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The Washington times., 1895-01-06
MUSIC IN MANY HEARTS.
Proceeds of the Moody Choir Concert ID:
tributcd Among Various Charities.

Proceeds of the Moody Choir Concert Dis
tributcd Among Various Charities.
Mr. Percy S. Foster, director of the Moody
and Sankey choir, expects to give another
big concert in the spring The choir now has
over 600 active members, and applications
are constantly being received
The net proceeds OF the last concert were
S4sI So. aud the governing committee has
ordered the treasurer to pay at once S15G 10
Central Union Mission. and $50 TO the As
soeiated Charities; $50 was sent to the Home
for Incurables, aud $50 to the Moody schools
at NorthGeid and Chicago. which leaves bal
anee OF S31.S5.
Considering the failure Of so many musical
enterprises OF merit in the past year, this
choir mas every reason TO be proud OF its sue
cess.
The Washington times., 1895-01-06
Sunk OFF the River Frort.

During the high wind Friday night the
schooner yacht Alert, owned by r. j. Mar
shall. dragged her anchor and foated down
lands boathouse. Here she was struck by
floating ice foes and sunk near the channel.
All that can be seen of her now is her masts
and lib boom.
The Washington times., 1895-01-06
AIleged Colored Crook Arrested.

Alleged COlOred CrooK Arrested.
Richard Jackson, eolored youth, was ar
rested last night by Policeman Holmes, of The
Second precinct, charged with petit larceny.
watch and chain, pocket-book, and four
dollars stolen from Helen 0ffiey were found
in the possession Of the prisoner.
The Washington times., 1895-01-06
Annual Meeting of Humanitarians.

Officers will be elected and an executive
committee appointed at the annual meeting
of the Washington Humane Society to be held
Tuesday at AIS p. m at the Shoreham. Re-
ports of achievement during the past year
will be read. and an invitation to be present
has been extended to those interested in the
work
The Washington times., 1895-01-06
Burned Out a Block.

PIrTsToN, Pa, Jan. 5,-A few minutes after
o'clock this afternoon fire broke out in Odd
Fellows Hall. on Main street. The flames
spread rapidly and soon the entire block was
in ashes The loss will reach $4,000, with
but little insurance.
The Washington times., 1895-01-06

actors, rs well as physicians, are born and
not made.
1t is fact that the wisest, best educated
and most enlightened people OF Washington
are daily becoming converts to these new
principles and methods which are supported
by such grand and overwhelming evidences
ana proofs that no reasoning mind can dis
pute; realities that echo and re-echo in the
human mind rs they witness the grandect
and most sublime panorama of living truths
as presented by these wonderful physicians.
DR.. Damon is to the medical world what
Booth was to the theatrical, Beecher to the
theological, and Ingersoll TO the oratoricai
man towering above all others in the art OF
healing by these newer methods. BY
touch-without even removing the outer gar
ments OF the patient-all in full view OF the
vast audiences. he heals the sick, caCses the
lame 10 walk, the deformed, tie paralytic and
rheumatic to throw away their crutches and
canes.
People from all sections flock to see him
and are spelbound with wonder and aston
ishment as they witness one after another go
upon the stage aud receive a blessing in the
way OF q cure or relief from the most intense
suffering.
OF course, all cannot be treated Tree, so
those who are able and willing to pay go TO
the doctors private Office. COS Twelfth street
northwest. where the doctor or ono OF his
able associates, who are masters in this great
art, quickly cure them. Saying that such
cures are impossible and cannot be done does
not change the fact. They are done-not be-
hind the door nor in the secret recesses of Il
dark office, but in public, on the open stage,
before large aud intelligent audiences, daily.
These free clinics, for the benefit OF the poor.
have been given every fall and winter since
DR.. Damon came to Washington. Thousands
have Witnessed Them; thus it is an assured
fact, beyond dispute, by even his most bitter
rivals.
DR.. Damon viii hold g free clinic every
afternoon at O'Clock excepting Saturday.
during the week The admission is free TO
all. 50 il you want good seat you must 20
early. Doors open IL 1850.
The Washington times., 1895-01-06
GERMAN POWER WANING
Generally DepIofed by the Most
Influential Newspapers.
SHARP RAPS FOR THE KAISER
In Receiving the United States Ambassador
New Years Day the Emperor Spoke in
Pure English, and Wished Continued Wei
fare for the Transatlantic Republic
Review of the Political Situation

