The Washington bee., 1901-05-25

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Bonlne murder case is a departuTa
, from the reglar custom.
Miss Mabel Br oks of Second Street
southwest IS confined to her residence
with mild attack of Malaria.
Mr.. Richard H. Hughes. a steno-
/ grapheT IN one OF the District Conrts
anticipates a trip across the oCesn
soon. lie will visit the "Holv Landsn
before returning.
Nj. e. W. Christian. the nonr,o~
funeral director, who met with a sad
J mlSnaP Ia e sunday night is doing W /
ne Tell through an open trap door Al d
broke two ribs. Dr. Allan is the at
tending physician.
] Rev. w. H, Snowden OF the ZION
I connection has returned from Confer
/ SnCe, where he went to receive orders
| Mr.. Snowden returns to the same
church much to the satisfaction of his
congregation.
Cards are but announcing the mar.
! rage OF Mr.. William Francis Evans to
Miss Lethla Elizabeth Walker ON
1 Wednesday evening June at the Al
ired Street Baptist Church, Alexandra
| va. Both parties are well known i'm
this city.
The rumor is that Rev. Walter II
Brooks will not 90 to the First Rantiet
Church, Richmond Va. His friends
claim that he has never entertained
such an idea and the alleged charge
/ IS without foundation. The pulpit in
question IS the one formerly occupied
by the late John Jasper.
Mr.. Harry Prater. the Young charac-
ter actor, who will appearin a adramatiC
cast entitled "Unmasked" or "a
Sheep IN VOLTS clothing" booked to
take place at the Plymouth Congrega-
uonal Church June 7. has lost none of
that hlstrOniC geniuSnes sdisplayed last
/ year IN the amuseing Curletta "His
| Folly" Mr.. Prater takes the leading
role.
Sunday afternoon was Pen and
/ PENCIL day al the Second Baptist
/ LyCenm. The attendance was un-
usually large and brought together an
audience of vast proportion. Five
minute speeches were mai by Messrs
| w. I Menard, Allan, Pelham, Sim
mons aud Paul Bray. After this Judge
/ NJ. w. Gibbs u. \. Consul TO Madagas-
/ car was introduced. He gave some
interesting details about the place, he
/ represented and praised the admins
/ tTatlOn for the sound policy in vogue
/ / he other features were; a vocal solo,
! Mr.. LuCien NJ. White and an instru-
| mental selection by Mrs. Robert Pei
/ ham, Mr.. r. ". Thompson president
Of the LyCeum presided.
Among the topics discussed at
| special meeting of the teachers of the
! Presbyterian Sunday School Sunday
morning was whether il would be
/ proper to have n . or not at a pro-
posed picnic schl lied for the early
part of June. While some favored
the proposition others opposed it and
made room for an unnecessary wran-
/ gle. We fail 10 see why the pleasures
! OF The young people should be cur
/ tailed, when object in view proves the
/ contrary. Let us hope that this part
/ to the young the full comfort of life and
allow them these sympathetic advan-
| tageS. A days outing spent in dane
I
/ harmful in the least. We do not wish
! to seCulaTize the cause of the church
/ or in any way impair the creed but
| merely defend that which we think is
/ just, the aesthetic ambition of every
rightly disposed young man and
| woman. "On with the dance: the scene
! IS delightful, the effect enhancing;
On with the dance.
Friday afternoon next at 4.3o N.
| companies A, B and c Of the High
School cadets will appear at the
American League Base Ball Park TO
compete for medal that is. awarded
each year for the most successfully
/ drilled company. The friends of the
| boys look forward to this event with
much concern and enthusiasm. Capt.
BannisteT, HaWksWorlh and Mattingly,
have supreme hopes and deserve in
dividual medals for effort. The mill
! tary health of the men IS excellent. say
nothing of the unique manner IN which
| they are equipping themselves. The
officers seem lOath to talk about the
coming affair. After considerable
hesitation Capt HaWksWorth in re-
spOnse to a question put. TO him by a
epOrter the other day, said " Its no
easy thing to prepare a company for
a competitive drill. OF course we
have sufficient time. but that is a small
item, when the bill is added and bal
anced. l mean to say, and no one
knows it better than i, thatthe amount
of energy wasted in this direction is
quite indeed appalling" " AT this
, juncture the captain smiled. Well
we are going into it for what II IS
worth and | dare say the company
that beats us will have no snap" With
this the interview concluded and the
reporter left, wishing the captain and
his company the best possible result
in the contest, EARL.
Well Healed.
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