Evening Star Newspaper, December 11, 1897, Page 26

This week Henry Miller's has “Heartsease” had the “call” on the theater-going public, and interest in this excellent play and in Mr. Miller’s admirable acting has increased with each performance. Opinion is divided as to whether the changes made in the piece since last season are improve- ments or not, but the whole effort is clean and wholesome, and it is welcomed on that account. “One Round of Pleasure” has not proved as satisfying as other spectacles that have been here this season, but “Miss Francis of Yale” has been greeted with good houses, and Miss Fanny Rice in “At the French Ball" has done an excellent business. Next week will bring out all the lovers of music, all those who hang on the fringe of musical circles and all those who know nothing about music but who go whenever it is a “fad; for the Damrosch- Ellis Opera Company will be here. The change of opera for the opening night has caused considerable comment, some of it of an unfaverable nature. Mel- ba’s perfect vocalization will find nearly as full scope in Violetta as in Rosina, but “The Barber of Seville’ requires a much better supporting cast than “Traviata,” and it may be that it was on this account the change was made. The Philadelphia papers have not been enthusiastic over the new singers that Mr. Damrosch has presented, and possibly he fears that they would not do justice to Rossini’s great work. There has been a general desire, judging from the communications received by The that “The Barber” should be given ad of “Faust,” but it is hardly likely t such a change will be made. “Faust” is Gounod’s masterpiece, and it is one of the most popular and best drawing operas. The only possthility of a change on the last night of the season would appear to be in the event that Mme. Melba would not sing but once during the season here. The assurance fs given, however, that barring sickness, which, of course, cannot be guarded against, she will sing as adver- tised. The two other operas announced, “Lohen- grin” and “Carmen,” should attract good audiences. The first will present Gadsky and Krauss, both of whom are artists, al- though the former has passed the zenith of her excellence. Bizet's work will intro- duce Campanari, one of the most versatile artists in the company, as the Toreador, and he will give a ndid_performance. The Carmen will be Mile. Seygard, who . i ast season at one of the concerts. She has a very and will make a be- How she will sing een. the role remains to be The dramatic attractions next week will mestic drama, “Shere Acres,” more human nature in it than | now before the public; Roland The Wrong Mr. Wright, bicle for the di iar talents “The Cherry Picke: except that to be pre- have been seen here Those grants All these play: sented by Mr. F before and have met with succe: who cannot afford the opera prices will tave a good list of amusements from which to select. The great Barnum & Bailey show has arrived in England, and though its opening will be delayed two weeks on account cf some improvements that Bailey is aking to the building in which it will be exhibited, the arrival of the immense number of animals and the large force «f performers and employes has filled the people over there with wonder at the im- mensity of the and ft is ex- pected that the opening will be an enorm- ous success. The alleged effort to give the public “what it demands” has been the excuse of managers for offering much which good taste repudiated. The present season af- fords a potent argument against these charges of popular depravity. There is no reasonable person who wishes to limit the range of theatrical entertainment, except- ing as decency and intelligence may de- mand. Farce comedy, tragedy, extrava- ganza, grand opera and the intermediate | forms of amusement fulfill legitimate func- | tions and are to be welcomed. Unfortu- nately, the commercial mind does not al- Ways grasp the fact that there is an elu- sive subtlety in fun which defles imitation. Money can buy hack-work in rhymes and | music secure the services of individuals with clever accomplishments, and pay rail- way fares from town to town; but the charm of identity and of legitimate quality | do not respond to the dollar which has no | artistic sense behind it, and the public stays away. The ease with which per- formances cf this kind are turned out has caused the country to be deluged with the purely speculative brand of humor. Spon- taniety was crushed, except in the cases of conscientious actors, who bravely contrib- uted the little that a single struggler can do to save the day. There are few sights more saddening than that of an actor who has been betrayed by author, musician, manager, or all three. No doubt the actor has his revenge, but the suffering he causes is not so public. Theatergoers in this city have silently resented the bombardment of trash which the season has produced. They have, with significant accord, pass- ed by the houses which offered no more than the noxious breathings of the Tender- loin. On the other hand, they have award- ed liberal patronage to the intelligent