Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-01-08
EVENING STAR.
LOCAL n EWS
Amustments. &C.. Wight.

Amuss N ents, GC., To- Wight.
national THEATRE-Tbs great spec .acular
Play Of 1T ndIne, or the " aiad u ueen.'
WALLS OPERA HOUsE-Last appearance
but one Of Mrs. Scott Sddons. ShaSspsare's
comedy OF "Much Ado About Nothing"
CANTERBURY HALL.-The great French Can
Gan, and Mons Adrien's ballet troupe.
ME1zKRorr HALL.-The werld-renowned
Davenport Brothers.
PRop. SMITHS ART GALLERY, 30i PenpsyI-
vania avenue. New pictures.
FIFTH AND SIXTH WARD REPUBLICAN
CLUB.-This club met last evening AZ their hall
on sth street east. Navy Yard. the President
w. L. Nenable in the chair, and VIM Boron,
Secretary. Mr.. Boron, from the committee TO
solicit contributions tor defrayIng expenses of
the inauguration ceremonies, reported that az
the next meeting satisfactory account would
b. given of their proceedings. Mr.. Boron gave
an account of the visit OF the Boys in Blue TO
Georgeiown, and deprecated the lack Of atten-
non TO the orders of the commander OF that or
ginizanon- The President explained that a
meeting OF the field and staff officers OF the Boys
IN Blue at Gen. A. Grants headquarters pre-
vented a full attendance on the occasJoa OF the
visit 10 Georgetown. Mr. Boron accepted the
into the Trustees of the Pubic Schools for puT.
chasing supplies from and having work done
by men who were not only not members of
the Repuoilcan party but We're hostile to
The cause Of Repubhcanism. A general d.
bate then ensued as TO the distinction of the
Boys in Blue from ,ther organizations M
heron said that the Boys IN Blue with all tiair
MAJOR Generals, Colonies, Captains were bur
an offspring of the Fifth and sixth Ward Re-
publican Club. But If they were a distInc, or
eanization he hoped they would pay their pills
No they don't. The Firth and SIKH Ward
Club pays all expenses aud gets no credit for it.
The Boys in Blue could not drill aud did not
know right face from left face A member here
inquired who paid for he oil burning in the
lamps used a: the meeting. Dir. Veuable stated
that he purchased the OIL out of his private
Iunas. MT Gray gave notice thar at the next
meeting he would move that the club on &C.
count OF the slim attendan &c generally, adjourn
'sI6 de, and resolve itself into an organization
OF Boys In Blue. Mr.. Boron did not see the
pTopriety OF dIsbanding the club until all the
Republicans Were provided for. Mayer Bowen
bad gone back on the Republicans aad ap.
Ioln ,s W. sopPerhsad lamp lighter in the
eroer and the meeting adjourned.
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UNIVERSAL FRANCHISE AssoCTATIoN.-A
regular meeting oi this association, for the pro-
motion of enlarged civil and political priyi-
Isges OF females, was held last night az Union
League Hall, the president, Mrs. Josephine
Griffng, IN the chair. After Il fe W preliminary
r-marks from the Char, who rendered an IN.
Nitsuon to all present who felt disposed TO do
so 20 express their views upon the q usstion az
issue, addresses Were AIDE by Mrs. Archibald
o, kansss; MIS-. Hathaway, Mrs, Griffing, and
hessrs Tlboetts, Finney and Gatcnell: the
latter gentleman taking the negative. in The
course Of which be dealt rather hard with the
fhiaic sex, ana secuted the idea that il was
either proper or safe for governmental har-
mony and prosperity to endow women with
the right Of suffrage. Already, he said, fe-
males were responsible for the miserable legis-
bauon tof Congress. and in fact, there were
very Few existing abuses which could not b.,
attributed TO them. Their place was a. home.
whiie II was mans duty TO be kind towards
mem and attend 10 the dirty work outside for
ms family He denied the right of woman to
vote. ard until some argument was advanced
10 snow that they had a right or Were capable
OF exercising il, he should oppose the move
MT fInney replied at lengt b, and claimed that
fhe question at issue was not so much one OF
Woman's rights rs il was of human rights If
women were human-and no man would dare
deny this-they had human rights, aud Justice
demanded the full extension OF all human
rights. The discussion was some what pro.
uacted, and atrentIvely listened to by the an
dirnce, though no new argument was advanced
either for or against female suffrage After a
collection 10 defray the current expenses of the
evening, the meeting adjourned about ten
O'Clock