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12 LOCAL MENTION. AMUSEMENTS TONIGHT. ‘Academy of Music.—“The World Against ua Theater.—High. Grand Opera Hous Kerran’s Lyceum Theater.— Merry Monarchs. New tional Theate! in “One Summer's Day. North Capitol and L streets —Ringling Brothers’ Circus. Performances at 2 and lass Specialties. ‘The Dazzler.” Mile. Ani's —Mr. John Drew 8 p.m. daily. 141 Pe n. Avenue.—Phil. Fatima.” Clover’s $50,000 >—_—_ EXCURSIONS TOMORROW. Steamer Estelle Randall for Glymon: and intermediate landings at 9:30 a.m. Steamer Newport News for Norfolk and Fortress Monroe at 6 p.m. Steamer Wakefield for Colonial and river landings at 7 a.m. ‘Trains leave 13% street and Pennsylvania avenue for Arlington hourly from 8 a.m. to S p.m Trains leave 13} avenue for Mount Vernon at 6:30, 10:05, 11 5, 3, 4 and 4:15 p.m. Trains leave Aqueduct bridge for Arling- ton and Fort Myer every half hour and Falls Church hourly from 8:30 a.m. to 10:40 p.m. Beach ——_—_ CONQUERING HEROES DRINK “PABST” —famous Milwaukee Beer. The “bone and sinew” of our land have been nurtured and strengthened by it, lo, these many years. “Doppel Braeu” is our dark beer. "Phone 273. PABST BREWING CO., 703 N. Cap. st. —>—__— Gas Ranges—easiest work, cheapest fuel. 1204 G. C. A. Muddiman & Co. 616 12th = B. AND O. BULLETIN. On May 15 the Baltimore and Ohio rail- road will place in service two “Royal Lim- ited" Trains, leaving New York at 1 p.m. and Washington 3 p.m., making the runs in five hours. The exquisite new parlor cars on the Royal Biue Trains put into service today are tne handsomest cars yet turned out of the Pullman shops. —— See “ad” of. Empire Carpet Cleaning ‘Works, page 6. Stumph Bedding Co., 7th&K. — KENNY’S DRY ROASTED COFFEES. Highest quality, lowest prices. Pure Sugars sold at cost; 8 city stores. Cc. D. KENNY. ‘No more leaky new Dangler. A. CITY AND DISTRICT. North Carolina Society Meets. A number of North Carolinians assem- bled at the residence of Dr. and Mrs. Wal- ter C. Murphy last evening to plan for the Next meeting of their society. Major Gu- lick suge<sted, as the next will be the last meetin*, before the usual summer recess, that string music, strawberries, cream and ices be provided for. Dr. Landon said a consensus of opinion favored May 20 as the date for this meeting. Mr. W. R. Cox, secretary of the Senate, urged that mem- bers in attendance upon the celebration of the Mecklenburg declaration of independ- ence at Charlotte, N. C., May 20 next, be accredited as delegates from this society. Representative Kitchen was present and was admitted to membership. A statement from Treasurer Anderson was made. Music, song and refreshments added to the inter- est of the meeting. ———— Penalty of Assault. William Broadus, colored, was today sent to jail for six months by Judge Kimball for assaulting William Alexander, also colored. Broadus was aiso fined $10, with thirty Gays edditional, for disorderly conduct. oe Mr. Serven's Address. Tomorrow evening Mr. Ralph Serven, chief examiner of the civil service com- mission, will deliver an address, “$50,000, m Pays His War Debts, er of the Brotherhood hilip of the Western hureh, H street above 19th, Gasoline Stoves. Buy the Eberly’s Sons, 718 7th n w. of Andrew Presbyterian at § o'clock. ——— It ix Time to Be Looking after the flowers and floral decorations for Your commencement. Consult Gude, F. —Advertisement. seg es Photographic Club Exhibition. ‘The first of a series of exhibitions of the Photographic work of the @raphic Club of the United open at the rcoms of the Pe al Photo- Club, 10 F stre: hwest, tomorrow Friday and will be oper z p. m., and even- turday, from 8 to 10 o'clock. Messrs Al- aries ‘airman ant will be repre: © other memiber: ties in the United States. which has been In succe: of ten years, ha: circulation of an alb two prints criticisms end comments. _ Note the Namber of Your Old Square. Don't fail to send the number of your old Square piano to the Bradbury Piano Co., - ave. You may get an elegant $800 "2 ry upright in even exchange for it. Call or write for particulars.—Advt. —_——— Hlustrated Lecture on Dewey's Vic- tory. The first lecture in Washington on the great victery in the Philippines was deliv- ered yesterday afternoon at the Weight- man School by Dr. W. A. Croffut, who il- lcstrated the them: with an elaborate map ef Manila and its harbor and surrouad- ings, ir Luzon Island. The same gentle- man will address the Central High School Thursday at 1 o'clock p. —_>—__ Peliceman Caationed. Policeman Wm. Kemp, recently tried for neglect of duty, has been cautioned by the District Commissioners to give all of his time to duty while on his beat, especially when so many suspicious characters are in the city, 2vidently with evil designs. ee Diocesan Convention. The third convention of the diocese of Washington will be held in Epiphany Church tomorrow, commencing at 10 a.m. The sermon will be delivered by Rev. Dr. A. Mackay-Smith. It is understood that much important business will be brougat befor: the body. ———E Johnson ave., bet. R and S and 1th h sts. n.w., a brick dwelling, will ba yt at auction tomorrow after- ock. See advt. ts Must Furnish a Schedule. The attention of President Randle of the Capital Railway Company has been called by the District Commissioners to his fail- ure to submit to them a time