Evening Star Newspaper, March 27, 1897, Page 24

THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, MARCH 27, 1897-24 PAGES. ‘The engagemert of Henry Miller at the Columbia Theater next week and the pres- of the veteran actor, C. W. Couldock, fm the city at this time, recalls an inter- esting incident in the early career of the accomplished young actor, in which the veteran assumed the gift of prophesy; which subsequent events have verified. Mr. Miller determined upon the profession of actor early in life. He joined a class of | jucted by the old actor. of those big overgrown boys, coat sleeves are constantly shrinking the wrist and the bottom of whose m to be endeavoring to om contact with his she Other bers of were won't to poke him. Their conduct attracted the of Mr. Couldock one day and hem sucdenly by thunder- | forceful, characteristic way: | don’t want to laugh at} outshine you all some | | | | wh from at on his day Mr. judgment of his old instructor. Jing pesition on the stage today has vindicated the His com- Miller has certainly n won by earnest and consistent effort, tudy and healthful ambition. | idence of the substantial quali- ; Miller's professional advance- | of Mr. i be adduced than the fact that | he belng starred under the manage- ment of Charles Frohman, in whose cele- | brated Empire Stock Compa he was the leading man for sev easons. re of the first engagements that Henry obtained was with the famous} ielaide Neflson, at Booth’s Thea- | One York. en then his engaging | ity gracef' resonant and | »dious volce, earnestness, | He! | of the pla | by the foyer of the famous thea. .- suvwn and the entrances to the various boxes occu- pied by the titled personages. The voices of the singers, the strains of the orchestra and the applause of the audience are The opera is a great success, and Sir Geoffrey is congratulated on every hand. Eric Temple comes to the opera house to joiu his sister, who attends the opera, ac- companied by a young Irish officer. As he wanders into the temporarily deserted foy- er he meets his former sweetheart. While they are talking strains of the opera are heard. The music has a strange familar sound to him. Suddenly the words and the music of the song “Heartsease,” which he had dedicated to Miss Neville, are heard. He listens more intentl: the conviction that ft Is his own opera which he hears is borne upon him, At this moment the fraudulent composer appears upon the scene. Losing all control of himself, Eric seizes him by the throat and denounces | him as a thief. A scene of great excite- ment ensues, as the people rush out of the boxes. The curtain falls on a situation of intense dramatic power and interest. The remainder of the play is kept up to this high pitch of interest and eventually ter- minates in the exposure of the villain and the union of the composer with his lady love. Mr. Miller will have the services of an exceptionally strong company in the presentation of the play. It —tncludes, | among others, Louise Thorndyke Bouci- cault, Grace Kimball, Nannette Comstock, Josephine Lovett, John T. Sullivan, Frank Burbeck, Leslie ‘Allen, Max Figman, Ed- mund D. Lyons, Lloyd Carleton, F. Adams, Richard Ridgely, Frank Beamish. The production is 2 handsome one, the period admitting of much elegance of scenery, costuming and appointments. It will be the same In all its details as during Ks long run at the Garden Theater, New ork. New National Theater—Thomas Q. Sea- brooke, the brilliant young comedian, will begin an engagement at the New National Theater next Monday night in his latest success, “The Speculator.” The engage- ment will be for one week only. “The Speculator” is a comedy drama, a vivid story depicting hoth sides of stock specu- lation and demonstrating the various phases and the modus operandi indulged in stock gamblers of the universe. It 1s said to be liberally interspersed with was not long {dentified with important | His years of suc-| m Stock Company, in equent achieve- | like the Earl of | s in drama, his romantic role: <enilworth,” and his more | with the Empire Theater | Company in “Gudgeon: | “Bohemia,” “‘S H are too familiar to Washington | er goers to need more than passing | His present engagement here as | is a very welcome event, and is | to attract the warmest Interest. | Of the stage Mr. E. H. Sothern is just i as charming a personality as he ts on the; mae There is a gentleness in his manner, ‘a magnetism in his nature, a quiet dignity | and grace in his bearing that are sure to attr: and win admiration. Mr. Sothern is one of the most artless of men. There 1s} not the least bit of affectation about him. His large grayish-blue eyes are full of in- telligence and sympathy, and his aquiline nd mouth betoken force of character. is deliberate in speech, and his pro- | neiation {s marked with a slight English accent that adds to its cha In a con- versation Mr. Sothern sai ‘The best actor | and the most successful actor today Is the | one who most nearly