Evening Star Newspaper, February 26, 1898, Page 24

24 Frank Daniels in Victor Herbert's opera “The Idol's Eye” has done, at the Colum- bia Theater, the biggest business of any theatrical attraction in the city this week. In fact the receipts have been greater than Mr. Daniels has ever drawn in this city before, and Mr. Kirke La Schelle, his manager, who came on Wednesday night, was highly satisfied with the engagement and warmly complimented the young man- agers of the theater for the manner in which his stas and company have been treated. Next to Mr. Daniels in point of business were the Octoroons at the Academy and then came Digby Bell in his “Hoosier Doctor.” “The Girl From Paris” Wasn't so eagerly sought for, as at her first visit, which is a good sign of popular taste. Next week comes “The French Maid,” who is said to be not so very naughty, but awfully nice; Dixey in the role of a ma- gician, Mr. and Mrs. Russ Whytal, in “Fair Virginia,” “A Southern Romance” and Hi Henry's Minstrels. That is variety enough to satisfy every phase of theatri- cal taste. Mark Klaw was in the city Thursday on @ flying visit and he said that Washington would soon have an opportunity of hear- ing John Sousa’s latest comic opera, “The Bride Elect.” The success of this opera in Boston, where it was first produced, was greater than “E] Capitan,” and it is now playing in Philadelphia to enormous business. The friends of Sousa in this city will eagerly look for this latest pro- duction of his genius, and will undoubt- edly pay that tribute which Is customary. If*Sousa could only come on and direct the first night, it would give the opera the greatest kind of a send off. Magicians are not often “thrown down,” £0 to speak, on their own games, but Henry E. Dixey, who will be at the Lafayette Square this week, had an experience of this kind in Chicago lately over which some of his friends are still laughing. It was while Dixey was playing at the Great Northern Theater in the windy city, and he and three friends were seated at a table in the Greai Northern cafe sfter the performance, talk- ing over the incidents of the season. While trey were still there a broken-down news- | mg man entered. He hed at one time ore of the brightest reporters on the Herald staff, but he had acquired the opium habit, and is now merely a human wreck, Hving on such small assignments as pity- ing editors give him and whatever he can row from friends. Dixey had known him in his better dzys, as had several of the others present, and they of course @sked him to join them. Dixey had just been performirg 2 few tricks for his friends" amusement and was about to change a half dollar into a twenty-dollar gold piece. The feat was accomplished and applauded, and Dixey then changed {t back into the half dollar again. The newspaper man seemed very much interested in the experiment and asked Dixey if he could change a quay ter into a ten-dollar gold piece as easily. “Certainly; hand over the quarter,” sald Dixey. The man did so, and after a few Passes it was changed into a ten-dollar gold Plece and handed over for inspection. The Tan looked at it carefully and then put it in his pocket. “Hand it back and I will change it into a quarter again,” said the wizard. “Oh, you needn’t mird,” said the newspaper man, as he walked away, leav- ing Dixey to the merciless guying of his friends and nine dollars and seventy-five cents out of pocket. Saharet, the sinuous and seductive dancer, has had u peculiarly lively and checkered career for a young woman not yet nine- teen. Her father was an extenslve ranch owner ia Australia, and the nimble dancer first saw the light at Ballarat. She began to dance in public in a Christmas panto- mime, when only five years old. Like the French sardines, Saharet seems to have been created without bones, and developed wonderful proficiency as an acrobat and contortionist, as well as danseuse. Before she was fourteen she had traveled all over Australia and New Zealand as a circus performer. Three years ago she landed in San Fraacisco, with her widowed mother, aud m vain sought stage employment. No- body knew her and nobody would listen to her. But she is an energetic little body. with plenty of pluck and a willingness to adapt herself to the necessities of the hour. The wolf was clawing at the door, so Sa- haret, under an assumed name, and dec- orated with brass bangles, blossomed out as a fortune teller in a dime museum. When the profits of palmistry fell off, Sa- haret made a lightning change and blos- somed out as a living mermaid, a skillful property man supplying what was lacking in her naiural make-up. The mermaid was a@ nine days’ wonder, but just about this . tyme a traveling burlesque company, “The Spider and the Fly,” happened along. Its principal Cancer had fallen {ll on the over- Jend trip, ard the management was in de- spair. Here was Saharet’s golden oppor- tunity, and she seized it quickly. Her