls of which she can | tic of Gus Billings in “Too Much with impunity hang her daintily colored on,” but in no other way suggests his former farcical methods. The company which will present “Secret Service” at the fayette Square in this city includes, be- ides Mr. Gillette, Campbell Collan, Walter rolls of carpeting | the stage from Miss room io the different the lady’s garments | Thomas,- Misses Sara Perry, Hope Ross accumulated dust | and [da Waterman janitors. All this n event of import fs Mrs. Fiske’s appear- » here at the Grand next week. It must tfon and sham no longer find ; nc be thought _that _Mrs. Fiske has in ng in this line is an impor- | “T of the D'Urbervilles” a doctrinal or and enables an actress to always | problem play. The adaptation of Hardy's ut before her patrons garments which | great story sets forth the characters and hand new. This would be impossi- | h ings of that author in a most vivid nt precautions were not taken. “Tess of the D'Urber- and cleanliness is Davenport's com- scenery and properttes, for the fresh appearance in Miss Davenport's pro- It is only from the fact that this kable woman has devoted all her energies to the stage that she has been enabled to consider every detail, even the most minute, but no one can question that her efforts have borne fruit. rily cautious, but whe large amount of money le modern stage costume and varying phases of char- nes of moving and engrossing Where in fine comedy alternates tense emoticnal imcidents. The two t scenes of the play—the confession of ess to Angel Clare and her murder of Alec D'Urberville—are, of course, in the spirit of tragedy itself, but the play is hap- pily varied to all the emotions. The story is outlined thus: The action begins at the dairy farm,where Tess and Clare, surrounded by the com- moner characters, are seen to be in love with each other. Tess is willing to “just go on lovin” in that romantic way that fits her ideal passion for Clare and her nt apprehension as to the effect of Clare wishes to marry and to take her witn him to Brazil, where he will tegin life in earnest. Tess’ parents wish Ler to marry Clar2 fer the material benefit that may result to them. Tess, convinced that she ought to confess her early misfor- tune to Clare, is beset by her sordid moth- er’s warnings against such a course, and intere: | with rema 2 who manipulates the Ke's production of “Tess is a ve~y important rhood, the 1 pass: summer < round: $ at sundown twilight of a y. The russet color of the sur- ‘ountry is threwn into vivid vie ams of the dying sun. By the max of the act is reached, the » gathered and the semi-darkness. The artificial in this act the work of an trician, Clarence Corie, who 1s a Shades of eeening ha in stage i light € Veteran in his own especial line. Corie is | {T#htened by the appearance of her evil an Englishman and came to this countrs | 8e"lus, Alec D'Urberville. Importuned by several years ago when Henry Irving 1 Clare, she consents to marry him upon his first production here of “Faust.” Corie | Condition that his love shall survive the something she wishes to tell him. She can- not bring her tongue to utter this, and seeks to acquaint him by letter. The letter is intercepted by the mother. Clare ap- pears to claim Tess, who, thinking that he knows and has forgiven, finds in his face rrant for the greatest happiness she yet known. Now comes the wedding, happily celebrat- ed, followed by that powerful scene, when the lovers are left alone. By a well-con- trived train of circumstances Tess learns that Clare does not know of her past. Clare confesses his past faults to her and is for- given by her with a happy fervor that sug- prides himself on his work and boasts that he has never succumbed to the illasions of the stage so far as to forget his own par- ticular duties. The other night in a one- night stand one of Corie’s assistants, who stood in the wings manipulating a calctum, ecame so engrossed in watching the pla at he forgot to change his colors at a cer- ‘ain cue Corie called him sharply to ac- count, but the only apology that the delin- nt could muster up , sir, T interested in the pice n forgot You blooming retorted + “you're not paid to get interested.” The very next night, however, Corie him- tot,” self presided over the lights in this eritical | Kergiven She wont eee Caee, itate seen t happened to be the first time | oq vise ‘ : ities = that Corie had had a chance to watch this | £4; Viglent. harsh and unforgiving, leaves her. Then Tess is shown again in the sor- did poverty of her mother’s home. Her