approaches nature. | We are all searching after this perfection. The actor who does not, Diogenese-like, hunt after it all the time Is not worthy of | noble calling. He should study to be | but {t is a difficult thing to do, | after all, it fs hard for an actor | There is so great a tempta- | tage to exaggerate a situation | an emotion. To be sure, there must be | me exaggeration in order to give the proper perspective to a characterization, but as far as possible one should adhere | y to simplicity, which is, after all, | h, and truth ts nature. I think that | tendency of the stage today is toward | simpler methods in action and expresston. Those companies that are the most success- ful are those that conscientiously adhere to this rule. If you will study life closely you ll find that the deeper the emotion the | more quietly it is expressed.” ‘The rise of an actor is not always smooth | and easy, even though he has the prestige of a family renown to afd him. In 1879 Mr. Sothern made his first appearance in his | father’s play, “Sam.” He had but one line to say, and that one easy, but when he | faced the crowd he could say a word, | and his father whispered frantically. “Go | on: go on.”He could not_go on, and did the | only thing left—went off. His father, who did not want him to become an actor, would | not give him another chance. Mr. Sothern fs one of the hardest workers in the dra- matic profession. Speaking of the results of his tendency he sald: “I love my pro- | fession, take pride in perfecting my work | until it is reduced to as fine a point as pos- | sible, and watch the effect upon my audi- | ences. One must be constantly on the | alert for that sort of thing to get the best of results, and in the dramatic profession, where so much is left to the imagination, and suggested rather than done, the slight- est thing makes changes that one can hardly imagine who has not seen it.” Sothern lives the quiet life of a student, | and his home has never been connected | with a scandal of any kind. In the dra-| matic profession many actors point to him | @s an instance of what luck will do for a man. But the actors are in the wrong. The only secret of Sothern’s success is work— | and the hardest kind of work. Sothern is | a clever artist, and many of his friends are in possession of choice paintings by him | that money couldn't buy. He {s generous | to a fault. He can never listen to a brother e s tale of woe without going down | into his pocket. His company is com- | of ladies and gentlemen who are} and entirely devoted to their | Opera House.—Mr. E. rance here ra House next Square ii! ma rmanton de Launay, the Hu- ain, in “An Enemy to the | R_N. Stephens. It fs one of the beautifal mo: nd pleasing productions | ever presented by Mr. Daniel Frohman; and having, as usual, surrounded his star a selected company, 1s in itself a guarantee of its success here, as It utiful theater in New York, | ¢ reigning eucceas for th 2 ime of the play is that his- | al and picturesque period of the six- | h century, with its political and love | constantly mixed together, as med to go with the other, when men heir sword always ready at their ie lefend the honor of the ladies. It 1s the best scenic production that Mr. Sethern has ever had, and he will have his usual strong company. Miss Mary Ham will be the leading lady this year. The ending of “An &: iy to the K fa much happier than th: of “The * for in the last act of love is the only thing. enemy ts the father of the he- and he is in danger of losing his life. eroine undertakes to save him by in- ng the hero, who ts in love with her, to meet her, intending to have at that m « n~at-arms to betray him to the rs r of the province. In the course of her machinations she falls in love with hir verybody is happy before the las 2. « tet.Henry Miller will un- do a warm welcome from | Ww theatergoers at the Colum- bia on Monday night, when he © his first appearance in this city a rin the successful new romantic Heartrease." The hero of the Temple, played by Mr. Miller, al composer, who has just rand opera, through which he distinction and fcrtune,which him to ask for the hand of ughter of a wealthy nobleman, of love he ts already assured. Through fortunate interest of the wife of ana7o ville, who ts secretly in love with young composer, Erte ts placed in an unworthy position, fs ordered from the rouse of Lord Neville, after having been repulsed by his sweetheart. At the same time his opera has been stolen by Sir | Fairchild, | offices of J. P. Hutchinson | Jean Evely: deliclous scenes, bright lines, and intense, as well as humorous situations, and in the character of John Fullerton, the suc- cessful speculator, Mr. Seab. voke Is ac- credited with having made the success of his artistic career. The company with which Mr. Harrison has surrounded the young star is notable for its excellence, and contains many well-known and favor- ite artists, among whom are the Misses Jeannette Lowrie, Loraine Dreux, Florence Bingham, Laura Almosnino, and the Messrs. Horace Mitchell, A. H. Stuart, Roy Fred. W. Peters, C. W. Mc- Donald, Wallace Bruce, Edward Kennedy Charles Lee, Charles Dennison and others. | The siage settings will particularly elab- orate and introduce reproductions of lo- calities, both notable and famous. The first act will present the counterpart of the conservatory overlooking Lake Michi- gan, on the Boulevard, Chicago; the sec- ond act will be a faithful portrayal of the (Old Hutch) and C. W. Whitecar (the Weasel), overlook- ing the famous wheat pit of the Chicago board of trade, and the last act will be devoted to a representation of the recep- tion room of Collis P. Huntington's man- sion. Academy of Music.