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The Mcguire benefit at the Grand
nights promises to be a splendid success
and in every way worthy the cause
The programme arranged is full Of at
tractive features and insures an excel
and Mrs. Daniel f.. Bandmann in scenes
from Hamlet and Macbeth" Will S.
Rising and company. the opera singers,
in a sparkling operetta entitled the
"Cobbler and Blacksmith" the Butte
High School Mandolin and Guitar club.
under the direction of Professor L. T.
Halle of the Butte Conservatory of Mu-
sic; Miss May Carlisle, elocutonist;
John Curtis, recitation; the Dawson
children in songs and dances; Miss
Best and Miss Matte Ornstein, vocal
soloists; Miss Maggie Kelly, in grace
full skirt dances; John Mcguire giving
Robert Emmet's famous speech; Do
Bell, in a trapeze act, and Billy Woods,
in an electrical club swinging act. The
Mandolin and Guitar club is composed
of the Misses Brebner, Hines, Sullivan
Slocum, Fish, Featherly, Driscol Ma
mie Driscoll, McTucker, Davis, Pas
chal, Mrs. Mckay and Messrs. Sullivan.
Corrette, Atkins and Professor Halle,
the director.
Miss Hill, the well-known organst,
will be accompanist, and the Grand
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and people desiring to join could not
get any information about what they
We're expected to do. This club has been
founded on different principles and has
good sound common sense for founda-
ton. 1t all started in this way: Mr..
Monet found that such a large part
OF his salary was spent in treating that
ne determined to keep an account OF
what he did spend in that way for one
year 1t turned out that he blew in
Just about one-fifth of what he made
by constantly using the phrase Have
one with me- He is a man who be-
lleves thoroughly that every one of us
was put on this earth for some good,
and he thought he saw u way through
such an organization to help men to
save their money and preserve their
physical and moral soundness. So he
asked a few of his friends to join this
club, and they gladly consented, saying
that they were all in need of Just such
a movement
The object of the club, which is real
~ to do away with this pernicious hab-
IT OF treating, is very simple, indeed,
as 1t Is stated on the card which is sent
10 each man who joins. It reads:
When you want drink, take it, and
don't imagine you will offend any one
by not asking eight or ten to Join YOU
The only pledge that a member makes
is to wear the button and make a
pledge to himself not to treat any one
who is member.
When card is sent to an applicant
ne is asked not to detach the lutton
from the card if he has any cOnscian-
uous scruples. but to pass it to some
friend. One of the Chicago newspapers
got hold OF the fact that Mr.. Monet
and few of his friends. all prominent
business and professional men, had or
ganized such club. and the ncw,,,a
pers all over the country took if I'M
The result was that applications for
membership began to pour in to him
from one end of the country to , he
other and he was showed under with
letters, all expressing approval If the
scheme. In a few weeks $4,000 names
were enrolled, which result speaks for
itself and is an indication that the club
finds favor with the large majority.
Mr. Monet didn't imagine for an in
slant that II would spread beyond Chi
cago, but I've enrolled over 5000 right
here in the city in a few days"
How did you come to be so vitality
interested in the club?" asked the re-
porter.
We'll, this neighborhood here where
! work is great one for treating.
Every truCkman and workman who
comes in the place expects to be treat
ed. and every time a man takes a friend
into saloon he's expected to treat
everybody in sight. I've Seen -iirking
for long while that this treating nab-
ii is increasing among men rather than
decreasing, and il is all rot: il is false
friendship, and it is responsible for the
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Treating club and I would like very
much to become a member of same SO
hoping that you vii! kindly accept me,
l remain" etc
"A German up the state,' continued
Mr.. Reece, sent four cents for a but
ton and said he wanted to join the club
because he was fond of drinking him
self, but did not believe in making
other people drink at his expense. A
great many Germans are joining the
club, by the way. They nearly all be-
long to one bowling club or more, and
they all say that they want to intro
duce the idea among bowlers so that
they will be of one mind on the sub
ject. Many of the applications seem to
come from laboring men who can i'll
afford to indulge in the treating habit.
Mr.. Monet writes me that he knows
of numberless cases where men who
were drawing salaries all the way from
$500 to $4,000 year are now working
for $40 and $50 month as clerks in
offices and such places, and glad
enough they are to get that. Not one
of them will ever be on top again, and
yet they were at one time capable of
managing department.. What was the
cause of , their downfall? Treating.
Nothing more, nothing less; it was not
because they We're slaves to drink. but
slaves to custom. l know man here in
New YORK VINO had a magnificent sal
airy in a corporations office, and treat
ing and accepting treats ruined him.
