Evening Star Newspaper, July 2, 1898, Page 25

THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, JULY 9, 1898-24 PAGES, AMUSEMENTS. Although {t is not a hot weather play, “Esmeralda” has been one of the most su¢- cessful productions of the Columbia Stock Company, and the larga attendance at each performance has been a high tribute to the ee daughter in spite ef parental opposition; Maud Hasiam,.the lively icy F SOME MUSICAL NOTES worth; J. R. Furlong, the bona fide p! & clan, and le Ball, the policeman. Thé | ‘The feast of St. Peter will be appropriates part of Lily Pilkinton: will be played by | ty celebrated at St. Peter's Catholle Church iiss Floretice Wilderham, a newcomer to the company, who ‘will introduce some se- | tOmorrow. An elaborate program of music lected suns Ly way of variety: has been prepared and will be rendered in * ee _yauth of July at Glen | 2% 4rtistic manner by the efficient cholr of excellent work of Mr. Barrows an Ass LEN ECHO.—Four' july ii | the church. At the high mass, 10:30 a.m., sociates, He himeelf has hardly been seen Beli Fone eS wil the program will be as follows: Prelude, to better advantage than in ths kindly old shady woods oe 4resh springs fot the | ‘‘Sring Song,” Mendelssohn, arranged for man who finally rebele from the dictation | picnickers; the merry-go-round and all| organ, Miss Nannie Kearon; Asperges Me of his ambitious wife and makes two loving] serts of amusements fot the children; @ | Domine, Kollross} introit, Grand Fantasie hearts happy. Next week Mr. Barrows will | Well-equipp2d cafesand dairy lunch toom | | Theme, “Blue Bells of Scotland, for oml- show his versatility by appearing in rol- | for {hoze who de net carry thelr own com. | + tat clarinet, composed and expressly ded- icking farce comedy, and “Innocent @8 4| cyclists; stalls fot horses and carriages} | {cated to Signor A. Coda by Signor Apollo Lamb” will give all the members of the | beating, bathing and fishing for those who | Zanichelll, Signor Andrea Coda; Kyrie company opportunity for doing good work. | delight In aquatic sports, and last but not | wieison, Gloria in Excelsis Deo, Haydn's Glen Weho has been right in it this week, | lath, {h¢ sreatamphitheater for lovers of | rperial Mass No. 3; graduale, Fantasle the hot weather driving people out of town | cellent Parry company. Jacobowsky and |on Schubert's Serenade, Fess!, Slgnor An- of an evening, and after they enjoyed the] Paulton’s ever popular “Erminie” will be | drea Coda; Veni Creator, solo for tenor and = SS BUGLE CALLS ON SHIPS. AMUSEMENTS. How the Sailors of the Navy Are Ss = eee Masteally Called to Duty. Matinces Saturday Only. From the New York Times. On board a man-of-war the bugle and the boatswain’s pipe are employed to avoid the nolse and confusion of shouted orders. The boatswain’s pipe is used chiefly for - commands bearing on seamanship work. Its ESME A sounds are absolutely incomprehensible to a landsman, but every sailor understands them quite as well as he would understand words. Of course, even with the pipe the skouting of orders cannot be altogether abolished. For example, if the captain de- sires to use his gig, he sends word to the TV officer of the deck, who in ‘urn calls the { bcatswain’s mate on watch and says: “Call away the gig.” ‘The boatswain’s mate blows a long, shrill Last time tonight of XT W Revival, by special request, of last seas Greatest Laughing Suc COLUMBIA JUNIORS Good Work With the Sweeps by the Boys. a FIRST EXPERIENCE WITH THE SHELLS The Crew to Enter in the Middle States. SOME CHARACTERISTICS The regatta of the Columbia Athletic Club Saturday demonstrated that the club has a junior crew of which it may well be Proud. Notwithstanding the fact that six members of the crew had never, until this | spring, had any experience in shell rowing, the crew made an excellent showing both in form and speed, easily distancing a crew Picked from some of the most experienced | of Columbia's oarsmen. The boys, who are mostly from the Central High School, have been working conscizntiously all season, giving up other pleasures for the sake of their rowing. Consequently they feel much pleased over the creditable showing made. Nevertheless, they realize that they have much hard work ahead of them before they are fitted to enter such events as the Peo- ple’s or the Middle States regatta. The lat- ter they hope to enter this year. What this crew needs is experience in actual racing. This lack will be supplied by the club regattas, where crews of abil- ity are pitted against each other in friendly rivalry. All of tha excitement and hard rowing of an open event enters !n‘o the contest. Realizing the importance it is the intention to give All who saw the last rac feel admiration for the juniors, who hav made such rapid progress, and the comii re i to add to the number of ayer, Hunter, d, 6; Blac ; Hecox, Owing to the fact that business interests call Blac A CURIOUS CAND! Novel and Dangerous Use of a Barrel of Gunpowder. 