-Commencing Monday night at the Academy of Music Augustus Thomas’ greatest success, “In Mizzoura,” will be the attraction. No American play of recent years has won such great favor with American theatergoers as this pro- duction of Mr. Thomas’. It has been pre- sented this season in nearly all the large cities, and the business has been phenom- enaily large. The company which will pre- sent the piece at the Academy the coming week is one of unusual strength, compris- ing as it does such well-known people as Frank C. Hamilton, who gives a most artistic portrayal of the rugged _black- | smith. Charles G. Hall, as the Missouri | sheriff, gives a fine character study. Miss as the heroine, Kate Ver- non, gives a most sympathetic and beauti- ful rendition of the College Bred Girl. Miss Marie Laurence, as Mrs. Vernon, the blacksmith’s wife, gives striking por- | trayal of the strong-minded, yet loving and sympathetic mother. The company ‘num- bers eighteen people, all of whom were se- lected for their peculiar fitness of the characters they assume. All scenery, fur- niture and property used in this production are carried by the company, so that a most elaborate presentation will be given. A number of specialties are introduced, not- ably, characteristic plantation melodies, by the Mizzoura colored quartet, and the buck dancing {s also a feature. Grand Opera House.—The spectacular success, “Saved From the Sea,” will be seen for the first time in Washington next Monday at the Grand Opera House. It comes direct from its triumphs in New York and Boston, where it has just con- cluded a fourteen weeks’ run. It is a tale of the leve and life of Dan and Nancy El- lington, a young fisherman and his wife, who is an heiress. Her cousin, who is next heir to the money she should have received, plots to secure the fortune by mur- dering Nancy. He gets Dan's mate to help him. Jim dislikes Dan be- cause Nancy accepted his love, and he attempts to blow up their fishing smack, after he has left Dan tied to the mast. He is rescued by Nancy, however, and here a thrilling scene occurs. The mine is laid, the match is lighted. Only one hope—they must swim for their lives. A jump—a splash—a pause, and then the entire thea- ter is shaken by a terrific explosion. The masts, sails, bulwarks and flooring of the schooner are torn to pieces, and sink in view of the audience, showing the rescue ef Dan and his brave little wife. Thrilling situations follow each other so rapidly that the audience is kept in a state of excite- ment, wondering “what 1s coming next? ‘The piece is full of bright dialogue, catchy specialties, and strong dramatic situations, and all lovers o fthis kind of entertainment should not miss this opportunity of seeing cre of the best sensational plays now be- fore the public. The entire production is carried by the company, which {s under the cnanagement of Mr. William Calder. Kernan’s Lyceum Theater.—The attrac- tion for the coming week at Kernan's Lyce- um Theater is Hopkins’ Trans-Oceanic Star Specialty Company, under the sole direc- tion of Mr. Robert Fulgora, which this season has been breaking records right ong the line. The European novelties are the Kinematographe, Rosie Rendel, Juno Salmo and Horace W. F. Benners. Among the many views presented by the Kinem.t- ographe are the waves at Brighton Beach, fire department going to a fire, the Empire State express train, running sixty miles an hour and a few local pictures, including the inauguration of President McKinley. Rosie Rendel, whose fame as a transformation dancer has resounded throughout Europe, end marks the Hmit of perfection in that line. Mr. Carroll Johnson, the prince of minstrelsy, will undoubtedly be welcomed on his return to vaudevilles. Juno Salmo, the Parisian equilibrist, has baffled more doctors with his remarkable tricks of con- tortion than any human being on earth. His specialty fs a study to all and pieas- antly executed. Seldom has anything fun- nier been presented than the little one-act comedy of the Nawns,” entitled “One ‘Touch of Nature.” Tom Nawns’ Irishman is » etudy from lite, Mr. Horace W. F. Benners, England's most famcus baritone, comes direct from the Empire, London; he possesses a rich baritone voice and 1s the originator of the famous illustrated songs. He presents a specialty of unique character, entitled “Scenes Taken from Life.” Morton and Revelle, in “Pickings from Puck," have a laughable absurdity. Sharp and Flatt, comedians and instrumentalists, drive away | one's blues with their sweet melodies, ex- tracted from all kinds and shapes of mu- | sical Instruments. Ford and Francis, the sensational operatic travesty duo, have in a few years mounted to the top of the lad- der. There are several other specialties of the same high grade In this great combina- tion. A Great Big Opera Deu!.