Evening star., 1945-05-13


May 2, 1895, means something particu-
larly precious to Mrs.
Ne'te' Charles H. Reiter, ST.,
Wedd;no 373l Veazey street NV,
since it contains an
account of her marriage on the preced-
ing April 80. The story refers to her
as Miss Katie Rupert and give her
mothers home address as 1l09 Seventh
street. Forty-two years of domestic
happiness followed the wedding, broken
only when Mr.. Reiter died in 1887. Two
children survive to keep his memory
green-Lt. Comdr. Charles H. Reiter, jr.,
U. S. N. R., and Edna L. Reiter, a
civilian employe of the Navy Depart
ment since the First World War.
When admirers of the gifted Bard of
Avon assembled half century back,
what then ensued? The
Recitotions Star for May 6, 1895,
Apienty answers in an account of
meeting of the Shake
speare Club at the residence of Thornton
Carusl, $40 Maple avenue, LIE Droit Park,
the previous Saturday. First, the fourth
act of Macbeth" was read in class Next
the members listened to recitations as
follows: THE Lost Kiss" by E. j. Walsh;
Today Mrs. Emily Hort; The Knight
of Modern Days. DR.. T. J. Jones; MY
Jack" Miss Marguerite Spalding; Uncle
Remus," Ralph Jefferson; Grandma"
Miss Anna Hertford; The Drummer of
Company c." E. B. Hay No wonder
certain persons were tempted to believe
that Francis Bacon. the Earl of oxford
or some other individual actually penned
the immortal lines of Hamlet"
Meanwhile, the contemporary drama
was something of a problem for the
critic who, in The Star of
Somber May 7, 1895, discussed Will
Dromo son Barrett's new play, THE
Sign of the Cross" as being
devoid of sweetness and light" 1t was
the anonymous reviewers opinion that:
THE gloom and the glory of the Christian
martyrs enshroud it as in pail Yet it
Is a great play or, at least, it possesses
the elements which, by somewhat diff
ferent handling, perhaps, would make a
greater play" But there were repeated
curtain calls at the close of the second
act, and at the close Mr.. Barrett
made quite lengthy speech in denuncia-
ton of the present dramatic taste and
In defense of an elevation of the stage.
He was applauded enthusiastically"
The Star for May 10, 1895, reported
the retirement of Brig Gen. Thomas
Lincoln Casey, chief of
Gen. Cosey engineers of the Army,
"Retires" unfortunately for the
country" 1t was remem-
bered with appreciation that: He has
had charge of great public works in
this city" including the construction of
the Library of Congress which the Ma
tional Legislature desired him to con-
tlnue. There was no immediate pros
pect, therefore, that his useful public
services would be halted Arbitrarily by
an automatic operation of pension law.
Yet he died within year, expiring on
March 26, 1896. Among the works which
keep his name alive in the Nations
Capital are the admittedly unlovely
State, War and Navy Building, the
Army Medical Museum and the White
: House conservatory. But possibly his
labors to complete the Washington
Monument were the most strenuous of
his career.
It is characteristic of the Government
that 1t does not like ideas which orig
mate outside" The Star
Not Much of May II, 1895, explained:
Hope There is no chance worth
mentioning that the
Treasury will accept any OF the designs
for a new silver dollar which are shown
at the exhibition of the American Sculp-
ture Society, opened May at the Acad-
emy of Fine Arts in New York. The Of
fer of prizes of $500 and 5000 for the
best and second best models was merely
private enterprise, at the bottom of
which were certain gentlemen inter-
ested in numismatics. They persuaded
the artists to get up this scheme, with
view to the esthetic improvement. of
United States coins" But the account
adds: Unfortunately, artists generally
are wretched coin designers. They will
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