The Washington times., 1910-12-16
INSANE PATIENTS
ENJOY PERFORMANCE
St. Elizabeth Dramatic Club
Presents Three Hats" At
Government Hospital.
WASHINGTON TINES BUREAU:
ANACOSTIA. D. g, DEC. g.


a personnel representative OF the Coy
ernment Hospital for the Insane, prt
sentsd the three-act farce-comed1
Three Hats on the stage OF Hitch
cock Hall, the new playhouse Of that
institution, last evening An audience,
large in numpers. made up Of asylum
employees. patients, and visitors. gave en-
thUsiastic greeting TO the efforts Of the
amateur actors The amusing compIica-
tions OF the play were presented with
smCothness and fine effect by the cast
The members OF which had been care
fully directed IN the preliminary per
formances by DR.. Alfred GIascock. Of
the hospital medical staff who received
the congratulations OF his colleagues
and many others on the successful pro
ductiOn- Those IN the cast were:
DR. Eernard Gluecl1. as sam Selwyn.
married man; sherman T Redmond,
Fred Bellanv, his unwilling slave; Dr.
Charles r. Irby. Captain KatskilI, Of
the Kilkenny frregulars- Dr Alfred
tfIasCOCk. DIbLs. a boy in buttons: Rob
eTT Burgess. BOscOe EIf1hers. 4 profes-
sOr OF Denmanship, Dr. Josephine N.
Stransky, Mrs. SeIwyn, Sans better
half: Miss Jane Ross. Grace her daugh-
ter, and lilly, a DaTlOT maid with dra-
al1
LOtJie Flithers, secretly married tc
Fred The St Elizabeth Orchestra fur
nished Music, program OF popular Sc
lecJcns being played
The washington Railway and Electric
Company, having determined son Q
months ago 10 double-tTack its branC
lne between AnacOstia and Congress
Heights, has now definitely settled upon
the tine for the beginning Of the work
which has been urged by individuals and
citizens associations for a number OF
years The plans Of the company pro
vide for the installation of the double
track system not later than next May
Mineola Tribe. No I4. Improved Or
der OF Red Men. which has gained
many members within a recent period,
VIII hold q meeting tonight in the Ma
sonic Hall in Anacostia. when fr-rt her
mutations and degree work viii be. car
ned on.
A mad-dog scare agitated the resi-
dents OF the upper section OF Nichols
avenue yesterday. when stray dog,
represented 70 be suffering from "a bieS
was shot and killed by Policeman H. H
IarmOn- On the statement OF a woman
that the canine had bitten her dog. the
carcass OF the alleged mad dog was
forwarded to the Bureau OF Animal In
dUstry for examination The dog COW
cred the ueighborhoOd in a wild race
before being shot
Policemen -yshC were detailed TO carry
out and scatter the grain that was in
tended 20 serve as food for the cCvevs
Of psrtrfdges in this section during the
severe weather report that there was no
difficulty in locating the birds, which
came eagerly to The places where the
grain was cast about 10 receive IT, on
the ST Eliza beth grounds two coveEs
we're located which have been fed reg
uldTly BY the hospital employees. The
birds were not the only sufferers. as
also So ravenous for food did =cne Of
the rabbits become that they visited the
yards OF houses A citizen who was
passing ID Nichols avenue noticed two
OF them under q shTubbery Of honey
SucEIe vines along the roadside huddled
IN the snow He had no difficulty in
reaching inside and IN capturing both
Of them, taking them 20 his home.