--Mr. John W. Albaugh and Messrs. Nixon & Zimmer- man hav: just consummated a most import- ant and extensive operatic deal with ig’ ager Charles W. Southwell, manager the Grand Opera House, Philadelphia, by Geoffrey Pomfret, an amateur musician, who is also Miss Neville’s suitor. These ee ee overwkelm the young com- and he becomes seriously tll. He re England and returns on the night when a new opera fs produced at the Co- veat Garden Theater, of which Sir Geof- frey poses as the author. In a scene of Striking picturesqueness and realism the which the famous Castle Square Opera Company will come to the Lafayette Square Opera House for an unlimited sea- son of opera, beginning Easter Monday, April 19. This will be & spring and sum- mer season of genuine English Opera, both comic and grand, by the now famous com- pany of artists that for the ic two years has so ably entertained Boston, and for the lest twelve months has met with phenom- enal success at the Grand Opera House in Philadelphia. This perfect organization of talented singers with a magnificent chorus, grand orchestra, splendid scenery and cos- tumes, will present opera in English as only they can do it, giving a fresh opera in each week and GME to each work that bril- Mency and finish that is responsible in a large a degree for the high prestige and favor they enjoy. Al] the operas will be selected with good judgment in giving fre- ant! contrast of operatic representation. rand opera will follow Nght and comic opera just at the right intervals. A spe- cfally popular feature of this season of opera will be the uniform and remarkably popular scale of prices, which will not be varied throughout the entire season. At the evening performances general admis- sion will be 25 cents and reserved. seats will be 50 and 75 cents. No seat, inculding those in the boxes, will be higher than 75 cents at the evening performances. For the matinees the entire house will be re- served at 25 and 50 cents, no advance being made for the boxes, private boxes, seating six persons, being obtainable for $3. The opening opera on Easter Monday, April 19, will be Strauss’ beautiful composition the “Gypsy Baron,” and the flowing numbers of this perennially delightful work, with its swinging melodies and brilliant ensem- bles, will be a most happy opening to the Washington season of opera at the Lafay- tte Opera House. At the request of a large number of prom- inent opera patrons in Washington Messrs. Nixon and Zimmerman have arranged with Manager Southwell to bring the Castle Square Opera Company to the Lafayette Square Opera House for a special matinee on Thursday, April 8, beginning at noon. The interest of this flying visit of the Cas- tle Square Opera Company and the ar- rargements made to bring them from and back to Philadelphia so as to meet their evening performance in that city make It in every respect a very extraordinary occa- sion. The opera on April 8 will be Chas- saigne’s beautiful opera, “Falka,” which will be given with the same magnificent cest, grand chorus and orchestra and su- perb surroundings as presented at the Grand Opera House in Philadelphia that week, the cast, including the beautiful con- tralto. and one of the most favorite ar- tlstes with Washington operagoers, Lizzie MacNichol. ‘The prices for this special matinee will be exactly the same that will be in use at the matinee during the opera season. Reserved seats will be 2h and 50 cents; no seat in the house will b2 higher than 50 cents, and the boxes having six tickets will be sold for $3. The sale of seats for this matinee perform- ance of Falka will be opened at 9 o'clock am. Friday, April 2, at the box office of the Lafayette Square Opera House. “Mme. Sans Gene.”