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Evening star., 1901-05-11
THE GEORGETOWN ORCHESTRA.
Interest Taken in Its Forthcomfne q
Concert,


Much interest is being felt In musical
circles in the coming concert of the George
town Orchestra, which will take place on
the 18th instant at the National Theater.
This organization is one of the oldest in
continuous existence of the musical soci-
cites in the District, and it's career has been
a long and honorable one. It has made
constant improvement and long ago passed
out of the circle of amateur organizations
and showed itself worthy to be put upon
the plane of professional orchestras,
Its greatest improvement and its highest
success has been under the leadership of
Prof. Josef kaspar, who has taken the
greatest interest in the orchestra and has
aided materially in it's DEVELOPMENT. To
his ability as musician Prof. Kaspar adds
the essential qualities of leadership-earn-
estness, enthusiasm, indefatfgable energy
ana personal magnetism: so that the mem
Ders OF the orchestra promptly follow his
baton and good results follow. The orches-
ira is fortunate also in its officers, partic-
ularly it's secretary, Mr.. e. w. Stone mon
when a concert is in preparation He looks
after the business end of the affair and TO
his executive ability and unttring energy
the financial success of the orchestra's con.
certs has been due. 1t is anticipated that
the coming concert will be one Of the best
that has been given. The assistants will he
Mary Helen Howe, soprano; Anton Kas-
par. violinist; Anita Cluss, harpist, and
Henry Xander. accompanist large num-
Der of seats has already been secnre6 a =
Sanders & Stayman's ~
Evening star., 1901-05-11

pense Is killing me. Why must suffer
thusD
There Is a knock at the door. Who
can 1t be?'
I do not know. q know the knock. II
Is Gregory. My hour Is GOMEZ
Now. that's what l call q good exam.
pie of the stage aside. What does it teach
the young idea-learning-how-t
seated in the front chairs? 1t teaches him
how to lead a double life. 1t instructs him
in the way Of deceiving his wife, II he has
one. 1t suggests to him the advisabflity of
blUffing at poker-a most dangerous game
unless one is expert. 1t brings before
his mind numerous phases of life which he
should never learn to contemplate-and all
because of the pernicious stage aside.
Many a young man has been started upon
the rapid road to ruin by listening to the
star scene of melodrama. The stage
aside must CO."
Evening star., 1901-05-11

they blacken their faces, they do nothing
more to enact the character. Taken all
together. the modern minstrel show is little
more than a vaudeville performance and
pears practically no resemblance to that
which used to be seem
"A man who has not studied the negro
cannot give truthful picture Of him on
the stage. Naturally the negro is the
funniest man in America today, but he
does not realize it. 1 do not speak of the
city darkies who have learned to read and
write and cipher. but of the kind that were
known to southerners before the war and
are now rapidly dying out.
Ihe negro is in many respects but an
ape minus the tail, and in no way does he
SO resemble the ape as in his love of MINI
lcry' II you watch a darky and he be-
comes aware of that fact he immediateiv
tries to act and becomes forced, without
being in the least funny, but observe him
when unrestrained and you see character
Actors" = - 80
Evening star., 1901-05-11
THE STAGE ASIDE,
Called by One Authority the Back
bone of the Drama