11 students, when ca triticige relitions of events, e eem in thems. to hi those t the lives of eparated by a n the said events ilarity between career stri 5 mt to regard the retctype ind the ferrenc jometimes thi t view to take, but it 1s com- to inst village eigat miles north- here lived In the mid- a shopkeeper named s a general a a y all the wants of his neigh- > this man’s shop and adj was a long chamber, open to the roof, in which he kept such stores as he had not reom for in his somewhat 1 shop. Among other things this room : at the ser “town” as inter ed in oft down tick, and, being prob- enware, it was broken. Work nigat was nearly and it @ worth while to another, 2 women took still by it was a very short dusty. a one ing out wome not shop. natural &ize for the candlestick having suffered. We may ve what was the shopkeep when he heard what was th found, for ne was’ standing hed cup powder,” and Id get to the ndle calmly out w i. His words afterward, when er Was over, were, I have been of a kind not uncommonly heard on d of keels and coal barges on our but as are discouraged eise- 11 told me of this very s it occurred. The date I am una' but am sure that it was before the year ISS4. In the year 1861 “The Depositions from the Castle of York * * * in the Seventeenth Century’? were published by 23 Soc y. In note in this work -ditor, the late Canon Raine, the assage occurs. The parallelism two narratives as to the way was removed from danger 18 ing: had a very narrow escape An apprentice, going up with ndle into a loft which contained many of gunpowder and much combus' ble material, thoughtlessly stuck the can- @ie into a barrel, of which the head had been knocked off, to serve for a candle- stick. He saw the danger and fied. A la- r ran into the loft, and, joining both his hands together, drew the candle softly up between his middlemost fingers, so that if any snuff had dropped it must have fallen into the hollow of the man’s hand.” ———- —se+ DENVER’S NOVEL RAILROAD. It is but One Mile Long and Has Just of club regattas | Which occa another July 9. | could not but| | pon to | on the | | tairs, | | to him. so that} ‘py be some changes in the crew. Underwood's | superior strength and coolheadedness has been shown on many occasions on the grid- iron. After he enters the eight, it will row Bogan, 1; Underwood, 2; Schayer, 3; Blandy, | 4; Hunter, 5; Norwood, 6; Howler, 7; Hecox, & Weight and Height. Bogan is 5 feet 7 inches, with a weight of 140; Underwood, with his 5 feet 10 inches, tips the scale at 160. Fowler is 5 feet 9 inches, and weighs 140; Schayer, with his 140 pounds, measures 5 feet 10 inches; Blandy is a sturdy fellow, 5 feet 11 inches, with a weight of 155. Hunter, who meas- ures 5 feet 9 inches, weighs 158; Norwood, the tallest member of the crew, can boast of a height of 6 feet 2 inches, with a weight of 165, while Hecox, with his 5feet 8 inches, weighs 150. Some Faults Observed. Bogan is pulling a good, hard stroke, but his catch is not as snappy as It should be. Underwood, although a recent addition to the crew, has been rowing off and on all season. He pulls a powerful stroke, his only fault being a tendency to hang on the recover. Schayer is the youngest man in the crew, but he is not behind the others in the excellence of his work. He is having trouble with his side, but as soon as he masters it his rowing will be much improved. Hunter is a pow2rful man, something on the order of Under- wood. He has a tendency to catch too scon, but he may be depended on to pull out every stroke, and his work is gener- | ally good. ndy is a strong and valuable man. He has just taken up rowing, his experience in shell rowing b2ing limited to six weeks, but | he is rowing in good form and pulls a streng oar. His record as a swimmer is ample proof of his staying qualities. Fowler is one of the few experienced | carsmen in the boat. He is rowing in fine form. Big Nerwood does strong, decisiv2 work, that is very valuable to the crew, and it is thought he may row for Cornell next year. There is no man fn the boat who has more securely won the esteem of his associatas. | _Sypher is a substitute. He has taken up rowing with a will. He does not take to the work in the eight as thoroughly as he does to single sculling. He recently put his new shell overboard for the first time, on jon 1t was difficult to tell which wus master of the situation—Sypher or the shell. Ruff, who has been away for some time, again appeared at th2 boat house, with | the Intention of taking up rowing agaih. | He a well-known sprinter in the Central High School. He is strong, capable of mak- ing a good oarsman, with a height of six feet and a weight of 160. His determina- tion to succeed as an oarsman, added to his ability, will mak? some of the regular men there must | in the boat work hard to keep their seats. perintendent of motive power and conduc- tor, carefully collects the transfers and sits down to chat with some neighbor in Cherrylyn. He has nothing to worry about after attending to the financial part, for the motive power will expend itself in just fifteen minutes and then stop. There 18 no problem to solve of two cars going in op- posite directions passing each other on the ame track, and there is no need to stop to let off passengers, for even a woman could stgp off backward without landing on | her head. But coming back is the sport. The mo- tive power is considerately stabled on the rear platform and barred in, the brake is osened and off goes the car down the slide” at a good rate of speed, passen- gers in high glee, the motive power silent and dignified in the rear, like a coachman in uniform, while the president, board of directors, ete., holds on to the brake so as not to permit the car to obtain too great a Speed. The slide takes five minutes, and the passengers disembark to take a last look and laugh at the dinky little car and the four-legged motor. e+ N IN MEXICO, A TITL! Indians of a Ruined City Refuse 50,000 for a Masterpiece. From the Mexican Hersld, Here is a story about a picture which hangs In the ruined Church of Tzinzuntzan, Mexico, and which, it is asserted, is a gen- uine Titian, which, though the average traveler knows nothing about, has been visited by artists