father 1s dead. The children are hungry. She has been ill and fs without resources. Alec pursues her, embarrasses her efforts, and with villainous devices works new mis fertunes for the family. He tells her, and portion of the in the case of the unfortunate a. t, Corie allowed him- self to become abserbed in watching Mrs. FisKe's treatment of the murder scene. If Stage Manager North had not awakened Pim to a realizing sense of his duty, Corie would probably have remained ap enthrall- tis story is corroborated, that Cl is ed spectator for the remainder of the per- | dead. She succumbs to her fate. ia the borin peas peer to ieee ae — fcurth act Tess is shown in Alec’s lodg- Pt ee 1c e execution 0! ings, where Marian, fe = Office. When the play had concluded, Corie | pony paleee ene panion, is her maid. Alec, returning after’ Angel Clare, wan from ghteen years,” he said, | searched Tess out. see er Rus Caught getting interested | of her life in a few vivid sentences he wam ve before.” Stage Manager North | ders out dazed. Then occurs the murder of edly agreed to keep the incident | Alec, the cause of all her woes, by Toss Secret, but somehow or other it leaked out. | This is one of the most dramatle ard thal: peta ling scenes known to the stage. Clare “Secret Service.” by William Gillette, ts, comes back after the deed and leads ‘Tess the cleventh ultra-successful venture in| away. The last scene occurs at sunrise in Playmaking made by this man, and “The|the ruined temple of Stonehenge, where Private Secretary,” “Held by the Enemy,” | Tess and Clare are apprehended after thele “Too Much J son” and other familiar | dazed but happy wanderings. The play will plays of his been so successful that | be cast as follows: Angel Clare, Forrest might naturally believe that the phe-| Robinson; Alec Stoke-D'Urberville, Fred- | and international success of “Se-| eric de Belleville; John Durbeyfield, John * would be considerd by its au- | Jack; Abrahem Durbeyfield, Anna Vislatre: But | Farmer Crick, James Morley: Jonathan, Hette’s ambitions are not yet all} Wilfrid North: James, Frank McCormne 1. He ts restless to write another | Tim, George Trader; Bailiff, F. McCormack “A serious one.” he says, “with a|Joan Durbeyfield, Mary E. Barker; Tess, woman of action and force for the heroine | Mrs. Fiske; "Liza Lu, Edith Wright; Ma- in the advanced complications modern wo-| Tian, Mary Shaw; Izz, Dorothy Chester: man is burdened with and subjected to and | Retty, Sydney Cowell. the heroic attitude she assumes so ingent- ously and so potently; not a comedy at all, you know, but a grave and philosophicai construction of a Himalayan problem, full of intense dramatic possibilities and vitali-| day night at the National Theater of Sone ty. J am deeply interested,” he continues, | Gou's intensely dramatic repertoire by pin the vastness of the theme and the frag- | America’s foremost actress, Fanny Daven. mentary history bearing upon it.” port. Monday and Wednesday evenings approached the stage ager in a crestfal- | a night of dissipation, drunk, lbidinous and Jen way and requested Mr. North not to ict | brutal, taunts and insults her. As he stag- s fall fr © become known to the | gers off to bed a new figure = other members of the company. “I've been | ‘& “from Hines who hee illness, who has When she has told him thor as a fitting climax to his career. Mr. ¢ NEW NATIONAL THEATER.—There will be many elements of interest to play- goers of this city in the revival next Mon- ——s will be presented “La Tosca; Crane and success seem to be synonym-| “Fedora,” and “Clecpatra” ‘Thursday, Fx. ous, for one rarely hears of any of the|day, Saturday (New Year), ; s matinee and 's plays being anything but big | night. Fanny Davenport has no superior hits. It has been said again and again that | as a connoisseur in judging the merits of the comedian possesses better judgment in| a play, nor has she one to surpass her as a regard to plays than any other actor in| producer of a drama when once it has met the country, and it would certainly seem so | her approval. She has the intelligence, the upon, looking over the long line of the | willingness to spend money generously in actor’s successes. Exceedingly few people, | a production, and, above all, she is thor- however, have any idea of the vast trouble | oughly competent to assume the role of the and by no means light expense to which | leading person in the play, all of which Mr. Crane goes in order that he may secure | well arms her fer the conflict. Miss Daven- those plays which in his opinion will