and self-respecting efforts to amuse, whether in the domain of drama, musical comedy, or burlesque. Efforts to mislead have been painfully numerous, but in almost every in- Stance the people have rejected the tins and seized upon the genuine. Striking evi- dence of a growing popular tendency to discriminate in favor of the best may be found in the extraordinary business that is being done by productions which reflect al- Most exclusively the literary aspect of the | will be Mr. Damrosc 7 sey will opening night a fine gold-plated Florentine frame, specially designed, will be given to every lady holding a reserved seat. This attractive souvenir will mark the fifteen hundredth performance of “Shore Acres.” LAFAYETTE SQUARE OPERA HOUSE. —The season of grand opera at the Lafay- ette Square Theater next week will, of course, be the social event of the year, so far as the playhouse is concerned. The sub- scription sale of seats and boxes makes this fact plainly apparent. Grand opera is al- ways accompanied by more or less of a sceial flare-up, but this year’s season bids fair to eclipse any that Washington has had for some time. The sale of single Seats, as well as the subscription sale, indi- cates that seats will be at a premium long before the curtain rises on the first per- formance of “Traviata.” The company is assured of an excellent house Monday night cn acocunt of the great popularity of ‘‘Tra- Yiata,” and the fact that Melba will sing Violetta. The other operas to be presented will attract, however, with equal power, and although Melba ts to sing in but two, the other two have the splendid support of Gadski, Kraus, Staudigi, Bispham, Fischer, Sevgard, Salinac, Campanari and others. The full season includes “Traviata,” ‘‘Lo- hengrin,” “Carmen” and “Faust,” the first to be surg in Italian, the second in German and the last two in French. Mr. Dam- rosch will conduct the Wagner perform- ance, but the other operas will be under the direction of Sig. Bimboni. The orchestra h’s New York Sym- phony Orchestra, and the chorus will be large and well trained. COLUMBIA THEATER.—Reginning Mon- day evening, that popular favorite, Roland Reed, will make his reappearance in this city, after an absence of over two years, e Columbia. Mr. Reed returns with a new comedy that has proved one of the big hits of the season, crowded houses being the rule everywhere. The piay en- ables the comed to be seen to the best advantage in one of the strongest roles he has yet appeared in as a star. It is that of a man about fifty, who has by close application to business amassed a large fortune in San Francisco and has not been from home in twenty years. He is extremely mean and close in his business and private life. The scene of the play opens at Old Point Comfort, where Sites has come on account of the defalcation of a clerk, who has forged his name to a check for $50,000, The matter been placed in the hands of a detective agency and a reward of $5000 is offered for the arrest and conviction of the thief. From an intimate friend Sites hears that his former employe is about to visit Old Point Comfort, where, in order to escape recog- nition, he has registered under the name of Mr. Wright. He immediately comes in con- tact with a niece and nephew, who are there on pleasure bent. He takes them into his confidence and they promise to assist him. A crisis comes upon the arrival of Henrietta Oliver, a female detective, who has been placed upon the case by the detective agency. Sites becomes smitten with her, and she thinks Sites is the forger for whom she is looking, as he has also taken the name of Wright. Upon his meeting with Henrietta, Sites’ entire na- ture changes, and he spends money like water and entertains in a manner that is dazzling. All this strengthens the idea in Henrietta’s mind that Sites is the forger and that he is dissipating upon the pro- ceeds. Numerous are the complications that arise from this incident, and in the final act Sites 1s arrested for robbing him- self. Henrietta in the meantime has be- come greatly attached to Sites, and after she has caused his arrest regrets her ac- tion and endeavors to induce him to escape. All is finally satisfactorily explained. Run- ning through the play are several interest- ing underplots, and the story is told in bright, crisp dialogue. The characters are novel in construction and well carried out. Mr. Reed has surrounded himself with an exceptionally clever company, chief among which is the charming Miss Isadore Rush, who has a novel character to portray— that of a female detective-—-which gives her splendid opportunities, and in which she will wear some striking gowns, ACADEMY OF MUSIC.