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t Tor the purpose of bringing an action gainst Mr. Leo C. Teller, manager of the Broadway- Theater, for >775 salary, claimed for a week's engagement in "The Vanderbllt Cup".at that playhouse. i As soon as the Belasco Theater announced that a flashlight photograph of the audience would be taken during the performance of "The Importance of Being Earnest" tomorrow night, the telephone bell at the theater -ommenced to ring feverishly, and it developed that about half the theatergoers of Washington wanted seats in- the front row on that interesting u vi Inn Mrs. Harry Lacy. widow of the actor, Harry Lacy, who made a large amount of money in "The Still Alarm," died suddenly Thursday at a private sanitarium In New Tork after an operation. She was the daughter of Samuel Crittenden, a New Haven millionaire, and married the actor jnany years ago. They had many quarrels. One of which landed him in Jail, because of threat to shoot her. Richard Mansfield plans to sail for Europe on Saturday, accompanied by a nurse and valet. Mrs. Mansfield is to follow a week later, and after a short stay In London they will go to Surrey, where they have leased a house and where It is hoped that Mr. Mansfield will speedily regain his Strength. He has given up all plans for appearing on the stage next season, and expects to remain abroad for at least a year. The Foreign Stage. Bppi HI Correspondence of The St*r. LONDON. April 26. 1907. "Shall we ever see a wholly satisfactory plav on the theme of the Maid of Orleans?" Thus queried W. L. Courtney, One of the best-known English dramatic critics, yesterday, in the course of a criticism of Percy Mackaye's "Jeanne d'Arc," produced by E. H. Sothern and Julia Mar-lowe at the London Waldorf. Unlike some of his colleagues. Mr. Courtney finds the American piece a "flrie poetic piece of worn, dul ne is noi quite sausnea wun the playwright's conception of the heroine, and remarks, "Perhaps we shall pluck the heart out of La Puceiie's mystery later on when we see the other dramatic presentments of ber story which are promised to us." * * * Certain it is that Londoners should be irell "up" on the Maid of Orleans before the present season is over, for those "other presentments" of which Mr. Courtney speaks already number three, and no one can tell how many more "Joan of Arc" plays there may be should the thing become eDldemtc. Nor is anything more likely, fol runs of this sort upon a given sub<op| 11 r a r>f fr?inn<?rt nmirronIn T ^tn/^nn Witness the many "Musketeers" of a few easons aero. the numberless "Nell Gwynns" of season before last and the hord* of "Hamlets" of last season. We even had "comic" Hamlets then; may we be spared "comic" Joans of Arc. One of the managers who has a play about the Maid of Orleans almost ready for Droductlon is Beerbohm Tree, whose daughter Viola will portray the part of the heroine, and it is likely enough that Mr. Tree is wroth over being anticipated by the Sothern-Marlowe combination. No sooner. declares Tree, did he announce his Intention of "doing" the Parker piece than a whole shoal of other playwrights rushed Into print asserting that they had completed plays on the same subject, and so in order to avoid a clash and niso cet a clear field for his "Joan" the manager of His Majesty's decided to postpone Its production Indefinitely. * * * However, undeterred now by the presence of other Joans In the field, Tree proposes to present his daughter as the "Maid of prTearts" wtthout loss -of time. We then ehalf see tf Louis ST. Parker has. as W. L. Courtney says, "plucked the heart out of La Pucell^s mystery." And If not we must look to Justin Huntly McCart..y, or to Charles Froti man's dramatlzer of "Joan of Arc,'- whoever he mary be. That has not *>< ? announced: In fact, almost notWng about this production has been made public ' except that It will take place shortly, and that Pauline Chase will be the Joan. I *m able to state, however, on Mr. Frohman's authority, that a feature of It will be som^ rather extraordinary lighting effects. with whicli he Is now experimenting, and that the piece will almost certainly be eeiV at the Duke of York's Theater. * * * So. far as their "Jeanne d'Arc" play is concerned, however. Mr. Sothern and Miss Marlowe are safe, for none of the coming rival versions will be produced until some time after their six weeks' season at the London Waldorf is over and done with. At this writing their "Twelfth Night" still has to Im- seen, and what the critics will think of it also remains to be seen, but most of them speak heartily in praise of the performances of both American stars in "Jeanne d'Arc," though they are not impressed so generally with the merits of the pla.?. Mores the pity, accordingly, that these players elected to make their first api*-aranee here In "The Sunken Bell," Which the reviewers with practically