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John Allen." a play written around the genial representative of that name. Heads His Own Company. For eight successive years Mr. Hanford has been at the head of his own company. the responsible business manager as well as the chief artistic star.

His success has been beyond all anticipation, and that. too. at an epoch when Shakespeare is popularly supposed out of fashion. Mr. Hanford has done yeoman service in behalf of the classic and the legitimate, and none has worshiped more devoutly at the shrine or kept the fires burning more brightly on the altars of the most prodigious genius ever allotted finite man in the fancy of the bard of Avon.

His Season Last Year. I.ast year his tour opened in Ky October 1. and covered a period of thirty-two weeks. It ended at Logansport. May tt.

tinder the management of F. Lawrence Walker, who. like Mr. Hanford. Is a Washingtonian.

Mr. Walker has been associated with Mr. Hanford for the seventeen years. "Antony and Cleopatra." "The Taming of the Shrew." preceded hv the one-act Napoleonic play. "The Old Guard." and "The Merchant of Venice" constituted the repertory.

Mr Hanford in the past seven VAarc haa crit Pn nvrtr ttlHl of i Petruchio in "The Taming of the Shrew" and Haversack in "The Old Guard." The tour extended to the Pacific coast and covered nearly miles, and. notwithstanding the financial depression, was one of the most successful Hanford's career, the business in the Pacific northwest being exceptionally large. Next season in response to repeated demands Mr. Hanford will retain the double bill of "The Taming of the Shrew" and "The Old Guard" in his repertory: also "The Merchant of Venice." He will in addition make a revival of "Much Ado About Nothing" and probably "Macbeth" and "The Winter's Tale." Few actors can show such a consistent following of Shakespeare and tlie classics as Mr Hanford. for he has given twenty- six of his twenty-seven years on the stage to these plays.

Next season he w.ll be almost alone In the presentation of the Shakespearean drama, for Louis James is to present "Peer Gynt" and it is understood that Mr, Brady will present Robert Mantell in other plays than the classics. Mrs. Hanford. who, on account of illness. was not with the company the past season, will ricst likely rejoin the the coming season and again be in the leading roles.

AROUND THE CITY Two young women were loitering along the shady side of a street. They seemed to have so little In common between them that had they been dry goods, say, instead of immortal beings, one would have been cream chiffon and the other ten-cent gingham. The chiffon young woman, who was all white lace, with a bleached pompadour and sparkling combs under her white hat and a white parasol over that, was expressing valuable ideas as to man. "You see. Mary, you are good looking enough, but you are too sensible.

You couldn't expect the fellows to flirt with a girl who can sharpen pencils, knows how to get off cars properly and can talk poll- tire like a againstt human nature." And a third woman wondered. In passing. if it could be possible that Solomon, in all his wisdom, had been reincarnated into a cream chiffon girl? True, chiffon is a frothy trifle, whose glory departs with its freshness, while gingham improves with there are always left-over stocks of ginghams on shop shelves and Man will always be man. In the starlight. They were sitting on a bench in a park.

And while he smoked a cigar she was Ke was a man with a mistaken sense nor. One was a waitress in a cafe, who couldn't stand it when the cad who had made her love him brought in another girl and she had to serve them. One was a desk man on a paper, who found It easier to die than to do a far less complicated thing. One was a pretty girlwife. who loved sunshine and laughter, and who pinned a flower on her dress before she ended everything in a lonely waste of Bnow.

One was a newspaper man with a record to be proud of. "They lived here. They died here. They were different types. They lived different lives and died different deaths.

They barely touched the outer edges of my life In passing, but some way I pray for them every night." And another woman on another bench said to another man: "To that They were standing before a flower stall in the market, and she was saying: "I'd love to buy a lot of plants, if only I knew how to garden "Go ahead and buy em." advised the man with her. "Gardening's easy. All you have to do is to dig holes, dump in your plants, and take the credit to your self when nature lets em grow. It sounded reassuring and the woman proceeded to buy. They were sitting on a grassy bump down by the water front.

The moon had done wonderful things for the gray wharfs and dump-like shore line, and the river was so much quicksilver, rippling into a silver dusk sky. They were, undoubtedly, a John and Mary edition of Romeo and Jul et. and they were having the moonshine and the breezes and the silence all to themselves when another man and woman, oh. so much older, approached them from the powerhouse. Perhaps they appreciated the tender little tableau, for as they neared the grassy bump, the man smiled at the woman, and the woman smiled at the man.

It was their tribute to love's young dream. And as they tipped along the path at the back of the unsuspecting couple, they were near enough to see Mary Juliet's rapt young face and to hear John Romeo declare a fervor of passion: "Yes, sir: if that umpire hadn't been rotten, we'd a scored a run Then the woman smiled at the man and the man smiled at the woman. But the real question to be considered was: What must the moon have thought of John Romeo? Consider chickens! In the market there are speckled plymouths. and dominickers and fat leghorns. clucking in many crates, but they iiv iiviivc t-pi ai win upivmri uu hold views concerning roasts and potpiea.