schedule of his road. Complaint has been made that th» road does not run its cars late enough @t night, and the Commissioners request that Mr. Randle promptly submit a time schecui es Geography of Pacific Coast. A large audience assembled at the Co- lumbia Theater yesterday afternoon and listened to an interesting address by Prof. Royce of Harvard on “The Geography of the Pacific Coast.” ‘The speaker was in- troduced by Alexander Graham Bell, the President of the National Geographic So- ety, under auspices of which th? iecture Was given. es Humane Society Meeting. At a meeting of the executive board of the Humane Society yesterday the report Grom the “Shelter for Small Animals” show- @d it to have taken in and disposed of sev- hundred cats. Small dogs. can now humanely asphyxiated in the gas box Becently built by the society. A committee was appointed to take some action regarding the establisament by the sccisty of a house of detention for children, unfortunate women and lunatics, pending investigation by the courts. a Money to lend at 5 and 6 per cent on real estate. Frank T. Rawlings, 1505 Pa. ave.— Advertisement. ee eee ‘The Star Out of Town. THE SECOND DAY Proceedings of the National Congress of Mothers, ADDRESSES BY PROMINENT LEADERS Training of Daughters and Physical Side of Motherhood. THF TOPICS DISCUSSED a Ses The National Congress of Mothers reas- sembled in the Grand Opera House at 9 o'clock this morning. About two hundred delegates and auditors were present. Mrs. Frederic Schoff of Philadelphia was the first speaker and took for her subject “The Necessity of Training Our Daughters for Mctherhood.’ Mrs. Schoff made a very impressive ad- dress, during which she made a strong plea for the practical training of girls in the public schools. She made many telling points, dwelling upon the fact that every- Helen H. Gardener. thing was sacrificed to the intellectual in most of the public schools. A girl to be @ good mother must first and foremost be a good housekeeper. Mrs. Schoff was lib- erally applauded. Mrs. Hannah Sorensen, director of moth- ers’ conferences of Salt Lake City, Utah, made an interesting address on the “Phy- sical Side of Motherhood.” She said she regarded woman, in her mission as a moth- er, as the mediator between God and man in the greatest function in creation. The young wemen and the men of today who marry and take upon themselves the vast s which are to last not only world, but through eternity, conception of what they owe <0 to themselves. Marriage is em- without an icta of knowledge of the al environments that make mother- hood a glury and a song. Girls should »¢ educated to a proper knowledge of the re- sponsibilities they are to undertake when they embrace matrimony. The ph: 1 re- Gemption of women would mean the glori- fication of mankind. Dissipation of Fears. All the fears and all the curses that now so ruthlessly surround motherhood by rea- son of the ignorance of the laws of nature and of God would be dissipated if the young girls were properly and purely made ac- quainted with the physical laws they should obey and which are to govern their futures and the future of humanity as well, Mrs. Sorensen spoke with a slight Ger- man accent that made her address piquant and interesting, but in no manner retarded the easy flow of her strong and impressive sentence: In concluding her address she made a vigorous plea in favor of vegetarianism, declaring herself to be a vegetarian. She created much amusement by stating that h when she was 2 little wiser te the animals up. She created another round of when she said: “I'm proud to be a woman. I wouldn't be a man for anything in the world, and I wouldn't have a man to want to be a woman. Each has a sphere and each is dependent upon the other.” Mrs. Sorensen, in conclusion, paid a high tribute to the movement and its leaders and was wpplauded for several minutes. ion of the two papers was in- the president, and an interesting ge of views was indulged in, par- on Mrs. Schoff's paper, by a num- ber of the delegates. Mrs. Hensley’s Views. Mrs Sorensen’s paper was also discussed. Mrs. Hensley, who spoke from one of the private boxes, was very earnest in her ap- proval of the argument Mrs. Sorensen had advanced. She said she had long been amazed at the mock modesty which had prevented the proper consideration of the subject Mrs. Sorensen had so intelligently treated. ‘The Countess di Brazza, when the ap- plause which greeted Mrs ‘Hensley subsid- ed, gave a brief but interesting description of the advancement of practical education cf the women in Europe. At 10:30 a.m. Rev. Dr. Stahl of Philadel- phia opened the regular morning session Mary E. Mumford, Vice President. with a touching prayer, at the conclusion of which the audience, which had by this time grown to considerable proportions, arose and sung “Rock of Ages.” Previous to the beginning of the regular order Dr. Stahl, who has written several children’s books, was called on to say something. He said he brought to the con- gress the greetings of every man who loved his mother; of every young man who loved his sweetheart, and of that great legion of young men who scorned and detested the vile idea that there was not the same puri- ty among men as there was among women. He brought also, he said, the greetings of the big boys and the little boys, and