Evening star., 1898-03-12
AFFAIRS MI GEORGETOWN
Program Of sudea Exs.oisss at the Several
Itcaf Churches.
The "CountrE s&ule. a success-List
Of Those Vhd Partieipated-Gen-
sral AID Personal News.

6lSnOp y. FL Hurst, DID,, LID, will
occupy the pufpfttat the morning service
tomorrow at tne Ddmbarton Avenue NJ. E.
Church. In the evening Rev. Mr.. Sykes, a
chaplain in the United States navy, will
deliver the sermon, his subject being ..,Are
the Former Days Better Than These?'
DR.. Benaiah L. Whitman, president of the
Columbian University, will deliver the SER
mon tomorrow evening at T:45 o'clock, at
the Gay Street Baptist Church.
The third lecture of the series will be de-
livered by Rev. John F. Quirk S. j., Of
Gonzaga College, at the late mass at Trini-
ty Church tomorrow. The subject will be
the third sentence of the Savior upon the
cross.
There will be no vesper service at St.
AIMS Church. Tenleytown, tomorrow. The
one mass of the day will be celebrated at
o'clock in the morning.
Rev. Fathers Currier and Dolan will in
augurate a two-weeks' mission next Sun
day at St Stephens Church, corner of 10Th
street and Pennsylvania avenue. The frs t
week will be for women ana the second
week for men.
The "CoCntry Skule."
The country skule' entertainment given
last evening at the Dumbarton Avenue NJ.
E. Church for the benefit of the CARPET
fund, proved to be very successful There
was good attendance, and the audience
enjoyed the spectacle of school as it Was
conducted half century ago. Consider
abe credit is due Mrs. Isaac Birch, who
had charge of the affair. The program
opened with an examination Of the school
beard for teachers, followed by .he selec-
ton or the only male applicant. The morn
ing and afternoon sessions of the school
were well represented. The concluding por-
tion represented the annual examination
day scenes, the whole being very humor-
Gus. In all there were thirty-eigh. num-
bers on the program.
Those who took part, under quaint names.
were Prof Littell, Mr.. Stewart, Mr.. Henry
Brown, Mrs. Lewis Jackson. Mrs. Frank
Bowling, Mrs. James Somerville, Mr.. Lewis
Jackson, Mr. Frank Bowling, Miss Blanche
Birch, Mr.. James Cathel, Mr.. Vinton
Birch Mr.. Peyton B. Fletcher Miss Gertie
Stewart, Miss Lille Stewart, Miss Faith
Stock, Miss Edith Taylor Mr.. William A.
10. Mcshea, Mr.. Allie Craig, Mrs. ]. A.
Houghton, Mr.. Reginald Lewis, Miss Edna
Jackson, Miss Fannie Jackson, Miss Flor
ence Frisby, Mr.. j. A. Houghton, Mr. E. H.
Acher, Mrs. Hattie Roach, Mr.. Richard
Balinger, Mr.. Isaac Birch. Mr.. w. j. Pal
mer, Miss Della jackson, Miss Maud Cum
ningham and Miss Nettie Craig.
Death of CoIored Resident.
Mrs. Lucy A. Washington a well-known
e,
died last night about II clock at her resi-
dence, 2G1S o street. Death was due to
heart failure, and was sudden. The de-
ceased had been up during the day, but
shortly after O'Clock in the evening was
stricken, and died several hours later. She
had been a servant Of some of the best
known families in this section. The funeral
will be held tomorrow afternoon at o'clock
from Ebenezer A. NJ. E. Church.
-s,'n Removal of a Tumor.
Mrs Hoover, daughter of Market Master
William Williams, has just undergone an
operation for the removal of a tumor. The
operation was performed at Stones SAM
tarium, and highly successful. The tumor
weighed forty pounds. The patient will re-
main at the sahitartum until she improves
sufficiently to enable her to be removed.
Fugitive Apprchended.
Minnie Lavelley. a fifteen-year white
girl, was taken into custody this morning
shortly after o'clock by Policeman Will
Hess and conveyed to the station house,
where she was held as a fugitive from her
parents. Later in the day she was placed
In charge of her father, Charles Lavelley,
who took her home.
Rrcvities.
Detachments of men from Troop a and
Troop E of the garrison at Fort Myer will
leave tomorrow morning for New York city,
where they will remain for a week, to take
part in the military tourney which will be
held next week.
seventh precinct in their summer uniforms
took place yesterday afternoon.
Mrs. Edward l.. Dent is in town on a visit
to her father on N street.