—“‘Mme. Sans Gene” is partly a drama of intrigue and partly a drama of character. The intrigue turns on Napoleon's jealousy of his empress, Marie Louise, and the victim of his jealousy 1s Count de Neipperg. Netpperg is the ro- mantic figure of the play, and he Is only saved from the wrath of the emperor by the sudden discovery of the empress’ inno- cence at the end of the play. Sardou very cleverly tells this story, without bringing Marie Louise on the stage. The most in- tensely interesting part of Madame Sans Gene, however, is the story of the woman who giv the drama its title. As Catherine Hubscher, the laundress, she is a mirth- loving, kind-hearted girl. Later, when through all the tortuous changes of revo- lutionary times, she finally becomes Duch- ess of Dantzig, Marechal Lefebvre, and fig- ures prominently in the court of Napoleon, she is still the lovable woman of the laun- dry—beautiful, generous, in a pinchbeck and immoral court. Her gaucheries, her slang, her audacious contempt for the gorgeous meanness about her, so arouses Napoleon that he commands her husband to divorce her. But her humor, her shrewd good sense and her enthusiastic championship of the heroic elements that have gone to the mak- ing of the empire, win the emperor finally to an appreciation of her virtues. The title role will be carried by Miss Kathryn Kid- der when the play comes to the National Theater, April 5. The Colcred Y. M. C. A. Fair.—The first week of the very successful fair opened in Odd Feliows’ Hall, M street northwest, on Monday evening last, ends this evening, with the participants highly gratified over the outlook. The reputation established by the athletic department of the colored Y. M. C. A. last year is fully sustained, and in some instances improved upon ‘now. The handsomely filled and decorated booths and tables, the excellent taste of the hall decorations, the seductive music and the unaffected efforts of all concerned to make their visitors and patrons feel at home, contribute to make the hour of closing come with unwelcome swiftness. There will be a matinee for children during the continuance of the fair, which is sched- uled to close on Emancipation day, April 16. Haley's Band Concert.—That excellent organization, ‘Haley's Superb Band,” comes to the National Theater for another concert Sunday night, April 4. It may be interesting to note that nearly all the mu- sicians in Mr. Haley’s band were members of the Marine Band under the baton $f John Philip Sousa, and accompanied hi on the tours of that organization to the Pacific coast. Perhaps to the fact that Di- rector Haley has surrounded himself with such artists may be ascribed a portion of the great success which has followed his efforts since the debut, some two years ago, of the then called Washington Mili- tary Concert Band. As has been the cus- tom in the past, well-known solotsts will assist In the program, and for this concert Miss Bertha Lucas, violiniste; Miss Fannie At Lee, soprano, and Mr. Wm. Grosskuth, cornetist, make up the coterie of special artists. John Hare.—An actor whom all the world conspires to praise, and whose delicate art has now been fully recognized and appre- clated by American playgoers, Mr. John Hare, will be seen at the Lafayette Opera House the week beginning Monday, April 5. Mr. Hare met with sincere and even en- thusiastic praise when In Washington last season, and the impression he made on the minds ‘of judicious playgoers has not been forgotten. We will see Mr. Hare in three widely different characters—Mr. Spencer lermyn, in ‘““The Hobby Horse;” Eccles, in Caste,” and Mr. jamin Goldfinch, in ‘A Pair of Spectacle: ‘The first named is a “sporty” gentleman, whose love for horse flesh and “decayed” jockeys takes a phil- anthropic turn; the second, as all the world knews, is a drunken, besotted type of low humanity, and the last named is a kindly Christian gentleman, but who passes through one trying and chastening ex- perience. The novelty will of course be “The Hobby Horse,” which will open the engagement Monday evening, and be re- peated Friday evening. Though produced in London ten years ago, it will be seen in Washington for the first time. “Caste” is underlined for Tuesday and Thursday even- ings and for the only matinee, Saturday. It is interesting to remember that Jolin Hare’s name has been associated with this masterplece of Tom Robertson’s ever since its original production on that mem- orable April night just thirty years ago, when its success revolutionized the whole tone of the English drama. Then he creat- ed the part of Sam Gerridge, and made it one of the famous characterizations of the English stage. It will be played here by his son, Gilbert Hare. “A Pair of Spec- tacles,” which was so successful here last season, will be played Wednesday and Sat- urday evenings, when it will be preceded by a@ one-act play altogether new to Wash- ington. It is by Francis W. Moore, and is called “When George the Fourth Was King.” Mr. Hare will be supported by his complete London Garrick Theater Com- pany, under the direction of Charles Froh- man. The Bischoff Concerts.