But take, for instance, the pullet that the invalid boy carries In his arms when his mother wheels him along the street in his rolling chair, and you can't count the eyes that follow in his wake. He is a little hoy who would be like other little boys if he could romp in the street, and the pullet is only an ordinary fowl, with white feathers yellowing around the hackle and a red comb But if it were the cock that made St. Peter cry. or the rooster that crowed in the morn to wake the priest, all shaven and shorn, or that good old hen with yel- low legs that laid her master many eggs the crowds couldn't show more curious interest. Which shows what environment will do.

She must have been way she smiled and kept on smiling. It was such a long, wide smile and so Columbia Heights to the another woman opposite undertook to watch 'o see whether or not it would come ofT before either of them left the car. At the Treasury junction a passenger get in and plumped herself in a seat be- side the woman who smiled. How do. Mag.

Why. how nice you look. What you been doing to yourself?" Mag explained In a pantomimic whisper, and the new passenger laughed and then drew her lips together in comic dismay. "Law, you had the nerve, didn't you? That's what I ought to do if I ever get up the courage But say, Mag. you look like another woman!" Mag's smile lengthened and widened, Then the wnmtn who had been watching knew Mag had appliqued teeth.

Married Women Workers. From the News. We have been, informed by a very good authority that many married women employed in Lancashire loom sheds are wives of operative cotton-spinners, engineers and earning anything from to per week. HELPED TO i rW HRB II I JMB I II i BEAR ADMIRAL WITH PERM JAPAN Chief Engineer Robie Tells of Famous Visit. HAS INTERESTING CAREER Describes Voyage Around the World 1 by Fleet in TAKES FIRST PICTURE IN EAST 1 Assists in Building- a Steam Bail- 1T.1.V1.

Axi a nuiauic Naval Career. Chief Engineer Edward Dunham Robie, U. 8 ranking as a rear admiral on the retired list, and who celebrated his golden wedding anniversary Wednesday of last week, is an interesting figure in one of the most memorable naval expeditions that ever set out from this country. He Is one ox the five surviving officers of the 200 who accompanied Commodore M. C.

Perry in the famous expedition which opened up Japan to the civilized world in 1852-1854. and thus did more toward the rapid advancement of progressive nation to the first rank of powers and to cement its people in friendship to the people of the United States of America than all the rest of the world combined. Admiral Robie was born in Burlington, September 11, 1831, and is a son of 1 Carter and Dunham Rrrbie. He was educated at the Binghamton Academy. Binghamton, X.

Y.t where he won the scholarship prize, and was subsequently warranted an assistant engineer in the United States navy- He was one of the naval engineering class of nineteen, in 1S52, which, after competitive examination, was evolved from 10b contestants. Hj won his way to the head of that class and became its ranking officer. At the early age of thirty he was commissioned by President IJncoln chief engineer in the United tSates Navy, his commission being one of the very few which President Lincoln signed with his full name. Abraham Lincoln. instead of with the familiar signature, Lincoln." After an eventful life, rich in accomplishment and full of exciting incidents, he was retired for age 11, lfcti.

with the rank of commodore, being the oniy one of his class to attain that rank; and in 100H. by act of Congress, his rank was raised to that of rear admiral for his creditable record In the civil war. Expedition to Japan. Admiral Robie, however, prefers to find the great pleasure of his later days in the recollections of that memorable expedition to Japan. "Tho nvnaHltlnn Via OYfilains "nndor IIV IIV v.

AptuitiM, I a Commodore Perry sailed. In 1852, on never-to-be-forgotten trip around the' world, and returned to New York city in April. 1855. after having successfully circumnavigated the globe, being the first instance in the history of the American navy for a steam frigate to accomplish that feat. "I was attached to the flagship Mis- sissippi." he said, "one of the three steam frigates in the fleet, the two others being the Susquehanna and the Powhatan.

They were old-fashioned side- wheel steamers, with wooden hulls, and boilers built of copper plate a quarter of an inch thick to sustain a steam pressure of eight pounds to the square inch and maintain a speed, the wonderful speed, of eight knots an hour. There were with the fleet several sloops of war, the Plymouth, the Saratoga and others, numbering in all fifteen vessels. "We sailed from Hampton roads in November. 1852. via Capetown, touching en route at Madeira, the Azores and St.

Helena. Leaving Capetown we touched at Mauritius, in the Indian orpan, and then Point de Galle, Ceylon, and after 2.00O miles or more of voyage, reached Singapore. Hongkong. China, came next in our itinerary and then Japan. i (n T.tn.in i ur nisi I wr iuui iiru 111 11 was Shui.

capital of Chew, June 18X1. The country was a revelation to us. and when we went ashore almost every one was sketching what he saw, 1 evvn the common sailors doing it as best they could. Find a Walled City. "At Shui we found a walled city and Commodore Perry signified to the Japan- 1 ese officials, through interpreters, that he wished to visit it.

