Evening star., 1926-02-21

Charlotte Cushman. the actress. died
February Is. 1876. At the Parker
House in Boston. She had been suffer-
ing from cancer for long tune, nut
Charlotte proved and about
o week before her death
Cushhah' she took a short walk.
caught cold and pneumonia developed.
The Star Of that date thus sketches
! her career:
charlotte Saunders Cushman was
born in Boston about 1918. first ap-
peared on the stage in the character
of the Countess in the Marriage OF
Figaro at the fremont Theater. Bos-
ton in April. 1885. subsequently she
left the lyric for the dramatic stage
and soon was famous. Having been
very successful in her native country,
she visited England in lS4a and re-
mained there until lS+9, playing with
success at the Princess and Hay
market theaters. After another sue
cessful tour in England she returned
to America and. having accumulated
d fortune 10y her profession. she took
4 formal leave of the American stage.
Subsequent disa sters led her to return
to it, and she acted round of engage
mentS in England and the United
states from 1856 Ia 1858. and subSe-
ouentlv returned To Rome. where she
had previously resided. She returned
to the United States some years since.
appea ring in all the large cities as
Meg MerrileS. her greatest part
Queen Katherine in Henry VIII and
other chara cters. She played her last
engagement in this city to large au-
diences at Ford's Opera House last
Winter and her representation Of Meg
Merriles was then as powerful as IN
her best days
From, time to time efforts have been
made to change the nomenclature of
Washington's streets and avenues
Some of them have succeeded. while
New Avenue Names failed. In The
Are Proposed. srx srx' 80 81 ISIS @ is
IN account of measure of the latter
class:
MIR. Spencer introduced a bill in the
Senate yesterday providing that that
part of Pennsylvania avenue north
west of the Executive Mansion shall
| be called Ohio avenue: that part of tho
same avenue east OF the Capitol
grounds shall be called Illinois avenue;
| that part of Virginia avenue lying
I northwest of the Washington Monu-
| ment shall be called Wisconsin ave
| nue.: that part of New York avenue
! living west of the Executive Mansion
shall be called Minnesota avenue: that
part of Delaware avenue lying north
| of the Capitol grounds shall be
| called Michigan avenue: that part
! of Maryland avenue northeast ol
| the Capitol grounds shall be called
! Iowa avenue: that part OF Delaware
avenue which lies south of the Capitol
grounds shall be called Alabama ave
nue.: that part of Georgia avenue ly1ng
west Of the Navy Yard shall he called
Florida avenue. This act. II " takes
effect. will go into operation January
l, 1871"
In an announcement of proposed
improvements in the service OF the
Washington and Georgetown Street
Railway Company printed in The Star
s+-.! ,c.r of February IL. 1875 Is
StTeet Gar presented picture of To-
S.ru;o. cal street car conditions
0A'Ace' that may enable Wash
ingtonians of today to appreciate their
present advantages:
President Hurt Of the Washington
and Georgetown Street Railway Com
pany proposes that on and after the
first of March to have all the cars on
the Avenue line run through the Navy
Yard, instead Of aa heretofore run
ming a number to the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad depot. and to material
ly lessen the time between the cars.
All the old blue cars, which have been
running to the Capitol and depot, and
all those on the Seventh street line
are being withdrawn as rapidly as pos
sible without interfering with the
workings of the road, and will at once
undergo a complete overhauling. They
will he remodeled and provided with
modern improvements and repainted
a yellow color similar to those now
known as Navy Yard cars This will
be a great convenience to the public
and prevent the present annoyance of