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AT THE TKEATERS.
r.nfnycttr ''On anil Off."
If any manager may be said to have a
personality that reaches the general pub
lic, that manager, is Charles Frohman,
whose new Madison Square Theater
Comedy Company produced for the first
time in tills country last night, at the
Lafayette, the Parisian success, "On and !
Off." Mr. Frohman had spent his proxieJ
time for the last two weeks in explaining
to local theater-goers that his latest ac
quirement was racey in the extreme,
complicated to a degree, and a dozen
other things that are not exactly pleas
ant to a man 'who has already purchased
his seats for an evening's entertainment.
Further than tills, in a seeming effort to
conceal the merit of his presenting or
ganization, the metropolitan purveyor of
theatrical amusement went so far as to
call Reuben Fax and E. M. Holland by
the picturesque cognomens of Fox and
Edward Holland. And then a good-sized
audience went up to Nixon and Zimmer
man's play-house yesterday evening and
there discovered that the offering is one
of the brightest, cleverest and most fin
ished farces of the year, with just enough
spice in it to make New York approba
tion possible.
"On and Off" is one of the sort of
pieces that one lias always associated
with Augustln Daly. It is brilliant and
smooth, quiet and orderly, rather smll
able. than uproarious a comedy with
more inciuents than situations and more
enjoyable dialogue than either. In fact,
there are many points in the play that
remind one forcibly of the last of the Daly
successes. "Number Nine." Incidentally
it is also reminiscent of some three score
other presentations of the sort, but then
all farces are alike when one scratches
them deep enough, and It is no feign, be
cause the horses In a race begin at the
same time, that all will reach the goal in
that order.
When It is considered how little really
new material the author has used ono
cannot help admiring the Ingenious things
he has evolved from hid Initial story.
While neglected wives and secret liasons,
Ingeniously coutrived excuses and blund
ers that render them valid, suspicious
mothers-in-law and loving partners, be
long to ancient history, the idea of
bringing St. Michael into such a mixture j
uirouKa .uiu h euium u. u. ,...w..ui,.i...
andof Introducing a lady with a nenou,
affection that proves unfortunate to male j
members of the cast are not only or- ,
lginai dui ueciaeuiy ingenious, ahu dis
son has woven them in wi:h his tangle
of other matters so evenly and grace-
fully that one cannot help being pleased j
at his craftiness. ELoth plans are used
to consistent advantage, and though the
lire: named of them needs more build
ing before St can be made to serve as a
second-act climax, na one can complain
that each is not rendered laughable.
The play, by the way. Is constructed
in rather a unique manner, and has more
separate and distinct themes than a
Sousa march. But this faot militates
rather in its favor than otherwise, since
all begin from, the same root and an
audience has hardly a chance to weary
of one idea when another is supplied. The
original story admits of no end of humor
and this is so aptly handled that pene
tration of plot may be said to be one
of the first virtues of a piece that is al
ways pleasing and often very funny in
deed. The tale told by the comedy is
too complicated and too creditable to de
serve spoiling by repetition In cold type.
Mr. Frohman's presenting organization
is ono of almost unequaled ability and
merit. It workb together with smooth
ness only possible to an aggregation of
artists. E. M. Holland still chooses to
disregard his more serious talents by the
assumption of a farcical role and does it
w well that he makes the house dlsre- !
gard them, too. His impersonation of
George Godfray, the deceptive husband,
is artistic in every way quite the clever
est thing of the sort ever seen here.
Fritz Williams gives a. portrayal that, in
its methods, is only a trifle different from
the book agent of Charles Evans and not
less enjoyable, while Samuel Reed makes
his old man Brumaire so consistently
characteristic that a spectator cannot
help wondering how he has managed to
keep his name off the lithographs so long.
There is not much for Reuben Fax to
do in his brief part, but he does it well,
the same praise being admissible in con
nection with the Du Patty de Clam of
Byron Douglas and the Martel of James
Kearney. Amelia Bingham does not look
the part of an" ill-treated wife hr charm
is so great that one cannot i.-lmit the
possibility of a spouse being infelna to j
her She is. moreover, a delighUully
leSiu nait- ,nCu u,u a"u . . ' ct""-
round actress. Maggie Fisner's nio'her- '
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not altogether a p feasant one and the
Impression created by her work is that
she is under a too heavy steam pressure.
Katherine Florence makes a dainty in-
genue, while Anita Roth, May ....ambert,
Augusta Gloso and May Gallyer are all
exceedingly good in smaller characteriza
tions. The entire presentation is a de
light to eye and ear, and Its suceess is
assured.
Columbia "A Misfit Mnrrlnsc."
