Evening Star Newspaper, April 30, 1898, Page 24

Neither of the theaters has done big busi- ness this we2k. Whether it has been the war excitement or the weather cannot be determined, but that the audiences have not been large, genzrally, is a fact. Perhaps “Cuba's Vow,” on account of the timeliness of the story, has had the largest attend- ance. Next week, however, will be one of inter2st. Mr. Wilton Lackaye, a Washing- ton actor, who has made a reputation sec- ond to none who has gone out from the local amateur ranks, will present a new Play at the Lafayette Square called “Charles O'Malley” and founded on Chas. Lever’s novel of that name. The first per- formance on any stage will be given Mon- day night, and, as Mr. Lackaye has quall- ties which peculiarly fit him for the title role, as he has surrounded himself with an excellent company, will mount the piece handsomely and, as the rehearsals have been carefully conducted, his many friends here expect a decided hit. At the National John Drew will play his second engage- ment here this season, appearing in “One Summer's Day.” At the Academy the melodrama, “The World Against Her,” will be the attraction. and at Kernan’s and the Bijou vaudeville will hold forth. The Co- lumbia will be devoted to local attractions and the congress of mothers will occupy the Grand. The morning that the President's wife left Washington for New York three boxes for the following night at the Manhattan ‘Theater were ordered for the party by tele- graph. Abner McKinley, the President's brother, had witnessed “‘’Way Down East” a few evenings previous, and it was his indorsement of the rustic American play that prompted the social incident for the entertainment of the first lady of the land. The Herald says that New York never before saw such an extraordinary demon- stration as was given in honor of Mrs. Mc- Kinley. The boxes were literally embow- ered in ferns, palms and white roses and draped with silken flags. Every head was uncovered as Mrs. McKinley passed through the lobby. The great audience rose to its feet with one accord as she was escorted down the aisle, and the orchestra played “The Star Spangled Banner.” The ovation of cheers continued after the guests had been seated. When the curtain rose on the second act the demonstration broke out anew. The stage scene represented the old sitting room of a New Hampshire farm house and on the back wall hung a large portrait of President McKinley. This Set the audience cheering again and the Play was delayed nearly five minutes. Mrs. McKinley expressed herself as delighted with “ "Way Down East” and sent a per- sonal message of congratulation to Phoebe Davies. Thousands of people gathered in front of the theater and cheered Mrs. Mc- Kinley as she entered her carriage after the performance. Frank Daniels has a past that reaches beck to his birth. The house took fire just as he was born, and by good luck only Was everybody gotten out alive. Dani-is’ people differed as to just what Frank should becom His father declared he should be a so was manifestly father said his res face end figure to Napoleon made fest that Frank had the qualities that ¢o to make a first-rate soldier. His mother said that Frank was too kind of heart to be a@ soldier, and that the ministry should have him. Asked which he preferred to His mother said he et Le, Frank sai ald rather be a pi- rate. So they concluded to make a docior of him. But before he was old enough to learn he ran a’ the South seas where the n encage and fatten $ was the ay to sea, got wrecked in nd landed on an island, | proceeded promptly to and then eat them. Dan- mly o who escaped. His | the favor | He 1 table itself. The royal daugh- | ter superintended his feeding, eating, Daniels would sing to he Being | pretty thin, it took a long time to fattea | him, so that before he was fit to kill he hz Picked up enough ef the langu: her funny n ba with her o; aftsrnoon in Dan! i ngs and storie n and declar er and suc were maki 2 a2 a British m nt a boat ashore, found Daniel abando: his one chance in life of | = to co with the Britishers. He ay a tattoo mark ittle princess, carries on hi made by the d on tke Britisher and for two led the life of a care-free jack tar. he was wounded in @ brush with pirates. n when out hunting had two of his ribs broken from the squeeze of a boa constrictor in Africa, and owed his life to the arrow of a ing the snake's head. When he They took him to their village far eway, and there his broken ri ected to the rude surgery ¢ yhen Daniels recov to do somethi: An im- was flying swift ad. tched his own ri his ht down the bird with a let through its brain. The feat won the tribe's admiration and preserved his life and he was becoming very popular awith the Stanley's expedition in gston appeared. Stanley to accompany the expedi- Daniels did so, and was pre when ton was found. { expedition over, . with a snug sum of gold which pigmies had him and two elephants’ tusks, took for San Francisco. So confident of being wrecked, he sent his tu: The other vessel was jels reached San Fran- hap save a broken arm, which came of a fall the first day out. He learned poker on the way, and though with but one A to hold the cards, @oubled his store of gold on the and bought ticket, a with an old Boston friend w a cowboy and n owned 2 ranc’ rsented to visit him. During the * ranch was attacked by Indiana. 