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The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-05-02

The keen rivalry between the two leading theatres
sometimes leads TO amusing results. This week the
new Founding Hospital has benent at A!baugh's,
consisting OF an amateur performance Friday and
saturday OF Gilberts Engaged" duly announced as
being "for the first time in this city, 1t NAV be
only chance occurrence, but within t he past few
days 1t IL advertised that Mrs. John Drew Ia coming
10 the National Theatre tomorrow to play "EI-
gagged, "for the first time In this city," 1t is to be
hoped that the influential ladies' of the Founding
hospital Association will not "boycott" Mrs John
Drew FOR thus, innocen,y no doubt, taking the wind
out OF lAeir sails She IL too good an artist to de-
serve thal and there ought to be patronage enough
for both series OF performances
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-05-02
what Their Faith Costs the xussuImans.


over million pounds Is still spent yearly In pill
grimages to Mecca and Medina. Many OF these Mo-
hammedan pilgrims travel immense distances.
Thus nearly 5000 OF them are from the Soudan and
neighboring parts OF Africa 1000 are M0ors. 400
Persians 10000 Maays and Indians, and some 25,OOO
Turks or Egyptians. These are the figures for the
year 1883, when there were no fewer than b3,0l0
pilRrims TO these Two fainOna shrnee
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-05-02

TUE interest which attaches to the fortunes of the
American opera, which will appear in this ci,y TO-
morrow night, differs widely from that OF the ordl-
nary opera troupe. II s an effort to naturalize mu.
sical art In America and establish national opera
and conservatory OF music, The case was well
stated last week by the Philadelphia Ledger, when
It said.
The company at present in Philadelphia and the
suolecl OF hlgn praise occupies unique position,
the Importance of which Is probably not as widely
appreciated as II should be. The primary aim OF the
organization, which Is educational rather than
oney,maeng-though 1t must have the practical
support ofthe public TO succeed-is to prepare the
way way ior dislinctiyely American school OF musical
a.' IN that sense II Is now on trial at the Academy
OF Music, with results that must prove of as much
Importance tothe public as to the company Itself
n, mmu , LOT 'ne same reason It's weeks performances
now halI over AT the Academy, should have a pecu-
isr interest Tor musical and music. flowing people
neIe' se' Inose VINO are directing the company's az
falrs have no reason thus far to fear Inc closest
scrutiny In their season here they have presented
repertory remarkable for variety, novelty, and
,, musical worth, and one which is severe test OF
snc capapiiues anu resources Of the organization,
Not the least interesting feature OF the latter is
una. NAIL Is strongly equipped with native Individual
mandlng rank. That an undertaking which il is
hoped VIII lead to the establishment OF the Ameri.
van schoo OF Music cam very inclplency, equip
user WIN SO many excellent native artists Is full OF
announcement Tor the future OF the movement Of
whose aims and dlgnlned methods the performances
positions given to this public. The supreme value
OF the personal direction OF Theodore Thomas and
sne support OF MS orchestra are SO well understood
sere tnat no further mention isneeded of that The
enor9s, u Is very generally conceded, is the best
ever heard IN opera in Philadelphia and in all that
and stage equipment the performances are chaTac-
leiizeu by a beauty, richness accuracy, and
wlndeed we may fairly say the highest. Viewed
mercy ny, IN me light OF bidder for popular favor in
forward very strong claims Regarded from The
nlRner plane upon which IT was organized these
claims are all the stronger well for the loftiness
me praiseworthy methods by which the company is
striving 10 WORK them out. The originators of the
movement this company represents have certainly
liberal support They have had this In fair de-
gree but the public should that 1t is accorded
in fullest measure
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-05-02