—The next at- traction at the Academy, beginning Mon- day, will be “Two Little Vagrants,” with the usual matinees. The play is a melo- drama of the better order, and as presented here last season was one of the strongest ever seen in this city. A brief synopsis of the plot will show how strong the situa- tions are. Carmen, the wife of an auto- cratic diplomat, has a lover, Capt. D'Al- bert, by whom she has a child who has been reared in secrecy. Helene is the wife of Carmen's brother, George D'Armont, and they have one son, John, afterward known as Fan Tan. Helene endeavors to shield her sister-in-law, and successfully pleads with him for the return of Carmen's compromising letters, which are intrusted to an orderly, who meets with a fatal ac- cident while on his way to deliver them, and the papers are stolen from his person by Le Renard, the paramour of Zephyrine, a strolling entertainer. The captain writes to Carmen warning her that the letters have been stolen, but does so under cover to Helene. D’Armont, who secures posses- sion of the letter, thinks his wife the guilty one. He casts her off, and takes further revenge by giving his own son—though be- Hevirg ft to be the child of another—to Le Renard to be brought up as a thief. Seven years later D’Armont and his wife meet in a_ square wherein is the van of Le Renard and Zephyrine. Hearing the husband and wife speak of their lost child the thieves see a chance to make money. A bargain for the boy’s return is struck at once, but meantime “Fan Tan” runs away, so Claude, nephew of Zephyrine, is passed off as the lost child. Claude is taken home by Helene, and everything that a mother can do for him is done, but the true heir turns up in due time, and all ends happily. A thoroughly capabl e company is promised, the leading member of which is Miss Mil- dred Holland, who has been especially en- gaged to portray the character of the little stolen vagrant “Fan Tan.” It is said that NEW NATIONAL THEATER—Patience and perseverance may always not be crowned with success, but James A. Herne, the talented actor and dramatist, can have little fault to find with the success that has crowned his efforts in behalf of a bet- ter and purer native drama. The suc- cess he has gained with “Shore Acres” no doubt surpassed even his idlest reams, and yet to those that have stud- jed is play it is not difficult to un- derstand. The public had grown tired of the old-fashioned bicod and thunder melodram: nd the simplicity and nat- uralness of “Shore Acres” came to it like a refreshing breeze on a sultry July day. ‘This is Mr. Herne’s sixth season with this quaint New England comedy-drama, and it easily promises to outlive the present century. It is doubtful if any other na- tive work has been more widely commented upon, as nearly every noted writer in this country has found in “Shore Acres” an excellent theme for his or her pen, and all agree that “Shore Acres” is an epoch- marking work. Mr. Herne begins his an- nual engagement in this city at the New National Theater on Monday evening next, wien be will again appear in his original creation of Nathaniel Berry. His_ suc- cess im this interesting character sketch has only been second to that achieved by the play. He will have the support of a thoroughly competent company that con- tairs all of last season’s favorites. Among the new members are Mr. Herbert Flans- burgh, Miss Marion Cullen and Miss Julie A. Herne, the playwright's oldest daughter, who will make her Washington debut as Helen Berry on Wednesday evening. Miss Herne is only seventeen years old. On the her conception of the part 1s unique and original, and the claim is set forth that the part as now played Is easily the most prom- Inent in the plece. The same scenery and mechanical effects as seen here last season will be used the coming week. KERNAN’S LYCEUM THEATER.—Once every year a particularly successful bur- lesque organization is launched; one that from its own force becomes more generally and favorably known within a few weeks than others do. It is not wonderful that “Vanity Fair,” which will come to Ker- nan’s Lyceum Theater next week, has had such phenomenal success. Those who have seen it recognize it as a “good thing” and pass the word along. It is one of tue most gorgeous productions that has been pre- sented to the public, in scenic and mechan- ical effects, and new music, which has been expressly written for it, and the perfecting of everything into one complete harmoni- ous whole. The company comprises the following well-known star artists: Mitchell and Jess, as ‘The Irishman and the Sport;” Dave Marion; Hanley and Jarvis, eccentric comedians; Weston Sisters, comediennes; Shevett and Newell, comedy bar experts: Fannie Vedder, the vital spark; Mahr Sis- ters, grotesque dancers; Bessie Stanton, the original bronze model; Marguerite Tebeau, champion female baton twirler; Annie New- ell, soprano; Lena La Couvier, wonderful soprano; Nellie Berwick, besides a number of handsome girls in gorgeous costumes, exclusively designed for the company. GRAND OPERA HOUSE.