suit | port for years has made the closest study the public taste. Last year the actor had | of every detail connected with the stage, six authors working for him, and while he! both before and behind the footlights. She comedi:z i THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1897-24 PAGES, I a i is first, last and always a worker. She knows what she wants and why she wants it, and, being a woman of determination and inteiligence and of kindliness of heart, she achieves the desired results with but little trouble. Some years ago Miss Daven- Port created quite a sensation in “La Tos- ” and the piece met with much com- ment, both from press and public. Since then it has been a favorite with Miss Dav- enport’s admirers. Like all of Sardou’s heroines, La Tosca is a woman of conflict- ing emotions. Her love for Mario predom- inates all else, but mingled with this is a strong vein of jealousy, which causes the undoing of both the woman and her lover. It is in characters like this, which afford sharp contrasts, that Miss Davenport ex- cels. “Fedora” is a most elaborate work, with strange psychical and theatrical in- terest, crowded with varied, significant and effective movement, and is a perfect ex- ample of continuous dramatic suspense. “Cleopatra” still remains as a pleasant memory to all who witnessed the perform- ance when last given in this city by this popular American actress. Miss Daven- port, it has been admitted, has made of the role so deep and so exhausting a study that the fascination of Cleopatra is complete. From the first act on to the very last, in- cluding the great storm episode, a series of crarming Egyptian pictures will be pre- sented. Miss Davenport’s reproduction of the famous “Cleopatra barge,"’ with its ac- companiment of music, singing, crowds of swaying, adoring figures, armed Roman soldiers, brilliant colored surroundings, and her own gorgeously attired personage, make a picture rarely witnessed on the stage. Miss Davenport will be supported by a strong company, headed by Melbourne MacDowell, who is a premier actor of he- roic juvenile parts of the American stage. ACADEMY OF MUSIC.—The attraction at the Academy next week will be “Human- ity,” an English melodrama from the pen y “Humanity” is an out- and-out drama, and is Mr. Vane’s strong- est play. The story deals with the war of England against Dutch Boers in South Af- rica. The play opens in Cranbourne Hail, England, the home of Lieutenant Bevis Cranbourne. Lezbia Penn, the daughter of Matthew Penn, the Quaker gardener, has been wronged in London by Major Fordyce Dangerfield, a war correspondent. Danger- field follows his victim from place to place, seeking to plunge her still deeper into misery. War is declared, Lieutenant Cran- bourne leaves with his command, followed by Lezbia Penn and her sister Kesiah, who, together with Alma Dunbar, the licuten- ant’s fiance, enlists in the hospital service. Lieutenant Cranbourne attempts to pass the Boer lines to deliver important dis- patches to General Wolseley, and is cap- tured, but not unt he has sent a wounded drummer boy through the lines. — Cran- hourne is sentenced to be shot, but on the day set for the execution General Woiseley attacks the fortress. Cranbourne is lashed to a post waiting to be shot. The women are being handed the rifles, load them, turn on the detachment of Boers and fire, Killing all but Dangerfield, who rushes down stairs determined that Cranbourne shall meet the death penalty. He draws his revolver to fire, but every chamber is empty. Seizing a bomb, he places it in a box close to Cran- bourne’s head and lights it. The leuten- ant’s fiancee, Alma Dunbar, arrives in time to grab the bomb and hurl it out of the window. Cranbourne is released just as the English troops rush in to seize the place. The party shortly returns to Hngland and matters are set to rights, Dangertield’s «time meeting with just punishment. It will be placed upon the stage here with all the original scenery, mechanical effects, horses, hounds, company, etc., as used dur- ing its long original run in Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Chicago. KERNAN’S LYCEUM THEATER.