Evening Star Newspaper, February 5, 1898, Page 24

Three plays new to this city have occu- pied the attention of theater-goers this week —“A Marriage of Conventenci “Prince Rudolph” and “A Paris Model. In the first John Drew and an excellent company have been making the most out of an attenuated story; in the second Otis Skinner has been doing some good romantic work, and in the third the author has been carefully over her work te see what changes she must make in the excellent material she has in order to make the piece @ real “go.” Next week there will be legitimate at the Lafayette, interpreted by Thomas W. Keene, who is today the best representa- tive of that school of actors who gained their practical experience in the stock com- panies, and by Charles Hanford, the rising young Washington actor. At the Natienal Sol Smith Russell, that sterling comedian, will be seen in a variety of characters, some of which are new to Washington, and at the Columbia there will be a double attraction—the intensely dramatic Chinese Play, called “The Cat and the Cherub,” and that brightest of women since the days of Aimee, Anna Held. The Academy will present Sydney Grundy’s “Sowing the Wind,” and at the Grand there will be a new farce comedy, entitled “The Hired Girl.” Charles B. Hanford, the talented young Washington actor, who is this year sup- borting and managing Thomas W. :ccene, fas some interesting recollections of inci- Gents which have ecerrred to him during Eis career. Twelve years ago he was with | Mr. Keene, whem he is new supporting, anc to the training he received while with the tragedian he ascribes much of the suc- S which has ceme to him in late years. Hanford has played with Booth and and afterward starred as Mare with the same outfit that those used in “Julius Caesar.” ‘An id Mr Hanford, “who essays Shakesp2arean characters has much more difficulty to win rerown than in cther lines; the great actors who have gone before him have created a standard by which the peo- ple judge the beginner's work, and it is only after years of earrest effcrt that he can hepe to succeed in gaining public favor. An actor in other lines creates a character, and the people think it good, but with the legitimate actor it is different. Such char- acters as Edwin Forrest's King Lear, John ‘cCullough’s Virginius and Edwin Booth’s amlet are looked upon by the people as standards, and people do not take kindly to having their cherished ideas changed. 1 bave heard Edwin Booth say that in his early days he th ht he would never be- ecme a great actor, because of the fame of his father, yet after he had won renown bis father’s greatness was forgotten.” Mr. Hanford tells a story of kis first meeting th John McCullough which is interesting. hen I first decided to go on the stage,” ke, “I went to Mr. McCullough. One of my letters of introduction was from Gen. Sterman. Mr. McCullough received me very kindly, but my efforts to get in_his company did not meet with success. Said he: ‘You have a good voice and a gocd fig- ure, but you lack experience, and I cannot experiment with men. I have with me now two young men vho are new, and whom I teok om at the request of friends.’ ” Barrett, Antony Thos. W. Keene was met by an old friend in New York last summer, who exclaimed: “Why, Tom, I never saw you with a mus- tache befcre. I al ys thought tragedians Were smooth faced. The tragedian laugh- ed and said: “I wear this as a disguise. I have been continually taken for President McKinley, Mr. Bryan and Senator Daniel of Virginia, so that I was afraid that I might lose my identity, and I concluded to let my mustache grow.” During a run of “Julius Caesar” at the California Theater some years age Tom Keene is said to have received no less than twenty curtain calls et the closing of Mare Antony's oration. Una and the lion was a mythological favorite; Guy of Warwick and his lion figu in mediaeval romance; but Anna Held and her lion have the current call. ‘The charming little cantatrice handles her feline pet without gloves, which is saying considerable for her courage considering the strength of his jaws and the length of his claws. She named her lion McKinley long before the national election, as she considered him her advance agent for prosperity. Her first care after getting into a new city was to see that McKinley as well provided for at the theater. The shaggy beast was muzzled and secured in Some nice warm place under the stage: at first the stage hands were inclined to poke fun at the cub, but he eagerly displayed a capacity In the noble art of self-defense that engendered respect, and the frolic- some meddlers began to let him alone. One night Manager Ziegfeld took down a dudish friend, who desired a seance with McKin- ley, claiming that he had peculiar mag- netic power in handling animals. He made a few passes at McKinley, but the lion, in- stead of going into a trance, fixed his claws one leg was considerably shorter than the other as a result of the magnetic experi- ment. Miss Held has no fear of the ani- mal, and it plays with her like a kitten