—There is a vivid, though graphic, description of In- dian life in the scenes ‘portrayed by the pen of Joseph Arthur in “The C! Pickers,” which comes to the Grand Opera Ce a rer ( y House next Monday. The characteristic mountings of the play supervised by that veteran stage manager, Augustus Pitou, are said to surpass anything that has been done in the line of melodrama for a long time. The curtain rises upon a tropical garden with the quaint but handsome dwelling in the background. During this act there is a reception to the viceroy by the 11th Hussars, otherwise known as the Cherry Pickers. The second act opens in the magnificent bungalow of Mrs. O’Don- nell Duleep, a rich Irish widow, and is a correct representation of the residences of the richer classes in India. The third act has two scenes. Colonel Brough’s office in the fort of Candahar is the first and the great gun room of the fort the sec- ond. It is here that the Afghan spy, in- cited to murderous revenge by Brough, turns the mouth of the big machine gun around till it touches the breast of Nazare, who is pulled out of the way just as the savage fires the piece. It is said that this cannon scene {is one of the liveliest climaxes since the saw mill scene in “Blue Jeans.” No expense has been spared in placing it before the public in the very best man- ner, and the standard of the company is the very highest. BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA— The Boston Symphony Orchestra will pre- sent at the Lafayette Square Theater next Tuesday afternoon one of the most attrac- tive programs that it has ever been the good yortune of Washingtonians to hear from this most estimable musical organiza- ticn. The first number, Dvorak’s latest symphcny, “From the New World,” will doubtless excite much comment and criti- cism. It will be remembered that Dvoark made a special trip to this country to see if he could not find something to embody in his work and went back with the report that outside of the southern negro melo- dies there was absolutely nothing he could use. The symphony is, of course, based principally on these negro themes, and the orchestration worked out from them is said to be most beautiful. At any rate one fact is known, and that is that the Boston Symphony Orchestra will play the com- position in the best of style, and that those who hear it will get in absolutely without flaw, so far as the orchestra is concerned. In contrast to the first number and coming under the head of the “lighter” sort of musical works, Grieg’s suite, “Peer Gynt,” will doubtless make a hit. The “Peer Gynt” suite is a besutiful creation, written in one of Grieg’s happiest veins, and is especially adapted to contrast with a heav- ior symphony. Beethoven's overture, “E; mont,” will close the program. This is well remembered by musicians as one of the very best overtures written. Mr. Stau- digi, one of the leading bassos of the Dam- resch-Ellis Opera Company, will be the soloist of the occasion. He will sing an aria from “‘Acis and Galatea” and a second aria from Spohr’s “Faust.” PRINCETON GLEE CLUB.—The annual concert of the Princeton University Glee, Banjo and Mandolin Clubs in this city is always a social, ag well as a musical, event, and there is every reason to expect that this year’s visit of the clubs will meet with the same ‘success that has character- ized former trips to the capital. The con- cert will take place at National Rifles’ ar- mory Thursday, December 23. The Glee Club is composed of twenty-two voices, and is led by Raleigh C. Thomas of Baltimore. Mr. Thomas has sung on the clubs since his second year in college, and, since his election last spring to the leadership of the club, has proved himself equal in every way to the arduous duties of this position. Among the members of the Glee Club may be mentioned Mr. H. C. Lathrope, who played end rusher on this year's "Varsity eleven; Mr. W. H. Andrus, last year’s man- ager of the Foot Ball Association, and this year the university athletic treasurer; Mr. R. F. Easton, pitcher and left fielder, and Mr. B. C. Guerin, substitute pitcher on the "Varsity base ball nine. The club sings many of the distinctively Princeton songs, besides other selections, including a medley of the popular songs of the year. MAUD GONNE’S LECTURE.—There is every evidence that the lecture to be deliv- ered tomorrow evening at the Columbia Theater by Miss Maud Gonne on the sub- ject of the trials and tribulations and dis- tress of the Irish race in Ireland and the reception to the lecturer, which is sched- uled to follow the address, will be success- ful in every sense of the word. They will certainly attract representative TIrish- Americans, not only from this city, but from nearby points, and the demonstration which it is expected will take place is looked forward to with eagerness by all who have any sympathy with the Irish cause. Miss Gonne will be received by a committee especially appointed for that Purpose when she arrives in the morning. and will be escorted to her hotel. The lecture will be the principal feature of the demonstration at the Columbia in the even- ing, of course, but there will be other ad- dresses by well-known men, and the af- fair will be made as bright and as enter- taining as it is possible for eloquence to do. The meeting will be presided over b: Representative Champ Clark of Missouri. In addition to Miss Gonne’s address there will be an exhibition of a splendid series of stereopticon pictures that will aid the speaker in the work of putting before her hearers the scenes of the distress and mis- ery that are so plainly in evidence in the Emerald Isle. COL. R. G. INGERSOLL’S NEW LEC- TURE.