BERLIN, Jan. Sit is significant fact that
the majority of the New Years Day articles
in the newspapers reviewing the political
situation were pessimistic in tone. expressing
grave doubts regarding Germany's future.
For instance, the Reichsbote, the conserva-
tive organ, deplored Germany's waning in
fiuence abroad, and wished Prince Bismarck
back at the helm again.
The Hamburger Nachriehten criticised the
colonial and foreign policy of the past year
as being yacllating and devoid of vigor.
The most sensational article, however, ap-
pcared in the Yolks Zeitung OF Cologne, the
main organ of the CentrIsts party, which
in the present session of the Reichstag is
again decisive factor. After mentioning
the general feeling of uneasness and uncer-
tainty as to the future. due, it was added, to
the instability of the governmental machiue
the article says: '.The main role in all this is
played by the individuality of fEmperorWilliam
II. No doubt he is a highiygilted monarch
with the best of intentions; but in his ab-
normally developed feeling OF sovereignty. he
induces responsible statesmen to disappear
more and more from view, moro than we have
been accustomed to, and he takes the intia-
tive in fields in which the sovereign has
hitherto not interfered. At ali events, the
changefUl decisions in the highest places
render it difficult to determine. with even a
reasonable amount of certainty, which course
at any given time is 10 be pursued and induce
the belief that the present conrse. 100. will not
be adhered TO for any length of time.'
Later on the article speaEs of the "Eulon-
burg dynasty and says: Count Botho zu
Eulenburg plapncd coup d'etat and he is
probably destined TO be the successor of the
present chancellor Finally the opinion is
expressed that constitutional conflict is
coming
The Washington times., 1895-01-06
ILLUSTRATED LECTURES.
DR.. Damon gives Another Course
df Free Lectures and
4 Clinics at
METZEROTT MUSIC HALL.
The above hall will undoubtedly be filled
very dav dlrirlr the com mo weak TO sea md

hear DIR. Damon, the
well-known magnetic
specialist, who begins
his regular course of
winter talks and clinics
Mondayafternoon,J JAN
uary lat 2 O'Clock. 1t is
well said that all the
world is a stage and
we are all actors, but
when we see such men
as this wonderfully
gifted man we fully
realize that few excel
and that all great
The Washington times., 1895-01-06
ANp Is uNAvoIpABLF.

These utteranees coming from the leading
mouthpiece of the most powerful and best
directed parliamentary party are highly sig
niAcant.
Some OF the leading Berlin newspapers,
notably the Vossische Zeitung ami the Ma
tiorai Zeitung. speak very b!untly also about
the autocratic manner in which the Emperor
ordered lhe district around the royal castle TO
be blocked against all traffic during the court
ceremonies OH New Years Day.
The National Zeitupg. commenting upon
this, remarks: The streets OF Berlin belong
TO the Beriners. Ihis 4Dsiasip pie was reeog-
nized by the police during the time of vii
liam T. and it is time that this principle
should agaiG be recognized.
The cordial manner in which Emperor VIII
liam greeted the United States ambassador,
Mr. Theodore Runyon. at the reception OF the
diplomatic corps, was generally remarked.
His majesty warmly shook hands with Mr..
Runyon and returned the fluctuations Of the
day in the phrest English, on bebali OF him
self and the whQle country coupling these
expressions with wishes for The continued
welfare of the
The Washington times., 1895-01-06