one Vole- described to their readers as tedious and In which they declared that neither Mr. Sothern nor Miss Marlowe appeared to advantage. ? ? * * Some time ago, it may be remembered, the great English Shakespearean scholar, Sidpey Lee, stated that English was better taught and better spoken In America than In England. Of course this was not a popular thing to say and he was severely "denounced" for It. Hut he stuck to It ail the eanjt-. and now these two American stars are furnishing evidence that he was right. It h?s be*n noted that among the words of which their pronounciation differs from wti it is commonly accepted as correct iir England Is the past of the verb "to eat." In England it is almost universally proi 'Ui. -ed "et' and written "eat." Miss Marlowe and Mr. Sothern pronounce it like --'lght" and evidently write It "ate." "Th'-v probably are nearer than we are," writ -; an English critic, "to the ancient ways; the authorized version of the Bible has "ut 'eat,' but 'ate,' and there Is no reason to suppose the sound did not corrtspjiid." * * * Mailame Eleanor Cleaver Simon, formerly of I'etrolt, gave the second of her admirable song recitals, with her husband, Ingo Simon, here this week. Ttiese recitals have attracted a good deal of attention from discriminating critics, for the songs selected were of unusually choice quality and by no means common?including almost forgotten gems by such composers as Galllaume de Mac haul t (13.V> A. D.) and" Orlando di Lasso (lutiO) and Purcell, as well as Handel, (Jluck. Schubert and Brahms? the kind of music that requires Interpreters ol rare skill and refinement. Both recitals were a notable artistic success, m * * Another American artist of much more than ordinary taste and effectiveness Is Miss Fielding Roselle, who gave a recital this week at Bechsteln Hall, assisted by three brilliant young Polish boys: I,eo, MUvhel and Jac Chernlavsky. Miss Roeelle's program included some of the most delightful and less familiar songs of Schumann, Schubert and Hugo Wolf. American composers were represented by the work of E. A. MacDowell and George Chadwt k. The artist won hearty approval from critic* and public alike. PAYMENTS TO THE POWERS. Preferred Claims Against Venezuela Nearly All Liquidated. The State Department has received a dispatch from William W. Russell, United States minister at Caracas. Venezuela, that the payments to the allied powers?Germany. Great Britain and Italy?agreed upon under the blockade several years ago. will be completed about July 1 next. After that date the only payments will be on account of the exchanges on the currency of the countries. The deferred . claimants, the United States, Mexico, the ' Netherlands, Sweden and Belgium, will then come in for settlements. Monthly payments will be made to these countries from the customs receipts of Venezuela. AROUND THE OT A man In gray was crossing the street ! the dusk. He was a large, solid man?i large and so solid that hftj^owered up 111 a ship's timber tree. His vest bulged a t and on h!s face was thisefrenity that com from kindliness and ggpd cheer. As he e across the asphalt from the treasury to tl park he caught the attention of one of t* men who were swinging along the sidewal "There goes the next President of tl United States." said one. The other man accepted the announc merit with a nod of Indorsement, but h answer. If he made any, was beyond tl hearing of two women walking behind. "He can't be Bryan," said one of tl women, as they stopped to watch the gre gray figure plunge Into the shadows of tl opposite side of the street, "because Bryt always dresses In black except when he on his farm, and then he goea In his shli sleeves." "Maybe It's FafrhankS! he"* tall 111 that." "But he Isn't wide. He's so tall that 1 bends over at the top. There's nothing Fairbanks but bones." "Oh, I tell you who It must be! It's Tal He's big." "Indeed, it Isn't Taft, then! Taft isn tall. He's Just fat. He's ten times fatt than that man. I know, because I see I picture every time I look i"n a paper." Which shows what cartoons can do descriMng candidates for the presidency. A woman in a Jumper suit was eteppli out of a building when she was accosted I a woman in black: "Good morning! Why, what makes yc look so upset? Anything wrong?" "Just getting through with an expei ence." explained the Jumper woman, as si Joined the other on her way down tow "You don't know it. old girl, but you ai walking with a woman who has been in ti shadow of the penitentiary all morning." "The wh?what!" "Penitentiary. I .tell you what, my dea you can't ever know the blessings of fre dom until, you have been In the grip i the law." "What on earth have you been doing?" "Nothing. That'e what made It so han But, fortunately, being the first offens they let me oft with a fine. You won't r? peat It If I tell you, will you?" The woman In black would doubtless hai