3 y on the ranch was killed b . Who was captured and ted to a tree, presumably to be burned cn the morrow, and a cowboy, who escaped by sliding down the well rope. The latter Get Daniels tree during the night. Th Started at once for ‘Frisco. Dantes minus his gold, but he had his transcon- tirental ticket, and three weeks later land- ed in Boston, his native town, poor in pocket, but rich in recollection. A month's follifeation over his return, and then he set about for a vocation. He was offered e part in a minstrel show and | mode such a hit in it that the manager of the “Eeggar Student” engaged him to play the part of the jailer in that comic opera. It was then he made his first appearance In comic opera. Since thon his career Is pretty well known. Despite his rather bois- terous career, he {s one of the shyest men you would meet in a day’s walk. He would Father jose a w2ek’s profit than make u speech, and the other night in New Haven, | Mendey when the Yale boys called on him to say gcmething before the curtain, he took such chill from fright that twenty grains of Quinine wer: necessary to put him on his feet in time for the next evening's perform- ance. The English papers just recelved more than confirm the splendid success of the London production of David Belasco's drama, “The Heart of Maryland,” as pre- viously intimated in the brief cable dis- Patches. Clement Szott's paper, the Daily Telegraph, says in its review “The Heart of Maryland’ unquestionably suggests ro- mance and love episodes. Directly the dear old familiar tune that years ago won so mary of us to the luckless cause of the south strikes up in the orchestra, ‘Oh, wko thy beauty can withstand? Maryland! My Maryland" there is a suspicion of gen- tleness and something in accord with the charming melody to follow. The play which the Messrs. Gatti, in conjunction with Mr. Charles Frohman, have produced with so much brilliancy and such admitted success will be almost certainly discussed this morning by all who were lucky enough to be present at an unusually enthusiastic first night on Saturday. Mrs. Leslie Car- ter’s performance is most interesting from its intensity and earnestness. In drama recently we have had such milk-and-water stuff that positively the attack of Mrs. Leslie Carter, particularly in the scene in which she pleads for her lover and stabs his enemy, was most welcome. It would be difficult to say how many times the curtain was raised after every act. The cheering was incessant. The artists were called, and bowed now on this side of the stege, now on that. The author came fer- ward to be complimented, and congratula- tions were showered on the Messrs. Gatti on the genuine success of ‘The Heart of Maryland.’ ” The notices in all the other London dai- Hes are similar in tenor. Mrs. Lesle Carter evidently expects to make a long stay in London. In conjunc- tion with her mother, Mrs. Catherine Dud- ley, she has taken a house at Kensington, S. W., for the London season. Mrs. Carter kas already been the recipient of many marked social attentions. On April 24 she was tendered a reception by H. and Mrs. Stanley, which was attended by many distinguished people of literary, artistic and social prominence. Apropos of Wilton Lackaye, who appears at the Lafayette Square Opera House next Monday in his new play, “Charles O'Mal- ley,” here is a story about the versatile acter that has never appeared in print. Some years ago, when both were spending their vacation in Newport, that queen of watering places, the writer of this accom- penied Lackaye on a trip across the bay to Narragansett to spend the day and view the Narragansett mermaids. Things lter- ally went swimmingly, and Lackaye laid ge to the “Belle of the Pier,” greatly to chagrin of her Narragansett cavaliere vente, who, finding his nos> out of joint, n a general roast of what he called Newport starch and buckram.” “Here we don’t go in for style and we don’t have any fogs, so we look across at Newport through the