H. A. Du Souchet, the author of "My
Friend from India," and "The Man from
Mexico," is said to be very anxious in
deed to prove his ability to write a play
with no tincture of geography in it. This
may have been the main impulse that
prompted him to construct "A Misfit
Marriage," which came to light yester
day evening at the Columbia. If it was,
Mr. Du Souchet has succeeded admirably
as far as the Impulse goes but whether
his farce has the other elements Smyth
& Rice sought in their new production,
cannot be determined until later In the
week.
It would be as impossible to follow the
plot of "A Misfit Marriage" through the
columns of a newspaper as to draw a
map of Andre's wanderings in his bal
loon. There is, however, this difference:
The plot finally reaches dry land and the
audience is able to recognize It at close
range. At first a blundering magistrate
succeeds in marrying one of the young
men in the cast to his sweetheart's
mother. This scene and the by-play
necessary to introduce everyone to the
audience said by-play being exception
ally bright exhaust the first act.
As the curtain rises on the second.hus
bands and wives for everybody develop
out of the air. Only the magistrate and
one or two others, including a drunken
man and a housemaid, escape. All
through this scene last night the house
a good sized, first-night one could hadly
crowd Into the time given the laughter
the situations seemed to deserve. Mr. Du
Souchet then introduces some color to
relieve the almost tiresome stage settings
of the two preceding acts, and he does
ho by bringing in an almost forgotten
spouse of the mater to whom the young
man mentioned above was wedded. The
gentleman is really harmless, but creates
endless furor among the unfortunates in
whose matrimonial complications he
takes an interest. His is the part of a
gay sea dog, who dresses like the
"sailors of the Main" in burlesque shows
of the period and carries enough shields
and arrows to stock a store.
This ruse is repeated in the last scene
of the piece wjjh the help of three
closets that are made to moTe about the
stage wherever the author choses.
Finally, after the audience has screamed
with mirth until the plot is practically for
gotten, one of the characters succeeds In
straightening things out. Those, on the
stage seek their proper mates and "The
Misfit Marriage" Is annulled.
Included In the company are Max Fig
man, Clayton White, Henry Herman, Ina
Hammer, Katharine Mulkins and Willie
James, and the half dozen make merry
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with some .success. When all of them
learn their parts, the success will proba
bly be greater. Mr. Flgman plays tho
young man to whom half the ladies in
the cast are married; Mr. White is tho
magistrate, and a very, very good one,
and Mr. Herman parades the sailor
clothes in tho second act.
Miss Hammer poses as the old lady of
tho piece; Miss James takes the role of
tho old lady's maid, ono of the most ef
fective in the cast, and Miss Mulkins
more than sustains the reputation she
earned in "The Man From Mexico." The
minor parts are,all acceptably taken, espe
cially rtiat of James Topper, a clerk in
the magistrate's ofilce. which has been
assigned to Malcolm Bradley.
To sum up, "A Misfit Marriage" is a
fair comedy, with rather novel lines, full
of bright dialogue and promisingly pre
sented. It needs considerable polish and
Smyth & Rice are renowned polishers
but that Is all that may be required to
furnish these managers with another hit.
N'aUoiiiiI "Wlij- Smith Left Home."
That a same author should write two
phenomenal successes within ono year
is perhaps not to be expected, and no
one who did not look forward to this
could have been disappointed n tho new
comedy, "Why Smith Left Home," pre
sented for the first time in this city last
night at the New National. The farco
lovers of the capital being divided among
three theaters, there Is Httlo wonder that
the house Avas not filled with people as
was the comedy with merit. Eut the au
dience was duly appreciative, despite Its
lack of numbers, and curtain calls fol
lowed each act.
"Why Slm'th Left Home" is a three act
plajv tho last scene being of a double
barreled variety in which two little coun
ter plots arc explained. Smith Is a mid
dle aged contractor who has recently
wedded a beautiful young woman, he
marrying for love and she for better or
worse with anticipations of the former
state. Because of business reasons, the
customary honeymoon has been post
poned and, to add to the sorrow of the
twain, the manifold relatives of the wife
come to spend their vacations with Mr.
and Mrs. Smith. Now. it chances that
the family lord and master possesses
enough of this world's goods to have
three servants, aomng them a "cook
lady," whose very badness proves her on
ly virtue. In his efforts to get rid of a
troublesome visitor "an aunt by mar
riage but a mother-in-law by nature"
Smith brbea th,3 gr, tQ serve such ba(J
moals that ,he guest3 cannot remain. A
ncwiy married brother of the young
s))0Use boD3 up inopportunely and a.
forel?n coun,t faUs ln jove wUh Mrs
Smith, mistaking her for her sister-in-law,
a maiden of forty Winters and
nntnlfl Tn 1 1 si A fmiMitnp mnlrt n TTVnnVi
husband oC the mother-in-law aunt, a re-
tircci major, and several others of small!
importance add to the confusion and the
salary roll. Finally, after untold suffer
ings. Smith explains that he loves his
wife, the foreign count gives up the am
tronly sister to the major, the other fami
ly relatives skip for the woods and the
newly married man leaves home with his
helpmeet.
