Evening Star Newspaper, February 13, 1897, Page 24

THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1897-24 PAGES, recently was not compan, stock nain perm:nently at one theater winter, and would support who traveled from place to vl “k companies, which va- e lity. were rward dis- traveling organizations, and at there were admitted profession hundreds ef peaple who timate reason for going on the ng possessed of very little talent nd having none of the requirements for a life before the The comp: were generally caliber ardie: into the ad no Ie b composed of people and the consequence was became heartily sick of the bad ac which they were forced to } endure in order to witness a performance by one celebrated actor. ‘onditions have greatly the past three or four year now expects, in addi t support. changed within and the public on to a great’star, an It is hard to say what mstance® brought about this change but it Is most generally attrib- ne falling off in patronage Henry Irving. during his first visic to the country magniticent company, s one of the inaugurators Mod ska fell in line ared with a phe- he Chouans.” ‘This is a devotee of the stage, as alWays been to place before s the most perfect creations of it Is possible to giv y¥ contemplat company for this wid contain nothing but » only thing that prevented sudd mb n and serious pers thi in “Then ing Duch movemer > reme rtily approved by the hown by the immer erywhere bee w in his sev anding the many career he “E to Stage art has a most 1 is highly respec he came tter Hack, engagement that he marr Ma- ips, and the death of this lady Ars ago was a sad blow was one of great domestic He now lives in 7ith street, rk, with his dau r, who keeps for him. Mr. Stoddart's s have been old men's p d with the stock company produc- A. M. Pah at the Union Square Square and Palmer's The- ime connected with ceum Theater Stock r Mr. Stoddart joined forces. Among his re- kable creations were Pere Michel and Rantzau. He is effective in parts that peculiar and striking traits, which are outside of co: on. He has a ripe intelligence, quick power of a grim order al sort o Ateesity of h humor and real pathos. acting is the most pro- peculiar method. ett Dav! Angelus” in t to be produced by Cleveland, Ohio, on the 17th said to be one of the r Herbert has ever com- % more effective for have th has a_new song the Bo is himes, ourg ident most in my career that has y in my rind of friend: nd I was play- t as t had spoken from my is dismis: was not everybody Fre- een heard sim ular ard appropriate immediately cement of Garfie often b ver been to Coney Island? - minute you buy your ticket at attery until you reach the glistening r wh the surf is ebbing and ou are pushed, shoved, jolted and an expect all this if you » journey to Coney Island. is formed for Coney about 10 ery morning. If you want to get center, start early. . but you will jeterm| ~ wedg! k« wife and six rosy day's outing at a He and his family have been vr . and he feels f eminent do- The Coney Is- large numbers. She is rom the South Heach vis- e sailor hat is perched as n her auburn curls as though fet there by rule and compass. Her hair is blea at least. not very often. Her She works in the cloak ishier in some Httle res- She speaks in a quick, S all the latest slang she combines it with a cleverness that you think is really a very clever you 1% person. are unc®nventional on the road Island. The young woman you accompanied by her mo- Yr married sister. That makes Taik to them all. They will ou, and if upon your ar- Mamie” to have a glass of la water, “Maw” and “Sts will not in th ‘ast object. It's an unconventional Way of making an acquaintance, to be sure, yet “Man will invite you to call, and “Maw” says that she will be “pleased to see you. The Coney Island girl ts a dignified young Person, too. She has generally read all the newspapers, and you may find that she knows as much about current affairs as you think you do yourself. Her escort, when she has one, is generally a smooth- faced, flashily dressed young man, whose \ She ther, no diffe be glad to see rival you tak. £0. | multitude takes posse: in vogue, when certain players | cepting the | | i | i | | most | majesiie drama, Shakespeare's ‘C: |in which I shall take the part of Imogen. |The play has been very seldom presented | in a time and piace which can be treated imp | ing to civiliza and rough weaving, were also be- | ng to employ the richer and more beautiful material of the Mediterranean theater- | them, regardless of expens It wa: famil- | a romantic age in one respect. pple were ss and inimita-| more ignorant and less self-conirolied. hore h him | Thetr passtons were more intense and ing since he was eightecn He had five brothers, kK to the stage, with mor his brother Richard is stil From 1S61 to 1S# cted at the ¢ pic Theater, in first under Laura Keene, and } under the management of Mrs. Wood. From 1867 to IS74 he was a ver of Lester Wallack’s famous stock After that he was principally | | rious, and are often more than tragic. So