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Coming Attractions.
Columbia.

With Helen Hayes Brown in the role
OF the little lord, Frances Hodgson Bur-
nett's poetic and fanciful picture of
localized child life. Little Lord Fauntle-
roy" will be produced at the Columbia
Theater this week by the Columbia Play
ers. Based upon the story of the same
name, and by the same author, Little
Lord Fauntleroy'' has always been popu-
lar for the gracious winsomeness of the
figure that occupies the center of the
stage throughout the three acts of the
play It's success has been phenomenal
wherever a child has had the intelligence
and talent to master the difficulties of the
role No prettier tribute probably was
ever paid Mrs. Burnett than that OF the
original impersonator Of the role, Elsie
Leslie, who. on being congratulated on
her enormous hit made at the Broadway
Theater following the initial production
there, replied: II guess it's the words
that made the hit. They are SO beau
tiful''
The story is one in which pathos and
humor mingle. Cedric Errol the second
son Of the Earl of Doffncourt. one of the
proudest and richest of the English no
bility, has married an American girl in
opposition to the earl's commands The
marriage has estranged the two. Upon
the death of the earls son the widow,
who is barely able to get along in a
New York fiat. receives word that in
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10 am. Cruising trim. Distance.

Start 10 am. Cruising trim. Distance,
ten miles.
Course-start from line between regat-
Ia committee boat and Town point. OK
ford. to and around Choptank river light,
rounding 1t on the port hand to finish
line between stake boat and red nun
buoy No. of Cambridge
Race for power boats. All classes.
Off Cambridge. start, pm. Course
From line between regatta committee
boat and red nun buoy No. : or cam
bridge. to and around HANDBOOK point
red spar and return. three times
around. Leave all marks on port hand-
Distance, nine miles.
Eight pm. reception by the Cam
bridge Yacht Club to visiting yachts
men.
sailing yachts from Cambridge to
Drum point, Patuxent river. Start
am. Cruising trim. no time limit.
Course-From line between regatta
committee boat and red nun buoy, on
Cambridge to finish line between
Distance. 331e miles.
July 21-Squadron run and race for
sailing yachts from Drum point to
Cod harbor. Tangier Island start .
am No time limit Distance, A. miles.
Course-From line between regatta
committee boat and Drum point light
house to and around black spar buoy
No. of Tangier sound light. TO line
between stake BOAT ana Dlack spar
buoy in Cod harbor.
Yachts are warned against anchor
ing to the westward or inside of
steamboat wharf on account Of sunken
wrecks. This days run may be chang
ed by the regatta committee to finish
in Piankatank river should weather
indications make it advisable. In that
case finish will be between red beacon
light off Stove point and stake boat.
Distance. 53 miles.
July 22-Sauadron run and race for
sailing yachts to anchorage on Hamp-
ton Roads Yacht Club in Willoughby
bay, Hampton roads. Start 9 am. No
time limit. Distance from Tangier
sound, 81 miles; from Piankatank. S1l2
miles. Course-Starting line same as
around Thimble shoal light, leaving 1t
on the starboard hand, to finish line
between lighted beacon on west side OF
entrance to Willoughby bay. dredged
of same channel After dark stake
boat will show two red lights. one
over the other.
Yachts are advised not to approach VIII
lougby bay inner beacon too closely after
finishing, as shoal makes out some dis
lance to the west of it.
On this day it should be flood tide al
Hampton roads until pm. after that
tide Yachts are warned that except al
slack water the tide runs very strongly
across the entrance to Willoughby chan
mel
July 23-Reception by the Hampton
Roads Yacht Club to visiting yachtSmen
July 2+Races in Hampton roads fol
sailing and power yachts. all classes
Pacing trim. Sailing races start at i,
am. Time limit, six hours. rover races
at IL m.
Course: Sailing races-Starting and
finish line between regatta committee
boat and west end of Rip Raps
Course No. From start to Thimbie
Shoal Fight. n. E. by f. a Il. three and
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LIGHTNING AND CHURCHES.
Spires Seem to Offer a Tempting
Mark for Jove's Bolts.