im- portunities were heeded, and she was given @ trial performance. San Francisco had never seen such bending and high kicking and human bow-knots as the slim little Australian girl presented to Its astonished gaze. Next day she was written up in great style. Coming east with the com- ny, she danced in Chicago, Boston and New York, and then branched out in the all-absorbing and well-paying field of vaudeville. She fell in with a shrewd man- ager, who took her to London last spring, where she scored an instant hit at the Pal- sce Music Hall. It was there that E. E. Rice saw her and engaged her. Next May she returns to Londcn, and goes thence to the Follies Bergere, Paris, and Ronacher’s, Vienna. Her time is booked for a solid year in the leading music halls of Europe, and before she returns she will have showa the warlike German Wilhelm, the indolent Egyptian khedive, the stern Russian czar, and all the other crowned heads what acrobatic dancing rea!ly is. The far-secing Mr. Rice has taken the precaution to ob- tain her signature to a cast-iron contract for the season of 1800-1900. Mr. Russ Whytal was seen by a Star re- ter and asked to say something about is experiences as a dramatist. “Am I a dramatist?” he returned in that sort of half-doubtful tone that Frank Dan- fels used to employ when he asked “Am la wizard?” “You write plays?” “One swallow does not make a summer, even if a summer mak>s us swallow more; nor does one play make a dramatist. “What about ‘Agatha Dene,’ the one-act comedy that Miss.Ellen Terry bought from ou?” > ‘A one-act play doesn’t count.” ‘How many plays have you written that have not be>n produced?" “Do you mean ‘finished? ’* “Well—yes.” “About twelve.” “Ard unfinished?” “About twelve hundred.” And he never emiled. “Do you expect to finish them all, Mr. ‘Whytal?” . “Not in this lifs.”” “How do they compare with ‘For Fair Virginia?’ ” ’ : “They are all better. That was ‘my first offense.’ It took five years after it was finished to get it produced. At the same Fate I should be pretty old b2fore all were acted.” “What induced you to become a play- wright? “The fact that I couldn't make money enough playing in other people's pieces.” “How long have you been on tha stage?” “Over fifteen years, and I have seen many = changes in that time.” 2 he Sul i : l CN added that he hoped that it wouldn’t mili- tate against them if the fact should be dis- closed. LAFAYETTE SQUARE OPERA HOUSE. —Monday evening the ever-popular ‘“‘Adon- is,” Mr. Henry E. Dixey, will open a week's engagement at the Lafaytte Square Thea- ter in his new and novel scenic production of magic and comedy. From the hind legs of the famous “Evangeline” heifer to the throne in the kingdom of magic is a far cry, but Dixey’s well-known versatility has covered the distance, and with great suc- cess. In his present entertainment Dixey runs the whole gamut of stage amuse- ments, from tragedy to the broadest of bur- lesques and from humorous feats of leger- demain to the most mysterious of fllusions. Prominent among the latter are two beauti- ful and mysterious oriental deceptions, the “Mystery of Mesrour”’ and the “Miracles of Chunder Hula.” These are both founded on legends of India and are startling ex- positions of Hindo practices. Another won- derful mystery is the “Illusion Leonil,” in which a beautiful young girl is transformed into an African lion in full view of the au- dience. In another part of the performance Dixey appears as a mischievous Pierrot in an exhfbition of black art. This is entirely pantomime work and the mysterious ob- jects that appear and disappear at the will of the awestruck Pierrot afford the most amusing of entertainment. Other scenes Present the Palace of Enchantment, in which Dixey performs numerous feats of legerdemain, accompanying them by a run- ning fire of witty patter and brightening the whole performance with shafts from his inexhaustible fund of repartee. In ad- dition to the magical and illustive portions of his performance, he presents a sketch in which he portrays several of the characters that made his “Adonis” so popular. These include the stage-struck country girl, the Old Man of the Seven Ages and his won- derful caricature of England's eccentric tragedian, Henry Irving. Dixey has a host of friends in this city, who will undoubtedly greet his appearance here with crowded houses. Matinees will be given Wednesday and Saturday. NATIONAL THEATER.