far as the theater represents life, the grandes gloomiest of the old tragedies e Herbert and | | came a great social as well as an artistic a} | support Mi | returns to the stage more mature physicaliy | end of the country to the other. pink shirt presents a violent contrast to the bright blue of his serge sult. He may talk “collars and cuffs” or ordinary dry goods, yet he speaks loud enough for the whole boat to hear, and as one having au- ; thority. At this retreat you will find | Arry” and his “'Arriet,” who long ago | discovered Coney Island and found it very | gcod. He wears his woolen sweater an | slouch cap, and she has the black sailor | hat which ‘has seen a season or two, and | the shirt waist, a year or so behind the! mode. Yet they are supremely happy. They | care not for you and your criticisms. This | fon of Coney Island | the moment it disembarks from the crowd- ed boats. It splashes in the surf, whirls in the merry-go-rounds and hears the per- ennial wail of the soubrette. It fills up the hotels. The beer kegs yield to it. The provender of the landlords and the res- taurant keepers disappears as rapidly as a wheat field before an army of locusts. At the time Margaret Mather retired from the stage she had already gained a position in the front rank of American actresses. She had all the attributes of success. A slender, graceful and beautiful woman, she satis- fied that unwritten demand, or yearning, it may be, for physical attractiveness which was so powerful a factor in the success of such stars as Adelaide Neilson, Modjeska, Ada Rehan and Ellen Terry. She also displayed a keen. pcetic’ intelligence and a rare ability to interpret the ‘eeper or more intense emotions: Now she and with a riper intelligence and with an ambition to attain even greater professional prominence. In speaking of her present venture Miss Mather said: “I have an excellent company, which has been selected with extreme care, and which already works together with smooth- ness and precision. In costume, scenery and other properties we will surpass al- anything seen for several years. I selected for the opening piece that ymbeline,’ ave in the Untted States, and never, if I re- member aright, in a manner worthy of the matter, excepting when brought out by Henry Irving; so it will be a novelty to a great majority of theater-goers. It is set in a very artistic manner, Cymbeline being a mythical or semi-mythical king of Brit- ain, and the leading characters represent- ing types of ancient Celtic or British man- hood. of Roman character and of those mixed creations which the Roman dominion had evolved in the course of centuries. The tuosity, the emotionalism, the gener- esity d the other good qualities of the old race are charmingly incarnated by the great poet, and yet through it and through all runs a vein partly sad and partly tragic, as if to express the great fact that this race was doomed to dwindle and die be- neath the newest ty coming across the channel from the European continent. It was a period in which savagery was yield- ‘ich the peoples of their own armors, furs, nerth, bi races. This part I have endeavored to re- produce so as to satisfy on the one side the love of the beautiful and on the other the student of history and of fashions. I shall have the armors and weapons, the jeweis nd robes, the furniture and equipments of that time, so far as it is possible to obtain quicker lived. The sword w: vhere, and was ever; to use. The old family rule w , and the king, as the father of hi le, poss d the r.ght of life and death over every and exercised it only too often without a There was cruelty; there m, jealousy and horrible anger, and again there was wilder joy, more fren- ied happiness and wilder orgies than ewe, our present civilization, ever dreamed of. I believe that the time is here for a vival of the great trage and classi dramas. We have drifted, so far as popu- rned, upon a sea of humor nse until we have touch- ed each point of its long shore. Events for the t two years, beginning with the war in the east, have appealed to another side of the character. America and the rest of the world sees that human life be- low the veneer of enjoyment is based upon principles which are never less than se- ject, could not be one ota more soraber than the chapter of the history of today pertaining to Armenia or the other chapter regarding our little neighbor of Cuba, next door.” Miss Edith Crane, who impersonates the role of Trilby next week at the Grand Opcra House, is said to be the most beau- tiful of all the Trilbys who have thus far played the part. Miss Crane was a mem- ber of Charles Wyndham's London Cri- terion Company for several seasons, and was a great favorite at the English capital. With the present company she played Tril- by six months in Australia, where she be- | wife gave a ballin which attended by over most distinguished people in Melbourne. In Sidney there was a Trilby fair held, at which Miss Crane realized over $2,000 for the benefit of the poor. She favorite. her honor, of the