Emperor vMilAaInSo on -sAew..Y ear's Eve re-
ceived a long visit from Prince -Hoheniohe
and if is understood that they discussed the
south German situation, The approaching
visit OF Prince Hohenlohe to Prince Bis
marck, at Friedrichsruhe, and the measures
TO be taken in order 10 pass the anti-reyolu-
ton bill through the Reichst0g.
The visit will be a concession 10 the ad-
mirers OF the fallen statesman and to popular
feeling generaily.s- -4
In connection with the anti-revolution bill,
the Torwagrts organ OF the Socialists, which
has become notorious for obtaining and pub
l!shing secret official docuu ents, on Thurs
DAY last published circular mar ed econ
Hdential'' issued by the government presi-
dents of the provinces to the police and civil
the slightest pretext meetings held to protest
against the anti-revoiution bill.
The proposal OF the government to present
a bill to the Reichstag raising the duty on
cotton seed oil 10 marks aud reducing the
duty On adulterated cotton seed oil to 313
marks is opposed by the whole literal press.
The Vossische ZeitGng, especially. combats
the proposition, pointing out that III view OF
the conciliatory spirit shown by the United
States lately in tariff legislation touching
German intererts, it is neither just nor wise to
PROVOKE NEW CONFLICTS.
Cotton seed oil is being largely imported
from America for the manufacture of oleo-
margarine, 1,5O0 900 gallons. worth $500 900,
were imported last year, which is double the
amount Great Britain imported from America
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-05-05
STAGE OF covENr GARDEN THEATRE, 1853

the dramatic entertainment OF "The
camp as produced in October, l77S
unore especially n remarkably realis-
Tic depletion OF the encnmpm0nt OF
COX Heath, had not little TO do with
the vogue OF the piece. lasting through
TWO benAons at the theatre
faradoNically enough. while tempted
by his quick and easy execution, and
MS knack OF artificial composition, to
rely too much on his memory In paint
ing landscape plctures-thus evoling
the libes OF Peter pindar who sneers
nt his brass skles' and marble bull
lock. De Lutherbourg occasionally
sought nature on behalf OF his stage
lobors. An excursion to the Peck at
ms period resulted in some capital
perhyshire scenery. around which a
clumsy pantomlnc was written, and
brought out at DruIy Lane in january
lI19, Most OF the periodicals OF that
time devoted considerable space TO this
production purely on account OF the
high merits OF tho painters work. II
Is noteworthy that the London Mara
zlne, In commenting on the fact, that
the unknown author had made the
WONDERFUL cavern known as Pooles
Hole the home OF Harlequin's tutelary
genius. says The only ADVANTAGE
nrslng from this to n man or taste
" inc pretence, by his ascending, OF in
.touuelng such quantity OF light as
70 snow the manner in which Mr.
Lutherpourg has Initiated nature IN
the very process OF petrification."
PREVIOUS TO the commencement OF thu
piece the painter strove to adjust The
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-05-05

the English theatre mnnaCeme,t oo,
siuers IT'S whole duty done In tust nut.
ung on the play. How the public rets
INTO the theatre, and under whnt dr.
Sumstances II sees the performance
are matters with which the mannge'
mont concerns itself little, or not nj
al 10 go and see u popular actor or
pay IN England is nm undertaking NOT
hghtly 10 be entered upon, II you nrns
pose 10 see 1t from anywhere but Tho
Jokes or the next most expensive seats
GU nave literally TO fignt your vnv
INTO the theatre, fight for a seat whom
you get inside. fight for breath while
you occupy II. and hold onto IL ike
grim death until the play Is ended.
You can book seats only in Tho
boxes, the stalls and the dress circle
For a seat In the pit stalls, the paronet
tne palcony or the gallery You must
scrimmage like n football flend Mr
hiplinBs Private Mulvaney," telling
OF hand.to-hand fight between the
iniaek Tyrones and a horde OF savages
~ narrow gorge among the Mills OF
upper india, hnds the most telling
slmlle In likening It to the pit hen.
tlanee o the Vic on II thick night. .
ana the Englshman's experience In
theatre going backs Mr.. Kipiings repn-
tatioh Tor vivid writing. They charged
Zee Tor booking seats until year
OF Two ago. sut the booking arrange
ment Dement'S few, for the box office Ia
oh'y open from 10 A. NJ. to =. M
yuht the hours when II is least cont
NShieht Tor any man to get 70 the
theatre TO book seats.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-05-05