From the Boston Transcript.
The reaction from the intense heat OF
the past few days. which in various Sec
tons has taken the form Of electrical
storms of almost phenomenal destructive
ness, has played exceptional havoc with
the churches of New England AS many
as a half dozen have been struck by
lightning in this state alone, and In al
most every instance the structure has
been Of the familiar style of architecture
that was instituted by our forefathers
and has been more or less cherished ever
since.
Somewhat sQuarely built. with q lofty
spire, the New England meeting house
England worshiper wherever he might
And himself. and though all else was
strange, that made him feel that he was
in his own country.
The lofty spire, however. has proved an
element of danger according to our recent
experience. In almost every instance as
the reports run, the bolt struck the
steeple" and Travelled downward.
In rural communities, especially where
the church rises above most of the sur
rounding buildings and Is crowned by a
tapering tower as high as the main struc-
ture it seems to offer special challenge
to the raging elements, whether they take
the form of wind OF lightning
The White Church" at West Spring
field which suffered yesterday, had been
struck twice previously during the past
ten years, and In Wiibraham, Brookf1eld
and other places 1t was upon the spires
that the destructive force alightsd.
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Luna Park.

The special attraction at Luna Park
the coming week will be Prof. A Alfreno,
the high wire walker, who has delighted
the crowds the past two weeks. His
open air performance on the high wire,
free to all, has proved one of the most
popular entertainments Luna Park has
ever had. In addition five little Alfrenos
give a mirth-provoking vaudeville show
every night and draw large audiences to
the parks amphitheater.
A hundred other out-of-door amuse-
ments are also announced at the park,
such as the coaster ride around 1.-THE
great divide" the Panama canal" the
airship aerial swing, the shoot-the-chutes,
palmistry. merry-go-round, etc. In the
big dancing pavilion there is dancing "by
the light of the MOON under the direc-
ton of c. Fl. Robinson. Trains leave the
10Th street and Pennsylvania avenue sta
ton for the park every ten minutes be-
tween 1:3O and $50 Sunday afternoons
and evenings the music by the big band
also helps to give everybody a good
time.
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The, 5TEKM YACHT CLoEL1A'

