Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-27

ing chambermaid for any social life or for
ge Sc !, marriedriM a hotel where there are
least poY ss,s Esa. II they can't have at
This view. I'M fact, was put directly to
.ne HiaIe manager of the hotel, and In
sshse was the ferocity aroused In the
Dosoms OF the chambermaids when that
presumptuous official replied that the Mar
ina washington Hotel was never intended
10 De Matrimonial agency for the help.
me striking chambermaids held meet
Ing ing OF protest on the day after they quit
IN. Inc sentiment that evoked the most pro-
tracted applause was the expressed
by the doughty housekeeper.
w no was Martha Washington. anyhow
Ia IKE TO known she demanded. almost
Hereby: Who'd have ever heard of Mar
tina. If 1t hadn't been for George?"
Delirious applause.
And who was George" continued the
eloquent housekeeper why George was
man! And he wore pants. even if they
were knee pants, First in war, first in
peace: hrst In the hearts of his country
men,
Tumultuous cheers. and then every last
one of the striking chambermaids jumped
up and executed the triple George WASH
iDgton triple shuttle.
A Colossal Amusement Enterprise.
The extraordinary. and, one may Wen
add. the merited financial success of those
two comparatively recent sumptuous show
institutions of Coney Island. Luna Park
and Dreamland. has caught the attention
of a number of capitalists who have never
hitherto thought of investing in any enter
prlSeS OF an amusement character:
Just now the most colossal enterprise or
this sort ever projected in America, or,
for the matter of that. in any other coun-
try. is well under way In all or ITS detalis.
under the headShip of young AuStln Corpin.
the millionaire son of the shrewd Austin
Corbin. who built and operated the Long
Island railroad.
The plan embraces the raZns TO the
ground of every building now itterlng the
space of Manhattan Beach. including the
Manhattan Beach Hotel and constructing
on this space a building that Will De an
exact copy of the Circus MaXimus or Rome
under the earlier emperors. This build
ing, of white marble, will be designed 10
seat no less than 10000 people, "hlch Is
claimed by historians to nave Deen tne
seating capacity of the Circus MaXlmls
under the canopy of which the amiaoie
Nero nobiy enjoyed himself
All sorts of ancient and modern games
are to be given in the arena OF TINS SUI
pendous building First and most interest
Ing. there will be chariot races, IN every
respect, not excluding the big element OF
danger, similar to the chariot races de-
scrbed by the historians OF the OLD empire
and some eighteen hundred years later, by
General Wallace in his Ben Hur.' A spe-
cIal charter permitting racing Will be oDtalu-
ed from the state in order to inaugurate
this picturesque feature OF the hlppodrome
IL,
every detail resembling the gangs of the
regimes of Caliguia and Caracalla, with the
exception that the gladiators Will be re-
quired to stop just short OF Slaughteflng
each other at the crucial moment of their
contests. There will be arena battles be-
tween men and wild beasts according to
the present program, feature which Will
be bound to arouse this populace 10 the
widest height of enthusiasm.
1t is said that efforts are already beng
made. and will continue to be made at AL
bany, to obtain from the state of New York
a charter permitting modified bull lights
to take place in this modern Circus MAXI
mus. We are not informed just what
"modfied'' bull fight is, but maybe 1t
means that the bull will wear buttons on
his horns in return for the favor Of the
toreador in wearing button on his rapier
or sword. The 'hayseeds,' so called who
are supposed to have the final say in the
New York legislature may not permit of
even these modified bull fights being pull
ed off in the modern arena al Manhattan
Beach. but nobody who has lived any
length of time in New York can have the
slightest doubt that bull fights. even of the
unmodified sort, would have tremendous
drawing powers over here.
A more mild feature of the great arena
will be the presentation of pastoral plays
with all of their outdoor settings. There
will be realistic limitations of battles be-
tween opposing troops of all arms, infantry,
cavalry and artillery, limitations of the
clashes of ancient troops with their spears
and lances. and batte-aXes, and, finally,
provision will ne made to flood the amphi-
theater for imitation sea contests between
modern Een-of-war. The arena scheme in
several years of construction work.
c. L. c.