Evening Star Newspaper, September 3, 1898, Page 24

24 THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, Si PTEMBER 3, 1898-24 PAGES. GIVE UP CAMP THOMAS | Rais. Gist to cape aay, “™ * S| SLEEPING AND SWIMMING AMUSEMENTS. American “toner "in Gensge” Mitchell ot | an eluborate, aha ertiene reine en | AMUSEMENTS. Captain Wifliam Joyce Sewell, son of New York city. This young man has | attention being paid to light ani color € OLUMBIA, oe United States Senator Sewell, who is here, just returned from Italy, Where he has been | fects. Cc : TONIGHT AT 6:15, Gov. Black Says the Ground is Infected With Disease, Troops Should Not Be Kept in One Place Long — Well Men Should Thrive Under Treatment. ax Black and party of New York arrived in Washington late yesterday after- Loon from a trip to the mobilization camps at Chickamauga Park, Lexington, Ky., and Hunt Ala. As a result of his investi- gation ¢ Black will suggest to the war authorities that the 9th and 14th New York Regiments, located at Chickamauga, be re- lieved from ce as soon as practicable. The 12th New York, locaied at Lexington. and the 69th New York, located at Hunts- ville, are in excellent condition and there pr need in the opinion of Gov. Black for their leaving the service at this It is likely that Gov. Black will sug- to the department t the 3d New . now at Camp Meade, Pennsylvania, ered out of the service. of the camps we visited ack last evening, in epitomiz- the results of his trip, “were better really than I had expected to find them— that they were better than they had been pictured in the newspaper reports L had read before visiting the camps. Many things, doubtless, could be remedied, but, on the whole, the camps we found to be not in bad condition. Those at Lexington and Huntsville are in excellent shape. How they will remain so depends, I take it, the length of time the troops are kept The camp at Chickamauga Is the worst of the three, If such a comparison may be made. That has been occupied for four months by many thousands of troops, and the very ground has become infected with disease. “My idea {s that the camp ought to be abandoned, or, at least, the regimental camp sites ought to be moved frequently. The whole of North America is ribboned with railroads, and troops can be moved y and quickly from one camp ground other. With the thousands of eligible in this country at the disposal rnment it is not necessary that »s be kept in one place so long that me ill from the effects of polluted long to a camp site: od, pure water in abundant sup- h food as I kpow the men in ited are receivi there is he world why a well man conti 1 health nd act- nished the troops uality. They get pu of vege- ad. In addition, a day. There man should not hat diet. That the food cooked I know, because I t myself A Mixmanaged Hospital. skamauga the regimental hospi- tion,” continued Gov. are well provided for, and eceiving careful attention. hospital the conditions * good. In that there are about two patient 1 do not speak a . i dos the hospital naged or adeq $ or with he majority of the patients are si whe were there or milk—two requi- in s biame if blame i: 1 to fi War for er or this conc to be attached. or be in per- uinute details of opsibte for them. He and if he aces me off. m the country is 1 consid. ate attention. We sterical in our comments or ; yatent facts. Withal, we mu = just to all. This war has taught lesson that it has needed f hat is. with all our imme of wealth and field a g t serious consequences. 2in an army commen- some Gegree with our size. ith ce at our government's disposal id be able to meet any emergen. because we would be prepared for ——<—— has been ordered to Porto Rico. Miss Davis, Miss Noyes and H. W. Green of Washington are late arrivals at the Stcekton. Miss Frances Boss and Miss Anna C. Beck have joined the Washington colony at the Miller Cottage. Mrs. Mehion Seaton is enjoying the late season at the Shoreham, Cape May Point. Lieutenant James H. Scott, who was on the Hudson at the Cardenas fight, is with Mrs. Scott, staying here during Septem- ber. Major Bartlett, disbursing officer of the ‘Treasury Department, is a late arrival, and is a guest of Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Marshall. Edward Duvall, jr., and J. M. Chamber- lain are late arrivals from Washington at the Baltimore Inn. Dr. and Mrs. Deverich are now among District_ guests staying at the Stockton. Mrs. David Ross and children of Wash- ington are a happy family stopping at the Elberon. Miss Katherine McDaniel of Washington is staying at the Brexton Villa. Colonel O. J. Hodge of Cleveland is with Mrs. Hodge, a guest at the Steckton. Col- onel Hodge has had the honor of being president of the Connecticut state senate and the Ohio state senate. He was one of Governor Foraker’s personal staff. He was defeated for Congress by Tom L. Johnson. Miss Myra B. Noyes, daughter of Mr. FEATURES OF CLOSING WEEK. Gay Scenes the Order at Buena Vista Springs. Bpecial Correspondence of The Evening Star. BUENA VISTA SPRING HOTEL, September 3, 1898. A feature of tha closing week here has been the extreme beauty of the moonlight and the scene laid before the eye 1s hts not un a ant sSiags spectacle, though far exceeding it in picturesque beauty. The harvest moon, rising nightly behind the hotel, floods the lawn, flowers and wal with mellow radiance. It is s 1 wonder that the lawn should be dott2d with pretty girls and the rus ed with the older people, all ually impressed with the beauty of the and braced by a cool air laden with oF of mountain flowers, pect of Buena Vista is changing. being merely a large and commodious ted in the wildest point in the it is rapidly becoming a place of for a summer colony. To the right, and left ar> now seen handsome cot- while by them and the others in course of erection are well-kept roads, side- walks and street lamps, to facilitate social ntercourse betw2en the hotel guests and © Washington guests is the new ister, C. Morla Vicuna, who is nding the summer here with his family. he Vicuna children, who hava not as yet been in Washington, consist of several little sp girls and a young son, Carios Moria Vicuna, who is already a gailant and diplomat. Al- though speaking Spanish, German and French fluently, he is as yet a little shy on Eng but he shows his approval of Americ beauty by acts more expressive than words. Though but eleven years of age he is very