Evening Star Newspaper, May 28, 1898, Page 24

24 COMPANY C WINS Captain Montgomery's Lads Capture the Drill Prizes. OF COLORED CADETS ——_+-- COMPETITION Medal Presented by Colored Teach- ers of Washington Schools. -—_—> LDRESS PARADE ‘The colored cadets of the Washington high schools held their annual competitive drill at the base ball park yesterday after- reon, and Company C, Captain Montgom- ery in command, proved an easy winner of the prize medal and blue ribbons. The grand stand and bleachers were crowded with the partisans of the different companies,and the colors of the schools were prominently in evidence. The “rooters’ were not so vo- ciferous as their white fellow however, and the drill passed off very Capt. Montgomer: quietly, indeed. Company C clearly out- classed the other two commands of the battalion, and the voice of the judges and the spectators alike was a unit in its favor. The colored cadets drilled this year for a handsome medal, the gift of the colored The teackers of the Washington schools. medal was presented to the fore the drill, and was taken in charge Principal Montgomery. At the conclu: of the competition, after the judges had announced the winning company, the medal was awarded to Captain Montgomery of Company C, while each of his men re- ceived one of the coveted blue ribbons. The judges of the drill were Major C. H. Our- and, Captain E. C. Edwards and Lieuten- and Howard Bell, all of the District Na- tional Guard. First on the Field. Company A was the first to drill. roster is as follow: Company A—Captain, Leon Turner; lieu- tenants, Louis Patterson and Hamilton Martin; sergeants, Clement Carroll, Wil- liam Howard and Allen Levy; corporals, Ferdinand Moten and Robert Peyton; pri- vates, Clayton Barnister, Rutherford Ber- ryman, liam Carroll, Herbert Chinn, Charles Collins, Radford Davis, John Diggs, Reuben Giles, Hamilton Goodrich, Roscoe Gray, Morris Green, Samuel Harrison, Howard Johnson, Charles Lewis, Ralph Lewis, Ellicott Madden, Joseph Owens, nest ‘Payne, Charles’ Pearson, Wiliam Speaks, Charles Thompson, Daniel Thomp- son, William Tolson, George Whitted and Joseph Milton. ptain Turner's men went through al- most the same program the white cadets fol- lowed. The field movements of his company and the manual tactics of the men were ex- ceptionally good, marred by only a few in- dividual blunders. Company A was warm- ly applauded as the command marched from the field. Champions of Last Year. Company B, last year’s champions, drill- ed next. The command fs as follows: Company B—Captain, Benjamin O. Davis; lieutenants, Jesse E. Ellis and Raymond A. Jackson; sergeants, Andrew Payne, Wil- liam Payne and Benjamin Hallstorks; ce Davis, Haywa Itimore and William P John kins, Garnet Wilkinson, Ray, Engene Peebles, Kiger Sa- y, Cortez Simms, Ernest Jarvis, Walter yley, Charles Harris, Robert Culley, Richard Washington, Lewis McKinney, Alfred Peters, Ronert’ Campbell, James Ar- Bold, Arthur Turer, Jesse Green, Clarence Lewis, Quinton Williams, Thomas Rose, Bernard Shamwell and William Carroll. The friends of these former prize winners noticed a marked lack of spirit among them, their movements being slow and uw) soldierly. They did not seem to very much interest in their work. Captain Davis makes an excellent commanding offi- cer, however, and it was not his fault that command made such a poor showing. The Winning Company Last. any C was the last to drill. It was the favorite, and while marching to ulute the judges the men were welcomed with the plaudits of the thousands gathered stands. The excellent showing by ‘aptain Montgomery's men was enk y contrast with the work of the pre Company € went throu S maneuvers without an q manual of arm: the firing were that won the dmiration The prize company’s roster Its rivat Walter Company C—Capt oO. gomery; first lieute d lieutenant, sergeant, J. E ‘ant, William A. Brown, James E. Slaughter; cory n, Verdi Fisher, Roger W privates, Willi ! John Brown, Corr uchanan, Robert Campbe oll, John Clark, Edward Clifford, rd Dailey, James Europe, Donnelly Jerome Jen- George Jones, G I Erne William Maxwell, Guilford MeKi . Clarence Perry, Chester Turley, Wal- ter Walker, Frank Wells, George Richard- son, Harold Norwood and Joseph Murray. The rade. At the conclusion of Com the judges retired, and the assembled for dress parade ©. Davis taking command. There were elso present Adjutant John E. Washington and Sergeant Major Romeo Czrroll. The Capital City Band furnished music for the parade. The judges were not long in making up | their decision, and when Company C was summoned to the front to receive the prizes th nion of all present was that the hon- were well merited ————— Ancient Oyster Beds. Frem the Chicago News. The oyster beds at Faversham, England, are the most extensive and the oldest na- tive grounds in the kingdom. The: absorb nearly the whole of the East Swale, ex- tending out into the open sea at a distance of th off Whitstable. From the Western to the eastern boundary the dis- tance exceeds four n miles, and are the tty of an ancient guild known as the rnity of Free Fishers and Dredgers rsham. Membership of this guild @ by serving an apprenticeship