When he started out he cared nothing
for drinks. but he tried to be a good
fellow and was ruined. He wound up in
the Tombs for Incorporating his en-
ployer's funds, and after his friends got
him out of that scrape l don't know
what became of him. but they all said
that the treating habit had ruined him.
But, as / said at the outset, this club
was not organized to instil temperance
doctrines into men, but common sense.
1t isn't the money that a man spends
in treating that worries him, because
he gets his treats back drink for drink:
what he does mind is being tanked up
with lot of stuff that he doesn't want.
but doesn't dare to decline for fear of
giving offense.'
How have the people in this neigh
borhood taken to your stand in this
matter?' asked the interviewer.
Many of them are angry about it,
answered Mr.. Reece, but I haven't had
any out-and-out trouble on account of
my badge and principles yet. I'll tell
you one thing, though, all the saloon
at least l know many who do, and all
keeper treats, which he is expected to
do frequently, he has to treat everybody
in the saloon else he will offend people,
and drive away CUSTOM"
Are women admitted to membership
in the club?"
Certainly they are" was the reply,
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making of many drunkards Have enc
with me- is phrase many a man has
used because of the desire not % an
pear small, and is frequently accepted
more to avoid giving offense than be-
cause the beverage itself is desired
For instance, you and I go into cafe
with the intention of having one drink,
perhaps two. We meet eight or ten
friends who insist upon our joining
them. We do so, and then you and
reclprocate, and every man in the
crowd insists on everybody having one
with him. The consequence is that
each man puts eight or ten drinks I'M
der his belt, and I'll bet new hat that
there is not one of them but would
have preferred the one drink to eight or
ten consecutive drinks This thing re-
peated several times a day or year in
and year out will ruin a man physi-
cally and financially. and it is all fool
ishness.
Il read about the n-Treating club
in some paper and wrote to Mr. Monet
for button. AS l was the second man
from this state to seek membership he
asked me to act as secretary. The other
was an up-the-state farmer. And this
is the plan he is adopting to organize
clubs in each state. He asks the first
man who becomes a member to form a
club in the place where he lives and
TO spread the good work, but | do not
find my work confined to New York
by any means. Here are three letters
which came in this mornings mail and
they will give you an idea of what hold
the non-treating idee is taking on all
classes of men,"
The first letter was from the proprie-
tor of a hotel in Edgeley, n. D., and
was as follws:
Dear Sir: Please find enclosed 4
cents, postage, for which mail to my ad-
dress one of the buttons of the Nom
Treating club and information, so that
/ can get club started here"
This second one came from a young
man engaged in the insurance business
at Louisville, Ky:
Dear Sir: ] noticed an article in a
paper a few days ago in regard to
your club and as a result you will find
inclosed 25 cents in stamps for which
you can send me a half dozen of your
famous buttons. I tried the same
scheme some three years ago, only we
had no buttons or cards or any insignia
whatever, and of course the idea was
finally waited on the winds l don't
know how the plan will work in this
state, but there is not a man to whom
| have shown the newspaper clipping
but who has said he would like to Join
thing like that, and / am going to
try to start the ball rolling with six
fellows and if it is a go you can look
for more orders
An employee in the Hoffman house
cafe at I Beaver street, sent the fol-
lowing request:
Dear Sir: l have heard of the Nom
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opera house orchestra has volunteered
its services also
rehearsal will be held at the opera
house at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon.
Blanche Bates sensational fall in
THE Dancing Girl is a great piece of
stage business, but Hubert Wilke does
a far more thrilling tumble in FRA
DlaVolo," and during the performance
OF the opera by the Dorothy Morton
company at the Grand his fall from
the high cliff to the stage when the
brlgand was shot brought screams from
a number of women in the audience
There is considerable trick in Mss
Bates fall, but Wilke shoots down
headlong and only breaks the fall by
death clutch at the side Of the cliff.
The late Charles w. Couldock. when
asked by an aspiring amateur for in
structions as to how to make an effect
i've stage fall, replied: why, simply
keel over. Fall like you would fall if
somebody had given you an effective
punch in particularly vulnerable spot
Don't try to make fancy fall. for II
and you're not likely to make much of
showing out of it," Evidently Mr.
Couldock knew what he was talking
about. for it is a fact that the most
effective stage falls are those which are
made apparently without regard to con-
sequences.
