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Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-06-03
ROME VERSUS PARIS.
When the Eternal City Was the Art
Center of the World.

When the Eternal City Was the Art
Center of the World.
There was time when Rome was
the worlds art center. No artists edu-
cation was considered complete unless
he spent some time In that city. There
was always to be found there coterie
Of strong men, many of them famous,
In whose society the tyro might min
gle and gain much by the companion
ship. That day has gone by, however,
and q change has taken place. Paris
has usurped the prerogative Of the old
city, and 1t is to her that the world now
turns for new ideas of art The ltal-
ian galleries remain, the masterpieces
hang In their accustomed places, the
Sky is Us blue, the air as soft and the
outlook as lovely, but the glory OF Ro-
man art life has departed. The hui
manity that gave the art impetus, the
interest to the student, has betaken IT.
self from the Seven Hills to the peace
full Seine, where it flourishes in the
wilder, more luxuriant growth, nurtur-
ed by the dollhouse forcing Of fin de
siecle ideas, untrammeled by conven-
ton or tradition. For good or bad
and the Judgment must be left to the
reader-the fact remains that today
Paris is the hub about which the wheel
Of art revolves.
Yet from Paris there 90 annually to
the Italian capital a number of young
men. winners Of the annual compeu'
tons for the prize Of Rome, to spend
four years In the most idyllic manner
as guests Of the French republic at the
Villa Medici, q beautiful palace own
ed by the government and specially ar
ranged for their reception. These men
have not won their spurs without hard
work, without great preliminary train
ing and many struggles.-Arthur Hoe
Der In Century.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-06-03
No Fire Within.

Times have changed. Our fathers
for some strange reason preferred a
cold meeting house to one which was
warmed by artificial heat. When a
stove was put into the Old South
church, Boston, in 1888, says ]. 81.
Crandon, a newspaper Of contemporary
date contained this significant lament:
Extinct the sacred fire Of love.
Our zeal grown cold and dead,
In the house of God we fixed stove
TO warm us In their stead.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-06-03
Content.

The fountain Of content must spring
up In the mind, and he who has so lit
tie knowledge Of human nature as to
seek happiness by changing anything
but his own disposition will waste his
life in fruitless efforts and multiply
the griefs which he purposes to re-
move.-JOhnson.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-06-03
Her Position Defined.

"Are you opposed to marriageT be
asked.
mo" replied the lady who had re
ceived degrees from three colleges, II
do not Object to marriage per Sc. 1t Is
merely the fact that one cannot get
married without having husband that
ons dislikes. "-Chicago Record Herald.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-06-03
EoIlX Of LnnpRYifY.

The centenarian is man who has
mistaken quantity for quality The
centenarian's life Is not always life at
all. 1t is sometimes no more than q
bad habit. They live longest who live
least.-London Taller.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-06-03
Practice Makes Perfect.

81 suppose your friend Tittlebat slut
tiers as badly as ever?"
ooh, no; he's quite an adept at It
now."- Philadelphia Press.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-06-03

"Pa," said little Willie, who had been
reading q treatise on phrenology, what
is bump Of destructyenessr
"Why-er--a railroad collision, l sup
pose."-Phlladelphia Ledger.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-06-03

As pride Is sometimes hid under hui
,n,,,tv idleness is often covered by tpr-
bulence and hurry 9hnson. II.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-06-03
Perfectly Obvious.

"Why do you permit the attentions
~ Cholly Saphed while Jack Is in Eu-
roper
"What sipcple question"
ooh, is TT"
"sure. l permit Cholly's attentions
,vh,le Jack is In Europe because Jack
"a IN Europe."-Houston Post.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-06-03

"f' Stops for passengers on signal or notice to
conductor. A.. a..
&C" Stops only to let of passengers from cape
Charles and points South, and take on passeh-
gers for points North Of Demar.
b" Stops only TO let of passengers from points
North OF Delmar, and take ON passengers Tor
points South Of Cape Charles.
Trains 81 and 81 will stop at all stations on
Sunday for local passengers on signal or notice TO
conductor.
r. b. Cooke &c. Rodgers
Traffic Manager. Supt;
Norfolk. Va. Cape CharieS' va
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-06-03