The governo et of the play. ‘Theater—Indications go to ret Mather’s forthcoming iumbia prove that Mai production of “Cymbeline” at the Colum- bia Theater will be the finest Shakes- pearean production this country has ever sed. Not only will the production cost $10,000, but the actors enganged to s Mather are the best on the American stage. In fact, it would be dif- ficult to duplica‘e her company, which is compo: y of Americans. The whole production Is essentially American, for be- side the actors the je artists (Richard ton, W. W. Burridge, John H. Young, omens and Hai of this country. jen, the costumer, can lay claim to that honer. Miss Mather has returned to the stage to stay. She nas ample means at her disposal, and when she determined upon the production of “Cymbeline’ she gave orders that no expense was to be spared. The production has been under her direct supervision, to the minutest detail, and whatever credit will be due for its success must be hers. With force of char- acter, abi of the highest order and am- ple means, Miss Mather’s venture is sure to prove an unqualified success. Her com- pany is extraordinarily strong in every part, and “Cymbeline” will be played as it has never been played before. Miss Mather will play Imogen, a part made famous by such artists as the great Mrs. Siddons, Miss Faucit, Adelaide Netlson, Ellen Terry and Modjeska; E. J. Henley will play lachimo, the villain. The others in Miss Mather’s support are William Redmond of Richard Mansfield’s company, William Courtleigh, H. Weaver, who played Belarius with Neilson, and will play it again with Miss Mather; J. H. Kolker, Walter Stewart, William McVay, Lynn Pratt, Joseph Kilgour, V. M. de Silke, D. L. Farnham, H. De Vere, J. L. Wallach, T. Whitling, George S$. Stevens, Mrs. Thomas Barry, Miss Florence Wallack, the only granddaughter of Lester Wallack; iss Katherine Heath, Miss Marian Mc- Enery, Miss Nidys Rhea and Miss Hattie Sarony. Miss Mather’s Jullet has always been ‘considered the best Jullet of the American stage, and as this part has a prototype in Imogen, a splendid perform- ane n be expected. Miss Mather’s tour is under the direction of John C. Magle, well known in theatrical circles from one Lafayette Square Opera House. —“The Sportuig Duchess,” the big spectacular drama which ran for 300 nights at the Academy of Music in New York, and for nire weeks in Philadelphia, to phenomenal besiness, comes to the Lafayette Square Opera House for one week, beginning next Monday night. Unusual importance invests this preduction in this city, not only be- cause It is a play of proportion far exceed- ing any of its predecessors in the same Ine, and a most extenstve production, too, hut because it has the largest and most re- markable cast ever put into melodrama and brings into this field of exciting and eventful stage work Rose Coghlan and J. H. Stoddart, both great public favorites and both players of the highest grade. Rose Coghlan has the title role, in which she is called upon te show what the late Duchess of Milford, who was an eccentric wealthy member of the English nobility, | has had an effect of lively entertainment, the the looked and talked like. The real sporting duchess was a most remarkable character; she owned and ran a stable in the name of Mr. Milner, dressed loudiy in checks, was in the paddock and betting ring at every English racing event, and bet with as reck- less a purse as a ylunger. She dled only a year ago. The part affords Rose Coghlan opportunity for revealing that exquisite histrionism of which she is mistress in 2 new ght. Among the other members of the cast are such excellent names as Cora Tanrer, Louls Maszen, a Proctor Otis, Harry Lacy. R. A. Roberts, Beresford Webb, Sara Converse and Harry Gibb The great Derby race scene, with its tw: ty thoroughbred race horses, ridden by professional jockeys, furnishes one of the most exciting inc'dents of the play, and the winning of the favorite, Clipstone, Lrings to a termination the intricacies of the plot and secures the happiness of the hero and heroine. ‘The Sporting Duchess” will he found to be the dressiest of all the melo- Gramas. There are over 500 costumes and gowns, the latest importations from Lon- don and Paris, and instead of a monotony of evening dress on the gentlemen, there will be glittering military costumes, repre- senting the uniforms of the woril’s great nations. ‘The cost of this scene alone is said to be $10,000, There are fourteen other all of which are built on a coloss.l Nat Goodwin in the “Rivals.”—Mr. Nat ©. Goodwin, always a prime favorite in Washington, whose engagement at the New National Theater will be brought to a close with this evening's performance, is enjoy- ing the supreme satisfaction of having played to the largest week's receipts ever accorded him in this city. In addition to “The Rivals,” ‘as originally announced for tonight's program, Mr. Goodwin has con- sented to present the delightful comedietta, “The Silent System,” in which dainty mor- sel he will be ably assisted by the beau- tiful and accomplished Miss Maxine Elliott. Ex-Queen Liliuokalani, accompanied by a few of her closest friends, will attend the opening performance of Mathews and Bul- ger's comic play, “At Gay Coney Island, at the New National Theater, where she has secured a box for Monday night. New National Theater.