handsome, and when he meets a girl whom he particularly admires he gracefully bends over and kisses the of her fingers. One day at breakfast hanced to verhear a young girl at a ble about twenty feet away complain that there no lump sugar on her table. He fav? a quick glance around, grabbed a large silver sugar bowl with’ both hands and, running across the dining room, placed it before her and, without waiting for fled as if pursued by the furies. tion to the Chilean minister and among other prominent Washing- here at present are Judge M. F. . Miss H. J. Morris, Miss H. L. Mor- Mrs. E. K. Calvert, Justice H. B. Brown family, Commander F. T. Fietcher, J. E. Willard and family, General Mai nd family, Co'onel and Mrs. J. F. W. Vandevater and family, Mra. McBlair, Miss McBlair, Mrs. E. Ber- d family, Capt. T. Mosher and wifs, Morgan and family, Paul E. Johnson ily, Henry Ives Cobb and family, ; Mrs. J. W. Bulkley, Mr. and Mrs. W. Cochran Hill and Mr. J. H. Hopkins and family. Rogers, JH —_.>__ CAPE MAY. Washingtonians Who Are Enjoying the Season's Last Days. Bvecial Correspondence of The Evening Star. CAPE MAY, N. J., September 1, 1898. The season here has not yet been brought to ac The social activity does not lessen much, as was noticed at the golf club tea yesterday afternoon. Last Satur- day night an interesting entertainment and aux were given by prominent society s for the Red Cross. During the even- lain R. R. Hoes of the Iowa, who had arrived on a leave of absence the even- ing before, gave an account of the battle af Santiago. James P. Keleher ts a prominent guest tom Washington at the Stockton. Dr. Louisa M. Blake and Dr. Levi C. Crosby 8. Noyes, is a guest at the Stock- ton. Rev. W. J. Ernis of Washington ts a guest at the Lafayette. W. S. O'Brien of Washington is a late arrival at the Miller cottage. Mrs. C. W.'Williams and son are among late arrivals from Washington at the Co- lumbia. Benjamin W. Guy and M. W. Bohrer are among guests from Washington, who ar- rived this week. Dr. and Mrs. Evgene Byrnes are late comers to the Brexton. Mrs. Otis Johnson, Mrs. M. E. Reach and Miss G. Reach make up a party of Wash- irgtonians at the Baltimore Inn. Major R. H. Pratt, superintendent of the Indian School et Carlisle, and wife are late arrivals at the Marine Villa. Connell S. Hawkins has joined friends at the Baltimore Irn. Miss Lovise Harrison of Washington is a guest at the Windsor. Mr. and Mrs. B. H. White have joined the Washington colory at Congress Hall. —— ALONG THE CLIFFS. Where the Early Fall Has Many Charms—The Coming Horse Skew. Sprcial Correspondence of The Evening Star. NEWPORT, September 1, 1898. The cottager here knows full well the au- tumnal charms of Newport and that Sep- tember is the month par excellence for driving, dining and dancing, and so he Mn- g2rs in his palatial villa till town engage- ments call him away. The hedges are look- ing as green as in May, and save for the goldenrod which waveS beside them one would scarcely recognize that “the m2lan- choly days have come.” A very pretty affair was the dinner dance given on Thursday by Senator and Mrs. Calvin S. Brice in honor of Miss Lena Mor- ton. Yesterday the evant of the season took place at Jamestown across the bay—a grand parade and “feste." Bicycles and vehicles of all shapes and forms were in line and profusely trimmed with flow2rs, much after the manner of those at Nice's world-famed carnival. Pretty girls as shepherdesses, Japanese girls and other characters filled the gaily trimmed carriag>s. The costume prize was won by Miss Potter, as a Japa- n and the equestrian one by Miss vesant Fish’s barn dance, which e come off on Monday, but was postponed on account of Mr. Tiffany's carried out last night with graat Costu nes and decorations were in harmon th the rustic Idea. The favors were distributed in most original manner. Some, consisting of chickens, birds and rab- hits, were in tiny cages, susp2nded on a golden tree, which was wheeled into the room. Others were brought in in panniers, slung over the backs of Shetland ponies. Cowbells, horseshoes, scythes, farmers hats and milk pails were among the favors. Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt, jr., was attired in simple white. M Clapp as a southern maid of the colonial times wore a white gown besprinkled with large red roses. Mrs Foxhall Keen represented a Swiss mount- ain maid and Miss Carter a Dutch girl, The annual tournament of the Newport Golf Club opened yesterday, and, notwith- standing there were s2veral social fune- tions on hand, a large number of interest- ed spectators were present. Lieutznant Rogers, 8. 2 Ocean House. For one brief day social functions were abandoned at Newport, and flags were at half mast for the young Rough Rider, Will- jam Tiffany. Sympath2tic crowds gathered at street corners, church and cemetery as the cortege passed. Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt has cards out for a dinner dance at tke Breakers, in honor of her daughter, Miss Gwendolyn Vanderbilt. An interesting feature in the approaching horse show be the driving by ladies, there being nine entries in singles and thr2e in pairs for the ladies’ harness class. There are twenty entries for the tandem class, which will make a fine showing, and seventeen entries for the four-in-hand class. Indeed, ths show promises to be the b Newport has ever had. Much Interest is shown, too, in the jaunting cars and pony classes. » is at the =e AT DEER PARK. End of the Season in Sight—Golf Rec- ords—Tea Parties. Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. DEER PARK, Md., September 1, 1898. The first of September marks the begin- ning of the end of the greatest season Deer Park has seen for several years. Deer Park has had a successful summer because so many of the people who have been here before and have made the place what it is in a social way were back again. There are, of course, a number of homes whose owners come each year and who, this season, have entertained to a great extent. Mrs. John Worthington Wil- jiams, Mts. Jas. Swan Frick, Mrs. Chas, King Lord and Mrs. Joseph Pennington are all noted for their hospitality. Those who have the hotel cottages dave, notwith- standing the fact that theirs have been only temporary homes, distinguished themselves as ideal hostesses. Mrs. Harmor Denny, Mrs. Dalzell and Mrs. Du Puy, Mrs. Tomas McKean, jr., and among the ‘ashingtonians Mrs, ‘gare, Mrs. Richardson Clover and Mrs. J. S. Webb, have all entertained at card parties, dinners, suppers and teas and have been entertained in return by the guests of the hotel. Friday night the annual children's ball Was given in the ball room. After a grand march, in which all the little ones took part, the fancy dancing began. ‘Tuesday evening a song recital was given by Miss Alice Mitchell Updegraff, assisted by Mr. Fitzhugh C. Goldsborough, violinist, and Mrs. Alexander Glass, pianist. The program, which was very well selected, was given in a thoroughly artistic manner. The golf record has again been lowered by Mr. Pennington and stands at 90 for 15 holes. This is very good, for the course, which has on it some difficult hazards. During the past week card parties have been given by Mrs. Kellog, Mrs. Dalzell, Mrs. Walter and Mrs. Maury. Last Friday Mrs. Pennington gave at her cottage a = pretty tea for Miss Carroll of Mary- ard. This week's arrivals from Washington W. K. Wimsatt, Evans Browne, F. V. L. Browne, A. Leger of the Haitian le- gation, Miss Helen Browne and Miss Aldie Browne. —.—__. Luck for the Newsboys. From the Boston Trenscript. In consequence of the unprecedented de- mand for news in Chicago during the re- cent strike of the stereotypers, many news- boys suddenly became wealthy. They swarined by hundreds about the wagon- loads of papers brought in from nelghhor- ing towns, and, distracting the attention of the drivers, managed to steal often the greaier part of the papers, which they easily sold for ten and sometimes twenty- five and fifty cents apiece. Some of them cleared $300 a day, and increased thefr gains by gambling at night. An eyewi: ness of & game played in an alley by news- boys on the night of July 5 testifies that not lers than $5,000 changed hands there on dice. Two Ways to Make Hot Weather Endur- able. After Work Comes Peaceful Slum- ber—A Farm Idyl. “How'd ye sleep last night, old man?” said Hawkins as he swung himeelf up on the car and sat down beside Simpson and gave his tightly trousered knee a soft, c-ol pat with his fat hand. “Still awful, isn’t 1t?” replied his friend, and they both wiped the moisture from their faces. “There are just two things that throw a redemptive atmosphere around hot weather for me,” Hawkins went on—‘sleeping and swimming. Simpson, did you ever play ‘Pomp, Pomp, Pull Away’ in the water— in some old mill pond? Thirty or forty boys get together, and first they begin a race to see who will be stripped first and in the water, then the last fellow in has to be it, and the game begins. That was one of our best sports out in Ohio, back forty years ago. How we did make the welkin ring. The fun would begin upstream where the water wasn’t over our heads, and in the rush and excitement we would work down further and further until some youngster, who couldn't swim, would find himself going down in the lily pads, and his heart would grow white, and he would think of mother and wonder if his time had come to be drowned. ‘Then he would kick and throw out his arms and try his best to swim and find that he really could, and in a moment his head would be out in the air once more and life would begin over again. And that lad would quietly pull out of the game and for the rest of the evening he would think pretty seriously of the prob- lems of life and his responsibilities in it. And now and then a picture would come before his mind of what might have been going on at his home if he had not kept a cool head and made those few first lucky strokes in the art of swimming. His dear old patient mother somehow looked sweet- er than ever to him and his rugged, unfor- giving but iovable old father would seem to be the best man he ever saw. I’ve been all through that, Simpson, and I can feel the lily stems tickling my legs this min- ute. “And there’s always some one swim a fellow will remember all his life. We used to go every night when I was a boy through harvest time. That was in the days when the rexper had just come into use. Did you ever work in the harvest field in the old times, Simpson. ou never did? Well, you have lost one of the sest experiences of life. I am profoundly sorry for any man who never toiled under a hot sun in a big wheat or rye field out west binding or shocking grain. The self-binder was unknown then, and {t took a big boy to drive the four horses, and a man rode in a little rack on the rear of the machine to rake off the grain. The field was divided up into what we called stations, and there were five stations for four men. It took four to keep up with the reaper, you know. And the men bound the heavy sheaves, going around and around those large fields, and the reaper always went in the opposite direction from that of the men. ‘That is, we were always meeting the ma- chine. If we got our stations bound out be- fure she came along we would stick up a little shock of three or four golden yellow bundles and sit down in the shade to rest. I began to bind when 1 was twelve years old, and wasn’t I proud of keeping up my station? And didn’t I pitch in and bind like a house afire to get out and have the boys on the machine see me sitting there pre- tending to be asleep when they came around? “When night came and the blistering sun went down under the swollen horizon line, while the men were unhitching the sweaty horses, some boy would stand up on the driver's seat on the reaper and shout to the men on the next farm, ‘Goin’ swimmin’ tonight?” And then you would see a slip of a boy jump up on the reaper on thut farm and call on to the hands on the next place, ‘We're goin’ swimmin’,’ and in a few minutes the word would be passed on for a mile or two, the shouts growing fainter and fainter, and it would be agreed all over the prairie that all hands were to go swimming that night as soon as the chores were done. “Yip! How the cows would be milked when we were going to the river! The streams of milk would thump and sing and nearly pound holes through the bottom of the pail. As the men and boys came aiong from the furthest farm, others would fall into the shuffling, barefooted procession, and in the dusty twilight we would hurry on to the swimming hole. Imagine thirty or forty little piles of duds in a long row on the grassy river bank and then the rush and glee of as many men and boys in che retound from hard, patient labor day after day in the blistering, relentless heat of August. As we