From the Brooklyn Eagle
Hist" exclaimed the old timer, between
his teeth 'and likewise list. for I would
speak with thee. Now, don't think I'm sick
or sun struck or anything like that for
I'm not. I've just come up town from the
theater and on the way my mind inadvert-
emily turned to the stage aside What
subtle thing 1t is, the stage aside You
know the kind Of speech 1 mean That
which enables one actor to shout In a loud
tone of voice something he would not have
his stage associate hear for all the world,
You might eliminate many present features
Of the drama without seriously impairine
its effectiveness but take away the stage
aside and the whole histrionic structure
totters, tumbles and breaks. Still it ought
TO 20.
In no style OF play does the stage aside
figure more frequently than in the roman
tic drama of the swashbuckIer neriod
Cad sir, the man suspects us Loud tone
OF voice. kissing alternative, folded arms
The door. the door. the secret door, I
must not tell him that oven at this mo-
ment he is standing fairly upon it. Fem
inIne Mysteries. clasped hands anguish,
= with the villain four PAGES away How.
car l keep him here and kill him? IT'S a.
try ing task, methinks.' Head on hand hair
over face, unsuspecting victim seated lust
across the table. Now, you can see pOssi-
bly, what / mean when l say that in the
NtdSS GSltlt cAlSlS INc WnOle fabric or the
drama Suppose some of the information
circulated in those speeches was appro-
priated by the people who have no business
II hear it What a melodramatic un-
heaval there would be-
Are there any ways and means of reliey-
ing such tension? Yes. indeed and oc-
casiOnally you Will see one in active opera-
tlOn on the stage. Once in a while a CON
siderate playwright will permit an actor 70
fall asleep during a scene This is aIwavs
wise. because it keeps him out of the wav
temporarily and enables the other peonIe
on the stage to talk right out loud without
kissing and assembling l don't mean 10
belittle the hiss, because were 1t not for
the hiss how could such an expression as
Give me those paper-r-r-rs' be properly
delivered? l simply mean that with the
leading man asleep. in a Henry Miller pose.
the other folks in the scene are able TO
plot without straining their voices
"One of the pathetic instances of the
stage aside habit is shown In the case of
the man In trouble. He Is trying to keen
his woe from the leading lady. and this Is
! about the way he does 1t. The pair. of
course. are standing close together, per-
haps clasping fingers:
Something worries you tonight, AL
phonse- Tell me-
All, no. sweet: 1t Is nothing-nothins.
(Heayens. how can tell herO
But your face Is drawn and strange
No. no; I am feeling bright and cheer
fui See, laugh-ha, ha, ha. CThis sus-
Evening star., 1901-05-11

cution at school. or experience as actors
in amateur performances-why they deem
themselves fit to get into a theater by the
stage door instead of the public entrance.
So / have not felt like replying to all of
them. Don't try 1 have, instead, ad-
vised them to go to the travelling and resi-
dent managers. especially those with COM
panies of moderate merit and scant pfos-
perity. and offer themselves for inspection
POssessors of good looks and crude abili-
ties will not fail, with some persistence, to
secure in that way trial. II not much re-
nuneratfon But if they find that not one
in a succession of twenty experts is favor
ably impressed at all then they should be
convinced that they have been mistaken
about themselves, and that they have
simply sought an opportunity for their am
bitiOn to 'O'cTleap itself.
Evening star., 1901-05-11
DECAY OF MINSTRELSY
"OId Milt" Barlow Tells of the Days
That Are Gone By.


From the Baltimore Sun.
One of the greatest minstrels who ever
BACKED his face is now in Baltimore with
the Uncle Toms Cabin company at the
Holiday Street Theater The old-timer Is
"Mit" Barlow, who plays the part of I'm
Gle Tom in a manner which has gained him
praise wherever he has appeared. Mr..
Barlow Is between ffty-five and sixty
years DID, smooth shaven, an agreeable
talker and a gentleman Of the old school"
He was seen yesterday at the Hotel Ma
tional and talked Interestingly Of his ex-
perences on the stage. He said:
Modern blackface minstrelsy retains
nothing of the old except the name. In my
day we had some sixteen men in the COM
pany, each one of whom was specialist
whose style was familiar to the public
They were fond of their work and proud or
the stuff that they originated The result
was that while there was not so much
quantity in our shows. they were all quail
ty A gentleman called upon me when I
was in Baltimore some years ago and In
talking over old times said he remem bered
that as soon as the posters OF well-known
minstrel company were put up the people
began to smile and engaged their seats In
advance. When they saw the show the
witticisms were impressed upon them and
a smile would break out now and again for
weeks after as the memory of some es-
Nowadays the minstrel posters lack the
genuine comic character and are more like
oil paintings, nor do the people have the
same pleasant "reminiscences of the visit.
THE downfall of minstrelsy began when
Thatcher raised the number of his COM
pany from sixteen to forty. After he set
the pace the rest of US had to follow suit
or fall behind. The effect Of the increase
of numbers was to obtain quantity at the
expense of quality. In my day the salaries
of our small shows came to a total nearly
as large as that Of the present large ones,
and the consequence is that you find few
artists surrounded by mediocre men whose
shortcomings detract from the work Of
those who are better.
You see an octet get up and instead OF
the splendid volume of sound which you
would expect from eight good singers you
find that several of them are soldering
and that hardly more than half Of them are
really singing. Or you see sixteen buck
dancers come out on the stage and in the
entire collection there will not be more
than two or three who can do more than
the ordinary steps, and the really accom-
work to suit that Of their fellows.
MANY Of the present minstrels also have
no conception Of the real darky. and while
Evening star., 1901-05-11

Witness-"Fined for contempt of courtl
Why. didn't say word"
Rural Judge-"That's just it. You didn't
showed yer contempt '0~
Witness-'Well, well! And I flattered
myself that In that way I was concealing
nr'-Philadelphia Record,
MRS: Baton-"We seem to be out of
everything. We are out Of flour and but
ter. and the coal is all gone"
Mr.. Barton-"Not ont ~ ayarvt HING door
1t y not SO bad as that We are not out
OK debt you know."-Boston Transcript.
Evening star., 1901-05-11
CONCERT
FashiOns for Girls.

