Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-05-24

inclined to joyousness than pathos Con-
trary to the expectation Of those who came
expecting a sanguinary conflict ON the
stage, there was no organized fighting. All
that was seen of the Gettysburg battle was
its grewsome sequel-the field after the
fight. covered with the dead and dying.
The play is in five acts and the scene shifts
from a gun factory near Rshmond, Va,
to the picket line before Gettysburg, then
to army headquarters at Richmond, and
finally to the interior of a Richmond prison.
An appropriate tableau ends each act.
The cast comprised Frank G. Campbell,
Jno. H. Cossar. Joseph Zahner, George c.
Denton, Fred Ames, w. P. Sheldon, Nagle
Barry. G. w. Fowler, F. r. Busly, Misses
camille Campbell Fanny Cohen, jesse
Hess. May Pitt and MolIie Green. NJ.
Campbell. who portrayed Tom Markham.
the hero. played the part witt. vigor and
sympathy and won unstinted cheers. The
other characters were depicted with vary
ing degrees of acceptability.
FATIMA.-Exclusive ladies' matinees will
be given Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
afternoons by the owners and managers of
the oriental sife-size painting by Phil. Clo-
yer at Ill Pennsylvania avenue, with an
entrance through Willard Hotel lobby
where the fine picture is on exhibition. This
picture has excited universal comment since
Its first exhibition here and the interest tha.
fas' been manifested in it promises to con-
tlnue Tor some time to come The picture
Is open for general exhibition at all times,
except the afternoons specified in the fore
going.
MISS CORA sHREvE'S MAY CARNI-
VAL.-The third annual May carnival and
exhibition of fancy dancing of the pupils
OF Miss Cora B. Shreve will be given at
National Rifles Armory this evening at
o'clock Besides the usual features that
are always part of May celebrations of
TINS Character there will be some entirely
new dances and some new songs as well by
some OF the smallest Juveniles of the city.
THE YELLOWSTONE PARK.-Rev. c.
II. Butler will deliver lecture at the -Kel-
Ter Memorial Lutheran Church, Maryland
avenue and 9th street northeast, this even
ing at O'Clock on the Yellowstone Ma
t1onal Park. Mr.. Butler will give descrip-
tion OF the wonders and beauties of th!;
garden spot OF our country, and the attract
lvehess OF the subject will be enhanced by
Il series OF line views of the most notable
points OF interest in the national park.
9 THE BATTLE OF MANILA.-No more
fitting spectacle for Decoration day. Mon
day, May 30. could be witnessed than
Pains supreme achievement his reproduc-
ton of the battle of Manila which will
De given at the Base Ball Park at $3.50
pm. While the patriotic pulse is temper
ed to fever heat few will! undoubtedly miss
Inc opportunity to the glory of our
arms reproduced as faithfully as it has
promised Pain has succeeded in doing in
TINS instance. In this spectacle upon
stage 800 feet in length, the spectator will
see before him the fortress of Csvite. with
the Bay of Manila in the foreground, and
VIII behold an accurate representation of
the stirring scenes that occurred upon the
memorable Sunday of May /. In this pro-
auction Pain has endeavored to make all
tne ef!ects SO realistic that the impression
OF seeing naval warfare as it really occurs.
II is promised. will be simply startling in
IT'S effect. Exact duplication of the Amer
lcan and Spanish squa1rons will be seen in
tull motion. employing the use of over
twenty Warships. and upon the enormous
stage will be seen all the details of the
terrlhc conflict. The entrance of the Amer
ican commodore's ships in the dark the
location of the Spanish squadron. the slow
victory eliminating in the fire of the enc
my s ships one by one, in historic order
the terrific cannonade, which it is said will
actually be heard for blocks away will
form scenes of lurid grandeur that will be
long remembered. To accommodate the
public tickets will be sold in advance at
the box otfice of the New National Theater.
beginning Friday morning.