promised eternal silence if the jumper w man had waited to heac. But she didn wait. "This morning I got a notice from tl post office that I had registered an unsea ed package that had wri-ting inside, an to call at the office at once. Oh. honey, hope you'll never be made to realize tt awful possibilities of a yellow envelope. "But If you were Innocent, and there wc no writing inside " "Of course I was innocent, but you don for one minute suppose they would ha\ sent me a notice, like that unless there we writing inside, do you?" "Oh: There was waiting Inside?" "L'h, huh; Just a little, and not at a private. But, to make a long story shor as soon as I read that notice I jumped u from the table?broiled bam, too?and cc into my street clothes, somehow?that' one good tblng about these jumpers, yo don't have any trouble with your belts, onl I know my tie ends are flopping and I ca feel that my hat .a on crooked, but that nothing new; my hats always wobble, be cause I've got a peak where the hatpl ought to go through; I envy women wh have no knowledge bumps; theJr hats ar always such a comfort to them; and yo know how mean the post office la with it old envelopes, charging two hundred dol lars, or a year In the penitentiary, or some thing like that. It you ugp them?and dea knows they are not worth -over a cen apiece?so. In case I had to pay the fine grabbed up my bank liiinii Mill all the wa down here I tried to collect my thought and decide whether to par or go to th penitentiary for a year. Of course, the pen ltentiary is awful, but two hundred dollar is a lot of money, especially when yo haven't got it. I've exactly fifty-two dol lars on my book, eighty cents In my dim bank on the mantel and thirty-seven cent in a tin cocoa box In which a nice ma. wnere x Dgsira cut ft sm tnrougn which could drop .pennies. I'd have It half fui by this time If he had only soldered th top down; tut all of It together wouldn' make up t\jo hundred dollars." "But ant of your friends would hav loaned you. the money. Why didn't yo come to m#?" , ' "Thanks, >dear: but I don't like to borrow money. I hate so to pay It back, and, b< sides, you know that lot I'm buying? Wei I've paid $1,400 on It, and I thought mayb they'd take that and call It square. \/el anyhow, by the time I got to the office had decided that if they would let me o with the fine I'd return good for evfl b treating the clerk who guarded me to th bank to a glass of so<^.?whether ice creai or plain to depend on how he treate me " A ' V "Say, honey, I'm worried. Go on and te me what doing." "So I walked into the branch office a unconcerned a? .'If I wu Uaed to bein fined every day in the year except Sunday: and a yourtg nl4i*' wltti a; pteasant voice an real kind blue eyes told me that my pack age had come undone. That's why I reg ister everything, Ja&caoBe I can't tie knot! "Then he wflifro a tefe back in th office, brought Bie,uf Eickage. and showe me that the pWoto^aph''f had sent ha the natna .on the I explained, c course, that I was sending the picture fo one friend to another, and that as the like ness was of their dear mother, who wa dead, 1 was particularly anxious to hav it go straight, and "that when the oler who weighed it asked it, these was writln inside I had answered that the name wa on the back. So then the young man sal I must pay two cents for au extra stami And I dl<f*'-' "But where does the penitentiary or fln come la?" * "Well, it you v^prry about a thing isn't I just the same as If It had happened?huh?' If you should go along any street In certain quiet -neighborhood of the "fln ward" you are likely to come across neatly drewed.- mkklle-aged colored raai whittling a piece of wood. If you are selfish sort of person, intent on your ow affairs, the rnaji will keep on whittling an pass you by. If you are kindly faced fr will halt you with some surprising sort c Information. And if you. are wise you wl know by the first words he speaks that ni ture has touched his brain and said to hln "Remain forever a child." In the fantastic world in which this ma lives he is an army officer, and the thin he whittles is always a sword, a gun or drum. But he does not talk of war. H heart turns to growing things?an agrlcu tural Instinct Inherited trum generations ( slaves?and it is this subject which he li troduces to passers by who strike h fancy. The other afternoon, for Instanc his admiration went out to a head of cal Ko era orhi/iVi ?* otwdll ? ? *1 uu^v n HIV II u ouiau uuj n as tai IJ1115. XI stopped whittling and smiled with delight "That's a mighty flne 'punkin' you go little boy." The little boy said It wasn't a "punkln, It was a cabbage. The man's smile broa< ened into a grlu. "You know that's a punkin. Tou g< It from up in this tree; see 'em?" The boy laughed derisively and sklppe off. The army officer continued to loc up Into the tree branches, green with tin new leaves. "That sholy is a flne crop of 'punkins Say. mister, don't you see these 'pui kin*' ernvrln' tin hprft In thl? Mister" was a middle-aged man wh looked as If he was of some consequence 1 the world, and his clothes wfere the be* that money could buy. He stopped an looked up into the tree. 