mist and we pity you poor victims of conventionality aid Wilton, calmly, “I didn’t know that, you see we never look over at Narragan- sett. t i LAFAYETTE SQUARE OPERA HOUSE. —At Lafayette Square Opera House on next the picturesque figure of Lever's great novel, “Charles O'Malley, will make his first bow on any stage. to a Washington audience. The part will be played by that versatile, magnetic and tal- ented actor, Wilton Lackaye, and the play is from the pen of Theodore Bart Sayre, author of “The Wife of Willoughby,” ete. Mr. Sayre has followed the book to a cer- | tain extent, but once having reintroduced his audience to its old friends and let them i hear that immortal ballad, ‘The Widow Malone, Ochone!” the author proceeds to evolve a most interesting story, novel, clear and dramatic. Act one takes place in a Dublin dining room. O'Mally makes a bet with a brother officer that he will at- tend the ball, uninvited, and will kiss his host's daughter, He does as Sir Dashwood's eccentric sister Lady izes Sir owed @ love sn “s cheek, de; he fair Lucey, but his de him as he lics she loves him, and as the curtain falls Hammersly seems to have decidedly the worst of it. However, in Act 3 he proceeds to get square, for he contrives that O'Malley shall have in <sion, though innocently, a letter to the fair fame of Mrs. anding officer's wife. He of having in his ches from the to hand over when he remem- al letter. He refuses to it into the fire and de- imprisoned under scapes to Sir George . . only to find that the surrounded and Hammersly is for him. The two men fight a citing and extraordinary duel. Up he las t the audience does not know hc y is going to end, but is kept on the qui vive hoping and fearing to the ver: artain. Mr. wackaye believes so strongly in this play waiting has visited Washington in a ; it includes Edith Crane of la ng lady with Sol ave future in England to return to Amer- y Jewitt, leading man with Fanny ce Evans, who was such a Joseph Wheelock, at fine actor, just closed the season with White Heather,” and his son, Joseph Wheelock, jr., of Empire and Lyceum stock companies, who has played throughout the long run of the “Conjurors” until it closed. ye, a Washington boy, has chos- native city for wHat he thinks will » most important production he has and with such a company and so strong a play feels sure he has a winner. venport success in * FRANK DANIELS.—Frank Daniels, the vord-breaking jiittle comedian, will play gement at the Columbia the in htest of comic The tour this 5 which closes with his engagement here, has been the most successful he has ever had, and the standing-room sign has been ‘the rule erever he has appeared. ‘The Idol's * is a clean, tuneful, bright American opera, and Harry B. Smith, the Mbrettist, introduces some characters that would make a yellow dog laugh, while the music Victor Herbert is light and catchy, and theater erchestra in the country it on its program. The part of Abel Conn suits Daniels perfectly. It 1s that of an American balloonist going around the world in a balloon searching for adventure. He lands in India apd in a short space of time he finds enough ad- venture to last him for the balance of his life. The opportunities afford Mr. Daniels many situations that are excruciatingly funny. The locale of the opera being in India gives the scenic painters. rare op- pertuntty to display some*fine settings, notably the interior of a Hindco temple and the exterfor of the barracks of a Brit- ish regiment. The supporting company 1s remarkably strong, including Alf C. Whe- lan, Helen Redmond, Norma Kopp, Maud Courtney, a most beautiful girl, who suc- ceeded Miss Caristedt; Will Danforth and Maurice Darcy, while the chorus of girls is undoubtedly the prettiest that are sing- ing opera in this country today. Alto- gether, a more pleasing opcra has not been seen here since “Erminie,” and, judg- ing from the slready large advance sale, AOA mi eee the success of a return engagement is as- sured. NEW NATIONAL THEATER. — John Drew seldom comes to Washington with- out permitting his admirers to see a play altogether new to them, so that the en- gagement of one week only which he will begin Monday night next at the National Theater will be no exception to the rule. It will be devoted to a play with the pretty and suggestive name of “One Summer's Day.” written by Henry V. Esmond, and said to be the very antithesis as a stage entity of ‘“‘A Marriage of Convenience,” in which Mr. Drew was seen in Washington earlier in the season. It is described as a love story and classed as a comedy; is said to have good, clean literature, true merri- ment and an undercurrent of pathos which goes quietly to the