Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-12-03
Fifty Years Ago
Old-timers will remember one of 1

Old-timers will remember one of the
great personalities of the American stage
-, when reading this notice
rioyer and from The Star of Novem-
ArtTr;+;r Der 81, 1894: THE social
life of the Capital was
well represented at Metzerott Hall yes
terday afternoon, on the occasion of the
talk on art by Joseph Jefferson, the
popular comedian, who is only less clever
with the brush than he Is behind the
footlights. Mrs. Cleveland occupied a
box, and many other people who are
prominent in society and the art world
were in the hall. Mr.. Jefferson's lecture
was really an informal talk. = = It was
q delightful mingling of observation,
personal opinion and anecdote that
charmed his hearers. At the conclusion
OF his talk, Mr.. Jefferson was the re-
cipient OF handsome floral testimonial
from the Art Students League, under
whose auspices the lecture was given"
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Another distinguished visitor to
Washington half century ago was DR..
Emil Holub, the Austrian
Explorer explorer of South and Cen
Guest trail Africa The Star for
November "A, 1894, told
how he had addressed the National
Geographic Society at the National
Rifles Armory the previous evening.
His adventures, it was explained, had
been many; his hardships arduous. The
net result Of the several expeditions he
had organized was a collection of
African curiosities, estimated to be
worth about $500. o00," portions of which
he said, he was distributing to different
museums. How faithful he was to his
declared intention may be judged from
the fact that the accessions records Of
the Smithsonian Institution show him
to have made valuable gifts Of birds
eggs and geological specimens in 1897.
From st. Petersburg there came to
The Star for November Is, 1894, a long
and detailed report Of
lmpeSiol the marriage Of the new
Weddino car. Nicholas II, and
Princess ak OF HeSSe-
Darmstadt at the Kazan Cathedral.
Among the royal guests at the cere-
mony were the Prince and the Princess
of Wales, subsequently King Edward
VII Of the United Kingdom OF Great
Britain and Ireland and Queen Alex
andra. Crowds of people damned the
Newsky Prospect between the Anitch-
kof1 and the Winter palaces to cheer the
bride and the groom-and not a single
soul in all the multitude could guess
the tragic fate which "a years later was
to be their pitiful lot
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The Star of November ~, 1894, edi-
torially discussed an issue Of principle
as follows: Slowly
Offensive the sense of pro-
And Debosina priety is m akin &
Roadway with public
officials in the matter of accepting or
rather refusing favors from corpora
tions. Justice johnson, Of the Kansas
Supreme Court, who was reelected at
the last election for term of six years,
has recently returned his railway passes
and announces that he will accept moth
ing Of the kind in future. This is an
example that might well be followed by
members Of the judiciary everywhere.
Then, when the bench Is purged of that
stigma, perhaps it may dawn upon
the minds of members of Congress and
of other legislative bodies that the
soliciting or even the acceptance of
railway pass is at once an offense
against morals, of which no self-re-
speeding lawmaker ought to be guilty,
and badge Of servitude that is both
disgraceful and degrading"
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Five decades ago Washington was no
more dull and uncongenial place than
1t Is now. The Star
Mony of November 80, 1894,
Attractions contained advertise
ments indicating that
any resident in search of entertainment
or instruction could be accommodated
pressed down and running over" At
the Pure Food Exposition, two crack"
companies Of the District of Columbia
National Guard were Offering q COM
petitiye drill. The Marvellous Baldwins
with the White Mahatma were at Metz
erotts Music Hall. Miss Olga Neither
sole, "the young and gifted English
actress" was at Albaughs in Camille"
George KEENAN,, Alexander Black, viii
Carleton and Gen. Lew Wallace, author
Of Ben Hur," were announced as
coming lecturers" The Columbia
Phonograph Co. presented Sandow,
Carmencita, Cupids Dance and the
Boxing Cats In Edison's kaleidoscope.