—‘At Gay Coney Island” is the title of the play which serves to inaugurate the starring career of Mathews and Bulger, who will be seen for the first time in this city at the National next week. The play runs about as fol- lows: A gay young girl has money left her by her millionaire father's will, on condi- tion that she marry before she can inherit it. She does not care to marry, but she wants the money, so she decided to marry a decrepit invalid, who will die convenient- ly after the ceremony, leaving her to en- joy wealth and all the delights of widow- hood. She consults a young doctor, who promises to get her a doomed invalid from among his patients. This is an old sport in the last stage of alcoholism, who prom- ises to die to order, if he can get all the liquor he desires, before his decease, and a splendid funeral afterward. She marries him and sends him to the hospital at once, and then hurries home and invites her friends and relatives to the prospective funeral. But the old sport will not die, and the young wife finds that she will not be a rich widow, but must submit to living with a rum-soaked old man. So the un- happy wife decides to kill her “tank” of a husband. Coney Islan. is selected as the place for execution, and an obliging old German agrees to kill him with the aid of an infernal machine. The last act sees the whole cast at Coney Island, and this resort is depicted on the stage in all its glory. Mathews and Bulger are best known, perhaps, as creators cf songs. The are the authors of no less than fifty son, and parodies which have made thet, familiar throughout the country, through their genius many a comedian has been enabled each scason to restock his fund of songs and stories. Academy of Mustc.—Eugenie Blair re- turns to the Academy next Monday night, and will be seen in her own version of Charlotte Bronte’s intensely inv ing | story, ‘Jane Eyre,” a book that has a ce in every library. “lane Eyre” and Lynne” have always been termed . yet never were two sisters similar, and never were there two the same repertoire ihat called ha different display of emotional Both Jane E: Lady Isabel are charming both’ suffer yet only one sins, and by that sinn out as pure as the other, who onl Eugenie Blair has proved her ability grasp both of those characters, and by @ Versatility of individuality has placed Ja Syre on the same high level as her Lady Isabel and Madame Vine. However, she has given to the development of the former play the same conscientious care which characterizes the latter. It will prove interesting to Miss Blair's many ed- mirers to see her in “Jane Eyre.” Edwin Ferry as hester {s perfectly cast, and while his Levison is a fine piece of work, he will prove more acceptable and conge- nial to his audience in the first-named character. Eugenie Blair brings the same talented company, which is In every way worthy of “Jan "On Monday, Tnes- day and dnesday matinee and’ night Miss Blair will present “East Lynne” and “Jane Eyre” the remainder of the week. Grand Opera House.—“Trilby,” which will come to the Grand Opera House next week, fs a tremendous success. h large au- diences everywhere, everything, from the beginning to the end of the play, ‘ap- turouly applauded. ‘The theaters are crowded to their full capacity; there can be no question that the play is likely to enjoy a very large share of pepularity for a long time to come. The play has much the same fascination as the book, and holds the at- tenticn during the entire evening. It serves peter to please and attract than does the book. The atmosphere 1s, of course, straight to the point and life-like. The dramatist's work has been well done, and “Trilby” has been accepted and hailed everywhere with delight. The sequences of the play are admirable. The dialogue is intelligent, and the entire story most en- trancing. ‘The cast 1s a strong one, com- frising the best members of Mr. ‘A. M. Palmer's company, and the stage setting is so excellent that the impression of beauty and intense interest is achieved. At Wednesday and Saturday matinees management will give away to each having a reserved seat the most beau and expensive souvenir ever offered. consists of a box of French bonb: bunch of natural roses and an ex photograph of “Trilby’’—three souy. every lady. The house on these oc will no doubt be crowded. Kernan’s Lyceum Theater.