Evening Star Newspaper, March 24, 1900, Page 20

“od THE EVENING STAR, “SATURDAY, MARCH 24, 1900-24 PAGES. ——— , Jaunched at the hackman with mock anger. FROM BYGONE DA Sitrah, he shouted, ‘are your Springs de of butte i noted as a comedienne. In an excelient | queen, and in whose honor the third of the supporting company the following well- | great pyramids was built. Climatic cond!= known names appear: Herbert Gresham, | tions and the exalted herat passions of the for ten years one of the leading members | people of Sappho'’s day readily account for ‘of Augustin Daly’s company; George M.| the vehement expressions used by th . Who may be remembered for his im-| grand singer. whose lyrics are acknow portant positions In many of Hoyt’s best | edged to be masterpiec antiquity companies, noticeably that of the “Stranger Born &0 ars before Christ, Sappii> in New York;" Roland Carter, who plays a | reached the zenith of her fame at the lengthy part of importance. but who does | of twenty. Child of nobility, an arisiecrs et Gwin . not utter one word from the beginning to | <he was the leading spirit ; the end of the play; Russell Lennon. | most petent women's clubs in the ao Charles Prince, Jas. F. Callahan, Queenie | history of the centurtes—the Sorocis Socieiy Vassar, who was also a big favorite in the | of Lesbos os Thad. Stevens’ Generosity. “During his lifetime opinions may have oa os of Famcus Men Long | been expressed to the contrary,” went on Reminiscences of Famous € Mr. Don« ut d feel safe in saying that Since Passed Away. one of the mosi generous-hearted men that Senta — SOF ee == imir ng 1. ever came to Washington was Thad Stev- ens. I myself was once a witness of his under peculiar circumstances. ten < whole nights at the tables in the establishments of haz- ne => in one of t 2S IN WASHINGTON FAMILIAR F.GU Hoyt farces, and will be remembered as the Mr. Arden holds the Welcke view of ae ard on Pennsyivania avenue. In that @ay. beautiful French girl in the “Belle of New | Sappho's moral character. nomels, than wine of course, gaming by public men was by no sore euse Hial. for several years a| was a noble and good woman. and “his in = ; tal Note | Means. off color, and Washington was de- guecensful star in the smaller cities: Jane | spite of numerous aitemprs ti stiri her Cullings From the Mental Note} cisediy wide open. It was a day of high Burby, Lula Hesse, Madelon Temple, and a | name, notably Im Isls, when Col Mure cot » of echelon oa aa es ouns ladies. noticeable not 0 | out to prove that she was “a woman with much for the importance of their parts as for the beauty of face and = the elegant costumes they di ber of new song succe%ses w Book of an®O'd Resident. rh of a card at the faro table. Thad a past vens did not permit the gaming passion ———s to command but he often played heavi- , of course, STRAUSS AND HIS ORCHESTRA. One ly. as I say . be heard. of the most important engagements mu ON HISTORY ‘Ai dawn one morning he came away ¢, ri Se ly that has been made for next seakou IN HESTE fr ndleton’s famous gaming éstablish- GRAND OPERA HOUSE.—Cissie Loftus, | has just been announced. Cab = ment, after a night's y at the the English mimic, who made her conquest i from Mr. Rudolph Aro He had quit about even, and when he shed in the ed him one large s he along Penn: toward his lodgings woman, nodd ze of New York quicker than Boers, is the attraction which patrc the New Grand are congratulating selves upon having for next week. Loftus’ remarkable series of vaudeville umphs and the extraordinary range of v sauility in the metropolis have echoed here | thelr previous visit, six of seven years « and keen Interest fs awakened in her forth- | At the close of a threr months’ engag coming engagement. M Loftus m | Ment in Parts during the expositie mands today the Monte Christan salary of | Strauss and his organization come direct $850 a week, which, as during that time she | '® this cou and 10) or more con: y labors in all two hours, amounts to | 4 to be given. Mr. Aronson, under whw Tor en mbuS oro a ning work. | direction the tour is to be made, is enti This calculation has been worked out by the | S!8stic over the fine work new being done New Grand’s mathematician, who also fig- | bY the orchestra, many novelties and work ured it out on Thursday last that the ad- | 0! & Popular r its repertoir Robs" did the vely that contry ing the pas s wer week for th i of friend famous of fifty which crea sgnsati¢ old wom ulms. St oth- he had none. ; trousers pocket | Tt would have taken all the merit in this bill that had | week's higher-priced attractions combined dealer. In its} 49 make one good play. And even in that oa TOORE ailime | case many efects would have to be elimi- walking r-- | nated to prevent faults from predominating in the sum total. “Barbara Frietchie” you know the | proved to be an ice cream soda melodrama. ter of his auditors almost Cisse fir: hall enter maddened him. me ‘out’ as an English music and after some success Ss a mimic. In this she eemed to have found her forte, and now she is rated by competent critics, who have heard her, as OS | a - have besieged the tame entre HOST MAC) vance sale of seats was averaging $1. min- to America and after winning all the suc. | U6 during box office hours. The support- on the last Am