—In his new lecture, “Why I Am an Agnostic,” which he will deliver at the new National Theater tomorrow (Sunday) evening, Colonel Ingersoll gives a descrip- tion of the people among whom he was raised and by whom he was educated. He tells what he was taught and the argu- ments used. He tells the story and tells it without prejudice, without bitterness—tells it with clearness and candor, and gives his reasons for the conclusions he has reached. In this lecture he justifies himself and pays a glowing tribute to the mental heroes of the world. It is full of wit, pathos, reason and philosophy. SOLDIERS’ HOME DRAMATIC COM- PANY.—Thursday evening next, at Bol- diers’ Home Theater, the curtain will rise upon one of the most elaborate and one of the prettiest comedies that the Soldiers’ Home Dramatic Company has yet pro- duced. The play is “A Russian Honey- moon,” translated for the American stage from the French of Eugene Scribe, by Mra. Burton Harrison. The version of the play now in possession of the company was giv- en its first production at the hands of amateurs, and was such an unqualified suc- cess that it was soon after staged ut the Madison Square Theater, where its popu- larity was confirmed by large audiences during a very successful run. In this play Poaleska, wife of Gustave, Count Woroffski, is set to sew and spin, and is tamed much as Petruchio tamed Katharine. The pro- duction is under the stage direction of Mr. C. T. Daly and the cast is as follows: Aiex- is Petrovitch (Gustave, Count Woroffski), Robert W. Test; Poleska, his wife, Miss Grace Ross; Baroness: Vladimir, his sister, Miss Edith Griffin; Ivan, a master shoe- maker, Wm. 8. Hutchinson; Micheline, his daughter, Miss Eichelberger; Koulikoff Demetrovitch, intendant of the Chateau Woroffski, Harry English; Osip, a peasant, E. R. Conner. The Seville Mandolin and Guitar Club has now been enrolled as a part of the Organization and will iend its aid to help the production to success. The members ere Messrs. Eberbach, Slaybaugh and Alden. CARROLL INSTITUTH IN DALE.” performance of “Rosedale, or the Rifles’ Ball,” by the Carroll Institute enema Club So ase Lafayette Square promises to be one of the most DECEMBER 11,. 1897-26 PAGES. ef this well-known organiza- tion. The CagrollsInstitute Dramatic Club, in all probaQility, stands at the head of amateur dramatie organizations in this part of the epuntry. It has supplied many shining lights of the stage with under- studies, and én sgme cases with stars, and is proficient to put on a play that would cause even professionals to think a mo- ment before. undertaking its production. The cast that hag been selected for the oc- casion is one amply qualified to bring out the fine points of the story, and much en- joyment willbe found in the work of Ed- ward J. Walsh, @s Elliot Grey; Theodore Friebus, jr., as Matthew Leigh; A. T. Sea- man, as Col. Cavendish, and, in fact, all the members of the club that are scheduled to take part in this production. This will be the third annual performance by the club in aid of the Carroll Institute, and for this reason a good house is assured as well as an enthusiastie gathering of the friends of those belonging to the club. THE LYNDSAY COURSE.—The opening date of the Lyndsay course of entertain- ments is December 20, and the attraction the famed novelist, F. Maricn, Crawford, who will deliver for the first time in Wash- ington his lecture on “Leo XIII in_ the Vatican.” Mr. Crawford 1s conceded to hold the foremost place among American novelists, not only in the brilliance of his gifts, but in his wide popularity with cul- tivated readers. He ig the master of a most delightful and finished style, has ad- mirable feeling for dramatic effect, and is at all times direct and forcible. It may also be safely said that no man is better fitted to handle the subject, for it is the consensus of those competent to judge that Mr. Crawford understands Italy and Italian life more intimately than any one else not born upon the soil. While the sale of seate for this lecture does not open until December 17, the sale of the seats for the entire course is progreesing, and it is suggested that those who desire desirable locations secure them at once. ‘The cheap- ness of the course (ten concerts and lec- tures for $1) has resulted in an excellent Sale, and those who have delayed securing seats should do so during the coming week. The prices for the ten entertainments are $1, $2.50 and $3.50. For a single evening, 50c., 65c. and 75c., including reserved seat. The holders of $1 tickets have the privilege of buying a reservation for any single night for an additional charge of 15c. and 25e. THE HENSCHELS IN SONG RECITAL. —Mr. and Mrs. George Henschel are old favorites in Washington, and the announce- ment that they come early in January to give one of their artistic song recitals will we welcome news to music lovers. The Henschel recitals have, in past seasons, undeniably been counted among the most entertaining musical events, and that this feeling still exists has been proven during the past week in New York, by the im- mense houses that have greeted these two artists. The subscription list is now open at E. F. Droop & Son’ “CUMBERLAND, 1.