PERHAPS tue King OF Bavaria IL not mad after all.
Ihe fact OF his having performance opera all for
himself Is no proof OF It, Any one who has to at.
Tend opera with a crowd Of gosspng people catter-
ihgin his ears Is certain to be mad. The Bavarlan
monarch, with his enylable privilege of solitude
ought not to be mad at all. There is no one TO dis
turb him, no hat In front OF him, no elbow that will
persist In resting on the arm of the chair where his
elbow wants TO rest. and above all silence, golden
silence In the audience How thoroughly enjoya-
ole' Then KING Ludwig needs this solitary sort of
opera more even than American, for we can take
)uslihabe pride In saying that far as our obserya-
ton goes theatre party OF foreigners will make
more disturbance In the audience than whole thea
ire fuil OF Americans II is no doubt the intensity
OF this suffering In audience OF foreigners which
has led him TO this extreme OF excluslveness In
fortunately he did not adopt his defensive measure
quite soon enough 10 save his reason. They mad
made him 30 mad that he has never been able TO re.
cover.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-05-02

The public are much more interested in
the amount of the appropriations for school
purposes than in the medium of their ex.
psnditure. The controlling reason why the
people have always sided with the School
Trustees as against the Commissioners has
been because they believed the schools were
starved, and that the former have been the per-
sistsnt advocates Of increased school expen-
ditures. If the Commissioners will, even at
this late day, secure larger appropriations for
the schools they will be supported by the
public, and the question as TO the powers
and duties OF the Board of Trustees will soon
become minor one in school questions
What the public wants are more school,
houses, better buildings, more teachers, and
good pay for those who have been proved
skilled in teaching.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-05-02

The attention of the Senate committee is
called to the absolute necessity of increasing
the police force. The extent of territory
which each policeman has to patrol is too
great to insure protection to life and property.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-05-02

There is every prospect that this Congress
will provide for leaves of absence for fifteen
days in every year for employees of the Navy
Yard and the Government Printing Office,
under suitable regulations. A bill in rela.
tion to such leaves for Navy Yard employ ees
is now under consideration by the Senate
Committee on Education and Labor, and will
certainly receive favorable report. The
bill providing annual leaves for the employ
ees of the Government Printing Office has
already been favorably reported by the Sem
ate Committee on Printing, with amendments.
There is no reason why similar legislation
should not be had in favor Of all Govern
ment employees receiving pay by the day,
with suitable restrictions, of course, as to the
time which the employees shall have served
before becoming entitled to the benefits
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-05-02
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The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-05-02

Because JEFF Davis was received with more
warmth of demonstration at Montgomery
last week than he was at the same place
twenty five years ago, when entering upon
the office of President of the Confederacy,
certain Republican journals pronounce the
South to be in an unhealthy condition. The
facts are otherwise. The South is accumu-
lating money in her savings banks, educat-
ing her people, both white and colored,
building factories and developing her mines,
and generally attending to her own business
better than she ever did before.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-05-02

THE streets Of Washington are unequaled In the
world FOR grand military or civil pageants and the
sidewalks are wide enough 10 hold all the spect ators
who can be brought to see them. Yet these ad-
vantages are now continually nullined by defective
police arrangemeats or rather by the absence of any
This was the constant burden OF complaint during
the memorable visit Of the Seventh Regiment.
When an lll-bred rabble, whether well-dressed or
ragged, Is allowed TO surge into the very middle Of
broad avenue, neither can the procession march,
nor decent people see It. This evil at its worst
Monday evening. when the Seventh arrived. ills
wonder that its men got through In any semblance
OF military formation, and as for seeing anything
but the tips OF their bayonets Ia the midst OF howl
Ing mob, II was out OF the question. Almost the
same may be said OF the crowded points on the line
OF the parade next day. Even worse than people on
foot are the carriages, wagons, street.cars, and
ciher vehicles OF all Kinds which allowed to 20
and come as they please blocking the street and the
view intoleraby II Is true that the Washington
police force Ii smaller than II should be, but by
marking aud publishing the limits to be Kept clear
during parades, and arresiing somo OF those who
perssleny transgress them, II ID very certain that
an American crowd, always fond OF good order,
could be kept within bounds, 70 the benefit OF all
concerned.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-05-02