from all parts of the globe, who have made the journey to Mex- ico solely for the purpose of seeing this canvas. And they have all declared that the picture was well worth the trip. ‘The famous picture hangs in one of the old ruined churches. The padre himself will point out the way and stay with you while you are there. The entrance to the “uditorium of the church is through a long, dark corridor, that leads up to a great door, barred and chained and padlocked— that seemed to carry you back to the old udal days and make one think that the doors of some old castle were being opened door opens into an inner room as Niet uteec, | dark as night, the padre unfastens a grat- ed window, and a flood of golden sunlight comes from over the western hills beyond the lake and falls full upon the picture. | Such coloring, such composition, such feel- ing as could only come from the hand of a master. Tradition says it was painted by Titian and presented to Philip of Spain. Eminent men, authors and painters agree with this version. An effort has been made to buy the painting, and $50,000 was offer- ed by the bishop of Mexico, but the faith- ful. devoted Indians refused. The picture is an entombment, sixteen feet long by seven feet high. Surrounding the dead Christ, wrapped in a winding sheet, stands the Virgin, Magdalen, St. John and nine other figures, all life size. The picture's state of preservation is mar- velous. More than 300 years have lapsed since the great master touched it, and yet one is deiuded into the belief that it was painted but yesterday, so fresh, pure and rich is its color. Tzinzuntzan Is easily reached by the Mex- iican National railroad. It is at the end of Morelia branch of this road, which branches off the main line at Acambaro. Five hours from Acambaro the Indian town of Patzcuaro, on the lake of the same name, the end of the branch, is reached. Tzinzuntzan 1s almost directly across the lake from Patzcuaro. It can be reached by a horseback ride of two hours and a half, around the lake, or more easily by taking one of the Indian canoes and being pad- died across. soe car rid> they naturally sought amusement at the amphitheater, where they heard a good performance of “Fra Diavolo” by the arry Opera Company. This organization has become very popular, and its popular- ity is increasing with each additional week of Its engagemant. Mr. Parry has had long experience in the management of opera companies, and his resources and ability are shown with each production. Next week the evar-popular “Erminie” will be given with & competent cast and appropriate Stage settings. Frank Deshon has one critie cz whom he is really afraid. He has not much cause for terror at his treatment at the hands of tne newspaper people or public, for all have recoguized his merit and he has be- come an establisned Washington favorite. But even while he is enjoying the applause whicn greets some especially clever bit of comedy or intensely dramatic acene, such as nis death in “Fra Diavolo,” some close observers may have noticed him glancing apprehensively toward the wings as if seexing Ue approval of some one behind the scenes. And it is not the stage manager Whom Deshon fears, not even Manager Parry himself, but there is one who watches his work nightly from the first entrance, and whose verdict Deshon fears more than all the critics combined, and that august judge is none other than his wife. She has been his faithful monitor during the best part of his professional career, and he relies on her judgement implicitly. “Why, she knows more about the busi- ness tnan 1 do,’’ said Deshon the other day, “and I believe she could stage any of these standard operas as well as the best stage manager. Some of these parts 1 have not played in years, but when I forget some bit of business she jogs my inemory, or suggests some improvement on the old ‘gags.’ She is constantly getting up new verses for my topical songs, while 1 don’t know how I'd arrange my costumes without her. Best of all she is my truest critic, althqugh not always the gentlest. Sometimes when I am not quite up to the mark, for it {s awfully hard to be real lunny when you are not feeling well, I say to her when I come off the stage: ‘Well, sis, how’s the old man doing tonight?” and it rather jars me to have her answer, “Worst 1 ever saw—why you played that part better ten years ago—must be getting old, arent you?’ “Still, like bitter medicine which is the only cure for sickness, such criticism is vaiuable when it comes from a friendly source. The doctor only doses you for your own good, and so the old girl gives it to me hot occasionally when I need it. It serves to Keep me from becoming careless and makes me work to maintain my record, for my wite knows tiat and I'm sure to catch it if Iam not up to concert pitch. On the other hand, when I do a really good piece of work, no one is quicker to recognize it than she, and a word of praise from her is worth all the rest, for she knows just what she 1s talking about.” William Ingersoll played a mean trick on the audience at the Columbia Monday night. It was one of those “Turkish bath” evenings, just before the storm which cool- ed the weather off a little, and no company less popular than the Columbia stock could have arawn an audience to the theater on such a hot night. However, there was a large house, and the perspiring spectators torgot their physical discomfort in the men- tal enjoyment of the excellent production of that delightful play, “Esmeralda.” That is, until tne third act, when Mr. Ingersoll and Maud Haslam, as Estabrook and Nora Desmond, have their