The New York papers just now are
paying attention to fall made nightly
at the Garrick theater by Annie Russell
in Catherine, who falls upon the stage
IN such a way as to startle people in
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piece during its phenomenal run at
Hoyts theater. New York. will be seen
here. This scenery is all of a special
design, and from the brush of the we'll
known scenic artist, Arthur Voegt-
lin.
the piece is heralded as bright and
rolilcklng satire on politics as treated
by women in some of the Western
states, where the law gives them the
right to vote and hold office 1t is writ
ten in this authors most humorous
Veln replete with witty dialogue,
sparkling music, absurdly funny sit
uations and a host of vaudeville feat
ures that are said to be new, and
| many of them bordering upon the SEN
sational order.
The plot of the piece is as fol-
lows:
The scene is laid in Denver, where
women are allowed to vote. Benton
Holmes has been nominated as the re-
form party's candidate for mayor. The
only element which he fears will inter-
fere with his election is the women.
Holmes has been recently married, and
is very much in love with his wife,
Grace, who returns his affection ard
emily. The serpent in this little para
disc in Denver is Aunt "Jim,'' rela-
tive OF Mrs. Holmes, who is woman's
right advocate. Holmes is irritable
over the coming campaign, and his one
fault, his disbelief in the capacity of
woman, comes to the front. The fact
that his wife sews a button on his coat
two inches from where it should be-
causes him to lose his temper Just
when Grace is feeling badly at the
fancied cooling of her husbands love,
Aunt Jim offers her the woman's
candidacy for mayor. Thinking that
she may be able to show her husband
that she is good for something, she ac-
cepts the nomination. With her ac-
ceptance the first act ends.
The second act shows the interior of
the house, with the headquarters of the
two opposing candidates on opposite
sides. Through both this and the fol-
lowing acts. the various phases of the
campaign are shown. The ward heel
ers of both parties here congregate to
talk over the chances for the election of
their respective candidates.
The third and fourth acts take place
on the day Of the election. In the third
act Grace goes to the polls to cast her
first vote; she returns in tatters and
rags and covered with mud. Her hus-
band wants to know where the Ameri-
can man is who could so treat
woman; Grace replies that it was not
the American man, but the American
women.
the vote is .oi,,e ~ 70 Grao o' o. 1G is tha,,
she decides that she does not want to
realIv eiectaa sho s,hnu,s a. ,..a1
woman hy savire th,4 she will MOI ba
elected Al 1ast 'ber brother Who hoe
kept in the background enjoying the
legal age, ali ~ 9the votes cast for her
are void. and that her husband is elect
ed in spite of the fact that the most
votes were cast for her.
The engagement of "A Contented
Woman will be the most prominent
attraction of the season. and that the
ater-goers appreciate these facts is evil
denced by the heavy demand for seats
in. advance. .9l 4at.
-
" hSn jim Helht' ~" u ono,e
aces tame, pue a. the tllne Oh 'nis Iaie
u 10 laliie III paltlculaI was married III
chlcato, ne vas IN pad nlla!ic1ai cohol-
tioh. nc Was plagitls llleie W4.i cotl-
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| front, yet Miss Russell is up and doing
| after apparently falling fiat upon her
| face, and has not suffered any ill effects
| from it so far.
Blanche Walsh made something of the
same effect when she fell in 1.-The Great
Diamond Robbery only Miss Walsh
after falling upon her face, rolled down
a flight of steps
Mary Anderson's fall in Romeo and
Juliet" is recalled as one of the most eff
fectve bits of stage work known in the
atricals. 1t is said that John w. Norton
coached her in it. When Miss Anderson
| made her fall in the potion scene her
| body seemed to relax, and she fell to the
| floor apparently because there was no
| cellar handy. Judging by her apparent
| condition as she fell she would have
| gone head foremost into well or any
| other yawning abyss that happened to
| be in the vicinity. But it was noticed
that Miss Anderson's right hand al
ways struck the floor first, being adroit-
ly used to break the fail.
In the same scene Margaret Mather
used to fall down a flight of steps after
taking the supposedly sleep giving po-
ton. Her fall was sensational, but was
regarded as trick fall In other
words, there was no possible danger at
tached to it.
aye used to fall over table in his dying
scene. This was also trick fall and the
only chance for Mr.. Lackaye to break
his neck would be to place himself in
such a condition as to render it impos-
sible for him to make any estimate as
to his surroundings. Happily, Mr. Lack
aye never found himself in such a CON
dition while PLAYING Svengali. He went
through nearly two seasons of "Trilbv,,
without hreaking his nacL
Virginia Harmed used to roll down five
stems in "'The Dancine Girl" hnt ber f.11
was What would nro,orl,, ba daso,,,i Ia
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THROWN FROM A HORSE.

