The Republican journal., 1908-05-21
Washington Revisited.

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Easter Sunday. Egg Rolling IN the
White House Grounds. The Evening Star.
Saturday, April 18th, was the only
unpleasant day during my brief soJourn
at the National Capitol, but the tire
was pleasantly and profitably spent IN
the press gallery of the House and IN
the newspaper department OF the Con-
o,Assional Library, where newspapers
from every State and Territory are
kent on file and open to the public IL
sfopped raining early in the afternoon
hut the skies did not clear and the out
look for Easter Sunday was not en-
couraging. Easter novelties were seen
in many of the shop windows, ana III
tbo florists shops and on the pavements
surrounding them were masses OF bloom
and foliage, while the scent OF Vlolets
fl,ad fine air. In window on Penn
sv,vania avenue near the New " lllafo
,,.ora = number of live Leghorn chlcks,
for sale at p cents each. and III large
show window on another street, par
titioned off by wire netting were lamoS,
ohiol,ans rabbits. hen, and foXhound
and noodle puppies.
In the Evening Star | saw thaI
Thomas E. Shea and company were at
the Academy Of Music and that the
NAV for that evening was Dr. Jekyll
and Mr.. HYDE" 1t was the first init
n,a+ion 7 had that the Sheas were IN
Washington. 1 had not seen MI ohea
IN the stage since the time When he
pIayed in our Opera House, anu OIL
course I made one of the large audi
ence which greeted this popular actor.
The night before, in company WIN
Governor Burleigh and Mr.. Cony hao
anioved at the Belasco formerly The
Iafayette) the jolly musical comeoy
aThe Blue Moon," in which James L..
Powers appeared supported by 10 peo-
nile. and the contrast with the play in
which Mr.. Shea appeared Saturday
night was very great. Mr. shea's I'M
nersonation of the dual characters was
wonderful. and he was ably supported
and the play was wellstaged. The cast
will be of interest to many Of our read
ers. and was as follows:
Or. Jekyll two natures in one Mr. Thos E. Shea
d. Id" S"''' MI. Spencer Charters
Nv rT1terson a lawyer, MI. Robert Lee
Rev Johnson. Mr. Charles Lake
h'cii"i'' r"iie''' i'''' MIR. Maxwell Driscoll
Abraham Poole, Dr. JekylPs servant. .,,.
Sir Danvers Carew client of Utterson's, ,,,.o
INSPECTOR Newcomer, of Scotland Yard.
Bradshaw, porter of DR.. Jekyll, -, ,,,,,.
James. a servant of Sir Danvers, ....,
'A"' s''' Miss Charlotte Burkett
Old lane. housekeeper of Hydes lodgings,
va Miss Alice Endres
Susan. maid servant of Sir Danvers,
The weather outlook that night was
not encouraging and at the hotel after
the play the prediction was made that
the ladies would not be able to wear
their Easter hats on the morrow. This
prediction was not verified, for Easter
Sunday in Washington was a bright
and beautiful day in a beautiful city.
Long before the hour for the services
people began to gather about the
churches, and the streets were filled
with ladies in dainty spring toilets,
many wearing the badges of the ID. A
R. Children were playing in the parks,
and the seats were occupied by people
enjoying the sunshine, the balmy air
and the sight of the fresh foliage, green
grass and masses of bloom. Automo-
biles were less numerous than on week
days, few family carriages were seen,
but the ma ority were on foot. All the
churches had special services and most
of them were crowded to the doors,
with many unable to gain admittance.
+ Sunday evening there was something
doing at all the theatres and the many
moving picture places were ablaze with
electric lights. At the Belasco the cele-
brated Ellery Band, an organization of
so artists, gave concert which includ-
ed selections from Wagner, Rossini,
Beethoven, List, Schubert, Donizetti
and Gounod, and selection from
1.-THE Merry Widow" The streets were
thronged with people and many Of the
shops were open and others were bril-
liantly lighted. But there was nothing
doing in the saloons as for years past
the Sunday law has been strictly en-
forced as regards the sale of liquors. l
went to the Academy of Music, which
advertised moving picture show, and
saw the play of the night before, CDR.
Jekyll and Mr.. Hyde" in series of
realistic pictures. The variety business
in connection with the pictures was
very poor. The singing comedian"
seemed to be popular with a majority
of the audience, but was neither
singer nor a comedian while seThe Three