FashiOnS for Girls.
From Harper's Bazaar.
Point lace, which is especially associated
with bridal occasions is the favorite trim
ming for the wedding gown, but all varie-
ties Of lace are fashionable Some Of the
finer deep nets with lace border are used
for founced skirts. With these the waist
usually is trimmed with q bolero Of the
figured lace and front Of the plain net.
The long points Of the jacket hang down
all in one piece. A Cuny lace gown Just
completed ts made with the body Of the
gown Of }oulsine.. ana a.w1de douncA, Of the
Cluny, The waist II Of the lace, made
with q square yoke effect.
Evening star., 1901-05-11
He Pleads Not Guilty,
From Puck

h
Mamma-'Fighting again? Why, a good
little boy wouldn't hurt a hair of another
boys head"
Johnny-"Well, didn't. Just punched
his nose"
Evening star., 1901-05-11
In Doubt.


From the Philadelphia Press
"Ah" exclaimed the minister, Fishing on
the Sabbath! What will your father saw
to you?"
Cant tell yet" replied the bad bow. eff
WON'T W.
Evening star., 1901-05-11
EXCURSIONS.

Those who are planning a sojourn out OF
town should visit ''OId Point" or Virginia
Beach These two resorts are famous for
their fine climate and magnificent hostel
ries, and are especially desirable for resi-
dents of this city, because they may be
reached so easily. Every day in the year
a steamer of the Norfolk and Washington
Steamboat Company leaves the wharf, foot
of 7th street, and reaches Fort Monroe
early the following morning. At Norfolk
connections are made with steamers of the
"Old Dominion" line for New York, and
also with steamers for Boston and points
east.
The popular route to Alexandria and
Mount Vernon is via the electric trains of
the Washington, Alexandria and Mount
Vernon Railway Company. The route Is a
very pleasant one, lying for the greater
portion of the distance along the river
The trains pass Fort FOote and Fort Lyons
run through the principal streets of Alex
andria and traverse the entire estate of the
home and tomb of Washington Electric
trains leave the station, 1872 street and
Pennsylvania avenue, every hour from 10
am. to 3 pm. for Mount Vernon. Stop
over privileges are allowed at Alexandria,
to which place trains run every fOrty-five
minutes. Competent guides accompany all
trains to Mount Vernon. On Sundays,
when the fare for the round trip is reduced
trains Of this line run every half hour for
Arlington.
1t Is only a f1ve-minute ride to Arlingt on
on the electric cars which run from the
Virginia end of the AQueduct bridge. These
cars go direct to the national cemetery
without change and land passengers at the
north gate, from which the mansion and
the most interesting parts of the ground
may be reached over broad paved walks
The cavalry post at Fort Myer is also con-
veniently reached by these cars They
leave the bridge every half hour for Fort
Myer and Arlington and about every hour
for Falls Church; Ballston, Nauck Spring
and immediate points.
Evening star., 1901-05-11
Too Natural for Success.


Young Simpson doesn't get on socially
at ALL"
Hes rich, isn't hep"
Yes. He has loads of money: but he
doesn't seem to know how TO act as if
he had loads of money"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-07-25

A case was recently before Judge
Case Of Hartford, in which bicycle
rider brought suit to recover damages
for injuries sustained by being thrown
from his machine by the attack OF the
defendants dog. Judge Case found for
the plaintiff, but as the latter had
been riding on the sidewalk at the
time Of the injury, he had this to say
lin his memorandum: "The question
here is whether the dog was really re-
lsponsible for the mischief and directly
caused it. think he was and did,
and that under our statute, which
throws a considerable responsibility
upon dog owners. the defendant is liza
Ible. My personal sympathies are with
lany self-respecting dog in his efforts
Ito keep bicycle riders where they be-
Hong, in the street, and I believe he
should be accorded some latitude In his
methods, but Mr.. Hulburt's dog went
too far
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-07-25
scHLEY}ro .nEa1k sum.
Historian Maciay to An.v!er in Court I,
His ss4nsa tiOnal Attack.