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tina Wildwood, was thrown from a horse re-
the treatment of physicians orseveraT months.
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try it: and it relieved her promptly. In a few
months she was entirely cured, and scarcely
mark now remains where the disease held
full sway"
A GUNsHOT WOUND.
Capt. J. H. McBrayer, the well-known dis
tiller, OF Lawrenceburg, Ky, says:
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Richard Mansfield said not long ago
that he never went near the theater
except to dress for and play his part,
and Augustin Daily. it is said, never
sets foot inside any theater save his
own or where his company happens to
be playing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-10
HARMONY LODGE OFFICERS.
The Ceremony of Installation Per-
formed Last Evening.

The ceremony of formally installing the
officers of Harmony Lodge, No. o. indie
pendent Order of Odd Fellows, took place
last evening. The officers for the current
term are: Noble grand, ]. Thomas Cook;
vice grand, John F. Prosperi; secretary,
VIM. p. Allan; financial secretary, George
s. Stewart; treasurer, Marcus Richardson;
warden, w. c. Hamburg: conductor Marion
=. thompson: r. S. y. G., George A Craw
lerd; l.. s. N. G., William Tying; r. 8. V.
G., Herman kahlert; L. S. V. G., Edward
L. Dunn; X. S. s, Geo. Z. Lanham; L. S. S.
Geo. w. Mockabee; o. c., Lemuel Walton
Sanderson: l. G., John Shepherd; chaplain,
j. Blake Claggett.
The installation exercises were conducted
by Grand Master w. W. MILAN, Deputy
Grand Master l.. S. Kann of Golden Rule
Lodge, No. II; Grand Warden p II. Leary
of Golden Rule Lodge, No p: Grand Sec
rotary Theo. Mead, p. G.. NJ OF Friendship
Lodge, No. u; Grand Treasurer l. w Refs
ner of Bates Lodge. No. $50, Butler Mo. ;
Grand Marshal Richard H. Sorrell. p G.
Nj. Amity Lodge, No. -; Grand Inside
Guardian VIM. A. Greer of Friendship
Lodge, No. II. The grand master addressed
the lodge, urging the officers and MEM
pers TO put their shoulders to the wheel and
urge on the car of progressive American
Odd Fellowship to a higher plane than it
has heretofore reached
harmony Lodge has on its rolls ia mem
pers, an in good standing. During the last
term three We're admitted, one withdrew
ana -FOUR deaths occurred, as follows: Thos
Gates, aged eighty-one years, service in the
Iooge thirty-one years four months; James
H. Granger, aged seventy-eight years, serv-
ice in the lodge thrty-three years seven
months; John H. Wilkerson, p G., aged
seVenty-eiSht years. service in the lodge
nIty-slx years nine months, and past
grand forty-five years two months: Will
nam r. Thompson, aged forty-eight years
service In the lodge fourteen years ten
months. The treasury has a balance on
hand of S49561
The session of the Grand Lodge will be
held the 18th instant, at the hall of Federal
City Lodge, Nc. 20, located in Northeast
Temple, 18th and H streets northeast.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-10

The joint committees Of the Sons of the
Revolution and the Sons of the American
Revolution met yesterday afternoon in the
rooms of the board of trade, when an in
formal discussion was held with reference
to the proposed monument to Gen. La
fayette, to be unveiled in Paris on July 4,
1900. 1t was The unanimous and hearty
verdict of the committee that the proiec I
is worthy the earnest support not only Of
the patriotic societies, but of the citizens
of the city and country generally, ire
spective of their utilization with any pa
triotic organizations.
The secretary was directed to commune
cate with the president of the board of
trade. asking him to designate five of its
members who shall meet with the joint
committee on Monday next to discuss such
plans as may conduce to the promotion of
so patriotic an enterprise
The members of the Joint committee are
Admiral Jas. A. Greer, Gen. Jos. C. Breck-
inridge, John 3. Wight, William H. Pearce.
Col. Henry May, F. w. Hackett, John Paul
Earnest, Capt. Chas. l.. McCawley, LLOYD
3. Wight, w. E. Curtis, Surgeon General
Walter Wyman, Cazenore G. Lee T. A.
sample, c. l.. Gurley. Francis E. Leupp, ].
William Henry and Chass S. fainter
Admiral Greer presided and Mr.. W. H.
Fearce acted as secretary.