Evening Star Newspaper, March 26, 1898, Page 24

<4 “THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY,’ MARCH 26, 1898—24 PAGES. “The ¥Yohn Philip Sousa’s new opera, Bride-Elect,” has done the banner business at the Lafayette this week, and yet there are those who claim that the receipts of the week will not equal those of Frank Daniels’ engagement at the Columbia. The management of the latter house claim that their affidavit as to Daniels’ business can- not be equaled. At that house this week - young Leon Herrmann has proved a worthy successor to his uncle, the great Herr- mann, while Mme. Herrmann, in her beau- tiful creations, has reached the poetry of motion and the most artistic combinations of light effects ever seen. ‘What Hap- pened to Jones” is not as good a repeater as some attractions, but Joe Oit in the “Star Gazer” has been very much in evi- dence. At the Grand “Blue Jeans” has done good business, and, by the way, Mr. Arthur, the author of that thrilling drama, is being congratulated on the success of its production in London. “I wasn't so sanguine of ‘Blue Jeans’’ abroad, id he the other day, “but Mr. Nethersole has written me in- ‘sing criticisms from all the leading a don papers, all of which are favorable. Even Cl ent Scott says, ‘The author of “Blue Jeans” is ail right. It is a long time since we enjoyed a play so much.’ Messrs. Nethersole and Bateman, who made the London production, state that the play went with the greatest enthusiasm and that there is every prospect for a long end successful run. I am gratified at the ; ‘h which American piays are be- ing received in England. Already several uceesses have been made and my play, ‘The Still Alarm,’ if you_re- ber, made a big hit. Now that ‘Blue ’ has caught on, to use our own ex- ve vernacular, I am again glad. American plays are educating the lish people, those who have never had an opportunity of visiting this country, into a better understanding of our bits and customs, and are engendering a kindlicr feeling among Englishmen for us who are their cousins acr the grater.” Mr. Arthur did not say that he was at work upen a new play, but with his know capacity for hard werk and his ambition | to improve upon his former efforts it is safe to predict that he has already mapped out the scenario for a play that will surpass anything that has heretofore ‘cme from his pen. cwn Next week will be an interesting one at the theaters. Daly’s company will be at the Columbia in two plays new to this there will be a revival of “Too Much he National, a return of “At at the Academy, “Uncle at the Grand and the first production on any stage of “Beside the Bonnie Bmer Bush” at the Lafayette Square. Speaking of this dramatization of laren’s stories, Mr. Frank Perley, hes come on to look after the final ehearsals and to see that the play 1s prop- erly launched, said: “Of course, you can never tell exactly what the public wants, nor can you predict with accuracy what will be the verdict upon a new play, but this scems to have the elements of success. The book has had a greater sale even than “‘Trilby;’ the author was the most succ2ss- Cabin” ful in hisetour of this country since Stan- ley and the dramatization has had nis ap- . and when a Scotch Presbyterian clergyman will write approvingly of a play there must be something good in it. Again, play there is the first attempt, to nowledge, to make a hero out of a and this is a novelty. The com- osed of the best people ob- in the profession, and the produc- tien will be as complete as the most ar- i work can make it. With all these Ss of success it seems to me that should meet with great favor.” the ‘Yvolna,” Coyne e latest play, authoress, whe has recently been accepted by Olga Nethersole, has re- ceived a sole, and contract sig: in whi agree ed by Miss Nether- n the actress accepts the play to produce it early next season. fe last week gave out in Lon- regarding the play in a ‘The story is adapted from s Fletcher, who acknowl- » has worked out vorated it until it is almost scene is laid in Carthage ion was at the height is a tregic love story with matic ending. submitted the play to . Who returned it with } adding that the expense of j yle called for by 3 ng, and that she ch an expendi at thersole will produce the » elaberate manner planned by the author. Miss Fletcher is now nego- tiating for the production of her latest n irish drawing room play, entitled Herces of Ninety-eight.” ~*~ Barlow, the old-time minstrel, »d story of on Uncle Tom pro- at the Hollis Street Theater, . 