They were appalled, and told him that under no circumstances would that be permitted. commodore. however, whom we affectionately dubbed the M'rsa in his quiet, forceful way. informed them that on the following day he would land and visit the city, and would expect its gates to be opened to him. The Japanese were courteous and polite, hut we were evidently not to their liking.

They would, I think, have crushed us had they dared, but were wise enough to recognise our superior strength, and so, when, on the morrow, the commodore, accompanied with about 1.000 sailors and marines, to whom fifty rounds of ammunition had been furnished for guns and our dozen i howitzers, appeared at the gates of the walled city he found them open and we entered and marched all around the city, in which no white man had ever set foot before. "From Shui we went to the Bay of Teddo and Yokohama. The waters of the bay had never been charted, and we did not know how far or to what extent they were navigable We had to chart them I and the work was begun at once, lmag; ine the surprise of the natives. We were i told that no steamship had ever been seen i In Ihose waters before. "The Japs came down to meet us In force.

In hundreds of boats laden with AKE HISTORY DWARD D. ROBIE. mpn armed with swords and spears, bows md arrows, escorted by their best battleship, an old one-sail junk. Just think if it. and this only fifty-five years ago! Well, as our cutters, moved ahead in their vork of sounding and charting the waters, he Japs would steer their boats in front if ours and endeavor to obstruct our tvay.

A show of muskets by our men and determined attitude, however, soon injured them to get out of the way, and in his way the bay of Yeddo was sounded ind charted by us. Natives Always Polite. "I wish to say," he added, "that the Japuiese were never really offensive. They ivere always polite, but they did want td ie let alone. "Commodore Perry took with him on his expedition, two men, enlisted by him, William Heine and E.

Brown, artists, to ake sketches, pictures, of what was vorthy of being perpetuated in that way." Admiral Roble has hanging on the walls if his home four fine colored lithographs irepared by these artists, which he says ire remarkably true to life, some of the Igures in them having first been taken by daguerreotype process. They por lay aiiixai 01 ine ncei in japtiiiciHj waters, the landing at Shui. the evolutions if the sailors and marines before the Imperial Japanese commissioners at Simoia. and a fine view of the temple grounds, showing the Japanese temple, the quarters and a belfry, truly Japanese In its quaintness, with tiled roof, in which vas suspended a great bell, eight feet long ind two feet wide, which was rung by striking it with a suspended beam, drawn lack and forth by a rope. "Its beautiful tone." said the admiral, could be heard two miles away." "Commodore Perry," continued Admiral Robie, "wished to impress the people of Japan in a way that would carry with it irresistible force of conviction, and imong other things, he conceived the idea showing them their own photographs, a ken by the daguerreotype process.

Our irt 1st. however, had either forgotten some if his art. or was not entirely familiar svith the daguerreotype process, and his work was a failure. I knew something of the daguerreotype business myself and roluntered to the commodore to try to take a picture. He consented, and in a short while my materials were prepared md I got a good picture of him.

Takes First Sun Picture. "It was the first sun picture ever taken in Japan, and the success of my efforts greatly pleased him. i A. 9 a. t.

A. i hiso ereciea me nrst eiectric line that was put up in Japan, it was 1,200 feet long- One end was attached at the temple and the other at a tint in the woods, the wire being supported along the route by tiees. Do you know that within twenty-four hours after we had put up that telegraph line Japs had learned enough about it to send a message over themselves. "The Japanese struck me then, gs they In now, as a most remarkable and intelligent people. "I also assisted in building the first steam railroad there.

It covered the circumference of a circle .100 feet in Jiameter with a fourteen-inch-gauge track, the equipment being about a luarter of the full slxe. I was the engineer and ran the train. andMt was imusing to see the Japs sit on top of the one little car of the train and ride iround the circuit. They surprised me tgaln. for in a very short while they even mastered the details of operiting the road and running the engine, riie track and equipmeut had been carried out by Commodore I'erry as one of the things to Impress the people.

"It was. of course, the desire and in tention of Commodore Periy to effect a treaty with the Japanese government, hut that was a difficult to accomjlish. had evidently impressed them, hut they were slow to sign a treaty, rho.v promised, however, to give it consideration. "In the meanwhile we were obliged to leave the Japanese shores and go to shanghai to protect American interests. At that time (1853) the great Tai Ping rebellion against the Chinese government was in full swing.

It was an immense insurrection, and more lives were lost in it than in our civil war. Ready to Sign Treaty. "We returned to Japan, however, in February, when we found the Japanese commissioners ready to make the desired treaty. Two of the lithograph pictures on the wall represent our landing and experience then. "It was a wonderful accomplishment to win over these people, and my recollection of them and my experiences among them will always be among the pleasant ones of my life.

