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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-16

Theatrical affairs have taken on strict
" local aspect. The important enterprises
row before the public here are those winch
claim Washington as home, and they are
distinctly creditable. The production Oh
1.-The School for Scandal may be recorded
an exceptional success. Fears that general
efficiency in the company would be sacrl-
feed and that reliance would be placed
solely on one or two players were not real
lied Miss Galland's Lady Teazle, thanks
to her great scene in the fourth act, mas
established fun confidence in her ability 10
portray classic roles and next week IS pro-
duction of Romeo and Juliet by this or
ganization will be awaited with interest
Indeed. 1t will be a Romeo and Juliet
week, with the Galland company and the
Liebler & Co. special cast production poth
in evidence Fortunately Romeo and
Juliet is one of the plays whose infinite
variety age cannot wither nor custom stale.
Amelia Binghams admirable company
closes its Washington season in THE
Frisky Mrs. Johnson" The company gave
an admirable performance of a piece that
is almost bad enough to be called the worst
play Clyde Fitch ever wrote. Its dialogue
has a certain smartness, but is marred by
the introduction of commonplace slang and
the story is one of a self-sacrifce without
purpose or effect. The situation at the close
of the last act is precisely what the natural
course of events would have brought about
in the first scene. Wilton Lackaye dstln-
guished himself usual.
1.-THE Serenade" proved the best OF the
series of operas so far produced at Chase
Theater
isis Hopkins" joyous and perennial, came
IN the Academy. where the audiences fol-
lowed her fortunes with all the old-time en-
thusiasm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-16

The announcement of the withdrawal of
the Kneisel quartet from the Boston Sym
phony came as a shock to the lovers Of
orchestra music all over the country, and
yet it is the best thing for the members of
the quartet to do They can now accept
engagements from which they were barred
on account of their connection with the
larger organization, and they part from
their associates and the management in the
most friendly manner. Mr.. Henry l.. HiS-
ginson, the founder and supporter of the
quartet, as well as the orchestra, made
this statement In his acknowledgment OF
the quartetS letter of Withdrawals:
Mr. Kneisel and Mr.. Schroeder were
brought from Europe both to take the first
place among their respective instruments
and also to play in the quartet, which from
the outstart 1 had intended to establish
here as an adjunct of the orchestra This
purpose l carried out and bore the quartet
on my shoulders for some years. The men,
bers of the KneiSel quartet have served me
in every capacity long, faithfully and intel
ligently and deserve very well of the pub
lie. Their reasons. foe leaving US are good
and convincing and, while these gentlemen
are a great loss to the orchestra and TO
me, see that they can labor more freely
and to their own greater profit and re-
nown by taking this step, and they take it
with my entire consent and good will. Blu.
few losses in this world cannot be made
good. and the places thus vacant will be
filled by artists of the highest class. 1 wish
the members of the Kneisel quartet all sue
cess in their new efforts"
1.-The places thus vacant Will be filled by
artists of the highest class This quiet
statement is enough.
Mr.. Angelo c. Fronani. the pianist. left
for Europe Wednesday. 1t is understood
that he will study in Paris.
The service at Epiphany Church last
Sunday evening was an evening with the
choir" A splendid program had been care
fully prepared and was well sung. The
solo work was done principally by Miss
Halle and Mr.. Luebkert. both of whom
were in fine voice and sang with much
Judgment and good taste. The choruses
were the feature of the occasion The
promptness of their attack and their pre-
cision during all the concerted parts gave
ample evidence Of very diligent rehearsing
There will be no rehearsal of the Carroll
Institute choir next week. The last re-
hearsal for this season win be given at
Carroll Institute Hall Wednesday evening.
May ~. at 8 pm. The honorary, advisory
and supporting members, as well as others
interested In the work of this organization.
are expected to attend, as this rehearsal
will be entertaining. as well an instructive.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-16
CONGRATULATIONS
Columbia Theater.

At the Columbia Theater next week Ber-
tina Galland and her company will present
Romeo and Juliet" and the public may
expect a production of the highest artistic
merit. The Shakespearean plays are at
present the subject of theatrical discussion
all over the United States. and next season
will witness general revival of all the
great ones. Mr.. Luckett, with his charac-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-16

remembered as supporting Lulu Chaser. and
Miss Laura Willard, one of the best known
comic opera prima donnas. has been Sc
cured for the part of Lady Constance.
John Mayor. the diminutive funmaker, will
reassume his original part of Sroby, the
hostier. Miss Olive Thorne, the original
Lady Pamela, will be heard in the part
again. Another identified with the first
production is John Read the stage director.
Osborne Clemson achieved hits In the
"Geisha' and the Messenger Boy" Colt
Albertson was last seen with 1.-THE Show
Girl" Messrs. Dewey, Brophy and the
others are well known. The management
gives the assurance that the company IS
the best that has yet been heard here
The much-applauded Chase chorus has
been further increased and the picturesque
costumes of the period are most becoming
to the thirty girls. The matinees will be
Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-16
New National Theater.