Historian s'aclay to AnsYer in Court for
His ss3nsational attack.
New York; July 3d. -"Nhis is no
time for talking; it is,time for ac-
tion.'
This was Rear Admiral Winfield
Scott Schley's answer TO request
for statement of his Intentions in
regard to the attack middle on him in
the third volume of Edgar Stanton's
Maclay's History of the Navy"
1t foreshadowed Reaf Admiral
Schley's purpose of takinS measures
to call Mr.. Maclay legally 10 account
for the accusation OF cowsrdice and
falsehood imputed to him j the vol
ume which has just been issfed from
the press.
Beyond the declaration that the
time for action had arrived, Rear Adj
miral Schley would say nothing of his
plans as to the shafts which have
been aimed at him. That it is&his in
tention, however, to summon Mr.. Ma
clay and possibly all his publishers to
answer in the courts for his Version
of the course pursued by RearA Ad-
miral Schley during the opera'S ons
which eliminated in he battle of San
tiago there could be no doubt.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-07-25
MUCH MONEY TO BE SAVED.
Raj ical Reforms In the Army In tn,
Philinnineu

Radical Reforms In the Army In the
Philippines.
MAnila, July 23.-The conferences
between Adjutant General Corbin and
General Chaffee recently held here
will probably result in radical eco
nominal and administrative reforms
in thi army of occupation. 1t is es-
timateGA the total cost of maintain
ing the american army in the Phil
lppines c;ln be reduced to 60 per cent
in the cost of one year. The prin-
clpal change will be the reduction
of the present force to between 10000
and 100000 men. The adjustment of
the present army districts is con-
templated, and three brigades, with
permanent headquarters at Manila,
Dugupan and lloilo or Cebu, will be
instituted in their stead. The troops
will be concentrated at three points
selected, abandoning all minor posts.
These changes will result in an enor-
nous saving in the transportation
of supplies and the paying of rental
for barracks for the soldiers. At
present, in most towns, the troops
are CHARTERED in churches, converts
and public and private buildings, for
the use of which considerable rem
tails are paid.
In the majority of other cases,
where the troops do not occupy pub
lie buildings, it is believed rental
should be paid for the soldiers quar-
tiers, if their occupancy is continued,
since these regions are pacified and
their occupants have sworn allegiance
TO the United States.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-07-25
ADMIRAL scHLEY SUSTAINED.
Secretary of the Navy Rejects History
Criticising Maryland Man.

secretary OF the Navy Rejects History
Criticising Maryland Man.
Washington, July 2o.-The secre-
tary OF the navy has decided that
the third volume of Mackay's history.
of the Spanish-American war shall,
not be used as text book at the!
naval academy unless the obnoxious
language it contains in characteriz-
ing the action of Rear Admiral Schley
is eliminated. The secretary saws
that it would be manifestly improper
to have history containing such
incorporate language as text book
for the cadets. He will inform both
ymmander Wainwright, who is in
command of the naval academy, am
Mr.. Mackay, the author, of his decis-
ion. In this connection the secretary
says that the proofs of the entire
volume were not submitted to him
by the historian. He received only
proofs of the third chapter, that re-
lating to the mobilization of the
fleets, which contained summary
of the orders which he, as secretary
of the navy, had issued in making
the naval preparations for the war.
That chapter was satisfactory, and
he returned it to Mr.. Mackay with an
indication of his approval. He says
he never saw the account of the bat
tie of Santiago and the criticisms of
Rear Admiral Schley until after the
book was published. Mr. Maclsay was
appointed to his present position in
the New York navy yard August %,
1900, having been transferred from
the lighthouse service.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-07-25
SIBERIAN CROPS FAIL.
Two Months of Drouth Has Caused Ell
tire Crop of Cereals to fail.

Two Months of Drouth Has Caused En-
tire Crop of Cereals to FAN.
London, July o. A dispatch to
the Evening Standard from Odessa
says that, according to the reports
from special agents, the Siberian
crops appear to be nearly total
failure. In the great grain produce
ing regions of Minussinsk and Kras-
noyarsls almost the entire growth
of cereals has persisted as result of
the two months drouth. The south
Russian crop may bedescribed upon
the whole as fairly average, yet there
are popular districts in the Ellla-
trinoslaff government and an instance
is cited of the utter destruction of
about 100000 acres of grain by hail
storms and the Hessian fly,
The worst of all are the Volgo
provinces. The peasantry of this vast
region are already practically desti-
tute. They have sold the cattle and
horses they could not feed and have
consumed nearly their whole scanty
stocks of food and seed grain. The
Russian minister of ways and COM
munications is making active pro-
vision for the timely transporta-
ton of food, grain and other sup
plies from the south.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-07-25