amusing little love scene. As will be remembered by all who have seen the play—and those who have not should embrace the last opportunity tonight—the action takes place during a bail at the Rogers house in Paris. During tne process of getting rid of her obtuse brother, Miss Haslam dispatched Ingersoll tor some tces. He returned with a couple of cool-looking dishes that fairly made the mouths of the spectators water. Then, to cap the climax, Mr. Ingersoll, after tasting nis ice, smacked his lips and remarked in au aggravating aside: “It's the real thing, two.” svery one present envied him, but they were so interested in the play that they dared not leave. There was a boom in ice cream after the performance, however. Eleanore Browning, the pleasing young woman who so completely realizes the role of Esmeralda at the Columbia and wins Tavorapie comparison even with the orig- mator of the role, Annie Russell, has a pe- cullar method of entering into the spirit of the parts she plays, which perhapsaccounts for their realism. She is always one of ue first to arrive at the theater, and is aii dressed and made up for her part before the rest of the players are fairly started. But usually before the curtain rises the stage manager has to hunt for her, and oc- casionally he finds her up in the fly gallery over Ine stage or some equally out-of-the- way place. This week he discovered that though calls for “Miss Browning’ elicited no response, the name of “Esmeralda” al- Ways brought the little actress out of her hiding place. Miss Browning explained herseif by saying: “When I play a part I try to enter into the spirit of the character, and live rather than act It. For that purpose I first dress the part and then go off by myself some- wnere and try to imagine that I am the very person. I do not study ‘lines at such thnes: they are all firmly implanted in my memory and wili come when I want them, but wnat I try to realize is just how the character I am impersonating would have fele under the circumstances. This was very difficult in such a part as I played in “Yhe Mighty Dollar,’ for Blanche Moss- thorne was such a vague, inconsistent and unconvincing sort of person that I felt fool- isn in trying to make her real flesh and biood. The French adventuress in ‘Won at Lust’ was rather foreign to my experience, but as I repeated the part I began to ap- preciate the possibilities of such a charac- ter. But Esmeralda is such a gentle, genu- uo character that the minute I don her sunbonnet and calico gown I begin to feel like her. Before the curtain rises, if I am not interrupted, I am in love with Dave, atraid of Mother and fond of poor old Dad; and the rest of the play is almost reality to me. It is trying on the nerves, but it is necessary for my work.” COLUMBIA THEATER.—"Jimmy” Bar- rows of the Columbia stock company does not intend that Washing+on shall forget that he can be recklessly, uproariously fun- ny a8 Well as pathetic and even powerful at times. To this end he will next week make a hghtutng change from the quaintly com- fc, but really pathetic, role of old man Rogers, with which he has made such a hit in “Esmeralda” this week, to his rol- Ncking creation of that gay old hypocrite, Tobias Pilkinton, in “Innocent as a Lamb.” This was the play in which Roland Reed won success on the road, and it also Proved last summer's laughing record- breaker at the Columbia. Mr. Pilkinton, it will be temembered, is an outwardly proper and eminently respectable old New Yerk business man, who is nevertheless fond of attending a private poker soiree occasionally. In this mood he starts on an imaginary trip to Boston, even taking the precaution of writing a letter to his wife, telling of his safe arrival, which he intends shall be mailed to her by a friend at the Hub. But he runs afoul of « bel- ligerent German by the name of Hammer- schlager, who not only blacks his eye, but takes his coat, and subsequently figures in the bill for next week, to be inaugurated at a special Fourth of July matinee at 3 o'clock Monday afternoon. There will be the usual evening performance at 8 o'clock, while as a special morning attraction the Tanagement has arranged for a balloon ascension and parachute drop by a cele- brated aeronaut. For the forthcoming production of “Erminie’ the managemen is sparing no expense, having engaged ex- tra people to strengthen the already large company, and provided appropriate cos- tumes and special scenery. Richard Car- roll ‘has been especially engaged for the role of “Ravvy,” while Frank Deshon 1s credited with playing a “Caddy” that is fully as funny as Francis Wilson's and al- most as famous, he having played the part all over the country outside of New York and a few big cities. Viola D'Ar- mon‘s voice will do full credit to the role of Erminie, while Allene Crater will re- turn to the cast as Javotte. Chas. Haw- ley as the Marquis, Harry Carter as the Chevalier, Jay Tayfor as Eugene, Blanche Leslie as the Princess and Selina Rough ‘as Cerise will complete a cast that prom- izes to eclipse the already notable record of the Parry company in light opera pro- auctions. “The usual Sunday afternoon and evening concerts will provide excellent Programs, including some appropriate pa- triotie selections. THE UNION ROOF GARDEN.