New National Theater.
Another extraordinary Shakespearean re-
vival is at hand. Over a dozen important
announcements are already out of Shake
speare plays to be produced next season.
and various stars, including Mansfield
Sothern, Viola Allen, Wilton Lackaye
Blanche Walsh, etc, have declared in IA
vor of Shakespeare next season.
The forerunner of most of these an
nouncements and perhaps the inspirer of
some of them-Liebler & Co.'S al-star re-
vival of Romeo and Juliet" visits the Ma
tional Theater next Wednesday night.
The cast announced for the Liebler & Co.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-16
Academy of Music.

Next week Gill and Fftzhugh bring their
great scenic production, "a Little Outcast,
to the Academy. Much interest has been
evinced in this play, for the reason that 1t
is new departure in the melodramatic
field. The best scenic artists in the country
were given, carte blanche in the matter OF
stage settings, and the result is magnif-
cent The play itself is a story of love and
adventure. and ranges from Murray Hill to
Five Points, the latter locality giving OPP
portunitie:: for portraying in series OF
vivid incidents the ways of the desperate
characters who infest that part of New
YORK and who for many years kept the po-
lice at bay.
Among the finest scenes which are given
may be mentioned a representation of the
docks off the Battery, with the great dome
OF the World building and the adjacent sky
scrapers, illuminated with hundreds of in
candescent lights; the fire scene, requiring
more than two tons of electrical appliances
and over 600 yards of silk for it's produce
uon; the Chinese restaurant, copied from
the famous one of Dupont street. in San
tranclsco's Chinatown; and the beautiful
boudoir, which is replica of the colonial
room of Mrs. Jack Gardeners famous pal
ace in Boston.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-16
ABIDE

Augustus Thomas has sailed for a three
months trip TO Europe.
George H. Primrose is authority for the
statement that he will be seen in vaudeville
next season.
Mrs. Lily Langtry and Mrs Maxine ELI
OFT Goodwin have sailed for Europe for
the summer.
Aaron Burr is to be seen on the stage
arrangements having been made by which
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-16

Rose Sydells London Bellies Company will
appear in the Lyceum Theater next week
The show includes the usual burlesuues
and an ofio.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-16

Ethei-"Isnt Judy newsy?"
Mayme-'Isn't she. thought She tells so
much 1 don't see how she gets time to hear
anything. Detroit Free Press.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-16
MUSICAL MENTION

Mr.. Heinrich Conried. the new director OF
the New York Metropolitan Opera House,
promises to produce 'Parsifaf' next winter
in the most elaborate manner and with the
greatest artists obtainable.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-16

When Frank Daniels starts out next sea-
son in his new comic opera. "The Jockey,
he will have for his chief support Eva Tan
quay.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-16
MISS ROBSON.

production is one which includes so many
distinguished players as to leave no doubt
liz liant performances of the scenes of this
great play.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-16

Dion Boucicault. whose reputation as a
stage manager is the best in England. Is
to go to Paris to stage Iris" for Sarah
Bernhard.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-16

Arthur Nye. under the management of
the Shuberts, goes out June 1 for a tour OF
eight one-week stands in revival of THE
Belle of New York"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-16

report from New York says that Fran
els Wilson will revive "Erminie' and THE
Little Corporal for next seasons uses.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-16

Charles FELTON, Pidgin's two books, 'Blen-
dramatized.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-16

Charles Ross and Mabel Fenton. who
have closed their regular season with their
own company. are now playing dates along
the Pacific coast line
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-16

Alexander the Great Is the title of Vic
tor Mapes' new play. In which James X
founded on incidents in the life of the con-
queror while in Persia
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-01-15
SHE WASN'T THE REAL THING.
Posed ms n Social Queen, But She
Showed WOeful Ignorance of
the Requirements.

She looked like 1.-The real thing"
The women in the corridor, who were
also becomingly groomed, looked
after her enviously as she swished
rhythmically past them into the re-
ception room at the end of the hall
and the men supplemented this atten-
ton with admiring mods and softly
modulated ''whew-ew-ews," relates
the New York Times.
The dozen people already gathered
in the reception room reading and
talking were likewise visibly i'm
pressed with the general excellence of
her manner and appearance and every
one of them would have been willing
to take oath that there wasn't kink
in up-to-date life that she was not IA
miliar with.
BY and by the charming creature be-
gan to give evidence of IN uneasiness
that went a little way toward dispell-
ing the illusion. She looked doubt
fully about as if seeking something
she wanted badly, but didn't know
how to get. Presently she spied lit
tie black knob far up on the wall near
the door, and she stood up on her tip
toes and turned it gingerly. In an in
-stant darkness had settled upon the
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-01-15
COMMERCIAL PROFESSIONS.
Men of Money who Labor to Turn
Their Business Into Institutions
of Usefulness.