Jewelry stealing under cover of ac-
,complished skill in dentistry is the lat
.est device Of Partisan rascaldom. Its
practitioner is an ingenious and ele-
CANT young man OF 26 named Pasteur,
who operated by preference among
ladies Of a certain class. One OF these
whom he met some weeks ago COM
,plained Of toothache, which he under
took to cure, and did SO effectually.
This cure obtained him many patients,
upon whom he operated at their own
residences. After his visits articles Of
jewelry were missed, and complaints
were made to the police. but they were
quite unable to obtain any clue to the
culprit, until the other day one OF his
victims accidentally saw him in CAFE
and promptly gave information which
secured his arrest.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-07-25
sAAIPsON READ p 6Fs.
Admits RcsponsibiihDfor Maclay's At

Boston, July Referring to
Maclay's naval history which has
been criticised by Secretary Long,,
on account of statements considered
objectionable, Rear Admiral Samp-
son in an interview published in the
Transcript said:
sponsible for the statement made in
chief of the squadron and was re-
sponsible so far as reading the proofs.
goes. If the historian has taken
facts from my official report to the
navy department, that is ali well
and good. l stand by first reports
and official communications. I would
welcome an investigation of this
whole matter by congress or by the
navy department., but | see no hope
of its being taken up. Schley's first
statement regarding the battle of
Santiago was moderately correct,
The interviews given out some time
afterward were not at all correct.
They were entirely different from his
first accounts and were written in
different spirit, 4 think. An in
terview purporting to have come
from Admiral Schley, published, be-
lieve, January 6, was entirely incor-
rect. Soon after this statement APP
peared in print he came aboard my
! ship and told me that he had been
INCORRECTLY quoted. The reporter to
Whom the interview was granted was
friend of mine, and he afterwards
Pld me that he published Schley's
lords practically as they had been
sVpken,"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-07-25
DRoUrH AND HEAT CONTINUE.
Much Suffering From Protraoted Condi-
tiOns In Southwest.

Kansas City, Mo-. July e2.-For
thirty-one successive days the tenn
perature in Kansas City has risen
above 80 degrees each afternoon. On
most of these days the temperature
has reached or exceeded 100 degrees,
and during the past twelve days the
100 degree mark has been reached
regularly. Since April S, there has
been but one heavy shower, on June
%. Most of the thermometers reg
lister ITO in the shade early in the
day, and if exposed to the sun would
record 100. There have been few
heat prostrations and not many
deaths directly ascribed to the heat,
but the mortality among feeble old
persons and young children has been
unusually large. The same condi-
lions of heat and rainfall have pre-
vailed all over the drouth stricken
region of the southwest Kansas,
west Missouri, Indian Territory and
Oklahoma. Prayers for rain were Of
fered yesterday in nearly all the
churches in Missouri and Kansas, in
the former state in obedience to the
governors proclamation. In some of
the churches in this city special SER
vices were held.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-07-25

The loss to the country by forest
hres, largely preventable, has been es-
timated at s5o.0oo,0o0 every year. In
regions where wood and water are
abundant the tendency Is to take them
for granted and forget all about them.
But without cheap lumber our indus
trial development would have been Sc
r1ously retarded. And agriculture de-
mands water. All through great parts
of the West the people are coming to
see that on forestry and irrigation to-
gether depends their future prosperity.
Vice President Roosevelt has called
this the greatest internal question Of
the day.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-07-25
srEYN's VIEWS UPHELD.
Boer Leaders Contend That Reitz Is U
necaaaarilxz HAaa isf

Boer Leaders Contend That Reitz Is I'm
necessarily Pessimistic.
Paris, July 22.-An official commune
1cation received from the Boer head
quarters protests against the publ
cation of the correspondence between
Mr.. Reitz, Transvaal state secretary,
and Mr.. Steyn, president of the
Orange Free state, that was cap
tured with the latter's baggage near
Lindley, July II. The communica-
ton maintains that Mr.. steyn's opti-
mistic views are fully upheld by con-
fidential reports from Botha, De-
larney, Smutz Smutz and Boyer.
1t is said that Mr.. Kruger has re-
ceived within week most salts
factory letter from General Botha, in
which details of future plans and
movements are given, everything go
ing to show that the Beers in the
field are as determined and confident
as ever