If the Library Commission meet with
trouble in securing title to either of the sites
named in the act there is one certain way out
oft Let them proceed to have both sites
condemned, and then take that which shall
prove cheapest. There is nothing in the act
which compels them to take the property con-
demned. Besides such action would enable
them to state to Congress what the squares
not condemned can be procured for, and it is
evident that both will be needed ultimately
by the Government.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-05-02

JUDGING from the events OF the past few weeks
boycottlng ia going out OF fashion. That sort of
feeling which Ii generally known as sympathy with
the "under dog" is very Widespread. Whenever a
contest OF any sort is being waged the majority OF
tue dIslnteresed spectators will show most sympa-
thy for the weaker side. II they mud that tue weaker
side is also the right one the sympathy Ia apt 10 de-
yelop into active assistance and turn the scale
When boyeoilDg nrsl tried In this country pub
lie opinion in the form OF the 1isinterested specta-
Tor, saw In II righteous attempt Of tue poor labor
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-05-02

The House sub Committee on the District
Appropriation bill Is wasting time in consult
ing contending engineers on the question of
the water-works extension. II Is not for
them to try and find out the cheapest way
OF lining the tunnel, for, after all, the method
and material adopted must depend in great
measure upon the character Of rock en-.
oountered as the work progresses. 1t is safe
to say that If they call enough engineers be-
fore them they can get as many different
opinions almost as there are engineers.
When it comes TO legislation they will of
necessity be compelled TO leave all these
questions to the engineer officer in charge
Of the work. They should appropriate sufi.
cient money TO complete this great work in
the most enduring style, and not be seeking
information as to some cheaper way, that
may in the end turn out to be the dearest.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-05-02


Tor SALE.-FINE DWELLINGS,; vER-
- mont avenue, near Iowa Circle, $4,000; N
street near 18th st. northwest, s4,5o0; N II. ave.
Just south OF Dupont Circle, $4,000; Sunderland
Place, bet. 10Th at and N II. ave, eli 900; nth st.
near IN. w, .,sG,Soo. TYLER \ RUTHERFORD,
my2-l6 1925 street.
EN0R SALE $3.50 WILL BJYA SPIRITED
A Horse, Harness, Two-wheeed Canopy-top Phaei
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and Saddle Blanket, all been used but ten days. Ad-
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mya-lt5 once Sunday Herald.
EN0R RENT. --MELROSE, MY RESIDENCE
A. at Hyatsville, OK miles from Washington, on
b. q. X. r., handsomely and completely furnished,
containing 70 rooms, large loft and cears,4 acres OF
land, commodious stabng and hcnnery, choicest
fruit OF every description Bathroom pantry, bells,
etc. All modern c0nveniences not usually found In
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premises, or address
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ap11-tfI Hyattsville, Md.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-05-02

ing man to defend himself agans, the naughty capI-
mlist II seemed poetic justice when the h. c. was
humoed to the dust 1t was not pablo opinion
whose business had been ruined, and Il chuckled
dlsnterestedly over the humble laborer's sue
cess. That was few years ago. and pub
lie opinion, which Is as changeable as events
themselves but always faithful In its allegiance to
the "under deg" has found necessary to side with
the boycoted. The laborer is now the naughty one,
and hautenr does not excite sympathy. SO when
they boycott the New York bakeresses the boycott
siinply results In giving them a thousand dollars,
worth oil free Advertising public opinion rushes to
the baseshops to buy Its bread and show Its symps-
my ana Mrs. Gray and Mrs. Landgraf now have
metropolitan business, instead Of little two-penny
trade. The attempt to boycott the wilmington ye,ps
wascaculatedto discourage the boycotters more than
the paper. 1t Is very evident that boycot, to he
successful now must be founded on some very jus,
ciam' IL Is matter which requires a certain
amount oil cooperation from disnterested people,
and It is getting so unpopular that they ali range
themselves on the side of the boycotted.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-05-02

