The Washington bee., 1901-05-25


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Mr.. Richard Boston Of IoII New
Jersey, ave, northwest Contin les
seriously Ill. He has been confined 10
his room for several months.
Miss Laura Jones Of sI7 3rd street,
southwest has been suffering seriously
from rheumatism for several days.
she is under the professional care OF
Dr.. Phillip Bronze Brooks.
Mr.. Hamilton Martin was last week
appointed a teacher in the pubic
schools OF this city. Mr. Martin IS
promising young man, and VIII make
good teacher.
Dr.. ". II. Brooks. the learned
nasfor Of the Nineteenth street Baptist
Church IS preaching a series oi ser
mons 10 his large congregation. His
theme last Sunday al the morning
service was, "The Duty Parents to
Children" " Tomorrow he will take
for his subject, The Duty Of Children
TO Parents
Mr.. s. J Dawson, Of the Sixth Audi
tors Office Post Office Department
was selected by the Congressional
LyCeum TO represent that OTganlz2-
[ on at the closing exercises OF the
Bethel Literary Thursday evening last.
Ia a well prepared address of ten
minutes he fully set forth the
general purposes and objects OF the
Congressional Lyceum am the work,
il has accomplised in social develop
ment.
The address Of DR.. W. A. Croffut
on the subject, "Can a Republic
safely have Colonies" delivered be-
fore the Congressional LYCeum, on the
Izth inst, was forCeful, logical and in
teresting. He argued that RePuh-
liCCould not own colonies and remain
a Republic and quoted largely from
Lincoln, Webster and other statements
Of the last century to sustain his con
tentiOL. The paper was warmly dis
cusSed by ex- x-CongTesSma9 George II.
White, Hon, !. P. Green, Mr.. r. w.
Thompson, Mr. l. c. Moore, DR.. a. P.
Miller and others. The rendering Of
Blind Toms's Battle of Manassas by
Miss BlanCh Coleman eVOkes hearty
applause A vote Of thanks vas ten
dered DR.. CToftut for his able address.
So great was the out pou ing Of the
members of the Grand United Order
Of Odd Fellows on the occasion of the
thanks giving services at the Vermont
Avenue Baptist Church on the 18th
inst. that hundreds were turned from
the door there not being standing
room inside the spacious church.
The Washington patriarch, Capt. w.
P. Gray, commanding, and the George
town PatriarChie, Capt. J. {. Beckett
commanding were present in full uni
form and received marked attention
as did also the officers of several Of the
Subordinate Lodges who appeared in
their resplendent regalia.
The more than 100 members of the
Subordinate Lodges were in charge Of
Grand Marshal Algier White and his
deputies George Washington, Peter
Carter and L. Fletcher Webster The
ladies Of the several Households of
Ruth were in charge of Albert Brooks
and ". b. Harris. DR.. Lee preached
an excellent sermon and the collection
amounted TO S or SO of which was
presented TO the pastor. The showing
made on this occasion is the legitimate
results Of tile constant and answering
efforts of the District Grand Master
w. {. Martin and the other members
Of the Executive Committee 10 prop
erlY serve, build up and strengthen the
order in this Jurisdiction.
A rare musical and literary treat was
enjoyed by the cultured audience that
attended the grand concert and testi-
monial rendered Miss BlanCh Coleman
on!the 18TH inst a tthe Lincoln Memorial
Congregational Church. The testi-
mOnial was under the direction of w.
c. Martin. ESQ., president of the Con
RreSslonal LyCeum. The program was
practically a double" one as each
participant rendered his on her part so
exCellently as TO evoke the prolonged
applause in obedience to which each
was forced to appear second time
"Mona" Whisper" and at is your
Voice, vocal solos bv Miss Georgia
Smith, Miss Nettie Murray and DR..
]. I. Walker, respectively were beau
tifully rendered and received merited
applause. The impersonation of the
scene between Caffeine and Cicero in
the Roman Senate; the recital of two
Alldl JbIiiio b1 A-lCNls N L. 1 OOLlCN
and the reading of The Sentence"
and limitations by Prof. J. Thomas
Butler were heartily applanded. Mr.
Ford Dabney has already reached a
high point as pianist and his playing
was highly appreciated. The intro
duction of Miss Blanch Coleman by
president Martin was the signal f T
prolonged applause, and after she
had concluded LOysberg's La Bala-
dine" az extremely difficult piano
solo the encore amounted to an ovation
as pianist otthe Congressional Lyceum
for the seasons. She has been faithful
and unCtual and she feels extremely
grateful 10 the artists who contributed
their splendid services, as well as her
many friends COlOred and white who
aided in making the testimonial a
success.