and is as obedient to command as her pet dogs. Since she came into possession of her first pet, the lion, she has accumulated quite a String of tive stock, and her manager is seriously thinking of chartering a small ark for the purpose of conveying her ag- gregations back to Europe. She has quite a bench show accompanying her en route. First comes McKinley, the lion; then San- dow, a great Dane, weighing 208 pounds; two Italian greyhounds, Fann and Nellie: a bull terrier, Tiger, that she avers can lick his weight in wildcats; and lastly, but not least, a sixteen-pound canine called Chico. A few weeks ago Miss Held con- cluded to give variety to her collection by incorporating in it the thoroughbred saddle horse Kentucky. This beautiful animal is young and speedy, and has been admirably trained. Her manager anti maid are now in fear and trembling lest she take a fancy to a pair of Ringling’s herd of elephants and try to secure them for a tandem team. An unusual number of encores had made it late when the curtain fell on the last act of “The Idol's Eye” in Harlem the other night. To catch the last train for Rye Frank Daniels had to make a quick change to his street clothes. When he entered the car he was warm with his rapid walk and he placed his hat on the seat beside him. A stranger looked at him and, crossing the aisle, said: ‘Pardon me, you are Mr. Dan- iels, are you not?” Daniels nodded. “I thought so,” the stranger continued. “{ was at your performance tonight, and I enjoyed it immensely. I see, Mr. Daniels, that you are quite bald, and I want to present you, with my compliments, a bot- tle of my patent hair restorer. I have used it myself with much success and I am sure you will find it efficacious.” Saying which the stranger put a bottle in Daniels’ hand, returned to his seat and went to sleep. Daniels, surprised that any, one should think him bald, pu is hand to his head and found that in his haste to catch the train he had forgotten to remove his wig. He took it off and thrust it in ‘his pocket, revealing his own excellent crop of hair. A half hour later the stranger drowsily opened his eyes and they fell on Daniels. Instantly the stranger sprang to his feet and with bulging optics exclaimed: “Great heavens, man, how your hair has grown!” COLUMBIA THEATER.—Beautiful Anna Held. who has conquered New. York, as she did the continent, will be at the Columbia all next week, with matinee Saturday only. ‘This will be Miss Held’s only it in Washington this surely in the cloth of his trousers that | ELMAN | Piquant-looking as a Spanish beauty peek- ing at you through a grilled window. She will ‘sing all those songs that have made her famous, besides she will introduce her original music sheet, which has made such a@ pronounced hit, and the numberless imi- tations of it which are now in existence are a guarantee of its popularity. The vehicle which will serve to introduce her to Washington this season will be the farcical comedy, ‘‘A_ Gay Deceiver,” by Paul Wilstach and Joseph Grismer. The cast of the comedy includes M. A. Ken- nedy, W. G. Beach, Marie Valleau, Lizzie Evans, Dolores Lettani, Charlotte Deane, Edwin Holland, Harry Mills and other Prominent people. Preceding the farce, Mr. Chester Bailey Fernald’s Chinese tragedy, in one act, “The Cat and the Cherub,” will be presented by the original New York cast. It is the China of Chinatown, San Francisco, seen and interpreted by an Anglo-Saxon mind. The life which Mr. Fernald shows in his brief drama is that of another race and civilization from ours; its prime passions are the Same as ours—must be the same, ef course, since all nations are of one clay —but all the outside, all the garnish of manners and speech, all the atmosphere are as remote from us as if they. beionged to the inhabitants of Mars. aa In the chief personality of Wing Shee, “a learned doctor,” the cynicism, skepticism, shrewdness, sang froid and subtility of the strange, yellow-skinned race is remarkably exhibited. This is the man, who, assuming that there may be a really potent and true Deity somewhcre, prudently worships in all the temples, and on New Year day divides his religious attention among Con- fucius, Buddha, and the God of the Chris- tians. And this is the man, who, per- suading the rogue whom he rightly guesses to be his son’s murderer, to sit down be- side him for a friendly chat, sticks a knife into that murderer as tranquilly as into a pig—the same man, who, throughout the play, has spoken as a Greek chorus. and who in his own impassive person seems to be an avenging and emotionless Yate. The whole brief piece is very interesting on the lines indicated. And the final scene --in which the wise doctor takes his bloody vengeance, and, propping up his dead vic- tim and drawing down the victim's hat, calmly lights his pipe and smokes and talks in order that the policeman may pass him by—has a penetrating power of grim- Less which must make it memorable. The difference is wide, and yet the chief emo- ticnal effect produced by ‘Cavalleria Rus- ticana”’ is much the same in