Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-25
FOR THEIR BENEFIT.
Entertainments Projected in Aid of
the Families of the Dead Fircmen.

the Families of the Dead Firemen.
The various movements for the benefit Of
the famflIeS~of the iremen who lost their
lives at the recent disastrous confiagration
On Louisiana avenue are going forward
with commendabie dispatch. The chief of
these, and what may be called the official
benefit Is to take place at Aliens Grand
Opera House next Friday night and the
committee in charge, consisting of repre-
sentatives from each of the three daily
papers. is Sratiiie0 at the cordial manner
IN winch volunteers. have come forward
with desire to make the affair a grand
success.
The list is an immense one. and the COM
mlttee has been hard at work for some
days past preparing the program and pick
ing out the aVailabiertaieat which Will be
CHOSEN to participate in sthe event Al
'hough the program Is not fully made I'M
as yet, the committee hopes TO be able In
fuhllcly announce its results in the mat
ter tomorrow. OF course, the chief feat,Ire
VIII be the Marine Band, under Prof Fam
ciuili the tender of which was made by
Col. Haywood commandment of the marina
barracks. soon as ii was known that
several firemen had lost their lives in the
fire.. .....--..
Mr. Allen has donated the use of the
opera House of which he is in control, as
heretofore announced, and in addition he
employees OF the thea,er have signified
their entire Willingness to work without
rendering all their efforts toward swelling
the fund and making the affair a ccm.
plete success. Those who have rendered
their services are Jed. f. Shaw, treasurer;
A. BetZ, ticket taker; NJ FERRIS chief
usher; Jas. BeIler, w. Moore, Sa mueI Fried
burg and Leonard Hitchcock. usl.ers: Chas.
cunningham, stage doorkeeper: William A.
]. Phillips. master machiHist, and Frank
Howard, Al. Adamson, Sam. SwanneH, Joe
johnson, Harry DAVIS and +. BontZ as
sistants, and A. L. Vlale electrician.
Among the latest who have rendered
their services for the benefit are MIR David
Bangs, elOcutionist; Mr.. Aaron Stern i'm
personator. and Mr. Walter Stetson Miss
Teresa Buehler, soprano has also contrib
uted nor efforts. An effort Will be made to
select those to participate who will not re-
quire any special stage setting so as not
to embarrass the band and cause a general
delay between the various features
The tickets have been placed in the hands
of the firemen and the police, and it is ex-
pected that enough will be sold to FIJI The
house many times over.
The other movements for the benefit OF
the families Of the meh are prugre, sjnrr
and If each one turns out as successr;,I az
the projectors of the affair seem 10 think
the fund will be swelled many dollars
Chief among these is the benefit to he 81, en-
at the Lafayette Square Opera House on
the evening of June s, in which viii anraor
Mr.. Goodwin Pattcn and a select comi,anv
In the presentation Of 1.-The Bells" assis,e G
~ G COL ,;,, John a: joyce IN readings, and
ctalities. This entertainment is also unGcr
the auspices of the police and fire denart.
ment, but the members of those two
nranches or the local government will not
attempt to dispose Of the tickets until the
benefit at Aliens has taken place
game of base ball will be PLAYED at
capitol Park next Wednesday afternoon
for which the policemen and firerep lii
also sell tickets. The game viii he he
tween the Printing Office and the PraSs-
mems teams. and an exciting contest 10
looked for. The game will be called at d
O'Clock. a.
A performance will be given Wednesday,
evening at Willard Hall Including t~o
plays. Mr. Bob and Hearts and Faces: ::
talent, the proceeds of which win be-
evenly divided between the Kreglo faniIv
ana ana the firemen's fund.- and Lafayet .e
Post; G. A. R., will Give an entertainment
Which ah is e ATy 1 rap syonng
The Burnt Cork Club. which was anno,,nn
ed through the columns s,of The Star as
having signsied it's intention Of giving WIN Us 3
Odd Fellows Hall JUNE 10. being asststs al
by the orchestra from the Carroll Instt1
tute. The performance VIII be the regular
club thl effort, and with the assistance N' Of
A number Of small children who resida T.,
the southwest part Of the city gave an ON m
tertainment few days ago in the rear
See as se proaesd t aP hy sed
firemen's fund. Those who assisted 'i in me the
Movement were May Ward. Rickie john
Blunt, Ernie and Rita, EpIley. Mabel Cook
Pearl Van SAINT and Master Frank Johnan.
son.
The firemen's benefit which had hoo,
scheduled to take place at Metzerott Musio
Hall Monday. June l, has been declared of
through an objection of Chief Paris to tho
nanager of the entertainment paving a
commission to ticket sellers The fund al
ready raised through the sale of tickets for
the performance, s22.36, has been turned
over to him, and those who bought the
tickets may have their money refunded Inv
applying to him.
Mrs. Flora c. Dyer will give a dance
Wednesday evening. May p. at her acad-
envy 1917 r street northwest for the Lene-
fit of the fund. The admission will be 30
cents, and all of the proceeds will be turn
ed over to Chief Paris
First Lieut.. William w. Williams, nine
tenth infantry, having been found by an
examining koard untitled for promotion on
account of physical disability, has been