Distinction is the consequence, never
the object, Of a great mind.-Allston.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-06-03
WiShart Point
Company

Come TO Chincoteague Island via
Bloomtown and Wishart Point.
LEAVE.
BlOomtown 6 a. m.
Chincoteague $50 a. m.
Bloomtown p. m.
Chincoteague A p. N.
ARRIVE.
Chincoteague 8 a. m.
BIoOmtOwn IL III.
Chincoteague $3.50 p. M.
Bloomtown $50 p. m.
n6~Bcat leaves Wishart Point every
evening at $50 for Chincoteague ana
leaves Chincoteague at a. nj.
We make connections with all trains
and leave on sharp time, unless mall Is
late. Boat will wait for passengers, II
phoned, for Chincoteague on local trains
in the evening for extra pay.
D. M. MERRITT, Manager,
Chincoteague Island, Va.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-06-03
Public Sale
OF VALUABLE
Real Estate
AT ONANCOCK.

By virtue of decree Of the Circuit
Conrt for Accomack county, entered
on the 10th day Of May 1905, we the
undersigned special commissioners
named in said decree, will sell at pub
lie auction to the highest bidder IN
front of the Hotel in town OF ON AN
COCK in said county on
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-06-03
ON, and See Our Cash Prices.

A nice farm for sale in parts to suit
purchaser in 500 yards of Grammar
School of two rooms where all chill
dren over years are solicited to at
tend, with a school desk for each pupil.
90 laborers wanted to work in saw
mill and cut bitches, II cents per hour
and steady employment. Enough
houses for families to accommodate
IL Il. L. ill r1ron,lr
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-06-03
NEW YORK, PHILA. & NORFOLK
RAILROAD

Time Table In Effect Nov. 20, 1904
Quickest and only daily line between
Boston, New York, Phila., Nor
folk and Old Point Comfort.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-06-03

Persons i'm Accomac and adjoining counties
wishing to mark the grave OF a relative OF iriei"
with
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-26
"Queen of the Highway"

The attraction a the Academy of Mu-
sic this week will be James H. Wallicks
big scenic melodrama, Queen of the High
way" 1t Is said to be one of the heaviest
productions fthe season to the num-
Der OF people, horses Give In number,
wolves, dogs, cowboys, scouts. Indians
scenery, electrical and mechanical effects
carried. A vein of comedy runs through
the entire play which relieves the tension
caused by the many thrilling scenes and
situa tons,
This evening at the Academy Shepard 5
moving pictures will again be shown. This
form of entertainment has attracted
permanent and increasing patronage.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-26
Current Anusenents.
Forbes Robertson in Hamlet.

An event of more than passing interest to
theatergoers who enjoy Shakespearean
drama will be the coming engagement of
Mr. Forbes Robertson in Hamlet at the
Columbia tomorrow evening.
Mr.. Robertson has just completed a sue
cessful engagement of four weeks in New
York at the Knickerbocker Theater and
comes here direct with his English company
and production intact. The version of
Hamlet used by Mr.. Robertson is his own
prepared from the Cambridge Shakespeare
and FurneSs Variorium Shakespeare. the
character as he presents 1t is logical as
well as poetic. Far from allowing any
suspicion as to Hamlets sanity to linger,
he shows him wildly a man of alert
and resourceful intelligence, and adds in
terest by his portrayal of the frank i'm
pulses of youth struggling with the decep-
tons he has undertaken.
1t is in five acts and eleven scenes
There are four scenes in Act l. A platform
before the castle, room of state in the
castle, the platform, and a more remote
part. Act II has one scene: A room of
state in the castle. Act III, two scenes:
A room of state in the castle and another
The orc--ard, and Act V, three scenes: A
churchyard, room in the castle and hall
in the castle. The Hamlet Overture and
incidental music are by Tschaikowsky.
Critics on both sides of the Atlantic have
given Mr. Robertson unstinted praise for
his acting of the role. He has been ac-
claimed the greatest Hamlet since Booth,
and one of the greatest in the history of
the English stage. Mr.. Robertson is an in
teresting personality. He belongs to that
group of English tactor-managers" who
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-26
Burton Holmes will Repeat japan.