The truth is, we hear too much
about the commercialism of the pro-
fessiOns. There are men who vulgar
ize them all, no doubt, and who sell
their craft-right for a mess of mil
lions, for there have always been such
men, says Worlds Work But there
is another tendency of our time that
is far stronger than the tendency
to get wealth; it is the ten
dency to establish, to build, and
to maintain institutions-insti
tions of any useful and honorable
kind. Men give themselves in the
most unselfish way to build up colleges
and universities, hospitals, museums,
clubs, associations for the advance
ment of trades and professions, libra
ries-there is no end of the list. Men
labor to turn their business into insti-
buttons. Many founders of great COM
mercial houses work for their honor
able perpetuity.
Many manufacturers plan their fac
tories so as to give them an institu-
tional character and value. The
naturally conservative tendency of an
active people is toward institution
building. Strong men in almost every
department of work show such a ten
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-01-15
MAKES UNCLE SANS STAMPS.
haachinist in "A Virginia Hamlet who
Supplies All Those Bear
ing Dates.

Perhaps few persons know that all
of Uncle Sans post office date stamps
are made in a little shop at Lodge,
Northumberland county, Va, says a
writer in Chat.
Benjamin Chambers, an expert ma
chinist, has for number of years had
a contract with the government for
this work.
While the shop IS small, it has al
most every known appliance for the
handling and cutting of metal, and af
fOrds employment to a number Of
skilled workmen. Lists of the new
stamps wanted are furnished by the
government, and the work is sent to
Washington complete, even to the pol
ished wooden handles.
AS each stamp is a separate piece
of work, all the type cutting is done by
hand. The base is sent from the main
shop to the cutter with a circular path
of solid metal around the outer rim.
In this rim the cutter deftly chisels out
the name of the post office and state.
This done, the stamps are put through
a hardening process, that the type may
stand the vigorous pounding of post
Office workers. The date letters and
figures are cut on separate bars, and
sets of dates sufficient to last many
years are furnished with each stamp.
Many of the city post offices require
special stamps. These are made by
the best cutters. Some of the most
skilled type cutters in the country
learned their trade in the Chambers
shop.
Uncle Sam is very particular en-
plOyer in this work. If the cutter
makes an error in single letter, or
does defective work. the entire stamp
is discarded. A long time is re-
CURED for a cutter to acquire skill
and speed. Some years ago the gov
eminent suddenly changed the style
of stamps from the very light line
print to the heavy-face type now used,
and activity was doubled at the shop.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-01-15

ing away and thought they had STOLE.
march on the rich men, There are
about 100000 acres of wire grass in
Minnesota and Wisconsin alone, of
which only few acres remain for
those not already in the grass Irvine
business. Many sections of recently
purchased land are practically uneX-
plored; elsewhere roads have been
bcilt into the marshes. Besides huge
camps" where 1000 men and as
many horses are kept busy during the
harvest season, have been established
in the northern country. To cultivate
the growth of the grass the marshes
are regularly drained and fed with
water.
The moving begins in July and lasts
until September, the bales OF grass
being cured" by sweat process for
several months before they are shipped
to the mill. The making of Irvine is
simple process-although many thou
sands of dollars were spent in expert
menting before this simple process
was evolved. The wire grass is
''combed''-that is, the short f-:-ces
are brushed out of the longer, the lat
ter being sent Immediately through
the spinner, where the silver and twist
er turn them at once into finished
Irvine.
The shorter blades, meanwhile, are
shipped to another portion of the mill,
where they are made into bottle covers.
One factory alone sold to one brew
cry last year 100000 of these bottle
covers.
The Irvine begins a wonderful met
amorphosis after its first stage. Any
one who has ever seen a loom making
ribbons. or cloth-fabrics of any kind,
must have wondered at the almost hui
man intelligence of the machine,
throwing the threads in and out, above
and below, while beautiful figure
shapes itself. TO be able to do this
work by machine was the problem of
a century. But the grass Irvine indus
try required machines different from
any other ever made, and the problem
was solved in few months. The first of
these new mechanisms was put in OPP
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-01-15