This more or less clever farco is Inter
preted by a company in many ways
good in others unusually mediocre. The
title role, as done by Maclyn Arbuckle. is
strong, even in Its farcical fervor, and
graceful where many would incline to
overact. In the few serious bits with
which Mr. Broadhurst has interspersed
the part, Mr. Arbuckle appears with
especial capability, placing this creation
on a par with those of his old stock days.
Mrs. Anna Yeamans Is probably the pop
ular favorite of the piece, her "cook
lady" being probably the equal of Mrs.
Bates's famous Mrs. Murphy, or Mattio
Ferguson's Swedish servant In tho
"Jones" farce. She Is always excellent in
character work, and in this is more than
excellent. In make-up, accent, action
and business, she is all that can be de-
sired. Marion Giroux Is a capable Mrs.
Smith chic, pretty, vivacious, shapely,
well gowned and finely formed. Miss
Giroux could do serious work if she
wished, but should never wish so long
as slie can offer lighter matter so refresh
ingly. The General Bllletdoux of Fred
Peters Is effervescing, and the Major of
Matt Snyder seems a little Irksome, prob
ably because of the fallings of the author
rather than his own. Count Von Guggen
heim, by Frank Hatch, is as unique as it
is brief. The players' dialect being nat
ural yet humorous, with the exception of
Jessie Conant, granted a small bit In
order that she may display her really
beautiful and excellently trained voice,
the roll of commendation ends here.
Sadie Klrby, who attempts to offer a
comic Impersonation, is simply pathetic
In her efforts, the chief merit of which
CQmes when s'he alspays a very shapely
ank,e an(1 uamty ,lnRerfo ln :t few un
ainty lingerie
graceful perambulations early
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rambulatlons
in the
irouuie. uiaunue jjaruy is uvuu worse,
trouble.
Maurice Darcy
not Possessing the shapely ankle. Blanche
chapman ,g bworse tntusne tries to be
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and-Dorothy Lsner! Well Dorothy. In a
refe"1 Interview, said that she was in
spired to write poetry, but that her acting
was due to her own efforts and labor.
"Repulescat in pace.' Rose Snyder is
above the average.
Viewing the comedy retrospectively, it
must be said that it is not the equal of
"What Happened to Jones," or of other
trees from the facile pen of Mr. Broad
hurst. It resembles a Hoyt concoction
too much. The author has been com
pelled to seek the trodden paths for situ
ations. His writing appears forced and
as a result lacks coheslveness. It Is not
satisfying, while bright In repartee and
clever in design. For all that. It Is funny,
reasonably well presented, and appro
priately staged.
Aenilemy "GnyoNt Mniilinttnn."
"Gayest Manhattan," which appearcu
last night at the Academy, is a
cheerful mixture of song, dance, horse
play, and costumes, with a slight
admixture of acting. It is what
might be called a typical New York
show, and the characters are those easily
recognizable as metropolitan types. There
are nurse girls, Summer girls, policemen,
bicycle girls, chappies, soclarty girls, and
various other people, all serving as a
background for a family of country peo
ple from Skowhegan, Me.
Sol Aiken, as Hiram Prindle, the far
mer, scored a decided success, and has
the elements of a genuine comedian.
Jean Mcllmoyle's Mellnda Is a saucy
and fetching soubrette, and the imper
sonator made two of the greatest hits of
the evening in her topical songs, '"Susie
Smith from Troy," and "But Wasn't It
an Odd Place to Do It?" Jennie L. Lew.
is, as Tess of the Aristooks, Mr. Prln
dle's eldest daughter, Is also clever, and
with Mr. Aiken, in the second scene,
gives a bit of burlesque of the rural and
hay-scented drama that is highly amus
ing. D. E. Alta, as Louis Spitzberger,
seems to think his abilities much greater
than they really are. A little of Mr. Al
ta's German dialect is very good, but too
much of it is like too much sweltzer
cheese It leaves a bad taste In the
mouth.
Some of the work of Frank Gardiner,
as Nathaniel Belgraff, teacher of elocu
tion, is open to the same objection of
superfluity, although he won an encore
with his imitations of popular vaude
vlllians. In the last act there is some
capital dancing by William Robinson and
George Sanderson, who are, for some
occult reason, dressed in Chinese cos
tumes and look about as much like "Mon
golians as James A. Klernan does like a
negrp. Mr. Klernan essayed to play an
Irishman in the first act and a "coon"
in the last, both being done indifferently
well.
