Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-14
DIS Early Washington Had Many Rival Amusements

days writer's feel necessarily COM
PEELED" and "unavoidably compelled"
They are under some compulsion.
The Star, November 5. 1852. printed
the following notice:
THE Washington Theater: This
heretofore popular theater will he re-
opened tonight under the auspices OF
Mr.. Nixon. who has made many and
| much-needed improvements and such
| as viii add to the comfort and con-
venience of the patrons. True merit
always meets reward, and therefore
Mr.. Nixon will no doubt he success
full. for, among others, he has engaged
three of the brightest stars of the
| stage in their several lines. VIZ:
| (videlicet. from videre licet--one can
see) Isabel Cubas. Senior Eiminea and
| J.. S. Chanfrau. The program tonight
consists OF the PAYS of First NIGHT
| Mikes Boy and The Young Widow
and a number of fascinating dances
| bv the beautiful Cubas, assisted hv
| Ximines and the entire ballet troupe"
| The Star, Thursday, November 6,
| 1862, said:
| washington Theater: This resort
| opened last night to an excellent
| house with company good in the
main. Cubas flashed upon the stage
| her graceful dances and artistic pos
turing. Chanfrau, Davenport Ca Fl.
| Davenport, Mrs. Bland and Miss
Wilkes were also good
One thrill OF Washington, in Octo-
/ Der. 1862. was the bursting of the
| boiler of the steamboat James Guy.
| Let me read you the story. which I
| found in The Star of Thursday, Octo-
| Der %. 1862:
This morning about half-past 6
| o'clock the steamboat James Guy OK
| plOded while lying at the Alexandra
/ Wharf Fortunately, there was hut
| one passenger aboard. colored girl,
who was badly scalded. The fireman.
! Thomas BriscOe. Colored. was sitting
| on the walking beam at the time. and
was probably blown to atoms. as he
| has not since been found, and the
beam was found afterward some dis.
| lance from the scene of the explo-
J sion. Capt. Entwistle was badly scalded
| and it is probable he is MORALLY in
| jured. A. r. Russell. the barkeeper:
| the cook. whose name we did not
| learn; the chambermaid. a Colored
woman. named Jackson: little child
! of same. who was badly bruised by
| falling timbers. and one deckhand also
were badly scalded. The pilothouse,
\ with the pllOt. Mr. Garner, INSIDE, was
blown onto the wharf and the pilot
terribly bruised and injured.
1.-THE boiler was turned completely
on end by the accident. and the boat
sank Immediately after the explosion
The accident is unaccounta BILE. az the
boat was inspected at Baltimore only
six weeks since and was pronounced
seaworthy.
| 1.-THE Guy was built about seven
years since in New York. and had
been running on the river almost con-
| stantly since as a market boat to diff
| ferent points and a passenger boat he-
tween Alexandria and this city. The
present owners, Messrs. StackpOle e
Rapley. purchased her for $4,000
about four years since from the Page
estate, and have since had her placed
in complete order
That reporter loved the word
'since." Not once did he let "ago"
take it's pace. 1t reminds me that
there are editors who never let a man
go from Washington to New York
or ''leave" Washington to go to Bal
! timore. They insist that he depart"