heart. There is no questioning the impression made by Mr. Drew in the fine clothes and elegant man- ners of the Louis Quinze period as the Comte de Candale in “A Marriage of Con- venience;” yet he will be seen to have stepped from them with a very easy grace into the comfortable tweed sult, soft hat and slow-going manners that an English gentleman of the present day may be sup- posed to wear when picnicking with a party of friends on one of the picturesque islands of the historic Thames river. In every way the two characters are so wide- ly differentiated that Mr. Drew's admirers will have goed opportunity of judging his capabilities an actor. The first scene, which does for two acts, is a sunlit grove on a Thames island, with new-mown hay and the suggestion of fresh flowers in the foreground, while the clever “lighting” gives a lengthy perspective to a beautiful rine scene. The second is a moonlit jawn on a bank of the Thames, which is sald to be extremely picturesque and most effective. Mr. Drew’s supporting company has been highly praised for its perfection of balance and its individual and collective capability. The play abounds in weil- drawn characters, which the cast divides between Misses Isabel Irving, May Buck- ley, Bijou Fernandez, Ida Vernon, Mra. Delos King, Messrs. Arthur W. Byron, D. H. Harkins, James O. Barrows, Frank E. Lamb, Morgan Coman and Master Henry McArdle. Matinees will be given Wednes- day and Saturday. RINGLING BROS.’ CIRCUS.—Ringling Bros.’ magnificent street display is a veri- table carnival, presenting in thirty distinct and separate sections a series of pictures, events, national characteristics, ethnologic divisions and historic eras, each of which is complete in itself, and yet so carefully and beautifully blended as to form a con- tinuous two-mile lire of ever-changing col- or and brilliancy. The costumes are so ar- ranged, and the vari-eolored dens, cages and tableaux are so distributed, as to create a most effective and harmonious scheme of cclor. Embraced in the thirty distinct di- visions are representations of the most famous military organizations of the world —all brilliantly uniformed according to their rationality and regiment, and wearing ac- couterments especially secured from the governments of the several countries; a re- production of thy™Derby day meet, with its tally-hos, T-carts and other swell turnouts, with English society represented by the hundreds of leading artists and performers associated with the show, lordly drivers, uniformed postillions, the finest of racing stock, jockeys, touts, ard other character- istic features of England's greatest ‘racing meet; an army of Indo-British troops ad- vancing to an attaek in the Punjaub, with more than a score of pondereus elephant: drawing great cannen, East Indian -c. alry, spearsmen, guides, infantry, cannon- and brilliantly costumed English offi- a carayin crossing the desert, with towering camels, and Gromedaries, guarded depredating tribes by fantastically fred and fully armed Bedouins; a pic- anorama-like and yet thrillingly real, rial Rome at the zenith of her pow- with her chariots, warriors and great cars of state: a complete children’s parade, and other divisional features, including ever four hundred richly ¢ horses, one hundred tableau cages and epen dens of rare wild t , and ten bands of music, the whole constituting the beautiful, the most unique and the most brilliantly artistic spectacle that the world has ever scen. This wonderful free exhibition will pre the formances to be given in this city Monday and Tues- day, May 2 and 3. The route of the parade, which will be at 10 o'clock Monday morning, is as fol- lows: From the show grounds through K to 7th street, down 7th to F, over F to the treasury building, down to Pennsylvania avenue, through that thoroughfare to Ist street, to C, to New Jersey avenue, to H, to North Capitol street and back to the starting point. The circus trains will arrive in the city tomorrow, and by 2 o'clock all of of the tents will be up. While the Ringling Brothers do not solicit visitors on Sunday, they are willing to give all who do come @ chance to inspect the horse tents and cer- tain parts of the menagerie. SOUSA’S INTERNATIONAL SPECTA- 'LE.