quality. LAFAYETTE SQUARE OPERA HOUSE. —Thomas W. Keene, the distinguished American tragedian, who appears at the Lafayette Squar2 Opera House all of next week, is the last of the old school of American tragedians whose success as an interpreter of the Shakespearean drama was achieved contemporanecus with Booth, McCullough and Barrett. Unlike some players who have reached a high notch in public favor, Mr. Keene does not affect any of the regal dignity and swelled-up-ness familiar to the public across the foot lights, which he assumes in some of his majestic roles. ‘That superlative sense of feeling that the public could not get along with- out him has not struck Mr. Keene as yet. He does not share the belief entertained by many that the legitimate time is pass- ing away and that the taste for it is dying out. “It has suffered,” says Mr. Keene, “in the hands of -; some who have essa speare have only succeeded in disgusting the public. In competent hands legitimate drama will endure.” Mr. Keene is fifty- seven years old, and is today the only thoroughly representative player of the great Shakespearean tragedies before the American public. He is this season sup- ported by a large and competent organiza- tion, headed by Charles B. Hanford, the well-known Washington actor, who ias won for himself a foremost place among the younger Shakespearean actors of the present day. As well as being Mr. Keene's leading man, Mr. Hanford has the honor and distinction of being his absolute man- ager. The other prominent members of the organization who are well known as thor- ough exponents of the legitimate drama are Mrs. S. A. Baker, Lucia Moore, Mary Timbermann, Marie Drofnah, George Mor- ton, Carl Ahrendt, Lawrence Lowell, John Milton, Arthur Stanford and Paul G. Tay- lor. The repertoire for the engagement wil! be as follows: Monday, “Richelieu; Tue: day and Saturday evenings, “Richard III Wednesday matinee, “Louis X1;” Wednes- day evening, “Othello;” Thursday, “‘Ham- let;” Friday, “The Merchant of Venice,” and Saturday matinee, “Julius Caesar.” Each play will be elegantly produced in the way of scenic effects and costuming, Mr. Keene carrying with him two car loads of stage paraphernalia for the correct stag ing of each play in his repertoire. The sale of seats for the engagement has been iarge and Mr. Keene will undoubtedly play to a series of full houses during his engage- ment. NATIONAL THEATER.—Mr. Sol Smith Russell, with one of the strongest support- ing companies on the road this season, in- cluding Miss Edith Crane, Nanette Com- stock, Margaret Robinson, Fanny Addison Pitt, Mr. Orrim Johnson, Sidney Booth, Wm. Sampson, Alfred Hudson and many others, will occupy the New National Theater the coming week, and it is a fore- gone conclusion that they will pack that theater nightly with the best audiences Washirgton can turn out. Mr. Russell will be seen in two different bills during the week, one of which will be Martha Morton's charming comedy, “A Bachelor’s Romance,” which proved so_ successful here last season. Mr. Russell says and does things that provoke our smiles, but those smiles are always respectful. The next moment he utters a sentiment or achieves a deed that makes one’s heart come into his throat and takes him back upon the wings of memory to the days when men rode down to death for faith and love of duty. He has no adventitious aids. With him the glitter of armor and gallantry of romantic equipment are re? placed by simple homespun, and the exte- rior of the untutored Sol Smith Russell is without argument the strongest attraction upon the American stage today. “A Bach- elor’s Romance” will be given Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Wednesday mat- inee. Thursday and Friday evenings Mr. Russell wil! appear in a new triple Dill consisting of the one-act gem, “Mr. Val- entine’s Christmas,” in which Mr. Russell made a lasting impression two seasons ago. This will be followed by a magnifi- cent production of “The Taming of the Shrew,” Mr. Russell taking the part of Petruchio, and Miss Edith Crane, who has been especially engaged, will appear as Katherine. The concluding play in this bill will be J. Madison Morton's roaring comedy in two acts, called “The Spitfire.” Mr. Russell, it is said, has been liberal in the expenditure of money for the proper mounting of these plays, as he has pro- vided complete and original scenery, ap- propriate furniture, properties and beauti- ful new costumes. The only performances of Sheridan's ‘The Rivals” will take place Saturday hight and at the Saturday mati- nee. It is quite safe to say that no theat- rical attraction of the season is anticipated with a livelier degree of interest than the engagement of Mr. Sol Smith Russell. ACADEMY OF MUSIC.