to @ freeman of seven years, but under a charter of Queen Elizabeth no apprentice ean be admitted to the freedom of the com- pany before he has taken unto himself a wife. Many years back this company ftour- ished exceedingly and maintained the prin- cipal supply of “natives” for the London and foreign markets. By misfortune and bad management it fell upon evil times. A lease has now been taken of parts of the fishery by another oyster company, which is resuscitating the industry and winning Joseph . Arthur Mon iawksworth, Sumner Holmes kins Li wis, C's drill bi jon was Major William any miles AMUSEMENTS. Of course the biggest theatrical event of this week was the Lambs’ Gambol at the National Theater. The performance was the most unique that has ever been given, and Washington responded in great style. Those who participated in the perform- ance must have been gratified at the large and friendly audience that greeted them, while tue Lambs that looked after the front of the house—Frank Deiiz, handsome Max Hirsch and others—were thoroughly satis- fied with the “count up” in the box office. Of the local attractions the Columbla Com- edy Company made a good impression in uilette’s war play, and the people will undoubtedly be seen to good advantage in “Brother John" next week. Next week aiso Wil see the produciion at the Lafay- @ buriesyue on the Hawaiian af- Fair by Uae tiartis brochers, and trom the previous eilur.s of these young gentiemen @ goud Wois may be anticipated. Tonight wil inaugurate summer opera at Glen eule vi echo, and vaudevilie will conunue at the Lyceum. Barrows is beginning to age rap- and his admirers irom the front of the house will nave ocasiou io worry about his health, Wueiuer it is tne climete of Wast ington to Wauch he Has not yet become ac- customed or lie Work aud Worry incidental to Staging a Lew play every Week at tne Columoia, bis irieuus nave nouced a ten- dency toward te sere and yeilow in the genigl comedian. Wie Uns week he blos- somed oul us the youuntul and exuberant war correspondent in “Held by the & emy,” next week his age will have ad- vanced to about forty, While the week fol- lowing he is seneuuied as an ol man ot siaty years. If he keeps up at tms rate he Will beat Ue record ur “ine Seven Ages, aud by Ue mica of the summer wul be in his second chudnood. but whether he Plays the miant in arms or tne le siippered pantaloon, ms admire Suited thac ne worus of U Sweet smu win do it weil oid song, they Haunts Us stil. and in the ili say “His Alexander Kearney, wao made such a hit as We surgeon in “Heid by the tnemy,” will ve remembered tor his suong work here in “The i al Se 1,’ in which he te roie to Wilton Laci Aiterw he tmpetsonated played the oppo. last son. William J. Bryan in tne uniortunate “Curs: “But thouga the play was a tail- + Kearney mage a remarkabie im- pression, not omy tor his strong lixeness to the Nebraska 4 so for his fore ble and manly s play is » lourth act of he most dramatic Whole repertoire of modern melo- dramas, and its strength ends _princi- pauly upon the work of Brigage Suigeon Fielding. While ait tne leauing people have prominent purts m tnis scene, he is the “backbone, in the part would + futile. But Kearney ried the scene thr climax. so to speak, and a weak actor nder all their efforts intense acting car- ugh to a triumphant While the volunteers of the land are dot- ting the country with their white tents ant martial array, t is another sort of Encampment at Gie where W Par regiment of ans and vocat- i are marshaled for the summer's Operatic campaign. There are fully fifty members of the con pany, and as they are to reside at the Glen alf summer the ac- commodations cf that resort are taxed to the utmest. Most “of the cottages have been let for the summer to residents of Washirgton who, while obliged to remain near the capital, have adopted this means of enjcying a sert of summer outing. Con- sequently the few cottages that remain are not more than enot gh to accommodate Mr. Parry, who brings his family, and the principals of the company. Twenty or more rocms over the bowling alley, now tsed as bicycle stables, have been fitted up as dormotories for the chorus women, while the men are similarly accommodated in another wing of the main pavilion. There was great hurrying and scurrying around Wednesday evening when half a hundred guests were dropped in on the estublishment impromptu-like, and for the first night, at least, it was camping out in earnest. The cate was opened for the re- freshment of tne hungry opera folk, and in spite of the quick order, furnished ex- cellent meals, Then cots ‘and blankets, with lamps and a few toilet necessaries, were hurriedly provided, and the chorus folk, few of whom have been outside of the cities for seasons, were left alone in the country, far from the busy hum of the streets and where the chirp of the crickets song of the whippoor- the only sounds to break the Some of the chorus giris con- at they were frightened by the and longed for the familiar rat- Ue of the L roads instead of an occasion- al trolley car. But thespians are ever of mercurial tem- annot be kept down long by any com tion of circumstances, and