ed during the ¢ ‘do a when Washington was 5 : z 3 : ask ing biil will be worthy of the winsome head- in a yo—te put the matter i | It was interesting in some points in the cess she wanted as a mimic in New York |! es e me pend”) gagement. . mothe Geauitulleas iS; Guesing on: Then be | same way that tableaux vivants are inter- her vaulting ambition took her into comic litter. Whose Senltations of the eftort of cel- ow wor n th “ & God mo’ ys : < s Es opera. She appeared as Bi i ‘as- Si Sache day w vary phantasmagoria wonders to perform. Re- | esting. It induced some patriotic thrills; just Chere | Bie iabneanen es Mcetina ta a Gas: | Sven en ear et eae eae ere waa ait Abe we cumberel with tin cans, he needs the money more | as the motionless canvas which shows Wash- Sai rm shonties. dump Mascot," and was warmly praised for her | @riginals themselves. It is composed of chic style and winning vocal method: Next | Masen and Francis, a well-known comed: she appeared on the stage of the Fifth Ave- | team, whose German diatect work shou cks and | than T do.” ington crossing the Delaware wiil awaken An Anecdote of Linceln. the spectator to a glow of patriotic fervor. nd kine ating the ens. Font ily pred r nd chickens aa tes Gy oe Poccarosagg i return engagement of “Papa's Wi ea RP me “J once incoin allude jets," | The title role, charmingly as it was played nue with Mme. Modjeska as Viol goers; the ‘Three Mortons’ Gam Kittie and | rare scis. week after mex. “The plec nakes and frogs every whe T once heard Lincoln allude to bullets,” | The title role, charmingly as It was played uinwelfth Night’ one aeeeapichee goers; the Three Mortons, Sam, Kittie and | marks Ania Held's tresinan free a ee y—Pompeiian ste on Mr. Donoho, in speaking of the | by Miss Marlowe, is far : hit 'Ghice) more Gn Mine: wate tetas Clara, In their two fanciful creations call re or less precarious t. “I had a friend named | Zation of the artistic prospects which ad- vas Leonieiu “he tadios Gales cd ocr [fhe Dancing A@mital” anll tee “Tw 5 : ines have sgarded as hers. The . ain singly shown. | tieth Century Sousa:’ the Three Muri ae the north, but who | Mirers have long regarded as hers satility was again gratifyingly shown. 3 4 who lived in th alloy RaSetie Enecin Gr unmocdouaness rand . Tn the meantime she kept up her vaudeville | Brothers, genuinely funny music-makers; ‘uyde | fortable and cozy little star dressing room | ongagemes A the Four Dawsons, who are the best of ali demonstrates to a full degree Mr, Clyde ngagements, and last week astonished ee = ‘ac. | Cf the Academy of Music, the other evening. | tive Thesplans by appearing twice a ntric nov F Horace Gol- Fitch's splendid facility in seecuring attrac- | “you people here in Washington probably | differnt eheeteng ete ete cay at tive Virginian, and when the war i to join the confederate in hington and wi » Great G uct that live stage pictures. Yet in this era of free | wonder what I am doing in a popular~ | worth watching. and she Is, too, juct enter. ynd clever illus! a - confede high schools there is something pathetic | priced theater, after so many years with | ing the twenti Pathe Day Circus, a most inter . imiration for | in the dumb resignation with which the ; what we choose to call the best companies Bere Gane eae conit < t TtaeGie ek a aT ayguing public accepts the most flagrant | in the business. Well, candidly, it Is he- | Frank Daniels and John Schoeffel had an — © eall upon hi ric or Litera sions. ‘Th ter | cause I can make more money thereby. last week and in. settling it| .ACADEMY.—Three years ago when the coin: event in. natives of the Barbara Frietchie situation | Under existing circumstances salaries of Seepors h satisfact f both tha leading colored dramatic organiz: i , are these; either Longfellow’s poem pre- | most actors are not what the public be- | Proved to the satisfaction of both that ed Washington ¢ ms Were express sented the heroine in her proper ideal lives them to be. It’s mighty slow work something more than mere theory | to the effect that. ( and Johnson were eae old pect or else it needed this “summer on an uphill road, this working for salary |in the old saw “Laugh and grow fat.” | the real of the entertainment and sneer, and 1 took Mr. Ha Sy) enc ecoy wenshowmapeonicuNual (Eerer and not every season finds you much ah Schoeffel, who is a veteran in things dra- | could justly ar honors. The ver- ought to have done. From the sturdy NaINTISERTTRIAEA MEOUBACHINGE dict has be erified time in since 1 gp hite House to mtroduce him to the | Yoman, who loved her flag evenunto death, : Of art and make | Matic, Was Inclined to be a bit skeptical, | dct has heen verified time and qgain =tnee eh ee oe s f Lu, carne Ws to the sidewaik flirt, who forsook home and | S4me money. The result has been all [| Daniels, on the other hand. ted that Union, and on Monday evening they will | & will be glad to ne ors - Pes a Dee ae ‘ only a envied on Eee pene e oF pected. If you have seen our perform- | there was a good deal in the idea. Schoef-| present their national success for the first — eel, has concluded final s upon old Wa t figure of a ms , joyalty for the sake o andsome | | au alin es scenic equip: | fe adi Gecole Show: : - | ti apital city. * ‘0 Coon- ngcments A opers Fs a_treati Mr. Lincoln, not