On Thursday afternoon at 4:30, at the
Columbia Theater, Burton Holmes, the
well-known lecturer and traveller, will re-
peat for the last time his popular travel
ogue on Japan. The eyes of the entire
world are focused on this far-away little
nation and. Its people. Mr.. Holmes travel
ogue Is the result of several visits to Japan,
made at different times during the past
fifteen years. He, therefore, is able to
bring to his audiences not only q glimpse
of Japan of 1891, with its still lingering
traces of the old regime but also can offer
in marked contrast the Japan OF today, in
fiuenced by the rapid progress Of the inter-
vening years in so-called civilization. The
illustrations of this travelogue are in part
from the camera Of Mr.. Holmes himself
and partly chosen from the collections of
some of the most skillfuI Japanese pho
tographers and Americans residing perma-
nentIy In Japan. Added to the colored still
views Is series Of motion pictures taken
by Mr. Holmes himself, which win give
perfect idea Of street scenes and country
life.
Mr.. Holmes is now lecturing In New York,
Brooklyn and Boston to crowded houses.
At the end OF his I'VE weeks circuit In
these cities he will sail for London, where
he is to give his second London season.
This coming summer will be devoted to an
auto car tour through Switzerland and
among the ItaliAn lakes. after which he
WI 50 - 0nsranIraeFEAH Nhese thsEe q
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Polite Vaudeville.

Chase's calendar of polite vaudeville
celebrities this week contains the -Four
Mortons, Fratelli Riccobono's European
Equine Sensation. Troba, Howard and
North, Nine. Avery Strakosch, Wenona and
Frank, Marcus ana Gartelle and also the
motion pictures of an elopement under diff
fculties. 1t is the last week of the Four
Mortons in polite vaudeville. They take
their leave for the purpose of starring in
musical comedy. Their departure will make
a vacancy in vaudeville quite as great as
that caused by the Four Cohans' defec-
ton. Families of fun-makers are few. and
the Mortons rank among the most favored.
Other novelties will include a horse that
disrobes and goes to bed on the stage,
Troba, equilibrist, and Nine. Avery Stra
koSch, soprano.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-26
WHAT A GIBSON GIRL rs
MATTER DISCUSSED I'M AN EN-,
GLIsH COURT.
Special Cable to The Sunday Star.

Special Cable to The Sunday Star.
LONDON, March PSI want to know
judicially-what Gibson girl is" said
Judge BevalI in the Westminster court this
week. He was handed a photograph OF
Miss Camille Clifford. Then he remarked,
critically, that It appeared to be chiefly a
matter of figure"
There are, according to Mr.. Butt man.
ager Of the Palace Theater many women
anxious to imitation the stage-Miss
Camille Clifford. One is Miss Kate Harden,
an American girl. She and her manager,
Mr. John Halpin. were sued recently by
Messrs. Harrison for the price of two
dresses. The dresses were ordered so that
she might give "a show" before the manager
of the Palace Theater. SCounsel explained
that when Mr.. Halpin was asked for pay
ment later he wrote that Miss Harden had
lost fortnight's engagement owing to the
dress
The dress was discussed at great length
and the photograph of Miss Clifford was
handed round in order to help toward an
elucdation of the knotty points Counsel
said Miss Harden had to stand four hours
while waiting for the rehearsal, because,
"she could not sit down in the dress owing
to the bones" Miss Dhoyl IAN assistant
at Harrison's said she saw Miss Harden
sitting on a box placed on top of chairs"
Counsel explained that was because she had
not to bend when in that posture. Mr.
Butt said 1t was not because OF the dress
that he did not give the lady an engage
ment. mo one." he declared, has yet
succeeded in initiating Miss Clifford. who
walks In most captivating way 1t is
hard" he added with a sigh, ito explain
the captivating way of women"
The judge dismissed the action against
Miss Harden. and gave judgment for Mr..
Halpin. Leave to appeal was granted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-26

to be new presentation of an old miracle
play. ft being the first time this has
ever been given public performance. In
August he win go to Morocco and Gibral-
tar. where he will gather material for
IL is expected that his Moorish
motion pictures will be especially fine. His
season In Washington will be. as usual. on
Tuesday afternoons. but Will come In the
fan instead of In the spring. the subjects
being chosen from the countries in which
he VIII travel this summer, to which will
be added the popular favorite of several
seasons ago, Norway" Mr.. Holmes next
season will be very short. closing on De-
cember 10, as he will sail a few days after
that date for a trip around the world for
the purpose of obtaining material In Egypt,
India, Ceyion. Java and other exotic re-
gons to furnish the subjects for his series
of 1906 OF.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-26