—The third concert of the Bischoff series will be given Wed- nesday evening next at the Congregational Church. The program as made up is of the usual excellence that characterizes the Bischoff concerts. Those who will take part are Dr. J. W. Bischoff, Mrs. Hattie Meads Smith, Miss Elizabeth’ Wahly, Miss Lillian Sefton, Mrs. James Cox, Miss L. Mae Edmorston, Miss A. E. Levers, Mr, George F. Milles, Mr. Walter Humphrey and Mr. Guy V. Collins. Miss King, violin- ist, Serge Dr. Siebert, violoncellist, will also assisi Emmanuel Wad's Recital.. fashionable audience was entertained at the Wash- ington Club last night by Emmanuel Wad, pianist, assisted by Joan von Hulsteyn. violinist, and Clara Asherfeld, pianist. The performers were given a warm welcome, and their work aroused the assemblage to enthusiastic approval at the splendid playing of several numbers. Mozart, Vi- tali, Scarlatti, Grieg, Chopin, Rubinstein, Kes, Paderewski and Moszkowsky were represented by the most brilliant specimens of their work, and the program was most enjoyable in every detail. Mr. Wad fe- ceived almost an ovation for his work, and showed that he is a pianist of rare attainments. Mr. von Hulsteyn also cre- ated a most favorable impression, while Miss Askerfeld filled the difficult role ot accompanist with credit. The Biograph.—There will be a new sup- ply of*Views on exhibition by the biograph next week at ‘8 Hall. at the first entertainment - * AMUSEMENTS. AMUSEMENTS. BATU DAY. THE PRCULIAR FAROE COMEDY, DARK TOWN A GRAND CAKE WALK! cl caalienge Open to AIL) edlians, int Slicing: p-to-date Specialties, Cae Dancers, Unique Costumes. DAILY STREET VARADD AT 11 O'CLOCK. Next Week: PLU ARD, NEW NATIONAL “THEATER, T LAST TIME wILTOH LAGKAYE, ARIES Ware viieirr, DR. B RELORAFE, Next Week—THOMAS Q. SEABROOKE. 2 ACADEMY" . ©, TONIGHT, LAST TIME, THE ONLY FRANK BUSH GIRL WANTED. Next Week. GUS ‘1LOMAS' Comedy Drama, Hs MIZZOURA, SUPERBLY ILLUSTRATED LECTURE, CALIFORNIA AND THE GREAT NORTHWEST, By Mr. John P. Clum Tonilegat California, Hamline M. E. Church, 9th and P sts. n.w., under the aus- pices of the Epworth League, WEDNESDAY VENING, March 31, 8 o'clock. Admission, 25 cents. mh27-4t® Grand Opening INTERNATIONAL ATHLETIC PARK, APRIL 3, 4 P.M. SHARP. Three grand mounted broadsword contests—Capt. J... Daly (the Irish giant), Capt, Duncan © Hons, $1,500 In prizes. Champlonship of the world. Special ‘ear accommodations by the Washington and Great Fulls electrle road. nh27-6t CONVENTION BALL, COR. STH AND L STS. N.W. ‘The Grandest Cycling Event in the History of Washington, THE GREAT Six-Day Bicycle Race, Continuous Riding for 142 HOURS, Comme: MONDAY, MARCH 29, AT 12:01 A.TM. GRAND CONCERT Admission, 50c. gsi _mh26-tt VED SEATS, -Vitascope Hall, Adjoining Colum! ter, 1116 F st. n.w. Daily at 2:30, 4:30 and 8:15 p.m. EDISON VITASCOPE ‘Takes you around the world in 60 nilnutes. See the great Fire Scene in New. York. Admission, 25c. Children, 15¢. mh22-6t* THE WONDER, 5 WHE SENSATION. et Maze, noon, these new views will be exhibited for the first time in Washington. In addi- tion to there being many new views, the number will be increased. All of the new views are none the less interesting than those which have grown in popular favor, and are more highly appreciated the great- er number of times they are seen, but many of them are of a humorous character. Dur- ing the past week a number of the schools and churches have attended in bodies, num- bering from 5) to %W. While the patron- age has, from the beginning of the exhibi- tions in January, been exceedingly en- ccuraging, dates have been arranged in other cities, and it is not improbable that next week may be the end of the biograph in Washington for a year or more. The views of the inauguration of President Mc- Kinley have proved equally as popular as any that have been on exhibition. With the new views to be shown, beginning Mon- day afternoon, there will be in the entire lst almost forty—nearly twice the number heretofore placed on exhibition. The en- tertainments will continue as usual at 2:30, 4:30 and 8:15 p.m. Planked Shad at Marshall Hall.—The season of planked shad dinners will com- mence at Marshall Hall tomorrow. The handsome steamer Charles Macalester, richly refurnished and refjtted, will make two trips, one at 11 a.m. and one at 2: p.m., leaving Marshall Hall. for the re- turn trip at 1:10 and 5:30 pm. Marshall Hall is celebrated all over the eastern part of the country for its planked shad din- ners and oyster roasts. Planked shad and Marshall Hall have long been synonymous terms, and this year the same standard of excellence that has marked former sea- sons will be faithfully maintained. Cap- tain L. L. Blake, the genial captain of the Macalester and president of the Marshall Hall Steamboat Company, is well known to all who are in the habit of taking trips down the beautiful Potomac. He will per- sonally attend to all wants of those who may join in these excursions in search of the delectable planked shad. Ladies are especially invited and every care will be taken that they be made comfortable, both on the trip and on the grounds. Marshall Hall itself has been fitted up with new amusements, and will present during the coming season a most delightful place in which to pass away the hot weather of the heated term. The planked shad excur- sions, which begin tomorrow. will be con- tinued every Sunday durimg April» and May. Th: manner of preparing this dainty at the Hall is superior to any:other method that prevails at places of ‘resort in the eastern United States, andthose who have attended these trips in the past have been quick to realize this fact! Planked shad as seryed at Marshall Halll ‘is one of the most delightful dishes and could not be found fault with by the most fastidious epi- cure. Vitascope.