The ballets are effective, especially
"The March of the New York Dailies,"
CASTOR I A Forlnfantsand Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
VfiSDAY,
ln which several pretty-anddaintlly cos
tumed girls represent t,he leading papers
of Gotham. j t.
As a play, "Gayest Manhattan" Is not
much, but as u polltlqaj indicator it is
beautiful. Several of j,Its oplcal songs
have a special significance, and tho audi
ence, which was a large pne, cheered
them enthusiastically They left no
doubt whatever that Spjiley Dewey and
Fltzhugh Lee are popular iji this city.
, ni
Kenuiii'n Morrls'N fl,it$Je I,imls."
Harry Morris's "Little Lambs" opened
a't Kernan's yesterdays and succeeded
with a bright and very1, cleyer show In
pleasing two large audiences. The man
agement has provided for the perform
ance elaborate scenery and rich costumes.
Mr. Morris is still a great favorite hero
and the reception given' him after an ab-'
sence of several years was a hearty one.
Ills General Fink, in the closing bur
lesque, was done with his usual excel
lence. He was ably assisted by Jean
Cunningham,. Sophie Leslie, Burt Wes
ton. The curtain raiser, a bright skit entitled
"Training the -Lambs" proved very friskj
and not at all lamblike. It presents a
lively melange of music, dance and pretty
girls, with two or three very bad spe
cialties. A striking feature of the performance
and one of Its most attractive numbers
was "The Artist's Dream, or Mephhlsto's
Triumph," an elaborate device lor the dis
play of living pictures. Tho olio could
not be said to be up to tho Morris stand
ard, although it included several people
of merit. Under this head came the Ford
brothers, wooden shoe dancers, who have
not been equaled here. Belmont and Wes
ton appeared in a sketch which would
have been better had it been .only half
as long. The Patterson brothers are clev
er horizontal bar performers and did a
number of daring turns, while DIllccs and
Wade presented their old act and Jean
Cunnlnghnm sang In her own pleasing
way. Eunice Sayre, Charles Johnson and
Nellie Fenton appeared in a sketch, the
best rart of which was the dancing of
the trio.
Every night and dally matinees.
IJIjou Vaudeville.
The program presented by Manager
Grieves to Bijou audiences yesterday is
considerably above the average, and if
the crowded houses present at both per
formances are a criterion, this ought to
prove a record-breaking week. The
leading attraction la Troja, who repeats
her former successes here and adds
scores of new friends to her list with her
clever monologue and da3hy songs. Joe
Fiynn, who becamo famous through vrit
lng "McGinty," kept the crowds in an up
roar with the many funny things he said
and sang In his own peculiar style. The
Armstrong Brothers presented a happy
turn which scored a prompt hit; Gard
ner and Gilmore appeared In a clever
singing act, and the Aherns pleased with
their acrobatics.
The Rever sisters prove io be an at
tractive 'team; Johnnie Webber is funny
in his get up and funnlenirrwhut he gets
off, and the Maglnleys close -the enter
tainment with a flying trapeae perform
ance which Is remarkably difficult and
daring ln Its execution, er
Tho Bijou Burlesque Company scored
'a hit with an entirely new skit In which
appear clever John Tlerney. Nina Col
lins, Clara Adams, AllceriTfCirren and SI
donne Dixon. l
Multifield Does "C rnno
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New York, Oct. 3. Richard' Mansfield
added new laurels to his crown tonight
when, before the largest.indmost dis
tinguished audience of the year he pre
sented his much-talked-of play, "Cyrano
de Bergerac," at the Carder" Theater.
The drama is mounted In, a manner that
totally overshadows anything of the sort
ever seen In this country, The four acts
of the piece afford opportunity for sump
tuous setting, all of which are employed.
There are In the cast fifty-nine speaking
parts and seventy-two ensemble roles, all
In the hands of competent and well
trained people. William Courtney, Ar
thur Forrest, A. G. Andrews, J. W.
Weaver, Francis KIngdon, Fred Backus,
Margaret Anglln. Helen Glldon, Blanche
Weaver and Ellen Cummlngs all appear
to advantage, while Mr. Mansfield's im
personation of Cyrano proved one of the
most powerful portrayals ever given ny
this finished artist. There were curtain
calls Innumerable and bravos that finally
culminated In a grateful speech from the
star. The piece will probably be the
greatest of the Mansfield successes.
THE SEIGHT OF HEDGES.