—“The French Maid,.’" a musical comedy, by Capt. Basil Hood and Walter Slaughter, comes to the National Theater Monday for one week only. It is in its second year in London and has just concluded a run of 175 per- formances at the Herald Square Theater, New York city. The piece is staged with all the attention to detail for which Ed- ward E. Rice is famous. There will, of course, be picturesque scenery and a rare beauty show. The entire New York cast is retained, including Olive Redpath, Eva Davenport, Yolande Wallace, Lucille Fla- ven, Hallen Mostyn, Henry Norman, Ed Redway, George Honey, William Arm- strong, E. 8. Wentworth, Henry Leoni and Charles A. Bigelow, one of the drollest and most inventive of American comedians, who will impersonate the nervous little cockney waiter, who is one of the many characters in love with the little French maid. There are several beautiful ballets and some sensational solo dancing by Saharat, the Australian wonder, who is an acrobat and a contortionist as well as a dancer. The action of the piece occurs in Boulogne and covers some comic com- plications at the Hotel Anglais and at the Masquerade given at the Casino Gardens. Suzette, a maid at the hotel, is the cause of all the trouble. She is beloved by a head waiter and a gendarme. These and many more characters attend the ball, and their mistakes of identity cause them to become involved in a comic—but to them tragic—series of events. An army of pret- ty girls, a phalanx of the cleverest come- dians he has ever engaged and a score of graceful dancers are given a very beau- tiful scenic background. ‘The French Maid” is brisk, sparkling and fascinating, and its lyrics are uncommonly bright and humorous. The engagement is limited to one week, with the usual Wednesday and Saturday matinees. COLUMBIA THEATER.--“For Fair Vir- ginia."" by Mr. Rust Whytal, will be the at- traction next week at the Columbia, with the author and his charming wife in the principal characters. Our theater-goers who can recall the first presentation of the play in this city, more than two years ago, do not need to be told of its potent attrac- tiveness; but for those who were not so for- tunate it can be truly said that it is one of the best and most pleasing of modern American plays. Its long enduring success, now continuing into a fourth season, is the best possible proof of its wholesome merit. Mr. Whytal has not been led into the too common error of trying to reproduce act- ual scenes of battle and strife. These are always unsatisfactory and not infrequently ridiculous. He has only used the events of the war as a background to a domestic story comprising two strong love incidents. In his heroine, Virginia, he shows a proud, high-spirited southern woman, enthusiasti- cally devoted to her cause. She compels sympathy even from those most opposed to her. Contrasted with Virginia is a bright, piquant, resourceful and courageous north- ern girl, Nell Esmond, whom no southerner could help loving. Mr. Whytal's play is by no means gloomy. It abounds in comedy of a strikingly original and spontaneous kind. He himself appears in a light comedy char- acter. Mrs. Whytal is an actress of mark- ed refinement and intelligence, possessing a graceful and pleasing personality, and with a thorough command of her art. Miss Viola Fortescue plays the Yankee girl, and that remarkable child-actress, Mabel Talia- ferro, so long the smallest child with Jas. A. Herne, has a very important part, which helps to make the performances particular- ly attractive to ladies and children. The “bargain” matinee on Thursday, when ad- mission to all parts of the house will be only 50 cents, should prove to be the larg- est the new management has had. GRAND OPERA HOUSE.—Hi Henry's Big Modern Minstrels, who have met with such phenomenal success in New York city the past week, will be seen for the first time In this city at the Grand Opera House, beginrfing next Monday. Hi Henry ts ered- ited with presenting one of the strongest minstrel attractions of the present time. The company numbers fifty performers, embracing eight comedians, two distinct quartets, a grand, carefully-drilled chorus of twenty-five, an orchestra of fifteen and @ superb military band of twenty-five, who discourse Wagner's music and the classic overtures. The vocal and instrumental fea- tures of the attraction are said to be un- equaled in .eir line. The list of talent em- braces the best performers of the day. The bright comedian, Arthur Deming, heads the list of eight funmakers, which include Dan Allmon, Pete Griffin, James Cowper, Tim McMahon, John King, James Carroll, Ed. Locke and _ others; their eight accomplished vocalists are headed by the popular Harry Leighton; among the spe- cialties are the celebrated patrol quartet, the Mirellas; the musical comedians, Locke and Allmon; the world’s greatest buck dancers, Griffin and Cowper; Deming and Allmon in amusing specialties, a solo or- chestra of fifteen and Hi Henry In cornet solos, supported by his military band of twently-five instrumentalists. ; KERNAN’S LYCEUM THEATER.