—Man- ager Kernan's attraction at the Lyceum next week will be the Russell Brothers’ Comedians. This excellent organization is described as the “elite vaudeville attrac- tion. It is composed of meritorious taient exclusively and comes to Washington stampéd with successful triumphs attained in New York. The names appearing on the program are well known to the patrons of the Lyceum, the most prominent being the Russell brothers, in their original concep- tion, entitled The Irish Servant Girls. Among others to be seen with this company are Caron and Herbert, the acrobatic ec- centriques; Nestor and Bennett, the ele tric demonstraters; Montgomery ‘and Stone, singing and dancing comedians; Lizzie B. Raymond, in a repertory of new and catchy songs; the Dillon brothers, authors and singers of popular parodies; Staley and Bir- beck, the musical blacksmiths, and the Fremonts, the comedy sketch artists. There will be matinees Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. = BIJOU THEATER.—Troja, the « Sensa- tional singer who has been appearing for the last four years in New York and Bos- ton, has been secured by the Bijou for next week's attraction, and will positively make her initial bow to a Washington au- dience at Monday’s matinee. She will make a hit in her peculiar songs and ways) The celebrated Sisters Kenwick and Devere will appear as the Handicap Trio, as clever a three act as was ever given to any public, here or Europe; Laclede and Raymond, one of the most prominent teams in the line of southern negro life, also make their appearance, as do Messr: Hayes and Bandy, the swell vocalists and dancing comedians; Amy Nelson, character vocal- ist; Nellie Walters, the well-known Irish vocalist and comedienne, and several other high-class specialty acts of repute, and at the regular Bijou prices. A first-class or- chestra of nine instruments has been placed on the roll, making the Bijou right in the front line of amusement. THE HENSCHEL SONG RECITALS.— Mr. and Mrs. Georg Henschel are two ar- tists who have held a warm place in the hearts of all lovers of what is artistic in music, and the recent announcement that they will give two recitals in Washington has caused pleasant anticipation among the concert public, and the subscription list has rapidly filled. .The first recital will be given at the Universalist Church Mon- day evening, January 10, and the second recital Wednesday afternoon at the Co- lumbia Theater. Mr. and Mrs. Henschel form in many ways a uniquely ideal cou- ple. The husband distinguished highly in every branch of the musical art, wedded to a lady than whom there are few more charming and refined singers. Georg Hen- schel’s musical career opened when he was but twelve years old, when he appeared at a concert, playing Weber’s Concerio. He afterward spent several years in the Leip- zig Conservatoire, and later he settled in Berlin. One of his most marked successes was at the Cologne festival of 1874, which led to engagements throughout the e*nti- nent. In 1877 he went to London, and the following year produced for the first time in England Brahams’ ‘‘Triumphal fiymn.” America was visited in 1888, and gave the first training to the Boston Symphony Or- chestra. Shortly after he marrizd Miss Lilian Bailey, and at the close of ils duties with the Boston Orchestra returned to Ev- rope, giving concerts with his wife in all the principal cities. In 1885 Mr. Henechel settled In London, where he has since re- sided, and where he established the Lon- ymphony Orchestra concerts. Mr. Henschel is a successful conductor, a grace- ful composer, a singer of consummate skill and an unrivaled accompanist. The sale of seats opens at E. F. Droop & San’s, 925 Pennsylvania avenue, Monday morning. TRINITY PARIS HALL.—“The Sweet Christmas Story,” or “The Holy Nativity” of the Christ child, as told in poetry, art and song, will Be given next Monday even- ing at 7:30 o'clock in Trinity Parish Hall, 2d and Indiana avenue northwest. Rev. Richard P. W Mami will give the recital. A fine musicaliprogtem will be rendered, consisting of jets melodies which in- terpret the sto®y af the nativity. Miss Mattie Wade will ing “The Night of Nights.” A soldi wilt also be sung by Mr. James Watson.<Prefessor Schubert's Or- chestra will actompany the singers. The Cujus Anim.am, fronfiRosini’s Stabat Mater, will be rendered ty the full orchestra. Stereopticon views ofworld famous pictures of the annunciatiom: the adoration of the Magi and the will be given by Professor Murray. This descriptive lecture tells most ch: ly the story of the Christmastide RICHARD MANSFIELD.