O. M. Mcl'licrhon LocIccn Complaint
With, the ComiiiInnloiier.i.
O. M. McPherson, a resident of No.
1250 Princeton Street, Columbia Heights,
has written to the Commissioners asking
for information concerning the recent
regulation restricting the height of hedge
fences in the District and complaining
that a hedge Is being maintained at the
corner of Thirteenth and Princeton
Streets four and a half feet high. The
complaint points out that the hedge is
adjacent to his property and that it ob
structs his view.
Mr. McPherson states that he would
like to have the hedge removed if it Is
unlawfully maintained. If it is not unlaw
ful, but Is of too great a height, he re
quests that the owner be required to trim
It.
The Commissioners will inform the
complainant that there Is but one regula
tion governing the height of hedges in
in the District The regulation was pro
mulgated September 23 last and reads as
follows:
"Hedges on public parkings within the
city limits shall not exceed three feet in
height nor eighteen inches ln thickness,
and the superintendent of parking is au
thorized to reduce hedges of greater di
mensions thaa named In this paragraph."
The regulation is to take effect thirty
days after Its promulgation.
THE HOWARD UNIVERSITY.
Secretary BHhh Has the Matter Un
der Advisement.
Secretary Bliss yesterday notified the
Commissioners that he haaj held a con
ference with Dr. Rankin, the president of
Howard University, on the subject of the
lease by that institution of the buildings
and grounds now used by Freedman's
Hosnital and Asylum, but that the matter
cannot be considered very .fully until the
latter part of the week.
Secretary Bliss writes in his letter to
the Commissioners as follows:
"I will then personally Inspect the hos
pital with a view to the adjustment, if
practicable, of the dlfferenjcesj apparently
existing between the two institutions re
garding the matter of room that each is
entitled to. In the meantime I am not
aware of any reason why the directors
of Howard University should not be paid
such rent as may be due Tor the use of
the buildings occupied by freedman's
Hospital up to the present time."
Will TnUe Time.
(From the St. Paul Dispatch.)
Spanish "honor" will require more or les
haggling and delay in negotiating-a peace treaty.
A ready acceptance of the American terms, no
matter what they might be, is not to be ex
pected. So wc may be prepared for repeated pro
positions, counter proposals and answers on the
part of the Spanish commissioners, for they must
"die game." Therefore they will resist the first
terrn3 of peace offered them, for the sake of form,
though knowing well that they must consent at
last.
B.ears th9
Slgn0afture
(ZM
OCTOBER 4, 1898.
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
Mrs. Clare Hanson Mohun has issued
Invitations for the marriage of her
daughter, Edyth, and Lieut. Walter Ole
phant Hulme, U. S. N. Tho ceremony
will take place-at St. Paul's Church, cor
ner of Fifteenth and V Streets, Octo
ber 10.
Mr. and Mrs. O'Donnell have returned
from Europe and opened their home on
Sixteenth Street.
Mr. Nathaniel Slmpkins has joined his
family at Manchester-by-the-Sea.
Mr. and Mrs. G. W. CIssel left for New
port News last night by Invitation of the
Shipbuilders' Company to witness the
launching ceremonies of tho battleship
Illinois. ( . .
Miss Mary Desha Breckinridge, a daugh
ter of Maj, Gen. Joseph C. Breckinridge,
inspector general of the United States
army, and Ensign John Fore Hines, U. S.
N., will bo married October 19 at tho
home of the bride in Lexington, Ky. The
ceremony will be quietly performed, and
after si honeymoon spent in the South the
couple will reside In Washington.
It Is announced that the marriage or
Miss Margaret Folsom, daughter of Mrs.
George Wlnthrop Folsom. and Mr. Sat
terlee, son of Bishop Satterlee, will take
place ln Lenox tho second week In No
vember. The Folsoms will arrive in Len
ox about November 1.
Chief Engineer and Mrs. David Smith
have sent out invitations for the marriage
of their daughter, Helen Saunders, to Mr.
Charles Hewitt Wright, of Plttsfleld,
Mass. The ceremony will take place at
St. Margaret's Church Thursday, October
20, at S p. m. At home after November 1
at 2G Maplewood Avenue, Plttsfleld.
Mrs. do Smirnoff, who for years past
has made Washington her home, died
Saturday night at Newport of disease of
the heart. During the Summer, which she
spent at Narragansett, she suffered more
or less, though her malady was not con
sidered necessarily fatal. Her death,
therefore, comes as a painful shock to a
large circle of friends. Mrs. de Smirnoff
was the widow of a Russian, who was ln
the diplomatic service at the time of their
marriage, and she leavos one daughter.