—“Sowing the Wind” is a dramatic sermon on social in- justice to woman and social! kindness to ™an; a lecture picturing man’s moral Mb- erty and the narrow confines of woman's theatrical event of the season. This play selects from the two sexes an able cham- and tative of end puts Thema against each other ereae of the flereest and most relentless intellectual THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1898-24 PAGES, woman has been thrust into the world without lawful parentage and through the irony of fate the man responsible for her situation is now the guardian of her lover, objecting to her because of the very condi- tions that have resulted from his own stung youthful perversity. The woman, and maddened by the terrible injustice that rests upon her, and yet unconscious that she is speaking to the author of her first great wrong, bursts upon him in a mo- ment of wiid emotion, with a most fearful arraignment to the sterner sex for its piti- less treatment of womanhood. The man, wounded by the truthfulness of the charge, and writhing in the secret consciousness of his own guilt, rallies from the-stagger- ing effects of the assaults and rushes to a is on, the desperate defense. The contest battle cry is “Sex against sex. Man and woman were never more splendidly match- ed against each other and no encounter of the kind was ever more skillfully con- ducted. The final scene between these two principal characters is one remembered through a life time. the plot are few and the interests continu- ally enter in the issue between the old man Brabazon and Rosamond. KERNAN’S LYCEUM THEATER.—Jer- mon’s Black Crook Extravaganza Compa- ny will be the attraction at Kernan’s Lyce- um Theater next week. The entertainment presented by this excellent organization is said to be meritorious and complete throughout. It is noticeably clean and le- gitimate, with not a blemish of obnoxious suggestiveness to mar it. The opening bur- letta, from the pen of Frank Dumont, is entitled “Americans in London,” one of this talented author's best efforts. The olio which follows is composed of high-class specialty acts exclusively. There are no “fill-ins,"” but every individual name stands prominently at the head of his or her re- Spective line. It includes Larry Smith and Mamie Champion, the comedy enter: tainers; Wagner and Arnim, in their origi- nal and novel specialty, “Opera in a Kitch- en;” Miss Nellie Sylvester, assisted by her famous Alabama cake walkers; Barton and Ashley, the comedy boomers; Miss Kit- tie Wells, in a selection of new songs; Em- ery and Marlow, America’s comedy duo, and Kittie Clements, the Bowery girl. The concluding feature on the program is an extravagant burlesque, entitled “A Night in Paris.” This is elaborately embellished by magnificent scenery, costly costumes and novel electrical effects. The interest is increased by a score of pretty girls and several clever comedians. There will be matinees Tuesday, Thursday and Satur- day. GRAND OPERA HOUSE.—The next at- traction at the Grand Opera House will be Charles E. Blaney’s latest production, “A Hired Girl,” which is a musical comedy ap- proaching closely to comic opera, It is music from start to finish, and a few of the lines are spoken. The music is by Harry James, and, incidenially, a great many topical songs and numbers from popular cperas are introduced. The story of “A Hired Girl” is interesting, and shows what possibilities there are for funny situations. Herr Ver Blotz, a graduate of the Con- servatory of Music at Berlin, fearing the exposure of a secret marriage with a peas- ant girl, leaves his home and comes to Ameriéa, where he secures the position of professor of music at Vassar College. He had been in America but a few years when he married a poor American girl. Neither of them being an economist, he secures the services of a hired girl to look after his apartments at the college. The servant, like most of her kind, knows all about housekeeping, and she never fails to assert her authority in the kitchen. In her endeavor to protect the interests of her employers, she ‘usually manages to mismanage everything. John Sanderson, a young American student at the conserva- tory, had falsely reported to him the death of his first wife previous to his second marriage. When Sanderson learned that the professor had married a second time, he decided to hold the secret over him and compel him to introduce him to one of the heiresses at Vassar as Lord Green Goods, and the professor, fearing a charge of biga- my, is forced to aid him. But Sanderson also makes love to the hired girl, whom he has heard ts about to secure $100,000 for the death of her husband, who was killed in a stone quarry. Just as he is about to mar- ty her, the professor receives proofs from Germany that his first wife really is dead, and that his second marriage was legal. He promptly exposes the “lord,” who is arrested on the charge of forgery. Col- lectors, waiters and “You Bet Gilbert,” a French ballet teacher, help to keep the fun from lagging. The company numbers twen- ty-five péople, which includes seventeen charming young women. Among the fea- tures introduced are a game of foot ball be- tween Yale and Vassar, and a “pink tea, which Johanna Quinn, “the hired girl, gives to her lady friends. The latter is quite a function, and “the growler” goes round frequently, The principals are all well-known actors, who ‘have made hits in continuous vaudeville houses during the Past summer. Thomas J. Ryan plays “The Hired Girl.” Among the other members of the company are Willis P. Sweatnam, Miss Fanny Fields, Miss Rose Southland, Miss Stella Bonheur, Miss Almoira Hallam and the four sisters, Du Held, in their French quadrille dance. These ladies have played but one other engagement in this country, that being at Koster & Bial’s, where they Were one of the big hits. Their style of dancing and costumes are said to be entire- ly different from anything introduced on this side of the water. They came direct from the Folies Bergeres, Paris. NATIONAL GUARD BRIGADE BAND CONCERT.