—Wash- ington is to have a novelty in the way of summer entertainment, as the Union Roof Garden is to be op2ned next Monday even- ing in true Gotham style. The spacious rcof of the new union station of the Capi- tal Traction Company in Georgetown has been transformed by flowers and plants into an attractive spot to spend these warm nights. The vizw of the Potomac for sev- eral miles is only one of the many features. A refined vaudeville performance will tak place every evening, with music furnish2d- by Wagner's orchestra. Among the attrac- ticns for the first week are included such well-known celebrities as the World’s Trio, Gladys Van, Louly Haskell, Mitchell sisters, Florence Moore and the Fremonts. Mr. N. F. Thomas, the manager of the enterprise, promises nothing but high-class and refined selections. Refreshm2nts will be served at reasonable rates, and the cool breezes that blow across the river from Arlington are delicious. — WHOLESALE PRODUCE MARKET. Egaes Lower and Scarce—Visible Effect of the Drought. While it appears that butter is some- what weaker, today’s quotations in the local wholesale produce market show that it remains unchanged in price, and that eggs are but a trifle lower. There is some accumulation of Butter, but good eggs are scarce. The supply of poultry is on the increase, and butcher cattle is in some- what better demand. New potatoes are more plentiful and slightly lower. The long-continued drought is visibly affecting other vegetables, and the matter is be- coming serious. Butter—Creamery, Elgin, extras, 180. a pound; choice, 17%; firsts, 17; seconds, 16; bakers’ stovk, 13 20 15; other grades, 13 to 16. Cheese—New York state, full cream, large, 9%c.; flats, 10c. a pound; ponys, 1 Eggs—Nearby, fresh, 13c. a dozen; w ern, 13; southern, 18. Poultry—Chickens: Spring, large, live, per Ib., 16 to 17; medium, live, per Ib., 15 to 16; small, 18 to 14. Old fowls: Live, per Ib. ¥ec.; roosters, live, per Ib., 5. Ducks: Live, large, per Ib., old, 8c. Geese: Live, per Ib., 7a. Vegetables—Asparagus, extra, doz. bun., $1 to $1.5 paragus, prime, doz. bun. cucumbers, per box, $1 to $1. , per bbl., $2 to $3.50; celery, fancy, per doz., 40c. to We.; celery, medium, per doz., 15e to 2e.; celery, common, per doz., 10c. to 15e,; squash, per box, Spinach, per bbl., 50c. to $1; beans, per box, 75e. to $1; lettuce, per bbl. 40c potato fancy, new, per bbl potato choice, per bbl., $1.75 to $2; tomatoes, per crate, Fla., Tse! to $1.50; egg plant, per % bbl. ‘box, $1.25 to $1.50; beets, per 100 ; cabbage, new, per bbl. to $2.10; bunches, $2 to $3 T5e.; onions, Bermuda, per crate, onions, yellow, per bbl., $2 to $2.25; onions, Wc. to S0c.; beans, white, $1.40 to $1.50; beans, N.Y. ns, marrow, $1.70 to $ beans, Virginia, white, 90c. to $1; beans, white, mixed, 80c.; beans, colored, 60c.; black- s, per bu., 9c. to $1; lima Se. to de. Dried fruits—Evaporated apples, choice, 9 to 10 cents; « poles sliced, fancy, 3 cents sliced, bright, 3 cents; quarters, bright, 2 to 3 cents; peaches, choice, 6 to 7 cents; fair to good, 5 to 6 cents; halves, unpeeled, 2 to 3 cents; quarters, unpeeled, 2 to 3 cents; evaporated, § to 10 cents; evaporat- ed, unpeeled, 6 to 7 cents; cherries, pitted, dry, crop 8 cents; sugared and wet, 6 to 7 cents; blackberries, per Ib., 344 cents; whortleberries, per lb., 6 cents; raspberries, dry, 10 to 11 cents. Green fruits and nuts—Apples, new, per box, 75 cent: $1; peaches, fancy, per car- rier, $2 to $2.50; medium, per carrier, $1 to $1.50; seedling, per box, $2.25 to $3; cher- ries, per qt., 2 to 5 cents; whortleberries, per qt., 7 to 10 cents; blackberries, per qt., 4 to 5 cents; pineapples, 8 to 12 cents. Live stock—Cattle, extra, per cwt., $4 to $5; butcher, per cwt., $3.50 to $4; common, per cwt., $2.50 to $3; rough, per ewt., $1.50 fair, per cwt., gross, $3. per cwt., net, $3.25 to $3.3: : -, $3 to $8.50; lambs, spring, choice, ewt., $6 to $6.50; medium, $5.50 to $6; common, $4 to $4.50; calves, prime, per ewt., $5 to $5.50; common, per ewt., $4 to er cwt., $3 to $3.50; cows, prime, each, 35; common, each, $16 to $15; old and dry, $6 to $8. eee An old gentleman, speaking to a young lady and commenting upon her freshness and good looks, remarked: “Ah, my dear, may you long retain them. Yours is a happy period of life. You know nothing yet of the jealousies, the heart-burnings, the contentions, the rivalries that beset the pathway of existence.”" “Don't I, though?” she interrupted. “I want you to understand that I belong to a church choir.’’—Tit-Bits. The Phoenix was the name of the first fire company in Englund, and it was estab- quartet, Cirillo; Credo’ in Unum Deum, Haydn "No. 3; at the offertory, Tu es Pe- trus, solos for soprano and bass and cho- tus, Lavallee; Sanctus et Benedictus, Ag- nus Del ef Dona Nobis, Haydn No. cessional, Unfold, Ye Portals, from’ Re- demption, Gounod. At 7 o'clock vespers will be sung, when the following program will be rendered: Psalms and Magnificat, Marzo No. 1; Tu es Petrus, Layallee; Sai- .¥e Regina, soprano solo, Dana: O Salutaris, quartet, Issisel; Tantum Ergo, Millard: Laudate Dominum, Giorza. The following singers comprise the choir: Soprani—Misses Hattie Ritchie, Anna Bap- tista, Margaret Coleman, Mary McMahon Marguerite McMahon, Ella McCaffrey and Annie Sullivan; altiMisses Regina Bap- tista and Nannle Callan; _tenori—Messrs. Chas. W. Sweet, Alfred J. Smith and L. F. Randolph, jr.; bassi—Messrs. Ed. B. Fox, I. 8. Johnson, Bernard Atchison, W. E. Abbott, Herbert Abbott and Arendes: or- gauist, Miss Nannie Kearon; director, Mr. uclus F. Randolph, jr. One of the organists of the Central Unior Mission, who always attracts the attention of these who attend the various meetings of that institution, is Miss Mary Mc- Michael, eleven years of age. “A short time ago the only piece she could play, it 1s said, was “Jesus, Lover of My Soul,” and that by ear. Now she plays the most dif- ficult pieces at sight. She is