eastern shore that a cruising yachts
man might need. Gasoline Is obtain
able almost everywhere. and almost
every town OF any size has telephone
communication with Baltimore.
Realizing the many possibilities Of the
Chesapeake, northern yachtsmen by the
score are turning toward its broad wa
tiers In preference to the botsterous lakes.
the rough New England coast or the fac
tory spoiled rivers down east, and one
enthusiastic yachtsman Alfred l. du
Pont, has organized the Cambridge Yacht
Club at Cambridge. Nd, during the past
winter.
The following circular, descriptive OF
the entire order Of Chesapeake bay re-
gatta, has been mailed to every yachts
man slated to take part:
Second annual cruise and regatta Of the
Chesapeake Bay Yacht Racing Associa-
ton. July 16 to n. 1911.
Oficers and executive committee:
commodore. ]. H. Robinette.
President, w. W. Grier.
Vice President. T. Cliff Morris.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. ]. III. Robinette.
]. A. Dining c. s. Stanworth, A. STAN
ly Zell. Vernon s. Bradley.
Baltimore Yacht Club, Baltimore, Md,
commodore, Isaac E. Emerson.
Baltimore Motor Yacht Club, Baltimore
Nd, commodore, Carlton M. Slagle.
Cambridge Yacht Club, Cambridge,
Md. commodore. Alfred I. du Pont.
Capital Yacht Club. Washington. D. c.,
commodore, Lyman F. Hewins.
Chesapeake Bay Yacht Club. Easton,
Md, commodore, F. Carol Goldsborough.
Corinthian Yacht Club, Baltimore Md.
Hampton Roads Yacht Club. Norfolk,
Va Commodore r. A. Dodson.
EVENTS.
July 16-Yachts will assemble Off OK
ford. Md.
July 17-Reception by the Chesapeake
Bay Yacht Club to visiting yachtsmen.
July 18-Race OF Oxford for sailing
yachts and power boats. All classes.
Sailing races start 10 am. and power
five hours. Distance for sailing races,
1871 miles.
Course for sailing yachts: Starting from
a line between regatta committee boat
and Town point. Oxford. to and around
Choptank river light thence S.W. %S. to
mark boat, thence NV. by N. " N to
mark boat, thence E.S.E. rs. to and
line.
All marks must be rounded on the star
board side, except that on returning the
lighthouse must be rounded on the port
hand.
Course for power boats: Start from a
line between regatta committee boat and
Town point. Oxford, to and around
stake boat OF Town point and regatta
committee boat. Once around for classes
A and and twice around for classes
c, d, E and F.
All marks to be left to port in round
ing.
Oxford TO Cambridge for sailing yachts.
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vided an enjoyable program OF sport
for half a hundred contestants and a
large crowd of enthusia site spectators
The club races were, Of course. ire
sponsible for the breaking Of any rec,
ords. as no one in the various events had
trained for the occasion, with the excep-
ton of the war canoe teams. The Wash
ington canoe dreadnought outfit, COM
posed of Eberbach. Rogers, Watson,
Wolfe. Davidson. Baser schmitt, Crane
Pomeroy, Hammer and Garrett, won the
half-mile chase from the New Hamp-
shire avenue crew by a. narrow margin,
and, with the possible exception Of the
club four-oared shell race. captured by
the veterans Of the house, Whelby. Vass,
event Of the afternoon.
It was clearly demonstrated IN the war
canoe. race that the sixteen men In g
war canoe rule, recently coined. would
it been in force Ray Garrett. steers
man for the Washington boat and occu-
plying seat No. II; had all he could do
to keep the heavy craft on It's course.
and had There been but sixteen huskies
aboard in all probability the race would
never have been finished.
Capt Middleton Of the Analostan club
directed the meet in a highly creditable
manner and deserves the success which
crowned his efforts. It Is his plan to
attempt another affair Of this kind later
on in the summer. SO that should the
club decide to send crew to the Middle
States regatta at Baltimore Labor day
the men will benefit by the practice.
Il II X
Last night the Capital Yacht Club feet
sailed out Of Annapolis harbor for Oxford
to attend the third annual regatta Of the
Chesapeake Bay Yacht Racing Associa-
ton, which will begin tomorrow morning.
One of the boats, the Freya, Is short
handed. and during the latter part Of the
week things looked SO blue for her In
this respect that almost up until yester-
day morning 1t seemed doubtful IL the
crack yawl would be able to leave Crab
with the crew Of the Grace X. Is on board
with George and Oliver Bright
Swift Boykin, Dan" Fowler and "CoP'
Sanborn all had to give up their berths
because of business ties. Commodore
Hewins will not attend. and Gene Hart
lev will ship on the Grace X. This makes
II almost certain that not one OF the
Capital Yacht Club wind5ammers will
enter the long-distance race from Oxford
to Norfolk, which would necessitate there
being at least six mon aboard each boat
hut will cruise to that point In easy stages
arriving there In plenty time for the
Hampton roads races.
CLYDE Cruit 10 the luclkiest man In the
feet His broken centerboard pennant
has been replaced with a new galvanized
iron rope and the craft was not hauled
out Of tho water while the work was
being done.
oliver Bright. better known to the
boys as Skipper Bright. Of the yawl
Freya, unfortunately let II out that he
could 20 down under the Grace K. and
splice new pennant on the board II
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Virginia.

The startling feat of Aviator Atwood
in soaring above Washington and cir
cling around the Monument preceding a
safe and great landing in the White
House grounds, revealed some of the at
tainments in modern aerial navigation.
At the Virginia Theater today will be
shown a wonderful English film. The
Pirates. OF 1920, portraying some Of the
disastrous consequences that may fol-
low the unrestricted use of the highways
of the heavens and the injuries possible
to commerce by INSCRIPTIONS av1ators
of the future. The film shows many
startling scenes among them a leap for
life from an airship into the ocean and
the blowing up OF a steamship with a
bomb thrown from an aeroplane. Today
will also be the last exhibition OF THE
Merchant of Venice" A new Shakespear-
can film will be shown Wednesday.
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necessary. 50 his proposition was imme-
olateiy taken up. with many doubts as
TO MS ability to make good The board
was hrst pulled up until the shackle on
the top edge was get-at-able by rigging
g. rope sling under the boat. A small
rope was let down through the hoist
pipe. Its outer end brought up after one
or TWO dives and one end Of the new hoist
made fast to 1t.
THIS enc was then pulled Up through
the pipe as soon as a screw shackle had
been spHced to the outer end, and all
was IA readiness for a short session under
the keel OF the boat. With a rope around
his waist so that he could be pulled out
of the drink should a stray mermaid in
veig1e him into staying longer than was
right and proper. the bold skipper took a
breath that almost caused other yachts
In the harbor to drag anchors. and dis
appeared under the hull of the boat.
Fully minute elapsed before he reap
peared with much spluttering and blow
ing to announce that the shackle was on
and almost screwed tight. and a second
dive later on, completed the job. The
next morning. which was last Sunday,
the Freya pulled out OF Annapolis at go
O'Clock for Baltimore, where. during the
past week a heavy coating OF barnacles
was scraped from her hull and two coats
of copper paint applied. She returned g.
day or SO ago and accompanied the fleet
down the bay last night. The Baltimore
the Severn. and also several boats from
the Maryland Motor Boat Club.
X X
Dr. w. W. Grier's auxiliary bugeye,
Javalin, arrived at Annapolis last Sum-
day afternoon from Baltimore and sailed
for the regatta with the rest OF the fleet
last night. DR.. Grier is president of the
Chesapeake Bay Yacht Racing Associa-
ton, and with Commodore J. H. Robin
cite of the Baltimore Yacht Club and
Commodore F. Carol Goldsborough Of
the Chesapeake Bay Yacht Club has
probably done more for yachting on
Chesapeake hay than any one man In the
various clubs along its shores. He help
ed organize the association which has
always been recognized by the leading
yachting magazines of the country, and
the regattas held every summer have
grown to be the biggest events south Of
Long Island sound. No more suitable
place for yacht racing and cruising could
be found than Chesapeake bay. with it's
hundreds Of harbors, deep wide channels
and picturesque shores. unspoiled by i'm
mense cities or other marks Of civiliza-
ton. although 1t is possible to find any
thing in the way of produce along the
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WIN. B, LAuB, R.

