Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-05-21

to a large class Of candidates at o'clock
in the morning, the class having been
under special instructions for the event for
several weeks. At o'clock in the after
noon the sacrament of confirmation will
| be administered to an even larger class,
| this being the first time this sacrament
has been administered at the church for
a number of years. Cardinal Gibbons was
| expected from Baltimore, but he will be
| unable to attend. and Right Rev. Alfred A.
Curtis, formerly bishop of Wilmington,
Del, will perform the ceremonies morning
ard afternoon.
Garden Parties.
garden party and festival will be given
this evening, from 5 to IL o'clock, on the
grounds Of the old Libbey residence, at
3O43 P street. by the ladies of Christ
Church, assisted by bevy of pretty miss
es. The affair is intended as a means of
| raising funds to give the choir boys of the
| church the annual outing this summer at
| one OF the lower river resorts. The grounds
will be brilliantly Illuminated this evening
| and pains taken to make them otherwise
attractive.
An outdoor fete will be given next Thurs
| day evening, at 3057 o street under the
| auspices OF St Marys Guild at which the
attractions will be numerous. The fete will
be for the benefit of the guild, and should
| tHC WcutHcT prove lnclemeQt will he
ponea until the next clear evening.
Real Estate Transfers.
Several pieces of suburban property west
OF ROCK Creek changed hands yesterday, as
1olows: William Reading purchased a por-
tlon OF the subdivision of Friendship, at an
unnamed consideration from Mary Nice.
Trevor. Frederick A johnson sold to
Clara A johnson lot So and part of lot 36.
| OF block z of the tabo
The consideration is placed at 500. Three
pieces or property in the American Univer-
s1ty Park were sold, John D. Croissant and
David u. Stone. as trustees. deciding all of
| II and IS. of block 10, of the subdivIsion
for 81 200 Levi Spade bought lots and
5S, of block 8, for 81, 200, and also lot Ia.
oiock 10. in ;onsideration of $500.
James B. Winner has bought of Robert
Craig lot %, block 1; lots 13 to 16 and 81.
block 2; lots q, %. % to 81, block 3. of the
Reno subdivision. The consideration is
given at $500.
Was a Success.
| The strawberry and ice cream festival
given last evening at the residence of Mrs.
Graves, 400 10Th street. by the ladies of
the West Washington Mission of the NJ. E.
church South was a successful affair. 1t
was literally patronized, ard a good sum
realized, which will be applied to the
chureh fund: Among the ladies who as
sisted were Mrs. Virginia Smith, Mrs Nails.
Mrs X. h. Bryan, Mrs. o. P. Johnson Miss
Nellie Vincent, Miss Nellie Moore Miss
Gertrude Athey, Miss Lizzie Graves, Mrs.
daughter.
Street Extensions.
A movement has been started for The ex.
tension or opening up of @ street across
Rock creek. which will necessi,at. the
construction of hr;do
Ject shall prove to be successful Tor the
residence portion of Georgetown, especially
on the heights, the only outlet to Washing
Ton Is over the street bridge, which is
an exceedingly dangerous thoroughfare for
cflvlng. The street is bad for driving be-
ing paved with granite blocks and very
uneven ard having very sloping grade,
owing to the height of the tracks of the
metropolitan railroad since the construc-
tlon or the underground electric system.
Inc movement has been fastened by sew
eral accidents which have occurred Of late
particularly that on the P street bridge
Wnere double-horse express wagon was
Struck by car and nearly thrown over the
| side. wa ,Ae
There is a clear way for the opening I'M Of
| Q street. The District government owns
| the greater part of the land necessary for
the thoroughfare. and the balance is held
IN the name of the Rittenhouse estate.
Inc heirs, 1t is understood have announced
| their willingness to give the right of wav
over their property. This establishes a
clear course to the west bank of Rock
creek, while, 1t is claimed. the District has
title to all land for the extension of ths
street on the east side of the creek Ieav.
| Ing only the construction of a bridge nee.
essary to perfect the extention. The mat
yer WIN be brought to the attention of the
Commissioners and an effort made to Sc.
cure favorable report from the board.
BOys Enjoyed a Feast.
The animal sfra u,haYrv q nd To o,o...
| tival given by the Linthicum Institute to
| the students was held Wednesday night
and, as usual on such occasions, was well
| attended All of the teachers present. in
| Guiding Messrs. E.B. Hay, Jas. H Taylor. Clin-
ton Ballinger, Nathan WE'LL and William
| Hedrick. were called upon for a few re-
marks Mrs. E. L. Dent was the guest
| OF the evening, and she was royalty re-
ceived by the boys. Mr.. George Drew
was also present and addressed the stu
dents. Speeches were made for the school
| by the prize winners, William J. Conlin.
Frank Van SAINT, w. Bowie Boteler and
| frank Goodwin, and also by John c. Lewis,
Patrick Ford, Frank Scott, Louis Des Ga
rennes, Charles w. Brown, Otto Niemeyer,
| Maurice Lannan and Others
Inc advance elocution class, which has
been under the instruction of Mr. John G.
Lewis for some months past, presented him
with gold-handled umbrella at a meeting
oI tne CLASS, the presentation speech being
happily made by Patrick Ford. Mr. Lewis
warmly responded.
Base Ball Items.
The second team of the Western High
School has been fully organized for the
season. and is composed of the following
players: c. Grunwell, ]. T. Petty, IT,, H.
Dunwoody, w. Van Ripen, R. Brewer, R.
Bogley, w. w. Stuart, L. R. Frey and w.
| w. Tickling. The team is open to chal-
lenges, which should be addressed to H.
Dunwoody, 1922 31st street, or care of the
Western High School.
Music md ElocutiOn.
An entertainment will be given this even
ing at the Tenleytown M. E. Church. of
which Rev. Mr.. Spielman is the newly ap-
| pointed minister. Among those who have
been secured for the affair are Alice Pills.
bury, contralto; BERTHE Thompson, soprano;
Percy s. Foster. tenor; Walter Humphreys
basso; ]. Barton Miller, elocutionist, and
Mrs. A. e. Spielman, wife of the pastor,
soloist. The proceeds of the affair viii be
used for the benefit of the church.
A Minor Accident.
Shortly after IL o'clock this forenoon
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