—“Ro- bie’s Knickerbockers,” who are to begin a mounted “See ee eee company is made up of first-class artists, including real sin; and funny THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 46, 1898—24 PAGES. q i AMUN aS comedian; Aleene and La Rue, singers and acrobatic dancers; Burke Brothers and John Wills, comedians; M. 8. Whallen, who has an act of his own, and last, but not least, pretty girls who introduce a number of novel dances and specialties. One of the hits is an original and funny Dutch burlesque on “My Gal's a High-Born Lady,” rendered by Estelle Wills, Mazie Aleene, Nettie Renee and Lizzie Howe. There is also a gavotte, entitled “Father. Knickerbocker,” introducing eight charm- ing dancers, costumed after the style of two hundred years ago, and produced with novel effects. The performance concludes with a screaming farce, “Wise Mine” in which the title role is assumed by a donkey of more than usual intelligence. The above engagement begins with a special Monday matinee. ACADEMY OF MUSIC.—No prettier, mcre wholesome or more interesting play will be seen in Washington this season than “A Southern Romance,” which comes to the Academy Monday evening. It is a delightful dramatization by B. B. Val- lentine of Dolly Higbee’s Kentucky idyt, “In God's Country,” and so well has the dramatist done. his work that he has not only preserved the freshness and charm that are the life of the story, but he has brought with additional vividness and Fewer the wonderful dramatic possibili- ties of the book without sacrificing any of the naturalness, wholesomeness of heart interest of the original narrative. The story told in the play goes straight to the heart and awakens the noblest impulses by that subtle touch of nature that “makes the whole world kin.” A young girl, re- fined, gentle, of noble instincts, lives with her father in one of the quaint old coun- try homes for which Kentucky is famous. She is about to marry a wealthy young man of the world at the wish of her father, who is in greatly reduced circumstances, but meeting with her father’s gardener, she falls in love with him and elopes with him. It turns out that the supposed gar- dener is a nobly born gentleman in dis- guise and then comes a return home, paren- tal forgiveness and happiness, the curtain falling upon a scene of exquisite beauty. The scenic equipment of the play is very beautiful and the company is the best that cculd be gotten together in New York, in- cluding Mr. A. S. Lipman and Miss Isabelle Evesson. BIJOU THEATER—Kitty Mitchell will be the leading attraction at the Bijou next week. With her will also be the four Lucters, who have made success in two centinerts in their superb musical enter- tainment playing on a large variety of different instruments all the popular se- lections of the day, in trio, duo, quartet, selo and vocal numbers. Casteliat and Hali introducing a novel acrobatic act entitled, “The Arrival of the Milk Train.” The Maginleys, Lotta and Eddie, two of the most daring aerialists in the world, pre- sent new novel effects in teeth revolving work. Lolla Maginley is the originator of this style of work, and the only artist to do a complete ring act revolving while the rings are suspended by the téeth, and of holding her partner of 160 pounds by the index finger. Then there will be Joe Hard- man, in his original monologue; the Clif- ford Sisters, successful sketch artists and duetists; Mlle. Flora, who will present an exact reproduction of the great_Charmion act, that was the feature of Koster and Bial’s New York Music Hall for ten con- secutive weeks. Collins and Daily in a new and original absurdity entitled, “My Friend, Col. Butts;” Miss Mabel Carew, a clever Uttle character vocalist, and Burt Jordan, one of the best buck and wing dancers in America. The Bijou Stock Company, with Sam J. Adams, Billy Madden, Clara Adams and a bevy of pretty girls tastily cos- tumed in a new original bill completes the lengthy bill at this cozy little theater. THE HENSCHEL SONG RECITAL.—The return of Mr. and Mrs. Georg Henschel for a farewell song recital before they sail for England (on March 9) will be sincerely wel- comed by many. Not only by those who enjoyed tho recitals of this gifted couple earlier in the season, but by the many who were unable to attend at that time. Mr. ard Mrs, Henschel have been kept busy since the opening of their American tour, and this recital here completely fills their time up to the eve of their departure, so that this will be the last opportunity to hear them. So much has been said of the artistic work of Mr. and Mrs. Henschel that there is little more to say without re- peating. Their recitals are satisfying in every way and to the most exacting, and never fail to attract all who enjoy and ap- preciate the interpretation of song. As program makers they are exceptional, and the immense amount of all that is good in musical literature is at command, so that a Henschel program always meets the de- mands of the auditor. The recital will be given on Thursday evening, March 3, at the Uriversalist Church. Seats are now on sale at E. F. Droop & Sons’. COL. INGERSOLL ON SHAKESPEARE. —Every man, woman and child in Amer- ica knows Col. Robert G. Ingersoll, at least by reputation. At the present day and age of the world he is without a peer as a word painter. On any topic his eloquence is sublime, and for this on one special subject he will have much to account for. He will return to this city for the last time in many nmionths Sunday evening, March 13, when he will give, by special request, his famous lecture on “Shake~ speare’ at the National Theater. It is several years since this wonderful tribute to the world’s greatest genius was heard in this city, and as it does not touch on the subject of religion it should be the means of attracting an enormous crowd. “TENNESSEE'S PARDNER.'’