—Musie is the true voice of patriot- and has always played an important part in every great conflict the world has known. During the civil war the refrain of “John Brown's Body,” as sung by arm- jes of the north, was the inspiration for countless deeds of valor, and the stirring strains of “Dixie” were as a tower of strength for the southern arms. The same war left us “Marching Through Georgia” as a priceless musical heritage that bids fair to live as long as the republic itself. John Philip Sovsa has arranged a military and patriotic sp: cle, called “fhe Troop- ing of the Colors,” which he will soon pre- sent in the city, with the accessories ofa large chorus, soldiers, sailors, marines standard bearers and many other features, employing several hundred people, includ. ing bagplpers, drum and fife corps, &c. It will be a complete and beautiful musical spectacle, and the singing of the patriotic songs of America and the to her by soloists and a great chorus, to the accompaniment of Sousa’s Band’ of sixty members and under his magnetic di- rection, will be a thriiling and convincing demonstration. “The Trooping of the Col. ors” will be given here by the Sousa ag gregation at the Lafayette Wednesday and Thursday evenings, May 11 and 12) and matinee May 12. ‘The sale of seats opens at the box office Wednesday, May 4, buc written applications for seats wiil be res ceived and filed until opening of the sale. ACADEMY OF MUSIC.—Frank Harvey's thrilling melodrama, “The World Against Her” will be the attraction at the Acad- emy next week. The story of the play opens with Gilbert Blair, a wealthy owner of an iron foundry, plotting to separate the foreman of the foundry and his wife. He had loved the woman before per marriage and hopes to win her from her husband. ‘The husband is sent away one evening b: his employer on a mock errand. iar then goes to the home of the foreman, and while there tries to poison the mind of his wife against him. He Ts repulsed, but locks the door to prevent her escape. While the door is locked the husband re- turns home. He accuses his wife of faith- lessness and coasts her off. Later he be- comes rich himself. He has been divorced from his wife and seeks to secure pos- session of their little girl. He is awarded the child by the courts, but the mother flies with it rather than give it up. She goes out alone in the world and drifts to London. Eventually everything 1s straight- ened out and she ts reunited to her hus- band. Pt pe ee of the lece, is pla: y es Wallace Villa, ino cleverly brings out all the strong points in the thrilling situations in whic! she figures. KERNAN’S LYCEUM THEATER.— ‘There is a treat in storefor lovers of good Weudevil'e at Kernan’s Lyceum Theater & next week, pany, “Mile, lonarchs, ' mes here. The artists aresheralded as being among the top liners, sand sthe only reason they do not appear im that position on the bills is the Irishman’s resizon that some of the top lines are battom lines. There is not a duil or unpopuiar tarn in the whole show. The singing and the dancing can satisfy the most critical, amd the jokes keep the audience in one perpgtual roar of laughter. In Mile. Ani the profession of trapeze per- formers has a:“‘bright, particular star.” Some of her*ferts are yeritable marvels, and are hardly Kkely to be imitated. Only by @ very long: course of practice could one acquire them. ‘Bhe vaudeville contains a bevy of beautiful women and some ex- ceedingly clever comedians. Murray and Murray miake @ big hit in their farce comedy creation, *A Lively Village.” Larue and Page, Jas Dixon, Emma Fran- cis, Morrisey and Rieh, the Deagons, Lot- when Ant AMUSEMENTS. New National Theater. Monday Night and All Next Week, WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY MATINEES, MR. CHARLES FROHMAN WILL PRESENT MR. JOKIN Oe W New Comedy by In tie Mirandi and Millie Franklin made up a/| H. V. ESMOND, Entitled list which can not be equaled. The whole company take part in a burlesque called “Paris Upside Down, or a Tour Through Gotham.” BIJOU THEATER.—Miss Leola Mitchell, famous throughout this country under the soubriquet of “fhe Living Doll,” is one of the Bijou’s principal attractions for next week. The Pantzer trio of European specialists in the greatest of all contortion acts will also be in evidence, as will Misses Cooper and Burdette in songs, dances and medleys. Madge Fox, the acrobatic song and dance girl; Florrie Evans, from the English Music Halls; Crawford and Man- ning, the ground and lofty acrobatic com- edians; Williams and Milburn, im a comedy sketch; Byron G. Harlan, in a new serles of illustrated songs; Annie Carter, assisted by Barry ‘Thompson, in a brand new sketch. The Bijou Burlesque Company, headed by the prince of comedians, Chas. De Forest, will appear in a new comedy musical melange, interspursed with witty sayings, funny situations, and concluding with John Phillip Sousa’s great war march song, “Unchain the Dogs of War,” with military march with. Miss Annie Carter Myrtle Tressider, Minnie Florence, Chas. De Forest, Chas. M. Leslie, Barry Thomp- son and chorus of twenty-four pretty girls attired in