Evening star., 1897-03-08
AMusEMENTs.

The Biographe.-This week will positively
be the last of the Biographe engagement
in this city. Mr.. Allen has other engage
ments of the most pressing sort, which re-
quire his immediate attention, and he will
be forced to leave the city with his inter-
esting machine at the close of the present
week. The usual hours will be resumed
2:30 4:30 and S:15-and some new views viii
be secured before the end of the engage
ment, some of which will show several Of
the interesting features of the inaugura-
ton. One especially good view which is be-
ing shown at Willard Hall now Is that OF
the disappearing ten-inch gun. A picture
has been secured just as 1t was ffred ana
the effect produced can hardly be described
in so many words. 1t must be seen TO De ap-
Ireciated. All of the old pictures will be
retained, including the new lot which Was
added for Inauguration week, and with the
new ones to be added this week will make
one of the handsomest collections OF NOV
ing photographs in the country. The scene
| reproduced in colors, that of Sandow, the
strong man, is extremely interesting, ana
serves to some extent to give an idea OF
what the possibilities of moving photog-
raphy may be- Mr.. Whiting Aliens de-
scrptions of the pictures are interesting
and add a great deal to the entertainment
furnished by the wonderful machine.
DIR. Quinn to Talk on Crete.-Dr. Daniel
Quinn of the Catholic University will de.
liver lecture at Carroll Institute Hall
Cretan refugees who have sought refuge
in Greece. DIR. Quinn is an eminent Greek
scholar. being a Phi. D. of the University
| of Athens. and will illustrate his lecture
with handsome stereopticon views.
Mr. Clum's Lecture Tonight-Mr. John
P. Clum of California will deliver the sec
ond lecture of the course for the relief
fund of John A. Rawlins Post, No. l, G.
A. R., at Carroll Institute Hall tonight.
The lecture will be made interesting by
superb stereopticon views.
Lenten Lectures in French.-M Victor
Rigneur, officer d'academie, professor de
langue Franchise Philadelphia. will give
a series of lectures lin French) during Lent,
under the patronage of the following ladies:
Madame ]. Patenotre, Madame de Romero,
Madame Dupuy de LONE, Madame Pioda
Federico, Vicomtesse de Santo Thyrso. Sig
| norita E. Andrade, Mrs. Richard II. Town
send, Mrs. H. L. Johnston, Mrs. George
W. Childs Mrs. W. Mathew Lay Lady
Pauncefote. Baronne Won Themam
| Earonne Won Hengelmuller, Madame Gar
| Cia Merou, Madame de Calvo, Madame de
Lazo Arriaga, Mrs. Carroll Mercer. Mrs
| Horstmann Mrs. Stephen B. Elkins, Mrs
| Robert Hinckley. The lectures will take
place at the Washington Club 171O street,
| On Wednesday mornings, at II o'clock, from
| March 10 to the 7th of April. inclusive.
| A Lecture on Cuba.-A lecture on Cuba
| was delivered at the Columbia Theater last
night by Mr.. II. A Havers, well known
| as the correspondent in that island of sew
| eral American papers. and although the
| audience was not a large one. the SYM
pathy for the island measured in en-
| thrsiasm was very great. Mr.. Havers
started with the discovery of the island by
| Columbus and ended his history with the
| death of Maeeo He said that he had no
doubt the insurgents would be successful
| in overthToWng the rule of Spain within
| a year. and that they were perfectly JUS
| titled in their fight against the sovereign
| ty of the Spanish. He spoke of the de-
| p.orable condition of things in the island
| under Spanish rule, and said that citizens
OF ether countries were daily arrested and
| thrown into solitary confinement, some of
whom would never be allowed to COM
| muE'cate their distress to friends or rela-
| tives. The Cuban people were described
| as Icing highly patriotic, and Mr.. Havers
| said that they would never submit to the
rule of Spain. He detailed the arrests OF
| Sangufly ard Scovel, and said tha. he
| was perfectly satisfied that the instru-
| ments of torture used in ancient Spain to
| extract confessions were being used in the
dungeons in Cuba. The lecture was H.
iustrated by handsome views, some OF
| which were loudly applauded.
The Crystal MaZe-The Crystal Maze al
AT 9TH street northwest is now fully es
| tablished in the favor of the Washing
ton public, and phenomenal crowds visited
| 1t during last week, and no doubt viii
visit 1t during the present one