2 few years ago. Clay M. Green, version was being played, put the p.ece on ir Boston, where it had a success- ful rum, end then went into New York with » prestige of the Boston production be- In Boston a little girl had charm- part of little Eva, but in gents of the Gerry Society child be taken out of the was under the age at which allowed to play in the metrop- G th b d that cast, as she children are olis, was short and the manag>- was ir despair. As there was no one ady to take the role at a moment’s no- i ‘as decided to put in the cast a f th: company who was almost cs Barlow and weighed 14 pounds, while she had a brogue that Mr. Barlow describes as being thick enough to cut. The lady knew the lines pretty well, how- ever, and sh> was made up for the part, with short skirts and a blonde wig. To the greater dismay of the manager, the ho played the part of Topsy was ve suddenly. Her place was a woman who never was int2nded by nature to play a soubret part, for she Was about as wide as she was long, and she needed the whole door when she passed through a building. Mr. Barlow said that what hair he had stood on end wh2n he saw what he was up against, for the Topsy was German, and ody who heard her talk knew it the minute she opened her movth. However, the time was short, and desperate as th> Mmakeshifts were, the play was put on and the curtain went up on time. The audience laughed when it saw the substantial Eva, and it roared wh2n it! heard her brogue. The audience pretty nearly had paroxysms when Topsy came out and talked broken German, and Mr. Barlow certified that never befor> had the grave Uncle Tom had as hard a time pre- serving his dignity as when he came in contact with the two oddly sssorted char- acters on the stage. In the play th>re is a scene where Uncle Tom ts to hold Eva on his knee, and she asks him to tell her a story. This little Eva plumped her 160 pounds of weight down on Uncle Tom's knee, and in a yoice that sounded like Maggie Cline’s sali “S-a-a-ay, Uncle Tom, tol little Evar a sthory Bartow said he was strangling, and he knew the actress was guying him, so he bit her in the arms, partly to get re- venge and partly to keep from laughing, and went on with his little “sthory.” It was when he sncountered Topsy, however, that the crucial test came, for her dialect was even worse than the brogue of little Eva, and the shape of her was something to make anybody laugh. The ¢haractars were changed the following day, however, but It was too late to escape the guying of ill orn WS “SS Cd the critics, who had been to see the first Performenc> and didn’t come again. “It sounds funny, after the lapse of ten years to tell about that production,” satd Mr. Barlow, “but I never came so near getting rattled in my life. Think of an Irish Eva by a full-grown woman, and of Topsy by a Dutch woman who was not ‘onto’ the English language, and imagine how you'd feel to play with th2m. It was awful, but after all these years I am be- ginning to see the funny side of it all, and I guess if it had been kept up the play would have been a bigg2r go than it was with a child Eva and a Topsy who could speak English and was not fat.” COLUMBIA THEATER.—The fact that Mr. Daly will bring his superb organiza- tion from Daly's Theater, New York, to the Columbia next week will be hailed with de- light by the theater-going public who ap- preciate clean and wholesome comedy. Daly’s is justly admitted to be the repre- sentative and foremost comedy theater of America. Augustin Daly has written for himself, his theater and his company, a very distinct chapter in the history of the drama in the United States. When he shall retire from active work it will be found that by his managerial care and artistic ambition he has left American dramatic art, executive and creative, on a higher plane than where it was when he became interested in it. Knowing the pub- lic, he gained its confidence, and now he reigns supreme in the house and realm he created for himsalf. The rezson of his suc- cess—or one of the many reasons—is that he has understood the spirit of the times. The play for Monday, Tuesday and Wed- nesday evenings and Thursday matinee and evening will be “Number Nine,’ a little cur- tain raiser called “Subtleties of Jealousy.” It is an adaptation from the French of Pailleron, and Miss Fairfax in the lead- ing part presents a vividly humorous pan- orama of the self-torturing and illogical suspicions and emotions that pass through the brain of a jealous wife, finding a climax of equally illogical reconciliation when sus- picion has passed into certainty. “Num- ber Nine,” or “The Lady of Ostend,” was recently produced at Daly's, and is pro- nounced to