—Manager Ker- nan’s attraction for next week will be that exceedingly popular and well-known or- ganization and drawing card, the Meteors’ High-class Vaudeville Company, which. ts now in its tenth season of prosperity, ‘This year it has assumed a new importance, as well as increased proportions, and it will be found @ leader in every respect. The art. ists composing this organization arc among the brightest lights of the vaudeville prow fession, including several stars of the first magnitude, who Were especially secured for this combination from Europe. Heading the list 1s Mile. Diana, the bewildering spec- tacular dancer, in @ prismatic melange of marvelous effect. ‘These dances are de- scribed as L'Tolle, La Chameleon, the Lily of the Orient and the Fire Dance. Other names appearing on the program are Smith and Campbell, the refined comedy duo: the Pattens, eccentric musical experts: MeCale and Daniels, the Irish tourists: Matthews and Harris, the fin de seicie laugh-provok. ers; Gertie Gilson, the charming singer of catchy songs; Kherns and Cole, in artistic German comedy; the LaMoyne brothers horizontal bar grotesques, and Miss Clarice Vance, the southern singer. There will he matinees Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Bijou Theater.—Gus Thomas’ clever pla “The Burglar,” which held the boards 2 the Madison ‘Souare Theater, New York part of one season, and madé a most em. phatic hit, has been secured for the Bijou Family Theater next week. The play’ ts one of absorbing Interest, and the opening scene is laid in the home of opulence showing the daily intercourse between the united members of a refined family and only marred by the young husband's too frequent absence. Into this peaceful exist- euce a thunderclap falls, in the shape of the discovery that the husband's mys. terious disappearance has developed {nto the knowledge by some of the household members of a dual life on his part. He is at one and the same time a reputable mem. ber of society and a famous burslar. ‘To avold discovery and the shame coming to his wife's knowledge, he is permitted to es- cape, and eventually comes the news of his death. The wife and mother, under this be- lief, marries again, when it 1s discovered, too late, the news was false, and that the burglar ‘still lives 1 $s intent upon a series of housebreaking crimes. At one of these times he unconsciously enters the home of his former wife. A series of dra- matic episodes, swaying the emotions In their various phases, culminate in his rec- ognition and pathetic parting, after mani- fold exptanations. The play is excellently mounted and performed by a fine company. Lillian Russell—The queen of comic opera, Miss Lillian Russell, will come to Washington March 8 bringing with her ; which they are able ——- the latest operatic novelty, “An American Beauty. anmouncement means a great deal to the edmirers of good music, picturesque stageisettings and grand cos- tumes. The coming of Lillian Russell is an event in itself; She easily retains her taagnetic hold on the American pubWc, and her beauty is as rdapicndent as {t ever was. Society will cordiaity greet the famous diva on this occasion as it always does. The opera itself is a novelty. It was writ- ten by Mr. Hugh*Morton, while Mr. Gus- tave Kerker, who conld not write anything AMUSEMENTS. Columbia Theater. Metzerott & Luckett, Managers. Nixon & Zimmerman, Directors. AMUSEMENTS. ____ AMUSEMENTS. NEw NATIONAL! The Lafayette. THEATER. Tonight. Last Performance. ONE WEEK, BEGINNING MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15. REGINNING y a | but tuneful melodies if he tried, furnished | NEXT | woxbay, rem 15, pa Co the vee The seta tions ase ‘said to be | WEEK. | MATINEES The S rkling medy, je most excruciatingi ical evi } ras WED. SAT. vised for a light pte Miss Ruseal iso i ee se Siar THORO UG H BRED. comedienne as welt tis a prima donna, and “IT IS ‘TO LAUGH" AND you LavGH. enters into the funrand frolic of her role Management CHARLES PROHMAN. with the abandoncof a hoyden. She has Graham Dewey in N. Y. JOURNAL. In her company #evéral of the comedians BARGAIN 4 a Z is ith Henry E. Dixey. who haye ‘made "New York laugh In the | ATE . LAOS BETS | feagzace receal Casino suéresses, those light and K AY. 1 HINGTON NEXT WEEK. 7 = 7 mh Ses ron | frothy things which just happened to hit 50 CENT: ! ° ——— =e) Lafayette Sq. Opera House the popular fancy, and they impersonate roles which are the essence of comicality. Messrs. Canary & Lederer, under whose di- rection Miss Russell {s appearing this sea- son, used discrimination in the selection of the ladies to support her. Recognizing the fact that a beautiful face and figure is always attractive to the public, they pick- ed out from the hundreds of applicants only the most comely. Indeed, so particu- larly insistent were they in this resp2ot that before the orgar ization left New York it had acquired the fame of being com- posed of the loveliest specimens of femi- ninity ever gathered in a single organiza- tion. Unlike some prima donnas, Miss Rus- sell would sooner be surrounded by beau- NEXT WE Wednesday FIRST TIME IN THIS CITY, THE INVENTIVE COMEDIANS, MATHEWS AND BULGER. Mati and The Sporting Duchess. A SUMPTUOUS | tiful women th: iby thouemintwo Beantiriil . Direction FRANK L. PERLEY. ve an by thos i ita - sess but who, by contrast with herself, would PRODUCTION Merry Maidens, “Oatchy Tunes, THE GREAT ALL-STAR CAST: serve to make more resplendent her own Mosnlest “Story: Halched tn aeons, ROSE COGHLAN personality. With Timely Jokes and Costumes Gay— J. HM. Ste ART. Boston Symphony Orchestra.