Miss Elka Smirnoff. Deceased was for
merly Miss Nellie Blow and the daughter
of a former minister to Brazil.
Miss Jane D. Andrews, of Mount Pleas
ant, and Mr. Albert M. Keen were quietly
married yesterday at noon at St. Steph
en's Episcopal Church. Mr. and Mrs.
Keen will return from their Northern trip
October 15, when they will go to house
keeping at their new home. No. 1531 How
ard Avenue, Mount Pleasant.
Mrs. Maurice Joyce and her daughter.
Miss May Joyce, of No. 922 M Street, have
returned from an extended Northern trip,
which included visits to Halifax and Bos
ton. Mr. and Mrs Maurice Francis Egan
have returned from. Oakland and Atlantic
City and have taken a house on Capitol
Hill.
The marriage of Miss Alyce Owlngs
and Mr. Louis Payne Hieston will take
place at the residence of Miss Owings,
1514 K Street, at S o'clock on Saturday
evening, October 15, and will be followed
by a reception.
Governor Tanner says wine.
The quart bottle of "extra dry." meshed
in gold net and flying national ribbons, is
ready to piny Its much discussed share
in the christening of the Illinois, and
Miss Nancy Lelter is probably the proud
est young woanm In the world.
The spectacle of the christening of a
battleship Is a brilliant one. Ashore and
afloat there is a great profusion of flags
floating over the heads of a crowd of
people. The guests of honor are taken
aboard the new battleship, and. after the
christening, a banquet is served in their
honor at which the ship's silver is used
for the first time.
Many of the gay people who will be
present from Washington will make a
prolonged holiday of the affair and naval
men at Newport News will enjoy a rare
round of dances.
Miss Martha di Zarega will make one
of the group of bridesmaids who will at
tend Miss Ottie Louise Fleming, of Rich
mond, whose marriage to Mr. W. C. De
Armond, of Philadelphia, will be the
fashionable event in Richmond society In
November.
Mrs. Xott and Miss Margaret Nott will
close their Summer home in Massachu
setts about the last of this month and
spend a portion of November in New
York before returning to Washington
for the Winter.
Miss Antoinette Greely. a daughter of
the Arctic explorer, and Miss Rosemary
Sartoris, a grand daughter of Gen.
Grant, will be among the debutantes of
the coming season.
TOR THE FREE LIBRARY.
Mr.
"Wlllett RcrpieKted as to the De
livery of Mnll.
For some time the District Commis
sioners have been receiving newspapers,
periodicals and other mall addressed to
the Free Public Library and to the
Rittenhouse Academy.
As neither of these institutions Is sup
posed to receive mail through the office
of the Commissioners, and as the re
mailing of the papers has involved delay
in their proper delivery the Commis
sioners yesterday requested Postmaster
Wlllett to have the mail for the former
institution addressed to Xo. 43S Louisiana
Avenue and for the Free Public Library
to Mr. Theodore W. Xoyes, the presi
dent of the board of trustees.
PLUMBERS' BONDS.
More Cure In the Future About
MnUiiiKT KencvrnlM.
The attention of Commissioner Wight
was recently called to the matter of
bonds which-are furnished by plumbers
in accordance with the requirements of
the law, and the statement was made
to him that having furnished bonds they
are not careful as to making renewals
after the first expiration.
He has accordingly recommended that
the matter be referred to Engineer
Commissioner Beach with a request for
a statement from the inspector of plumb
ing, whether there are any bonds now
credited to plumbers, in connection with
which they are now receiving permits to
do work, and which have expired.
Municipal Brevities.
The Commissioners yesterday refused
the request of John L. Weaver, on behalf
of the Washington Sanitary Improve
ment Company for tho planting of trees
on Bates Street northeast.
The resignation of J. W. Hurley, a pri
vate of 'the fire department, has been ac
cepted by the Comisslone'rs and Joseph
I. Hopkins has been appointed to the va
cancy. The Commissioners have requested the
Washington Gas Light Company to lay
mains to the Bruce School building so
that that structure may be supplied with
gas.
Promotion From the RniilfH.
(From the Philadelphia Item.)
Tho possibility of promotion js the real basis'
of an effective oIuntcer force and advantage
should be taken of every possible opportunity
to advance men from the ranks.
It was this system that made such gallant
fighters of the volunteers in the War of the Re
bellion. Now that the army is to be increased,
it should be an inducement for bright and brainy
joung men to enter Uncle Sam's service.
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Our.New Credit Way.
Bottle of Will
iams's Black Ink
cash or credit,
2c.
Bottle Sewing
Machine Oil no
better produced.
Gish or credit,
2c.
