Evening Star Newspaper, January 2, 1897, Page 24

24 '. THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, JANUARY 2, 1897-24 PAGES. 3 sa ein tectum, Bice and Ba | sep sed gntues ond armer are tne ANUSEMENTS. : AMUSEMENTS. Satter te tha vabore note tpeeae thee Foust Mace ae ey ctu arene | LAFAYETTE. ° Tonight. COLUMBIA THE ATER, simert fate: amcor. ter next week. The two comedians have | ment with Messrm, Abbey, Schoefel & Grau), Nixon & Zimmerman, Directors Vollmer, tfield,. Mm. ’ Fisch “After all, it ts generally chance that fixes for us our life work,” said Miss Annie Russell, the charming “Sue” of Bret Harte’s play. “Few young girls who leave the theater after a matinee with red noses and moist handkerchiefs and say to them- sel ‘a be an actress!" ever reczive the plaudits of crowded houses. “It never entered my head, as a girl,” centinued Miss Russell, “that I should ever be on the stage. From a little child my ambition was to be an authoress. My first and only attempt in the realms of litera- ture, in which at the time I was convinced I should almost immediately shine, was received in terms of urstinted praise by the few friends and neighbors that were per- mitted to read the story in manuscript. After a great deal of thought as to which of tne weekly papers should be allowed to launch a new star on the literary firma- ment, I sent my story to a weil-known per- icdical, accompanied, more as a matter of form, than anything else, by stamps for its return. After two weeks of anxious wait- ing, one morning the village posumistress handed me a suspiciously thick package rner the name of the pa- per to which I had sent my story. I did in the post office, but hurried irs to my own little bed 1 kinds of causes for re- ceiving such a lengthy reply. Perhaps they wanted me to write another and lenger story, and had sent me a rough outline of the plot, together with further insiructions. = that must be it,’ I thought, as I broke the Seal, opened the folled sheets, and was cenfronted by my own story, together with a printed slip informing me that my manu- script was returned, not necessarily be- ause of lack of literary merit, but because elr pages. It rary ambitions! it was not exactly suited to wa: a death blow to my li i'd the story away !n a bureau Crawer, 1 I never was guilty of a second offense. That I should ever become aa actress had at that time never entered my head. If I had given vent to such a chougat I should at once have received a mild rebuke from my mother, who at that time shared the almost universal prejudice of country people of her generation. I am sure she uld have fainted if any one had told her t not only her two daughters, prim little ecuntry girls, but also baby Tommie, who afterward was celebrated as wittle Lord y. but was then just beginning to first words, would in after years tage folk.’ = I before said, my adopting the stage as a profession was pure chance. To oblige some young people in the church of which my father and mother were members, I consented to take part in one of those dramas for which church fairs are noted. In this instance, sickness had at the last minute prevented the leading woman from appearing, and I was pressed into service, not because I was thought to be particu- larly suited to the part, but because I was celebrated among my school mates for the rapidity with wnich I could commit to memory. “I tock the part in the morning and I played it that night. Noone was more sur- vrised than myself when I found I was the rit of the piece. From that time I was the ing lady of all the village theatri d for church fair: which we did scon > the same sort of “known Gramatic and natural step that I was an My first pro- fessional appearance, by the by, taking | place in that celebrated catapult of stage | talent, H. M. . Pinafore. hree years ago Chas. Hoyt visited | nd gave a dinner to a party of | them being Eugene ‘ of the Boston Theater, | Academy of Music, New York: | iced the Boston H: Julian | general stage manager for Hoyt: | McClellan, manager for Eugene Tompkins, and others. During the course of the dinner Hoyt incidentally told, in his quaint and humorous w h was so thoroughly funny complicated situation of the bsurd that he » for the story. He plied that he thought he should christen | it “The Story of a Milk White Flas. “Why don’t you make a play of that?’ asked Tompkins “It would make a capital play,” replied “But it would require so many peo- ple, nery and no end of me- chanical effects, so that it would be im- said Mitchell. “I'll bet I can, with the assistance of y McCarthy, Tompkins’ stage manag: Practicable form, and if y piece I'll also bet you a year's salary it 1 sreawest successes.” | mond shirt | Flag,’ ai studs that It wil acticable.”” 