—Tuesday or In all a Polite, Comic Play. CORA TANNER. evening, the 23d instant, is the date of the BLITA PROCTOR OTIS. fourth concert by the Boston Symphony | HARRY LACY. Orchestra in the series at the Columbia SHAKESPEARE LOUIS MASSE: Theater. The soloist will be Madame Te- R. A. RORE resa Carreno, the gifted pianiste, whose 200 PROPLE ON THE STAGE. successful artistic career in the principal cities of Europe during the past seven years has awakened such a desire to hear her more than renew the triumphs of the past. Madame Carreno will play the Rubinstein Concerto No. 4, a favorite work with her, eminently suited to display the dash, bril- liancy and superb technique for which she is famous. Of the orchestral selections the most important is the Beethoven Symphony No. 4, written in 1806, and receiving its first performance in Vienna March 26, 1807, nearly ninety yeara ago, at a benefit given for Beethoven, with a colossal pro- gram, comprising, besides this mphony, the first, second and third symphonies by the same composer. It is quite pertinent to ask how many compositions written dur- ing the present year will be heard ninety MASTERPIECE, 14 Mammoth Scenes, THE EAT DERBY RACE. CONEY A noticeably commendable feature of the piece fs its absolute freedom frem anything suggesting vulgarity. It is bright, enjoyable, innocuous fun all the way through, 20—HORSES—20 PRICES: a $1.00, $150. Amnaisst Parquet, Tha Matinees Ore attraction “TWO LITTLE VAGRANTS ~A Course of Lectures on SHAKESPEARE AND-LITERATURE, BY The Distinguisbed Author aud Ealitor, William J. Rolfe, it ~N. ¥. TIMES. ° z o a de years later. The remaining orchestral THE ONLY FUN — IN WASIIIN 5 ve ema ee chek ibs io numbers are novelties, the prelude to act a ae = — —B ahd the moet three from the “Cricket on the Hearth,” —— scholarly igators ou Shakespearian an opera composed ty Goldmark and adapt- Next Week Jects. Plost 1 m~Aaz—PHme=<e ed from Dickens’ Christmas story, having its first presentation at the court opera in Mareh of last year and scoring a February hakespeare, the Man.” 15, Lm tetas | ANNA HELD “S mediate success. ‘The closing AS} cymbett AND the Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6, otherwise | Cloten EVANS & HOEY. Etch Lecture will becin at 8 0 in che known as the “Pesther Carneval,” from its | Posthumus 5 ie, dedication to the city of Buda Pesth. It | Belarius. et Se ae, Martyn College of Oratory, Is red in Liszt's well-known brilliant and | Guideriv 223 To 1231 G STREET vffective style. The Nordica Concert.—The musical sea- son has had many important occasions of ‘and opera and grand orchestral concerts, but the richest offering is yet to come in the appearance—and regretfully it may be Tic fr s for the tf course, 5.00 Ice Palace, ADEMY "PHONE, 552. Ac ated—for one appearance only of the ° DONVENTION HALL, cor. Sth and T ste now greatest of dramatic prima donna, Mme. PRICES: 25, 50, 75c., $1. | © Sth a Y Lillian Nordica. Messrs. Zimmerman and Real Ice Skating Afternoon <CEPT M DAY) av No additions: charge for Ive WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY MATINEES, 25 and 50 Cents. ALL NEXT WEEK, Nixon have consummated arrangements by to announce the pearance for the first and only Vashington this season of Mme. a grand operatte matinee concert, to take place at the Lafayette Square Opera Heuse on Thursday afternoon, February beginning at 4 o'clock. For many s very at 2. VENT EVERY INDAY AND TUBS- 30, Privileg OUSE. KERNAN & RIFE, Managers. FEBRUARY 15. noon sessig past Mme. Nordiea has been the I-adin sday—MATINEES- ae artiste of grand opera representations in Admission ..............- ooh America, her native land, and her incom- me at popul | ‘UG ENIE 4 parable Voice, splendid vocal and dramatic ALM. PAIME co. arliie methods and statuesque presence have * ; given her peculiar. eminence among the ORIGESSL AU “Our Brains, and What star prima donna of the world. Mme. Nor- i ae 1 Th 99 dica’s career from her earliest vocal work Se See rst Ails Them, in the choir loft of a Boston chureh las SOURS) ee ES Will be t t discourse Perkins 8 p. “THE CHURCH OF OUL Tickets on sale at Metzerstt's been a gradual -erescendo -of suce 5 aching the crowning triumph in her ap- pearance at the Bayreuth Festival, where, BILAIUR, ILBY. : FAl Music Store, | surrounded by the most noted of isted by singers in Wagner opera, thi ——_—_——— American arfiste carried off-the ehief t reas 15, 25, 50 and 75c. WI] FE Y ors, and was hailed by Frau Corima Wag- = z Frenne Sonte ° Her *“aswthe “deal! Bisasiin “Lohengrin.” | —_NOTE.—A good seat on frst Moor for 25 cents. ‘fl MATINGES areipay. Mme. Nordica is the only American or | Seats in box, $1 MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY EVENINGS » Se WAU IN GS G sarerpay, Rrglish speaking vartiste who has, braved NEXT ATTRACTIOD 5 ig SMR RLGpLC THE ROMANTIC prRAMa, the difficulties and labor of the heavy roles Katie Rooney’s AND WEDNESDAY MATINEE, of the heroine of Wagnerian music drama with magnificent success, and she is now accepted in Europe as the greatest liv The Brand of Cain Next Week- THE BUR! “Greater New Yorkers.’’ East Lynne. feSot dramatic soprana Mme. Nordica.this sea- At the Wednesday and Saturday Matinees ex- - son is devoting herself. to a@ grand operatic | quisite Souvenirs, consisting Bon-Bons, Natural 5 ‘. ¥- a = 2s eoncert tour of America, and is returning | Iteses and “‘rilby”” Photographs, given’ to each | THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY EVENINGS stward after a triumphant western visit, | ta¢ It AND SATURDAY MATIN which has included a ser! rts in San Francisco and the cities on tie Pacific slope, where the ovations and demors tions accorded her have had no parallel Jane Eyre. ~ Bijou Family Theater. — OHEMIAN... B since the remarkable scenes aitending + x ie URLES Q UERS ‘€ nscontinental t r of M . AC MONDAY, FRIDAY, — es ° transcontinental four of Mme. A wos". PIATINEES 223%, ae (a= ca on pace acts a Next Week—TI Lafayette Square Theater will be heard sel ON in * | WEEK com. Moxpay, February 15. feS-0t some of her greatest operatic BOW ERY, to the Lafayette Square Opera House. THE : “ S -. and probably in an act of une of her favor- -URRIONR nc ite operas in costume. She will be support- a z 5 ahaa ct EXCURSIONS, ETC. : 5 Introdicing the Bowery’s Kin ea by a company of admirabic arti in- A FAMOUS PLAY, - ae r “a pap See et Seat oe eee, cluding the great contralto, Mme chi; yj Mr! Theketone, plant Me fein T STEVE BRODIE. Arlington,Ft. Myer Yempsey, _b and Bard Berthold, h B tenor, “Orders for, teats can ap se ee € burgiar. auiac«| Ballston, Fostoria, Falls ’ ’ ue 14th st. me. 30 O'CLOCK, 100 NIGHTS IN NEW YORK CiTY FEB. 16, OTIST CHUBE Egypt and the Nile.—A stereopticon lec- =, 2 a jon of the Mlustrated Lecture ture on Egypt and the Nile will be give AT THE National Cemet Military Tost and tomorrow evening by Dr. W. A. Croffut at [E IN| (Hl UW iR Gavatey “Detiln x homes, Take ‘Typographical Hall. It will be illustrated i 2, = electric cars from Aqued . with new and numerous lantern siides by Madison Square Theater. BY Dit. A. G. Re ? feS-im W., A. AND F.C. RY. 00. Murray. Dr. Croffut has traveled exten- +-33 cents sively In Egypt, and ts abundantly compe- Steamer [lacalester Mr. Augustus Thomas’ Four-act Comedy Drama tent to give an extremely interesting taik from the story of Inaugural and Sapper Tickets now 1 on that country, as he possesses keen > on sale at the 2 powers of observation and a happy descrip- | ¢ 2 9 9| Ball Tickets »eavn aes MOUNT VERNON, tive faculty, Editha’s Burglar,’| : ond ot Was “Last Days of Pompeli.”—For several Tee RIA THEATER. veesss TONIGHE * - months past the Rev. Howard Wilbur BY MRS. FRANCES HODGSON BURNETT. Last THX nis, whose illustrated lectures on travel | _1* _ = = THE are knonn here and elsewhere: hay nett at | LEHRER OTROS STODDARD work adapting for the first time for plat- BUILT FOR THE LIBRARY form purposes Lord Lytton’s fascinating | GRESS,” illustrated by stereo T novel: “Uhe Last Days (ot) Fompellii?ian |) sn) Boccia and L sts. stopping sengers both sway E lish classic that has remained a prime WEDNESDAY, Fetwuary ‘S p.m. 2 TONIGHT AT & For charters, etc., apply at office of steamer Macale favorite wi wo generations of cultured Admission, kets f the church y > . . critics. The adapter, who will also give the | on the evening of the lecture. No reserved seats. | WELLOWSTONE PARK. L. L. BLAKE, Captain, rec will employ the stereopticon in Proceeds te be devoted to the Si Reserved Seats, "’ = B0e.. The. $1.00. xt Week MARGARET MATHER at Columbia. VICE BY RAIL. Mount Vernon : ° Arlington. ‘Station, Pa. ave. and 13% st. Schedule see Rall. road columa ‘Chis paper. Jao- ATrip to Jamaica, THE QUEEN OF WEST INDIAN ISLANDS, BY THE S./Atlas Line flustrating the tragedy with seventy-five of the best examples of modern art de. tive of the period, introducing also issolving: effect representing the awfu work and to the parish library. fot Moly THEATER = aa sos oe minis MATINEE Flitpay NEXT, NEWSBOYS’ BENEFITII The “Jonnie Juniors STEREOPTICON LECTURE, Mask and Wig Club, EGYPT AND THE NILE, Under the auspices of the R. E. Lee Camp, Sons BY W. A. CROFFUT, PLD. of Confederate Veterans, The Mikado. Men taking both male and female roles. CHORUS OF 60 VOIC Tickets on sale at the box office. All seats reserved. PRICES—$2.00, $1.50, $1.00, 50c. fe135 TAM NOW BOOKING ADVANCE ORDERS FOR NORDICA CONCERT. Guzman, 59's. an 1 eruption of Vesuvius, when Rome's sum- 999 mer capital was buried from sight. This story of love and hate and the struggles of the early Christians presents a fine field for the lecturer. It will be presented for the first time next Tuesday evening at 8 at the Western Presbyterian Church, H street above 19th. 100, Lectures on Shakespeare—aA great deal of interest is centering in the course of let- tures on Shakespeare to be given by Wil- liam J. Rolfe, Litt. D., of Harvard Univer- sity, at the Martyn College