Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-07-27

NEEDED REPAIRs.-Thisi is the sea.
son of the year when plank sidewalks
yawn wide open, and just the time for
making needed repairs. Recalcitrant
nails should be driven in and here and
there a new plank put down to stop
an ugly hole. Every property owner
should be his own carpenter in this
kind OF recreation.
A GOOD STEP.-The City Council
did good thing in prohibiting bicycles
from running ON the sidewalks. Now
let the city authorities 60 after the
woodmen and stop them from driving
their loaded wagons on the sidewalks,
in order to throw wood over the fence
into the yards of their customers. 1t
not only blockades, but damages the
sidewalks.
New CHURCH BUILDING. - The
United Presbyterians have about
closed negotiations with George A.
Barnes for the purchase of a lot
from his residence block on Fourth
street, for the site of a new church,
which they propose building at once.
The lot fronts on Fourth street GO
feet, and on jefferson l20 feet, and
the new building will stand opposite
to, and very near Olympia Theater,
which seems appropriate when we con-
slider that both institutions are run
considerably for the benefit Of man.
kind. The society proposes, we un.
derstand, to erect . wooden building
for present use, and when the COM
mercial value of the lot has augment
ed will probably secure another site for
the permanent edifice of brick or
stone, which it is the ambition of all
congregations to own.
DRAMATIC EVENT OF THE SEASON.
Mrs. James Brown Potter, accom-
panied by Mr.. Kyrle Bellew are to ap.
pear at Olympia Theater, Monday
evening, July 30. This engagement
may be considered one OF the prin-
cipal events OF the theatrical season,
and should draw forth an audience,
both in size and quality that will be a
representative one in this city. Mrs.
Potter who will be remembered, as q
brilliant New York society woman,
who sacrificed her position among the
four hundred, to become a hard
working professional actress, is q deli
cate, refined and cultured woman, oil
remarkably strong character and indo-
mitable will and courage enough for
any army of men. After her first ap.
pearance in New York, she was as
sailed by an amount of adverse criti.
cism that would have made many a
stouter heart grow faint, but persever'
ance will win in all things, and to-day
those critics who were most adverse
and bitter in their criticism are forced
to admit that her improvement j,
most wonderful and that she possesses
all the requirements of polished and
studious actress. Mr.. Kyrle Bellew il
an actor with whom the entire theater
going public all over the world are
thoroughly familiar. During the
many years that he was leading man
in Wallack's Theater in New York
his name became household word
And it is a remarkable fact that not
withstanding the numerous roles thai
he assumed during that time and also
during his London career, he rarely, j
ever, received an adverse criticism
Mr.. Clement Scott, the greatest of al
English critics, in leading article il
the London Telegraph, for which h
writes, selected an ideal cast, which h,
claimed would be perfect in Tit
School for Scandal, after selecting MIR
Irving, as Sir Anthony, he next chos'
Mr.. Bellew, as Charles Surface, claim
ing him to have been the best that HI
had ever seen in the part.