3 And the play | . and it has greatest sinancial and artistic | his popuiar s | | lip Sousa has undertaken the bitious tour of his career. Chas. is business manager, subject usa and his unrivaled h a courageous undertakir y of mention. “It wi ‘over a period of 160 during which 196 cities 280 concert an to ocean Lawrence, including in * Sousa strongholds in maritime provinces, In me occupied, concerts given, ex- d and distance over- ny project ever at- of music. The near- t was the splendid record his men in asi 18,000 miles in five a new standard g with new musical {d triumphs an composer or con- ing new laure e writer Miantly suc comic birth. Sousa is as much art of program making as “omposition. He is so deep- the affections of music end of the country to the his recognition abroad as the composer of Am compliment to ey he land. One of Sou nt triumphs was in s any—even In Ber! the ef German While there n nal persc and classic in very citadel 1 tradition and power. S accorded the ur from the to con- Sousa naturally The result was an udience, gathered him honor, and from the players elves, over which his native support- would have waxed eloquent. The Ber- ess, without an exception, uwarded etic conductor a high place in the musical art, and paid his per- ® Seme tributes universally ac- their American compeers.” Mr. Arthur Bourchter, in speaking about how he came to go on the stage, said: “My father had promised that if I would take my degree I should choose my profession. I took my degree. I had thought about the army, and I was reading for the bar in @ desultory way, when Mrs. Langtry, whom 1 had known before she went on the stage, asked me point blank if 1 would like to earn an Income. I said yes, and the long and the short of it was that 1 accepted an engagement with her, playing Jacques, if draz,’ and for a brief period I_managed the theater, producing ‘Your Wife,’ an adaptation of ‘Prete-moi ta Femme,’ by Justin Huntly McCarthy. When my friend Mr. Courtney's ‘Kit Marlow’ was produced at the Shaftesbury one morning in aid of the Marlow memorial I played Kit Marlow, and about this time, too, I played Brigard a morning performance for a charity of ‘Frou Frou.’ I played again at a morning performance in the following year, when Miss Eastlake produced ‘A Yorkshire Lass,’ and again in the spring of 1892 in Lady Violet Greville’s ‘Nadia.’ I think the wise thing for a young actor is to play as many parts as he has the opportunity of playing. In this spirit I made occasional excursions to Miss Thorne’s theater, where I_ have played Benedick, Hamlet, Romeo, Claude Melnotte and Petruchio. In the autumn of 1s I went on tour with Miss Fortescue, but was recalled by an offer from Mr. Wyndham to play Charles Courtly in the revival of ‘Londen Assurance’ at the Cri- terion. I also appeared in the Criterion re- ‘al of ‘The School for Scandal,’ in which layed Joseph Surface.” Of his American experience Mr. Bourchier speaks with unaffected delight. It is, he declares, a liberal education for any young actor to be taken in hand by Mr. Daly, the most exigeant and indefatigable of stage managers. I The Bostonians.—An audience that filed the house completely greeted the Boston- ians in “Prince Ananias at the National Theater last night. ‘The opera was given here last year, and so needs no introduction as a work. A feacure that added some- what to the interest of the performance was the fact that Mr. Victor Herbert, the author of the opera, played first ‘cello in the orchestra. on account of the illness of the musician who generally plays that in- strument. Mr. Herbert is in the city re- hearsing a new opera with the Bostonians, and, although he generally receives a pretty high figure for one number on his beautiful instrument, played the entire score through. The comedy of the opera was well carried out by Henry Clay Barnabee, George Froth- ingham and Harry Dale, and the work of George Frothingham in the part of the sad king may be said to have been his best effort here. W. H. McDonald as_ the mountebank was up to his usuat standard of efficiency, while Eugene Cowles acted and sang the part of the outlaw in his own splendid manner. Jessie Bartlett Davis and Alice Neilson carrie] off the honors among the ladies of the company, although Jose- phine Bartlett and Leonore Guito were goct in their parts. “Robin Hood” was iven this afternoon, and will be the bill for the farewell performance tonight. Yesterday afternoon Miss Quive sang Arline in the “Bohemiaa Giri” in an excel- lent manner, and >2ceivel much cpplause for her work. Mrs. Davis anJ Mr. Cowles were the queen and count, respectively, and were fully up to their high standard. The other parts were well sustained, and the chorus and orchestra were, as always, thoroughly efficient. Lafayette Square Opera ‘House.