of Qratory, 1223 G street northwest, beginning. February 15. There are really two courses of lectures to be given, one in the afternoon and one at night. The series of night lectures, to: gether with the dates on which they will be given, is as follows: Monday, February 1: at 8 o'clock, “Shakespeare, the Man; Wed- nesday, February 17, “The Homes and Haunts of Shakespeare;” Friday, Februa’ 19, “Shakespeare, the Poet and Dramatist: “New National Theater. This (Saturday) Evening at 8 precisely, MR. NAT. C. GOODWIN, Sapported by Miss MAXINB ELLIOTT, in The Rival 925 Pa. ave. n.w. Monday, February 22, “The B; 1° (ir. GOODWIN Sead Acres.) Offers exceptional advantages to raone Lunacy;” Wednesday, February oh ithe AND THE DELIGHTFUL COMEDIETTA, en er in ap od diratfon tor Great Poets and“Why We Should’ Study Qa The trip from New York ” “y Them.” The series of afternoon lectures “The Silent System. So, Jamaica gut scoters cna te auade tf a be eee ene alternate days, and Next Week—AT GAY CONEY ISLAND.” It Pi & Kellock wil! be as follows? Tues f Fo rd ruary 16, at 3 o'clock, “As You" Talee Tee 9 PEOPLE'S LECTURE 00 E. ILLUSTRATED. im, rwa ellOck, Thursday, February 18, “Hamlet;” Satu! day, February 20,) “The Roman’ Plays Tuesday, February 83, “‘Cymbeline;” Thurs- day, February 25, “The Tempest.” Dr. Rolfe is a recognized authority on Shake- speare, and his lectures will not be only entertaining, butuinstructive. Mrs. Stetson’s Lecture.—The lecture to be given next Tuesday evening at the Church FIFTH SERIES. By BEV. A. G. ROGERS, D.D. CLURCH OF OUR FATHER, 13TH AND L N.W. February 23—The Scarlet Letter (Hawthorne), February 26—The Highlands of Scotlani, with f- lustrated recital of “His Mother's Sermon,” from ‘Beside the Bonnle Brier Bush."* March 1—A Pilgrimage to Some Qld World Shrines. Course ticket, 50¢., exchangeable without eatra charge for reserved seats, at Metzerott’s, on and after Tuesday, Feb. 16. Single admission, 25c, fel3-3t i General 921 ro28-1u,1 Norfolk & \yashington Steamboat Co. . 24 State st.. New York. It THOS. COOK & Sons, unsylvania ave., Washiugtoa, (AMERICA’S GREATEST ORGANIST.) ORGAN RECITAL, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, AT 8 P.M., At St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, 14th st. and Columbia road. 14th street cars pass door. General ‘ndmission, 50c. Reserved seats, 75c. Tickets for sale at Ellis’, Droop's, and Sanders . and Stayman’s and drug stores. fell-St_ | (RAND OPERA = day m the year for Fortress Monroe, Seether errata Gharlotie Penta” gtetoon = 5 ‘ G“ OeeRENNAN & RIFE, Manazers. the ‘super powertat A Promises {o be feof the most interesting | CALIFORNIA, MEXICO. TENAS, CHINA, JAPAN, | WEEK FEBRUARY 8 emport News Raetatn> and events of the kind this season. Her subject | Special rates fo: freight or’ passage: choice of * | — ton,” on the t ‘schedule: will be “Brains, and What Ails Them,” and ites; private cars to rent; special tourist par- poy {incelay MATINEES—Saturday ‘Southbound. Northbound, will be made as interesting and entertaining | fies: free. maps and plete. RJ. SMITH, ley Campbell's Greatest Success, He: Spshington. 7:00 pam.| Lx. Porimuouth.5:60 p.m. as she is uble to do so. Mrs. Stetson comes oR a ee Ar. Ft. Mouroe.6:30 aaan| Lv. Bt Monroe-t 0 Poa from the state of California, and is known Ar. Alexandria 6:00 a.m. PIAN IONS, AT HOMES PIANO MUSIC FOR RECEPTIONS, Ar. Washington 6:80 am. and other eocial ms. Piano lessons, $1 per hour. Mrs. JONAS, 1406 Hopkins st., near 20th and P n.w. no24-tu.thées, 3 in that part of the country as a brilliant speaker, a profound thinker and a Httera- teur of the highest order of merit. Mrs. Stetson’s reputation, however, is not con- fined merely to the knowledge’ of the peo- ple of the western part of the country, and SIBERIA. New Scenery. New Effects. New Costumes. POWERFUL PLAYING CAST. ‘The Jews’ Quarters near Moscow. ‘The Governor's Palace. dered Mrs. Stetson at the close of the lec- ‘Sree, ‘The Siberian she is well and favorably known here, as | ture. lar: Prices well as in other cities of the east, and her | ‘The People’s Lecture Course.—Another | Maintained” 15, 25, 50 & 75c. friends and admirers will be out’ in force | series of this popular course is announced | NOTE.—A good seat on the first Soor for 25 Tuesday night to-give her a hearty wel- | to take place at the Church of Our Father, | CENTS. Seats in box, $1.00 come to the national. capital. Mrs. Stet- | 13th and L streets, February 23 and 20 and | _Next_Attraction— ase son’s subject will afford her an excelfent | March 1. The subjects are “The Scarle! iA AGA The cycling vehicle for the cérrying of bright sayings | Letter,” “The Highland of Scotland,” with DEMY *caze: and a brilliant flow of oratory. The lec- | reading from ‘His Mother's Sermon,’ from ‘of Washington. taught ture is given for the benefit of the Woman’s | Ian MacLaren's ‘Beside the Bonnie Brier, no SS Suffrage Association of the District of Co-| Bush” -and “A rr. Pilgrimage to Some Old jumbia. An informal reception will be ten- | World Shrines.” i