not large for her age, and as she is almost completely hid from view by the organ, the audience is oftentimes led to wender what kind of an automatic instru- ment it is they are listening to. Preparations are neerly completed for tho performance at the Grand Opera House on Tuesday evening, July 12, by the Co- lumbia Opera ard ‘Dramatic Club. The club will present the operetta, “A New Year’s Recaption,” and a one-act farce comedy, “A Mouse Trap.” Mr, Ed. Muth will take the part of Mr. Briefbag in the “Mouse Trap.” The theater will be dec- orated with flags and bunting, and pa- triotism will inspire both audience and players to mike the benefit a great success, The club will prcduce the operetta at Sul- diers’ Hom2 Theater next Tuesday even- ing. — A COMET NOW DUE. lished in 1682. At that time, in the towns, squirts or syringes were used for extin- guishing fire, and. their length did not ex- ceed two or three feet, with pipes of leath- er. Water-tight seamless hose was first made in BethnalsGreen in 1720. Clestial Visitor May Drop in Upon : Us at Any Minute. From the Philadelphia Record, Encke’s comet is on the astronomical pro- &ram for this month—that !s, according to calculation, 1t will this month make its “perihelion passage” round the sun—and for some weeks observers hava been on the watch for it. Under ordinary circumstances we might expect to receive the first report of its “sighting” from the Lick observa- tcry, as has latterly been the case with the greater number of the periodic comets, whose positions when in their approach to the sun they become near enough to be seen can be determined with a fair degrce of accuracy. Owing, however, to its south- ern position, Encke’s comet this year is not so favorably placed as it was at its last return, in 1894, and very likely the first sight of it will be obtained in the southern hemisphere, and not until it has alreaay passed its perihelion, The comet which bears the name of Encke is the longest known of the periodic comets, and has the shortest period of them all, and ft is for other reasons also an ob- st. Its first recorded It was then discovered at the Paris ob: vatory, in the constellation Aq few years later it was rediscov time in Pegassus, by M Carcline Hers- chel, and it was for a third time up by astronomers in 1818. On this last occasion it, or its “element: fell into the master hands of Enc! who, after baving vainly attempted to compute for it a para- bolic course, finally determined by a then newly invented method of caiculation that its orbit was an ellipse, and, moreover, an ellipse so remarkably small that the comet would complete the circuit of it in about three and a third years. Encke fixed upon the month and the day when it should return in 1822. The comet kept its appointment with the astronomer within a few hours, but, being on that oc- casion unfavorably situated, It was seen only in the southern hemisphere and by but cne observer. Since then it has been reg- ularly on the program of astronomers, and has been seen at every return. The frequent visits of Encke’s comet have permitted of it being observed and studied more thoroughly than any other of this mysterious class of celestial bodies. It is a curious fact, probably due to the unstable character of the forces which hold its parts together—and in a measure also to the cir- cumstance that it is sometimes more fa- forably situated for observing than at other times—that it never presents twice the same appearance on its successive returns. Usually it is a tailless, telescopic affair— mere bunch of celestial thistle-down, with a star-like spot in the center—but occa- sionally it throws out a short tail and be- comes visible to the naked eye. But more perplexing to astronomers than its Protean shape is the fact that its period is shortening. It seems to set at defiance the usual rules of motion that hold among the celestial bodies, and without any as- signable cause it has a habit of arriving at perihelion a couple of hours before the time set for its arrival there by the mathemati- cal astronomers. Its orbit is slowly but surely growing smaller. In fact, it is fall- ing into the sun, and none of the astrono- mers can say why. It has been suggested, however, as a pos- sible explanation of this behavior of the comet that it is retarded in its movement by some resisting medium too subtle to affect appreciably the movements of the massive planets, yet sufficiently dense to produce the effect observed in the case of a body so ethereal as a comet. In default of ny other known medium the mysterious ther” which physicists now hold to per- vade all space—the medium whose vibration gives rise to the phenomena of light and electricity,and, possibly, of gravitation—has been charged with this interference with the comet’s movement. Another theory which of late has met with more favor is that the retarding medium consists of the ccuntless millions of minute mtteors which are known to lie within the limits of the solar system and are thought to be espe- cially numerous in the neighborhood of the sun. But a serious obstacle in the way of both of these theories is that none of the other short-period comets is affected in the same way. This exceptional conduct of Encke’s. comet is a puzzle which astrono- mers have yet to solve. A SEA BATH AT HOME. From: Filegende Blsitter. blast on his pipe, and shout This process is changed when the bugle the officer of the deck com- mands the bugler to call away the gig, and that functionary plays the beatswain’s pipe is used when all hands moor or unmoer ship, and when the work is completed the