°— Mr. Franklin Fyles, part author cf “The Girl I Left Be- hind Me,” and sole author of “A Ward of France’ and the “Governor of Kentucky,” has written another play dealing with an American subject. It is called ‘‘Cumber- land, '61."" The action takes place during the first year of the rebellion, and its theme deals with a mountain vendetta. Its sentl- ment is supplied by the love between a son and a daughter of two families sep- arated by a deadly feud. The political an- tagonism that existed in 1861 between the inhabitants of Kentucky and Tennessee adds still another dramatic factor. The treatment is said to be dramatic without being sensational. Five elaborate scenic sets have been provided. The first repre- sents the Military Academy at West Point at the breaking out of the civil war, and the others @ G@umberland church, pic- turesquely rufned: by warfare, the exterior and interior of a mountaineer’s house, and a bridge spanning a wild chasm. The cast, which is a great one, includes: Charles G. Craig, W. J. Ferguson, Frank Losee, Edgi L. Davenport, Lionel Barrymore, John E. Kellard, S. K.' Chester, Richard Malchien, Alvin Drehle, Richard Webster, Florence Rockwell, Amelia Summ le and Millie Sackett. “Cumberland, ” will be pro- duced at the Lafayette Opera House Christ- mas week. MISS VOCKEY’S RECITAL.—Miss Ellen Vockey, who has just returned from a very successful tour abroad, will give a dramat- ic and musical recital for the benefit of the poor the latter part of this month. Miss Vockey will present»monologues that are entirely new, some of them of serious and strong dramatic power, and others brimful of comedy. She will be assisted by some of the best musical talent in the District and the program will be one of unusual at- tractiveness. Tickets are now on sale at Brentano's, Thompson's drug store and Droop’s music store, and, as the object is @ worthy one, they will doubtless meet with a ready sale. THE NANSEN LECTURE.—The advance sale of seats for the Nansen lecture, now selling at Sanders & Stayman’s, 27 OF Street, indicates that Convention Hall will be well filled to bear this man ot nerve, courage and intelligence next Thurs- day evening. He tells the story of his three years’ experience in the land of mys- tery, ice and death, and how he and one companion and his dogs went “farthest north.” His lecture will be fllustrated with 100 views from photos and sketches made by himself. Personally Dr. Nansen is a young man, large of stature, with broad shoulders and a strong, well-knit frame, and looks neither the scientist nor the adventurer, but rather the man of nerve with confidence in himself, willing to do and to dare. His voice is powerful, yet pleasing, and it is expected that he will have no difficulty in making all in the big hall hear him distinctly, ———>—_—_. MUSICAL NOTES The Christian name Ericsson of Mr. Bushnell, the well-known basso, who is to appear before a Washington audience in Handel’s “‘Messiah” at the Choral Socie- ty’s first concert of the season, which will be given Tuesday, the 28th instant, at the First Congregational Church, is certainly significant, and yet few, if any, know the amount of American history behind it, dating back even to the days of the civil war. Mr. Bushnell was born in the httle seaport village of Madison, Conn., on Long Island sound, a few miles east of New Haven. His father, Cornelius S, Bushnell, well known as one of the syndicate con- nected with the construction of the Pacitic railroads, was, even in the days of the civil war, a man of consequence. He came of good old Puritan stock, his ancestor, Francis Bushrell, Leing one of the early settlers of Saybrook, Conn., under Lord Fenwick, about 1640. Erlosson, the well-known Swedish in- venter, is widely known as the designer of the first monitor, that little “cheese box on a raft” which in a single day in its now historical conflict with the Merrimac rev- olutionized the navies of the world. But what has all this to do with Ericsson Bushnell, Washington’s favorite bass solo- ist? Simply this—that it was due wholly to the personal {nfluence exerted by his father, Cornelius: S., upon President Lin- coin and the Washington authorities in ta- vor of Ericsgon’s: plans, as well as to his influence in proopring (private capital for the enterprige, to which he contributed largely of hia owa store, that the monitor was’ built at all:and arrived at Hampton Roads just in the nick of time; and it was after Ericsson, the great inventor, and because of bis father’s intimate associa- tions with him im the construction of the Monitor, that #ricsson Bushnell was named, The feast ef the Immaculate Conception was celebrated at the Immaculate Concep- tion Church with solemn high mass. The Sunior choir gendered Battman’s mass in C complete with Grchestral accompaniment by Mr. Hermann Rakemann and his pupils. At the offertery Dressler’s Magnificat was well sung, with viglin obligato by Mr. Hake- mann. At the conclusion of mase the ren- dition of Lachner’s grand march for organ and orchestra was highly complimented. The junior choir is in charge of Mrs. C. K. Stewart, with Miss M. E. Mullaly organist. The sacred concert to be given tomorrow evening at St. John’s Church, Forest,Glen, by the choir of the church gives-promise of iz quite @ success. The concert will be under the direction of Miss Fanny AtLee, assisted by Miss Blanche Muir, Miks Kess- ler and Messrs. Weidman and Jones, with Miss Mamie Mullaly accompanist. Messrs. Saltman and de Ford have been asked to repeat the Deere: S of Berle which was so successfully presented at agg ee AMUSEMENTS, The feesmar ma] Lyndsay Course MONDAY, DEC. 20, AT 8, F. Marion o_o Beason tickets now selling at Droop’s. Prices, $1, $2.50, of Crowded Houses and Delighted Audiences. . 