be one of the most charming entertainments that the metropolis has had in several seasons. The absurd and uroll complications which keep the audience in one continuous roar of laughter in ‘“Num- ber Nire” are mainly brought about by the cinematograph. A young married man finds to his horror that he and an unknown young woman whom he has met on an empty bench at Ostend age exhibited in the act of embracing in one of the cinemato- graph pictures which all London is flocking to see. On the program the picture is known as “Number Nine,” and “Number Nine” is the hit of the show. His wife, his mother-in-law and his cook all see the picture before it is on exhibition two days, and his club associates organize cinemato- fraph parties especially to gaz2 on his oscu- latory gyrations. Explanaticns of all sorts are in order, but they do him no good. Finally the young woman in the picture, who since her Ostend vacation has mar- ried _a champion wrestler, writes to her victim that her husband has seen the pic- ture and demands satisfaction. The com- plications are carried out ingeniously and the fun is never allowed to flag. In the hands of such a body of artists as Augus- tin Daly’s company an evening of delight can certainly be expected. The production is exactly the same_as given at Daly’s ‘Theater, New York. Friday night and Sat- urday, at matinee and night, Arthur Pine- ro’s farcical comedy, “The Magistrate,” will be given. e LAFAYETTE SQUARE OPERA HOUSE. —“Not since Dickens crossed the water and swayed the great mass of this republic to laughter and tears by his wonderful books has any writer taken captive a whole people and made them laugh and weep at will as has lan Maclaren.” To the truth of this statement, made by a prom!- nent critic, must be attributed the fact that not for many a day has the announce- ment of a new play been received with svch universal interest as that accorded the dramatization of “Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush.” This interest is best evi- denced by the steady demand for seats and boxes at the Lafayette Square Opera House, where, Monday night, it will be presented for the first time on any stage, under the mar.agement of Frank L. Per- ley and Fred. M. Ranken. Every one who has read “Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush,” “Kate Carnegie’ and “The Days of Auld Lang Syne” will experience toward James MacArthur and Tom Hall a feeling of atitude for the skilled manner in which they have transplanted them to the stage. They have selected from these poette and yet essentially human tales the characters, episodes and situations that admit of dra- matic treatment and have placed them in a@ proper environment.. Act 1 shows Mar- get Howe's cottage, with its flower garden and clumps of brier bushes. Herein are all the characters Introduced as they come to take counsel of Marget, who is the confi- dant of cld and young in Drumtochty. Flora’s love for Lord Hay and the anger of her father at the knowledge are deftly relateé. The second act, which is located in Lachlan Campbell’s cottage, recounts the lack of progress made in the wooing of Kate Carnegie and Rev. John Carmichael, and Flora’s despondency over the absence of Hay. Her secret departure for London and its discovery by her father furnish the climax of the act. The opening scene of the third act tells of the privations en- dured by Flora in London and her meeting with Maclure and Hay. In the second scene we have the successful termination of the love story of Kate Carnegie and Car- michael. A striking contrast is afforded in the latter half of the act by the return of Flora, sick unto death; the arrival of the London specialist, the cressing of the swollen Tochty, and Lachlan’s wild appeal to Maclure to save Flora’s life. The drama is brought to a happy ending under the roof of Lachlan Campbell's cottage. This succession of finely interesting situa- ticns has been placed in aa exquisite scenic setting, which faithfully reflects the beau- ties of the Drumtochty landscape. Josef Physioc has painted a series of pictures destined to transport the spectator to the heart of the Grampians. Scotch collies, the sheep, horses, etc., are added touches to the realism of the presentation. The many Scotch melodies which have stood the test of time have formed the basis for an elaborate musical setting. Overture, entre- actes and incidental measures have been composed by Hermann Perlet, director of music at the Herald Square Theater, New York. A quartet will sing old Scotch part songs arranged by Dudley Buck and other well-known composers, and will also ren- der