—Bret Harte’s play, “Sue,” one of the recent big hits of the present New York season, will be presented at the Lafayette Square The- ater for one week, beginning Monday even- ing. Manager Charles Frohman, under whose direction the play is presented, ex- pects to have another theater shortly, so that “Sue” can return to New York and continue its successful career. The cast of the play includes Joseph Haworth, Annie Russell, Horace Lewis, J. G. Saville, Guy Standing, Theodore Roberts, James Kear- ney, Samuel Reed and Anita Roth. “Sue” is a highly probable picture of a western mining camp, lively in action, not lacking in healthful, sparkling humor and held to- gether by the strength of genuine human nature. Arnie Russell, we are told, has not lost any of the freshness, naivete and sin- cerity which made her Esmeralda and her Eijaine characters that will always live in memories of those that saw her enact them. It is not surprising, therefore, that in “Sue” she has repeated her former suc- cess. The Columbia Theater—Royalty has ald- ed Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Bourchier in be- coming popular players. The Prince of Wales, the Duke of York, the Duke of Teck and family, the Duke of Cambridge and suite, and the Duke of Saxe-Cobourg-Gotha having been repeatedly to Mr. Bourchier’s Royalty Theater to see and laugh over his enteel comedy, “The Chili Widow,” which will be the first attraction of the engage- ment of these two players at the new Co- lumbia Theater next week. On Friday and Saturday “The Queen’s Proctor” will be produced. The leading characiers, Sir Vic- tor Crofton and Lady Crofton, are, of course, played by Mr. Bourchier and his talented wife, both of whom are said to be pre-eminently suited with congenial parts. The role of Lady Crofton, played by Miss Violet Vanbrugh, is a complex and many- sided one. Alternately capricious, petulant, contrite and indignant, she is said to bring her work to a standard of perfection that many an actress of far longer experience might envy. As Sir Victor, Mr. Bourchier is said to play with a zest and genuine sense of the character of the affectionate, good-natured fellow. The play in question has been termed one of the most genuinely humorous of. modern times, the main plot being so interwoven with counterplets and clever complications that only = skillful handling renders it enjoyable from begin- ning to end. National Theater.—Hoyt's great success, “A Milk White Flag,” will be presented at the National next week, with the admira- ble stage settings and excellent acting that characterize Hoyt’s production. This at- traction has been seen in Washington be- fore, but many changes and improvements have been made In the specialties, music a cast. The comedy is a satire on the citizen soldiery, but combines all the «8 sentials of a complete dramatic perform- ance. The scenery and costumes are all new, and it is predicted that the perform- ances next week will be wholly enjoyable. Harry Gilfoil, Belle Archer, George Schiller and Mat Snyder are some of the well- known names that will be on the program. Academy of Music.—The second engage- ment of that great melodramatic success, When London Sleeps, begins next Monday evening at the Academy, and there is every prospect of its duplicating its former big business at this popular house. The plece was brought over to this country by Mr. James H. Wallick, who has secured all American rights for its production, and which has been a success beyond expecta- tions. It is by Charles Darrell, a noted En- glish author, who has written a number of successful melodramas. The strong sit- uations—and there are several—compleiely carry the audience by storm, and when the final episode is reachei—the attempted sacrifice of Queenie Carruthers on the altar of the Hindoo god—they are something akin to awestruck by its awful realism. Grand Opera House.