Spectators frame OF mind by the exhi-
billion of romantic Derbyshlre land
Scape used ns an act-drop. So much
admired was this view that It was per-
manently adopted. and remained in Its
place until the destruction OF the the
atre by fire some years later. 1t would
appear now that this was not only the
earliest example Of the employment OF
an act-drop, or curtain OF n scenic ma
ture, In England, but in Western
Europe to boot So far as France was
concerned, the first departure from the
conventional green baize curtain took
place on the opening of the Theatre de
la Porte Salnt-Martln, Paris, on the
9th October, 1881, when an act-drop
was shown treating Of u neurological
subject.
Perhaps the best that can be said Of
De Iutherbourg Is that he bought n
whift OF nature into regions ever fatcd
to be cursed with nrtlticiulity. For the
rest O'Keeffe credits him with the in
ventlon of breaking the scene into
several pieces by the laws Of perspec-
tive, showing miles OF distance. Be
fore his time according to the same
authority, the background was one
broad fiat the whole breadth and
height of the stage. In England he
was the first to make use OF set scenes
with rnlSng pieces but the times were
not yet ripe for the employment of
much practicable scenery, and he was.
for the most part, sparing in his re-
sort to built-up work. Finally, stu
dents of stage technique. who marvel
at the variety Of atmospheric effects
procured In the Wagnerian scenic sys-
tenn. and at the Lyceum by gauzes,
must bear in mind that the prime con-
ceivcr of the device was none other
than the resourceful Alsatlan.
The improvement In theatrical archI-
lecture in America, from the homage
Of our own Jefferson, has been i'm
mcnse. Any one Interested In knowing
whit sort OF playhouses he acted in
when he was n boy touring the country
with his talented parents should read
his charming autobiography. Now
every city in the country has n theatre
that would have delighted the heart
OF Garrick, and would put TO shame
his Drury Lane OF a hundred years
ago. There has been much discussion
as to which was the finest theatre in
America. The Tabor Grand of Denver
long held the undisputed claim; yet
the palm must now be accorded to the
Metropolitan Opera House OF New
York city.
Some of the new theatres of the
country that are worthy Of special
mention on account OF their beauty.
elegance and convenience are the Gar
don, Abbey's, Empire, Herald Square
Of New York city; the Castle square
and Keith's of Boston; the new Nc
Nickers and Columbia of Chicago, the
broadway OF Denver; the Mnrquand
Grand of Portland. Ore, and the Cal
ifornla and Stockwell OF San Fran
cisco.
II there Is nothing In the country
that cnn equal In beauty aud grand
cur the Grand Opera House of Paris
and other continental theatres. It may
be said, In truth. that our theatres are
more comfortable in almost every re-
spcct. A writer lately describing the
theatres OF the continent said
THE continental theatres are far
ahead of the English playhouses in
most things, 1t strikes n stranger that
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-05-05