an original anthem. Charles Borgman will conduct an enlarged orchestra and R. A. Roberts will direct the stage. The players have been selected with a view to their individual fitness for their parts. J. H. Stoddart and Miss Marie Burroughs, two fayorite players, head the company, that includes Augustus W. Cook, Marian A. Chapman, Charles Harbury, R. A. Rob- erts, Carrie Lee Xtoyle, W. F. Rochester, Evangeline Irving, Cuyler Hastings, Del- = Perrault, Walter Craven, Gertrude binson, Emmett Corrigan, Augustus Duncan, Everett Dodson, James M. Wil- son; street singers Harold Going, Ethan Allen, H. W. Huaphries, Tom Dix: on. Theater goers need not fear a surplus of “broad Scotch” dialect, as it is em- picyed by only three of the leading cher- acters. NATIONAL THEATER.—Mr. Charles Frohman will present Mr. William Gillette and a perfectly balanced company of com- edians. at the New National Theater Mon- Gay evening next in what Mr. Gillette him- self is pleased to call Zjj=z- Ki wet Dd i i SL ge WHS Aan hE LF, been seen here before, when it was at the zenith of its fame, with Mr. Gillett2, as cn the forthcoming occasion, in the principal character. But this engagement will have @ peculiar significance for Washington playgoers for these reasons: In the first place this city will be the only on2 on the American continent to see this special re- vival; and, in the second place, Mr. Gillette and his fellow players will sail a week frcm next Wedn2sday for England, and on the 16th pro: 0 will begin a run of “Too Much Johnson” at the Garrick Theater, London. Every line and situation of “Too Much Johnson” is characteristic of William Gillette. It exemplifies his quick wit and his crisp, dry humor, and it exploits that marvelous skill in play building, with situa- tions ihat do more than word-painting, that have made this author-actor famous. All through this play the characters on the stage are seemingly in serious trouble, they live in the veriest of lachrymose atmos- pheres, yet out of that very fact the merri- ment of th2 andience is generated—and it is genuine merriment, too, the merriment that springs from the truest of comedy writing. The same company that is to support Mr. Gillette here will, as has been intimated, accompany him to London, and it will hava the satisfaction, within three short weeks, of tickling the risibles of playgoers in the capitals of England and America. The feminine contingent of this company is headed by Miss Ida Conquest, who has been specially assign2d from Charles F'reh- man’s Empire Theater Company, of which she is a very conspicuous member, while Hope Ross will also be in the cast. Sam Reed, Joseph Francoeur, Arnold Daly, Jo- seph Brennan, Rob2rt Hickman and other well-known actors will assist in the merry- making, as will Kate Meek, who will play her old part of the irascible, trouble-mak- ing mother-in-law. The same scenic equip- ment that Messrs. Frohman and Gillett3 will show to the Londoners will be seen in Washington. The only matinee is sched- uled for Saturday. ACADEMY OF MUSIC.—The attraction at the Academy next week will be “At Piney Ridge,” a play produced at that house earlier in the season with great success. It is a play of the southeastern ranges of the Blue Ridge mountains. The scenes simply show the rudimentary life of the Tennessee as the more somber back- ground of a story the main action of which is carried forward in the bright atmos- phere of southern home life. It is full of human interest and not overdrawn either in incident or character. Its men and women are types famillar to the every-day life of the region depicted in the play. There is quite a thread of characteristic comedy, and the play, while avoiding ex-- tremes, is one of absorbing interest. The scene at Piney Ridge on Sunday night, with its romantic atmosphere, its deep human interest and its almost savage force, is said to be one of exceptional power and intensity. A carefully selected company will support the author in the presentation of the play, and it includes, among others, Georgia Waldron, Louise Rial, Elizabeth Field, Frederick Julian, B. J. Murphy, Van Kinzie, W. F. Canfield, Marie Kinzi2, Olive Maud Davis and oth- ers. GRAND OPERA HOUSE.