Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-20

tan Association course will be q stereopti-
con presentation of Tissot's famous paint
ings of the Life of Christ. by Mr.. Cleveland
Moffet of New York. The Tissot paintings
have been faithfully and accurately repro
duced at great expense, on glass slides, for
use in this lecture. Added to these pictures
are many slides made from photographs
made by the lecturer Preceding the lee
ture and beginning at T;30 O'Clock there
will be an organ recital by Mr.. John Porter
Lawrence. Mrs. Thomas c. Noyes will sing
There is Green Hill Far Away" The
lecture will be given in the First Congre-
gational Church, Friday evening of this
week. 1t is an especially appropriate one
in view of the near approach of the Christ
mas season and because of the fact that,
beginning with January |. the Sunday
schools take up an eighteen months study
of the life of Christ
THE JEFFRIEs-SH FIGHT
The biogfaph pictures at Convention Han
next week Will no doubt tend to revive the
discussion as to the merits of the decision
In the great tstic encounter between JEFF
fries and Sharkey. There is one thing GER
tain, these are the only real pictures, and
they give the entire twenty-five rounds.
After one has seen them people will be
able to decide for themselves whether
Referee siler's decision Was a robbery or
not. The pictures are exceedingly clear.
There is none of that sudden jumping from
one position to another. They show when
either of the fighters or the referee has
SOiuotiiiHS " say, ana tut pay VI TIC
muscles, feints, leads. counters and jabs
are all plainly portrayed. Sharkey gets the
same hard blow in the ear as he did at Co
ney Island. and the battle takes on the
same sanguinary aspects Immediately fol-
lowing: All the cinching and hugging and
lnhghting and manueverfng In the break
Always are there. Bob Hilliard and Geo.
COnstdine are in plain view and Martin
Julian Is a conspicuous figure. On num-
Der OF occasions people have arisen from
their seats to make some remark, not real
izng that they were not actually at the
seaside arena. Business has been very big
In Baltimore this week, and great numbers
OF ladies have seized this their only op-
portunfty to witness such contest.
CONCERT FOR THE FOUNDING
HOSPlTAL.-There was an interesting
musicale at the Universalist Church last
night given by the National Conservatory
OF Music for the benefit of the Washington
Hospital for Foundlings. The program in
GUIDED some Well-known local musicians
ana all the efforts were greeted with ap-
plause The most enjoyable numbers were
the violin solos by Mr.. Anton Kaspar, who
Played Sarasate's Fantasia on themes from
~ faust and a Hungarian dance by
Nachez, demonstrating in both his artistic
ablllty. Mr.. Perry b. Turpin sang three
tenor solos effectively, and Miss Myotille
Dexter sang an Ave Maria, arranged on
the intermezzo from the ''Cavalleria Rusti-
cana with an accompaniment composed of
Miss Jessie Cowlng, first violin; Miss Edna
bowers, second violin; Miss Florence Wei
ser ceiilst; and Miss Alma Lemont, pia-
mist. A string quartet, composed of Messrs.
Emil O. Weber, Taylor Bronson, Louis
Kruger and Julius Loeffler played Santel-
mann Romance, in G minor, and Her
berts Scramble in a finished manner.
THE PRINCESS CHIC."-For the be-
ginning of the new calendar year at the
Lafayette Square Opera House Manager
Painter has secured THE Princess Chic
company, organized by Kirke La Shelle for
the production of his own new opera
comiQue Of the same name.