Seek the Equals
Of these leaders in all the advertisements of the past weeks,
and where will you come across half as good values? We're
building our new departments on lines that are too true to
warp. Using methods that predestined success. We're not
only giving as big but even better leaders than the other
stores. In addition there's the standing offer to avail yourself
of the fairest and squarest waj' of giving credit in the world.
One price to everybody. Pay down or pay later it's all the
same.
Double Size iockwood Sheets, 39c.
Where's the store that'll make an equaling quotation !
None in this town ever named such a price. This
is value-giving extraordinary.
best Sheets in creation either
the special pii:e .'
$2.25 and $1.75 Nottingham Curtains, 98c.
Full size (32 yards) and in a range of patterns that no
season has produced in moderate priced coods. Some are in
clever Brussels effects some with dainty Grecian centers
some have centers of plain net others with beau
tiful floral border. Never were goods like 'em
sold uuder $1.75 to $2.25. Cash or credit
75c Marseilles Spread, 49c.
Not the genuine Marseilles but a
clever reproduction. Full size ssnd
of a good weight texture. It's .
as good a spread as ox everJUr
got anywhere at 75c .g ''"
CASH OR CREDIT.
51.25 Dresden Umbrella, 59c.
Hold them beside any you ever
got for $1.50 and see how much bet
ter these are. Ladles' size, good,
strong frame, narrow steel rods,
terminating in dainty porcelain
knobs, decorated in Dresden
designs Some other time Kuf
you'll pay us 51.23. Today t7w
CASH OR CREDIT.
Samuel rriedlander & Co,,
Successors to New York Clothing House, 311 Seventh St.
KING'S PALACL
iNew Department Store.
BIGGEST DAitGAlNS IN TOVVN.
CBlt 7th St. 715 lUr!:t Space.
200 Ladles Grenadine and Brilltantlm Skirts,
best make, well lined, woith $2.00,
for
esc
EISENMANN'S, Wa.
Won't
Hurt"
Extracting k
ril I IMP Kor an actual fact, we can
rILUllU. bcth extract and fill a tooth
without causing our patient
any pain or discomfort. I'timr all the
down-to-date paln-sunng appliances and
exercismir the every care the skilled
operative is capable of, justifies us la
claiming to give "Won't Hurt" Dentistry.
The Washington Dental Parlors,
N. E. Cor. E and 7th Sts. Open Sundays 9 to 2.
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CATHODE BAYS.
.V Radical Theory That They Are
Sent Out by the Sun.
(From the Xew York Times.)
Experiments made recently by Francke
L. Woodward, Harvard,- '96, and now liv
ing in this city, to determine the penetra
bility of a vacuum by light, have led him
to conclude that, owing to the presumable
vacuum existing between the atmosphere
of the earth and that of the sun, the rays
generated by the sun must be a form of
cathode rays, or we would get no sun
light whatever. The theory is radical, and
if confirmed by other experimenters, will
set at naught the accepted ideas of the
transmission of light through space.
Mr. Woodward conducted his experi
ments in this city, and used a glass tube,
exhausted of air as much as Is today pos
sible, covered with black paper, in which
wero cut two circular openings at oppo
site ends of a diameter to enable the pas
sage of light. A beam of lime light was
sent across the tube through these open
ings. As it left tlte second opening its
intensity was only about one-twentieth
of that it had on entering. It was found
that the more perfect the vacuum the
less was the Intensity of the light. It
would therefore seem, according to Mr.
Woodward, that, granted an actual vacu
um were obtainable, no lime light what
ever would emerge from the second open
ing. .Next cathode rays were sent through
the tube. They came out of the second
opening with almost the same intensity
they had on entraace, proving the pene
trability of the X-ray. Mr. Woodward
thinks that this supports Tesla's theory
that Roentgen rays consist of a stream
of material particles capable of passing
through the glass walls of a bu'b. When
these particles enter the bulb the trans
mission of light Is facilitated. It would
follow from this, then, that light can
only be transmitted where material par
ticles as well as ether are present.
In regard therefore to the transmission
of light from the sun to the earth, Mr.
Woodward says it is reasonable to con
clude, in view of his experiments, that
if. as is supposed, a perfect vacuum ex
ists between the sun and the earth, the
rays of light generated by the sun are
transformed in traversing this vacuum
and our atmosphere.
There are also some astronomical and
meteorological phenomena which support
the theory of the existence of a cathode
stream from the sun. According to the
theory of comets, which Is now most in
favor, tails of .comets are due to a ca
thode stream such as Crookes found to
proceed from an obstruction placed In
the main cathode stream. The aurora
borealis has also been explained by
Birkeland on the assumption that it con
sists of cathode streams in the upper re
gion of the atmosphere, directed and con
trolled by the earth's magnetism.
i AWAY horse almost impossi
ble if you use SNELL'S
SAFETY AUTOMATIC) HiTCHINO
WEIGHTS. Call and see thern. Prices, 1.50
and 52. JOHN B. ESPEY, 1010 Pa. are.
se7-tf-cm
EXCURSIONS.