national costume, novel elec- |THH BEAUTIFUL trical and calcium effects, making this ae most pretentious act ever seen on the local vaudeville stage. BUFFALO BILL'S WILD WEST SHOW, | sion. —Buffalo Bill's Wild West and Congress of Rough Riders of the World is to historical- ly teach and unboundedly elate the multi- tude in this city May 9 and 10. Only a well-trained eye can comprehend the im- mensity of the arena, and only a well- equipped business mind can realize the tre- mendous amount of detail, discipline and forethought required to victual and care for the vast army mustered under the ban- ner of the great Wild West exhibition, and what it is costing the management to pre- sent these living pictures of western and international history. With its renowned, popular and knightly projector, Col. W. F. Cody, appearing at each performance, it offers a stupendous and magnificently splendid, powerful, thrilling, genuine and unique program by representatives of many nationalities and of the highest merit. Tue cavalry detachments from the standing armies of many countries, the skilled ar- tillerymen and crack bareback riders from our own, the finest and most picturesque representatives of the warlike, savage Sioux, expert wild west girl equestrians and wing and fancy shots, dare-devil Cos- sack, Indian, cowboy, Arablan, Mexican, fron_.er, South American and Caucasian horsemen—these and other intrepid and sin- gular characters, participating in kaleido- scopic and glittering grand reviews, his- toric and heroic reproductions of extraor- dinarily realistic battle scenes, fierce forays and borderland combats, Bedouin gymnas- tics, bucking bronco levees, dances on horseback, feats of arms, and of the lariat and bolas, thrillingly vivid and accurate illustrations of the deeds, trials and dread- ful dangers of pioneer life, and presenta~ tions of its rough-and-ready frolics, races of different and nemadic nations, ané—well, what a study and revelation it is, and such as no man Will ever took upon again when it shall—as it soom must—have passed away. C. A. C. ENTERTAENMENT.—Next Mon- day evening at the Golumbia Theater will be given the annual ;entertainment of the Columbia Athlete Club. These entertain ments have always been successes, artisti- cally and financially, iand the one the club intends giving this year will by far excel all others. Last year it was deemed ad- visable by the committee to change the na- ture of the entertaimment, and they de- cided upon a departure in giving a minstrel entertainment in» combination with thetr well-known athletic attractions. The pro- gram to be given Monday night is by far the most artistic “effort they have ever made, as a glance at the program will prove. The Columbia Theater should be filled to the doors by an audience desir- ous of sceing what excetlence their fellow- townsmen have reached In their respective lines of minstrelsy and athletics. CONGRESS OF FOREIGN STARS.— What promises to be the most important vaudeville engagement of the season is the appearance week after next at the National of Koster & Bial’s Congress of at the head of which is ed and widely-advertised artist has appeared for er & Bial's Music , expressing nsation. Her rather Theater Foreign Stars. the much-discu: ‘Mis twenty weeks at Kos Hall, New York city mildly, she created a se risque act consists of a disrobing scen upon the trapeze. The company at present playing at the Music Hall, Ne’ York, and returns there directly after this engagement. SOME MUSICAL NOTES Mrs. Mamie Morrice Burdette’s piano re- cital Thursday night was very enjoya’ and she received much applause for her excellent work. Her numbers included Chopin's Ballade, op. 47, No. 3; a group of Chaminade, inciuding La Lisonjera; Song Without Words and Valse Caprice; Liszt's arrangement of Schubert's “Hark, Hark, the Lark,” and Wagner's Spinning Song and Rubinstein’s Tarantella. This program displayed Mrs. Burdette’s versatility in reading and her facility of execution, and her performance was in every way satis- She was assisted by Mr. W. D. McFarland, tenor, who sang a tenor aria ’ a group of songs and Mat- tel’s “Amo.” Mr. McFarland was as cor- rect in tone and method as usual, and he won applause for his conscientious singing. The Sunday Night Music Club was en- tertained by Miss Clara Moran at 1912 Sth street northwest, and devoted the evening to the study of one of the Schubert quin- tets arranged for two violins, viola and two *eellos, with four-hand piano part, together with the Beethoven piano concerto in ¢ major and string quintet accompaniment, the solo piano work being done by Miss Moran, the hostess. Miss’ Katie V. Wilson is arranging for two