Evening star., 1896-12-14
ANUsEMENTs.

Hollands War With the Sea-The sec
ond lecture of the course Of eight to be
given at the First Baptist Church, corner
18th and o streets northwest, will be given
tonight at 80 o'clock by Prof. ]. H. Gore.
PhD The subject of the lecture is "Hol-
lands War With the Sea-" and sixty five
handsome illustrations will be Used in Its
presentation.
Handel and His Oratorios-''Handel and
His Oratortos" will be the subject Of q
lecture to be given tonight at Garfield
Memorial Church. The entertainment is
given under the auspices of the Chenowith
School through the kindness of Prof. f.
Lent and Mr.. Doubleday, and the subject
will be Illustrated both pictorially and
are: Sopranos. Mrs. Kitty Thompson-Berry
and Mrs. F. d. Power; contralto, Mrs.
Hempstone; accompanist, Miss Louise Vale;
organist, Miss Abigail Power; viola, Mr..
and the Misses Ulke; violins, Miss Florence
King, Miss Pauline Iseman. Mr.. Ben. Ise-
man, Mr.. Howe and Others
The Life Saving Service-Major H. l..
Piper, formerly assistant superintendent of
the life saving service, will lecture at All
Souls Church, corner 14th and l. streets
northwest, Wednesday evening, his subject
being Twenty Years of the Life Saving
Service; Its Heroism and Its Heroes" The
lecture is the first of a complimentary
given by that church.
Mr.. VIM. E Curtis Lecture-Mr. VIM.
E. Curtis will lecture on The Boy King
of Spain and His Subjects" at the National
Rifles Armory tomorrow evening at =
o'clock. The lecture Is particularly inter
esting at this time and the subject will re-
ceive the best treatment possible at the
hands of MIR. Curtis. who is well known as
a public speaker and lecturer. The enter
tainment is for the benefit Of Grace F. b.
Church.
Illustrated Readings by Rev. Or. Rogers
One of the attractive features of the an
nual holiday festival to he held in the
Church of Our Father. 18th and |. streets.
on the evenings OF December l5 III, II ana
IL, will be illustrated readings from Dick
ems Tennyson. Browning and Longrellow,
by Rev. A. G. Rogers. ID. Tomorrow
evening Dickens Christmas carol, Mar
ley's Ghost" will be given. Or. Rogers
well known ability in this line irsures
rare treat to those who attend. There Will
also he exhibitions of beautiful s;atuary
and fine musical program.
Mr.. Hays Lecture.-Mr. Edwin B. Hay
next Wednesday evening at the Columbia
Theater will deliver his second lecture
upon his travels abroad, this time taking-in
Italy" touching in his discourse the beau
tful lakes Milan Venice, Florence, Rome,
Naples, Mt. Nesuvius, Pompeii, Pisa and
Genoa. which will be illustrated by one
hundred and fifty pictures, which Mr.. B. p.
Murray. the artist, says are the finest that
have ever been introduced into Washington.
This lecture will he under the auspices of
Almas T1mple, Mobiles of the Mystic
Shrine, which will devote the proceeds to
the Christmas charity fund, which is to he
distributed among the poor on Christmas
day, in furnishing food and clothing.
Therefore, the object being charity, the
subject attractive and the ability of the
gentleman well known for his eloquent and
descriptive powers, there can be no doubt
that a large audience will be In attendance
upon the occasion.
The box sheet is now open at the Column
bia Theater, and as the members of the
shrine will be there in a body it is eX-
pected that they will be attired IN full dress
with the ever familiar insignia of their
oriental orler-the feZ