—During the en- gegement of Mr. Richard Mansfield, who comes to the Lafayette Opera House for one week only, commeneing on January 3, we are promised, in addition to those sterling favorites of his» repertory, ‘Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,” A Parisian Romance,” “Prince Karl” and “Beau Brummel,” a new play in the local presentation for the first time AMUSEMENTS. COLUMBIA 22252, =, Evenings at 8:15. Matinecs Monday, Tuesday, ‘Thursday and Saturday. Special Presentation Tomorrow (Sunday) EVENING AT 8:15. , The Wonderful ‘Moving Pictures” by LUMIERE’S PERFECTED CINEMATOGRAPH OF “The World's Sublimest Tragedy,” of “The Devil’s Disciple,” which is said to be one of the strongest plays and one of Mr. Mansfield’s greatest successes since the days of “Beau Brummel.” “The Devil's Discipie” comes from author, G. his other which Mr. Bernard Shaw, well known Play of “Arms and the Man,” Mansfield also produced. The scenes of “The Devil's Disciple” are laid In America, the story of the play taking place in a little village in New Hampshire in the year 1777, previous to General Bur- goyne’s surrender, and deals with the fam- ily of one Peter Dudgeon, who, prior to the opening of the play, has been hanged as a rebel. The repertory for the week will be as follows: Monday, Tuesday and Fri- day evenings and Saturday matinee, “The Devil’s Disci ”’ Wednesday matinee, “Prince Karl;” ‘Wednesday Parisian Romance;” Thursday evening, “Beau Brummel;” Saturday evening, “‘D: Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.” The sale of ats opens at the box office Thursday morning. “MY FRIEND FROM INDIA.”—Theoso- phy is the basis of the humor in that phe- nomenally successful comedy, “My Friend From India,” which will be given a produc- tion here at the Columbia, foliowing the Pas- sion Play pictures; and, judging from the re- sults obtained in this bright play, it is a very substantial basis. The author, Mr. H. A. Du Souchet, get by cleverly entrapping a barber in the resi- dence of a wealthy but Illiterate pork pack- er, who immediately conceives the idea of using him as a learned theosophist and member of “The Order of the Yellow Robe” to push his family into society. The*scheme seems to work very well for a while, until, just as the whole family get into yellow robes it falls through. It is a play chock full of intensely amusing situations, in which two young couples bear exceedingly humorous parts, and everything comes out happily in the end. It is interpreted by the Smyth & Rice Comedy Company, one of the strongest comedy organizations on the road, and originally made famous by it during a run of three months at the Bijou Theater,«New York. © A MONDAY MATINEE.—Next Monday afternoon at the Columbia Theater there will be given an extra presentation of the moving pictures representing the Passion Play, in order that the children of the pub- Ne schools may have an opportunity to see this interesting and instructive production. THE LYNDSAY COURSE.—The man- ager, Miss Florence E. Lyndsay, of the Lyndsay course of concerts and lectures, which opened in Central Hall last Monday evening, will arrive in this city next week to take permanent charge of the Washing- ton branch of the Lyndsay circuit. This same course, which is being given in the Academy of Music in Philadelphia, opened there last Tuesday evening to two thou- sand people, and everywhere givey they have met with greater success than Ayaane ington. Whiie the prices are low, the course has attracted the attention of the educated and appreciative public every- where. Of the attractions there is not one that is not worth more than the cost of an admission, and {t is)only by very large au- diences that a course of this kind can be sustained. If the public spirit-of Washing- ton Is great enough to fill Central Hall, this course will become an established institu- tion, adding to its Hst of attractions each year the best of the popular and talented lecturers and coneert companies on the road. The next concert of the Lyndsay course will be given at Central Hall, Fri- day evening, December 31, with the Brown University Glee, Banjo-and Mandolin Club o. forty young men, assisted by a talented reader, Mr. W. E. Greene. TRINITY M_ E. CHURCH.—A lecture will be given under the auspices of the Brother- hood of Trinity M. E. Church by Jahu De- witt Miller at the new Trinity M.E. Church, 5th and C streets southeast, next Monday evening, the subject of which is ‘The Stranger at Our Gates.” The subject is an interesting one and will be treated in an entertaining and instructive manner. ee SALE OF SLAVES MOROCCO. The Prices of Men, Women and Chil- dren, From the London Mail. Saffi at present enjoys the unenviable reputation of being the only town on the Moorish coast in which Europeans reside where the public sale of slaves takes place. ‘This is unquestionably owing to the patron- age, in spite of the sultan’s orders, which the