Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-01-26
Lively Times in q Pullman Car.

flLLlN0 BY FEMALE OPEhA SINGERS.
Madame Gerster and four Of the members OF
the Mapleson Italian Opera Company who
were at Ford's opera House, Monday Night, left
attached to the 1880 train on the Baltimore
ana Potomac railroad for Plttsburg. Some per-
soDs who saw them pass through the gate at
the depot here thought they saw "the devil In
the eye" OF one OF them. 1t appears IRON sub
seQuent developments that there was some I'M
pieasantness between two OF the female sing
ers. After Gerster had disposed of herself and
her dog comfortably In the car. and the train
had attained speed OF forty miles per hour,
one OF the singers referred to was seen to APP
proach the other with menacing air, and In a
minute o. tX9 re e2stiy RSansts @ R2Fh heads
mental pieces which are now used to set Off the
hair on the female head were scattered around
prom iScuously. The scene was we'll set, and In
ductor and porter of the car and the fagman OF
the train, the train people playing the parts of
peacemakers. There was no blood she'd and
the damage has been doubtless repaired in
PlttSDurg Oy the mlllinerS and hatr-dreSSerS OF
the smoky city.
Madame Gerster had nothing to do with the
scrimmage. The principals were two remark
ted conversation before the train left the depot,
the subject being one of the male members OF
the company, each claiming him as her own.
B'NAI B'RITH.-The fourteenth annual con-
yent1on OF the District Grand Lodge. No. 5,
Independent Order Bnai Birth, assembled yes
terday In Baltimore. Nathaniel Levin, s. c.,
president; j. l. Macks, N. c.. and Max Cohen,
D. c., vice presidents D. 3. B. Wolfe, Nd, Sec
rotary; A. Goodman, Nd, treasurer, and M j.
Solomons, Ga, sergeant arms. Among the
representatives to the grand lodge are NJ Bend
helm. j. Kaufman, H. Schloss. /. Schwartz, Al
exanaria, Va; NJ. Cohen, L. Gradwohl, B. Gus
dorf, II. King, jr., Il. Kronhelmer 3. Rice, D.
Strauss, Washington, d. c.; A. Fisher, H.
Strauss, Georgetown, d. G.. The report OF the
president set forth the condition of the order.
showing that the membership numbered jan
uary !, ISL, 1896 net increase of 32. Num-
Der OF deaths 20. for which $l.7OO were paid Dy
assessments and 5000 from the surplus fun d.
The afternoon session was occupied with dis
cussing suggestion from HaSmonea Lodge
No. A. OF Baltimore, relative to a revision or
the system of representation in the grand
lodge and proposing that every lodge shall be
entitled to one representative and to one add,-
tional for every 30 members above the first 49,
The discussion was participated In by Messrs
Henry and John j. Cohen, OF Augusta, Ga; L.
e. Levy, OF Columbus, Ca; Simon Wolf, of
washington. ID. c.; j. L. Cohen, Baltimore; d.
II. Stern, OF Charlottesville, Va. and S. FL. Fish
Dlate. OF Wilmington. n. G. The proposition
was defeated, and the representation will re-
main as al present. namely, every lodge having
hundred members or less being entitled to
three members.
THE ATTENTION of capitalists is called to the
sale Of valuable property on II street NORTH
west, between 18th and 10th Streets which IS
advertised for t0mOrrOW afternoon, by NJ
ASHFORD, trustee This sale affords most de-