boatswain “pipes down,” which means that he blows a pipe which permits those not actually It 1s a dismissal of all hands from the work for which they were summoned. When, however, all hands are called to their stations for a duty connected with the fighting business of the veseel, the bugle is employed. For instance, at every mcrning all hands are called to quar- ters and inspected at their stations. After this the usual morning drill begins. For this purpose the bugier soun is used. Th are called to work to go below. call,” or another known to officers as “Put At 9:30 he blows “Quarters for inspection,” which, it will be seen at a glarce, fs the call known to soldiers as the on swords.” quarters" is used when the men are sum- mcned to man guns, open magazines, and make all the other preparations for a fight. The call marked “Dismiss” is heard when the crew is dismissed from any duty It corresponds down,” but is seldom used after a seaman- of this kind. The “battalion drill” call’s purpose is ex- “Bilence” is the same “Attention,” plained by its name. as the military used for the same purpose at drilis on board ship. The “‘trumpeters’ call” is used s has already been explained, and in gen- | as a warning five minutes before any important routine call of a general nature. “Clean bright work” is heard after break- fast, when all hands are set to work poi- ishing up the vessel’s brass gear. call signifies that the time for this labor is heard in the morning at the hour when the ship's sur- geon is ready to receive sick men, “Muster boats’ cre summoning the crews of all boats, from the big sailing launch down to “Man and arm boats” when boats are to leave the ship for fight- “Hook on boats’ is a bugle call heard when all the boats in the water ere to be hoisted, as when a vessel is pre- Paring to go to sea. mons the men to man the tackles called by which the boats are hoisted. The hooking-on process consists in getting the boats ander their davits and hooking the heavy hook blocks of the falls into the eye-bolts in the boats. ready for hoisting, and “‘boats’ falls” nat- urally follows. be hoisted the boatswain’s pipe is used. “Boats’ calls” are used when the crews of particular boats are to be summoned. For instance, if the first cutter is to be sent away, the bugler blows the cutter call and at the end of it blows a single detached G. If the second cutter is wanted he blows If the first, second and third cut- ters are required, he blows first one, then "s. The same plan is foi- e other calls. has expired. “Sick call” ” is a general call the second ing business. “Boats’ falls” The t oats are then When a singl two, then three G’ lowed with all th the call for any boat,is heard its crew goes to it immediately ahd mans it if it is in the water or lowers it if it is at the davits. As soon as To Speak Spanish. The following rules will help in learning how to speak Spanish: Rule 1, Every letter is sounded and is al- ways pronounced the same. Rule 2. The accent is alwa nuit, unless otherwise signified. The alphabet, as follows: A-Like a in ark. B—As in English, ‘Like English k, except before e and 1, the sound of s (and in pure $ on the pe- when it ha Ch—Like ch in chess. spirated h, before a, 0, U or 2 consonant like English g, be- fore ue and ul the same sound, but u is e and j like I—Like i :m ill. J—Like guttural h. gl in seraglio. Z—Like th in thank. Se eS In Servia there still survives a wonderful 2 tribe, num- Lering sometime He keeps all the y cides the minute As a family grows the of family life. ihe whole length or a st AMUSEMENTS. GLEN ECHO. Free Admission ‘to the Grounds. TONIGHT LAST PERFORMANCE OF FRA DIAVOLO By THE PARRY OPERA CO. Sunday Concerts Tomorrow CONCERTS will Selections by arlotte Gillman, Daisy Isabell ALLEN & TOW AFTERNOON AT E Hiwley, Jay C. . Thomas Daly, no Orchestra and th 4th of July, Extraordinary Attractions. Bailoon Ascension and Parachute Jump, harp. MONDAY, JULY 4, by ‘This is Prof. Stevens’ last previous to his perilous ascent in Santiago harbor to test the value of balloons in war. S WEEK BBRGINNING*MONDAY, JULY 4, The Parry Opera Co. In an Elaborate Production of the Casino Success, ERMINIE. ment with Francis Wilson, MATINEE MON 4, AT 3 O'CLOC €©AFE OPEN DAY AND EVE! MERRY-GO-ROUND, CUBAN WAR NOTE—OPERA PRICES ALWAYS 10 AND 25 CENTS. NO HIGHER. At 12 o'clock m. Prof. LEO. STEVE: engagement_in A: 8] SPECIAL ERMINI SERVICE A LA CARTE. MUSEMENT VILLAGE, PANORAMA. AS A LAMB. By Walter S. Craven and Glen McDonough, “A ROARING FARCE. PRICES—25, 50 and 75 cents, at LAWN PARTY COLLEGE GROUNDS, To aid in Re pairing: ST. ALOYSIUS CHURCH, Y TO JULY ®. JUNE 2 ADMISSION, lve. SEASON TICKETS, 25e. je27- Z BATTLE of GETTYSBURG 15th St. and Ohio Ave., NOW OPEN. AT GO! Je25 tt EXCURSIONS, ETC. THE GLORIOUS 4TH At Marshall Hall. Steamer ‘Charles Macalester”—Capt. L, In Blake—icaves 7th st. wharf at 10 a.m., 2:30 and 6:15 p.m. (Sandays, 11 a.m, and 2:30 p.m). Fi round trip, 25c. = TF Good music. All emusements. Cafe of steamer. For Mount Vernon Tomb of Washington, *Macalentes Surday, from daily, exe 7th st. wharf at 10 a.m. and 2: trip, 0c, Admission to grounds ty FOURTH OF JULY EXOURSION RY THE Waugh M. EB. Church to Great Falls on the Poto- mac. Barge will leave the Georgetown end of Aqueduct bridge at 9 2m. Beturning, will leave Great Fallg at 6 p.m. Tickets, adults, 50c. Sy1-2te Colonial Beach. Somerset Beach. Special 4th July Trips Steamer Jane Moseley. LEAVES N STREET WHARF: SATURDAY, July 2, 6:30 p.m, SUNDAY Juty 3, 9:00 a.m. MONDAY, July 4, 9:00 a.m. RETURNING about 9:80 p.m. Good Music. Splendid Meals, FARE, 50 CENTS. For