—“Tennes- see’s Pardner,’’ which comes to the Grand the week of March 7, is a Bret Harte ro- mance suggested by his exquisite sketch of the same name. It is delightful and sentimental—as clever in its surrounding western atmosphere as was “Alabama” in its southern atmosphere. It is an idyllic pastoral play, with just enough romance to engage universal sympathy, enough sin- cere interest to stir the best impulses, enough humor to leaven the whole with cheerfulness—that is ‘Tennessee's Pard- ner’’—one of the most refined comedy- dramas on tour. The company is a power- ful one, and includes such well-known peo- ple as Estha Williams, James M. Brophy, Jane Corcoran, Percy Plunkett, the cele- brated Golden Nugget Quartet and a num- ber of other favorites. The production is under the management of Arthur C. Ais- Robert Downing, Maude Granger and other high-class at- tractions. KELCEY-SHANNON.—The attraction at Albaugh’s Theater during the week of March 7 will be the returm of Mr. Herbert Kelcey and Miss Effie Shannon in their latest comedy success, in New York. Ellie Wilton, Miss Georgia Busby, Miss Owen Ellis, Miss Neljlette Reed, etc. THEODORE THGMAS’ ORCHESTRA.— The management of the Columbia has ar- ranged with Theodore Thomas and his cichestra for a anatinee concert March 4 at 4:15." It is reallyythe big musical event of the season and skould draw out all the musical-loving geople of the city. Mr. Thomas has alway@ been held in high es- teem by our people, and he has hosts of friends and admiregs in this city, many considering’ him the, best conductor in this country. He ham selected with great care @ program of ajihbigh order and has en- gaged as soloist that talented violinist, Ysaye, who will pley for the first time here ‘this season. Mr. Thomas was the first to introducé Wagnerian programs in this country, whenshe brought over such artists as Materra, Scaria and Winkle- man. He left New»York at the head of a permanent orchestra in the height of his success and established himself in Chicago with his own orchestra, on whom the crit- ics have lavished unstinted praise. The program for the only concert here is as follows: Symphony, G minor, Mozart; con- certo for violin, E flat, Mozart (Cadenza by M. Ysaye); overture, ‘Coriofanus,” Beethoven; tone poem, “Don Juan,” Rich. Strauss; Symphonie Espagnole, Lalo (for violin and orchestra), and overture, “Tann- haeuser,” Wagner. FISK JUBILEE SINGERS.—There is a general desire to hear these old favorites in their old plantation melodies. On Mon- day evening next at Rifles’ Hall this de- sire will be gratified. Since their last visit they have been abroad, and the European press has been full of their praises. They sing modern music, but nothing seems to please at home and abroad like the wild, Melrd melodious negro songs of the south. To appreciate the manner in which they render this music one must hear it. They imitate no one. They have a style pe- cullarly their own.- They blend the sol- emn ard pathetic with the humorous in the same song, and one alternates between smiles and tears, SUNDAY CONCERT. — Owing to the enormous success of John W. Isham's Famous Original Octoroons during the past week, Manager W. H. Rapley of the Acad- emy of Music has decided to give a sacred concert at his theater tomorrow night, When Mr. Isham’s entire company wili present an original and novel concert pro- gram, which will meet the approval and satisfaction of the most critical and ex- acting amusement seeker. Madame Flow- ers, the Bronze Melba, will sing “Nearer, My God, to Thee” and other choice selec- tions. Madame Hyers of the Hyer Sisters, will render “Way Down on the Suwanee River,” “My Old Kentucky Home,”&c., and the remainder of the program will be Participated in by the forty members of Mr. Isham’s Octoroons Company. Then there are the Mallory Bros. in their re- fined musical act, introducing thelr famous Trinity chimes of New York, which must heard ur order to be appréciated. Tak- ing it as a whole, it is safe to say that the concert will be onc which ts bound to give the greatest pleasure to all who at- tend. SOME MUSICAL NOTES AS previously announced, the next con- cert of the Choral Soctety will occur Tues- day, April 19, when a rendition of Dvorak’s “Spectre’s Bride” will be given by special reqvest. The society will be assisted by the Boston