pupils’ concerts, to be given at the National Theater the first week in June. Miss Wilson will be ably assisted by the Washington Concert Band Orchestra, Wm. A. Haley, conductor, and almost the en- tire program will be selected from the best- known operas, with full orchestral accom- paniment. The final trio from Faust and the famous quartet from Rigoletto will be fglven with Mrs. W. %L. Wilson and Miss Bertie Thompson im the soprano roles. The Cecilian Quartet will appear both evenings. Miss Etta Noak, whose voice is well known to the public, will sing Luckstone’s “Delight” and an aria from Semiramide. Miss Josephine Burten has’been engaged as the soprano soloist at the McKendree M. E. Church. Miss Burton is the second soprano of the Cecilian Quartet and pos- sesses a voice of unusual power and sweet- ness, and she has made rapid progress in her work the past:season. —_>__ i THE WA® MAP. Copies of Thursday’s Star, includ- ing the handsome colored war map, by which the position of the Ameri- can and Spanisl vessels can be read- ily located from day to day, may be obtained at The Star office, —+>- Change of Schedule Southern Rail- : way. Beginning tomorrow there will be somo sifght changes in the schedule out of Wash- ington over the Southern railway. 8 local train for Danville will leave at 8:12{| MAN'S, in a.m., instead of 8:01 a.m, connection for Harrisonburg daily, in- stead of week days only, as at present. ‘The local for Charlottesville will leave at , instead on the Round Hill bran an train will be put on, leaving at 1 p.m. daily except Sunday. There will be no change in other trains. of 4:19 p.m., and | old, who left ch additional ONE= SUMSER’S Six Months at the Comedy Theater, London. ee ep Seven Weeks at Wallack’s Theater, New York. _— “A LOVE STORY ZE PICTURESQUE SCENIC EQUIPM PERFECTLY BALA KOSTER& BIAL’S 300 Aerialists, Acrob. Congress of Foreign Stars, Headed by the Wicked, Naughty CHARMION. AINTING, FATIMA. Special Ladies’ Matinees Tuesday, Thursday and ‘Saturday. 1411 PENNA AVE., Willard’s Hotel Block. Admission Ladies’ Matinees, 15c. 2c. Open . Sundays and'after the theater, ap30-6e* Seats on Sale Today. FRANK DANIELS IN “THE I00L'S EVE,” aps0-tt AT TEE COLUMBIA. WASHINGTON Two Days Only, Mon. and Tues., May Qal@, The Show of Shows. Bigger and Better Than Ever. The One Show That Means Something. International Military Tournament. “It 1s somebody's erlme if all the children do vot see it.”"—The Great Editor, Murat Halsted. BUFFALO BILL'S WEST And Congress of Rough Rid= ers of the Worid. Soldiers of all Nations. 6th U. S. Cavalry. Ft. Riley's Finest Riders. 5th U. S. Artillery. Double Light Battery in Field Drill and Expert Driving. Artillery in action the same in_actual warfare. 5th Royal Irish Lancers. 9th Russian Cossacks. ist German Cuirassiers. Color Guard Of the Single-starred flag of 9 Cuba Libre. 20 CUBAN HEROES, ‘Twelve officers and privates whose wounds prevent them from doing actual service in the field. REALISM REAI:ZED IN THE HISTORIC, FAS- CINATING MILITARY SPECTACLE, Custer’s Last Battle. Produced _with superb scenery, 100 INDIAN WARRIORS, and hundreds of soldiers and horses. MEXICAN VAQUEROS. ARGENTINA GUACHOS. ARABIAN ACROBATS AND HORSEMEN. FAMOUS FRONTIER GIRLS. ANNIE CAKLEY, JOHNNY BAKER, ‘Mistress and Master of Marksmanship, Many New and All the Old nrilling Features. ACARNIVAL OF Excitement and Fun. ALL UNDER COMMAND OF Col. W. F. Cody (BUFFALO BILL), ‘Who- will positively take part in every exhibition. ON MONDAY MORNING, MAY 9, THERE WILL BEA Grand Free Street Parade. Route jn next Saturday and Papers. TIN ORS Prices, toe en, a5 Beneryed ‘Bex Beats wa ‘be sold at GUZ- 2 aialeaaleeraston x and witl have | 8 Soe ees Richard Stull, a white boy fifteen yeard eastern part of the city, in order, as he ex- pressed it, “to see the world tough,” has been arrested by Stevans and sent home. DAY | ORIENTAL LIFESIZE NUDE General admis- his father’s home in the north- | All faithful reproductions of ‘contemporaneous AMUSEMENTS. ALMOST GERE) America’s Ideal Circus. RACID THE MONDAY lel le The New Big Circus that has made all America talk! RINGLING BROS.’ World’s Greatest Shows. AMUSEMENTS. ¢ CIRCUS OPENS Twice Larger Than Ever Before, and Now Beyond Ali Comparison the BIGGEST AND BEST SHOW ON EARTH. —————— ec 8 RINGS, 2 ELEVATED STAGES, IMMENSE AERIAL SPACES, QUARTER-MIL) HIPr( COURSE. Complete Zoological Garden of Rare Wild Beasts, VAST AQUARIUrM AND AVIARY, Water-bred Animals, Gay Plumaged Birds. More high class features than all other shows combined ats, Gymnasts, Equestrians and Specialists. ALL THE WORLD'S FAMOUS RIDERS, HEADED BY THE U\COMFPARABLE QUARTET, Wm. De Mott, Mike Rooney, Elena Ryland,Rose Dockrill ALL THE WORLD'S MOST NOTED MID-AIR VAULT ERS, INCLUDING THE 4 Famous Fishers----5 Da Comas----M’lle Turnour, Le Fluer, the Peerless High Diver. ALL THE WORLD'S MOST MARVELOUS ACROBATIC SENSATIONS, LED BY THE ----Wonderful Foy Family -of European Artists.