Grafton IN June, 1898; now hundreds OF
grass Irvine looms are weaving day
and night. The earlier machines made
simply floor mattings; then the Irvine
was wrapped with colors of cotton
yarn and rugs were made, as well as
ceiling and wall-coverings. Later, by
continuous experiments, it was found
that in the manufacture of furniture
grass Irvine could be used wherever
willow had served.
As the whole industry is practically
but five years old, no one can prophesy
what may yet be accomplished with
wire grass. The extreme toughness
of the fiber gives it remarkable wear
ing power. Builders are now using it
as mountaineering for houses, for
which it is said to give particularly
good service. What other uses in the
building line may be discovered, is, of
course, problematical; but with the
growing menace of timber famine,
American woodland being chopped
away by the thousands of acres every
year, 1T is not impossible that the
marsh-grass will go far as a substi-
tute for wood. Because of its great
cheapness, also, the grass fabrics are
taking the place to an appreciable ex-
tent of cotton and wooden goods, and,
it is thought, will crowd willow-ware
practically off the market.
American inventive genius, American
business ''gumption" and American
cash are the sole makers of this indus
try, The possibilities in export trade
are simply stupendous; for, in the
first place, the grass is primarily an
American product, and, secondly, the
entire industry depends upon specially
constructed machines, from the har-
vesting of the grass to the weaving of
the last warp, every one of the ma
chimes being protected throughout the
world by patents. Hence, English.
German or French capital would hard
ly care to undertake the role of rivals.
and the worlds market of a vast in
dustry is in the grasp of handful of
keen-minded, far-sighted yankees"
E. T. GUNDLACH.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-01-15
THE CAREX STRICTA.
A Marsh Weed Popularity Designat-
ed as "Wire Grass"
American Ingenuity and Enterprise
Have Developed n Big Industry
by Utilizing the Plants
Solid Stems.
Especial Chicago Letter.l


AVE you ever walked along the
Il outskirts of a peat bog, brushing
your way through numberless
long, thin weeds? The rods, reaching
almost to your shoulders, are different
from any other marsh weeds; they
have round, solid stems unlike ordi-
nary fat-bladed grasses and shoot
straight up into the air three, four
feet or more, without a joint from the
root to the needle-like point.
That is wire grass. Carex stricta,
the botanist calls it. And until five
years ago the botanist alone was in
terested, for rest of the world con-
sidered it quite worthless stuff-unft
for cattle food and a nuisance on farm
lands.
To-day, $15,0O0,0O0 of American capt.
tai are invested, manufacturing this
same wire grass into wonderful fab
RIGS, from binder Irvine to fancy chairs
and rugs. Five years hence the de-
spised American marsh weed NAV SUD-
ply domestic and foreign markets an
nually with products worth 5O,OOO, 600
or more. The supply of raw material
is practically unlimited and the cost
of manufacture much lower than that
of any competitive article.
This prodigious development of a
new industry-unprecedented, per-
haps, in the history of the world-all
sprang from an experimental machine
which was worked out by George A.
Lowry and put in operation in Chi
cago in 1896 or 1897. Various trials
with careX stricta convinced Mr.. Low
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-01-15
THE STUDY OF NATURE.
Heabthful PaStime which Ought
to Receive Encouragement
Everywhere.

The study OF nature has taken
fast hold on the publishers, if we may
judge by the number of nature books
which adorn the book-stalls; and we
NAV believe that this indicates that
more and more people are going into
the country each year, and are study.
ing, in some fashion at least, various
aspects of the outdoors. This is a
healthful pastime and one which ought
to receive all encouragement, says
Woman's Home Companion. 1t is
probable that for many of the enthusi-
asts nature-work is little more than
a fad, but even so it is provocative
of good to all concerned. Nature is
simple, sound old creature, and she
does not readily lend herself to a
hypocrisy. 1t is better to go to her
in simple, open-hearted way; but to
go at all is a benefit. Nobody can
look up at the white stars, or listen to
the prattle of leaves, or to bird-calls,
or to the quiet talk of the running
water; nobody can be for long in
the healthful sunshine and breathe
plentifully of the clean air, without
absorbing something that is good,
without making all this good outdoors
a part of his own being, without in
little washing his soul. Everybody
needs this renewal-the faddists most
So let us be glad of this new move
ment, and confident that the world
will be better for it.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-01-15

ings, wall coverings, finishings for
ceilings, baskets, bottle covers,
chairs, settees, tables, screens, doors,
baby carriages, go-carts, iardinieres,
hassinets, furniture novelties.
And all this from the despised wire
grass, which American farmers have
cursed for generations!
To show what can be done toward
furnishing a house with grass prod
ucts, the general manager of a com
pany located at Brooklyn, n. Y, has
fitted up his entire office with wire
grass. Everything in the room is made
of grass Irvine except the desk Even
the walls and ceiling are covered with
this fabric, the screen door, chairs,
rugs, table and bookstand being pure
grass. The effect of the unique furni-
ture is simple but artistic.
The process of manufacture, though
difficult, is not as complicated as that
of many other branches of textile
manufacture. In the beginnings of
the industry one great problem
was to secure the raw material
properly. The grass Irvine men
bought up, very quietly indeed
thousands and thousands of acres of
marsh land-and the sellers of the
waste soil laughed in their sleeves;
they did not know what they were Civ