'That little boy coudn't see 'em, becaus he don't know any better, but you see 'en don't you mister. See them big punkii hanging" over the limbs? See all thei curly vines and them little fallen blossoir and them big green leaves, see 'em. mister? Mi?ter stopped looking up in the tree t look at the eager brown face. Then li said: "Certainly I see them. Mighty fine one too!" " "I k no wed you could, mister. I know? you could. Tou gof the kind of eyes I Ilk you certainly has." No wonder ho liked them. For the were the eyes of Abou Ben Adhem, til man who loved his fellow man. Sentiment In Frederick, Md.. so strong! favors the movement for better rallroa stations that the Business Men's Assoc.lt tlon, backed by the business interests < the city, has decided to make an organise effort to secure what they claim Frederic has long needed. Efforts are being mad to urge the railroads to favorably consid< the erection of new and separate stations they will not join in a union station. { AMONG THE CLUBS In The Capitol Hill History Club met Wedjo nesday at the home of Mrs. C. F. Wood, e 311 East Capitol street. Mrs. D. J. Roberts read a paper on "Uruguay and Paraguay" and Mrs. E. Horine a paper es on "British, French and JDutch Guinea." ut Mrs. Olius gave a talk on "A Trip "Pawn ^ the St. Lawrence," after which refreshments were served by the hostess. k. The Washington branch of the Theosophl-* tte cal Society held Its regular meeting 'at the headquarters, 222 A street southeast, Sunday evening, at which time the subject of ?- "Karma, or the law of cause and effect." Is was taken up for study and discussion." ha Wednesday evening "White Lotus Day," or the day of remembrance. In memory of all departed Theosophlsts was celebrated, fie The reception room was decorated with at flowers and a picture of the late presldent[jg founder. Col. H. S; Olcott, occupied a prominent place. _ The following order of exercises was :'s given: Music?"Idlllo," by Mrs. Gregory; t- Death. of Col. Olcott." Mrs. MacDonald; dedication to H. P. Blavatsky, Mrs. Duffle; lte selection from Bhagavad Glta, Dr. Baker; "The Blue Lotus," Mrs. Bradway; selection from "Doctrine of the Heart," Mrs. Shibh? ley; selection from "Occult World," Mr. to Shlbley; selection from "Light of Asia," Mr. Carnes; recitation, "Truth, Miss Hoyt, ,t remarks, Mr. Sevcrdfeger; "Valse Ej sode," music, Mrs. Gregory. On Friday evening the class In the science of the emotions coni't tlnued its work. er The Builders' Club of the Rhode Island 143 Avenue Methodist Protestant Sunday school held an interesting meeting Friday in evening,-there being almost a full attendance of the members. A debate on the subject, "Affirming that the telegraph is more useful than Is the telephone," was the feature of the evening's program. iy Irvln Hall and Emory White, on the affirmative, and Edwin Johnson and Earl )u Jones, on the negative, were the principal speakers. Mr. and Mrs. Harry C. Weeks, .j. the host and hostess, who acted as judges, decided In favor of the affirmative. The president, after the debate, read extracts from Gunckell's book, "Boyville." Harold Harvey and Francis Robinson were elected members. Songs, refreshments and games completed the evening's entertainment. J' The regular monthly meeting of the I Bloomingdale W. C. T. U. was held at the residence of Mrs. Duehay, No. 308 Randolph street northeast, May 8, the prest, dent In the chair. Devotional exercises were conducted by Mrs. Ong. The treasurer's report was received and showed a surplus In the treasury. The subject for the meeting was "Foreigners and Iraml'e gratlon." Mrs. Proctor gave a recitation. Mrs. Harlan was elected superintendent of flower missions and the plan of work was discussed. The union will visit the Old le Ladles' Methodist Home, 6th and M streets l" northwest. May 24, and distribute flowers, A program has been arranged for the occa1 slon. le The Columbia Heights' Art Club met 18 with Mrs. McCreery Thursday with a full ,, attendance of members and visitors. The art paper, by Mrs. Wolhaupter, on "Public r? Galleries and Museums," gave a rapid and 18 cursory glance over the most famous, noting their Influence in the rapidly growing esthetic culture of our country. " dwelling particularly on our National Gallery, which has received a great impetus P from recent generous gifts. Mrs. Dorrls * read the historical paper, "Napoleon's Ex3 periences in Egypt." The hostess had reu quested the club members to bring somey thing original, either poetry or prose, for n the miscellaneous program. Many re 8ponded. The president, with a humorous resume of the year's work: Mrs. Dorris, n