plead- ed with the mothers to give their boys and girls their confidences and teach them the divine truths that would illumine and brighten their lives. Regular Business. The regular business was then commenc- ed, with the reading by Miss Edna Whited, state president of the Federation of Child Study and Mothers’ Clubs of South Da- kota, of a paper on the “Practical Results. of Child Study in Mothers’ Clubs.” It was an argument for practical methods in ed- ucation, strongly presented, and for a study of the special subjects of the kindergarten, physical science, domestic science, heredity and kindr2d ideas by women, with a view of utilizing them for the benefit of children. Mrs. Max West of Washington city was the next speaker, her subject being “The Necessity of Training Schools for Nurses.” Preceded by a Lullaby. ‘Tne paper was preceded by the singing of a lullaby, very sweetly, by Miss Edith Wal- ford, Whose contralto voice was heard to excellent advantage. Every well-born child, said Mrs. West, is entitled to receive the very best care in their own homes, but the fact was that this right was very generally disregarded. It was a question how long or how often a mother should leave a child or children in the care of others, but she would Itke to know just how the mothers present had arranged for their care while they were absent from them. Mrs. West then paid attention to the nursemaids of the present day and the shortcomings of so many of the class. It was easy for any one to see for themselves how lax the average nurse was in her care of children by walking out in any of the parks and seeing how the little ones are al- lowed to mix with companions indiscrimi- nately and are not watched over to any careful degree. Then the modern nurse had a tendency to instill cowardice in little minds by frighten- ing them, in order to make them obey. Mrs. West recited other well-known shortcom- ings of the babies’ hired guardians, and made a strong plea in favor of the estab- lishment of institutions for nurse training. Buch were practicable and feasible. Mrs. West described the training school for nursemaids in connection with the Baby Hospital in New York. Those under in- struction were taught the proper knowledge of baths, of proper clothing and food, of the minor ailments in children, in order to recognize and report their appearance; the use of the clinical thermometer. More im- portant than all these accomplishments in a@ nursemaid, however, said Mrs. West, was the possession of a knowledge of the elements at least of the kindergarten sys- tem, because not only the physical, but more important, the mental care of chil- dren should be sensibly ‘and intelligently undertaken. The Heathen Mother At the conclusion of Mrs. West’s paper Mrs. Birney announted the illness of Mrs. Harriet Lincoln Coolidge of this city, who was to have treated the subject ‘“‘Nurser- izs,”" and the absence of Mrs. Joseph Leidy of Philadelphia, whose theme was “Hy- giene of the Nursery.” She accordingly in- troduced Mrs. Emily True De Riemer of this city, who read a paper on “Heathen Mothers. Mrs. De Ri2mer prefaced here description of the family life among the Hindoos in India, where she spent many years, with some pleasant remarks. She was the mo- ther, she said, of four sons and two daugh- ters, but lest week one of th> sons had brought another daughter to the house and she was now a mother-in-law. She alluded humorously to the announcement in a the- atrical column that the Grand Opera House was “dark” this we2k, but would be open next week with “The Dazzler,” and created much laughter by her keen allusions to the publication. Proceeding to her subject she presented a striking picture of the degradation of women under Brahmanism, and how they were sacrificed to every appalling purpose in compliance with the Buddhistic tenet that a man is a woman's god. Mrs. De Reimer described the mothers in other heatren lands, and was grceted by gener- ous applause when she concluded, her clos- ing statement being that heathen mothers would no longer feel their misery and sor- rows when the light from the truth of Christianity illumines those dark and be- nighted lands. The morning session was concluded with a_ bright and entertaining paper on the “Mistakes of Mothers,” by Mrs. Alice Lee Moque of this city, in which she deftly pictured the many errors into which moth- ers fall, yet believing devoutly all the time that they are doing precisely right. Mrs. Moque's remarks were much enjoyed. Program for This Afternoon. The afternoon session began at 2:30 o'clock. The program arranged for it was as follows: “What Shall Be Taught and Who Shall Teach It?” Mary Wood-Allen, M.D., world’s superintendent, purity department, W. C. T.U., Ann Arbor, Mich.; “An Early Century Child," Mrs. Rebecca Kohut, New York city; “We Have Been Hindered; How Can We Be Helped?” Mrs. Helen A. Cook, Washington, D. C.; “The Mothers Who Need Help and How to Help Them,” Mr: J. C. Fernald, superintendent mother: meetings and child culture, W. C. T. U., New York; “Siructure, Growth and Repair of the Little Human Machine,” Miss E. Marguerite Lindley, lecturer and instructor in health, culture and physical economics, New York; ‘Motherhood a Means of Re- generation,” Mrs. Kate W. Barrett, gen- eral superintendent National Florence Crit- tenton