Last Wednesday evening rowing was
resumed at the Potomac Boat Club in
preparation for the Middle States re-
gatta, which will be held on the
Patapsco. Baltimore. September 4. AL
most all of the clubs represented at the
Peoples regatta at Philadelphia, the
4th OF this month, will send crews
to the biggest rowing event of the year.
besides every club belonging to the
Middle States Rowing Association, of
which Claude Zappone Of the local camp
is president. The same junior which
rowed at Philadelphia will be entered in
the coming event, and last years senior
crew, consisting Of John Evans, Earle
coultry. Arthur Bell. Wayne Hart.
Edward Mueller, Wallace Miller. Walter
Thral1 and Frank Smith, have joined the
training squad with the intention Of
racing at the Baltimore meeting.
There will also be senior four en-
tered, in which Coultry. Hart. Mueller
ano smith VIII probably row. and at
present 1T seems assured that three
junior sculIers will accompany the out
ht- Walter Thrall and Edward Mueller
nave been training all summer, and. as
announced a short time ago, Arthur Bell
may get into the small boat game
boathouse. there may be some difficulty
in enlistfng coxswain for the senior
boat, as Josh Slocome, who has always
handled the tfller lines, may be unable
to devote any time to the job. and
"Deak' Randolph is in the unhappy state
Of being too heavy for the stern sheets,
and little too light to pull an oar
John Lyon may be called upon. as he
is about the only other man in the club
with any experience in the gentle art of
navigating an eight.
i
The smoker which the entertainment
committee is planning will not be held
today as has been reported, but prob
ably within the next two weeks.
A. 3. Dent, chairman of the committee
will decide upon the date during the COM
ing week. The outing will be held on
Analostan Island, and If possible base
ball game may be arranged between a
scrub Potomac nine and a. similar squad
from the Washington Canoe Club.
* X -
The regatta held by the Analostan
Boat Club last Thursday afternoon pro-
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has been signally honored by the COM
nittee in charge of the gala performance
given in honor Of King George at His
Majesty's Theater June %. He was in
vited by the committee to represent
America and to appear as the representa-
tive American actor.
Heretofore gala performances were
made up wholly of English players. The
tribute to Mr.. DAILY was quite fitting. as
his position in America is that OF its most
artistic player and producer. He has,
at the cost OF several fortunes. inaugu-
rated ideas In the theater. in which his
one motive was the furtherance Of art
in the theater
In the gala performance he made his
first appearance in Shakespeare. He.was
one OF the mob in the great forum scene
In Julius Caesar
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Cosmos Concert Today.