with a poetical tribute to Napoleon; Mrs. ? Stokes with a child's first attempt at ora6 tory; Mrs. Emerson with blank verse on " friendship; Mrs. Engle read one of Mr. * McCreery's poems, entitled "Now I Lay i- Me Down to Sleep." Refreshments were - served. t At the Oriental Esoteric Center, 1443 Q I street, the usual meetings were held last y week. In -the course of the talk on Sunday 3 evening: on "In the world, but not of It," 9 the lecturer said If this law Is adopted as a * rule of life it is surprising how much * peace may be enjoyed, even in the midst of u storms. The wise man pays no heed to the faults, abuse or malice of others, nor e does he allow any of these to arouse hi S htm aanirap ftp InHlffnatlflfl. He 1m ruled (J by principle, not by self-Interest' or ea* price, and so he is always at peaefe. On 1' U Wednesday evening the subject -was ? "Clairvoyance and Telepathy," and Miss ' Marsland pointed out the unwisdom -and danger of tire methods often followed for Inducing some of the lower phase#* of u vision and phenomena. If ahy man would become a seer, the lecturer said, let him , live the higher life; let him be pure- and noble In his daily walk, and when he la ready this gift will come to him?his natural j birthright. 2 The I. F. P. Club gave its Initial dance at ^ Pythian Temple Thursday. The committee ^ In charge of the successful affair was com? posed of the following: Elmore M. Phelfes, chairman; Chas. Johnston, Lula Penley, T .q tiro ITnllfa and TiiiPV Hampr The Excelsior Literary Club held its regu* s lar meeting with Mrs. Harrover. The main 1 topic, "American Art," was given by Mrs.' f Gordon, and Mrs. Alexander read a' dej scrlptlon of St. Louis. Mrs. Bearton read an original story. The regular meeting of the Freon Club ' was held Thursday evening at the home of d the president, Freon Curt*, 1011 K street d northwest, every member being present. lf The chairman announced the success of the r theater party which the club held on the last social mgnt 10 witness ine ptnonn* ance of "Wang" at the Belasco Theater. e The .club decided to attend In a body--* k birthday party to be given by Miss Ellen ~ Andresen on May 17 and to hold the s<jc!*l | on that date instead of Thursday, which J the club has as Its social night. , Important plans came up for discussion, several of which resulted in the naming e of three Froons. each as a committee of one, appointed to arrange and complete lt certain important projects by the next > meeting of the club. The chairman of the social committee ana nounced that arrangements were being perJt fected for an outing of the club on Decoraa tlon day, and also plans to celebrate the 1 first anniversary of the Freon Club's exj lstence. in June. n A recess was called at 11 o'clock, when d the host took the members to the dining fs\r\m whora a rflnaot tons corvo/l A vMa 1 'f of thanka was tendered the president for his ![. hospitality. *7 The District of Columbia Federation of Women's Clubs, through Mrs. Evelyn Clark n Morgan, delegate, has had the following ' resolution incorporated in those sent by the national peace congress to The Hague cpnla ference: j. "Resolved, That in conjunction with, and ' jj as a part of patriotic education, the tenets j. of peace be taught in all institutions of 1 l#>nrnin? that btp simnnrtf?rl in w h rt I a or in e part by public funds." 1 ) [e Colonial Beach Notes. 't The town council at Its monthly meeting last Thursday settled the vexed question of " finding a new home for the officers of the 1- town by purchasing for $3,5(10 the piece of ' )t property known as "The Washington House," located on the river front oppo d site the freight wharf. The building Is to k be remodeled at once for public office and y the upper portion and public baths will be ,, leased to private parties. j. The work of remodeling will be begun at 1 once, as the present quarters must be 10 vacated before August 1. The town hall, ' 3" a* It will be known. Is centrally located ; 'j and very easy of access. The volunteer Are company is drilling ' ie weekly under Chief Bolt, and the crews ' are fast becoming familiar with their new ; ^ machines. The engine throws three solid i 1S streams at one time, high enough In the . ?> air to reach the loftiest roof on the beach, ? while the reel, with Its 1,000 feet of hose, will reach any building In the town. The company Is trying to devise ways s and means for the purchase of another <sn- < ' gine and reel, to l>e located near Elmore 1(j i-arn. in me rawer pan 01 town, ana it 13 * B expected a series of entertainments will be ' given during the summer for that purpose. ' _ There are many new houses In course of * construction In the town. The following J residents are either remodeling or erecting 1 new bulidlngs: The Jackson firm, Jithn . Seller, Capt. Ale* Curley, Mr. MeOlive, 1 y Surveyor Spillman, Baptist Church' coogre* ' ,d gallon, owner of Renshaw cottage, Mr. ] i- Snyder, Capt. R. H. Wood. Clay Parker, ' >f Mr. FearUs and others, the total of build- ' A fnr8 hpinsr snmpwhere nwir thirtv wh<<?h Je shows an Improvement over last year, ' le Citizens here argue that the steamboat >r company should put on another steamer, If as the freight and passenger buslnei la ? too much for one boat, and the result Is i AMUSEMEHTS, with' \// ?ad ?5P theater tltrntlow.