---« ALL THE WORLD'S MOST STARTLING TRAINED IN MUSIC-MAKING, DANCING AND LOCKHAR ANIMAL WONDERS, CONJUNCTION WITH THE FAR-FAMEL COMEDY ELEPHANTS SS eee ee Thrilling Roman Hippodrome & Huge Modern Olympus AT 10 O'CLOCK ON THE MORNING OF MONDAY, MAY 2, THE Largest, Richest, EVER WITNESSED FREE UPON THE STREETS OF ANY CITY. PRESENTED IN 30 EVERY SECTION A COMPLETE PARADE. AND WILL EXHIBIT Washington, Admission, 50 cents. Children under seats, at T. E. Ogram’s drug store, 13th and Ps Monday & Tuesday, EXHIBITION GROUNDS, Most Resplendent ADE SECTIONS, WITHOUT FAIL May 2 and 3. - CAPITOL ST. Price. For anle, t We ave., without any ad: ther with reserved ce in prices, LAFAYETTE TONIGHT AT 8. THAT LASS 0’ LOWRIE’S Week Beginning Monday. MATINEES WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY. MR. WILTON LACKAVE “CHARLES O’MALLEY,” THE IRISH DRAGOON. BY THEODORE BURT SAYRE. Suggested by Charles Lever’ ST WILL Cc -. Joseph Wheelock, . Henry Jewett, R HOUSE. Mr. Jos. Wheelock, Jr., Mr. Mr. John Steppling, © Mr. Harry Rich, Mr. Arthur Maitland, Mr. Ralph Wilson, Mr. Edw, Lamb, Miss Louise Carlton. PRICES: Orchestra and Mezzanine Seats. _ N (WE Lower Floor and Me: Balcony (reserved) at Evenings of May 11 and 12 SOUSA’S Gras i AND N. ( TROOPING OF THE COLORS. HIS BAND, MUSICIANS, us of Ladies and Gentle: TEN AL MILITARY CLE, Grand Ch Battalion of United States Infantry Detachment of United States Sailors and Marines and other Auxilaries. Z Continental Soldiers, Standard Bearers of Nations in Gorgeous Costumes: Scottish Bagpipers, ‘Tyrolean Singers and Eminent Soloists. Introduc! “The Star Spangled “Hail Columb “Watch on BAL 1 FAMILY CIRCLE ‘RE iy Su Sale Opens Wednesday. Written applications for seats will now be re- ceived and tied in the order of their application. 1t BIGGER. BRIGHTER, BETTER: THE ONLY REAL THING. THE COLUMBIA ATHLETIC CLUB'S MERRY MODERN MINSTRELS FAMOUS ATHLETES. US CATCHY, CLEVER MINSTREL A MELODIOUS PMIST PAMT. MONDAY Seats now selling. BASEBALL TODAY. Boston vs. Washington. GAME CALLED AT 4:30 P.M. Admission. . 25c. and 60c. Next-BOSTON, APRIL 80, MAY 2, 3. ap29 WEEK APRIL 25TH. +10c., 20¢., 30¢., 50e. =e 10c., 20c., 30c. York Muric Hall," DOT r, assisted by Herr ‘arjan, Ford and Dot ire and 12 Other Big Acts. EVENING, MAY 2, 8:18 P.M. ing. ap BIOU THEATER. Daily iris, ‘The Pride of the New DAVENPORT; — oy West, Boaaii OPERA HOUSE. GPa KERNAN & RIFE, Managers. = Saturday. Harley, Merry’s ee of the Great “CUBA'S VOW” 8 Superb. Scenes! congera, patuted Harley Mees and beco! nd pecome | "°K Drama of Absorbing Interest, Faultieasy Pre- ‘Week of May 8-THE DAZELER, Bp2e-8t NEW Savionat THEATER. TONIGHT LAST TIME OF WILLIE COLLIER, In Du Souchet's Farcteal Comedy, The Man From Mexico. Next Week—Mr. JOHN DREW, IN “ONE SUM MER'S DAY.” __8p20 ACADEMY. Porvtan Webber's Elaborate Production, CABIN. Next Week— “The World Against Her.”* “COLUMBIA THEATER. Wednesday, May 4, 8 P.M. FOURTH SEASON. ASSISTED BY PRANKO TRIO, of New York, ‘0, Vielin, Q and Mr. Charles E. Meyers, baritone, of Washington. Admission at 50 cents, may be pro- cured of members and at theater and are ex- for reserved seats, lon and after April Lean Exhibis tion For the Sick and Wounded, OLD GORCIAAN GALLERY, Till April 30,” INCLUSIVE. gdeuts from 19 a.m. to 6 p.th. week Gays 2 to 6 p.m. Through the week, & at the door, Be. Ticke K#®849's LYCeUM THEATER, ALL THIS WEEK. Matinees Monday, Tuceda TEIS I changeable at box offi 5 ts addi Art Thursday and Saturday, 1E ONE.” NEW, NOVEL, UNIQUE. it Week—MLLE. ANI'S MERRY MONARCHS, et 25, WASHINGTON HORSE SHOW, CONVENTION HALL, May 4th, Sth, 6th and 7th. SALE of RESERVED SEATS FOR SINGLE PERFORMANCES commences MONDAY, APRIL, in E. F. Droop’s, —wp2-14tt. EXCURSIONS, ETC. UAL EXCURSION Of the Lone Star Beneficial Asso= ciation To River View SUNDAY, May 1. SUNDAY, [lay 1. Steamer SAMUEL J. PENTZ leaves Tth st. wharf at 10:30 a.m., 2:30 and 5:30 p.m. ap2s-8t TICKETS, 2 CEN =e! Nye & W2shington Steamboat Co. Every. Gay tn the year for Fortress Monroe, Norfolk, Newport News and all points south ie tuna ye rful steel palace steamers folk” and “Wi i421 Penn. Bth st. and ave., B. and 0. ticket N. ¥. ave., and on bourd farther information at general Offices, Tih st. wharf, Wash., D.C. ‘Phone 760, Ge1-284 JNO. CALLAHAN, Generel Manager. Sees For Arlington, Fort [yer and Falls Church--Take the F st. or Penn. ave. cars —ané Tickets on sale at 513, 619, 817, oifice, ‘cor.