—Leading in popularity all of the great dramas thet have been produced, is the play of “Uncle Tom's Cabin,” a dramatization of Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe's work of that title. It {s, without doubt, the finest American drama ever written, and holds a place in the heart of every American. This great drama, at, Niblo’s Garden, New York, in 1879, proved the crowning success of the year. For nearly twelve months thous- ands were turned away nightly, unable to get admittance, and the “Standing Room Only,” met the view of the late comer. Its success having proved so great throughout this country, induced an enter- prising manager to venture on its present- ation in England. It was produced in London, where it, took the citizens of the world's’ metropolis by storm, and con- tinued to be the popular dramatic attrac- tion for a long season. From London it was taken to all the principal cities and towns in England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales, and in all places {t’ received the hearty approval of the people. Al. W. Martin will present this drama in all its old-time beauty at the Grand Opera House, one week, commencing Monday night, March 28, with matinees Wednesday and Saturday, with a company of sixty people, including the famous minstrel star, Milt: G. Barlow, as “Uncle Tom.” * THH LYCEUM THEATER.—Manager Kernan’s attraction next week will be one of the most important in the history of the Lyceum. In conjunction with the Vanity Fair Company, a burlesque organization which is acknowledged one of the very best now touring the vaudeville circuit, Manager Kernan will present as a special feature the Corbett-Fitzsimmons fight, il- lustrated by the veriscope, which machine was especially designed and constructed for these pictures. These are the original Pictures of the fight, taken at the ringside at Carson City, Nev., March 17, 1897. They are controlled by Dan Stuart and Wm. A. Brady. Notwithstanding the enormous ex- pense in securing such an attraction the regular prices of the Lyceum will prevail, but instead of the usual matinees Mana- ger Kernan has decided to give matinees daily. ‘Vanity Fair” was the greatest hit of last seasor, and, unlike most productions of its kind, it possessed considerable dra- matic talent, and was unsurpassed in its magnificent scenic display. From the rise until the fall of the curtain, it is a con- tinuous surprise of the beautiful, the pic- turesque and novel in mechanical wonders and the clever in comedy. The produc- tion can well lay claim to the title of “The banner attractfén of the day,” as nothing approaching it in the mysteriously mar- velous has ever been seen on the boards of this country. THE NORDICA CONCERT.—The concert to be given by Madame Nordica at the La- fayette Square Opera House next Thursday afternoon promises to be an event of un- usual intarest. Lillian Nordica was born in Maine and comes of Yankee stock. She is a believer in American music and ‘the American methods of teaching, and is ready to demand at all times for American art- ists the same recognition which is given those from abroad. She has won approval and favorable criticism of critics and of people in the old world as well as in her own country. Ii was at Beyreuth at the great festival that unequivocal recognition was first given to the talented American. It was there that she first sang “Elsa” gave instructions to other artists ‘who had previously claimed to have won their spurs in the musical world. Madame Nordica’s numbers at this concert will be a group of four songs by Mrs. H. H. A. Beach Messrs. McDowell, DeKoven and W. G. Chadwick. Massenet’s “Elegie,” with a ‘cello obligato by Mr. Leo Stern; Gounod’s aria from the “Queen of Sheba” and the trio from “Faust.” Mr. Evan Wi! s the celebrated tenor of th2 Springfield, Worcester and Maine festivals, and who is favorably known here by his soe by ses ar = numbers 1 is own composition, lelodie. “Tarantella. mantique” and “ Mr. Sothern’s annua} | day, April 4, in’a:new play,-and one writ- ten by the distingnisigd novelist, Anthony Hope, will be revived? with. much interest. Sothern’s sapeemnce as a producer ly significant, since ‘was the first speaker, and he refctred to conditions on the Afghan frontier, i the that Russia and ind must settle the ownership of the ter- titory. He gave an account of campaign- ing in that region, and described the geo- graphical aspects of the country. He said the Sikhs were the most enlightened people in the Indian empire. Rev. Hira Singh Puri of India gave an account of the Sikhs of the Punjab, and described their manners and customs. —— AMUSEMENTS. LAFAYETT: Last Sousa’s New Opera, BRIDE is more. than through his agency the annual contribu- ions to literature are always noteworthy. lanager Daniel Frottman has always pro- vided him with ehoics and valuable plays, and in the present effering Mr. Sothern and his company-willaappear tono less ad- han hitherto. It is also espe- cially noteworthy: that the play “‘The Ad- cially