^ f DAILY MATUOBBS. Be. ji || wrwaoi. sse. axd s??. j: S "A Two-Hollar SHr Brgry Week" S MB. HARBT 1 Men Friii II Star of Hoyt's Comedies. Flm Time Here As "WELLAND STR0N6 " A Character Comedy Crea tlon Surpassing His Former Famous Bales. HIS MIMETIC MASTERPIECE. JAS. F. KELLY A ANNIE i. KENT. The Jorlal Sketcharlans. i"The Kentucky Belies," I THE NICHOLS SISTERS! I Fresh Phases of Their Orlfi I 9 Inai Blackface Fun. g FIELDS AND WOOLEY. "A Trip In an Airship." I_. BELLCLAIRBROS.I "The Modem Hercules." | Carroll Henry A Hctlte Frwelt. "His Firs* Rehearsal" Absurdity. FTXTKATDDEDTEATUI^I I MISS (VITA ALLEN And Her Comedy Company "Gar tat?Stattraaa Its,'' The Beat Farcette by Will Crcaay. AN EMPHATIC SUCCESS. The Amtrieaa Tliumk "Daniel Buone'a Ad?enture?." NEXT WEEK?DAN BURKE AND HIS GALAXY -Or COLLEGE GIRLS. FRANK BUSH. SKARL AND VIOLET ALLEN CO.. *C. BUY SEATS = TOMORROW. j> ^_fc=====^UJ| FREE LECTURE -onCHRISTIAN SCIENCE BT MB. FRANK H. LEONARD, C. 8. B.. Of Brooklyn. N. I., Member of the Christian Science Board of Lectureship of the First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boaton, Mass. NATIONAL THEATER, Sunday Afternoon, May 12, At 3:30 O'Clock. ADMISSION FBEE. ALL WELCOME. mra-Ht.aa THE FAMOUS. LAUGHABLE AM) FA9CINAT. Ins operetta, PAULINE or 'THE BELiC OF SARATOGA," given by Wymonth CooartJ. 496. I. O. of St. Luke, at TliUE 11KFORM EllS- HALL, 12th and D Up. n.w., TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 14. U1m Henrietta Vinton Davl?, the famous elocutionist; S. Ciareoee Height, the noted tragedian; MM Mamie Fry. soprano; Mlm Lilian Bncbananl^onti-aito; Mr. Wm. Delx>ng, tenor. Mr. Wejfarer Kiting, baritone; Mr. Wm. Siitt. l>asao. ?La. to. li. ncifBi, pnuiisi. Mr. utMirge joiws 01 the Teatli Cavalry Baud. Door* open *t "?s0 o'clock. Curtain 8:20 Hijafp. AdmtBilop, 25c. - ' ;*? a-.';. that often freight la left on the wharves, to the shippers' loss. Air. Louis Hartig came down to attend the council meeting Thursday and look over his. property. . Ca.pt. B. H. Wood and his wife are In toyn visiting Mr. Wat Lee, and incidentally Inspecting their new home on Jefferson avenue. . Mr* Lorlng Chappell of Washington and Mr. Bradburn were in town this week looking after some real estate. WILD WEST COMING. Buffalo Bill's Aggregation to Exhibit in Washington. After three phenomenally successful weeks at Madison Square Garden, New York city, Buffalo Bill'* Wild West will visit this dty May 31 and June 1. Col. 'William F. Cody will appear In the saddle at every performance, giving exhibitions of shooting, participating Ih the big battle scenes and personally directing the entertainment. For four years the Wild West has been exhibiting abroad, and in all of the eighteen continental countries which it visited there was gTeat enthusiasm and marked interest In the historical American exhibition. For his present home-coming tour Col. Cody has prepared an entertainment which Is generally admitted to be the best he. has ever presented. In New York the newspapers were a unit In its. praise, and the public turned out in greater numbers than Madison Square Garden was able to accommodate at many performances. The battle of Summit Springs, one of the historic conflicts In Indian warfare, will be ranrnrliif>?u1 vxrfth a ononlol aconi^ cotMnv and with close adherence to the original details. This battle was fought July 18, 1868. The great train hoid-up will be another scene typical of life on the plains In the early days. In this feature the fruits of modern Invention will be displayed in the construction of a locomotive from an autotruck used ordinarily for heavy draylng. The rough riders with the Wild West will Include representatives from the equestrian nations of the world?Cossacks, Arabians, Mexicans, Japanese, South Americans and the cowboy of the, western plains? riding side by side In contrasting displays ? ? I i.<_ mu^ .u;ui >i l>i uursruittiiaiup> x no trjviiiuiiiuii gruuirus will be located at 15th and H streets northeast. Leesburg and Vicinity. Special Correspondence of The Star. LEESBURG, Va.. May 11. 1907. Miss Cora Luti entertained at a bridge liin/khAAn loot TTrlAnw oftom?