Among the speciaIties engaged for to-
days concert at the Cosmos are the
symphony quartet, in songs. parody and
comedy; Jack Atkins, in a character
monologue. THE Census Taker"; Harry
Fields. juggler. and Gardner and Parker
singing and talking duo. The orchestral
program includes the Barber of Seville"
overture RossinD: selections, Madame
Butterfly PuccinD: the. Faust" ballet
(Gouno0: descriptive fantasia. I'm a
Clock Store (Orth), and the Eagles
Nest" Qsenman.
art. ''rhe Veil of Happiness" legendary
drama of China. and 1.-The Crucial Test"
a stirring story Of the battle OF Santiago
bay. showing the destruction Of Cevera' 9
fleet. In the afternoon. at o'clock, the
Washington Chicago base ball game will
be given on the electric score board, by
wire direct from the grounds
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judicious investments by the trustee Of
her little Inheritance have left her practi-
cally penffiless and unable to provide the
refined surroundings in which her little
boy. Cedric. has been reared. In the
midst OF her trouble the earl's solicitor
arrives with a proposition from his en-
ployer, whose other son has also passed
away. IT Is that il she will relinauish.
take him into his home and make him
the heir to the vast estates. The mother
is told she may. live In the neighborhood.
and she is offered an annuity. Believing
accepts, and after affecting part!ngs
with his friends. including Mr.. Hobbs.
the grocer. and Dick. the bootblack, they
begin their journey.
The second and third acts are in DORM
court Castle where the unusual traits
of the child have wrought wonders and
developed such a love for him on the
part Of the grandfather that even the
servants are astounded at the change in
his character. The situation suddenly
an adventures. who produces a mar
rage certificate with the eldest son OF
the earl and endeavors to palm on a boy
as his child, and heir to the title and
estates. Her scheme is frustrated. how
ever, and the play ends with the little
lord, his mother and the earl happily re-
united
The cast. in addition to MSS Brown
as Little LOrO duHtierOy, VIII 1bCiudc
George W. Barber. as the Earl Of DORM
court; Frederick Forester. as Mr.. Haver-
sham. tho solicitor: Stanley James. as
Mr.. Hobbs. the grocer: Everett Butter
field. as Dick. the bootblack: John M.
Klein, as Higgins, a tenant on the estate;
Arthur Richie, as wilkins. the groom;
Joseph Hazelton, as Thomas. the foot
man; Frances Nelson, as Mrs. Enrol;
Carrie Thatcher, as Nina. and Emeiie
Melville, as Mary.
1t is promised the play will be one of
the most beautiful productions of the
season.
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Chevy Chase Lake.

The drawing card Sunday at Chevy
Chase Lake is the special evening con-
cert by the Marine bandsmen. Pro-
grams for these affairs are Of greater
length than the weekday concerts
The bandstand Is located on the hill
overlooking the lake. and in it's vicini-
ty are many rustic benches, insuring
seating accommoda ions for those who
come to enjoy the music. Dancing is
missing Sunday evenings. but all the
minor attractions are open Artistic
illuminations are striking feature Of
the extensive grounds The frolIeys
run from town every few minutes.
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The chief reason for these plans Is that
only by the dint Of hard and tireeome
sailing is 1t possible to get the boats back
to Washington on Labor day. the only OPP
when the distance Of about 200 miles has
to be covered between Saturday after
noon and Monday night.
=
Frank T. Rawlings touseboat Griselda
will go into commission August Il but Il
taken to Colonial Beach as usual. The
launch Maybells. also owned by Mr..
Rawlings. is now in service, ana win be
used by Van Fenno during the months OF
August and September.
X X
The big sea-going yacht Eolis. belong
ing to John b. Henderson. jr. Of the
Capital Yacht Club arrived at Annapolis
last Sunday from Havana, Cuba. where
she has been all winter. The craft look
ed as il she had been at sea. Her usual
white topsides were rusty and SCARED
and several bent and twisted pipe stan
chions gave evidence OF more than one
boarding. sea.
The steam yacht Cloelia, owned by Gus
Forsberg, is expected at Oxford today.
Mr.. Forsberg has always attended these
regattas and the feet off the little east
ern shore city would not be complete
without his rakish little craft among
them.
Vice Commodore Harrington Barker
left town for his home in Maine yester-
day afternoon. and will be gone for the
rest Of this month.
The weekly tide table which will be .
on II given rs follows. beginning from
today:
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chief free features Of todays program
at Glen Echo Park. The United States
Soldiers Home Military Band. under the
leadership of Director John s NJ. thinner
mann. will give afternoon and evening
concerts, for which attractive programs
have been arranged. Films appropriate
to the day will be displayed In the NOV
ing picture theater, whose location ada
cent to the band shell makes it possible
for visitors listening to the music to view
the motion pictures from the same seats.
Glen Echo also has fifty Of the latest
devices for the promotion of gayety and
merriment
Preparations are being made for Mont
day, July 26. a tournament and carnival
and contests of all descriptions, as well
as number OF novelties and surprises
are promised.