—It has been said that no in- vention since the phonograph. has created the interest that the vitascope has. The vitascope is to the sense of sight what the phonograph is to the sense of hearing, with the great difference, however, that the vitascope is thoroughly satisfying to the eye, while the phonograph. is so far short of satisfying the ear as to be almost tanta- izing. The charm of the svitascope is one that grows upon you, and the more you see it the more fascinating Jt becomes. The machine as exhibited here is exactly like the one that created the big excitement in New York at Koster & Bial’s Theater about a year ago. Mr. Clum's Lecture.—A very attentive and erthusiastic audience, which quite. nearly filled the spacious auditorium ef the Ham- lire M. E. Church last evening, enjoyed a most instructive and realistic tour to Caili- fornia, under the direction of Mr. John P. Clum. The subjects discussed were well chosen, the pictures were beautiful, and the stories appeared to delight all who lis- tened. The tour will be resumed at ‘the Hamline Church next Wednesday evening, when Mr. Clum willdeliver his tecture ‘on. “California. and the Great Columbia Theater MET7EROTT & LUCKETT.... see NIXON & ZIMMERMAN... - +. Directors. WEEK COMMENCING M onday, March 29 ‘THURSDAY—MATINEES- SATURDAY Managers Direct From The Garden Theater, New York MR. GENRY LLER, MANAGEMENT CHARLES FROHMAN, IN THE ROMANTIC DRAMA, Hlearisease, BY CHAS. A. KLEIN AND J. I. C. CLARK, AS PRESEN’ FOR THE PAST 100 Nights in New York. IN MR. MILLER'S COMPANY ARE: LOUISE THORNDYKE BOUCICAULT, GRACE KIMBALL, NANNETTE COMSTOCI JOHN T. SULLIVA FRANK BURBECK, LESLIE ALLEN, MAX FIGMA\ LLOYD CARLETON, E. D. LYON ROBT. RIDC F. ADAMS, FRANK BEAMISH. will be presented with HEA TSEASE ya eeratcuain Scenery und Effects employed in the Garden Theater run, APRIL 5—THE MYSTERIOUS MR. BUGLE. WHO THE MYSTERIOUS |: MR. BUGLE? For information inquire at the Box Office of the Columbia Theater, It GRAND OPERA HOUSE. KERNAN & RIF! -Managers. WEEK COMMENCING MARCH 29. POPULAR - PRICE MATINEES WED. AND SAT. First Time in Washington. WILLIAM CALDER’S Spectacular Production Of the Sensational Success, SAVED «= SEA, A Magnificent Production. A Powerful Company. 2 YEARS, PRINCESS’ THEATER, LONDON. 8 WEEKS, NEW YORK C:TY. 6 WEEKS, BOSTON. 4 WEEKS, CHICAGO. S E THE EXPLOSION A at AT THe ot cana aT SORELAND, 3 Marvelous Mechanical Effects 3. | 15, 25, 50 and 75c. ALL SEATS COUPONED. NOTE.—A good seat on Jirst foo: 25 Seats in Box, $1.00. “ Soiree POPULAR PRICES, NEXT ATTRACTION, Mr. and Mrs. OLIVER BYRON. ACADENY|- "PHONE 552. PRICES: 25, 50, 75c., $1. WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY MATINEES, 25 AND 50 CENTS. ALL NEXT WEEK. FRANK ©. HAMILTON'S SCENIC PRODUCTION OF IZZOUR | BY AUGUSTUS THOMAS, Author of Alabama. ALL Original Scenic Display, THE Povetttes, Paraphernalia and Bftects, "ono CHARLEV'S AUNT. loral ee Gress - AMUSEMENTS. Lafayette Sq. Opera House| y > Monday, March 29. ONE WEEK ONLY. ONLY MATINEE SATURDAY. ‘Tenth Annual Engagement of Mr. E. H. SOTHERN, Under Direction of DANIEL FROHMAN, In His New, Original, Romantic Drama, AN TeNIMY TO Thle KING Written for him by R. N. STEPHENS. STUPENDOUS PRODUCTION. ORIGINAL CAST. DIRECT FROM LYCEUM THEATER, NEW YORK, CURTAIN WILL RISE PROMPTLY AT 8. artracrox- JOHN HARE. Lafayette Sq. Opera House. EXTRA— IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT. | Monday, April 19, Easter Week. INAUGURATION OF OUR SEASON OF GRAND AND COMIO OPERA. Castle Square. Opera Co. Of Philadelphia. 80 Artists— Augmented Orchestra. ‘The Opening Opera will Positively be a Great Pro- “(ypsy Baron, ‘The greatest spectacular produetion of Comic ne ever seen in this city. NIGHT PRICES: Reserved Seats, 25e., 50c. and 75: Extraordinary Announce- ment. A magnificent introdactory performance will be given in Washington prior to the regular season. A SPECIAL NOON MATINEE. Thursday, April 8, at 12:30. When will be presented Chassaigne’s beautiful ‘opera, === FALK THE CASTLE SQVARE OPERA COM- PANY IN THE CAST, NUMBEIING 90 PBOPLE, company being brougiit from Philadelphia by special train, via the Pen a. entire company returning, leaving Wash 4:30 my tor Philadephia appearing the it The prices for this Special Matinee will be the Matinee Prices to be charged when the regular sea- i 19. SI 3 ax 50c. NO SFATS OVER S00. IN “ANY PART OF THE THEATER. Observe These Popular Prices. WITHIN THE REACH OF EVERY ONE. arcs 25 and 50 Cents. NOTHING HIGHER. Sale of seats for this noon matinee, Thursday, eae will begin on Friday morning, April 3, ee ~ BASE BALL. First Game of the Season. MONDAY, MARCH 29. AT NATIONAL Pan FARRELLS AND McG! Game called at 4:15. Admission, 50 and 25 cents. mih27-2t ~ BISCHOFF CONCERT. — Wednesday