—‘Brother_ for Brother,” an English melodrama, by Frank Harvey, author of “Wages of Sin,” “Fallen Among Thieves,” etc., will be the attrac- tion at the Grand Opera House next week. Judging from the press notices, it is a nelodrama of unusual merit. There is a great deal of humor in the piece, but there is far more seriousness, and the climaxes follow one another in rapld_ succession, each one stronger than its predecessor, un- til they culminate in the great fire scene at the foundry, where the hero has been lured by his enemies into a cellar, and escape seems impossible; fire surrounds him on all sides, when the blind heroine, guided by the unerring instinct of love, breaks in the door, and in the midst of flames and falling walls rescues him she loves. This scene Is said to be the most wonderfully realistic of any fire scene ever presented on the stage. The heroine wears an entire costume of asbestos, and, as the door finally yields to the blows of her ax, and she stands at the head of the stairs, with the flames fairly licking her dress, and the walls tumbling around her, the audience is carried by storm, and cries of “Bravo! are heard from parquet as well as gal- lery. Messrs. Davis and Keogh promise a cast of unusual excellence, with the finest stage scenery and effects seen in melo- drama this season. Bijou Theater.—“The Dear Irish Home,” which is the attraction at the Bijou Thea- ter next week, comes to this city with noth- ing but praise from both press and public in the different cities in which it has been produced. It is said to be the best piece that theatergoers ever had the pleasure of seeing Mr. McCarthy in. It is magnificent- ly staged, pleasing specialties are introduced throughout the play, and, taking it in all, it is as pleasing a performance as any one would care to witness. Beginning with this you please, for a beginning. Other pleces I played in during the tour were ‘Esther Sandraz,” *'Twixt Ax and Crown,’ “The Honeymoon’ and ‘Clancarty.” I was with Mrs. Langtry during her season at St. James’, in the spring of 1890, when we Played “As You Like It’ and ‘Esther San- engagement, Manager Whitesell will dis- conan = Paige menage and anes matinees at the Bijou, leaving only four each week. Friday all professionals are in- vited to attend. Kernan’s Lyceum Theater.—The fore- admirers everywhere, and their style of en- Vollmer, Mati ner, Mertens, aoe tertainment, whic! exclusively their rechuch; Friday event January 15, Last Time of 3 WEEK BEGINNING MONDAY, own, has never failed to draw forth the’| Wagner's opera, “Die Weikure,” Mmes. aa ae J. full strength of clientene. This season Mohor-Ravenst al Gadski, . Bibenschuets, Ee a Farce from = French, , ONLY MATINEE SATURDAY. anuary 4, selves with artists of the highest ‘rank, | Mojaceeter, Derschuch, Henat; Saturday The Foany Farce from the French, FIRST AND ONLY APPEARANCE IN WASHINGTON OF THE DISTINGUISHED COMEDIANS, vocal, instrumental and te-psichorean celeb- | “Tannhauser,” es. Gadski, Powell, Voll- rities, and with the freshest features, the costiest costumes and the most elaborate scenery and stage effects provide an en- tertainment that in brilliance they have never surpassed.- The introductory, “A Trip to Boston,” is a musical, nautical ab- surdity, representing a palace steamer afloat and depicting the frolics and high festivities of the idle passengers, who find time, between seasickness and other an- noyances of ocean voyage, to indulge in songs and dances and disport themselves in many wild and absurd pastimes. The olio is made up of select specialties, har- moniously arranged and up to date. Inter- spersed are a number of classical group- ings. The extravaganza, “Naughty Coney Island,” is a rich satire on New York's fa- mous resort, as well as an accurate picture of the characters that abound there, Among the artists whose versatile talent finds full scope in the extravaganza are Rice and Barton, Frankie Haines, Washburn sisters, Crawford and Manning, Irwin T. Rush, Phillips and Robinson, Clara Lawrence and Barton and Echoff. * Sousa Band Concert.—“Sousa is the fad,” they say; but if so it 1s because of his grace, ease and matchless magnetism of his complete mastery of his peerless musi- cal forces, of his perfect interpretation and the delightfully varied expression of the music he plays, the tact and felicity with which he ministers to the taste of ail classes of peopie, his genius as a composer and the unprecedented and unparalleled sale and dissemination among the people of his compositions. For a long time this fairly overwhelming “fad” has raged, and it thus far shows no sign of abatement. Sousa will give one concert at the Lafay- ette Square Opera House tomorrow, Sun- day, January 3, at 8 o'clock. Albert Chevaller.