Mission. Additional Delegates Present. The following delegates from the various fraternal crgaMizations with accredited rep- resentation in the National Congress of Mothers reported today: Mrs. M. B. Platt, National W. C. T. U., Washington, D. C.; Mrs. Thaddeus A. Smith, president L. M., New York; Mrs. E. L. Stephens, state superintendent mothers’ meetings, Hawley, Pa.; Mrs. Albert C. Starr, executive board Mothers in Council, Springfield, Mass.; Mary H. Whitson, pres- ident Home Influence Association, Phila- . M. Tucker, mothers’ de- partment, W. C. T. U., Collins, N. Y.; Mrs. E. V. Mitchell, Hartford, Conn.; Maud B. Miller, state superintendent physical edu- cation of N. I, Asbury Park, N. J.; I. M. Kurlrick, directress St. Agnes Guild, New York city; Mrs. Charles H. Brook, Oak- dale Union, Md. Mrs. Lone Pollock Bush, Kindergarten Club, Seattle, Wasa.; Countess di Brazza of the American-Greece Society of Na- ticnal Council of Women, chairman of ar- bitration, department of N. C. of W.; Mrs. Kate Waller Barrett,““Our Mothers,” Wash- ington; Mrs. Alma Calder Johnston, presi- dent Little Mothers’ Aid Association, New York; Lollie E. Lockwood, Stamford, Conn.; Mrs. H. M. Lockwood, _ Paidology Club, Asheville, N. C.; Mrs. Freeman Knowles, Gettysburg, S. D., mother’s congress; Miss Atna M. Maun, president mother’s meet- ings, Lancaste. Pa.; Mary E. Murray, staff of kindergarten review, Springfield, Muss. ; Joanna P. Moore, “Fireside Schools,” Nash- ville, Tenn.; Mrs. Chas. F. Underhill, Froe- hel Society, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Mrs. Alfred Wood, congress W. C. T. U., Washington; Mrs. M. L. Wright, Mother’s Club, Oswe- go, N. Y.; Mrs. Isabelle Wilson, superin- tendent W. C. T. U., mother’s department, Chester, Pa.; A. S. Boyden, Philadeiphia, Pa., president mother’s friendly circle; Mrs. J. H. McCue. Ossioli Circle, Washington; Mrs. Mary M. North, president Current Events Club, Anacostia; Mrs.. Ella Neuman, council of Jewish women, Washington; Mrs. Alice T. Offendinger, president Moth- ers’ Home Club, Washington; Mrs. Jessie Brown Schoonmaker, Mothers’ Club, Brad- ford, Pa.; Mrs. A, Tuttle, New York Mothers’ Club; Mrs. 8. D. La ¥Fetra, Woman's Foreign Missionary Society, M. Church, Washing- ton; Mrs. Rosetta E. Lawson, superintend- ent W. C. T. U., Washington; Miss Alice May, Society for Study of Higher Mental Motherhood, New York city; Mrs. Bevarly B. Munford, Woman's Club, Richmond, Va.; Sarah T. Miller, Mother’s Club, W. C. Tt. Ashton, Md.; Mrs. Emilie D. Martin, National W. C. T. U., Chicago, Ill.; Mrs. John L. McNeil, Woman’s Club, Denver, Mrs. Alice May, Good Citizens’ League, Flushing, L. 1.; Ida E. Miner, Mo- thers’ Meetings, Washington; Mrs. Anna E. Murray, Colored Woman's Washington; Mrs, Kat2 W. McMullin, man’s Club, Evanston, Ill.; Mrs. Sarah M. Harriss New York Mothers’ Club; Miss Margaretta James, assistant secretary Mo- thers’ Club, Utica, N. Y.; Mrs. Cornelia B. James, president Mothers’ Club, Utica, N. Y.; Mrs. Agnes Kemp, W. C. T. U., Harris- burg, Pa.; Mrs. Lewis Kimball, Mothers’ Club, Washington; Mrs. James R. Kyle, Aberde2n, S. D., Mothers’ Club; Mrs. Ar- thur 8. Gray, Harriet Beecher Stowe Kin- dergarten, Washington; Mrs. Louise B. Hawkins, Ladies’ Auxiliary, Washington: Miss A. B. Hill, Henshow Free Kindergar- E. Hart, Kensing- Md.; Mrs. Harriet Hickox Hell2r, Woman's Club, Omaha, Neb. Altimon Hensley, New York mothers’ con- Mrs. Samuel C. Eastburn, Langhorne, Pa., Woman's Lezgue; Mrs. Elaine Good- ale Eastman, vice ‘Woman's Educatioral and Industrial Union; Mra. Sara L Nored League, Washingtcn Grant, Stat Utah; Mrs. fs; ‘asl iy ‘itbur F. Crafts, pres!- dey" geno Teach rs, Washington Mrs, a ers, i, Mary Downs, Linwood, bis W..C, TU. Margaret Gay Dolliver, Fort Dodge, Iowa, Woman's Educational ‘Club; Mrs. W. W. Eldridge, W. GT. U., Kensington, Md. Mii Ella Huish, Dorcus Chapter, St. Washisgtoms Mrs. Roswell A. Broderick, Village “Improvement Associa- tor, Crawfcrd, N. J& Mrs. Jennie S. Bart- lett, Capitol Hill W. €. T. U., Washington; Mrs. Lizzie W. Calver, Legion of Loyal Womea, Washingtoms Mrs. Grace Chapin, Capitol Hill, W. C/T. U., Washington; Mrs. Mary C. Bennett, Excelsior Literary Society, Washington;:Mrs. M. D. Burchard, New York Mothers*Congress; Mrs. Ella Davis, Bower Methess’ Club, Wilmot,S. D.; Mrs. Herman H.Birney, Philadelphia Aux- ilary; Fannie Sdhna@ler Barnes, president New York Mathers Club; Mrs. Jessie Pierson, BowenxHome, Washington; Mrs. Thomas Gilbert, Maternal Association, Middletown, Connecticut; Rebekah Ko- hut, Mothers’ » Congress, New York; Mrs. Sara I. Fleethecd, Colored Women’s League and Motherst’Round Table, Wash- ington; Mrs. W. @. Findley, Mothers’ Circle, Akron, Ohio; Harriet M. Mei- ville, Mothers’ Club, Hyatsville, Md.; Mrs. Theo. A. Waltcn, Bowen Circle, Akron, Chio; Mrs. L. H. Deming, Hartford, Conn.; Mary E. Danham, Phitanthropic Commit- tee, Friends, Fhiladelphia, and Mrs. Henry L. Elsner, Mothers’ Club, Syracuse, N. Y. Tribute to the Mothers. A letter was today delivered to the pres- ident of the congress, to be read before the body, of which the following is a copy: “To the President and Members of the Na- tional Congress of Mothers. “Ladies: I send herewith some ‘little gospels’ showing the veneration in which the mother is held in many lands. I am in thorough accord with the purposes of your scciety, hence this slight tribute. ‘Three brothers united can take a city,’ ‘fifty sa- bers agreed can found an empire;’ and the mothers of this generation can lay a foun- dation that will uitimately secure a univer- sal reign of peace and happiness, banishing from carth ‘war and its three attendants, lean famine, quartering steel and climbing re. “May heaven shower down upon your no- ble enterprise its choicest blessings.” This letter was signed by Robert Christy of No. 1606 17th street, who subscribes himself “with sentiments of high regard.” The “little gospels” which accompanied it are as follows: A mother is a mother still the holiest thing alive.