Perhaps The SUNDAY HERALD may evince
too great desire to hurry up legislation in
behalf of an International Exposition at the
Capital, but it has been so prominent an
advocate for SO long time of the measure
that it does not like to see it lag for want of
active and continuous urging. If the execu.
tive committee will point out the method,
there are hundreds of Jealous and efficient
'solid men, in the city who will help them
in securing the necessary legislation. As i.
is, they are at loss to know in what chan
mel to direct their efforts.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-05-02

About the only news discovered by the
Pan Electric Investigating Committee is tn at
the Secretary of the Treasury is a stock
holder in one of the local lessees of the Bell
Company, and that Prosecutor Ranney was
another. And it is nobody's business
whether they were or not. Equally true is
it az to Mr.. Garland's right to hold stock in
the Pan Electric. The Investigating Com.
mittee began with fudge and is ending with
drivel. 1t should close its operation and
stop its waste of public money at once. The
public is sick of the whole business.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-05-02

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The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-05-02

II is gratifying exhibition Of faith in the
future to see the 1914 bOndholders of the
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal assenting to
new issue Of the repair bonds to patch up
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-05-02

There is movement on foot for big mon
ument here to Christopher Columbus. This
is worse than the half million voted Nv the
Senate for monument to Lincoln. While
it Is all right to celebrate the four.hun.
dredth anniversary Of the first landing of
Columbus, he does not need any more bron ze
or marble efhgies to commemorate him. In
the Capitol here he is perpetuated on the
elaborate bronze doors, by a painting and
fresco in the rotunda, and by an indefinite
number of other paintings, frescoes, and other
adornments throughout the building. His
name is linked with that of Washington in
the name of this District and suggested in
the national anthem "Hail, Columbia ="
The money expended on big stone pile or
metal casting in his honor would be simply
thrown away, when it is emphatically
needed in many other directions, especi
ally for the erection of public buildings
creditable to this great Republic, and in
which the business of its people can be prop
erly and economically transacted. The mod
ern idea of fitting monument is something
that benefits the living, like the Garfield Hos.
pital. Suppose Congress finishes the i'm
provement of the Potomac Flats, aud calls the
result columbus Park"
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-05-02
COM1IssIOSHRs

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The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-05-02

On the first bill day of each and every
Congress bills are introduced into the Senate
and House providing for a free bridge across
the Potomac at or near the site of the pres
ent Aqueduct Bridge. But as each Congress
expires the proposed legislation for untaxed
communication with our neighbors of vir-
ginia expires with IL. And the Auueduct
Bridge Company, which biennially upon the
4th of March, congratulates its beneRciaries
upon continuing and seemingly a perpet-
ual right to levy exorbltant tolls on the
traffic that has no other way of reaching its
market in this city. Is the Aaueduct
Bridge Company indeed so powerful as to
prevent free trade with our neghbors And,
If so, which particular members of Congress
are enlisted in its behalfi The District
Committee of the House should give imme.
diate attention to the subj ect, and see to it
that some bill is passed this session, whether
for the construction Of a new bridge or reac
QUESTION of the old bridge by condemnation.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-05-02

In the opinion of the Treasury authorities
there must be great lack of ability in the
Office of the Supervising Architect of the
Treasury, since that bureau, which furnishes
plans for and generally supervises the erec.
tion OF public buildings throughout the coun-
try, seems to be considered unfit TO wrestle
with the sanitary condition of the Treasury
Building, and gentleman, whose qualifca-
tions are not generally known to the couu.
try, has to be called here from Elmira to
ascertain the defects and report plans for
correcting them. Why go to Elmira, how
ever, If it was necessary to go outside of the
Treasury Department to find competent
person for the investigation There are
plenty OF skilled architects and sanitary
plumbers in Washington, whose services
could probably be had at less cost to the
Government than those of any competent
"outside barbarian" Give the Washington
architects and plumbers chance on local
Government work. They are skilled in their
business, and as reasonable in their charges
as those of any other community.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-05-02

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glad 70 explain the usefulness OF this Invention.
j. j. GEORGES,
Anatomical Boot and Shoe Maker and ChIropodst.
ap1S-t7 1908 II street
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