4 MONTHS 50, THE BI ’ <CE “BLUE JEANS," Crawford, a ets ens JEANS, Lecture, Seats for Crawford ry lecture ready Dee. Leo XHI i in the mee ican.’ Prices, 50c., 65c., Vatican. ‘We., ‘Teserved. Tile GileRRY Lafayette Sq. Opera House. COMMENCING MONDAY EVENING, DEC. 13. RA, GRAND OPE In French, German and Italian. Under the direction of WALTER DAMROSCH AND GC, A. ELLIS. MONDAY EVENING, DEC. i3, LA TRAVIATA (in Jtalian). Mmes. Melba, Van Cauteren, Mattfeld, MM. Sa- lignac, Cempanari.Vanni,Viviani, Raius, Stehmann. ont. TUESDAY, DEC. 14, LOHENGRIN’ (in German). Mmes. Gadski, Standigl, MM. Kraus, Bispham, Fischer, Standigl. Conductor, Damrosch. THURSDAY EVENING, DEC. 16, CARMEN (in French). Mmes. Sevgard. Toronta, Mattfeld, Van Cauteren, MM. Salignac, Gampanari, Vivianl, Rains, Vanni, Stehmann. Conductor, Bimbon!. FRIDAY EVENING, DEC. 17, FAUST (in French). Mmes. Melba, Toronta, Van Cauteren; MM. Ibos, Joseph Arthur, Author of “‘Biue Jeans,"” &c. Bourdouresque, Campatari, Vivian. ' Conductor, BLUE JEANS’ WAS GOOD. “THE CHERRY Damrosch. PICKERS’ IS BETTER.""—New York Press. New York Symphony Orchestra, Full Chorus, Com- plete Sceneries and Costumes, SCALE OF PRICES. $1. Boxes, $75, $60, $50. Steinway Pianos used. Edw. F. Droop & Sons, Agts. LIBRETTOS of all the operas for sale at the box DR. NANSEN, The World= Famed Arctic Explorer, Will tell Washingtonians in his mod- est yet forcible manner of the hard- ships he and his brave companions (including his faithful dogs) suffered and the dangers they passed in the land of ice and snow. At Convention Hall, Thursday Evening, December 16. A thrilling, intensely interesting and instructive lecture. Illustrated by 100 Views From photos and sketches made by SEE ‘* Great Thrting ana “The Great Gun Scene Succeeds Down the House Every Evening.”—New York Sun’ The entire production under the direction of MR. AUGUSTUS PITOU. POPULAR PRICES. NEXT WEEK— McCarthy’s Mishaps. Say, Have You Seen THE WONDERFUL BIOGRAPH WILLARD’S HALL. GrandOpera House KERNAN & RIFE, Managers. MATINEES WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY. Week of December 13th. THE GREAT NEW YORK SUCCESS! GIKERS REALISTIC GUN SCENE. in_Bringing A SUPERB PRODUCTION. THE GREAT NEW YORK CAST. AMUSEMENTS. ACADEMY. Popular Prices All NEXT = WEEK. USUAL MATINEES. “The Popular Play,” TWO LITTLE VAGRANTS, WITH ITS AFFLUENCE OF SCENERY AND MILDRED HOLLAND. NEXT ATTRACTION— THE RAYS IN A HOT OLD TINE Academy. POP America’s Funntest Woman, FANNY RICE In Fred Schrader's NCH Comedy, AT THE FRENCH BALL, Including Her Latest Paris Novelty, The Dancing and Singing Dolls. Next Week—Chari: ‘34 VGH Sigh Charles Pronman's TWO LTTE PRICES, Don’t Miss the Poultry Show, Center Market Hall, DEC. 7, 8, 9, 10 AND 11, 1897. Thousands of chickens on exhibition. Turke; ducks, geese and pet stock. All varieties Pigeons. Incubators hatching during show. Tickets, 25 Cents. Doors open from 9 a.m. until 10 p.m. each day, de6-6¢ G®A4ND OPER H KERNAN & RIFE, Manage’ LAST TWO NIGHTS. Last Matinee Saturday. MR. JaMES H. WALLICK’S Original Emotional Melodrama, ——¢ v7 s¥ A GUILTY MOTHER A PLAY THAT APPEALS TO WOMAN'S HEART, The love of a good woman redeems the world, Next Week-THE CHERRY PICKERS. de6-6t himself. 7 Ovations greet him und thousands un- able to gain admission all along the Mne of his American tour. ———— LAST TIME. Dr. Nansen possesses a strong, penetrating voice, which will enable everybody in the big hall to hear him distincly. Monday, December 13, Matinees THURSDAY AND SATURDAY. ROLAND REED Accompanied by MISS ISADORE RUSH And HIS ADMIRABLE COMPANY, PRESENTING HIS GREAT SUCCESS, THE WRONG MR. WRIGHT. T7 Reserved Seats, 50c., T5e., $1, $1.50 end $2. General admission, 50c. Tickets now selling at Sanders & Stayman’s Music House, 13 F st. dell Lafayette . . Tonight at 8 YOUR LAST CHANCE TO SEB KLAW & ERLANGER'S Sumptuous and Brilliant Production of ONE ROUND OF PLEASURE The most gorgeous and ambitions Exposition of American Extravaganza. A Fascinating and Fastidious Presentation of Superb Melodic Spectacle. Next_week—Damrosch Opera Co. Lafayette Square Opera House. 