"We had with us on that expedition fifteen vessels in all. There were nearly 200 officers in the fleet, but only five of them now survive. They are: William Speiden, who was purser's clerk; Chief none L' i li i A 11 DO IIP. I Iirv I Iiiiinu, lliril U1 IIIC hanna; Rear Admirals J. H.

I.pshur and O. F. Stanton and myself." But it was not alone in the expedition to Japan that Admiral Robie distinguished himself. He has other achievements to his credit that go to make up an interestoing and remarkable record. While attached to the Susquehanna in 1S.77 that vessel, with the Niagara, of the American navy, and two British ships of war.

the Agamemnon and the I-eopard. made an unsuccessful attempt to lay the first cable across the Atlantic, from Valencia, Ireland, to St. Johns, Newfoundland. About 100 miles from the coast of Ireland the cable bfoke. and.

with the imperfect apparatus of those days, the'y were unable to recover it. although they spent some time In grappling for it. The four ships were filially compelled to return to Plymouth, England. Admiral Robie designed the first steam floating iron derrick used in the United States Navy, for the New York navy yard. He also designed the first steel boiier used in the navy, for the U.

S. B. Rocket, as well as the ventilating apparatus for the President's yacht. He assisted. too, in designing the first floating iron dry dock.

He superintended the construction of the monitor Dictator, and to a large extent designed its interior work, so far as its equipment and ordnance were concerned. He designed what are known as the standing berths, whereby three tiers of berths were secured In the space theretofore used for one, and the magazines, the shot, shell and fixed- am munition rooms were also of bis designing. He superintended the construction of other vessels, designing steam steering a gears, and also the construction of other floating dry docks. In this respect, for an officer in his 'branch of the service, his career was an exceptional one. For Oreely Belief Expedition.

Admiral Robie was chief, engineer charge of the Brooklyn navy yard when the vessels were fitted out there for the Oreely relief expedition, and at one time or another has been in charge of the steam engineering department of the navy yards at Boston. Norfolk and Brooklyn. During his career he has been fleet engineer on the Pacific and European stations, as well as on the combined European, North and South Atlantic fleets, whose base was Key West during the trouble with Spain over the Virginius. in 1878-1874; also general inspector of all steam engineering deoartment contract work for the United States Navy. From 1852 to 1805 he was an assistant engineer on the flagship Mississippi.

IVhen the civil war broke eut Admiral Robie was with the flagship of the Pacific station, cruising among the Marquesas Islands, and it was not until the ship arrived at Hilo, Hawaii, two months after the outbreak of hostilities, that they knew that the great civil war had begun. He says that learning that both his father and his brother were actively engaged. he immediately applied for active duty on our own coast, and when the ship reached Panama he found orders to report as chief engineer of the Mohican, of the great Fort Royal fleet of flfty-flve ships of all classes In that service he had thrilling experiences and twice nearly lost his life. He was in the fight with Forts Walker and Beauregard, that led to their quietus, and resulted in the capture of Fort Royal and the replanting of the American Stars and Stripes on the soil of 1 South Carolina for the first time after the secession of that state. This is a page of the admiral's history of which he is very proud.

Reads of Own Death. After the engagement with the forts and the victory had been won the pressboat moved alongside the flagship for news. Among the killed on the Mohican was a i Mr. Whittemore, one of Chief Engineer Roble's assistants. The correspondents were Informed that an engineer had been A killed, and they Immediately jumped to the conclusion that it was Chief Engineer Robie, and so reported it to their papers.

"As a consequence." Admiral Robie said, "I was afterward permitted to read very complimentary obituaries of myself, which I clipped at the time and have kept ever since. It was close shav- Ing. though, for poor Whittemore was in a charge of the engine room bell. I was not far from him at the time when a shell toppled him over. I tried to shout to Mr.

Cuthbert to take charge ot the bell, while 8 I carried poor Whittemore's body below, After a time he heard me and stepped for- ward to obey, when he, too. poor fellow, was hit. but not killed, and I was quite near him. I had them both removed be- 3 low and then took charge of the engine room bell myself; but. dear me; it was a one of the warmest duties I ever had in a my life." Admiral Robie was also on board the U.

S. S. flagship Susquehanna in the ex- peailion lu inc imuusirin Nicaragua: he also served on the steam 0 frigate Niagara when -that vessel left Charleston, 8. In 1858. with JS71 cap- tured slaves and landed 200 of them, the remainder dying en route, at Monrovia, Liberia.

During the Spanish-American war Ad- 0 -miral Robie was senior officer of a board to select and fit out vessels for the auxiliary naval force at Charleston. Savannah, Baltimore, New York and Boston. Of Distinguished Family. The admiral states that since January 1, 1852, he has kept a continuous diary of the events of his life, a remarkable thing in itself; and that from it he can a locate his whereabouts and his mission a at any time during all the Intervening years. He comes of a distinguished and long-lived family, hie father, Jacob Car- ter Robie, having been commissioned a brigadier general of the 28th brigade of the National Guard of New York by the famous war governor.