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a aa,feS who %, ATT az one time in NJ, -
i huu wn ,,, now lives In almSsM rs,k
"nd ts,nai siieit despite bas al.
W Wa inwe,s' she stili looEa vssla
The daab,nn aaguare. but she l. on! .,
Flf,b ava5, nsuTe that once Ky, nol nov
famous nassi,,t Perhaps he ',sT,slrAa
claimed "y ani,sst. was right ny, ny W
sO'd scai Of the time. Al /
Anything tending 10 nr,.
Yer sort Of Journalism , IN note TIE M.
Is likely to be encoura va tnls cnoa,,s
these Is the new Press r ~, and ann!
ters IN New York. For mud headqvsr,
newspaper men OF Nar yean d.
housed In n dlngy homsm York w..
street down town. There 10, on dnr,,
the ground floor and tbo."as hs, ~
iard room on the ton tionss was a br
IN sense an adjunct az ~ which M,
was library, so called an, Par The,.
nles OF newspapers, kent ~ enere usr,
tnat would secure tho disoi mann,
Office boy in well nana,harge Of -
oilice. Except on ncnst see newspass,,
Importance, newspaper NM o. bns
WORK 10 40 Kept away FIJI FIJI Who M
Inere was little TO atfraoo.n The cha
was a good deal to renal and then
shape or Insurance agents you 10 IL
written some article VINO, hayirs
surance Journal. or lawva,hV Ut an d.
their many hours OF Ieis,rss who had i
TO some legal paper ~ uontflbuia
some morning paper Of n mHtten n
ca by himself, who were u.t 1se conduit
roniae you. Obviously. a wart WALTZ to PAL
paper man had nothing ~ ihng nesA
these. The new Press c ~ earn ffou
Spout 10 be opened is In ths building
New YORK; in Twentv-nIne,, heari d
Where the famous Lambs, ri,h street
gambols, and moreover !, 'ao ned Ii
ana not a boozing ken, Glib
not wrong in saying that IN, AZ
paper profession in New Va w. News
IN the matter OF personall,,, . oetts
ever was before. j do no, hah
Grnbb and Fleet streets. fnr tsheer At
incidental to some very great sy ven
wen as tame authors'r We. nen, Y
Irvss CLUB, as organized in NJ. ms nes
WIZ 1 venture to say. give io't
tone TO Journalism. There wss niins'
anu not long agO,--in fact i, un.
qulte past-when reporter was y 10.
OF parlah, and perhaps II waa ~ ~
5ault. But this is mere mo M, nis esn
me facts are that the new p sasa
mouse Is the finest Of its klnS !, w W
world. 1t It not quite so maer "a y.
as some New York clubs ~ sr'i Na
YORK has more and more tnavr,a nv
CLUBS than any city in the word dd'''I ~.
none the less, the New York p nat
GluD, OF which the veteran joarn,Iss
Sosepn Toward, ,Jr., is president \,
as wen housed today as any club , NJ,
Some weeks ago in this le,,s, {,
wrote a prediction to the etfec t'I A.,
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-05-05