—Classic and popular music, in harmonious succession, will be rendered by the brigade band on the occasion of its first appearance as a complete concert or- ganization at the Columbia Theater Sun- day evening, February 13. The exception- ally interesting program selected for the initial concert is calculated to demonstrate the resources of the band in eolo as well as concerted work, and in the delicate shadir.g necessary for the proper rendi- tion of modern concert band scores. The soprano solo of Mrs. Kittie Thompson Ber- ry will be accompanied by the string or- chestra, which is an important feature ih the work of the band, and is now being strongly developed. Mr. Charl H. Hen- ney will play the “Evening Star Romance” from Tannhauser upon the euphonium, and Mr. William R. Phillips’ saxophone’ solo will be the “Tyrollienne” of Marie. Alto- gether, the concert bids fair to be an en- joyable and successful musical event, and the large advance sale of tickets indicates an overflowing house. The officers of the general staff of the National Guard and the members generally will attend in full uniform to testify to their interest in the success of the brigade band. “UNDER THE RED ROBE.”—Menager John Albaugh will offer one of the success- ful plays of the generation at the Lafay- ette Square Opera House a week from Monday next in “Under the Red Robe,” ‘which Charles Frohman had dramat from the remarkable novel of the same name by Stanley Weyman. The sation wee mate by eee Rose, w! we in a similar capaci or. The: Pris- a Pe ” 18 SP ete to all goe! rong as was the expert the Weyman novel ta declared to novel passed it. He makes a itful and most Remnctive hero of Gil de serait — mous 81 i i ‘The complications of TONIGHT AT 8. Py OTIS SKINNER, ‘Prince Rudolph. ;, SEATS THURSDAY, RUSSELL Robe” fs one of the fest-bullt plays on the AMUSEMENTS. AMUSEMENTS. AMUSEMENTS. 5 neat turesq —_—— climatic surprise and thrillice bot not tim: | ACADEMY, a NEW SaTIONAT, THEATER, probable scenes and episodes, while its love LA’ TONIGHT AT 8. LAST TIME OF THE GREAT EAST INDIA WAR SPECTACLE, SHANNON «. SIXTH. COLUMBIA, TONIGHT. * LAST PERFORMANCES OF “A Paris Model.” WEEK | ret id are bedutifully written, and its literature all thcot an extremely high thron; srantare ‘The Sa he eee a ie playgoer, was e@:fascinating one, an is well taken a@vartage of in the play's procession of gey eaveliers, with their rapiers, long-plumedahats, dangling cloaks end flashing swords, and their constant battling for theitsmiles of ladies fair. A good company exd aflequete scenic equip- ment will be semt to:the Lafayette. “THE CIRCUS! GIRL."—The si * , NEXT WEEK—SEATS THURSDAY, SYDNEY GRUNDY’S MASTERPIECE, ‘The Great Sex Against Sex Drama, SOWING THE WIN FEBRUARY 7. tage pic- EGINNIN Gren ant dosing oe weatationee: y. 3 ; per i SATURDAY ONLY, SMITH ‘ircus Girl” appears at lew National, POPULAR —— poland on February 14, are said to be bewildering- E F : # > Ne eee iy beautitute: Wie test ont epeencniven ACAD MY. PRICES. WM. A. BRADY AND F. ZIEGFELD, Jr., New National Theater, Parisian boulevard, sand the garden ad- joining a famous. Parisian cafe, the Cafe Ge la Regence. The second act is in three scenes, the first said to be a-very realistic representation of the interior of a circus tent, the second. showing the office of a French commissaire of police, and the third depicting with great elaboration of detail @ ball room in which an artist's:ball is taking place. The first act-setting and the second scene of the second act were provided by Ernest Gros, while the first Scene of the second act is by Gates & Mo- Tange, an@ the third by Ermest Albert. “THE FRENCH MAID.”-s"The French Maid,” which -comes to this city next month, soon after celebrating-#ts 175th per- formance at the Herald Square Theater, has proved one of the most. enticing of Edward E. Rice's latter-day — diversions. The full New: York cast is assured, includ- ing Marguerite Sylva, Lucille Flaven, Eva Davenport, Saharet the dancer and the quintet of comedians, Charies A. Bigelow, Hallen Mostyn, Henry Norman, George Honey and Edd Redway. FOR THE NEW JEWISH TEMPLE.