John A. Dix. after anit cAnunaniilnr ths Mth Rooi- ment, fJew York Volunteers, in the civil war. He traces his ancestry from John Roble of Castle Donlngton, England, 1402, a from whom descended Henry Roble. who 1: came to Dorchester.

In the Massachusetts Bay colony, early In 1630, and finally settled at Exeter, N. H. His wife, whom he married June 1636, was Miss Helen 11 Adams, a direct descendant of Presidents John Aaams and John Quincy Adams. Five children were born of the 1 three of whom are still living and are now in Washington. He is an ex-presl- 1 dent of the American Society of Naval Engineers and ex-registrar of the District of Columbia Commandery of the Loyal 1 Legion of the United States, and was for 8 a time inspector of the G.

A. R. posts in Virginia and national aid of Gen. Veazey when the latter was commander-in-chief 1 of the Grand Army of the Republic. The admiral is especially proud of the fact that, without a collegiate education, he was able to outstrip his classmates I of the class of 1832, many of whom were college men; and that by his ability as a practical man he has many times been able to accomplish things In which others more erudite perhaps had failed.

AMONG THE CLUBS The League of American Pen Women met as the guests of Miss Elizabeth A. Hyde, first vice president. 1840 Summit fi place, Thursday evening. A short busi- 1 ness session wa held, with the president, Mrs. La 8alle Corbell Pickett, in the chair, at which Mrs.

J. D. Alexander of Cisco, was elected delegate to the forthcoming meeting of the National Edl- 3 torial Association at St. Paul, and the president empowered to select addi- tlonal delegates. j' The sympathy of the league was ex- tended to Mrs.

Martha S. Glelow, who is now at the Farragut, in the sad accident which has recently befallen her. and caused the cancellation of her many lec- ture engagements in behalf of the South- em Industrial Association. Cards received from Mrs. Belle Har- peter Hartness of London.

England, a member of the league, announced the dis- tuiiiiuuauvc i vi tiic till aUtUUIli of the Illness of her husband. Mr. John A. Hartness. of her at home day at the Hotel Cecil, which In the past five years 5 had become "an international affair." The league expresses the hope that these delightful functions may soon be re- sumed.

1 Refreshments were served and a social time enjoyed, greatly enhanced by several muslcal numbers rendered by the quar- tet. Miss Winifred Hyde. Miss Evelyn Shedd. Messrs. Lewis and Arthur de Riemer, among which was a hymn.

"He Knows," written by Mrs. Marian Long- fellow O'Donoghue. and selected by the Rev. W. Garrett Horder of London, an authority of hymnology.

when in this country several years ago. for his collection of worship songs. This hymn has 43 been sung in the London churches for some years, unknown to the author until Thursday evening. Among other guests present were Mrs. John Hyde.

Prof, and Mrs. L. H. Wilder. Mrs.

Marian Longfellow O'Donoghue and her daughter, Mrs. Paul Scharf, Miss M. E. Torrence. Mrs.

J. O. Estabrook. Mrs. Marie Graves Bon ham, Mrs.

Myra M. Metcalf. Mrs. Mary Pollock Howard, Miss Jessie A. Griswold, Mr.

Lang. Mrs. Bell, Miss H. Rea Woodman. Miss Emma J.

Hughes and Mrs. L. J. Y. Withee.

The Young Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of Metropolitan Memorial Church held its annual mite-box opening at the home of Miss Rector. These annual meetings at the home of Miss Rector have come to be an institution of the society, marking its progress and success. The occasion Tuesday evening was an especially pleasant one, as it was also a reception to Bishop and Mrs. Bristol. The house and lawn were beautifully decorated.

During the evening Mrs. W. Sherman Dewhirst. president of the society, presented, on behalf of the young women, to Bishop and Mrs. Bristol, a very flne pair of field glasses.

The bishop In closing his response said: "We will take our last lingering look at the dear home land through these glasses and catch the first gleam of the new land to which we go through new field with its great possibilities which appeals to us so strongly." Dr. Soper of the Theological College at Tokio was introduced and gave a short but Interesting address. Dr. Soper emphasised the conservation of power in the union of Japanese Methodist societies i AJnrSBMEKTS. SUMMER OPERA tASON Hfssm Tkfatrr Cooled Mghts at 81IS.

MSSI" ABOF With WILLIAM T. 1 Presenting the Famous I FLOROI By Arrangement With Geo. School Chlidreu's Matl 9Bn SEAT9 MATINEE NEXT WEEK SEAT V. SAHT MATINEES WED. A SAT.

AT ind felicitated Japan on her United Mrs. Badley, a former missionary to ndia, gave an informal talk. Mrs. Wilbur F. Dales then gave an enouraging report as agent of mite boxes, ind stated there was an Increase of Slo tver the amount received in the boxes last ear.