soon their spirits began to rie. Skirmish- ing around to get their belongings together and arrange things for the night, they com- pared notes and recalled expefiences in one-night stands. The Herald Square quartet was the first to break the stillness of the Glen, and their lively songs, ringing cut through the solemn night, were h far off on the Conduit road and down on the canal, where the boatmen lingered on the decks of their mule-power craft to listen. The occupants of the surrounding gottages sat cut on their verandas, enjoy- ing the free concert, while the darkies from the river settlements hurried up to listen. Sandwiched in between verses of “Syncopated Sandy” and “My Rag-Time Gal” were heard’ such exclamations a: “Where the deuce is that water pitche: and “Who's got my blanket?” indicating that the domestic arrangements of the singers on their first night in camp were not entirely complete. Since then, how- ompany has settled down to cemp life with anticipations of a pleasant and profitable summer “far from the mad- crowd,” yet with all the comforts of the city. and the plaintive will were < ‘OLUMBIA THEATER ll be the second week's k Company, with a boom s equaled in ements Brother John” offering of the whose season has sel- ais of local Mounting and act- itary melodr: with it realistic detail, was no child's rved to prove the merits of the organiz beyond all cavil. Next week the steck company will turn from war's stern alarms to caper nimbly in a society ccmedy from the clever pen of Martha Morton. Miss Morton is an acknowledged of domestic come- and the story of “Brother John” will wled from Mr.Crane’s presentation of play here some seasons ago. The title » will be assumed by James O. Barrows, whose impersonation of the quaint, quiet bet shrewd old Connecticut manufacturer should compare favorably with that of the of the rele. Mrs. Findlay will his old maid sister, whose hard New ngland head is temporarily turned by ches and a desire to shine in swell so- ciety. Maud Haslan will be the unfortu- nate heroine whose wrongs “Brother John” is enabled to right, while Miss Margaret Mayo will have another sprightly soubrette part in which she may be expected to re- peat her ess as Susan McCreery. Wil- liam Ingersoll will be the light comedy hero, a part quite in contrast with his heroic Col. Prescott, but in which we are assured he will be equaliy admirable. Alex- ander Kearney will have another strong character part as the society gambler, while John L ter, as his youthful vic- expert in the portray: ey. originator be tim, will have plenty of opportunities to prove his mei J. R. Furlong will be the society villain, with Edwin Mackaye in the rote of his military son. The play will serve to introduce a number of new lady members of the company, including Miss Eleanor Browning, leading lady of ‘The Cherry Pickers; Carolyne Shirley, Marie G. West and Lillian Evans. The se of the play show a pretty contrast between the quiet Connecticut home of the Hacketts and the gay cottage at Long Branch, where they make their unpleasant musing plunge into the social swim. play will be mounted and costumed the re and elaborateness which marked (he cpening bill of the season. BATTLE OF MANILA.—No freater op- portunity has ever been furnished for gor- geous spectacle than the battle of Man: And it is not a matter of wonder that Pain has endeavored to outclass anything that has ever heretofore been presented in the manner of reproducing war in his startling- ly realistic reproduction of this event, en- tided “The Battle of Manila,” which will be seen here as a fitting. commemoration of Decoration day, Monday, May 30, at the base ball park at 8:30 p.m. In this stirring back the reputation the oysters from this locality formerly had. —-e+—____ “Want” ads. in The Star pay because they bring answers. spectacle naval warfare as it really exists is graphically shown. Given inexhaustible opportunity for colossal effects which would be impossible within the walls of any thea. ter—upon @ stage over three hundred feet | Star. If in length, with the opportunities of the | will-get THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, MAY 28, 1898-24 PAGES. open air, all the stirring scenes of our great victory at the Philippines can be repro- duced in a manner which should almost convince the beholder that he is looking upon the genuine engagement itself. To gain this effect enormous expense has been fone to, and the services of stage me- chanics, dramatic exponents and naval en- gineers have been generally drawn upon to make a production which for brilliancy, dramatic !nterest, thrilling effect and sen- sationalism has, it is said, never before been equaled. The enormous stage depicts the bay of Manila and shows the forts at Cavite and the now famous arsenal. All the ships of the American and Spanish squadron have been faithfully reproduced, making twenty in number, and ingeniously arranged to move with all the maneuvers accurately reproduced. With the oppor- tunities at Pain’s command it can be read- ily understood how the thrilling, startling effects that follow will be reproduced. The booming of the cannonading, it is sald, will be