—Samvel Taylor Coleridge. A mother’s love is the best of all.—West Africa and Hindoo. A mother’s love the best love, God’s love the highest love.—German. A mother is the divinity of infancy.—En- glish. A child must ask its mother whether it may be a wise men or a fool—W. L. Weems. A mother’s arms are made of tenderness, and children sleep soundly in them.—Victor Hugo. A mother’s love will draw up from the depths of the sea.—Russian. A mother’s prayers, silent and gentle, can never miss the road to the throne of all bounty.—Henry Ward Beecher. A mother’s tenderness and caresses are th2 milk cf the heart.—Bugenie de Guerin. A simple kiss from my mother made me a painter.—Benjamin West. A wife; a mother; two magical words comprising the sweetest source of man’s felicity—L. Aimee Martin. : A witty mother—witless els2 her son.— ‘Taming of the Shrew,” 11,1. All I am my mother made me.—John Quincy Adams. All I am or can be I owe.to my angel mo- ther.—Abraham Lincoln. All that is purest and best in man is but the echo of a mother’s benediction,—Fred- erick W. Morton. Blessed is the child’ that is brought up at the mother’s knee, which is God’s altar.— Ladies’ Home Journal. Children are what the mothers are.—Wal- ter Savage Landor. « Compared withva mother’s love the earth is like a bamboo-leaf; a chavala like a nee- dle’s eye; Mount Mon an ant hill; the ocean a water bowl.-Burmese. Forget not the mother that fondled you at the breast.—Gingalese. God could not: be everywhere, therefore he made mothers.—Lew Wallace in “Ben ‘ur.”” He that angereth bis mother is cursed by God.—Ecclesiastieus 4:16. He that despises - woman despises his mother.—Sacréd: Books of-India. He that honoréth his mother is one that leyeth up treasure.—Ecclesiasticus ili:4. Heaven is at the feet of mothers—Persian. I am indebted to my father for living, but to my mother for, living well.—Alex- ander the Great. I consider thatthe mothers of a country mold its citizens, defermime its’ institu- ticns and shape jts @stihy.—Matthew Vas- sar. If ‘the world. were put in one scale and my mother into the other, the world would kick the beam.—Lord Landomes. In all this cold and hollow world, no fount of deep, strong, deathless love save in a mother’s heart—Felicia Dorothea Hemans It is the mother that makes the domes- tie hearth the nursery of heroes.—Daniel Webster. Mothers are the only goddesses in whom the whole world believes.—French, One mother 1s more venerable than a thousand fathers—Laws of Manon (Old India). Respect women who have borne you, for God is watching over you.—Al Koran. The bearing and training of a child is woman's wisdom.—William M. Thackeray. The future destiny of a child is always the work of the mother.—Napoleon. The mother in her office holds the key of the soul.—Thomas Dibdin. The revolution the Boston boys started had to run in woman's milk before it rani in man’s blood.—Oliver Wendell Holmes. The name of mother is the watchword— the talisman of life—Ladies’ Home Jour- nal. Who forgets the sufferings of his mother at his birth shall be reborn in the body of an owl during three successive trans- migrations.—Sacred Books of India. Who venerates his mother gains salva- tion.—Bengall (India). Notes. Ex-Queen Lilioukalani was one of the richly attired women who occupied boxes last evening. Mrs. Dominis is much inter- ested in all the preceedings of the Mothers’ Congress. Mrs. Birney’s beautifully worded address of welcome brought her a bunch of Easter lilies from admiring-friends, nearly as tall as herself. Carnations seem to be the mothers’ flow- ers. Mrs. Elaine Goodale-Eastman of St. Paul, Minn., is in attendance upon the congress. She is the author of many dainty poems and married a Sioux Indian, Dr. Eastman. “Hats off,” announced tke mothers in the program of the week, and off they come. At the evening session the hand- somely gowned women wore on their heads only woman's crowning glory, with a rose, or at most a bit of a bonnet of crushed roses. ‘The Countess de Brazzi, who belongs to mcre things than any other woman living, all of them philanthropic, and all for peace and general sobriety and the healing of the wounded, will talk this evening of “Harmeny on the Hearth.” The Italian lace in the art loan exhibit in the old Corcertm Art Gallery are under her charge. Anthony Comstock will hold forth to- night on “‘Memory's/Storehouse.” If naked seats confront him, ihe is lable to startle the audience with some reflections. Dr. E. B. Foote, jr president of the New York Secular League, and Dr. 8. S. Stall, author and editor oftihe Lutheran Review, Summer’s periment in wi ventured within recent months. It sur- passes “A Marriage of Convenience” only in demerit. Mr. Drew's performances are always clean, capable and attractive. None but an actor of exceptional artistic stature could have kept his head above such del- uges of twaddle. is the second theatric ex- the world, stands out as an agreeable and natural if not profoundly impressive crea- NEW NATIONAL THEATER.