traffic receives from the highest to the lowest of the government officials. In fact, these personages and a few of the wealth- jer Moors are the only people able to pay for slaves in the present depressed state of the country. The British vice consul has done his best to put a stop to the nefarious traffic by re- fusing to renew the certificate or Mohalatas who possess or are sus} of being the owners of slaves, but his ef- forts are generally ineffectual, as the na- tives evade this law by making out the papers of ownership in the name of one of their relatives. The Saffi correspondent of La Cronica has kept an account of the slaves sold or of- fered for sale during the months of Au- gust, September and October. He says: “Black merchandise has been rather scarce this summer. From August 6 to 8, for three days, a woman and three children were hawked about the streets by the pub- lic auctioneer to the following cries: $40 less one for the woman; $25 for the eldest girl, $22 for the other. No offer has yet been made for the little boy. On inquiry a few days afterward I was informed that they reached the sum of $200, but in this lot was included the father, who had not been paraded with his family. It was after- ward ascertained that they had been bought in by the vendor, a man who had been commissioned to offer them for sale | ing officer. by one of the inland Kaids, who, it was said, would take them to another market, where better offers might be expected. “On August 17 a negress was sold for | trifling misdemeanor. $68. “On August 25 a was disposed of for $23. The mother went to a sheriff, who gave her the money to repurchase her daughter, which she was able to accomplish on the payment of $35. “On September 21 a man, his wife and child were sold for $30. “On October 8a woman and her two chil- dren, one at the breast and the other about eight years old} and two other girls and a| fit being in harmony, and a glazed valise, Separate bids were | with spots of the glaze missing, boy, were offereds made for this lot, the total for the six amounting to ‘$210. The owner refused to sell, saying he could obtain double the price in Fez. the pen of that clever irl eight years old | a prisoner. evening, “A | 48 Given by the Devout Peasants of Horits, in the Bobemian Forests. DESCRIPTIVE LECTURE BY PROF. ERNEST LACY. DIRECTION OF Dr. W. W. Freeman. Prices: Evenings, 25c. to $1.00. Afternoon, 25e. and 50c. NEXT ATTRACTION— “fly Friend From India.”’ it ts possession of his subject | GRAND CONCERT AND DANCE TO BE GIVEN AT 29, AT 8 O'CLOCK n.w., V EDNESDAY, 29, SHARP. Benefit of Sacred Heart Church. Ad- mission, 25¢. de25-4t* LAFAYETTE. WISHING YOU “A MERRY CHRISTMAS.” Last Performance Here of AUGUST PITOU'S PRODUCTION, “Cumberland, ol ee BY FRANKLIN FYLES. NEXT WEEK SEGRET SERVICE. SEATS NOW SELLING. de25-2018 The Sweet Christmas Story Descriptive lecture, recited by Rev. Richard P. Williams, MONDAY, Dee. 27, 7:30 p.m. Parish Hall Admit COLUMBIA _ RYENT The WORLD'S SUBI MEST TRAGEDY PASSION PLAY, [a | | Pi tues” by Lumiere’ CINEMATOGRAPH. Enlarged and Perfected. = DESCRIPTIVE L PROF. ERNES' DE’ BOHEM INGS, 25e. _COMING— BIJOU THEAT! Mat. Ej S— a Routt and de20-6t a number of volumes of recent issue, but how he came into possession of these no one knows, as he is seldom seen away from his hut. In the other room is a broad bedstead, where he sleeps on a bed made of hides of opossums, skunks, minks and even bear skins, and awakes in the morn- ing with his eye on a large lithograph of a handsome young woman, but who she is is a@ mystery. Tradition has it that this pic- ture is that of a Miss Wilson, Mr. Shaw's former and only sweetheart, ho, having et ata tender age, Mr. Shaw never mar- ried. Mr. Shaw is a native of the keystone State, and is of German descent, which language he speaks, along with French and ; English. He refused to tell his age, saying he would tell some time his whole story. He is said to be four-score years or more, and It is expected at his death a history of his queer life will be found about his cabin, His hair and beard are long and white, and his face is pale from age and absence from the rays of the sun. Eow he makes his living is also a mys- tery, unless it is by trapping and hunting, but" how he gets his supplies or where is not known. He is only ten miles from the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad, yet never saw a locomotive. ———__~+e- —___ An Illinois Arcadia. From the Chicago Journal. Late advices from Calhoun county indi- cate that the sheriff is still using the county jail