undressed, every ear lis- tened for the first splash, for there was al- ways a race to see who would get in first. The lithe, white figures in the dim light, the bedlam of shouts and jests and roaring lavghter, and the Joyous revel in the cool- ing waters are things never to be forgot- ten. Some six-foot father would take his little three-foot boy on his back and swim out in deep water. A dozen of us boys would line up abreast and swim down- stream in a race. All hands, whether they cculd swim or not, dared to dive across the deep hole where the current was so strong it would carry us along to a safe, sandy bottom. When we came out, some thought- ful father would carefully count us te see if we were all safe. Then would begin the w. cool, delightful walk homeward in the starlight or 1aoonlight, we boys skip- ping and jumping around like kittens, and the old folks tel/Ing stories and comparing crops, Our numbers gradually growing less and less as we passed farm after farm. “Simpson, did you ever work hard all day, go swimming at night and be sound asieep in two minutes after you touched your pillow?” “The nearest I ever come to that is to go from my bath tub to my bed and read the paper until I am sleepy,” said Simpson. “Oh, well, you ought to go right out to my old home and hunt up some of my folks, and get them to let you work a few days in their harvest, and then go down to that old swin.ming hole in our river, ard then walk home in the starlight, and feel yourself going to sleep almost as socn as you touch your pillow. That 1s delight; apd I don’t care whether you are a tramp cr a millionaire, you can't get a sweeter or more wholesome luxury on earth. Sleep! Just think, Simpson, what a mystery, what a gift, what a resource it is. It is as in- scrutable as life itself. It is no respecter of persons, for the lout who never works, as well ag the savant who knows every- thing, enjoys its blessing. Of all human needs, sleep 1s as imperative as any. I would rather lose my appetite than my sleep. We can endure hunger better than insomnia. You know, sleep is a substitute with some animals for food, and in the arctics Naisen slept, he sald, twenty-three hours out of the twenty-four in order to keep warm. With plenty of. good, solid sleep you can get along with less food and endure either extreme of temperature more comfortably. If I had an army to manage I should command the boys to sleep from sundown to sunup—good, o0ld-fashiones, substantial sleep, of the sort that can be sliced and stood up on edge. “I wish tonight I was going to sleep up in the oll home attic, Simpson, where we vsed to see the stars through the chestnut shingles that curled up on our roof like lichens. There was the old-fashioned bed- stead, with its turned bedposts, solid and heavy. In summer the mattress was of husks, all so carefully picked and split, ard forever redolent of the cornfields. In winter we had the feather bed that our flock of geese supplied, and how tt tossed and tumbled when we boys hustled into bed. There is nothing, Simpson, like going to bed on a cold winter night in a big at- tic room in an old-fashioned feather bed, where you sink down, down, as if you were in the water, and the feathers come up around you like snow drifts, and the wind can’t touch you, though you can hear it roaring outside and enjoy its fury. And if you have a fireplace you can lie there and see the coals glow and the sparks fly up the chimney. And in the morning, when yeu jump out you may step into a Httle ridge of drifted snow on the floor, which the facetious wind has sifted through the shingles during the night. Yon shiver acrore the room and in your night gown kneel and build a@ little tepee of kindling against the back log in the fireplace, and in a moment have a nice, warm blaze going up the chimney, and the matter of dressing in the cold becomes a pleasure. You rub a little of the frost pictures off of the win- dow pane, and see that the sun is coming up over the white fields, and the dry, brite tle air is all aglow with the rosy light. aes Simpson, a can’t sleep that way ‘ashington. Here we are. night old man.” 2 The treatricalseason has not opened very presperously on.accaunt of the hot weather, but the attraction atthe Columbia Theater is a very amusing one, and those who have seen it have been loud in its praise. The other high-priced theaters. are making preparations for opening, the National on the 12th instanti and the Lafayette Square on the 19th. Next week the Columbia will offer Kate Claxton im ‘The Two Orphans,” a play which,:ithough it has had many years of life, is one,of the strongest of its kind that has ever been seen. The yaude- ville theaters presegt good bills and the Jaxon “Opera Gompany will give “The Chimes of Normandy’ at Glen Echo Park. It ts the universak custom in France to give before the production of a play what is known as a “repetition generale,” mean- ing the general rehearsal, to which the friends of the authors, the management, the principal members of the company, to- gether with the entire press, are invited, although the criticisms do not make their appearance until after the first regular per- formance. Before the ‘production of ‘Hotel Topsy Turvy” at the Folio Dramatique, Paris, they were playing a piece called “Timbale D’ Argent,” and the manager had some dif- ficulty with the leading mam. At the last performance this gentlemen did not make his appearance. The piéce had made a great suceess and the house was crowded. The iaanager who was being so badly treated by his leading man happened to think that the entire company for his next production, “Hotel Topsy Turvy,” was present. Consequently he stepped in front of the curtain and said: “Ladies and gen- tlemen: Owing to the absence of some of the prominent members of the cast of “Timbale D'’Argent,’ I am unable to give a performance of that play tonight, and I propose, as I am unable to give you that performance, we will play tonight “The Hotel Topsy Turvy’ as a general rehearsal. Any lady or gentleman desiring to have their money returned can have same al the box office.” But as Paris had heard great things of this play not a single sou was de- manded, everybody being very gad to have the privilege of being at this first rebears- al. M. Sylvester, the manager, took a seat in the audience and told. them to go on with the play “The Hotel Topsy Turvy. The play was done and made a great suc- cess. During the evening it was nolsed on the Boulevard and in the different parts of Paris, and the press were for a minute quite indignant; but a note simply appeared the next day in the papers stating what had happened, and the press were invited to the second performance. But so strong had been its success, and it pleased the public so well, that the press concurred with the verdict and published spdid notices of the play, which, with this help, ran for over 200 nights. M. Syivester was con- gratulated both for his audacity and the fmmgvation he had mad ; ‘Thig play will open the Lafayette Square Opera House the 2#th inst. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Lent, who have been remarkably successful in Irene Frances where their mu: i have bee thcroughly recognized, have decided to re- turn to Washington and may be expected back soon. The climate does not agree with Mrs. Leat, and, of course, her health is the first consideration. They will be welcomed back by their many friends in this city, and will at ounce resume their former high standing in musical circles. in New York will be- Frank Daniels ts back in from his vacation, and on Monda gin rehearsing his company preparatory 1.0 the coming season. The success of his last season’s opera, ‘The Idol’ reason for presenting the i year. In addition to it, however,, Manager Kirke La Shelle has arranged for a grand revival cf Daniels’ first great operatic suc- cess, “The Wizard of the Nile.’ This has necessitated an increase in the numerical strength of the company. All of the old favorites, however, have been retained, in- cluding Helen Redmend, Norma Kopp, § die Emmons, Will Danferth and Alf. C. Whelan. After making a tour of the big cities of the east,:the company will go west to play a three months’ engagement on the Pactfic coast. It will be Daniels first appearance.on the coast since he quit farce comedy for comic opera, and there are great expectations over the result of the event. The, first half of Daniels’ en- gagement here prior.to his going west will be devoted to the production of “The Idol's Bye,” and the last half to “The Wizard of the Nile.”” Mr. Creston Clark is untiring in his ef- forts to give his many friends and admirers something new in the shape of classic drama each season. L&st season his pro- duction of “The Last of His Race” met with universal favor, and this season he prom- ises a treat in his new. play, “The Vaga- bond of the Crossroads.” No money has been spared in the production and no de- tail overlooked to make this one of the productions of the coming’ season. Lieutenant Dan Godfrey and his fa- mous British Guards Band will cpen their American tour on Sunday evening, Octo- ber 23, at the Metropolitan Opera> House, New York, it being the first of a series ot Sunday evening concerts to be’ given there by this band and other organizations prior to the opening of the grand opera season, Lieutenant Godfrey's band, which for this American tour is to be strength- ened, enlarged and assisted by several well-known soloists,.includes the pick of the men in the principal regimental bands of the British army, mest of them being taken from the Queen's Household Bri- gade bands (composed of the Coldstream Guards, Life Guards, Royal: Horse, Scots Grays and Grenadiers), so that as a mili- tary band ft will rank as a model; in fact, it will be the best of its kind ever heard in this country. The name of “Dan Godfrey" is al- mcst a household word wherever the En- glish language is spoken, and his expe- rience of forty years as bandmaster in the British army (in which he holds the rapk of lieutenant), together with the re- membrances of his great trfumphs on the occasion of his former visit to this coun- try, at the time of the world’s peace jubi- lee in Boston, as well as his overwhelming success a few months ago in New York city, will serve to make this coming tour one of the greatest interest to all lovers of military and band musfe throughout the United States. Arrangements are now being made for the band to appear in this city at the Co- lumbia about November 1. Miss Katie V. Wilson and the Cecilian Qvartet have -returned to the city, after a delightful trip to Frostburg, Mountain Lake Park and Oakiand. It was the uni- versal opinion that the quartet was the star attraction at the Mountain Lake Chau- tauqua, and that it was the best quartet, either male or female, that had ever been engaged. They were booked for three concerts, and instead-appeared at seven performances. Miss Wilson has received @ most flattering offer for them to appear in Cincinnati, Ohio, and Burlington, N. J., early. this season, and now has it under consideration. ‘The International Grand Opera Company is the newest organization to give grand opera of a better stamp than that which the public generally hears at the regular theater prices. iFor, the first season the management intends to give Italian and English opera. Oniy'two operas, “Carmen” and “Romeo and Juliet,” will be sung in English. The ot! of the repertoire, in- cluding “Faust,’’ atore,"” “Cavalleria Rusticana, ucia di Lamma- Moor” and “La heme,” will be given in Italian, To thig repertoire will be added “Cricket on the Hearth” and “Mara.” Ne- gotiations are pendimg for the three latter operas. The manager of the company has this to say of the new venture: “We will give.for the first season Italian and English opera because we must have the assistance of the older and more ex- (pecs, Italiam.artists. To establish real- ly first-class opera in this country it is nec- essary to have and to create a field, also to develop the prot oem lett that meets one at every hand. It conceded in Europe that we can give our trashy works better casts than can ve found anywhere in the world. There ‘s never a lack of beautiful and good-voiced comic opera prima donnas. We have the best native concert artists in tho world, and all we need is the develop- ment of the grand opera artist and we wili take first place as operatic producers, and we have enough talent in sopranos at least to supply the handsomest and the most talented prima donna in the world. We have engaged half a dozen experienced and fine American artists. “I have engaged a fine Italian tenor and an American tenor who promises great things. The tenor from Italy $s Salvo Pan- bianchi, who made an immense hit at the San Carlo, in Naples, and who last season sang in Madrid and there created the roje in ‘La Boheme.’ He is young, hand- some and has a most beautiful voice. studying for five years. He made only a few appearances there, but he certainly will make his mark in this couniry. All who have heard him declare that it is a regular De Reszke voice, and although he is only twenty-three years old, he sings like a great artist. For the iirst time an Ameri- can tenor with the pure Italian method and the Italian manner of singing will be given an opportunity to show his powers. He will make an ideal Romeo and Don Jose (‘Car- men’). “The most important engagement, how- ever, is that of Clamentine De Vere, who is well known all over the United States. She is at once a very handsome woman, an ex- Pperienced artist and a great f: rite with the pubiic. Two years ago she sang at the Metropolitan Opera House and scored a great hit. Not one of the artists received better notices and in one or two instances she was lauded way beyond her feilows. Mme. De Vere will really create the role of Mimi in ‘La Boheme’ in America. It has been sung before, but never from the orig- inal scere or by any prominent artist. ‘The role is well suited to De Vere, both his- trionically and vocally. Aside from this, she will sing a number of roles for which she is famous—Marguerite (‘Faust’), Juliet (Romeo and Juliet’) and Lucia (‘Lucia di Lammermoor’). “Mme. Kronold-Koert, who Is the dra- matic soprano of the organization, has re- cently appeared in Germany and’ made a great success. She is considered by some of the German critics the best Americen singer who has ever sung in Germany. Her voice is better than ever and she has bruad- ened and intensified her style. Her great role is, of course, Carmen, in which she will be heard frequently. The contraltos are Eleanore Broadfoot, a young and handsome American girl, with a fine voice, good style and who has considerable dramatic talents, and Louise Engel. “The latter is an xperienced artist, who has made her mark in Europe and in this country. Amelia Fieldes, a young con- tralto of considerable talent, beauty and experience, has also been engaged. The baritones are particularly strong. Signor Virgilio Bellati is the new baritone: He ccmes direct from the San Carlo, in Naples, and is said to be a great artist. He is con- sidered the best Maccelio (La Boheme) who has sung the role in Italy. “Winfred Goff, an American, is a pupil of Vanucini and has sung in Florence, Venico and Milan. Three years ago he sang at Covent Garden, London, since then he has Sung with success in America. “Signor A. Dado, who made a hit in this country three years ago with the Maple- son company, will be the leading basso, His great success will be remembered. “The chorus is made up of young people, ambitious and studious, many of whom will some day make their mark in more ambi- bitions work. It is the object of the man- agers to recruit from the rank of sixty chorus singers the artists needed for the smaller roies, and if pi ble with time, de- velop some good art! After all is said and done, it is experience that is required to make the operatic artist. he orchestra will be made up of twen- ty-six, to be augmented and enlarged from the local players in the cities where the company is booked. Me PS giv every work a proper stage set- ting, ‘compiste scenery, properties and accouterments for the various operas will be carried in a special scemery car. The costumes are new and elaborate, anu were especially made for the International Grand Opera Company. The following is the com- plete list of principal artist: Sopranos, Clementine De Vere, Kronold-Koert, Nedda Morrisson, Mary Helen Howe, Mary Roe- buck; contraltos and mezzos, Eleanor Broadfoot, Louise Engel, Amelia Fields; terers, Salvo Panbianchi, George Mitchell, istide Mancini, Henry Gunson; bariton illio Bellati, Winfred Goff, Quinto Zani: os, Augusto Dado, Forrest D. Carr, Earl P. Parks; musical director, Signor R. Sapio; assistant conductor, Harry W. How- ard; stage manager, R. Rudolfi. COLUMBIA THEATER.—Kate Claxton will be seen at the Columbia Theater next week, with a matinee Thursday and Sat- urday, in “The Two Orphans,” one of the best melodramas ever written, and one which has stood the test for a great many years. The scenes in “The Two Orphans’ are nearly all laid in Paris, amid the stir- ring bustle of city life; ‘the haunts of vagrants, the office of the chief of police, the prison of Sal Patriere and the home of nobility. The story of the two sisters— Louise, blind and helpless, and Henrietta, young and beautiful—is ilustrated with such a sympathetic touch that it ap- peals to all; the situations are thrill- ing; the abduction of the elder daugh- ter by the Marquis de Presles; the fate of the u..nd girl, compelled to beg in the streets of Paris; the cruelty of the hag Frochard; the poor cripple Pierre, in love with the blind girl; the handsome Jacques, are all types of Parisian life. ‘The Two Orphans” is romantic, yet real; full of artifice, yet natural. When first produced at the Union Square Theater, along in the 70's, it made one of the most gigantic suc- cesses of the age, and has never failed each season to draw crowded houses. Miss Clax- ton has long since become famous for her impersonation of the deserted, hélpless and abused blind girl, and her sweetness and fortitude during all her sufferings fail not to start the tears of the audience at each performance. The part of Louise requires exactly her sincerity and foree to bring out all the character in all its effectiveness. Apart from the interest that attaches it- self to a plot full of action and emotion of various kinds, the play has that pic- turesqueness that pleases the eye. The period of the action takes place during the days of the empire, a time of silks and satin and color in dress. Miss Claxton brings to this city a company of excellence. It includes Georgie Parker, Marie Edith Rice, Maggie Harold, Dorothy Humbert, Chas. A. Stevenson, Brandon Hurst, Geo. Becks, W. J. Ashley, F. A. Connor; Henry Stockbridge, Spencer H. Cone and others. The stage settings, costumes and effects are somthing out of the ordinary, NEW NATIONAL THEATER.