* V?nn?? near L,eesbfcrg. Those present were Miss Rebecca. Harrison. Miss Mary Fendall, Miss Nancy .Janney, Miss Maria Harrison, Miss Katharine Clf^jett, Miss Violet Alexander. Miss Virginia Bowie, Misa Anna Shepherd. Mrs. William A. Metzger, Mrs. John A. Gibson and Mrs. W. Preston Gibson. The first prize was won by Miss Janney and the second prize by Mrs. Gibson. Miss Lutz will sail June 1 with Mr. and Mrs. E. B. White of Selma, near here, for Europe. Miss Hazel White wtll also sail Tuna 1 frti? ?' mnro ??!? H*ow >iar parents. Mrs. William A. Metxger entertained the Bridge Club last Wednesday afternoon at tier home on King street. The members present "were Misses Janney, Harrison, Kendall. Bhepherd, Bowie and Alexander; Mrs! W. D. Hempstone, Mrs. William H. Martin, Mrs. W. P?Gibson, Mrs. B. V. White and Mrs. John A. Gibson. The Etests were Miss Katharine Clagett, Miss atle Wlldman, Mrs. Robert B. Wildman, Urg Thnmni W PilvflrHa Mm P ! Carter and Mrs. John 8. Castle man. The top s-rore waa made by Mrs. B. ?. White. Miss Janney entertained laat Tuesday evening at her home on Cornwall street in honor of her birthday. Mr. and Mrs. Pike of Washington, D. C., lava taken possession of The Oaks, the istate in the suburbs of Leesbursr whloh ma.a recently purchased from Mr. Wallaoe George. Mr. Pike Is a son of the late (Jen. Albert Pike. Mla? Lena Wllklns .of Georgetown, D. C., a the guest of Mrs. Charles A. English. It pays to read the want columns of The Star. Hundreds of situation* are ftUed hrough than. AMTTSElCEirrS. fill Cool. Convjji The People's Park=t Saturday, New Management, New Blood, New Ideas, m.v ? ? r>ew Buildings, New Concessions. More to Your Lik Music by the Roya Vaudeville Feature F i j Watch These Coflumns Belascc TOMORROW N WASHINGTON'S EDWIN AND HIS COMPART, fHRV^' INCLUDING MISS VIIIYI O "THE IMPORTANCE SPECIAL NOTE?To commfniorl WuklactoB tagr, after an abaeaee tkat tomorrow evenlag a FLASHLIGHT PHOTO WID be takes from the ntajre. and glvea every one la the atidienre aa a peraoa will be easily reeoicalsable I: SI MMER PRICES?Evrning?, tSc, 50c | Wedaeaday Mattaee, every aeat TONIGHT > V I ? V 25c?35 c?5Qc nightprices OnljSkov lawi B LOWER FLOOR B fi A I ? MAi B~ CictftiFtw !!,?,. "THBi F SILVER SOUVEN STARTING WITH NEXT WEEK TONIGHT g |EXTRAj Matinees ^^^^1 Thur. and Sat. WW L The Most Brilliar WILTON LACKAYE r r (THE COLUMBIA ir+< GHARLOT IN i DIPLC By David Beta PRICES?Evenings, 25c, 5 I SUMMER OPERA SEASON OPEN8 AT THE New National MONDAY, MAY 27 Matinees Wednesday and Saturday. Special Mttlitt Decoration Day. THE ABORN nprRA rn Opening In the Smith-DeKoven COMIC OPERA "ROBIN HOOD' COMPLETE SCENIC INVESTITURE SPLENDID A f\ SELECTED CHORUS, *fU VOICES. POPULAR PRICES. NIGHTS I 25c. Ma an* 73c. MATINEE PRICE I WEDNESDAY 25c THURSDAY, SKAT SALE MAY 20. Free Illustrated Health Talk for Women UBS. MARTHA ABBOTT BACGHMAN. VIAVI PABLO RS. Boom 916 Colorado Building. Tuesday afternoon, May 14, at 2 o'clock. Bnbject: Relation of the Net-res to the Body, 800-pace book, "Vlart Hygiene," presented each lady In attendance. Staid old Annapolis broke Its spell conservatism Friday night and laughed 1< and fervently at Mark Twain, who gi ? ? M U l_ knll ?e uuo ui ilia lauiuus icuiuica in uic uau U1 house of delegates for the benefit of First Presbyterian Church of Annapolia. | AMrSEMBHTS. lient. Captivating:. he Park for the People=fill Open May 25, 1907. More Diversified, More Dignified, More Varied, More Progressive, More Enchanting. ing Than Ever Before, it Berlin Military Band, 'rec? The Five Flying Qillmors. for Future Announcements. > Theatre ? ? f INAUGURATION OF THE I I van I SUMMER SEASON. I FAVORITE PLAYER, ARDEN rA| HFRMF in oscar wildb-s IlLlVllL, brillunt comedy, OF BEING EARNEST." ite the reappMuuM of Mr. Ardn upoa the j f several years, the maaaKemeat aanuuncea j GRAPH OF THE AUDIENCE a reproduction of this photograph will be itfirenfr of the Interesting occasion. Bach the photograph. , SSef 50c and 75cj Saturday Matlaeea, 23o and la the honae, 25c. Svmonds' Motion Picture Concert w ? ? A Program of Entirely New Foreign Films. 8PECIAL FEATURES: Y0UK6 AND DE YOIE, l?NLD%sTTH8kR9. Islington it Popular Prices) MAT. PRICES iroTinL^Ll ir ii i Hi monday i # W I U WEDNESDAY AMILY THEATER W SATURDAY I IRS MONDAY NIGHT. I MATINEE TOMORROW. I EEK OF SUCCESS! I i V, D. Fitzgerald Presents I 1RYN PURNELL| at Northwest - UNDER TWO FLAGS 1 l. Fitzgerald's Improved Concert. I VAUDEUILI P criTHDrc III*. Barlow Boll* Darling I Jack Stockton Floronoo Hill I ?T WASHINGTON APPEARANCE OFH OHN L. SULLIVAN | UMBIA at 8110 Sharp. I it Revival of the Season. HILDA AND 3P0[NG THEATER COMPANY) ELUDING TE WALKER SARDOU'S )MACY o and H. G. De Mille. Oc and 75c; Mats. 25c and 50c. Grand Spectacular I !IW Miiflflf] UUUUU U Mi/ U U UUUUU U ISU l?3 Annual Appearance of Miss CORA B. SHREVB AND HER Juvenile Performers , . INTRODUCING The Little Princess * OR THE REALMS OP FAIRY LAND 91 New National Theater ( Mon., Tues., Wed., 1 May 13, 14, 15, 1907. < ADMISSION. 20 AND SO CENTS. JReaerred aeats at the box o?ee of the theater . on and after Slay 10. 1MT. Curtate rlaet promptly at 8 p.m. myft-Tt r Fjflipfino Mildgets. \ 8MALLEST LIVING PEOPLE IN THE WOBLD. t DANCING AND PERFORMING. Ated M and 83 year*. Height. 