as a corncrib. Calhoun is the anomaly, the paradox, which Iilinois presents to an interested world in the most progressive decade of the most progressive century of the world’s history. This ts the county in this state which has the smallest evidence of the influence of the spirit of the age, the few- est of those indications of progress held to be especially characteristic of the cen- tury. Still, there is not another county in all Illinois, perhaps not another in the ‘whole United States, which can show stch a record as Calhoun in the matter of law observance. There is not a single line of railroad in Calhoun county, nowa telegraph office, nor a@ bank. Incidentally it may be mentioned that there is not a single permanent Afro- American inhabitant within the limits of the county, it having succeeded to the place which Pike county held in this re- spect in the days of Banty Tim and of Pike county bailad writing by Col. John Hay: Incidentally, also, it may be further men- tioned that there are only two lawyers in the county, and one of them is the county judge, and the other the county prosecut- It is a long time since there was occa- sion to institute proceedings against a citizen on a more serious charge than a It is nearly five years since the Calhoun county jail had ————+ee_—____. Caught at the Finish, From the Detroit Fre2 Press. + A little old man, with weather-beaten whiskers and overcoat that must have been an heirloom, the balance of his out- Stopped at the newsstand in the station. “Took a little run down to see the city,” he confided. “Big town. Seen a’most “October 27 another sale took place pub-| everything in it. What I wanter git is licly of a negress and her two sons, one] guthin’ at her breast and the other six years old. These were finally sold for $55. At the commencement several offers were made for the eldest boy alone, one man offering $20 for him, but the owner refused to part with his human chattel for less than $25, to read goin’ home. A quarter? Gr me one fur "bout a nickel. I kin git ter sleep afore it's half read.” Getting a wild western tale, he started for the gate. _ “Hold on there, uncle,” shouted a trav- so for a question of $5 the boy was not| els man, who tapped the old gentleman torn from his mother.” ——ee+_+____ MNermit Life of a’Kentucky Physician. From the Cincinnati Emquirer. Alexander Shaw of Lewis county, Ken- tucky, lives in a secluded cabin, alone, near |", the Ohio river. He has occupied it for fifty on the shoulder to attract his attention. “You have my valise.” “Keep away frum me,” shouted the farmer. “You can’t bunco steer me. Don’t come a-nigh me.” “But you have my"”—— “Look out, mister. I don’t want no gold bricks or green goods.” “But you'll allow me to”—— yeers. The cabin is a very-small one of ..“I won't "low nuthin’. I can’t cash no two rooms, with one solitary four-pane checks. I cant poe locks, I can’t find nt ie pea under a shel — ny eects eee vernon |. “Give me that valise!” in a ‘stern votes, 3 there was a grinning crowd now one side is a little parlor, scarcely 12 by“1o | fof there so be! feet; with a cosy-looking fireplace, aj] “Police!” aber re oe man, me Acs an heavy floor of yellow pine,.a couple of.arm | officer appeared: “ e cuss is ing chairs made from the saplings of the for- | to Steal my carpet sack. I jist lost a four- est, a small table with handsomely carved | foot umbrelly, I've had for twenty years, legs, and in the corner of this little room | 2nd now they're after this grip. is a number of triangular shelves which The newsstand man explained. The po- contain @ number of volumes on the sub- | liceman quietly changed the -valises, and ject of medicine, on which subject Mr. | 28 the rural visitor rushed for his train he Shaw ts well read, and has been called to | Was heard to exclaim: use his skill, which was successful where | “Buncoded, be gosh!” rominent physicians were of no avail. It. SARE BSED” Fs, Cott SESE SSTS RS is a difficult matter to persuade him to| It matters little what it is that you want leave home, as he says he studies medicine | whether a situation or a servant—a for pleasure only. “Want” ad. m The Star will reach the Mr. Shaw has in his collection of books | person who can fill your need. -- , 2 Week _ Beginning A PLAY IN FARMER CRICK. JOHYAL HAN JAMES, dairy farm. ACT 1.—Crick’ On Sr An ota manor how ‘ACT Admission, 25 and 50 cents. ment, 50c., 75c., $1 and $1.50. NEXT ATTRACTION—CHAS. A. BLANEY'S ne. Ill.