—Albert Chevalier, who. comes to the Columbia Theater week aft2r next, has undoubtedly attrected tn both England and America more attention than anny other entertainer now before the pub- lic, with The possible exception of Sir Hen- ry Irving. Mr. Chevalier is a man of fine intelligence, and at the same time you ap- Preciate his modesty, his clear-cut and ex- pressive English and his breeding. He has a very mobile face, which reflects his speech with swiftness and accuracy. can make the most marvelous changes, and yet his face is not distorted. He is in- tensely nervous, and has a great deal of what is called temperament. He was edu- cated for the priesthood, but he chose to become an actor, and was known as one of the best comedians in London. Then he took up coster singing, and now his name petal from one end of the world to the other, Hanlon's “‘Superba.”—In the last act of Hanlon Brothers’ new “Superba,” which comes to the New National Theater Jan- uary 11, an exact reproduction of a Span- ish bull fight is shown. AH the aroma of the scene has been faithfully portrayed— the angry bull, the misleading capeadore and successful toreador—and around the vast arena can be seen the beautiful senor- itas and their escorts in bright and pretty colors. One bull after another is led to the slaughter, until the clown appears in the arena clad as a toreador on horseback, but, instead of having to fight one bull, all the bulls in Spain seem to be let loose upon him and he retires in disorder, being helped over the barrier by the horns of one of the bulls. The grand sport is termi- nated by a number of beautiful women dancing the ballets of Matador and Ca- peadore. The Cinematographe.—The cinemato- graphe was placed on exhibition at Willard Hall yesterday. Exhibitions ara given at 2, 4 and 8 o'clock, and at all three of these hours yesterday a large audience was pres- ent. The cinematrographe is the invention of the Lumieres, the famous French seien- tists, and is regarded as the perfection cf the moving photogcaph. The views given yesterday were extr>mely good. They were well selected, and Mr. Whizing Aller, who has the cinematographe in charge, delivers a short lecture on each one that adds greatly to its attractiveness. The photo- graphs are very distinct, without any b:ur- ring or sparks appearing on the Screen, znd the light is as strong as that of any of the other like machines. The cinematographe is really the original of the vitascop2, the animatographe and other inventions of a similar character, and its exhibition yes- terday was the first given by it in this city. Among the interesting pictures given were three views of Washington, a baby quarrel, a body of soldiers crossing a river by ford- ing, and a card fight, while in the instruc- tive cl may be mentioned the crowning of the czar, the athle ports at Milan, Spanish artillery in action, and I:mperor William reviewing his troops. The effects produced in these different illustrations of real life are remarkable, and must be seen to be fully appreciated. The Ice Palace—Miss Fannie Davidson. the champion lady skater of the United States and Canada, will give exhibitions of fancy skating at the Convention Hall Ice Palace, beginning Monday evening. These exhibitions will be given each evening at 9 o'clock sharp and Saturday afternoon at 8 o'clock a special matinee will be given for the benefit of those who are unable to attend the rink at night. Miss David- son is a member of the Davidson family which has achieved such a distinction in the world of sport, Jchn and Harley David- son, the champion bicyclists and skaters, being her brothers, and Mabel Davidson, who received such kindly notice here last year, being her sister. Miss Fannie David- son is in every respect fully the equal of her accomplished sister Mabel on the ice, and besides 1s much prettier. The costumes which she will bring with her are marvels df composition and color and will add greatly to her appearance during ier ex- Fibitions in this city. She is a blonde, about five feet three inches in height and rossesse] of an extremely graceful figure. Her skating entitles her to a place in the front rank of the skaters of the world and certainly at the head of all such in the western world. Her tricks and figures are complicated in the extreme, and an entire change of program will be made each time she appears. Miss Davidson is at present skating at the Baltimore rink, where she has achieved immense popular- ity, and on her visit to this city will make her second appearance in the United States. Richard Mansfield.