Evening star., 1935-02-10
CHAPTER XII.
BY FRANK G. CARPENTER.

CHAPTER XII.
BY FRANK G. CARPENTER.
wOHN A. LOGAN bids fair to
live quarter of century yet.
His eyes flash as brightly as
~ when, THE Black Eagle" Of
the Union forces, he led his
troops to battle His heavy hair is
still as black as the wing of the
Potomac crow, not strand of silver
shows among its sable masses. His
voice as he pronounced Grants
eulogy at the memorial services held
here tonight, was strong and deep
and his gestures were those of a man
in the pride of his strength. Gen.
Logan wears his 60-odd years we'll.
His only sign of increasing age is
his tendency to corpulence and the
slow creeping of the iron into his
heavy black mustache. He was
dressed tonight in black. A Prince
Albert coat was buttoned close across
his broad chest and a snow-white
collar and white necktie showed out
all the more plainly against his
dark skin.
The exercises took place in the old
fashioned audience room of the
Metropolitan Church, which was
lighted by gas jets jumping out, as
is were. from the capitals Of the pill
lars which support the roof. Gen.
Logan spoke from the pulpit. Just
below him sat his wife, her snow
white hair combed a la pompadour
as usual She watched the address
closely, and now and then shook her
head slightly in approval Of certain
sentiments. In the middle of it she
noticed that the generals voice was
growing husky. Turning to an officer
behind her, she whispered to him.
He rose. brought a glass of water
which he placed upon the pulpit be-
side the speaker. The affair was
done so quietly that hardly any one
noticed Mrs. Logan. I merely cite
it to show how carefully she watches
over the general.
AS she was leaving the church to-
night. a prominent politician, a
friend of Mrs. Logan, stopped to
speak with her
Mrs. Logan" he said, "you have
a great influence with the general
and I think there is one little thing
in which you should correct him.
What is that?" asked Mrs. Logan
quickly, her eyes flashing a little.
"You should tell him that under
the present administration we never
say rebels and rebellion He must
refer to the Confederates as our
Southern friends and the war as the
late unpleasantness,' and when he
speaks of heroes he should say heroes,
north and south He should forget,
in fact, that there has been a war;"
the official concluded laughing.
Indeed" rejoined Mrs. Logan. ct
\ hope he will never forget that. I
do not think that he will and as to
rebels and rebellions, he will prob
ably continue to call things by their
| right names"
The New National Theater.
On the last day of last February
the old National Theater. lying within
three squares of the White House,
was a mass Of smoking ruins. This
week, only seven months later, a
magnificent new structure stands in
/ its place and on Monday night the
/ New National was thrown open to
/ the public. Rhea was the star and
| Lady Ashley" the play. All of fash
1 ionable Washington was out. The
beaux appeared in their claw-hammer
! coats; the bellies we're attired in eve
I ming dress. President Cleveland was.
however, absent and the only member
of the cabinet present was Secretary
Lamar, who occupied a box at the
| left of the stage.
The new theater is the talk of the
| town and the verdict is that it is
/ one of the coziest, prettiest and best
appointed houses of the country. 1t
| is a wide five-storied building Of
| Philadelphia brick with interior ar
rangements of such kind that a full
view of the stage may be had from
any part Of the house.
This is the seventh opening of the
National Theater. 1t is one of the
oldest in the country. Though
burned down time and again, it has
risen as promptly from the ashes
| as the heroes VINO nave Oleu upon lIS
stage have jumped up and come be-
fore the curtain to receive the
! applause of the audience.
The National Theater was founded
half a century ago when Van Buren
was President. Upon its stage have
acted nearly all the great players for
| two generations. 1t was burned down
in l845. In 1850 Jenny Lind was the
attraction Of its opening and during
her engagement President Millard
Fillmore, the Vice President, the cabi-
net and members of the Supreme
Court attended the concert in a body.
Among attractions of a later period
we're Grisi, the great italian dramatic
} singer, and Mario, the famous tenor,
whose death occurred recently. Tickets
at this engagement were sold for $40
in the orchestra, $3.50 in the parquette
and S5 in the peanut gallery. The
lower boxes brought SIS. the upper
ones $50. Scalpers bought up a lot
of tickets which they sold again for
$lO0, 5000, and in some cases $500
apiece. A member of Congress sold
private box for 81 900 to Virginian
named Warrick. This man was an old