Evening, March 31, at 8 O’clock, Congregational Church, COR. 10TH AND G STS. N.W. Pregram will include eolos by Mrs. Hattie Meads wenith, Aliss Blizibeth Wahly, | Miss Lillian Seften, Mrs. James Cox, Miss L. Mae on- ston, Miss A. E. Mr. George B. Milles and “Mr. A couple of choruses by the Congregational Choir, some good readings by Mr. Guy Collins, an a ‘iumber by Dr. J. W. Bischort, violin, Mise King, and violoncello, Dr. Seibert. Tickets now on sale at JOHN F. ELLIS & 00.'8, 987 Pa. ave mh27-4t Tirs. Annie Besant OF LONDON Will give two lectures at MASONIC SER nd F sts. ESDA The iogton at same evening RES. larch 20- LI WORLD—HUMAN. AURAS AND HUMAN THOUGHTS,” with Umelight illustrations, 5 3 FFERING AND EVIL— SES AND ‘THER CURE.” “__mhe7-at Tonight. _ Admission, 25 ce LAST PERFORMANCE OF The Lafayette. 1 VICTORIEN SARDOU'S LATEST AND BEST PLAY, SPIRITISME Management Al. Hayman and Charles Frohman, WITH THE ORIGINAL CAST! MONDAY, MARCH 29, E. H. SOTHERN. The Biograph. Willard Hall. Probably the last week. Entire change of program. ‘Long list of new views will be added for Monday afternoon. DAILY AT 2:30, 4:30 AND 8:15 P.M. IMustrated Lecture! at BY W. A. CROFFUT, PH. D. JERUSALEM AND HOLY LAND. Sunday Evening, MARCH 28, at Typographic Hall, 425 G st., at 5 Sixty. stercoptt views! Admission, 10c. _F xty icon 2 » 100. For i mb20-2t* denefit of newsboys. .NAN’S LYCEUM THEATER. ALL THIS WEEK. Matinees Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Sam T. Jack’s ADAMLESS EDEN COMPANY. Presenting only new, novel and up-to-date features. 2—SPICY BURLESQUES—2 Next Week—HOPKIN’S TRANSOCEANICS, mh22-6t ALL THIS BIJOU WEEK. feet, 4 MATINEES, 4 ..tea: TWETUWE'S GRAND SCENIC PRODUCTI UNGLE TOMS CABIN 50 PEOPLE. 2 BRASS BANDS. [Watch for the grand street mh23-5t COLUMBIA ACADEMY ~2-~ ty eg ona Mons “Hake BRITAIN, is, ge ‘Take F street cars. ie. | LECTURES ON THE B Under the the "s League, -AYS IN LENT, AT 8 P.M. cordial invitation extended to Sriie Bint An SECHADOLGGY." ay Eg at urea ao NEW NATIONAL THEATER. One “= Commencing Monday, Week, March 29, WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY MATINEES, Engagement of The Eminent Comedian, THOMAS Q. SEABROOKE, Supported by a Specially Selected ee in His Greatest Success. THE DPECULATOR, By George H. Broadhurst. NEXT WEEK— “Madame Sans Gene.” Coven THEATER = ALL W MATINEE SATURDAY SHAMUS O’BRIEN, A Beautiful, Romantic and Superbly Mounted OPERA. The Original London Company, Chorus of Sixty Orchestra of Twenty-five, tY MILLER in HE -, Next Week HE Seats now on sa G RAND OPERA HOUSE, RNAN & BIDE, IN) MAI rice Matinees Wednesday Thomas E. Shea, Saturday. MAN-O’-WAR’S MAN. th Rest, Melodrama seen here von F oy requcet, Mr. & t dual role MR. HYDE. “Without doubt this season.”*— Was! SATURDAY N appear in rs DR. JEKYLL AN Regular Prices will 1. Seats Couponed. OTE—A good seat on first floor for 25 centa Seats In box, $1. Next Attraction—“SAVED FROM THE SEA.” mh23-24i¢ LIFORNIA, MEXICO, TEXAS, CHINA, JAP. n ‘Islands, al "Amer freight ears to rent; F passage: choice of special tourikt par if, ties, maps and pamphlets. It. J- SM Agt’, 49 So. 3d st., Philadelphin LE RIDING Pam ‘Oldes Competent. instructors. oe cele concrete or board floon. track. mbiT-t? _ EXCURSIONS, ETC. ARLINGTON, , FORT MYER Falls Church. EIDOTRIC CARS FROM AQUEDUCT BRIDE Planked Shad — Marshall Hall NDAY, MARCH 2s, daring April invited Seventh street. whi 2:90 p.m. Leaving, Ms “E—Charter beak now open for excursions to Marshall Hall. Most Iberal_ terms gfered. Apply to Mt. Vernon and Marshall 1all Steamboat 7th st. wharf. a) GLEN ECHO CABIN JOHN By new double track line. Take 7th, 14th, U st cars via Chevy Chase, and Tennallytown cars vie Georgetown to Washington and Glen Echo IUR. mb26-1mn* Steamer Macalester MOUNT VERNON, ‘Tom of Washington, Dat ant Sundays, he city at 2:30 p.m, FARE, ROUND TI “ Aisaaten te grows ELBGANT CAFE ON Tickets, with Mount tor sale at wharf and st 4 Will also make river land stopping for freight and charters, etc., apply at At 10 a.m., re ings as far as Glymont, passengers both way For «! Sflice of steamer Macals ester mho-tt LL. BLAKE, Captain QUICK § SERVICE BY RAIL. Mount Vernon Arlington. Station, Pa. ave. und 13% st. Schedule see Rall. road column in this paper HIGH-CLASS SUMMER TOUR TO EUROPE, PER- sonally conducted by Prof. and Mme. J.D. Gail- lard, visiting Italy, Mallan Lakes, Switzerland, Germany, land ‘and Scotland. ‘For itinera: and full ‘particulars call or address GAILL, |AILLARD —s A A Trip to Jamaica, ‘THE QUEEN OF WEST INDIAN ISLANDS, BY THB Atlas Line advantages ayy pan gm ge for Dealth and rest. paite, trip, from Net York to Jamaica and can be made im 17 oe pa ‘Send for Mustrated booklet. — Forward & Kellock, General Agent. Br maw at. dow ¥ 3 ah a a ‘ork, 921 1, Peomevacta ar eae * Jasuingtoa, Norfolk & Washington Steamboat Co. ES] Ly. Washi: Ly. Alexa Ar. Ft. Ar. Norfolk. Portsmout Bygela. tbe “fort me is ge 4 markets ot "Tickets office, B17 ea 4 board Eh a th