— The big concert to be given at the Colum- bia Theater tomorrow night under. the au- spices of the ladies of the temple, for the benefit of the new Jewish temple now be- ing erected’in this city, promises to be a notable event, both from the interest that has been taken in the affair and from the list of those who are to take. part in it. The program will include some of the best known musicians of the city, among whom may be mentiond Mrs. Kitty Thompson- Berry, soprano; Mrs. Everest Barnes, mezzo soprano; Mr. Frederic Crosby, tenor; Jas. Nolan, basso; Mr..Henry Jaeger, the emi- nent flute soloist; Mr. Arthur D. Mayo and Mr. Henry Xander, pianists; Mr. Ernest Lent, violoncellist, and Mr. Sol Minster, violinist. Besides these Mr. Minster has arranged for an orchestra of sixty per- formers, selected from the most promising talent of the capital, and this aggregation will give several numbers that will be en- joyable in the extreme. THE BIJOU THEATER. — Manager Grieves has prepared an excellent program for the patrons of the Bijou next week. It is practically an all-star attraction and headed by Miss Hyberta Pryme, who is de- scribed as a talented saubrette with a very pretty face and lots of personal magnetism. Then there is Marie Stuart, the dashing comedienne and vocalist; Hines and Rem- ington, the American costers; Collins and Collins, character singers; George E. Aus- tin, the king of the slack wire; Keno and Welch, the eccentric comedians; the O’Dells, in an acrobatic comedy -sketch; Mile. Darr, the queen of the high trapeze; McMahon and King, dancers, and finally a bright burlesque, entitled ‘A Modest Maid- PRESENT THE FARCICAL COMEDY, A GAY DECEIVER THE FUNNIEST FARCE OF THE AGE, INTRODUCING MLLE. ANNA GELD, IN HER GREAT AND ORIGINAL SPECIALTY, The Animated Music Sheet IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE LATEST DRA- MATIC SENSATION, The CAT and the CHERUB WITH THE ORIGINAL NEW YORK CAST. NEXT ATTRACTION, FRANK DANIELS, ELAS Matinee Benefit, Columbia Theater, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11, COMMENCING ONE WEEK, BEGINNING NEXT MONDAY NIGHT, The Eminent Comedian, Mr. SOL’ SMITH RUSSELL Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday Matinee & Prening, In MARTHA MORTON'S Successful Play, A Bachelor’s Romance, Mr. Russell as Mr. David. MONDAY NIGHT AND atL NEXT WEEK, THE EMPIRE THEATER (NEW YORK) ? SUCCESS, Sydney Grundy’s Masterpiece, The Great Sex Against Sex Drama, SOWING NO. INDORSED BY PULPIT, PRESS AND PUBLIC AS THE GREATEST PLAY OF THE CENTURY. Miss Nanctte Comstock as Sylvia On Thurséay and Fridey Evenings, TRIPLE BILTy The Taming of the Shrew Mr. Vaientine’s Christmas The Spitfire. Saturday Matinee and Saturday Evening, Sherly dan’s Comedy, —THE_RIVALS— MONDAY, FEB. 14. SEATS THURSDAY, CHARLES FRORMAN'’S PRODUCTION Of the Musical Play, ‘Sowing the Wind’ was presented at the Lyceum last evening to a deeply interested and thoroughly satisfied audience. This statement is a strong indorsement of the merits of the perform- ance.""—Detrolt Free Press, January 3, 1898. ‘The present company is a good one, and their efforts last evening were liberally applauded to the extent of several curtain calls.—Pittsburg Leader, January 25, 1898. The entire company are far above the average.— Pittsburg Press, January 25, 1898. The cast did unifcrmly good work, and the play was highly appreciated.—Pittsburg Chronicle, Janu- ary 25, 1898. = TRE LONDON GAIETY'S MOST SUCCESSFUL PRODUC MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14— Hoyt’s A Milk White Flag. 1t GRAND OPERA HOUSE. KERNAN & RIFE, Managers. THURSDAY, LasT ar 12 @CLOCK KOON. SIX HOURS OF CLEAN, SOLID AMUSEMENT. FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, THREE NIGHTS OF Hyde’s Comedians. y ALE XTRA! The following Eminent Artists from the principal cities will appear in Tras ‘Comedy, Burlesque and Vaudeville: Mr. THOMAS W. KEENE, Mr. CHARLES HANFORD, LAFAYETTE - - Tonigh MR. CHARLES FROHMAN Presents Mr. JOHN DREW In the Successful Comedy of Manners, A MARRIAGE OF CONVENIENCE. Next Week—THOMAS W. KEENE. LAFAYETTE } + Albaugh, Manage: dy Miss ANNA HELD, en.” Altogether the show promises to be : ry Miss HELENE MCRA, Suvecaralbreaieer EA Grand Souvenir Matinee| i 35" STUART. Miss MARY RICHFIELD, Miss ROSE STHERL FAN Bi --SATURDAY-== UPON WHICH OCCASION Helene [ora Will present each lady an Album of her most Popular Songs, words and music of 15 selections. Next Attraction—Blaney ‘A HIRED GIRL.” ILLUSTRATED LECTURE A LECTURE ON BARRIE.—The second of Mr. Leon H. Vineent’s lectures at Wes- ley Chapel will take place at Wesley Chapel on Tuesday evening: His subject will be James M. Barrie; the Scotch author. All readers of “A Window in Thrums,” ‘The Little Minister” and other of his works will be glad of the epportunity to hear a critical estimate ef the author and his writ- ings. Miss iB The ALTHEA SIST! - Miss HYBERTA PRYME, (niece of President McKinley, Mr. CHARLES R. SW at y Messrs. COLLINS & AL > Messrs. McMAHON & KING WHOLESALE® PRODUCE MARKET. At Qurroil Hall, 912 10th st. n.w., Saturday, Messrs. WILLIAMS & WALKER, Nixon & Zimmerman, Directors. Feb, 5, 8 pa La Burcham Harding of New THE CARROLL 1: = WEE ERI AN ¢ Mar DAY. a edit anes 2 if BY AN General -Advamce.in Prices =Active,| 4°", ‘A unique collection of views of Ee DRAMATIC COMPANY ee SCHR G WONDAY» Fisin Feeling. rope, Egypt, India, etc. Tickets at Metzerott’s. — And 2 ‘Wednesday--MATINEE—Saturdey The recent col@-spell of weather had the served seats, 50 cents. Admission, 25 cents. 