27 and 39 Inches. ' On exhibition it 818 7th at. n.w. Admin ion, 10c; children, 5c. my7-7t*10 J to Oiinw Fam4!uaI TSaLaI OaIa ? - ouiig rental iiundi oaic ; Now going OB, National Theater, for May 1G, 3 p.m., V on " and May 17, 8 p.m. Benefit school playgrounds. E 500 Children?Marine Band. ? mjl2-2t g 3 AMUSEMENTS. ? THOROUGHBREDS A Little Better Than the Beat. Lflftlr Ana DmIva C A-I A.. ?ww? v? i w vi my wcr. Mile. Laloska Dan. T. Reitfy Washburn & Flynn Stevens & Boehn Douglas & Cunningham Harry McAvoy And Baropf'i Grralrtt Novrlty Art, The Laurent Trio NIXT UIICUCV VCDIiAII'C Waehincton WEEK: nuonci ACnlVAIV 0 Society Girln. 2 Have Friday? 3|Saturday, June I. Usual Show Grounds 15th and H Sts. N. E. Marking ft New Era In the History of Hwaemarahtp, Ethnolciry and Modern Amuitntnt Enteiprise Returns bom* after fl?e Tear* spent in Europe. Biccer, Better and More Enteitaininc than Erer. Predentin? All the Features Which Have for Twenty-four Years Made This Colossal Orcanixa tion tn? Leader Amonf Arenic Displays, with the Added Attractiveness of SEW HATT1.H SCKNES NEW KUIESTRIAX KEATS u "KWWItD WEST EKATliRES AU marshaled under the perennial Standard of Advanced Entertainment. Conceived. Inspired. Perpetuated and Personally Directed by the Laat if tae Great Sceuts. the Original and Only flBSBSHfi TmBi Tiri ilrl Cnl Mlm F f Ai4v RIIPPAI H Rll I Who will Appear in the Saddle at Every Performance and Enacting Hi* Original Sole in the Thrilling and Historically Accarate Open-Air Melodrama, THE BATTLE OF SUMMIT SPRINGS Replete With Desperate Encounter!. Fierce and Thrilling Hand-to-Hand Struggles and Typical Infiltrations of Birbarlo Indian Warfare. A Holiday at "T-E" Ranch, ihowing the Flea*ore* and Pas timet of the Plainsmen?An Attach oa an Emigrsat Train, Depicting; the Privation aad Perils of Pioneering. THE GREAT TRAIN HOLD UP And the Bandit Hnnter* of the Union Paclflo. showing with Accurate Detail the Methods Employed by Train Bobbers and the Work of their Capture. Eanfing Features, Aceoes aad Inoideat*. TWO PERFORMANCES DAILY ? E AIM OB SHINE. Admission. BO cants. Children uadsr 1* rears, half pries. Beaerved Beats Extra, Acoording to Location, on Bale- Day of Exhibitioa, at OGHAM'S DRUG BTOBE. 18th and Pa. a*p. mylZAat n ii _ a Deneni-u)nceri Direction of MISS SALLIE T. MASQN, A Minted bj MR. JOHN HUMBIRjDDUFFEY - . o< Ktyr Tork. AND IFKUrKKWN LUC AT. TALENT, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 13, CARROLL INSTITTTK HALL. Admission, 90 cents. Tickets on Bile at Joue?' Ticket Agency i In Top> ham's). 1219 V at. EXCUBSIONS. Plaoked Shad A T Marshall Hall, SUNDAY, MAY 12, STEAMER CHARLES MAGA LESTER. TWO TRIPS. Leave* 7th it. wharf..at 11 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. FARE, ROUND TRIP 26c Dinner (Inclodlng the celebrated Maraball Hall Clam Chow<fa?r). 75c. myl0-3t mo, FOR GREAT FALLS. Steamer Louise leaves 32d and Canal Sunday anil Wednesday at 9 o clock, Cabin John 10.30; round trip, 50c. For chartera apply to O. W. MASON, 1074 Jefferson.at. n.w. 'Phone Weat 03 M. niylO-St* STEAMER ST. JOHNS Sunday==May !2==Sunday 40 Miles Down the Poto=? mac and Return. Leaving River View line pier at 2:30 p.m. Bom* again by 8 p.in. Meals and lunches served on the steamer. Pare, ronnd trip 23c Children 150 my9-4t .20 Jamestown Exposition ?Potomac RlTPr. CbPsspcake Baj, Hampton Roads, Bt NIGHT AND DAI. Grand Electric Display on American and foreign fleet* and exposition buildings, evening of Maj 13, to com- ? memorate final settlement of Jamestown. Passengers via steamer Jamestown Sunday morning. May 12, or night steamer same date, can see electric display from deck*. Reservations now open. NIGHT steamers I t A.OA nm <1 a 11 r HAY STK X UFRH S a.m. eren date* in May. ETOfflcea. 705 14th at. and 7th at. wharf. Norfolk & Washington Stbt. Co. my7-28d Ferry Service to Alexandria Steamer Lackawanna every HOUIt and A HALF, I a.m. to 6 D.m. dally and Sunday. FAKE. S/? EACH WAY...... myO-tf.S ' Ti MOUNT VERMNL STEAMER CHARLES MACALESTER. Sally. 10 a.m. and 1:45 p.m. (Sunday* excepted). Fan (ronnd-trlp eacuralon tlcketa), 50 centa, Admlaatou to grounda, 25 ccota. aplO-tf.lO 3 SEAT HALLS OF TUB POTOMAC. (IKK AT WATERFALLS. OOHQBOUS: M AQNIKICKNTI Go today. Take the children. Hold your excarat tbla j>laca. Cara Uara 36tb and M aU. n.w. Fare. Z5c. pOtt.J For Mt. Vernon, Alexandria and \rlington, Washington, Alexandria Si MLVernon Ry.Sta., 12th & Pa. av. TRAINS FOR MT. VERNON (WRICK DAIS). 1% 1 A.M.. 1* NOON. 1. 2 AND 3 P.M. TRAINS POU ALEXANDRIA AND ARLINOTOS DAILY! EVERY 20 MINUTES. ai>I0-tl Trolley to Kensington 'la Bock Creek Bridge*. Parks. Zoo, Cbery 0ami *ke> VlaHora aea Ibeae beautiful auburba. Oara rom 16th and N. X. a?e. every 10 mln. Soul rip tickets, 23c.. at k'USSELL'H. 1437 N. X. ara. noH-tfce Vash., Arlington, Falls Church Ry. Rino&tM$X&CTJ??lDO&h.Vr'*. */>.