notoworthy- that the play ““Tho “Ad- AMUSEMENTS, ELECT. zation of a novel; but an entirely original TONIGHT stage work, written without collaboration | New National. RSton Next Week—Ian MacLare: by Anthony Hopel The play, first present- aed § BRIER BUSH." ed in Philadelphia, was immediately suc- cessful, and has formed the chief and most valued play this:season in Mr. Sothern's repertoire. It isa: romantic comedy in four acts, and in whi¢h Miss Virginia Harned distinguishes herself in the role of Lady Ursula Barrington, the heroine, and the part of Sir George Sylvester offers Mr. Sothern excellent opportunity. During Mr. Sothern’s engagement here he will present on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thurs- day and Friday evenings and Saturday matinee “The Adventure of Lady Ursula;” Saturday evening his original success,“Lord Chumley,” and at the Wednesday matinee, by special request, the elaborate production of Lytton’s romantic drama, “The Lady of Lyons.” RICHARD MANSFIELD.—Mr. Richard Mansfield will play a week’s engagement at the Columbia Theater beginning Mon- day evening, April 4. This will’ be Mr. Mansfield’s second appearance in Wash- ington during the present season, a pleas- ant compliment to the taste of our theater- goers and a testimony of the great actor’s prestige in this city. He cames hither after the most prosperous and demonstrative tour that any actor has ever made in this country since the Booth-Barrett and all- star tour, not even excepting Henry Irving. Nothing has been too ambitious for Mr. Mansfield to attempt, no means for right expression too extravagant, no labors too taxing. He has touched all the notes of the gamut of human emotion, all ages have been lined in his protean countenance, all temperaments from grave to gay, from lively to severe, have received expression from his versatility. When he played Chevrial in “A Parisian Romance,” and his dual role in “Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde,” he was classified as a character actor. When he disclosed his remarkable Richard HII he was conceded a tragic soul. Those who saw him first as Beau Brummel wrote him a comedian, and as Prince Karl he is looked upon as a farceur. Added to these is the amazing flexibility which compasses Shylock, Napoleon, Dick Dudgeon and oth- er famous creations. Most of the great creations of Mansfield’s celebrated reper- toire will be seen on this visit, the week assuming the importance of a dramatic festival. The following is the repertoire: Monday evening and Saturday matinee, “Beau Brummel;” Tuesday evening, Baron Chevrial in “A Parisian Romance;” Wed- nesday evening, “The Merchant of Venice;”” Thursday evening, ‘The Devil's Disciple:” Friday evening, “King Richard III,” and Saturday evening, “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.” Seats and boxes will be placed on sale Tuesday morning at 9 o'clock. MR. ANTON KASPAR’S RECITAL TO- NIGHT.—The young Washington violinist, Mr. Anton Kaspar, will make his re-entry on the concert stage at the Universalist Church tonight. Those assisting are Mr. F. H. Weber, lyric tenor; Dr. Anton Gloetz- ner, pianist, and the Wilhelmj Club, string- ed orchestra of forty, under the direction of Mr. Josef Kaspar. The program offer- ed is as follows: Liebes Novelle, Arnold Krug, (1) Erste Begegnung, (2) Liebes- weben, (8) Gestandnias, (4) Epelog (Tren- nung), Wilhelmj Club; Siegmund’s Love Song, Wagner, Mr. F. H. Weber; Grand Concerto (in D miror, . 4), Vieuxtemps, Mr. Anton Kaspar; Ait Heidelberg, Jensen, it_ “BESIDE THR BO: BROADHURST’S FARCICAL FESTIVAL, coe 17 AFAVETTE SQUARE HAPPENED === | OoeeA HOUSE. J. W. ALBAUGH, Manager. NIXON & ZIMMERMAN, Directors. WEEK MARCH 28. MATINEES WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY. WHAT NEXT WEEK-—SEATS NOW SELLING— MR. WM. GILLETTE .- In Too [Much Johnson. EXTRA! NEW NATIONAL|F" NEXT MONDAY NIGHT. Only Matinee Satarday. Engagement Extraordinary. k L. Perley and Fred. M. Ranken PRESENT THE GIGANTIC AND MAGNIFICENT i. DRAMA, lan Paclaren’s BESIDE THE BONNIE BRIER BUSH —DRAMATIZED BY— JAMES McARTHUR AND TOM HALL. MR. CHARLES FROHMAN Presents MR. WICLTA GILLETTE) AND COMPANY OF COMEDIANS, IN A SPECIAL REVIVAL OF MR. GILLETTE'S COMEDY MASTERPIECE, TOO MUCH JOHNSON THE PRODUCTION OF THE YEAR— ARTISTICALLY—MUSICALLY—SCENICALLY. INTERPRETED BY— J. H. STODDART, as Lachlan Campbell, MARIE BURROUGHS, as Kate Carnegie. And a Phenomenal Company of Players, Angustus Co; R. A. Rob. Charles Hartn W. Humphreys, Tom Dixon, Emmett Corrizan, Carrie Lee Stoyle, Gertrude Robinson, James M. Mr. Gillette and company of Com- edians will sail for England April 6 and present TOO MUCH JOHN- SON at the GARRICK THEA- TER, LONDON, beginning April 16. The play will be revived in WASHINGTON ONLY prior to the London engagement. Ine Irving, phiue Perrault, son. I Wil NOTE—THE PRICES HAVE NOT BEEN RAISED NE_E. H. SOTHERN in “Lady of Lyons,” ‘The Adventure of Lady Ursula” it and ‘Lord Chumles.”