At the urgent request of the young 1 romen. among whom Mrs. Bristol has vorked so faithfully, having for five years onducted the mission study class as an i Ldjunct of this society, she was prevailed lpon to review briefly the work which the itudy class has pursued. She encouraged hem to continue their studies, offering a ew helpful suggestions and closing with ery tender words of farewell. At the lose of the exercises refreshments were lerved.

"The was the subject of Miss darsland's talk before the Oriental i enter, ihs sireer. sunnay evening. All bodies have their invisible ipheres. the speaker said, for matter Is ilways radiating from their surfaces, and he more It expands the more invisible It as we may see in the simple of water converted into team. But because invisible It is not herefore less powerful, but more, for vater.

become steam, has been the great notor power, and if it is still further exlanded it may even give off electricity, diss Marsland then gave a brief account the general appearance of the human mra, showing how the different charicterlstic8 of men are represented in it by IllTerent colors and other qualities, which an be seen by one who has even a very mall development of psychic sight. The ollectlve auras of bodies of men. plants animals, of cities and of countries were aid to correspond in tint, in relative lensity. intensity and brightness to the iredominant characteristics of the indliduals. Thus it is that we are much nore at ease in some cities than In there when the prevailing auric vibration 9 in harmony with our own.

Wednesday evening the subject was 'Limitations." The question of limltaion. it was said, contains a very beautlul lesson and covers the whole history the soul's evolution, for limitation is he divine law of involution, the sacrifice the greater and stronger in Denair 01 he weaker brother, whereas limitations fl those astral, animal or human weak- lesses which we have to shine through I .8 we advance toward the light of truth. A meeting of the Admiral George Dewey I Caval Auxiliary. No. 3, was held Wed- lesday evening at 14b 11th street south- I ast and several new members were re- I elved.

Mrs. Ida M. Galloway, senior vice fli iresident general of the national or- B1 ranlzation. presiding. The auxiliary was fl ecently formed to render aid to the Ad- fl nlral George Dewey Naval Camp, No.

7, tnd is reported to be steadily increasing membership. I At the home of Miss Abbott, the presi- i fl len' of the club, the Imps held their: fl nonthly entertainment. Of the many Fames played fishing proved the merriat. Music was an important feature of he evening. Vocal and instrumental II were rendered by Mrs.

Abbott, Miss tbbott. Miss Greenwood and Mr. Hisock. At a late hour the company adourned to the dining room, which was decorated in cut flowers, ferns md the club's colors. Among those were Misses Abbott, Greenwood, Ack- JM oyd, Vogelson, Berry E.

Head. B. Head, 11 Grosskurth, Homes; Messrs. Ash- In. Morris, W.

Grosskurth. Gross- 1 F. Frazier, Hiscock, Bass. College- ,1 nan and Mr. and Mrs.

Abbott. The tnps are giving an excursion on the 17th 1 July. 3J0CKVILLE AND VICINITY. FR( General and Personal News of Mont gomery county, ma. Ipeclal Correspondence of The Star.

ROCKVILLE, June 13, 1008. A musical was given at the Montgomery Country Club last evening by Mrs. 8uanne Oldberg and others from Washingon? under the direction of Miss Bliss Finey. The young folks of the club next Vednesday evening will give a dance, and he evening of June 30 the members will resent a play entitled "Men, Maids and datchmakers." Funeral services over the remains of fathan F. Hnrrlss, who died in Baltimore ifter a long illness, were held this morn- ng in St.

Mary's Catholic Church here. lev. Philip B. McGuire, the pastor, offiiatlng. The interment was in St.

Ga- riel's cemetery, near Potomac. The annual closing exercises of Sher- in vood High School, Sandy Spring, were leld in Sandy Spring Lyceum, a very arge crowd attending. The graduates rere Misses Dorothy Wetherald and Ruth Ihoemaker, both of whom read fine esays. The program also included music Foh nd recitations, an address by President eorge H. Lamar of the county school oard and the presentation of money irises to Thomas laiDott, rrancis snow- pro en and Miss Jean Coulter.

A resolution jJ ras unanimously adopted by those presnt favoring the retention of the corps of tioi eachers. hor Sheriff Mulllcan has appointed John W. SOu "annon, son of Mayor Cannon of Ken- ington, a deputy sheriff for Wheaton tim listrict. the J. Harry Cunningham and family of apt Vashington are spending the summer in rivi Kensington.

ant ioi Whereabouts of River Men. Capt. and Mrs. E. T.

Pettigrew and laughter, and Mrs. William Griffith, who isited this port aboard the power yacht 2mma Augusta, are at Baltimore aboard the he yacht. They will return to New London, their home, by the interior vaterways of the coast. Trt Capt. Henry Babbitt is now in com- nand of the four-masted schooner Henry 'ea Cramp, employed In the coasting rade.