—“One ich Mr. John Drew has been | The character he assumes this week,*that of an easy-going man of : a 3 there transforms herself into a top in ie most rerve-racking manner. The Foy mily of acrobats serves to introduce ree clever men and three equally clever women. The women perform the most aif- ficult feats in long dresses and introduce scme new cnes that are heertily appiaud- ed. In all probability the most finished animal act showing off the most highiy educated elephants in the world was t display in which Prof. Lockhart exhibit- ed his prodigies. The animals showed a bigh state of proficiency in all their tricks and in some instances almest a human in- telligence. Another turn that secured much favorable commendation was the trapeze act of Mile. Turnour. The Fishers and the Dacorras also gave a splendid ex- hibition cf aerial acrobatics in the flying trapeze, some of their acts being entirely rew. The other acts that go to make up the show were fully in keeping. with these enumerated, the whole performance going to make up a circus ef much more than the average amount of drawing power. In connection with the circus proper, men- tion must also te made of the manegerie which is carried. It embraces some of the rarest animals, all in splendid condition, tion. The humor of the piece consists mainly in the fact that an obliging farmer, not mentioned in the program, has built two haystacks in the middle of a forest, to be used by various members of a picnick- ing party as props while they talk or sleep. It is noteworthy that the characters, after talking with one another for a while, be- come more or less drowsy. The first and second acts are devoted mainly to a drama- | the collection of lions being fally fine. tization of the varioug classic picnic jests, | There is also a splendid collection of birds with modifications. and monkeys for the little ones; and the It is the butter that is sat on instead of | animal display may be characterized as a the pie, and instead of an ant in the sugar | whole to be most complete. There was a caterpillar is found on the salad. But | also a large crowd, larg ough to again these strokes of originality are not numer- | fill every seat, at the matinee performance ous. The custom of having a plot asserts | this afternoon. Tonight eight o'clock itself when the play is about half over, and the hero’s affection fer a boy whom he has undertaken to care for causes him to fall under the horrible suspicion of being a married man. The child's mother, a gypsy, well impersonated by Miss Bijou Fernan- dez, has the gift of bursting into oracular rhyme. Her poetic masterpiece, which may will be the last performance in this city COLUMBIA THEATER.—Frank Dan- fels’ engagament at the Columbia Theater next week in “The Idol's Eye” promises to be notable as a social, musical and finan- cial success. The immense advance sale ity of the play, is as follows: “His eyes are blue; His heart is true; Does he love you? Or who?” member. Miss Isabel Irving is the lady Piece is provided by Mr. James O. Bar- rows. Many a time have Washington the- ater-goers seen an incident which threat- ened to be commonplace redeemed to laugh- ability by some prank by Mr. Barrows. His methods are radical, but his talents are genuine. He is surely entitled to med- als as a scene-saver. The purpose of “One Summer’s Day” is plain, But instead of being the airy, indo- lent trifle that the title suggests, the piece is monotonous. The need of a touch of clever conversation here and there has ob- viously been recognized, but the epigrams are trite and the philosophy is callow. To the mind grown weary of dramatic pun- gencies “One Summer's Day” may be a welcome relief. The charming stage pic- tures are well worth looking at, and if the characters are not especially thrilling in conversation, they are good, wholesome people, such as it would be a delight to know in real life. It is repose rather than diversion which “One Summer's Day” of- fers the play-goer. WILTON LACKAYE TONIGHT. — The engagement of Mr. Wilton Lackaye and his excellent company In “Charles O'Mal- ley, the Irish Dragoon,” will begin tonight at the Lafayette Square Opera House. The play is a strong one, written by Theodore Burt Sayre, from Charles Lever's interest- ing novel of the same name, and Mr. Lack- aye, having a part in it well adapted to his talents and abilities, should make a splen- did impression as the dashing soldier de- picted in the story and no less dramatical- iy portrayed in the play. Mr. Lackaye will be supported by an excellent company, among whom may be mentioned Joseph Wheelock, Henry Jewett, Joseph Wheelock, jr., Palmer Collins, John Steppling, Arthur Maitland, Edward Lamb, Henry Brewster, Harry Rich, Ralph Wilson, Edith Crane, Nanette Comstock, Alice Evans and Louise Carlton. The scale of prices has been re- duced, and as an extra attraction there will be during this engagement bargain matinees Wednesday and Saturday after- noons. Mr. Lackaye's friends will in_ all probability turn out ‘n force to give him a hearty reception upon his return to his home city in a new character. ACADEMY OF MUSIC.