heard for blocks away. The blowing up of the ships is accomplished with novel and awe-inspiring effects. The crashing of timbers, the shrieking of shells, the cries and excitement of the combatants, the lurid glare of the fire and flames of the burning ships will all form a picture of intense in- terest that will be remembered for many a day. To accommodate the public and avoid the rush at the grounds the sale of tickets and private boxes will be open until 5 o'clock Monday at the New National ‘Theater. LAFAYETTE SQUARE OPERA HOUSE. —The Columbian University Vaudeville Club's musical burlesque, “The Hula Girl” (Queen Lil), will receive its initial pro- duction at the Lafayette Square Opera House Monday evening, and will be con- tinued for one week, h matinees Wed- nesday and Saturday. The book of the play is the work of William H. Harris, and the music is by his brother, Arthur Percy Harris, two clever young men of Washing- ton. The music is bright and catchy as a rule. The action of the burlesque will be by the students of Columbian University, and the play is given for the benefit of the university hospital. A strong cast and a chorus of sixty voices will make up the production, OPERA AT GLEN ECHO.—The Parry Opera Company of fifty people, under the personal direction of Mr. William Parry of the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, will open the summer season at Glen Echo tonight with Gilbert & Sulli- yan’s greatest comic opera, “The Mikado.” ‘The company, which was especially se- lected by Mr.’Parry, rehearsed two weeks in New York before coming to Washington, and since Tuesday they have been quar: tered at Glen Echo, rehearsing in the big amphitheater. A stage with a forty-foot proscenium arch, plenty of scenery and lights, has been ‘erected, upon which the mest elaborate productions may be ac- commodated. Mr. Parry brought two car loads of special scenery, costumes and properties from New York, and a produc- tion second to none on the regular stage is promised. The cast includes several singers and comedians who are well and favorably known in Washington, and their very names on the cast of characters is a guarantee of a good performance. Oscar Girard, who was the first comedian of the Dickson Opera Company at the Grand some summers ago, will appear as the mikado, and Frank Deshon, one of the funniest lit tle fellows in the business, will play Koko. Both have been fully supplied with up-to- date verses for their topical songs, and all ents of the day will be treated in ical monologue style. George Brod: erick will be the aristocratic Pooh Bah and Jay C. Yaylor the amorous Nanki Poo. Miss Marie Coleridge, a very pretty and tuneful Ittle lady, will play Yum Yum with Arline Crater and Selina Rough as her companions, whil markable contralto voice will be heard to SOME MUSACAL NOTES Mr. Homer Lind, the young baritone of this city, is making a decided hit with the Carl Rosa Opera Company in England. The Manchester Guardian, in speaking of his recent performance of the broom seller in Humperdinck’s “Hansel and Gretel,” says: “Mr. Homer ILind has a remarkable gift for these grotesque character parts. His Peter the breom seller, is as good as his Beckmesser, and it may be added that the subject is nearly as well worthy the ‘resources of am accomplished artist.” The Liverpool Review and Mercury both complinent Mr. Lihd for his work in a new opera, entitled’“The Highway Knight,” the former saying: “The notable feature of the performance was the remarkably clev- er impersonation by Mr. Homer Lind of a Chicago millionaire,” and the latter ob- serving that “Mr. Homer Lind holds a character similar to that in the memorable voyage of Perrichon, which Mr. Max O’Rell exploited not so long age, and he puts it forward with his customary em- phasis, his name for the time being being Julius Clinker of Illinois.” Mr. Lind’s many friends in this his native city and where he laid the foundation of his musi- cal education will be gratified to learn of his continued success abroad. At St. Mary's (Catholic) Church to- morrow at the high mass (10:30 am.) Miss Cecelia Murphy will sing Marsche- reni's “Ave Maria,” Miss Pauline Isemaun playing the violin obligato. The quartet choir, Misses Cecelia Murphy, Margaret Eichhorn, Messrs. Aloysius S. Fennell and Frank A. Rebstock, and chorus will render Kalliwoda’s mass’ and Dietsch’s “‘Venl Sancte Spiritus” before the sermon. At the vesper service (4 o'clock p.m.) Marzo’s ves- pers and Magnificat No. 1, Melvill’s “Re- gina Coeli,” Bohm-Wiegand’s “O Saluta- ris,” Rousseau’s ‘Tantum Ergo” and Mol- erati's “Laudate Dominum"™ will be sung. ‘Ihe music, both morning and afternoon, will be under the direction of Mr. Williara Waldecker, organist. The final arrangements for a permanent orchestra for New York have just been concluded by Mr. Carl Loewenstein, pro- prictor of the Waldorf-Astoria subscription concerts. “Mr. Emil Paur, formerly cor- ductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and row of the New York Philharmonic Society, the most eminent musical director in this country, has been secured as the conductor of the permanent orchestra ani will conduct all the concerts