—Mr. Richard Mansfield begins an engagement fer one week on Monday, January 18, at the Wafayette Square Theater. To the lovers of the drama a rare treat is promised, as the plays that have been selected for presentation are “A Parisian Romance,” “Beau Brummell,” “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde’ and two grand Shakesperean revivals, ‘“‘The Merchant of Venice” and “King Richard III.” As an actor, a true artist and a manager, Mr. Mansfield is beyond compare, and his life is bounded by his devotion to his art. It is understood that the production of “King Richard III” is a perfect duplication of the magnificent mounting it received when produced by Mr. Mansfield at the Globe Theater in London in 1889. Miss Fairfax'’s Opportunity.—Mr. Froh- man gave one of his “Gay Parisian” com- pany an “opportunity” yesterday afters noon. This was Miss Marion Fairfax, who appeared as Victorine at short notice. The young lady, a Virginian, by the way, justi- fied all expectations, and gave a delightful and original performance. Her Victorine was thoroughly French, with a charming naivete and a daintiness and delicacy quite refreshing. Primrose and West.—Messrs. Primrose and West are now in their twenty-fifth year as co-partners in business—the longest agree of any two allied acting managers in America, if not in the world, bearing that honorable distinction. They are to be congratulated on such a long and success- ful reign. They are still young men, full of ambition and energy, and are always alert to the fact that the amusement-loy- ing pubiic must get the worth of their money, and are now carrying with them the largest minstrel company in the world. They will shortly make their annual visit to the New National Theater. Damrosch Opera Company.—The’ season of grand opera in German and French, which will be given in Washington at the Lafayette Opera House, January 14, 15 and 16, this year ynder the direction of Mr. Walter Damrosch, will be one of the most interesting and comprehensive that this city has ever heard. Mr. Damrosch’s com- pany numbers among its members the greatest obtainable artists for the produc- tion of the Wagner operas, and for the pro- duction of opera in French and Italian. In addition to his own company, Mr. Dam- rosch, by @ mar, Mm. Krauss, Mertens, Hrnst, Hob- bing, Derschuch, Lange; Saturday evening, January 16, Wagner's opera, ‘Siegfried, ~ Last Bargain Matinee at the Lafayette.— The-third and last “bargain matinee” wil} be given at the Lafayette Square Opera House ‘next Wednesday. afternoon for the matinee _of Bret Harte’s comedy-drama “Sue... The prices will be as follows: En- tire lower floor and mezzanine boxes, 50 cents; entire balcony, 25 cents, and all re- served at that. The box office is now open for the sale of seats for this occasion. John L. Stoddard.—As the accustomed season for the Stoddard lectures Rg ere numerous inquiries show that Mr. Stoddard is not forgotten here, where his peculiar form of entertainment attained a popularity years ago which makes annually a warm reception for htm. He has just finished one of the most successful visits he has ever made to Philadelphia, which followed close on the heels of a phenomenal season of five weeks in Chicago. Now he is lecturing be- fore large and representative houses in Beston, and at the close of his engagement there will come here to give his new series at the Columbfi Theater. “A Night Off.’"—The many friends of the Carroll Institute Dramatic Club who witnessed the very satisfactory production of the comedy of “David Garrick” last win- ter at the Lafayette Square Theater will be pleased to hear that the company is to appear at the same theater on the evening of January 13 in the popular comedy of “A Night Off.” This will be remembered as one of Mr. Augustin Daly's greatest suc- cesses both in London and New York, and it is by his courtesy that the original man- uscript of the play has been furnished the Carroll Institute players. For several months past the company has been re- hearsing under the direction of Mr. James J. Skelly of Philadelphia, who has come over to Washington weekly to instruct it. The company has been augmented by several new members, the following being the full company that will appear: Mr. Edward J. Walsh, Mr. Geo. H. O’Con- nor, Mr. A. T. Seaman, Miss Irene Row- land, Miss Nora Cocker, Mr. Percy F. Leach, Mr. Wm. 8. McCarthy, Mr. John J. Nolan, Miss Helene Lackaye, Miss Alice Irwin, Miss Laura Eichelberger. Columbia Dramatic Company.—The Co- lumbia Dramatic Company, which has as its members some of the best amateur tal- ent of Washington, has in rehearsal and will present on the 25th and 26th of the present month at the New Gonzaga Hall the popular five-act war drama, entiticd “The Confederate Spy.” The cast includes the following well-known amateurs: Mr. Daniel F. Murphy, Miss Lillian Hurdle, Mr. M. A. Dolan, Miss Kehoe, Mr. Henry F. Dolan, Miss Celia McMahon, Mr. Weber of the Weber Dramatic Company, Mr. Fin- ley S. Hayes, Mr. William Murphy, Misses Carrie and May Moss and Lieut. Jenkins of the D.C. N. G. Dr. Rogers’ Lectures.