Festival Orchestra and by the following soloists: Mrs. Frances Dunton of Boston, soprano; Mr. William H. Reiger of New York, tenor, and Mr. W. A. Howland of Boston, baritone. The first rehearsal will be next Mon@ay at Sheldon’s Hall, 104 F street. Allswho expect to join the choru3 for this: concert should apply at once, fer there 4s but little time available for work. Altes are particularly needed at the present time, while the soprano pert is practieally full. It is probable that after the frst.or second rehearsal no more members will be taken in, as the score cannot be properly mastered in so short a time. The double recital to be given Taursday ‘and Friday evenings, March 24 and 25, by the pupils of the Lawrence School ‘vf Music and Elocution, promises to be a suc*2os in every particular. “The pupils will begin rehearsals at the wecital halls, 1127 10th street northwest, mext Friday evening. Miss Clemons, -elocutionist, will also as- sist with her pupils in recitations, etc. »-The Sunday: Night Musie Club played th following: program «at ‘Miss Rebecca , Beh- rend’s, 412-H street northwest: The third (Broica) Beethoven Symphony, the Waffen- tanz, the Gladiatoren-Kampf, the Auftritt der Jungfrauen and the Festilicher Tanz, from the ballet music of Wagner's Rienzi, together with The Evening Star and the March from Tannhauser; all for four hands piano and quartet of strings. # The Columbia Glee Club, which meets every Wednesday evening at 1127 10th Street northwest, is making fine progress with the opera “Chimes of Normandie.” Quite a large number attended the re- hearsal last Wednesday. During the even- ing Mr. Paul Maioney sang “On the Banks of the Wabash,” which was very much appreciated. A nice program is being ar- ranged for next Wednesday evening. Mrs. Zaidee Smith, who was for so long the leading soprano in St. Matthew’s choir, will sing the “Inflamatus” at that church tomorrow morning at high mass. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Lent and _ their pupils will give a concert at the Univer- salist Church tonight. They will be as- sisted by Mrs. Agnes Postell-Everest, so- prano, and the program will be an extreme- ly attractive one. The series of chamber music concerts given by Mr. H. C. Rakemann at the Wash- irgton Club closed Thursday night. Mr. Rakemann had, as heretofure, the assist- arce of Miss Lily Wignall, the violoncel- list, and her sister, Mrs. Bowen, who was at the piano, and the latter deserves much commendaticn for her artistic and distinc- tive playing, and the consistency with which she keeps the piano in subjection,in the concerted music. Mrs. Browning was the vocal soloist, and sang Massanet’s “Herodiade” and Liszt's ‘Loreley.” Miss Wignall’s solo was Beethoven's Romanze in G major. The program also included trios by Goldmark and Malling and a quar- tet by Rheinberger, in which Mr. Rake- mann played the viola and Miss E. M. Bailey the violin. ‘The seating capacity of Rauscher’s Hall was taxed to its utmost last night at the piano recital given by Mrs, Hadden-Alex- ander. The program included five of Mac- Doweil’s compositions, and Schumann, Chopin, Raff and Chaminade were also represented. Mrs. Hadden-Alexander piays with great dash and spirit, yet with clear- ness and tenderness of touch. Her recital was received with every mark of apprecia- tion by the audience. ~ ———— AN OLD BLUE BOOK. The Days When the Government Ser- vice Was Sm: “The ‘Blue Book,’ as the official register of government employes is known,” says an old-timer, “becomes quite .an interest- ing book on comparison with the volume of less than-a hundred pages issued a third of a-century ago. Why, the mere sight of the official registersfor, say, 1846 and the two large volumes ef late years will make an object léssom tosyoung and old, to say nothing of what may be learned by inspec- tion. “Where axféwyhundred officials were sufficient ee for whe transaction of the The 8t AMUSEMENTS. Lafayette . sasese+ TONIGHT, EVENINGS, 25c., 50c., 75e., $1 and $1.50, MATINEES, 25c., 50c., 75c. and $1. B. BE. RICE’S PRODUCTION OF [eumat | THE [eres GIRL FROTI PARIS. wi DIXEY. SEATS ON SALE. fe26-20 LAFAYETTE J. W. Albaugh... Nixon & Zimmerman . Directors Week Beginning Monday. MATINEES WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY. THE MOST VERSATILE OF COMEDIA} AMUSEMENTS. Grand OperaHouse KERNAN & RIFE, Managers. Beginning Monday, February 28. “WEEK. ON! Matinees WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY. The New York City’s Success! ADONIS (HI HENRY’s (IR. HENRY E.) BIG MODERN DIXEY linstre Presenting His Beautiful Kaleldoscopic Production of Magic, Mirth, Mystery and Mimicry. 