arrange under the exclusive management of Mr. Carl Loewenstein. The permanent orches- tra will consist of sixty artiste, but will be augmented from time to time. Besides the usual subscription concerts at the Waldori- Astoria, a series of chamber music soirees will be given next season in the most finish- ed manner by well-known soloists. Mrs. Perkins will-give two pupils’ mu- sicales this year. They will take place on the evenings of June 14 and 15 at the Na- tional Rifles’ Armory. Prof J. A. Dakin recently gave the last of a series ef three violin recitals to an ap- preciative audience of musical friends on Capitol Hill. The renditions were well re- ceived by the audience. The professor's residence in Washington dates back less le Viola D'Armon's re- t than six months. Foundry M. E. Church has secured the services of a quartet choir composed of Miss Gertrude Dana, soprano; Miss Belle Carpenter, alto; Mr. Frank C. Roach, tenor; Mr. C. F. Hall, bass; Mr. W. K. Cohen, organist and director. The congregationa! singing continues to be under the direction of Mr. F. A. Wilson. The Sunday Night:Music Club was en- tertained by Miss\Alfme Auerbach of 1209 6th street northwest,,and played part of the 12th Haydn ®ymphony, the Chopin Polonaise, op. 40, Ne. 1; the Beethoven advantage in Katisha’s score. The chorus, which has been selected with especial view to their clear, powerful voices, may be relied upon to fill the great amphitheater. Although the stage has cut off some of the seating capacity of this immense auditori- um, It is still capable of holding more peo- ple than any amusement hall in this part of the country, and its capacity will doubt- less be tested tonight. Sunday afternoon and evening the or- ganization, assisted by the orcuestra under direction of Mr. George P. Towie, will give special concerts with varied programs. Among the soloists who will appear are Miss Marie Coleridge, soprano, late of D'Oyley Carte’s company in London; Miss Arline Crater, soubrette; Miss Viola D'Ar- mon, who has a contralto voice of remark- able power and range; Migs Mabel Whit- ney, soprano, late of the New York Casino forces; Mr. Charles Hawley, baritone, late of the Bostonians; Mr. Arthur Cunning- ham, formerly ancis Wilson’s com- pany; Jay Taylor, the tenor; George Broderick, basso; Mr. Thomas Daly, last season of Hoyt's forces, and the original Herald Square Quartet. KERNAN’S LYCEUM THEATBR.—One of the best and most thoroughly equipped burlesque organizations to visit Washing- ton this season is the Broadway Girls Burlesquers, which will be Manager Ker- nan's attraction at the Lyceum next week. he company is composed of artists of marked ability and talent when compared with ordinary vaudeville performers, every one of them having played extended en- gagements at Proctor’s and Keith's thea- ters in New York city. Among the names listed on the program are the Carlons, in their wild west Specialt: entitled “The Circus Man and the Texas Girl; Ed Chris- sie, in his original c! cter impersona- tions; the Darling Sisters,character change artis} Brooks and Brooks, the exponents of modern humor; Miss Marie Richmond, in her unique specialty, Englehart and Rose, the female athletes, in exhibitions of strength and Graeco-Roman wrestling; Williams and Hood, the refined comedy duo, and Mr. and Mrs. Tom. McIntosh, in- treducing their farcical conceit, entitled “Colored Aristocrac: The performance cencludes with the original satirical bur- lesque, ‘An Artistic Model,” which will serve to introduce several sensational noy- elties and a corps of pretty girls. MANAGER PUGENE KERNAN'S BEN- EFIT.—The testimonial benefit to be tender- ed Manager Eugene Kernan at the Ly- ceum Monday afternoon and evening will undoubtedly be the most successful. ever tendered that gentleman. His friends in and out of the profession have learned to esteem him as a man possessing all of the impulses of a generous heart, and all of the attributes of a good citizen. Aside from the interest which the beneficiary will lend to the occasion, the attraction se- lected gives assurance of an entert:'n- ment, which will in itself invite liberal patrcnage, inasmuch as it will be a purely Erofessional performance, that excellent aggregation of meritorious talent, the Broadway Girls Burlesquers, having vol- unteered. * Mr. Robert F. Lowe of this city and wife, Virginia Johnson, formerly with the ‘Girl I Left Behind Me” company, have been in WV hington for the past two weeks, stopping at the home of Mr. Lowe's mother, 119 G street northwest. They have left for Peaks Island, Me., where they have been engaged for the summer season to play leading roles with the stock company at the Gem Theater. Mr. Lowe fs playing such important rojes as that of the Prince yon Holdenwold, Faversham’s old part, in “Aristocracy,” the play with which ‘the company opens-June 6. Mr. Louis Anderson has returned to Washington after closing a successful en- gagement with Robert Downing. The com- pany closed its last engagement at Mil- waukee, where it disbanded. Mr. Anderson will spend the summer in Washington and probably return to the road in the fall, ——— Education of Lions. From the Kahsas City Journal. When