The Washington critic., 1889-05-16
THE TOWNS PHOTOGRAPH.

Naturally imam Who has been thcat
rical manager forty OF fifty years, rs
has Manager Britton of Harris Biiou
Theatre, gets to bc quite u bit of au
actor in u small way himself. Mr..
Brittons histrionic ability is seldom
exercised on the boards. but once ina
while he takes character in real life
so clcverlv as to be deceptive. The
other day he was hauled up in the
Police Court for an alleged violation of
the Civil Rights law. While he was
waiting for his case to be called he sat
over by the reporters table and laughed
and talked to them. The bailiif heard
the hubub. and, going over to the little
knot of men, who stopped talking rs
soon as he started for them, tapped
Manager Britton on the shoulder and
said: "lIcrc, you make too much noise.
If You don't stop I'll have to put you
out" Manager Britton looked up with
q perfectly fcigned look of blank in
quiry in his eyes, such rs you always
notice in the eyes of mute. Then he
touched his cars and month with his
hands and shook his head, at the same
time working his fingers In the deaf
and dumb alphabet. Guess | must
have made mistake, said the bailif, y
"but ] thought that fellow was the
noisicst one in the crowd. -
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There's u gentleman staying at the
Ebbitt who resembles President Ilarri-
son to such an extent that he attracts
attention. The likeness Is remarkable.
The shape of his head the style of his
whiskers are identical with the Prcsi
dent, and wherever the President $
double goes crowd will follow at a
respectable distance and gaze at him in
wondermcnt. The gentleman appears
TO be unconscious of the attention he at
tracts, and he goes about his business
as unconcernedly as can be. Several
times strangers have tipped their hats
as he passed, and the Salu,aton was re-
turned.
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One of the odd institutions about
Washington is the parlor social, u form
Of entertainment very popular among
certain Of the colored people. 1t is
| however, productive of many persona
encounters, and frequently brings the
participants into the Police Court. Il
| is called parlor social because it Il
held in. somebody's parlor. Liquid re
| frcshments are furnished, and each per
son contributes ten cents to defray eX
| pcnses. Whatever is left over goes t.
| the person who gives the social" |
is clever way of evading the law
regulating the sale of liquors and is {
growing evil that gives the police NJ
end of trouble.
Just priorto their recent engagement IL
Washington, the Might Owls VISITED
a small town in Pennsylvania. TIL
people there hadn't seen u show of an,
kind for long time, and the compan.
was not only greeted by large audiences
but the members were showered witt
attentions each night after the perform
ance. The youths of the place tool
money generously. When n party o
them returned to the hotel a short con
vorsation cnsued on the STEP 1t wa
very brief. The young men, some O
whom were of good families and well
known, were evidently in a mood to
lingering, but the words which cor
vulsed some people who were listening
were: run along home, little boys; W
can stay out any longer
pa
There is romance going on at Il,
rate of chapter day in full view {
the public on Pennsylvania avenu,
Every morning at about $3.50 o'clock
young woman boards an Avenue ca
She is always joined by man of miC
die age, perhaps more than middle ag
Their horsec car tete-a- tetes occur wit
such punctual regularity that there ca
be little doubt of their being pre-a
ranged. All the regular passengers o
the car are watching the affair with il
terest. The gentleman is an employ
in the uptown Departments, and III
little morning meeting gains intere
from the fact that he is married and til
father of four or five children. II hay
told the girls folks about it, said
lady to the conductor, but 1t doesn
seem to make any difference"