2 CARLOADS OF RY 2 AND Al =o EMBELLISHiNG THE PALACE OF HANTMEN 1 PPARATUS THE MIRACLES OF C! t HU THE MYSTERY OF M OUR, ee THE ILLUSION LEON II, THE ILLUSION DIABLO AN) TWENTY MINUTES WITH DIXEY. REGULAR “AT EE PRICES. WEEK BEGINNING MONDAY, MARCH 7, Mr. Herbert Kelcey Miss Effie Shannon And Company, includin, MR. WM. J. LE MOYNE AND MRS. SARAH COWELL LE MOYNE. The Latest Success, The Moth and the Flame, BY MR. CLYDE FITCH. An Elaborate Scenic and Costume Production. Seats on Sale Thursday. WHOLESALE PRODUCE MARKET. General Upward Tendency—Products Plentital. Prices in the local wholesale produce market today show a general advance, al- though it is but a slight ore. Eggs are pientiful, and unless a eevere cold spell comes are likely to drop lower. Butter, on the other hand, is scarce, and indicates that higher prices may be expected, being teday a little higher. Other products are fairly plentiful, the season of the year con- sidered, the market being generally firm. Butter—Creamery, Elgin, extras, 21% a pourd; choice, 20; firsts, 19; seconds, 18; bakers’ choice stock, 15, and other grades from 15 upward. Checse—New York state, full cream, large, 11 cents a pound; flats, 11, and ponys, 12. Eggs—Near-by fresh, 14 to western, 14, and southern, 13 to 14. Poultry—Turke: Choice, drawn, 8-lb. av- erage, 13 and 14; choice, drawn, large, 12 and 13; cho‘ce, undrawn, Ib., 12 and 13; gob- blers, undrawn, 11; undrawn, large, per Ib., 10 and 11; live, toms, per Ib., live hens, per Ib., 11; live, small, per Ib.. Chickens: Drawn, per Ib., 9 and 10; undrawn, per Ib., 10 and 12; winter chicks, live, 10; spring, small, 10 and 11; capons, large, 12 and 14; slips, 10 and 11. Old fowls: Drawn, per Ib., 9; undrawn, per Ib., 8 and 9; live, per Ib., 7 and 74%; roosters, live, per Ib., 5. Ducks: Dressed, per Ib., 10 and 11; live, large, per Ib., on 9. Geese: Live, per Ib., 7; dressed, 7 and 8. Vegetables—Cucumbers, per box, $2 and $3.50; cauliflower, per crate, $3 and $4: kale, per bbl., 50 and 75; celery, medium, per doz., 15 and 25; celery, common, per doz., 10 and 15; beans, per box, $2 end $3.50; let- tuce, per bbl., $3 and $5; lettuce, per bas- ket, $1.50 and $2.50; potatoes, western, per bush., 76 and 80; Maryland and Virginia, tush., 65 and 70; culls, per bush., 25 and 30; sweet potatoes, fancy, per bbl., $3; No. 1, $2 and $2.50; culls, $1 and $1.50; yams and haymons, bbl., $1.50 2; tomatoes, per crate, Florida, $1. ol} per half bbl. box, $2.50 and $3.50; 100 bunches, $2 and $4; cabbages. and $4; new, per bbl., $1 and $1 $2 and $2.30; ‘O and ; turnips, per bbl., beans, white, New York mediums, $1 $1.25; New York pea, $1.10 and $1.1 row, $1.20 and $1 Virginia, white, 9) and $1; white, mixed, 80; colored, 60; black-eyed peas, per bush., 65 and 75; lima beans, per Ib. and 4. Dried Fruits—Evaporated apples, choice, 9 and 10c.; apples sliced, fancy, 41s¢.: sliced, bright, 8'4 and 4c.; quarters, bright, 3 peaches, choice, 6 and 7c.; fair to good, 5 and 6c.; halves, unpeeled 4 quarters, unpeeled, 2 and 3c.: 8 and 10c.; evaporated, unpeele cherries, pitted, dry. crop ‘96, 9 and 10 sugared and wet, 6 and 7c.; blackberries, per Ib., 3% whortleberries, per Ib., 6c.; raspberries, dry, 10 and 11c. Green fruits and nuts—Apples, fancy ta- ble, bbl., $3 and $4; choice, per bbl., $2. and $3; walnuts, per 100 Ibs., 73 and : oranges, Florida, brights, per box, $2.75 and $4.50; russets, per box, $2.75 and $4; navels, per box, $2 and $2.75; seedling, per box, $1.65 and $2.25. Livestock—Cattle, extra, per cwt., $4 and $4.50; butcher, per cwt., $3.50 and $4; com- mon, per ewt., $2.50 and §3; rough, per ewt., $1.50 and $2; hogs, fair, per cwt., gross, $3.50 and ordinary, per cwt., net, $3.25 Sheep, per cwt., $3 and $3.50; lambs, spring, choice, cwt., $10 and $12; medium, $9 and $10; calves, prime, ; common, per ewt., $5 and $5.50; grass, per cwt., $3 and $3.50; cows, prime, each, $25 and $35; common, each, $10 and $15; old and dry, $6 and $8. Dressed stock and cured meats—Calves, full dressed, 8 and 9%c.; hams, country, sugar cured, 9 and 10c.; lard, country, bright and clean, 5c.; hogs, dressed, large and neat, 4c.; small and neat, 44g and Sc.; rough, 3 ‘and 3%c. ——— Port Arthur's Relation to Pekin. From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. In view of the eastern complications at present it is intercstirg to know something of the Chirncee seacoast. Port Arthur, about which s9 much has been said, is in ¢he peninsula extending into the Gulf of Pe- chili, and from Pekin m a direct line the distance is almost exactly 300 miles. Wei- Hai-Wei, the point which the Japanese have occupied, is to the south, a little more than eighty miles from Port Arthur, and on ths opposite side of the gulf, while Kiao-Chau is still further south on the coast, and in latitude about 36 degrees ncrth by 121 degrees east longitude. While. these three ports are most in evidence in the newspeper columns, it should not be fcrgotten that the aggressions of foreign powers have opened on the Chinese coast at different times no less than twenty-three treaty ports, through which the commerca of the world may pass to the great empire. Nearly all of these were secured by Brit- ish