licns were still numerous and easily observed in southern Africa they were sometimes seen instructing one an- other in voluntary gymnastics and practic- ing their leaps, making a bush play the part of the absent game. Moffat tells the story of a Hon which had missed a zebra by miscalculating the distance repeating the jump several times for his own in- struction; two of his comrades coming up- on him while he was engaged.in the exer- cise, he led them around the rock to show them how matters stuod, and then, re- turning to the starting point, completed the lesson by making a final leap. The animals kept roaring during the whole of the curious scene, “talking together,” as the native who watched them said. By the aid of individual training of this kind industrial anima!s become apter as they grow older: old birds, for instance, con- structing; more artistic nests than young ones, and little mammals like mice becom- ing more adroit with age. Yet, however ancient in the life of the species these ac- quisitions may be, they have not the solid- ity of primordial instincts, end are lost rapidly if not used. a If you want Prometheus Overtugp, the . -Cherubini Wassertroger Overture and six composi- tions by Gillet-Passe-Hled; Sous l’ombrage, “Precieusi Serenade Impromptu. La Toupie, Patrouille:#nfantine, arranged for piano and string quintet. Miss Lucia Nola sang the prayer fromRienzi and Giorza’s Regina Coeli, both wath piano and string quintet accompanimeat. 2° ‘The Lawrence Sehsel of Music and. Elo+ cution;»ProfessorGeerge Lawrence, di- rector; will hold dts segular monthly re- citals on next Tharsdsy and Friday even- ings at 1127 10th street northwest. Owing to the length of the program and the large number of pupils-the- director has found it necessary to have two recitals. instead ‘of gne, a9 hetetoforey)ne evening will "8 devoted.exclusively to hildreays ‘Thi programs will include one-a@t com@ay?"", Mouse. Trap,"..by Mills Bessie Stewart and “Mr. did. Muth; recitations by Miss Stewart and Miss Holtaeigw; vidtin solos by Prof. Lloyd, Remenyi and pupils; songs by Mrs. Mabel Gittin, Mrs, Hattié Hunter Smith, Mrs, Fred. Kalstrom, ‘Miss Ethel Holtz- claw, Mr. Paul Maloney, Mr. Henry, Miller and Prof. Lawrence; piano solos, by Mra. F. W. Winter, Miss Gertrude Peach, Miss es Agnes and Elsie Jordan, Ether Holtz- claw, Master Fred.’ Crollard, Miss Rosa Brunet, Misses Mattie and Annie Copper- thite,. Mrs. Edith Bauer; violin sclo, by Master Lewis Crollard. The Columbia Glee Club at its regular meeting Wednesday evening held one of the best attended rehearsals of the season, about thirty-five members being present. The following glees and four-part songs were sung: ‘The Spring Song.” “Star of Descending Night,” “Star Spangled Bai ner’ and “The Legend of the Chime: from the opera “Robtn Hood,” after which there were recitations ty’ Miss Sadie Swartz; piano solos by Miss Mangan and a song by Miss Kalstrom. Professors Saltsman and de Ford, who gave such a successful performance of “Pinafore” with their juvenile class at Rifles’ Armory on the 20th and 2ist, are considering offers from several lecal or- ganizations for a penedt performance which will probably be given at an early date. An out-of-town performace is also being arranged. The Concert Opera Club has been en- gaged for a concert June 1 at the Alexan- dria Opera House. —<—__ THE CHINESE IN MANILA. They Are Influential and Therefore Disliked by the Spaniards. From the Boston Transcript. Forming as they do a very large pro- portion of the popula‘ion, nearly equal to that of the natives themselves, and hav- ing by their industry and business ability sustained the fame of Manila as a com- mercial port, they are a thorn in the side of the Spanish mercantile class, aside from the conventional dislike extended by the latter toward all foreigners. Being com- mercial by nature, and having realized the g00d policy of keeping their word in busi- ness matters, in contrast with the ever- lasting procrastinating and ‘“‘manana’-ing of the Spaniards, they have built up a large business with the English and American houses, who infinitely prefer to deal with them rather than with the owners of the soil. Their thrifty ways and tendency to save money and send it home to China rather than to spend it where they are is another source of grievance to the haughty “Espanoles.”” : Then their ability and willingness to per- form every kind sof manual labor, from carpentering, sho@making, &c., to coolie work, from mornigg tonight at the lowest of wages, is a cause @f envious irritation to the indolent native “Filipinos,” and a constant feud is gvag@l between the two races, which hasebeem handed down for generations. In asstreet fight, however, 1 have ‘noticed that the “Filipino” is very apt to come out dhead, although many of the coolies have the mpst superb muscular development whiciz I Bave ever seen. Long ago, accor@ing #o history, a fleet of Chinese junks, umdersthe famous pirate chief Li Ma Hong, bere down on Manila with the intentiom of eapturing it and its many treasures. She Wttle garrison in the fort defended it with ® gallantry such as Spaniards can ami will display when in desperation, and Bi Ma Hong, possessing no “petroleoum shells,” and a storm com- ing up providentially, the fleet was inglori- ously defeated. Semevof the junks went ashore on the northerm coast of the island, and there is today a curious race of so- called Chinese ‘‘Igorotes,” or savages, liv- ing in the fastnesses of the mountains, and supposed to be the descendants of the ship- wrecked pirates.