Capt. E. H. Babbitt is in cqm- das nand of the big schooner Mount Hope, which has made several visits to this ity with ice and cargoes aboard. Henry Tolman of New York, who was mgineer of the steamer St.

Johns since ler coming to the Potomac three years igo, has returned to his home in New am fork, where he will resume steamboat lervice. wa New Lightship to Be Tested. mh The official trial trip of the new light- louse service steamer Manzlnita, conitructed at Camden, N. for the light- touse department, will take place to- jot norrow. If trials are satisfactory the K.

of the lighthouse department, bui work will be pushed on her so she can sent soon to her station on the Pacific. Enj The Manzlnita is one of seven lightiouse tenders which are to be built by he Camden shipbuilders for the govern- Pra nent. She is the first of the fleet to be jut overboard. Designed for service at Portland, she will, it is stated, sake the trip to the northwest coast 11 mder her own steam. wa In addition to the seven lighthouse a lenders, Ave lightships for stations on per fc AMUSEMENTS.

PRICKS 2Sc.Sfc.75c lrH Air. Mate, at EtlS. III mu ill ccmir Moklral Conrtlri DORA 1 Isindon ar? Wedaeaday. fl BEST RESERVED SATURDAY. TOMORROW.

AV DISTRIBUTED EVERY WIGHT COLUMBIA MATS. THCRS. and SAT. Tomorrow Night First Time on Any Stage. WINCH ELL SMITH Presents CECILIA LOFTUS IN WILLIAM GILLETTE'S coineay, tnuuea THAT LinLE AFFAIR AT THE BOTDS Produced under the personal direction of WIXCHELL SMITH.

KOTABLE CAST, Prices for This Special Engagement. Lower floor. SI and 7.V; balcony. 50c and 75c. Gallery.

25c. Boxes. $6 and $12. BELASCO Matinees Wed. and 25c to 50c.

Evenings. 25c to 75c. WILLIAM A. PAGE Presents CHARLOTTE WALKER And her own company, including SIDNEY MATHER. In Bernard Shaw's Brilliant Comedy, ARMSmMAN Preceded by "THE VACUUM" A One-act Tragedy by PRESTON GIBSON.

PARK COMMENCING MONDAY, JUNE 15. AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. URPHY'S AMERICAN IINSTREIS OM THE STEEL PIER. ATLANTIC CITY. Interlocutor: J.

CASSADY. Bones: Tain bos: BAKER, HUGHEY DOUGHERTY. McDEVITT, ANDY KELLY. MES E. DEMFSEY, CHAS.

D. WEBER, ABGALL. EDWIN GOLDRICK, LOVALLIN Hughey Dougherty Discuss the Presidential rossibilitiea. rhe Man Buried Alive iijro will publicly resurrected at i Coroe and see this wonderful 'Dtiflr demonstration of hypnotic MOONLIGHT SAIL. M.C.A.

and Y.W.C. A. CO WITH THE CHIRCHES. ALL FRIENDS INVITED. ruesday 16.

BENEFIT SOUTHEAST BOYS' CLl'B. Orchestra, Mandolin Club, Quartet, Chorus. Sinking led by Fercy S. ter. TICKETS.

50c. Leave River View Wharf 7 o'clock. Atlantic and Pacific coasts are in cess of construction, ightship No. completed at Camden a month ago. has taken her stai at the entrance to Brunswick harand St.

Simon and St. Andrew's nds, Ga. ightshlp No. Is overhauling at Balore, preparatory to taking station on middle ground shoals in lower bay off the mouth of the York pr. This is a new lightship station i is made necessary by the construci of a new channel through the mid ground shoals.

Revenue Service Orders. rders and Instructions to officers in United States revenue cutter service been issued from the office of Capt. G. Ross, commandant, in the 'Hsury Department, as follows: apt. B.

L. Reed, granted five days' ve. apt. J. C.

Cantwell. granted thirty rs' leave, to commence June 10: leave mted by department letter of May 15 oked. apt. D. P.

Foley, ordered to proceed to lmington, on official business, enior Capt. W. H. Cushlng. Captain of gineers C.

F. Coffln and First LJeuten: of Engineers Hermann Kotrgchmar, istituted a board to witness the undery trial of the Davey. Irst Lieutenant of Engineers Hermann tzschmar. ordered to proceed to Wiligton. for duty on board, adets R.

A. Bothwell. J. A. Crutehd.

F. C. Crowley. C. H.

Dench, W. Derby. E. M. Emmerich, G.

L. Gould, F. Kniskem. T. 8.

Klinger. P. D. inston. 8.

W. 8. Orr, L. R. Sanford.

W. Scammel, J. M. Trilck, E. D.

Vos J. A. Starr. W. H.

Eberly, L. C. eller and E. P. Coughlan.

and Cadet gineers F. E. Fitch, B. C. McFadden I C.