state rooms and tickets apply to GUZMAN, in E. F, Droop's Music Store, #25 Pa. ave. nw. ADAM F. WURACH, Manager. jy1-2t,30 July 4=--Ponday---July 4, Independence Day At River View. Go Shoot the Chute. Have a Good Time. More an nents than all other Dited. Dan < all day and evening. The rs Sam'l J. Pertz and E dall will meke four trips from the Riv wherf at 10 m., 2 4 and 6:30 p.m. Stop Jexondria at 10:20 a.m., 2:40 and 7 p.m, TIC) CHILOREN . ., .1Be, j v- RA NDALL, Proprie ir. Z, ” **Ericsson LineExcursions ATTRACTIVE WAT To Philadel) Sunday) at To 7 To Philadeipht: a May (from Philadelphia and return (t To Asbury P: return, s: To New York (from Pb To New York and return ui ects, at p.m. Write for de: scriptive pamphlet and fishing grounds at Better- ton. Tickets for sele at OFFICE ONLY. Also tick. ets to Albany, Troy, Sarate Fall w Hw Portlan ana points north. s adelphia ia Washington at B. & O. Ticket Offices, Pevnsylvania avenue, and B. & 0. depot. CLARE! SHRIVER, Ageut, 204 Light et.. Bale timore, M Je80-22tt ALL FOR TWO DOLLARS JULY 3... JULY 4. I will sell round-trip . incinding snpper, lodg- at HOTEL BELLEVIEW, . foot of Tth st 8. Returning, hk The steamer H tiekets to CHAPE at we Chapel ly 4, at 12 m., arriving om jezo-at nt MONDAY, Wi shington abot FOR A D AY'S OUTING GO TO RIVER VIEW. Steamer Sam'l J. Pentz DAILY at 10 and 6:30 p.m. Sunde and 6:15 p.m sat 11 am, CONDUCTED TRIPS »AY and SATURDAY. Dancing Gay and evening except Sunday. Sunday concert by River View Orchestra, Chris, Arth, jr., leader. Tickets =-2he. Children... Ie, Family Day Every Saturday. Tickets, 10c. to all on 10 a.m. and 2:15 p.m, trips. E. 8. RANDALL, Proprietor. A few choice days still open for charter, Bott 36 Hours’ Outing for $2.00 CHEAPEST TRIP OF THE SEASON. Includes transportation op steamer HARRY, RANDALL. and supper. lodging and breakfast at HOTEL BELLEVIEW, CHAPEL POINT, MD. ‘Take steamer on Sundays, Tuesdays or Thurs: eye at 7 a.m. Returning on alternate days. igtt E. 8. RANDALL, Prop. of Steamer. FOR A DAY'S OUTING Take the New U. 8. Mall Steamer, ESTELLE RANDALL, Daily except Sunday to GLYMONT and return, Leaving River View wharf, foot 7th st., at 9:80) am. terning about 8 p.m. ‘Tickets, rcund trip, good day of sesue, 2he. Children, reund trip, good day of issue, 16c. F. 8. RANDALL.. Proprietor. je2-tt For Arlington, Fort Fiyer and Falls Church--Take ‘Scorchers’ the F st. or Penn. ave. cars — andi the electric cars at Aqueduct bridge. the roads ieating gut fo Schiseee vimgalacent = pte iy mere A — o_o ne meeae eA Garden, Bi wood, D.C., the inthe Distt Or fee'oan,saks ie wenie | [WTOFFolk & \\7ashington, ars at 7th and Boundary, which pass the gar- Hi dens. Coolest, breeziest spot in the District. A first-class resort in every Refresh- gar aay py geet aeaee, Se.» | Steamboat Co. — Every One Offcial. lwo instances are recorded In which bees s ave been used as weapons of defense in From the Boston Herald. war. When the Roman general, Lucullus, There is a mile of street railroad in the | was warring against Mithridates, and sent suburbs of Denver which 1s a curtosity in & toxon sketuat oe city = py mse ip the ne ~ ‘sieged threw down on the invaders myri- Us Ney. a08 ts reputed to be © peottable | (oly ewarii aetes cose ee Diece of property principally for that rea-| gan an attack which resulted in the raising son. It is popularly known as “Koehler’s | of the siege. The insects were also once toboggan slide.” The “slide” begins where | used with eauel De in bey giants pee ve ad ter was sieged by Danes an jorwe; ns, bon trolley cars leave off at Orchard pince | Pi. "us ‘gasen datunmur tren tien and extends just one mile up a fairly steep | them the beehives of the town, and. the hill to Cherrylyn. A transfer check 1s | stege was soon raised, a railway wreck. The newspapers, judg- ing from the letters :n che coat, report that Mr. Pilkinton has be2n seriously injured in the wreck, and that “innoceat’ lamb,” on his return home, is obliged to keep up the deception. In the ensuing complica- ticns there figure a couple of sffectionate young couples, the enterprising editor of the Harlem Truth, a doctor of black eyes, a Hibernian valet, a French maid anc a policeman, not to mention Mrs. Pilkinten, who plays.an active part. The manner in which t “lamb” eventuatly proves his light refreshments. Schlosser’s Summer Garden, Brightwood, D.C. dy2-12te given from the trolley. The car itself 1s very smail, old, and in a bad state of re- pair. It might hold a dozen or so. The motive power is variously a patient horse or a meeck-appearing mule, whose steps Koing up are of the slow and solid kind. The sole offictal of this road, who 1s pro- prietor, president, board of directors, su- It has been proved that man cannot kill himself by holding his breath. At the worst the result of the physical discomfort 30 produced would be a state of coma. When this state was reached nature would reassert herseif, and the breathing func- tions would again resume full activity, pre- venting @ fatal issue in spite of their own- er’s desire. : % “Sunocence” in spite of incriminating evi- dence 1s most ingenious and amusing. Mrs. Findlay will be the devoted if dragon-like wife; William Ingersoll, the interprising if not ‘always veractous journalist; Edwin Mackay, the faithful Dennis; Alexander Kearney, the specialist in black eyes: J. H. Bass, the bell nt Hammerschlager; John Lancaster, the hustl! lawyer, who’ wins his” sult for ac. Pies UNION ROOF GARDEN OPENS JULY 4, 7:80 P.M. UNION STATION, Sere AND M STS. N.W. REFINED) VAUDEVILLE. MUSIC AND REFRESHMENTS. ‘The World’ Fe Louy Heskell, ‘the