- A certain day in January is the anniversary of the fight, and on-that day hardly a Chinaman in Manila ‘dares show himself out of doors, for every small boy, native or Spaniard, feels in duty bound to “heave a rock” at him. Whenever _— is a big fire in the town, it is always @Bsumed that the-Chinese have set it, and they are very =scarce in the streets while the conflagratiow lasts, for tacit instructianms would seem to have been given on these occasions to.the effect that “if you see a Chinaman hit him." Barly. in the epring of 169% the Spanish iron “steamer San Juan sailed from Kong for Mantia with a cargo largely com- posed of kerosene, whitch > fully stowed as near the boilers as possible, and on deck, where the some ‘three hun- red Chinese coolies who composed the:pas- st could “sit on the .ceses and. had been care=| AMUSEMENTS, ALLEN & TOWERS, ==> AMUSEMENTS. | AMUSEMENTS. — ANPHITHEATER, Opera and Concert. 105, AND 256. No Higher. Free Admission to the Grounds. Grand Opening Tonight, May Prices: OPEN DAY AND EVENING. A CUISINE OF SUPERIOR E SERVICE A LA CARTE. 10 COUNTRY FROM 8 TO 8 P.M, LENCE. GLEN wR DINNERS ; “38, THE PARRY OPERA COPPANY In a Magnificent Production of the A ADO With the following cast: Pitti Sing, Allene Crater; Pee 0 Ko, Frank Deshon; A METROPOLITAN CHORUS OF 40 VOICES. SUNDAY CONCERTS TOMORROW, * Taylor; Mikado, Oscar Girard; Boo, Selina Roogh: Yum ¥ Poo Bah, Geo. W. Broderick; day C. EMD Marie Coleridge; Katisba, Viola D’Armon; Nanki ish Tush, Thomas’ Daly. NEW COSTUMES, SPE‘ “IAL SCENERY, PR« fternoon at 3 O'clox ening at 8 O'cloc Special Matinee [onday, Decoration Day, May 30, at 3 o’clock. In Operation All Day and Evening: The Electric Theater. The Amusement Village. The Merry-Go Round and the Castle of Magic. HOLIDAY MEET OF THE PARK BICYCLE |pRip BY CLUB AT THEIR ATHLETIC PARK, ON Conduit Road THB Monday, May 30, Attraction (MEMORIAL DAY), At 3:00 P.M. THIS ONE-THIRD-MILE BOARD TRACK IS GNE OF THE FASTEST IN THE WORLD. BOTH Amateur AND Professional Events. FAST MEN. EXCITING RACES. TAKE CAPITAL TRACTION AND METROPOL- ITAN CARS TO 36TH ST. AND PROSPECT AVE., GEORGETOWN, AND CONNECT WITH GREAT FALLS LINE. PARK IS REACHED IN 20 MIN- UTES. TICKETS FOR SALE AT Eclipse Bicycle Co., 14th and H Sts. it a Lafayette Theater. WEEK OF MAY 30. Matinees Wednesday and Saturday. HULA GIRL, Queen Lil, BY THE COLUMBIAN UNIVERSITY VAUDEVILIE CLUB. Benefit oF a Boor and Mae So VOICES. ‘Theater Box opens May 28. my23-1w*-14 Columbian Hospital. the Harris Brothers. Regular Prices. them. It is not surprising that the ship took fire when just within sight of Luzon, and the Spanish captain, with most of his officers, promptly took to the boats and pulled for the shore, leaving a raging, frenzied mass of Chinese shrieking at them from tue doomed vessel, for no provision is made on these steamers for the safety of the coolies in_case of accident. In a few minutes the San Juan was afire from stem to stern. As many as could climbed the masts, only to fall back suffocated into the blazing furnace below. Even the more merciful death of drowning was denied them, for the sea was alive with sharks, attracted by the glare, swarming around the ship as mackerel swarm around a bucketful of “gurry. Thirty-six hours later another steamer sighted the wreck and bore down to the rescue. Out of the original three hundred, some eighty wretched creatures were found alive, clinging to the big gangway which hung over the side and to the stern davits and boat tackle,with the iron hull of the steamer redhot in places, and the sharks leaping at them. The rescuing boats had literally to fight thelr way through the rav- enous brutes. I saw the survivors as they were landed, and a discouraged-looking lot they were. The San Juan, an empty, scorched hull, was towed in and anchored in the mouth of the river to cool off until the seventy thousand Mexican dollars in her bottom could be dug out of the debris, a melted mass. And not an expression of regret did I hear from any of my “Chino” friends over the disaster to their countrymen. coolies!” was ail they said. —— BERWYN, MD. “Pah! A very large assemblage of young people met at the residence of Mr. H. P. Viles Tuesday evening. Games were indulged in until a late hour, after which refreshments were served. Among. those present were the Mises Mary Mouat, Keleher, Alice Ridout, Henrietta Fillingame, Nellie Lee, Mamie Williams, Jole Benton, Erwin Werber, Gertrude Smith, Emily Bonnett, Blanche Tretler, otic. muss Blanche Demotte, neon ee eee W. Lee, ite, H. Carson, J. and Carroll Ethel Ourend, the Messrs. lor, Midicton “ete tn Gettysburg EXCURSIONS, ETC. Decoration Day At Marshall Hall. Steamer “Charles Captain L. Blake—will leave at 10 .m., 2:30 and 6:15 p.m. sharp. (Sunday at 11 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.) Fare (Round Trip) 25¢c. PLANKED SHAD DINNER on st at Marshall Hall, Chowder, &e. AU amusements—everrthing first class, TF Music by Prof. Schrocder’s Band Columbia Theater. NOTE: The enormous Success of the COLUMBIA STOCK GO. In William Gillette’s Greatest war play, r rival of including Ciaa Steamer Chas. Macalester a L. L. BLAKE, CAPTAIN. Mount Vernon (TOMB ( DAILY, PT SUNDAY, —from 7th st. wharf at 10 au, and 2:30 p-m. Fare, round trip, S0c. Admission to grounds and mansion, 250. C7The steamer Charles Macalester was built expressly for the LADIES’ MOUNT VERNON ASSOCIATION. No. other com- pany is permitted to sell admission tickets to Mount Vernon. THE MOUNT VGRNON AND MARSHALL HALL STEAMBOAT CO.