E. Sugden. ordered to proceed to rfolk. and report on board the ictice cutter Itasca. Ingineer-in-Chief C.

A. McAllister, inted three days' extension leave. matters littlt what it is that you a situation or a servant? 'want" ad in The Star will reach the son who can fill your need. amtjsuceirre. 6rah0 chmims of elks' Rural Mike and Ban Due? at lEMMiMC MSI COURSE, TUIESDAV, JiSdE 116.

THRFF. PAY8 OK RARF. IBOTTiME ESDNSiS rijifl mm, COUNTRY dancihs sn tss "barn," see "aitejea" em mm CiYE, and mm oymii free attractions. CEHERAL ADMISSION, Hold tlw? for tiittoR Open Mt 1. Rfti-oti Ht 2 vVlork EVYCHASE LAKE.

I I Grand concert by large ifcilAi V. II JJrfne erealng. Inrluded. Dancing work day miiofi. Admission free.

The Georgetown University Hospital WILL HOLD A LAWN PETE ON THE 17TII. INTH 19TH, Prom A to 10 o'clock. At th? Hoapital 35th and Go to GlenlEcho Park Erery imuMmtot. Cool, rleturewjoe. Beautiful rot ley LUNA PARK.

high-clam of VACDEVILLB Edith Helena Kdltb Helena IN THE Tom the Mayor of I-aughland. and other well SHELL known art lata and All Free EXCURSIONS. Rt TorfoSk Wasliinirtnn Steamboat Company. FOR FORT MONROE. NORFOLK.

NEWPORT NEWS AND ALL POINTS HOLTH. leave Washington daily at 4:80 p.m. Arrive Fort Monroe 7:00 a.m. Arrive Norfolk :00 a.m. Arrive Portsmouth 8 80am C7For farther Information apply at general ticket offloe.

705 14th Colorado (telephone Main 1520), or 7th at. wharf (telephone Main 3700). W. H. CALLAHAN.

Gen. Paat. Agt. Jel2 144 WASHINGTON STEAMBOAT CO. COLONIAL BEACH, Washington's Atlantic City.

Special Week-end Trips! STEAMER 8T. JOHNS. From River View wharf, foot 7th at. a.w.. Saturday.

June 13. at Sunday. Jane 14. at 8:45 a.m.. AND EVERY SATURDAY AND SUNDAY during June.

Home Sunday a boat 10:30 n.m. Enjoy a pleaaant ride and a saltwater oath. Go and flahlna routed trip: fsatnrday. lO-daj tirtat 91 00 Sunday. pood day only 60c COLONIAL, BEACH HOTEL OPHN8 JCXF.

12. made at Alexandria coins and Chesapeake; i bemh ON-THE-BAY. SALT WATER BATHING. All Amusements. Minster Orchestra.

Dancing Free. Round rip: 25c WEEK DAYS. 50c SUNDAYS HOLIDAYS. 1 i I Train schedule in railroad column. ii II (i in i.n.

a a a a i. WASHINGTON AND STEAMBOAT COMPANY. RIVER VIEW UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT. A REFINED FAMILY RE80RT. Steamer Queen Anne Week days.

10 a.m.. 2:15 and 5:45 Sandaya. 11 a.m., 2:30 and p.m. uompcienr ana pome rirnir 01 clean ainunementa. Mualo and dancing Week dn.vs.

Sacred band Objectionable characters positively excluded. FARJC? Adults. 25c; children. 15c. Jel2-tf D.

VAX CLKAF. General Man afar. STEAMER. 'Jamestown' Moonlight Excursions. Forty mllea down Potomac river.

commencing June 15. Dally. Including Sondaya. Leave 7 p.m. from Excurelon Pier.

Beta rn 11 p.m. Garden. Fare, 50c. First Trip, Monday, June 15. ENTIRE PROCEEDS to be donated to Children's Playground Association Fund.

NORFOLK WASHINGTON STEAMBOAT CO. I $105 BOrXD-TKIP TO CALIFORNIA. Via Washington-Sunset Route. RETURN DIFFERENT ROUTE. Ktoponera.

STANDARD OR TOURIST BERTH. A. J. POSTOX. Agent, 905 at.

B.w. 705 15tb St. B.W. For Marshall Hall 8TEAMF.R CHARLES MAC A LESTER. Daily.

10 a.m., 2:30 and 6:30 p.m. 11 a.m.. 2:30 and 6:30 p.m. Dinners and Music and dancing. All amusements.

Fair, round trip. 25c; children. lSe. MT. VERNON daily (Sundays excepted).

round trip. Including admission to grounds acd mansion. 75c. FAST ELECTRIC TRAINS FROM POST OFFICE CORNER TO MOUNTVERNON DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. VERY HOUB ON THE HOfJH FROM 10 A.M.

TO P.M. Ferry Steamer Lacks anna evsry HOUR and A HALF. a.m. to 6 p.m. dally and Sunday.

Fare, ERCH WAY A-f AAA A I.