—A second course of the popular illustrated lectures will be given by Dr.Rogers inthe Church of Our Father, corner 13th and.L streets northwest, dur- ing the present menth. The attractive pro- gram and the success Dr. Rogers has al- ready won in this-clty as a lecturer should insure a large demand for tickets. The subjects of the lectures are: “The Hoosier Schoolmaster”’ (abridged), by consent of the author, Edward Eggleston; “The Scarlet Letter,” by N. Hawthorne, and the new lectures of travel, "The Highlands of -Scot- land” and “Through Picturesque Normandy to Paris.” All the lectures will be splendidly illustrated under the direction of Prof. B. P. Murray. The price of course tickets is put at one dollar. Full particulars and de- serlptive circular may be had at Metz- erott’s, where the sale of tickets began teday. No extra charge is made for re- served seats. —— Eugene V. Debs will soon announce that he has abandoned the people’s party aud become a straight-out socialist. AMUSEMENTS. ‘Fourth Annual ‘CHARITY BALL AND RECEPTION OF THE LADIES’ SOUTHERN RELIEF SOCIETY AT THE National Rifles’ Armory, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 11, 1897, FOR THE BENEFIT OF DESTITUTE CONFED- ERATE VETERANS AND THEIR DEPENDENTS IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. Managers, Lady Patronesses and Committess an- nounced later. ‘Tickets, $1.00. To be had at Thompson's, Mack- all Brothers and Flemmer, and other leading drug stores; also at hall door on evening of the ball, and of members of the soclety and of Confederate Vet- erans. Supper served from 9 till 2 o'clock. ja2-7t COURSE OF EIGHT LECTURES AT THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, 16th and O sts. The Teaching of Dante Prof. Edward Farquhar, MONDAY, JAN. 4, AT 7:30 P. M. Course Tickets, $1. Single ‘Tickets, 25 cents. AMROSCH OPERA ORDERS TAKEN FOR CHOICE SEATS. EATER EXCHANGE, It Ellis Music Store, 937 Pa. ave. Willard Hall. Daily at 2 p.m., 4 p.m. and 8 p.m., “LUMIERE’S CINEMAYOCRAPHE. SEE WHAT TODA3'S/PAPERS SAY ABOUT IT. Admission, 50c.; Children, 25c, No reserved ecats, it ment at her resi 407 G st. n.w., MONDAY, udlence. at 8 pm., to a private ai y ame Macdonnalt wishes to state that she is not a spiritualist. 1t* Commer ‘THEATER. ‘TONIGHT. s Last time of THE PMERLESS MAGICIAN, KELLAR, ASSISTED BY MRS. KELLAR. _ New -. New Mysteries... .Hllusions. NEXT WEEK: ~. THE. BOURCHIERS. Seats now on sale. jaz COLUMBIA ACADEMY eae The Gay Parisians, @fanagement Charles Frohman.) Regular Night Prices, ° at Lafayette Square Theater. | Tomorrow Evening, January 3, | SOUSA And His | Unrivaled | Band. | SOLOISTS: Elizabeth Northrop, Soprano. Martina Johnstone, Violiniste. OPENING MONDAY NIGHT FOR ONE WEEK. SATURDAY MATINEE AND BARGAIN MATINEE WEDNESDAY. RET WARTE’S POWERFUL AND PICTURESQUE DRAMA, U “Best American play since ‘Hazel Kirke.” A daintily beautiful conception.’’—New York Herald. MANAGEMENT CHARLES FROHMAN. Same cast and scenery employed in its triumphant run in New York, including Annie Russell and Joseph Haworth. REGULAR NIGHT PRICES. Saturday Matinee Prices: Orchestra, 75c.; Balcony, 50c.; Fam. Circie, 25c. Bargain Mat. Wednesday. SPECIAL PRICES: Orchestra, Oc. | Re ‘ed. Farquet, ee 50c. | No Higher, lezzanine Boxes, Reserved. Balcony, 25c. | No Higher. It WEDNESDAY E! G, JANUARY 13, 1897, CARROLL INSTITUTE DRAMATIC GLU IN THE 4-ACT COMEDY, A NIGHT OFF (By courtesy of Mr. Augustin Daly.) COMPA) Mr. Edward J. Mr. George 11. ¢ Under the direction of Mr. James J. S. Kelly of Philadelphia. Seats 5c. and $1. General admission, 50. Sale begins at Metzerott’s Thursday ‘morning, January 7. Ja2-10t New National Theater. WEEK BEGINNING MONDAY NIGHT. Regular Wednesday and Saturday Matinees, THE ROARING SUCCEss, THE BEST AND FUNNIEST OF ALL, hOVT'S Gorgeous Scenery, Pretty Vivan-| THE BIC Popular Prices dieres in Fetching Costumes, full LIK Music, Novel and Intricate Dances, B and a great cast of fifty artists, Well We brighter, better than ever. FLAG. Jan. 11-HANLON’S NEW “SUPERBA.” —1t Ice Palace, CONVENTION HALL, 5TH AND L STS. N.W. REAL ICE TING. THREE SESSIONS DAILY. MORNINGS, 9:30 TO 12:30. AFTERNOONS, 1 TO 6. SB EVENINGS, 7 TO 11. A Don’t -fail to witness the exciting finish of the eight-hour a day Great International Six-Day Bicycle Race, Tonight. CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE WORLD AND A PURSE OF Racing commences at P P-m. and continues until 10 p.m. He Sanctioned by the L. A. W. Immediately upon the conclusion of the race, 10 o MR. ARTHUR BOURCHIER. ADEM Telephone 552. S E Prices, 25, 50, 75c.,$1 AS WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY Matinees, 25 and 50c. RETURN ENGAGEMENT THE GREATEST SENSATION OF THE AGE, “WHEN LONDON SLEEPS” Janu January TH Lafayette Square Theater. Atvactin, The Woman in Black GEND OPERA HOUSE. KERNAN & RIFE, Managers, Week Commencing JANUARY 4th ‘WEDNESDAY—MATINEES. Thos. H, Davis and Wm. T. Keogh’s Successful Melodrama, Direct from STAR THEATER, NEW YORK, BROTHE ‘The Iron Works in IT OF THE SEASON. 