—LIMITED. my28-401f THE ENEMY, Warrants Its Continuance Until further notice. PRICES, 25, 50 and 75 cents. BROTHER JOHN Decora= tion Day. OPENING OF THE SEASON AT Chevy Chase NEXT MAY 30, 1898. Nelson Co., No. 2; Colum. bia Co., No.3, U. R. K. of P. PEN-MAR AND GETTYSBURG. Penneylvania Railroad. Around the famous More. Shoe Bend. ‘Train leaves Gth st. depot at 5:30 a.m. Tickets to Peu-Mar, $1.75; tickets to Get $2.25; children, $1.00 and $1.25, round trip. my24-5t-21 Colonial Beach. Lake. Music and Dancing. Afternoon. Evening. SMSPIIAL EXCLUSION. my2s-2t MODDAY, MAY 30 (DBOCORATION DAY). AS wharf 8:30 a.m. Returning about ® SECURE YOUR TICKETS Stopping at ‘Aleranirin end Somerset Beach going Sonate steey For charters, staterooms and tickets apply to GUZMAN, in E. F. Droop's Music Store, Telephone 116! #25 Pa ave, my27-15tt ADAM F. WURACH, Manage: as 15c. ATTLE OF MANILA AND AVOID THE RUSH AT THE Baseball Park Nour TITAY 30, shh, DECORATION DAY! Great OPENING OF THE SEASON AT 2h aiN’S errewore RIVER Vi EW THE GLORIOUS VICTORY OF Admiral Dewey. Monday, [ay 30, Monday FOUR TRIPS. Tickets (25 and 50c.) and Boxes Now on Sale at the The steamer SAML. J. PENTZ will leave ber New National Theater. wharf st 10 a.m., 2, 4 and 6:30 p.m. my27-3t,30 GO SHOOT THE CHUTE. THEATER COLUMBIA srocx co. micners — + 35e. ALL THIS WEEK. ONLY MATINEE SATURDAY. A Magnificcut Production of WILLIAM GILLETTE'S HELD BY THE ENENY. PRICES, 25, 50 AND 75 CENTS. In Preparation—BROTHER JOHN, my25-6t-18 GLEN ECHO AMPHITHEATER. BEGINNING SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 28, AT 8 C’CLOCK, THE Parry Opera Co. Wm. Parry, from the Metropolitan Opera House, Director, in a Magnificent Production of the MIKADO. A Company of 21 Principals and 40 Choristers. New costumes. Special scenery. Electric Theater, Amusement Village, Grotto Wonderful. Merry-go- Reund and Castle of Magic. Open day and evening. my24-20tf E. 8. RANDALL, Proprietor, ANNUAL EXCULSION OF THE KNIGHTS IN BLACK (SCHWARZE RITTER) 4 RIVER VIEW, SUNDAY, MAY 29. Priz- Bowling 2nd Shootlag Con Concert Musi teste, Chuting abd other amus.m: Take steamer Sam!. J. Pentz at 10:30, 2:30 and 5:30 p.m. my26-3t TICKETS, 25c. COLONIAL BEACH. DECORATION DAY. TWO SPECIAL EXCURSIONS, Steamer T. V. Arrowsmith SATURDAY, MAY 28, SUNDAY 3 Returning, oration day) C> Excurst : round trip, Svc. . good to retu »mmoda tie 3t gp. W. RIDLE _— Decoration Day Excursion May 30, ToPen-MarandGettysburg Under the Auspices of Washington Company, No.1, U. R. K. of P., VIA B. AND O. R. RL Trains leave B. & @. station, New Jersey ave. and for Gettysburg at 8:15 a.m.; for Pen-Mar at 8:30 a.m. Returning leaving Gettysburg at 5:30 p.m. Returning leaving Pen-Mar at 6 p.m. ‘Tick- ets for sale by members of the company, at B. & O, offices, 707 15th st., 619 Pennsylvania ave., and at depot morning of excursion. Tickets to Pen-Mar, adults, $1.75; to Gettysburg, $2.25; children half rates. A four-hour run guatan- teed both going and coming. my23-1w MAY 30 STEAMER BARTHOLDI WILL MAKE rcund trips, 25c., every Lour to Dixie landing from Cumberland’s Boat House, foot of High oF 22d st. nw. my21to80 Fg poate & Wy2shington Steamboat Co. Every day in the year for Portress Monroe, Norfolk, Newport News and all points seuth the superb powerful steel palace steamers “Newport News.” “Norfolk” and ““Washing- ton” on the following schedule ORIENTAL LIFE-S1ZE NUDE PAINTING, FATIMA. Exclusive ladies’ matinees Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday afternoons, 15c. Lust 2 weeks. WILLs RD'S HOTEL LOBBY, 1411 Penna. ave. General admission, 25¢. my23-6t RAND OPERA HOUSE. KERNAN & RIFE, Managers. Metinees Wednesdxy and Saturday at 2. WEEK STARTING MONDAY, MAY 23. FRANK G. CAMPBELL'S Grand War Story, A Play of the Days of 61 and "65. ‘The Most Realistic Battlefield Scene Ever Staged. A Play for Every American to Appreciate Right Now. Interpreted by Competent Players, Minstrated by Spec'al Scenery. Next Attraction—THE WHITE SQUADRON. my23-6t-24 KKE®*43'S LYCEUM THEATER. = ALL THIS WEEK. Matinees Monday, Tuesday, Thursday aud Saturday. ROSE SYDELL’S LONDON BELLES. It's the Show you've been Waiting for. MAY 30 — TESTIMONIAL BENEFIT N= ASielanee of Weel “THE BROADWAY one my23-6t-15 < EXOURSIONS, ETC. Tickets on ssle at 513, G19, 817, 1421 Penn, ave. B. and 0. ticket oifice, ‘cor. 15th st. and ¥. ave., and on hoard steamers. EF For farther information = odicen, Ze at. wharf, Wash. DO. Get 28d at general ‘Phone