—Agnes Wallace Villa opened a week's engagement at the Academy of. Music last night in Frank Harvey’s melodrama, “The World Against Her.” Miss Villa as Madge Carlton, the wronged woman, was up to the stand- ard heretofore set by her. The story is of a misguided woman, her sufferings and final vindicatioa, which occurs as usual in the last act. The play is full of strong sit- uations, most of which are acted by the company in 2 creditable manner. Miss Villa was ably supperted by Frank Kilday as James Carlton, foreman of the foundr: Others in the cast were Albert Livingston, Maurice Hedgee, Harry Pleon, Ada Har- court and littie Vashti. The play was in- terspersed with a number of interesting specialties. The audience was not as large as it might have been, but it was thor- oughly appreciative. Matinees will be giv- en Wednesday and Saturday. THE CIRCUS.—The audience which at- tended the matinee performance of the Ringling Brothers’ cireus yesterday after- recon was a large one, but the aitendance at the evening performznce broke all rec- crds. Every seat in the huge tent was occupied snd many unable to’find seats were satisfied with points of vantage around tent poles and on the ground di- rectly in front of the seats. There are some special features in connection with the performances of the Ringling Broth- ers’ circus that deserve the highest praise. Among these mus: be mentioned the per- formance of Miss Minnie Fisher, the tron- jawed woman, who is hauled to the top of the tent holding to a rope with her te: SECESEE SSS SECO E SESS ESO EESD Was Cri ppled: Thrown From a Horse and Re- ceived a Serious Wound. HOOD'S SARSAPARILLA PURIFIES THE BLOOD AND HEALS THE SORE. “I was thrown from a horse and struck on ‘a large stone, in consequence of which I was a cripple for 27 years. My limb trou- bled me very much for 12 years before I succeeded in healing the sores. A few years ago I received a blow on my crippled foot from a large piece of timber, which cut through the fleah. It festered and became a running sore. I was not satisfied with the effect of the medicine prescribed for me and procured a bottle of Hood's Sarsa- parilla, When I had taken it the tuflam- I took three bottles of Sarsaparilla and it purified my blood, healed the wound, built up my sys- tem and ae me a good appetite.” J. M. ROLLINS, Magnolia, Md. TODAY BUY AND BEGIN TO TAKE Hood's $7353, America’s Greatest Medicine. Sold by all Gruggists. $1; six for $5. Get only Hood's. are prompt, efficient and easy in effect. 25 cents. PSVSOSEDIOOC® Hood’s Pills are guests of Mrs. Alice Lee Moque during | % URE MEAL MEME MERE MERE H their attendance»upon the ‘mothers’ con- gress.” Miss Mary Templejof Atlanta, Ga., is at- tending the convention, with headquarters at the Ebbitt House: Bae Sees ‘The Mothems’ Congress. Copies of The Starjifrom April 30 to May 7, inclusive, containing the proceedings of the Mothers’ Congrems, will be sent by mail to any address for 15 cents, Es romo psin ; Brim Persian 5 “Note the Word Pepsin” Cures Insomnia. f i! | ‘ i i : > z ¥ z g F be quoted as an index to the literary qual- The prose in the play has an advantage over the poetry in not being so easy to re- who loves the hero, and who is somewhat embarrassed by his determination to oblige a friend and give her up. The fun of the which is now progressing assures the finan- cial element of the success, and the reten- tion of the standard set at the former gagement here insures the musical exce lence of the performance. As to the point that ‘the social element will be forthcoming, Managers Luckett and Dwyer of the Co- lumbia observe that most of the boxes have been taken for the week, besides numerous blocks of seats by personages prominent in Washington's social world for theater par- ties. This is gratifying to the manageemnt of the theater, and will be especially so to Frank Daniels, who will end his season with the engagement. KERNAN’S LYCEUM THEATER.--Mile. Ani and her vaudeville company is the at- traction at Kernan’s Lyceum Theater this week. They opened last night to a large audience, and. judging from the number of encores received, the performance met with favor. Mlle. Ani gave an excellent act on the trapeze, in fact, no better has been scen in Washington this season. A song and dance sketch by Morrisey and Ric! was very good. As the “coon and cherub’ Al and Mamie Anderson took the cai They are a good pair of fun-makers, and their act is well presented. Loro and Page, in an acrobatic feat, received several en- cores. As a buck and wing dancer Emma Francis is quite up to date. Mardo Brown, the pickaninny drum major, with Murray and Murray, caught the house with his first appearance cn the stage. The bill ends with a burlesque entitled “Paris Up- side Down.” While it is quite true that Paris is never touched, still the burlesque is a good one. BIJOU THEATER. strong counter attraction: audiences were on at the Bijou yesterday afternocn and night to witness the week's inauguration of an entirely new and attractive program. The usual musi- cal melange by the stock company started the ball rolling and put the audience in good humer. The rovelty comedy pair, Williams and Melburn, crened the olio in a satisfactory manner. Madge