* Lafayette Sq. Opera House. 2 GRAND MATINEE CONCERT - Mr. F. H. Weber; Traumerel From Rus. sian Suite, R. Wuerst, Mr. Anton Kaspar THURSDAY, and Wilhelmj Club; Thou Art Like Unto a Flower, Aler, and Serenade, Neidlinger, Mr. F. H. Weber; Hungarian Rhapsody, Hauser, Mr. Anton Kaspar; Spring, Grieg, and Valse, Volkmann, Wilhelmj Club. THE HEINRICH SONG RECITAL.—Mr. Max Hainrtch will be heard in a recital of songs Tuesday evening at the Universalist March 31, 4:15 P.M., MME. LILLIAN NORDICA, Washington Only! Then London!!! MONDAY, APRIL 4, Mr. Andrew Mack, in “ Church. A pronounced musician to his fin- | IRISH GENTLEMAN.” Scets Thursday. were 4G ger tips, Mr. Heinrich combines an artistic Mr. H. Evan Williams, temperament with rare skill. His voice is aS a fure,_ smooth ‘apd sonorous baritone, GRAND GPERA HOUSE. n Frock Celli splo! ly cultivated, refined in expression <ERN. rr. and capable of dignified and dramatic ef- sey aa oe a Pees oi fect. His ballad singing is marked, first of Week of March 28. =u all, by @ cleay and istinct enunciation, Tir. Leo Stern, Ss aries not only hot Sepia sas MATINFES WEDN! AY AND SATURDAY. "CELLIST. ‘ull sound of every part e wi |, to the 2 hearer ag unimpaired as if tt were declaim- ss GuuOeTaE asa Mr. E. Romayne Simmons, ed. In the program that ir. fein of- = = PIANIST. fers for this recital there is a range in se- DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. lections that will who may attend. POLK MILLER.—A jong search would have to be made to find three more compe- tent entertainers in their line than Polk Miller, Oscar S. Sisson and Est2r Wallace. When you go to the performance at the Rifles’ Hall Friday evening, April 1, go prepared to laugh from start to finish. The program is in three parts, and every part is a whole show in itself. Mr. Sisson and Miss Wallace start th> fun by giving a musical comedy sketch. Then comes Polk in his regular line of story telling, hanjo “pickin’’ and song singing, and the third act is taken up by a character sketch billed as “Old Times Down South,” and here is where Mr. Miller giv2s a true char- acter study of the old plantation negro, of color, dialect and all. It is scfe to say this clever combination is alone in the field. Tickets are selling at Guzman’s, in E. F. Droop & Sons’. YALE GLEE AND BANJO CLUB CON- CERT.—Those who have a warm spot in their hearts for “old Yale” will be glad that the annual visit of the Glee and Banjo clubs will be made to Washington Easter Monday evering at the Rifles’ Hall. The clubs are musieally stronger this season than ever, and a concert is promised that will eatisfy all. The sale of seats opens Monday morning, April 4, at Guzman’s, in E. F. Droop & Sons’. FOR THE ART STUDENTS’ LEAGUE.— A most interesting and novel entertain- ment for the benefit of the Art Students’ Leegue is now being actively prepared and provide enjoyment to all AL We MARTIN? S| oveste ana aah Mies Balcony (fret five rows) BIG SPECTACULAR PRODUCTION UNCLE TOW'S meas CABIN, General Admission. Boxes The Only Legitimate Organization Now Properly Presenting this Ideal American at Drama. THE EMIN nt Peee +2-$1.00 and 5c. 2$15, $12 and $10 Lafayette Sq. Opera House. ENT MINSTREL STAR, Next Attraction: MILT C. BARLOW, UNCLE TOM. SOTHERN, 60--PEOPLE_«% STACE~60| Mon., Tues. Thurs., Fri. Eves. & Sat. Mat., WED. MAT. (BY SPECIAL REQUEST), 3 MAGNIFICENTLY EQUIPPED 3 The Lady of Lyons. Seats on Sale Thursday. it CADEM POPULAR PRIGES. NEXT WEEK. . Special Return Engagement of The Adventure of Lady Ursula. Brass Bands. SATURDAY EVE. (ONLY TIME), Solo Orchestra of 12 Musicians. Lord Chumley. A CARLOAD ry will be : at the Columbia Theat | SS ial Scene: wal by versa the, Columbia “eter on eee "Y! DAVID HIGGINS soeatiantentaveratc.c s2|HEAR Be Saray", SEE 0! ret er, Be will include several features entirely ‘novel 5 ‘The Imperial White Band. ———| lm His asian sear aan and exceedingly attractive. The menage- Southern P’ t has b fortunate i Ys the valuable services of several noted ana | 29 Colored Men and Women 25 immensely popular performers, and these will be reinforced by a large company of clever men and beautiful women. YSAYE - MARTEAU - GERARDY - LA- CHAUME RECITAL.