15, 25, 50 & 75c. All Seats Couponed. Latest snd Most Splendid Cast. {Time each way, 50 minutes, allowed at Al Box Office open from 9 a.t0. A Trip ° NOTE—A good seat on first floor for 25 CENTS. Military Band, Sensational Specialty | seats in Box, $1.00. to Jamaica, Features, Enchanting and Spirited ——— Next Attraction: ijou Family Theater. Monday, Jan. 4. 4—MATINEES—4 ESDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. PECIAL EN@AGEMENT Of the Favorite Comedian, making this production _ bigger, DAN McCARTHY, The Dear Irish Home Produced by a Capable Company of Recognized Artists. One Week, Commencing ro28-1u,th,s,52t Jamaica si MONDAY, at ocalist and Dancer, Irish Santa Claus in The Irish as they are in PRICES: CADEMY. PRICES, 25, 50, ‘Wed. and Sat. Mats., 25 and SOc. reserv: TONIGHT, LAST TIME OF THB FLYING JORDANS VAUDEVILLES. “Whe London Sleeps.” | Steamboat Co. —+ _ Every day in the year for Fortress Moor The Beautiful Scenery of the IRELAND 15, 25, 35, ana Boe. For charters. etc., apply at otfice of st ‘ester. ocl-tt LL. BLAKE, Captain. Norfolk & Washington GET SEATS EARLY. It ANS LYCEUM THEATER. MATINEE TODAY at 2. ‘EW YEAR ATTRACTION. DEVERE’S WN COMPANY, Lae SAM DEVERE, ‘The Inimitable Ethiopian Comedian. Miss Florence Miller, Ichorean Artiste. N'S BIG GAIETY. — by the ‘supe: Next Week RICH & de29-5t MR. ARTHUR BOURCHIER, MISS VIOLET VANBROUGH, AND THEIR London Royalty Theater Company. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF H. C. HUSTED, Presenting the Gentle Three-act Comedy, THE CHILI WIDOW. PERFORMED BY THEM 300 NIGHTS AT THR ROYALTY THEATER, LONDON. FRIBAY AND SATURDAY EVENINGS, Herman Merivale’s New Three-act ‘omedy, Tue QUEEN'S PROCTOR Ané the Petite Curtain Raiser, KITTY CLIVE, ACTRESS. ‘T WEEK, CHEVALIER. ATIONAL THEATER. REGULAR ENINC Ne EVERY & AT 8. PRICES. Anaoual en, it he famous BOSTONIANS This (Saturday) Evening, 0| ROBIN HOOD. Next Week, “A Milk White Flag.’ _Seats now on sale, at HURCH OF OUR FATH << Cor. and L sts. now, POPULAR ILLUSTRATED LECTURE OOURSB By the Rev. A. G. Rogers, D. D. Monday, 11, The Hoosier Schoolmaster. 19, The Scarlet Letter. jones. 25, The Highlands of Scotland. With Readings from “Beside the Bonnie Briar Bush.” (New Lecture) MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1 RST TIME OF H PICTURESQUE NORMANDY TO PARIS " Tuesday urday, Janu- ary 2, zerott’s Music Store, 1110 F at, Where descriptive circulars may also be obtained. Jal-tf2s WEEK Commencing —Wednesday, T! Davis & Keagh's Big’ w ON THE M MIGHTY! M 30 PEOPLE, Appear in this (FTWo CAR LOAL CENE! PFRCTS. ND TS. : tats t= 15, 25, SO & 75c. ats Couponed. Box Office open from 9 a.m NOTH: A good seat on first floor for 25 CENTS. Seats In Box, $1.00. t Attraction—BROTEER FOR BROTHER, $-6t ___ EXCURSIONS, ETC. Fort Myer, Arlington, Falls Church. Hlectric Cars from Aqueduct bridge. ain CW ¥. Rail Route to Mount Vernon Arlington. Leave Pennsyly Mt. Vernon at 10 avenue and 18% street for a.m., 12:05 and 2:05 pn, $ Stop-off privileges andria. Fare, round trip, 50 cents. from 8'a.m. to S p.m. Fare, ALEXANDRIA AND MT. R. RB, CO, Arlington, | h round trip,’ 20 WASHING’ de22-tf THE QUEEN OF WEST INDIAN ISLANDS, BY THE FALLEN AMONG THIEVES. Atlas Line Offers exceptional advantages to _ persons * seeking a vacation of limited duration for health and rest. The trip. fro een ie in an and retura can be days. Send for illustrated booklet. P General Agents z Independent. An 5D, e :pa ours. Indian ALL TRAVELING EXPENSES INCLUDED. AS ill leave New York F ; ¥, JANUARY 16, under the f Mr. Charles F. Pierce, I request. CES EXCUE ©0., 1 ton, or EK. M. JENKINS & C0. Steamer Macalester MOUNT VERNON, Tomb of Washington, Daily (except Sunday), At 10 a.m. returuing reach the city at 2:50 p.m ming FARE, ROUND TAP Adwission to grounds, 25 cents, ELEGANT CAFE ON TUE STEAMER, Tickets, with Mount Vernon admission coupon, for sale at wharf and at aceae Will also make river landings as far as Glymont, for feeight and ‘both Newport News and all points south cro powerful steel palace steamers News,"” “Nortoik” and “Washing- @ ¢ 3 i a Hi fi i