—The_Durbeyfields’ cott: it Mi 2 ACT 'IV--Seone “I--Alee'n: lodgings MRS. FISKE DOES NOT APPEAR AT ANY THEATERS CONTROLLED BY ¥ AMUSEMENTS, GRAND OPERA HOUSE, KERNAN @ RIFE, Managers. Monday, Dec. 27. MATINEES WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY (NEW YEAR'S). MRS. FISKE AND HER COMPANY, PRESENTING FOR THE FIRST TIMB IN WASHINGTON TESS OF THE D’URBERVILLES. FOUR ACTS. By LORIMER STODDARD, from the Novel by THOMAS HARDE, (Copyrighted by Harper & Brothers.) cast ANCEL CLARE. ALEC 8T1 JOHN DUKB! ABRAHAM Dit EM ACK GEORGE TRADER ¥. McCORMACK RY E. BARKER g SKE ER SYDNBY COWELL “ . > Alec's lodgings at Sandbourne. 2 Stonehenge, the ruins of the Druid “Temple. Reserved Seats During This Engage- THE THEATRICAL “BOY WANTED.” at WEW | «EXT | EW HATIONAL|MOXDAY| YEAR THEATER | WIGHT, | WEEK. FANNY DAVENPORT, Supported by MELBOURNE McDOWELL, IN SARDOU REPERTOIRE. MONDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHTS, ‘La Tosca” TUESDAY NIGHT, ‘*Fedora” THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY (New Year's) MATINEE AND NIGHT, Cleopatra.” Jan. 3 Seat Sale W. H. |Thursday. CRANE And his admirable company will present a comedy AVIRCINIA COURTSHIP in which is shown some delightful pictures of s0- cial fe in Virginia early in the present century. ‘The comedy has been pronounced the most de- lightful ever presented by Mr. Crane. it SQUARE OPERA HOUSE. W. ALBAUGH, Manager. Nixcn & Zimmerman. MONDAY NIGHT. ATINEE SATURDAY (New Year's). MR. CHARLES FROHMAN PRESENTS WILLIAM GILLETTE'S INTERNATIONALLY SUCCESSFUL PLAY, KORET BAWICE. WITH THE COMPANY AND PRODUCTION FROM NEW YORK AND LONDON. MR. GILLETTE As CAPT. THORNE. , LAFAYETTE J. at WEEK BEGINNING JAN, 3, Annual Engagement of MR. RICHARD MANSFIELD, in the following repertoire: Monday, Tuesday and Friday Evenings id Saturday Matinee. Rervard Shaw Remard Staw's ne Devil’s Disciple Weinesdxy = PRINCE KARL. Matinee— Netvestss A Parisian Romance. BEAU BRUMMELL. Thursday SATURDAY EVENING— Evening— OR, JEKYLL +> MR. RYDE, TS ON SALE TI ‘Two SongRecitals Only, Mr. and Universalist | ™" GEORG Church, i*5..) HENSCHEL ee ‘Their success greater 3 than ever, Sale of Seats opens Monday, Dec. 27, at E. F. Droop & Sons’ Pa. ave. ‘The Musical Sensation of the Season— 13th & L 8ts., JAN. 10 Columbia Theater, = JAN. 12, 435. 1t Choral Society First Congregational Church, Cor. 1oth and G Sts. Annual Rendition of Handel's Masterwork, THE MESSTAL, Tuesday, Dec. 28, 1897, 8 O'CLOCK P.M. Assisted by DE DIAZ ALBERTINI, Soprano. MME. 'EILDING ROSELLE, Contralto. «Mi EY c_TOWNE. Tenor’ ‘ MR. JNO. PORTER LAW! UNDER THE DIRECTION OF Mr. Josef Kaspar. ACADEMY recissinc’ NEXT MONDAY, WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY MATINEES. Grandest Success of a Century. | croton ef Music, New York. ——— Enormous Stage Pictures, Crowded with Realism. A Splendid Company. 25 People. 6 Horses. _ 20 Fox Hounds. Next Attrection— “The Sunshine of Paradise Alley,’® t New National Theater. Every Evening, Wednesdey and Saturday Mats. GEORGE H. BROADHURST'S Roaring What Happen To Jones! NENT WEEK (SEATS NOW ON SALE), Fanny Davenport. de24-21.20 K P48 LYCEUM THEATER, All This W Matinees Toesday, Thursday and Saturday, MERRY XMAS ATTRACTION.— SAT DEVERE’S — Own Company, Introducing a superior een of meritorious: NEXT WHEK— * Russell Bros.’ Comedians, de20-6t X-MAS Wi The Blazing Lights of Laughter, THE % In Edgar Solden'’s Side-sphitting Farcical Comedy, A HOT OLO TIME. a Largest and Costliest Farce Co: of the Sea- sen, including Jobnny Ray, y, Bernard Dylisn, Frank Lalor, Marshall and Nelson, Josie Clufin, Pearle Alexander, John C. Lerch and Gil- bert Guard. xt Week—Brady’s Big Production, “HUMAN+ = z 4e23-tf THE IMPERIAL CIRCULATING LIBRARY _ will always have something interesting in new books and magazines for subscribers, Tern sonable. 511 11th et G*4ND OPERA HOUSE. KERNAN & RIFE, Managers, Success ed — rene 6 POPULAR PRICES, THE OOMEDIANS, BARNEY FERGUSON-RVAN M'CAR THY SMISHAPS upperted THE HIGHEST SALNIKD COMPANY OF VAUs DEVILLE ARTIS(S B\ER SEEN IN FARCK-COMEDY. EVERYTHING NEW AND UP TO DATE. Next Week—MRS, FISKE im “TESS OF THB D’URBERVILLES.” de20-246¢ Only One More Day The Biograph ‘WILLARD HALL. Christmas Day Positively the Las del7-204 ——— ” THE CELEBRATED SPEAKER, JAHU DEWITT MI Will deliver a Lecture at Trinity M. E. Church, ? Corner Sth and C sts. s.e. On MONDAY EVENING,, 27th Instant. Subject: ‘The Stramger at Our Gates. dapission 25 cents. EXCURSIONS, ETC. ELECTRIC TRAIN SERVICE, BLOCK SYSTEM, For Mount Vernon and Arlington. Station, 15% st. and Pena. ave. For time table egy dell-im,8 Norfolk & WWEshington ate — For Arlington, Fort [yer and Falls Church--Take