—The gale of seats for the joint reciial of these artists ope: Friday morning, April 1, at Guzman's, in E. F. Droop & Sons’, and it is safe to say that the demand for reservations will test the capacity of the Columbia Theater, where the recital will be given Friday afternoon, April 15, at 2 o’clock. This combination of artists is the strongest musicaliy that has ever been offered. Each name is familiar to musicians and music Icvers, and each one is distinguished for his worth as s ‘great artist. The entire program is not yét announced, but a num- ber that will be-igiven is the celebrated Bach concerto foritwo violins, accompanied by the piano, and:organ. JOSEF HOFMANN. be heard in recital Tuesday afternoon, April 12, at the Columbia Theater. So much has been saidcof the genius of this young man and of the tremendous success he has met withesinee his first recitals in this country a few weeks Teore would be but= Buck Dancers. A Great Cast—A Great Company. AT PINEY RIDGE A Romance of the Tennessee Mountains. “This story of the bluff Tennesseean is told with such rugged simplicity and yet with such a, thor. to Cuban & Russian Bloodhounds 10 Ponies, Donkeys, Oxen, Mules, 2 s-Homen, Burros... DO) ‘The Grandest Production of its kind ever pre- sented to the American People. Absolutely Complete in Every Detail Next Week—“‘THE BRAND OF GAIN.” Rifles’ ‘Hall, Bet. 9th and FRIDAY Pagers svexne, April t, at 8, Polk [sax Miller, {sme .mear% OSCAR P. SISSON and 3 G Street Negro Folk-Lore, now selling at Guaman's, in H. F. Droop i poe Sera bcos F Sons’. Prices, $1.00, T5c., Seats at Guzman’s, in BF. Drop ‘& Sons; mhoe-st™ ‘The IB YOU DON’T WANT TO LAUGH, STAY AWAY. March 28—“AT PU-EY RIDGE.” mb%3-tf,20 wants ae LSE | WILLARD HALL. me ‘Crew—Gen- COLUMBIA. THE HERRMARNS, TONIGHT AT 8:15, Leon and Adelaide. ¥ REGULAR MATINES SATURDAY Augustin Daly’s Comedy Company. THE COMPLETE ORGANIZATION Direct from Daly’s Theater, New York, POPULAR MATINEE THURSDAY Monday, Tuosday, Wednesday & Thursday Evenings, and Thursday Matinee, And The ' Friday and Magistrate. | Saturday ings Arthur Pinero’s canard Most Successful | Saturday Faretcal Comedy, — | Matinee. TRE COMPANY Mr. Charles Richman, Miss Mr. Herbert, | Miss Mr. Tyrone Po: \Miss Ire Mr. Wilfred Clw |Miss Virginia Fairfax, Mr. Hobart Bosworth, |Miss Lala . Hazeltine, | And - F. Owen, Mrs. G. H. Gilbert. All the Original Superb Stage Settings Will be brought direct fro DALY'S THEATER, NEW YORK, For this Engagement. EXTRA! “s* APRIL 4, ONLY MATL SATURDAY. Announcement Extraordinary! RETURN OF MR. RICHARD MANS FIELD PRESENTING NG AND SAT. MATINEE, u Brummel. TUESDAY, A Parisian Romance. WEDNESDAY, The Ilerchant of Venice THURSDAY, The Devii’s Disciple. FRIDAY, King Richard III. SATURDAY E’ Dr. Jekyl and ir. Hyde. Seats, And box sale begins Tuesday, of NEE ly at 9 o'clock Prices: $1.50, $1, 75c., 50c. COLUMBIA, Frias ., April 15, Afte promptly. RECITAL BY THE DISTINGUISHED ARTO}, YSAYE, | tm MARTEAU, | Tc GERARDY, | om LACHAUME. | 22.o""" SEAT SALE OPENS FRIDAY, APRIL At Guzman’ E. Droop & HOFMANN. SEIDL LIST CHURCH, 18TH AND L STS. w vex March 26, 23s. at APRIL 12, At 4:15, APRIL 24, At 8:15, ate UNIVERSA SATU EVE! and His Orchestra, Mme. Rive King, Mr.AntonKaspar’s Violin Recital, Assisted by— MR. FH. WEBER, LYRIC TEN DR. ANTON GLOETZNER, PIANIST, AND The Wilhelmj Club, (Stringed Orchestra —Forty) Mr. Josef Kaspar. juctor. Seats, 50c., T5c.—at Guzman's, at Droop’s. mh21-6t* KKEBSaN's LYCEUM THEATER, ALL THIS WEEK. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, FE RIDER'S —NEW- Night Owls Company, REAT AMERIC BIOGRAPH, \ Vanity Fair. —* NEXT. WEEK mh21-6t Lafayette ..... NORDICA GRAND MATINEE CONCERT, Thursday, March 31, at 4:15. MADAME NORDICA, Assisted by Mr. H. EVAN WILLIAMS, Tenor. *Gelliat. YNE SIMMONS, Pianist. © Balco 150 Balcony. other 0 109 Family Circle... : 1 admission. $1 and 50c, Boxes, $15, $12, $10. CSEATS NOW. SELLING. mb2i-6t COLUMBIA Phonograph Parlors, 919 PA. AVE. AMUSEMENT IN ENDLESS VARIETY. SELECTIONS FROM SOUSA'S OPERA, “BRIDE ELECT”—MAY IRWIN'S SON Come and hear the Graphophone reproduce them as brililantly and distinctly as criginally rendered. A New Departure. METAL “DUMMIES” will now be furnished, to be used as nickels, at 10 for 25 Cents. ‘This trifing sum enables you to spend a most fascinating hour listening to the music of the great bands and songs of famous singers. Open @ay and evening. mb21-6t EXCURSIONS, ETC. $5 SATURDAY EXCURSIONS $5 To OCEAN CITY, Id. $5 FOR THE ROUND TRIP. \CKETS GOCD RETURNING UNTIL FOLLOW pees A Aa rf a JOHN BF. WAGGAMAN, mbi8-tf,16 00 14th st Norfolk & i Wy2shington teamboat Co. om oer a, ort News soa ail points VELL TEERSS 111