don't know OF anything at all like
It, 1t is simply mad crush and
struggle. There is another rush and
struggle beyond the cashier and ticket
taker as the mob pors into the
theatre and endeavOrs to get good
seats. There is nowhere that 1 know
90 any system of numbering seats
except In the stalls and dress circle.
The seats in the pit stalls, parQuet,
and other parts of the house are simply
benches, without backs except in the
pit stalls, and the crowds walk over
and tumble over the benches and each
other in the effort to get nearest the
middle Of the house And after the
wait of maybe an hour outside the
theatre you have an hour to wait in
side Most people take newspaper
with them 20 read during the wait.
And the English people are doing this
thing every night, as they have done
ever since theatres were built. There
are, OF course, no ushcrs, but when the
mob is inside employees OF the theatre
walk all over the house, moving the
audience closer together on the benches
and using every effort to crowd rs
many people into the place as posi-
BILE.
"Once you get your seat YOU must
stick close to 1t, for the people are so
tightly damned in. and the benches
are so close that you can't get out
without disturbing every one. You
Just sit still and stew. II you are
hungry or are athirst you must 20
hungered and thirsty. OF course Won
have TO pay for your programme, and
FOR exactly the same leaflet YOU nav
n penny In one part OF the house, two
pence In another and threepence in the
boxes" ''e
II would seem then that the American
playgoer mas very much to be thank.
lul ior' +, j. w
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inlucky crab-appie applied to my right
we by patriot Observation-Disclosures
nom the Burrough, who would not
liuiler three dances from Switzerland
because he hated the French. forced
me TO prccipitAte retreat"
IL was Garrick who first introduced
footlights on the English stage, In
1865. He borrowed the practice from
Italy. having Just returned from n
Journey in that country. When oil
lamps took the place OF Garrlck's
candles, the occupation OF the candle
snuuer was gone forever, Probably the
trimming OF the lamps became his
next duty, and, as time went on,he de-
veloped into the gasman. that indls-
pensable attendant OF the modern the
atre. The street gaslamp. after num-
crous nbortive experiments, established
an uncertain foothold for itself IN lgi0
and by 1917 had become a permanent
institution. Gradually the new mode
OF lighting stole from the streets into
manufactures and public buildlnra
and finally into private houses, IN
lssS II had made its way into the the
aires, Tor IN that year an explosion
took place in Covent Garden Theatre
by which two men lost their llves'
treat excitement cnsued. The public
was afraid 20 re-enter the theatre. The
management published nm uddresr
stating mat the gas-fittings would Ia
removed from! the interior OF the house
and safer methods OF illumination sub.
sututed. While the alterations wer,c In
progress, the theatre was closed for n
fortnight. the covent Garden comnanv
appearing at the English Opera Uouas
or Lyceum Theatre.
GRADUALLY. however. the world grew
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ntros are now almost entirely lighted
by electricity.
But It is not the roof and footlights
alone that the modern differs from
the ancient playhouse. In the seating
arrangement There has been marked
changes. Several ancient thentrca nre
stlll 70 be seen; the most perfect are
the Theatre of Murcelius al Rome.
that OF Bacchus at Athens. uud tho
lhcttrc or Orange, restored BY the
French architect Cnrlstle. Instead OF
balconies, the unclents arranged their
seats In tiers, each row little higher
than the other This arrangement was
Il good one for n large aHsomblnge,
where there was no necessity of occu-
plying all available space. or where
the performance was of such a char
actcr that thore was no special desire
on the part OF spectators to he noar
the stage AS the demand OF the gpcc-
tators to be nearer the stage grow
npnee, ana necessity to divide the
audience, according to It's wealth or
rank the balcony and the box came
Into vogue The method OF Hrranglrg
the boxes has varied In different coun-
tries. In the Paris Opera House, said To
be the finest theatre IN the world, built
by Charles GnrniGr. the boNea MI all
available space above the orchestra.
except "a small balcony In the house,
II Ia almost impossible from the boxes
to zee the stage. The arrangement of
boxes In the American theatres do not
occupy 50 much spnCe. and are vastly
superior TO the French plan In point
of convenience, The American boxes
are modelled after those In use In the
English theatres, only there We're many
changes before the present arrange
mont came Into use. During the early
part of the eighteenth century the
boxes In the English nlnyhcuses did
not stop at the stagc-they very often
we're placed upon aud over the hncjs
OF the stage. when the art of the
stage setting was enlarged upon, the
boxes ON the stage We're removed for
coed and all time,
scenery was considered OF little or no
Importance by the ancicnts, yet the
stage was made to represent as far ia
posslple the locality In which the
action WAS going ON, In the Roman
thentrc There was an entrance In the
centre or the stage which was called
me royal door, through which tho
principal Characters made their an.
pehrancc, and doors on the right and
leit for the subordinate peraonng cs
me plays OF Aeschylus and Euripidcs
seem To require frequent changes oi
scene, but probably they were rather
united AT than actually made. In ths
years immediately following I'M
restoration In England the introdue.
uon or elaborate scenery began. Mo,n-
nle scenery, which was Invented n,
taldnssare Peruzzi early In the siy.
teehth century, had long been used
IN mosques, but Il was not until ieei
mat II was used TO Illustrate a reruin,
stage play in England. To Phiiiips