1B MADRIDS. Engagement of the Eminent Tragedian, feS-3t* If you wish to see the Entire Per- formance don’t effect of advancing prices to some extent 1J0U THEATER. Gon't forget the hour of in the local wholesale produce market, al- Mat. Every Day—Every Night—10, 20, 80, 50c. Sse O'CLOCK NOON. though such advance is but temporary in b-class Vaudeville and Comed: i ano Hi JAS. F. HOEY, TROJA, ANIMATED. WATER- 2 AND HUMAN MUSIC SHEET. N OTHER RED HOT AC7S. THE MORTON most respects. Butter remains unchanged in prfee and is quite firm..There is some seareity-in:top grades, and, critical; buyers aré willing to pay a fraction more than quoted prices. Cheese shows ‘no ‘change whatever, but eggs have advanced about two cents a dozen, due to the cold weather. THE NATIONAL GUARD Brigade Band Concert, COLUMBIA THEATER, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 8 P.M. 85 Performers, Eminent Soloist: CADETS. A Benefit Concert by Haley’s Band to Be Given. ved sea ki 71 The coming of warmer weather will, how-| 4 concert that promises to be on? of the | Set Seats. 75, 50 and 25 cents. feb-7t zis cia eas Waa wh ever, drop prices. Poultry is slightly nigh- | 4% af proms sone: Accompanied by apd under the er, while the market for game, owing to | 8°cial and musical successes of the year D DED 1 Masagement of the closed season here, has passed. Other | will be given for the benefit of the Mor- NO OPER iC) CHAS. B. HANFORD. products show but slight changes in price, | ton Cadets, the rack drill team, and really cea cons and a generally active and firm feeling prevails. Butter—Creamery, Elgin extras, 21 cents a pound; choice, 20 cents; firsts, 19 cents; seconds, 18 cents; bakers’ choice stock, 15 cents; other grades, from 10 to 18 cents. Cheese—New York state, full cream, large, 11 cents; flats, 11 cents; ponies, 12 cents. Eggs—Neerby fresh, 19 to 20 cents a doz- en; western, 18 cents, and southern, 17 cents. Poultry—Turkeys—Choice, drawn, 8-Ib. average, 12 and 18 cents; ‘choice, drawn, large, 11 and 12 cents; choice undrawn, Ib., 11 and 12 cents; gobblers, undrawn, 11 cents; undrawn, large, per Ib., 10 cents: live, toms, per ib., 9 cents; live, hens, per Ib., 11 cents; live, small, per 1b., 7 cents. Chickens—Drawn, per Ib., 10 cents; un- drawn, per Ib., 9 and 10 cents; live, per Ib., 8 and 9 cents; winter chicks, live, 8 and 9 cents; spring, large, live, per Ib., 8 and 9 cents; spring, small, 7 and 8 cents; capons, large, 12 and 14 cents; slips,10 and ‘11 cent Qld fowls—drawn, per Ib., 9 cents; un- drawn, per Ib., 8 and 9 cents; live, per Ib., 8 cents; roosters, live, per Ib., § cents. Ducks—Dressed, per lb., 10 and 11 cents; jive, large, per lb., old, 9 cents. Geese— live, per Ib., 7 cents: dressed, 7 and 8 cents. Vegetables—Cucumbers, per box, $2 to $3.50; cauliflower, per crate, $3 to $4: celery, medium, per doz., 15c. to 25c.; common, the champion military company of the Unit2d States, al the National Theater, Sunday evening, February 20. The Morton Cadets are heavily in debt just at present, and the coming benefit will be tendered by friends of the company who d2sire to see the boys get out of financial entanglements and on their feet again. The Mortons are the pride of the city in military matters, and their fine work on the driil ground has entitled them to this place in the hearts of the p2ople of the national capi- tal. On this account the benefit should be given hearty support that will insure be- yond all doubt its financial success. The recent trip of the boys to Galveston, Tex., entailed som2 pretty heavy expenses, and the hocus-pocus way in which the prizes were distributed shut out the Washington boys from first place, and, of course, the largest slice of prize money, necessitating the raising of funds by privat> enterprise. This has crippled the company financially, and, although the boys have made a game effort to extricate themselves, they are now obliged to fall back upon the benefit entertainment which has been tendered them for relief. There will be a splendid program prepared for the concert, the chief feature being Haley’s Military Concert Band and Orchestra, which may b2 con- sidered Washington’s representative mu- KER: COMMEN MONDAY, --. RICHELIED ~-RICHARD I ‘AN & RIFE, Managers, i xT February 7. MATINEES WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY. A WEEK OF FUN AND MERRIME! CHARLES E. BLANEY’S LATEST MUSICAL FARCE COMEDY SUCCESS, Hl i RECU Week Beginning Monday, Feb. 14 Matinees Wednesday and Saturday, CHARLES FROHMAN Presents the Brilliant Romantic Drama, SUNDER THE RED ROBE” Adapted by Edward Rose from the novel nan. at the Empire Theater, New York Seats on Sale Thursday, it z a a Mesmerism --- Hypnotisme ILLUSTRATED BY PROF. CARPENTER, WILLARD HALL, FOURTH AND LAST WEEK. er doz., 10c. to 15c.; beans, per box, $2 to | sical organization. There will be other id Boe. §al0-t® 3.50; lettuce, per bbl., $3 to $4; per basket, |‘numbers in line with this sterling musical = oe $1.50 to $2; potatoes, New York, per bush., | organization, and the artistic success of 8c. to Bic.; Maryland and Virginia, bush.,|the venture is assured. All that is re- ———» 65c. to 70c.; culls, per bush., 25e. to 30c.; | quired is hearty financial support. MR. LEON A. VI T Wil TURE ON sw2et potatoes, fancy, per bbl., $3; No. 1, $2 to $2.50; culls, $1 to $1.50; yams and hay- mons, bbl., $1.25 to $1.75; tomatoes, per crate, Florida, $1.75 to $2.50; egg plant, per half-bbl. box, $2.50 to $3.50; beets, per 100 bunches, $2 to $4; cabbage, per 100, $2 to $4; onions, yellow, per bbl., $2 to $2.50; yellow, per-bush., Te. to $1; turnips, per bbl.,- 75¢. to $1; beans, white, New York medium: $1.20 to $1.25; New York pea, $1.15 to $1.2 marrow, $1.20 to $1.30; Virginia, white, 90c. white, mixed, 80c.; cooreds black-eyed peas, per bus! . to lima beans, per Ib., 3c. to 4c. Dried fruits—Evaporated apples, choice, 4c. to 6c.; appl2s, sliced, fancy, 3'gc. to 4c. sliced, bright, 8c. to 3%c.; quarters, bright, 3é.; peaches, choice, 6c. to 7e.; fair to good, Be. to 6c.; halves, unpeeled, 2c. to 3c.; quar- ters, unpeelod, 2c. to 3c.; evaporated, 8c. to 10c.; evaporated, unpeel2d, 6c. to Tc. cherries, pitted, dry, crop '96, 9c. to. 10c. srgared and wet, 6c. to 7c.; blackberries, per Ib., 3%c.; WWortleberries, per Ib., Gc.; raspberries, dry,.10c)ito 11c. s Green fruits aad) nuts—Apples, fancy, ta- ble, bbl., $3 to $4; «choice, per bbl., $2 to $3; windfalls, per Db’j-S1-and $1.25; pears, La Conte, $1.50 and $8;:4valnuts, per 100 Ibs., 7 _and 85 cents. ‘Oranges—Florida, brights, per box, $3 and $4; ruesets, per boxp$3 and $3.75; navels, per box, $2.50 and5§3:50; , per box, James M. Barrie at Wesley Chapel, corer of 5th and F sts.. TUESDAY, February &. at § p.m. Tickets, 25 cent fed oo SELECTED FOR POSTMASTERS. You'll see your own domestic troubles vividly il- lustrated on the stage. Thomas J. Ryan as the Girl. Supported by Willis P. Sweatram, Waldo Whipple, John R. Compson, A Long List of Nominations Sent to the Senate. The following were nominated to be post- masters yesterday by the President: West Virginia, O. A. Petty, Charleston. Connecticut, Edwin F. Tomlinson, at Plain- ville. Missouri, Alvin Goodson, at Carroll- ton. Arkansas, Milton A. Elliott, Camde1 Thomas J. Hunt, Fayetteville; Henry H. Houghton, Jonesboro’; J. P. Cox, Fordyce. Arizona, John C. Adams, Phoenix. Cali- fornia, Eva A. Clapp, Azusa. Colorado, George Seaver, Pueblo. Georgia, John O'Donnell, Bainbridge; Henry Blun, jr., Savannah; Thomas M. Ray, Valdosta, Illi- nois; R. F. Layson, Effingham; William H. Norris, Carlyle; George A. Lyman, Am- boy; W. A. Mussett, Grayville; William 8. Pittman, Jerseyville; Samuel B. Roach, Mason City; Herman H. Buhrman, Nagh- viille; Thomas A. Jewett, Oregon; Edward F. Ledoyt, Sandwich; Charles M. Tinney. Virginia, J. H. Pierson, Carrollton; William F. Hackman, Staunton. Indiana, Adams Spivey, Rushville; Benjamin J. Clevenger, Five Grand Mid-Winter Tours CALIFORNIA. These parties will through¢ ‘TBe. be under personal th> journeys will escort be soade in out, and Fannie Fields, Rese Southerland, Stella Bonhuer, And the Famous Four Sisters Du Held. WOVEL SPECIALTIES. California to San Dicgo, Pasadena Los Angeles, A Island, San Francisco, Monterey, and the parties will return Sierra Nevada by da: Denver and Manitou, Gerges aad Canons ‘of Colorado. There will be scjourns at some of the Finest Hot ica. including the Hotel del Coronade ce Hotel in San Francisco, Vendome, Hotel del Monte, Hotel Knutsford in Salt Lake City and the Brown, Pelace Hotel in Denver. A delightful nd of ‘Travel and Sight-seeing, including first-class rail- double berth in ing core, oll Red Key; John D. Chambers, William: ction=-. = | eet modationn.—sramatenn, | entinge a wecattle, extra, per cwt., $4 | Port. Indian territory, J. H. Miller, Chick. Next Attra Jacob B. — Snctdental rer ay ag eatiee a asaw; John McLean, Dorchester, Paul’ Valley. Iowa, Willlam H. Tyrell, Waver- ly; C. M. Elder, Rock Valley; Alfred W. Lee, Ottumwa; A. Brimer, Cornin; H. E. Bolt » John Mi Rapids; Levi L. drich, Cawker City; Charles McC. Lockhart, El- Mnwood. ‘The selection of O. A. Petty to be post- master at Charleston, W. Va., was made after a hard fight. The present occupant of the office is Mrs. Kenna, the widow of the late Senator and her friends cwt., $8.50 and $4; .50;" butcher, and $4. ‘i Litt’s ‘The Last Stroke.” = RAYMOND & WHITCOMB, 1005 Chestnut Street. Mutual Life Ins. Butiding, fet-3t Philadelphia. °. KE®54n'S LYCEUM THEATER. 1 ALL THe WEEK. Matinees Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. First Appearance in Washington. Gay llasqueraders Spectacular Vaudeville. Fifth Annual Ball OF THE Southern Relief Society, Friday Eve., Feb. 11, 1898, _AT NATIONAL RIFLES’ ARMORY, the Demeft of the Poor and Needy in the Dis- nomination: Joseph B. Lee of Florida, to be collector of | custome for the district of St. John’s, Fie. ‘To be consuls—Benjamin Johnston of Iowa, ot Utilla, Honduras; W. B. Sorsby of Mis-