influence, exerted either peacefully, through negotiations, or forcibly by threat of violent occupation in case the Chinese government refused to comply with the request for their opening. While Great Britain nominally déclared that these ports were open to the shipping of all nations, the most marked benefit has been, as might be expected, to the British mer- chants, for nine-tenths of the trade with China has been through British factors, egg plant, beets, per per 100, $2 ); onions, yellow per 30; A Knife Grinder’s Usefal Dog. From the Philadelphia Record. There is a one-legged knife grinder in town who 1s particularly proud of his dog, and no wonder, for the intelligent animal aids him greatly in his daily toil. The man eee (esa --ALL WHITE PERFORMERS-- S25 eee Introducing the Star Comedian, Arthur Deming. ‘The Popular Comedt DAN ALLMON. The Great Character Artists, GRIFFIN AND COWPER. The Musical Comedian: LOCKE AND ALLMON. THE FINEST OF ALD SINGERS, Headed by the Popular Vocal Star, HARRY LEIGHTON. The Popular Baritone, W. O. BAYLEY, The Favorite Buffo Baritone, J. ALBERT GATES. The Femous PATROL QUARTET. The Renowned Cornet Virtuoso, MR. HI. HENRY. Grand Electrical FirstPart. SINGERS, DANCERS, COMEDIANS, SPECIAL- TIES, BIG DOUBLE ORCHESTRA. The Finest of All Military Bands, —Next Week— “‘Tennessee’s Pardner.’’ it COLUMBIA. FAREWELL FERFCRMANCE OF Frank Daniels In the Latest Comic Opera Success, “The Idol’s Eye,” By Harry B. Smith and Victor Herbert. TONIGHT AT 8:15. FEBRUARY 23. MATINEES THURSDAY AND SATURDAY. SPE L “BARGAIN MATINEE” THURSDAY, MARCH 3. ADMISSION, 56c., ALL PARTS OF HOUSE. MR. AND MRS, Russ Whytal, In the Romantic Drama FA RGINIA, DIRECTION OF JULIAN MAGNUR. MARCH 4. THEODORE Chicago Orchestra. THOMAS, Soloist, YSAYE. PRICES......... $1.00, $1.50 AND $2.00 Bale of Seats opens MONDAY MORNING Box office. The Battle of Gettysburg. LECTURE BY Huber Gray Buehler, M.A., English Master in Yale Preprratory School, Ilustrated with o—____________, AS ACTED BY THEM OVER 700 TIMES! EXTRA—Friday Afternocn, at 4: at at and War | iy Mr. HARVEY MURRAY. Memorial Lutheran Church Thomas Circ TUESDAY. MARCH 1, 8 P.M, BENEFIT FPOUNDLING HOSPITAL, Under of the Pierce Guild. Tickets at Sanders & Stayman’s, 1827 F st. e26-8t Melodies— ATTEND THE FAIR AT MT. VERNON PLACE M. E. CHURCH, oth ‘and K sts. n.w. BEGINNING MARCH 1 and CLOSING EXCELLENT MEALS AND LUNCHES . Every evening of Fair from 4 to 10 o'clock. 1626-31" CONCERT AND TEA, BENEFIT OF “THE WOMAN'S CLINIC,” AT THE RESIDENCE OF MRS. REESIDE, 1239 _ Vermont ave. n.w. THURSDAY AFTERNOON, March %, 1898, at 3 o'clock. Tickets, 50 cents. fe26-4t Rifles’ Hall, Bet Ses ana 100m ote. MONDAY EVENING, 1 im 1 aoe AMUSEMENTS, NEW NATIONAL THEATER, TONIGHT LAST NIGHT OF DIGBY BELL, Supported by LAURA JOYCE BELL, in The Hoosier Doctor. ~ Yarn Seats Selling. WEEK E. EB. RICE'S FRISKIEST SUCCESS, The French Maid. MEW NATIGNAL THEATER, maxsise Monday Night. MATINEES WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY. First Appearance in this City of EWD. E. RICE’S PRODUCTION OF New York and London's Great Suce the Herald Square Theater, N.Y 175 nights, with THE FRENCH = Lyrics by Walter Slaughter. Book by Capt. Basil Hood. rect from , after its rum of NEW YORK CAST, Rigelow, Olive: Ready Eva Davenport, Nolande Wallace, Chambre, &e., SAHARET, The Australian Danseuse Eccentrique. ENLARGED ORCHESTRA AND CHORUS, UN- DER THE DIRECTION OF MR. MAX KNAUER. TUNEFUL MELODIES, — FU GAY, GLITTERING 4 “THANK YOU VERY KINDLY,* March 7--Seats Thursday, “ENJOY YOURSELVES” AND SEE run on MUA Y s° IRWIN ‘TIONS. Direct In the Merriest Hit of the Season, THE SWELL wisS FITZWELL, POPU PRICES. THIS ACADEMY 35, JOHN W. ISHAM'’S OCTOROONS. SPECIAL. a uA WD SAGRE! ERT, Ong Next Week—A SOUTHERN ‘ROMANCI ACADEMY — POPULAR PRICES. All Next Week—Wednesday and Saturday Matinees, A {| THRILL SOUTHERN ROMANCE, By B. B. Vallentine, founded on Dolly Highee's brilliant novel. In God’s ‘Country. With a Strong Cast, beaded by Mr. A. 8. LIPMAN & Miss ISABELLE EVESSON. —— ire Production | <t From Fifth Avenue Theater, New York. ee NEXT | FLO. IRWIN ATTRACTION, | IN THE WIDOW JONES. t Buoe tHearer, WEEK THE nou TH porated), Propri and General r . 28. L COMPANY (incor. nS. Grieves. President, AND BURLESQUR, ightly, 10c. A. rrisons, Hyland Sisters, the Aherns, Get The G the Gils ‘Other Big, Hot Act 1626 Extra! Extrall Extralll FAREW=LL RECITAL MR. AND MRS. GEORG HENSCHEL, UNIVERSALIST CHURCH, 13TH AND L STS., 7 THURSDAY AT mene, March 3, 24s. PRICES. -TSe., $1.00, ¥ Seats at E. F. Droop & Sons GRAND OPERA HOUS KERNAN & RIFB, Managers. fil GEXRY’S MINSTRELS, Starting Mon., Feb. 28th. fex%. Seats now on asle JKERSAN'S LYCEUM THEATER: ALL THIS WEEK. Matinees ee ee, ———w & Saturday, ROSE HILL English Folly Co. Present! <a ing — THE PEERLESS. CHAMELEON. obie’s Knickerbockers, = Next Week fe21-6t EXCURSIONS, ETC. ashington Steamboat Co. pacers & me ee = Se iy. ‘Ly. ar. ar. ae