Fox, a neat dancer, and the Misses Burdett and Cooper also pleased. The Pantyer Trio scored a3 heavily as ever. Leola Mitchell, a bright Piece of femininity, sang and ced her- self into great favor. The other attract- ive numbers were furnished by Thompson and Carcer, DeForest and Lester, Crawford twithstanding the usual large and Manning and Byron Harlan. ———__ Will Filed. The will of the late Eugenia M. Galla- gher has been filed in the Orphans’ Court se the District, and her entire eft ate is her husband, Albert A. Gallagher, e is nominated as executor. WHY SCOTT'S EMULSION CURES Weak throats, weak lungs, makes rich blood. and strengthens puny and delicate children ts because all its parts are nixed in so. sci- One gti a manner that, the, feenient igestion can deal with It. This Reason pesienre as aly ome Sy dune ONE THING for 23 years. by all drag; Bock ¢n the 2 SCOTT & BOWNE, s CITY ITEMS. The Julius Lansburgh Furniture Co. is not retiring from business, but is going out of the general furniture business. Other lines will be retained. The entire furni- ture stock being disposed of at less than cost, now is your opportunity to buy fine furniture at about one-half price; 1,365 sales made yesterday. As there is a great loss to us our terms will be cash. it seach nediconarnds Fat and Healthy Babies are the natural result of mothers drinking “Munchner” Beer. It’s strengthening and nourishing alike to mother and child. It's dark, heavy and old, and fully as popular as her fair sister, “Diamond.” Write or "phone 222 for case of 2 doz. bottles, only $1.25. National Capital Brewing Co., 13th, lith and D st: it e. a Keep the Extra 25c. Yourself. Our “Private Stock” Whisky costs 75c. at. bottle; $1 elsewhere. Donnelly’s, ith & I. The Julias Lansburgh Furniture Co. is not retiring from business, but is giving | up the general furniture business. Other lines will be retained. The entire furni- ture stock is to be disposed of at less than cost. It means an opportunity to buy fine | furniture at about one-half price; 1,365 sales were made yesterday. As the loss is heavy the terms on all sale goods will be cash. 1t AMUSEMENTS. LECTURE, ILLUSTRATED RY STEREOPTICON REV. McKIM. D.D., ON TIDEWATER Vii IA IN THE OLDEN TIMES, For the benefit of EPIPHANY CHAPEL KINDERGARTEN, ‘Ticket s Reserved ‘seats, 50c. At Morrison's Book Store, 1326 F st. my3&9 = ORIENTAL LIFE-SIZE NUDE PAINTING, FATIMA, Admission to ladies Tuesday, Thursday and Sat- urday afternoons. 15¢. f WILLARD'S HOTEL LOBBY, ap30-6t* 1411 PENNA. AVE. LAFAYETTE, -::TOMGHT aT 8:15, First Performance of MR. wits LACKAYE In Theodore Burt Sayre’s Comedy-Drama, “CHARLEY O’MALLEY.”’ THE IRISH DRAGOON. ‘Charles Lever's No Pp $1.00 Parquet. Te. |) Balcony ‘Bde. BARGAIN (WED. AND SAT.) MAT. PRICES. Lower Floor and Mezzanine Sea! Boe. pees A aaa beeere! 25e. Evenings of May 11 and 12 MATIN! MAY 12. \TINER Y 12. SCUSA’S GRAND INTERNATIONAL MILITARY AND NAVAL SPECTACLE, THE TROOPING ome COLORS. SOUSA™ HIS BAND? emcras, rand Chorus of Ladies and Gentlemen. Detachment ef United States Sailors and Marines, in Gon Costumes, Scottish one and Emibent, Solcists, ‘fae 7 “Hail Columbia,"* “God Save the Queen,” " “Watch on the Rhine,” “‘Marsell- laise” and Sousa’s “THE STARS AND STRIPES FOREVER. ‘Tyrolean “The Star Prices Sits" AP: FAMILY Cl oe ‘Boe. Sale Opens Wednesday. Veitten applications for seats will now re ceived and im the order of their application. NATIONAL, TONIGHT AT 8:15. NEw ‘Wednesday and Saturday Matinees. | Mr. CHARLES FROHMAN will present Mr, JOHN DREW Asthma. How it is Treated and cured by the New Method. Asthma Is usualy known cult breathing, lasting from a few hears to several days, coming on at intervals, to be fi missions, during which the patient breathes with comparative eas. 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ACHES WALLAGEVILLA Preserting Frank Harvey's Melodrama, The World Against Her. t Kea Matinees Moné: THE SEAS MLLé I's MONARCHS, Headed by toe European Aerial Marvel, _ MLL, ANI. Next Week—BRY A ND WATSON’'S I BURLESQUE: WEEK MAY 2. ‘Bee., Bue. Mats., 10 DAILY— De, First “appearanc Washington LEO! MITCHELL. “The Living Dell Gertrade. Rutt: ledge, Mudge Evens, Misses Burdette and Cooper, Crawford and Manning, Byron G. Hailan. 12 other Big Acts and Big Burlesque Company of 40 People, my2-61,7 Seats on Sale Today. FRANK DANIELS i “THE IDOL’S EVE, ap3o-tt AT TEE COLUMBIA, COLUMBIA THEATER. Wednesday, May 4, 8 P.M, THE DAMROSCH SOCIETY, FOURTH SEASON. ASSISTED BY THE JEANNE FRANKO TRIO, of New York, Miss Jeanne Franko, Violin. Miss Celia Schiller, Piano. ‘Mr. Hans Kroncld, Vicloneello, ‘Miss Ruth Thompson, contralto, of New York, nd a1 Mr. Charles E. Meyers, baritone, of Washington. Admiseion tickets, at 50 cents, may be pro- cured of members and at theater and are ex- changeable at box office for reserved seats, at. 25 and 50 cents additional on and after April 27, &p23,28,0,my2,3d4 WASHINGTON ‘RORSE SHOW, CONVENTION HALL, May 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th. SALE of RESERVED SEATS FOR SINGLE PERFORMANCES 25, at Gazman’s, in E. F. Droop's. EXCURSIONS, ETC. KIONDIKE EXCERSIONS. ation apply JOUNSONLOCKE CO. S00, Home mation. ai a * Tne, Bldgs Chicago. myS-ruaethae orfolk & W2zhington Steamboat Co. — Phemport News,” “Norfolk” and. "Washing: ton” on the following schedule: ly. ly. ar. ar.