FOR MOUNT VERNON,
Alexandria and Arlington.
ELECTRIC TRAINS, STATION, 131-2 AND PA.
AVE. For Mt. Vernon, every hour, from 10 a. m.
to 3 p. m.
For Alexandria and Arlington, see schedule.
ROUND TRIP to Mt. Vernon, including Alex
andrla and Arlington, 60c. Alexandria only, 25c
Arlington only, 20c.
Washington, Alexandria and Mount Vernon Rj.
f&.
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Bottle Mucilage
the s t i c k i n
Kird . Ca.-h or
credit,
2c.
Bottle Shoe
Dressing vroith 10
cent?. Guh (r
credit,
4c.
We're offering the
cash or credit for
Girls' $1.98 Reefers. $2.93.
We showed you some handsome
lines last week, but added recruits
swell these attractions wonderful
ly. These garments are natty tail
orings from good cloths.
They are honestly worth V Q
CASH OR CREDIT.
More Handkerchiefs at Ic.
It was folly to greet you with
such a small quantity as 50 dozen
last week. They went in a jiffy.
Couldn't keep em a half day. But
here's another lot 10 times as
many. The same neat bor- lf
ders. All you want at x
CASH OR CREDIT.
A-MlSEMENTs
National . Tonight
Matinees Wednesday and Saturday.
BROADSHUKTS LATEST FARCE
Why Smith Left Home
By the author of '-What Happened to Jons."
Cast includes MacHn rbiicW, Marion G.rour.
Mrs. Annio Teaman. Frank Hatch. lirotby Us-
ner, trrd Peters. Rose fenjder, M B. Sayder.
Sadie Kirln.
i
SEXT
WEEK
SEATS THURSDAY.
DE WOLF
In Sousa's and Klein's N"w Comic Oper
THE CHARLATAN.
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TONIGHT.
WED. MAT.
KOSTER & BIAL'S
GAYEST MANHATTAN
t Jirsif. SOXf.S. DWCES. s-CEXERr,
WSW C0STl MES- EFFECTS OJMLDIAX3.
I,v" SPECIALTIES, MARCHES.
Regular Academy Prices.
Xet Week Williams and Walker in "A SENB
OAMBIX CARNIVAL."
COLUMBIA. TofligW at 8l5
POPULAR M T1VEE THURSDAY, 5Cc.
REOILAR XIVT1XEE SATURDAY.
MESSRS. SMYTH AND RICE PRESENT
Another Screaming Hit.
Received last night with roars of laugater.
u
Misfit Marriage."
By H. A. DU SOITHET author of "My Friend
From Indu," "The Man Frrm Mexico." Etc.
Next Week "A WAR CORRESPONDENT."
German Bay Tournament
and Dress Ball,
At Otto C. Rupperfs
Highland Park,
Thursday, October 6.
Best riders will contest. Tiltins: will besin
at 2 p. m. Crowning of Queen at 7:30 p. ci.
Free busses to and from Eckington cars and-"
Highland station, B. k O.
Admission Free.
ocl.S.ampm.Gam
ABSOLUTELY
. FIREPROOF
CTIARLES FROHMAN'S MADISON
SQUARE THEATER COMEDY COJIP.VNY,
On and Off
By ALEX NDRE BISSON.
Author of "The Masked Ball."
M VTINEE SATURDAY.
Next Week-"THE CUCKOO."
KERNAN'S
LYCEUM
THEATER.
AFTERNOON. 2:15. EVENING. 3:15.
HARRY MORRIS'S
LITTLE LAMBS.
The Funny Military Burlc-ucy
"GEN. FINK'S ARMY."
The $5,000 Feature.
MEPIUSTO'S TRIUMPH.
Next Wcek-RENTZ-SANTLEY BUIILESQUER3.
BIJOU
THEATER
lO, 20. 30c. 50c
SMOKING CONCERTS.
DAILY, 2 P. M. NIGHTLY. S P. M.
The Great TROJ V; JOE FLYNN. "The Man
That Wrote McGinty," the- French Djncire; Dolls.
12 Other Bis Act3 and Burlesque. 25 Pretty GitU
and Comedians.
PARK BICYCLE TRACK.
RACKS WEDNESDAY, OCT. 5, 3 P. M-
1-t-MILE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP.
All the Crack Riders of the Country.
PRICES, 50c, 75c, and 91.