7 it Week Commencing Mon- day, Dec. 20, WITH SPECIAL CHRISTMAS DAY MATINEE, “CUMBERLAND ’61.” A BRILLIANT OOMEDY, With the original scenery and cast, including John be E. Kellerd, Edgar L. Davenport, W. J. Ferguson, Ry GEO. H. BROADHUT Frank Losee, Charles G. Craig, nel Barrymore, WITH ORIGINAL SCENERY 8. K. Chester, Richard Malchien, Alvin. Dreble, <D EFFECTS. Richard We ster, Florence Rockwell, Amelia Sum- eee LTS ON SALE THtkepak at | NEST. WREK—THE WONDERFUL MovING i “ae - PICTURES (GREATLY ENLARGED) OF AYFAYETTE SQUARE OPERA HOUSE. 66 99 SATURDAY” EVEN DEC. 18, 1897, The Passion Play Under the Auspices of COLUMBIA COMMANDERY, NO. 2, KNIGHTS TEMPLAR, FOR THE NEW TEMPLE FUND, Mr. Edwin B. Hay Will deliver his New and Magnificently Illustrated Lee on Switzerland and The Alps. Introductory to the Lecture Prof. Leo P. Wheat, ‘The Celebrated Pianist, will give A Piano Recital. Tickets, 50 cents. Reserved, 25 cents extra. Boxes, $5. Box Sheet at Metzerott Music Co. de11-6t-28 GRAND BALL BY LADIES OF GARFIELD HOSPITAL BOARD, Thursday, Dec. 16, 1897, AT RAUSCHER’S NEW HALL, AT 9 P.M. ‘Tickets, including supper, $2.50, cbtainable from the ladies only. del1-4t It Henry Miller in Heartsease. Tomorrow Night at 8, COL. R. G. INGERSOLL. Subject: ‘Why I Am An Agnostic.” it WEW NATIONAL THEATRE. One Week, commencing 1 3. Monday, December Saturday Matinee Only. ‘The Eminent Character Actor, James A. AUER NE In His Original Creation of NATHANIEL BERRY, In His Beautiful Home Play, SHORE ACRES Presented with Entire New Scenery. Direction Henry C. 3liner. SOUVENIRS. ed organist of the Universalist Church, having been selected from many competi- tors. Miss Minke is greatly appreziated among the music-loving people of this city, being not only a good organist, but also an excellent pianist. Two years ago @ came here from the New England Conservatory, where she graduated, and while she was studying under the cele- brated Whiting she competently filled the position of organist in one of the leading churches in Boston. During the organ recital at the Pro- Cathedral of St. Mark's, at 8 o'clock next ‘Thursday evening, the 16th instant, Mr. Farrow, organist of St. Paul's Church, Bal- timore, will preside at the organ. The fol- lowing is the program: Fantasie in D minor, Merkel; a. Moderato Assai; b. Ada- gio; c. Allegro. Pastoral, Bach. Recitive and aria, “If With All Your Hearts” (Eli- jah), Mendelssohn, Mr. Melville D. Hensey. Intermezzo, Rheinberger, offertory. Prets. Hed (Die Melstersinger), Wagner. Vocal selection, Miss Simonds. a. The question; b. The answer, Wostenholme. March from “EM,” Costa. Ne cards of admission have been issued, and everybody will be welcome. The offer- tory will be for the benefit of the Choir Guild. The third recital of the series will be given on Tuesday evening, January 18, by Mr. Walter J. Clemson, organist of St. Church, Taunton, Mass. Saree TE, of xan Week—WHAT HAPPENED TO JONES.” Firemen Fined. GRAND OPERA—FOR SALE—ONE MEZZANINE The Commissioners yesterday ordered | Dix_Monday, night; Front row balcony seats for that Foreman William Luskey of the fire ANS LYCEUM THEATER. department, tried the 26th of last month ae for violation of the rules and regulations, Matinees and Saturday. general bad management and neglect of duty, be fined $25 end warned that if again found "sk Ee Vaudeville Club Burlesque the Hit of New York, imerman, Directors. FRANCIS OF YALE NEW ‘NATIONAL THEATER. TONIGHT. The Washington Society Of Decorative Art ‘ WILL GIVE A House Warming AT 811 VERMONT AVE.,OPP. THR. ARLID December 15. Open from 9 o'clock for sale of Christmas Novels ties. Lunch, 11 to 2, de9-5t-28, Tea, 4 to T EVENINGS AT 8. Matinee Tomorrow at 2. Columbia. “Uproarious lnughter from all parts of the bouse."* —Washington Times. Mss FRANCIS “Every one laughed until their sides were sure. Such YALE genuine outbursts have ° hardly ever been beard io < Washington.” —The Post. Next _week—ROLAND REED IN Mr. WRIGHT. “THE WRONG de-2 “WHO FEARS TO SPEAK OF * A LECTURE UNDER THR AUSPICES OF THE UNITED IRISH SOCIETIES OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Will be given by Miss Maud Gonne, AT COLUMRIA THEATE! ON SUNDAY EVENT) AT § O'CLOCK, “Ireland: From 1798 to The Present Time.”’ Supplemented by a Beautiful Stereopticon Exhibi« tion of Irish Views. ADMISSION, 50 CEN’ RESER' caster’s Bookstores, or may be had from any mem- ber of the executive committee. des at LAFAYETTE SQUARE OPERA HOUSE. BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. Mr. EMIL PAUR, Conductor. SECOND CONCERT, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, DEC. 14, AT 4:15, a ‘From the New World. dG: Tickets at bey office, Lafayette Square Opera House. Aest. Mgr. ©. A. ELLIS, Manager. F._R. COMEE, 4e6,8,10,11,13 Wednesday Evening, LAFAYETTE § **pewnher Se. Carroll Institute Dramatic Club, In Lester Wallach's Famous Play, ROSEDALE @eneft Carroll Institute.) Seats, $1, T5c., Bde. Bores, $5, $6 and $8. Sale opens at Metzerott’s Music Store, Dec. 8. = = —— | EXCURSIONS, ETC. ELECTRIC TRAIN SERVICE, BLOCK SYSTEM, For Mount Vernon and Arlington. Station, 13% st. and Penn. ave. see railroad column. Norfolk & WVEshington Steamboat Co. Every day in the for Fortress Monroe, Nerfein, Kewport News nd ait potuts woth the superb fal steel For time table dell-1m.8 PP] wane oe hd p.m. Lv..Portsmouth .! 7:30 p.m. Ly.Norfolk. 7:00 a.m. Ly.Ft. 200 Al [eRRES || i]