—An army of workmen have been engaged during the past month completely renovating the New National Theater. New sanitation has been put in throughout the building; new carpets have been laid and many com- forts have been added that will be appre- clated by patrons and performers alike. The regular season will open on Monday evening, September 12, when Rice's lively offering, “The Girl From Paris,” will be presented. The company and scenery will be new, and will be under the manage- ment of Mr. William Warmington. GLEN ECHO PARK.—The Jaxon Opera Company will keep on the program “The Chimes of Normandy” at Glen Park Sunday and Monday (Labor day), both af- ternoons and evening, with the collabora- tion of Mr. Geo. W. Denham, the well- known character artist, in the famous part of Gaspard, the miser. It is said that a more clever piece of work has seldom, if ever, being performed on any stage. “THE HULA GIRL."—The intefest in “The Hula Girl’ performances which are to be given at the Columbia Theater the week of the 12th, is increasing, probably owing to the friends of Messrs. Arthur Percy and W. H. Harris, the talented au- thors of the burlesque, but also among the friends of the large number who will par- ticipate. There will be a chorus of fifty, and the ladies and gentlemen who will take part are constant in their attendance at rehearsals, and all are quickly learning the Necessary stage business. There will be changes in the cast at each performance, so that a large number of principals can be utilized. Among those who will sing special roles are Mrs. Thomas C. Noyes, Miss Edna. Scott Smith, Miss Harriote, Miss Blanche Wood, Mrs. Paul Evans, Miss Marie Howe, Miss Eva Whitford, Messrs. W. H. Harris, W. H. Conley, Frank Doo- Jey, Melville Hensey, Le Roy Gough, Dr. E. Clyde Shade, George H. O'Connor, Dr. Willis Pomeroy, Arthur Middieton, Dr. Paul W. Evans, James Cathelle, Thomas Wilkinson, Arthur F. Morsell and A. Ber- trand Strader. “A REIGN OF ERROR.”—The attrac- tion at-the New National Theater during the week of September 19 will be “A Reign of Error,” from the pen of John J. Mc- Nally. This new laughter inciter will be produced by Messrs. Klaw & Erlanger, which will be a guarantee as to company and production. “A Reign of Error” Will serve to introduce the following well-known people: The Rogers Brothers, Georgia Caine, Ada Lewis, Maude Raymond, Geor- gie Lawrence La Petite Adelaide, Carrie Eberts, Edith St. Clair, George F. Marion, John Parr, Budd Ross, Mayme Kealty, Marguerite Haviland, Edith Curtis, M. J. Belton, Sadie Livingstdn, Hattie Waters, Madge Pierce, Winnie Sennett, Gladys Clair, Peter Curley, Frank Stanley, F. V. LeMuine, W. T. Hodge, H. B. Brown, H. Botsford, Willie Torpey and many others. “A Reign of Error’ cannot be classified un- der any of the titles now prevailing to designate particular forms of theatrical representation. It is a combination of American farce comedy with the best - ‘ Mr. “TOM EDSON, THE ELECTRICIAN.”— “Tom ‘Edson, the Electrician,” will be the opening attraction at the Academy Mon- day, September 12. The scenic and electri- cal effects are said to be the most & ate that have been attempted in years. The first act, showing a banking house in Den- ver during the busy honrs, is the most complete as to scenery and details that has ever been put on the stage. Act second, with its large dynamos actually running by steam and generating electricity to light the stage, and city in the distance. is one of, if not the most, realistic #cene ever of- fered the public in a dramatic production. The killing of the inventor by the villain pushing him upon a live wire. and the fall of a lineman from the top of a pole, after receiving a shock, are realistic and per- fectly consistent with the natural action of the piece. The Palace Hotel. Cripple Creek, scene in act third, introduces an entirely new type of characters and sur- roundings. Rough miners, gamblers ani typical westerners are ali making merry on Christmas eve, while Nell, the belle of Cripple Creek, sings and dances for their amusement. Act fourth shows the home of Rebert L. Sessions. the rich banker, with an ‘iuminated garden—everrthing prepared for the marriage of his daughter Edith. The scene is said to be the most beautiful ever produced, requiring, as it Goes. the use of 54) incandescent lamps to get the effect, introducing also an {lum!- nated fountain in the center of the stage. The story is told of the adventures of a young electrician, Tom Edson by name. and illustrated with beautiful scenery and effects, showing his advancement from a poor workman to a powerful position of mine owner and money king. Mr. Jos. J. Dowling assumes the title role, and it is said to be just sulted to this handsome, young, romantic actor. The supporting company is far above the average. NATURAL GAS."—The attraction at the Academy for the week of Monday, Sep- M. Palmer Presents a Roaring Suc rexs, THAT MAN With a Specially NEXT WEEK o jected Company NENT WERK. MATINEES THURSDAY AND SATURDAY. Engagement of KATE CLAXTON AND CHAS. A. STEVENSON In D'Ennery’s Powerful Drama, Thelwo Orphan tember 19, will be Edward Girard, pre- | PICNIC EFIT OF TRE ORPHAN senting his grand revival of Donnelly and | CHILDRE Cow at, the GERMAN oR. Girard’s “Natural Gas,” a farce comecy of | FHM ASXEUM GROUNDS. by the Nght onier eanie = 3 A CIETY. on MONDAY, Sept : leanly presented and with a Admission, ca: person, Ze. Con brilliant cast of characters. There is a] ing music. Childien's games for near a lot of new bisiness introduced. and there of inclement weather Plenie will be beld next are no dvll moznents nor stupid by-plays. dey. Several new and taking specialties are in- Herdics wili run from south end of bridge to troduced by Mr. Girard, Edward Garvie, | Sounds wnat Amy Ames, Mollie Thompson, Jessie Gara- ner, Nina Bertolini, Alice Black and Ne'lic Gilchrist. The costumes are all new and handsome and in keeping with the play. Park Bicycle Track. Labor Day, Sept. 5, 3 p.m. Special KERNAN’S LYCEUM THEATHR--The | a) aaa abies See eee ‘ S TEATHF mile heata, paced, with 2-n E Pandem, next attraction at the Lyceum Theater will | Pursuit Race Arlington Whedon fate ee be the spectacular burlesque known us the | cap. PRICES, 2hc.. de. AND he s-lote “Sporty Widows,” which is said to be made iris SESS coneiatar catchy en an BATTLE of GET TYSBU RG aS , together wi hia A Rosia asi earn "neetee | 15th St. and Ohio Ave., marches, ballets and military® evoiur The curtain-raiser is a jolly skit called “A High Old Time,” and satirizes, in a sj NOW OPEN. 225 tf ive way, the doings of th> efferv praises ar summer girl who persists in getting herself EXCURSION engaged to at least half a dozen s ae = without the slightest idea of fu portion of the contract. Then c vaudevill2 part of the show, in the capable hands of A. C. Lawrende, the monarch of imitators; George Scanion and Pearl Ste- AT RIVER VIEW. The members of the vens, a lively pair of comedy sketchers; | Building T the La Moyne brothers, grotesque gym- | ‘ hasts, assisted by the famous bag-punch- | Nha ec dient ing dog “Spik>;” Miss Minnie Cline, who | Row at 2 pan sings captivating character songs eeha at area and Kermedy. known as the gay cavaliers | —————___* pres o ae of Celtic comedy, in a roaring farce, “Says | "Incine . I to Julia.” the sisters Urline, dramatic River | Closing Trips. singers, and James Le Tourt, mauologu . 