Preliminary Experiments.
washington's ambition to have a play
house of it's own early asserted itself. Sew
eral enterprises fell by the wayside after
brief and unsatisfactory careers.
OF the preliminary experiments which led
to the establishment of this, the first per-
manent Washington theater, one of the
most notable occurred shortly after the
month Of June, 1900, at which time the re-
moval Of the seat of government to this
city took place. A portion of the unfinished
structure. called the Great or Blodgett's
Hotel, occupying part of the frontage on
street, OF what was subsequently the site
of the General Post Office Department
building, was fitted up for use as play
house and called the United States Theater
There on the ODD of August, 1900, was
given the first performance A play bill
containing the program for the evening of
September 1, is the only one that has been
preserved, but in the advertising columns
of the Centinel of Liberty, a newspaper
published in Georgetown, appeared, from
time to time, announcements of the per-
formanceS at this theater. After the close
of the first season, which was probably
some time in September, there is no fur
Their allusion to the place, and it is fair
presumption that the first season was also
the last. In fact, in the summer of the fol-
lowing year reference in the Intelligencer
indicates that the Great Hotel building was
to be fitted up for use church.
Prior to the opening of the United States
Theater, on the 9th of August, 1799 it ap-
pears from a notice In a Georgetown news
paper that Messrs Darby and Barnard from
the Philadelphia Theater, gave a dramatic
performance for one night only at the Six
Buildings, row of residences on the north
side of Pennsylvania avenue between
21st and 22d streets, which is still
standing. The entertainment on that
occasion was, however. merely a pro-
gram of songs and jests and sentiment
in three parts and was no doubt due to the
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Cabby's Choice.
rom the Chicago Inter Ocean.

From the Chicago Inter Ocean.
The threatened collapse of Sir Henry Irv-
ing's nerves may deprive his admirers in
this country of a chance to say farewell
to him before his retirement from the stage.
II that prove true there may be some slight
compensation in the new lot of Irving anec-
dotes that it will start about the country.
One such was last week retold by friend
of the English actor. as follows:
when Sir Henry Irving was in New York
last year he had the same cabman to drive
him to and from the theater every night.
"Sir Henry became fond of this cabman.
He would discuss American politics with
him, American newspapers. and American
plays and players. After the evenings per-
Torrance at the end of the drive home the
venerable actor and the stout and rudy
eabby-the one looking up from the side
walk and the other looking down from the
box-would talk amiably together for ten
or fifteen minutes in the quiet street.
zone night the coachman told Sir Henry
that the next day was his day on AT this
the actor put his hand into his pocket for
some passes. He had no passes, he found:
40 he gave the man 50 instead.
.sIf YOU are off tomorrow night he said,
come and see memyou ana your WIFE. Come
n is considered one of my best parts
'.Oh, thank you, sir. said the cabman.
THAT will be treat for me and her. won't
It? Thank you from the bottom of my
heart, sir.
THE next night after he was not at his
post, and Sir Henry did not see the cab
man But the night after he was at his
most as usual, and Sir Henry said to him,
as he prepared to enter the cab:
'''well, how. did you and your wife Hike
me as Shylockg
why, the fact is. SIR said the cabman.
we didn't co.
".You didn't go? Why not? said Sir
Henry.
{" sOn account of the missus,' said the cab
man, gently; the missus. sir. preferred TIA
cont iulfolis "
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-26
Spectacular Minstrelsv

Minstrelsy In spectacular form, and yet
preserving all of the old features that made
one of the best patronized forms Of enter
tainment in olden times. is the program
that Lew Dockstader has adopted this year.
With one Of the largest companies now
travelling he is presenting an entertain
ment that is heralded as entirely different
from the minstrel performance Of the past
few years. There is rapid succession of
glimpses of the south, with all its real
humor. and with many pretty melodies
interviewer into the entertainment. The
contingent of vocalists carried by
Lew Dockstader's Minstrels numbers
many favorite performers with new mel
odies. In addition to this feature he has
number of clever comedians and comic
singers Handsome scenic effects give an
artistic touch to the whole. The monologue
Of Mr.. Dockstader this year is a broad
satire on new inventions. and. as usual, he
will have number of local topics ready.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-26
Lillian Russell In Sheridan Role.