72 artist. ‘The closing burlesque is >nti View. Season 1898. “Bombardment of Vanilia.” It wlil able the ladies to display scme marve costumes. BIJOU THREAT Washington’s Favorite Exe cursion Resort SUNDAY, SF 1 ER.—George Thatcher of minstrel fame, assisted by Ed. Marble; Col- ins and Collins, vocalis dancers and comedians; the three Fanchinetta Sisters; Extell wharf, the flying Zolas, little Lotta Gladstone. the atl ys Wallys, Truehart and Dieter, Edna Lassett leave River 50 oak Marshall, Gibbons and Barrett anu the 3 Bijou Stock Company will make up the bill fet at the Bijou Theater next week. Labor's al Hi aber 5, a Joint. Excursion of the and, SERIES OF A EEMENTS. the Building Trades Cx c ses Colonial Beach o1onia €acil. STEAMER JANE MOSELEY AY EXCURSTO: SN ST. WHARF 6:30 P.M., EPT. 4,9 A.M MONDAY I Vocal and Instrumental Mus: For’state rooms apply to in E. F. Dfoop’s 3 Telephone 1108. ~ Only 15c. Arlington and Return. Germans and Whist Leading at Fau- quier White Sulphur. Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. Fauquier White Sulphur Springs, Va., September 1, 1808. ‘The season here !s beginning to wane, but it is dying hard, to judge from the events which crowd upon each other in quick suc- cession. The germans have been notable from the number of couples participating, and in the array of beauty on each occa- sion, while the leadership of Mr. Douglass Mcintyre has met with much commenda- tion. The children have indulged to their hearts’ content in tacky parties, ghost eT >, parties, euchre, games, ete, while mer | ouMdays During Summer. elders have enjoyed just as merry though | 45 minutes. AL DRIA and return, 20e more appropriate pastimes. WASHINGTON, ALEX. & MT. VERNON RY. Whist is very popular, games being | _se2-12tf played morning, afternoon’ and night. A progressive whist party was given last week, at which Mrs. F. L. Siddons of Washington won first prize, losing but one game in the evening. Pool and bowling have many devotees of both sexes. A large tournament was held last Mon- day, attended by hundreds of the residents of this section. The charge to the knights FIRST GRAND EXCURSION OF David D. Porter Command, NO. 15. U. V. U., To Great Falls, Md., Labor Day. On the COMMODIO} YACHT. leaves Aqueduct Bridge Union Station at 8 was delivered by. Mr. James G. Traylor of eum trip Tickets, 50c. : dren a For sale a 4 e ss Dyrenforth, commandes Washington. The coronation ball at the | ft ie gabe: Gen. Rs. Derentorr sel-3t hotel was largely attended, the address on this latter occasion being delivered by Mr. James Jeffries, the commonwealth attorney for this district. Miss Kate Latham of Washington has given great pleasure by her singing. One guest, a prominent Washington at- torney, will have a good story to tell of his fight with a bat that got into his room on the hottest night of the season. Hap- pily, the nights are now cool, and “nature's sweet restorer’ comes without wooing. A pathetic incident of the war developed at tne hotel recently on the return of a letter sent from here to a Heutenant of the regular army at Tampa, with this brief and terrible inscription upon its face: “Killed in action.” The letter was for- warded to Adjutant General Corbin. The following Washingtonians have re- cently registered: Mrs. E. K. Harris, rs. Bertha C. Speed, E. B. Capers, George 8. Smith, John Connell, W. A. Pyles, Percy S. Foster, J. R. Zimmerman. ae There are three varieties of the dog that never bark—the Australian dog, the Egyp- tian shepherd dog end the “lion-headed” Special Trips tolndian Head On STEAM"R CHARLES MACALESTER. Thursday, Friday and Saturday Evenings at 6:80, Boat Swope at Marshall Hall Going and Comii Round Trip, 25c. ag me Daily trips to Marshall Hall at 10 a.m. and 2:80 p.m. Sundays 11 a.m., and 6:30 p.in, D7 Schroeder's Band. Everything first-class. FOR MOUNT VERNON daily except Sunday, from 7th st. wharf, at 19 a.m. and 2:30 pm.’ Round trip, 50c. Adwission to grounds and mansion, 25e. 2u81-284 BEAUTIFUL SCENERY And a good seat to Glen Echo and return are ase eured If sou go via GEORGETOWN and TENAL- LYTOWN ELECTRIC CARS, which connect with Th “avenue” cars, 82d and M sis, and “F st.”” line, PS SS 82d and Posts. EVERY TEN MINUTES. On ar: Russia 1s said to own 3,000,000 horses— | rival, at West’ Chevy Chase ( board EMPTY CAR GOING EAST on Wash Echo R. R.. thus securi and Glen nearly one-half the whole number in exist- Saal poate Sakae eae ence. ing crowd at “the circle.” (7 Returniug. last car ecpnects at West Chevy Chase with Gh Ecbo car at 12:30. aud-14tt AMUSEMENTS. Glen Sligo, Takoma Park, Grand Tournament, Monday, September 5. pilusle, bx Second Regiment Band. Orchestra for ancing at night. Go early, riding begins a 3 ee delock” BBA HEUL RESORT, ELEGANT CAPE Night steamers (except Sundays) and DANCING PAV iN. lusic as ng. ive pamphlet and fiehing grounde at Better ee ee Ser te Por cule at OFFIC ONLY, Alen tice Dances every week-day night. me See ae, eeebeps eciags, Monee: i Sacred Musie Sunday afternoon and night. TL; Pall River, New Haven, Bridgeport, Cobn.t Take 7th or 9th st. cars to 7th and Boundary, | Portland, Me., ‘and pointe north. Tickets to Phil- Brightwood cars to Glen Sligo. Round trip, 1c. | adelphia'yn ssle in Washlagton at 33. & et eee ee en ee ee een eT RRENGE SHIVER. Agent, 204 Light st. rer and at Koss’ Drug Store, 7th and Boundary, . and Criswell’s Drug Store, 7th and T' sts. JeB0-32tt Baltitnore, Aid, Fal the fai, © TTF MAY. Hesort oven every | oe Arlington, Fort Myer day all the fall. % siesta # land Falls Church--Take nr aateabey the F st. or Penn. ave. cars—and the electric cars at Aqueduct bridge. 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