Lillian Russell will appear at the CO.
lumbia next week in the Messrs. Shuberts
New York Casino success. Lady TeazIe."
the new comic opera by John Kendrick
Bangs and A. Baldwin Sloane. Miss Rus
sell will be assisted by an exceptional COM
pany, including William Carleton, Lucille
Saunders and thirty other principals, with
an ensemble of 100. The complete pro-
duction will be given exactly as 1t was pre-
scented at the Casino, New York, during its
run of nearly three months. This Is likely
to be the last time Miss Russell will pre-
sent the new piece In this city, as she has
contracted for an extended season in Lon
don, beginning the coming June
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-26
Historic Play Houses.

In the month of November of last year,
the beginning Of the present season, oc-
CURED an anniversary which was allowed
to pass without notice. 1t marked the close
of a century of the continuous existence of
the theater in this city.
In the Universal Gazette of WASHINGTON.
D. c.. issue of July Is, 1899. there was re-
printcl an extract from a letter written the
year previous by an Englishman to a friend
at home. He says: II am now settled in
perhaps the most beautiful spot in the
world. and In very agreeable neighbor-
hood. The city Of Washington does not at
present contain more than five or six hum
dred houses. 1t is most beautifully situated
on the banks of the Potomac, and Is fanked
by the Anacostia river; both these rivers
will admit vessels of any size as high as
the town. Besides these. the Tiber passes
through Its heart, which will soon be nayi-
gable for small craft. The land within the
city waves in gentle curvatures. never ris-
ing into a hill. never sinking into valley,
seldom into a fat. 1t is surrounded by a
complete amphitheater of hills. which, at
all times beautiful. were particularly so
during the month of May"
The Alexandria Theater.
1t is not to be supposed that community
so small would De PROVIDED with theatrical
entertainment. as an investment. There
were tentative efforts in this direction. but
1t was to the metropolis of Alexandria that
the fashion of the city usually turned in
quest of diversion. theater party then
was an enterprise of some magnitude, and
it was no doubt merry party of beaux and
bellies that went to the Alexandria Theater
In the fall of 1902 to attend the benefit Of
Mrs. West, jr.. when Kotzebue's play.
'Rolla. or the Virgin of the SUM-" was pre-
scented. This occasion was typical one.
Realizing the difficulties which many of the
auditors had overcome In order to be pres
emit the management was mos. generous.
In addition to the five-act tragedy whose
scenic pretensions included display Of
''the magnihcence OF Peruvian idolatry,"
there was added ian olio.. which embraced
no less than seven features. ranging from
song and dance to tragic recttationA some
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-26

9Th street. and 1t became known to the
generation thatsAstill remembers the war
period as the Canterbury. This house was
destroyed by fire in the summer of 1863, and
the site remains to this day unoccupled.
The erection of theater on the site of the
present National Theater, on the north side
of Pennsylvania avenue between 18th and
14th streets, marked the end of what was
known as the American Theater, on Lou
Early Usages.
Up to this time the usages of early days
were still in vogue as far as the time for
giving the performances and the interior
arrangements of the playhouses are con-
cerned. The season began sometimes as
early as June and continued during the
summer months, or through the first fall
month, the reason apparently being that
the companies placed this city in the cir
cult of the day so that they could enjoy
what was probably the more remunerative
season of the later fall and winter in Phila-
delphia and Baltimore
The audiences were expected to be in their
seats by Z o'clock, and following the GUS
tom that prevailed In England as well as
in this country, the cheapest seats in the
house were located where are now found
the most expensive.
In consequence, the gallery gods of the
day were to be found in the part of the
theater where the orchestra seats are in a
to those who sat in the pit in regard to
smoking and behavior in general that
would not be tolerated by the modern the
atrical manager.