hesitating Stanger, 18 a ‘melancholy degeneration, | 2Pce You will grant that our scenic equip- | fel cited people who came to see funny | time in the capital city. “A Trip to Coon nd opera at ¥ the New National Theater by the comple v8 d . aniels declarea | tow mplete offered at most high-class theaters, | P!2¥s and who grew thin. Daniels declared | [W all the music: mpany from the Metropolitan Opera ‘There is a public demand for a better cla s eyee the fun ae sauitereted ene pet st Of the lighter operas, the novelty of vaud atOn sc, New York, under the direction of neLUES: Z rdiali atcher's | BT i vi con, | Of attractions in the popular houses. ‘imon pure quality. By way of settling the | ville, while retaining in some degree the | Mr. Maurie . Who asserts that he will stement will [hand ie viet gee mucne venice oumioee in eaten’ Want you to see this fight [ have with Dun- | question Daniels suggested that he select a | picturesque! of the plantation. T pring his full company he + Dresent= woman journalist ‘Exc me, sir, cher,’ said my | has oheen the altighter of their fathers, | C22 Preston. We think it 1s pretty good. | friend who had not seen him, Daniels, in | tumes in coloring and designing re said eee pag Sin a perfect mann with a? her profession in Washington riend, smiling at the mistake. brothers und other male kin, Yet the play ; #24 there is not a night but that we each | “The Ameer,” and weigh him before and|to be elaborate and tasteful, while the toa ae o cegieeed stars. large orches- the thirties. Annie Royle “Well, it might fittingly be Poleax,’ said | amused, if the word “amu: may be ap- | Come out of it with black and blue spots. | after the performance. The idea appealed | scenic investiture surpasses many of the chorus and ballet, and staged exactly ment and company are far in advance of is a merry melange of comicalft imed to pe which s atement th: too my friend was about to joi | Most war melodramatists have at least the the | the southern army. delicacy to wait until peace is declared or in her pen in ‘How do you do, Mr. Hatchet?” said | prospect before permitting their heroines to "ee © gale : veying Hatcher's great ; ‘ a . | What about next season? Well, I do not yet | to Schoeffel and he selected his box office | spectacular attractions in novelty of mech- April 19, SS SOM, & eee anil = icyou caller than Tam. taty ‘ist. Dr eauretr Gia uor aaa theron know. I shall likely continue as a popular- | man, a doughty young Irish-American of | anism and grandeur of presentation. But : the eyes of the gamins who fol- you not i diences throughout the week were large | Priced star and wait for opportunity to} the name of Sheehan, who had been too | the charm of the whole entertainment is in her in the streets, when she dawned The two men stood back to back, and | und approving. Teach the higher.ranks. In the meantime I | busy during the Daniels engagement in| the voices of the company, and those who hingto: Weil do I recall her huge | Hatcher had the President topped by an “Aria” had a series of first-night mishaps | 2M content to build up every part of this | Boston to get so much as a peep at the per- | have followed the progress of the co‘ored | ™ att a ee bonnet uf the ealash pattern, her sharp. | inch or so. which made a week's business of any mag- | Play and so aid in the common cause. I|formanc®. Schoeffel put his assistant in| brethren dramatically will note with con- s fants ernie var features and her long. imperious} “, grave expression crossed Lincoln's | nitude out of the question. The play inter-| am deeply gratified at the interest Wash- | his place, on the night in question, and | siderable satisfaction the merits of the in- mbrich, ide. T grieve to confess t she once | geatures. ested those who were present and the per- | Ington—my home city by adoption—has dis- | sent Sheehan to the scales, without telling | dividual members. Cole and Johnson are | 4 ssan, Olitz! Da tes Ahevairee? pemaxedl oneiat er ‘My friend, said he, addressing Mr. | furmances were amiable social occasions, | played in my dramatic progress, and hope | him the reason. Sheehan tipped them at | admirable foils for each other, and in the n 3 alsy sement took the auditors to its | to deserve the good future mapped out’for | 150 pounds. After the performance, during | ¢ »ippel, 3 , Cam h some other time of it in the service to which you | heart and asked for its opinion as to which | me by my many logal friends.” which he, together with everybody else in| “weary Willie hobo" are both interesting | ®4ti, Plancon and Edouard De Reszke. with : aracters of the “dandy coon” and the | Pippel, t in : + : 3 >, 1 was following* her and making © about to attach yourself. Men of our | of two endings it preferred, thus giving ex- the audience, laughed most hea: he | and inteligent. Their ever-popular duets | Sig. Bevignani and Emil Paur as conduc- = F v threw it at my head—providen- | Hatcher, ‘I fear you will have but a perl- | as the mana ges an “ a : . r ve > le to | stepped onto the scales again, and this time | wi i jate thi ith the pub-| tors. Full particulars as to pric ale of ApS, at the expense of her weird e were & admirable mark for bul- | tra value for each admission fee and at the | Few women have had the struggl PP again, will serve to ingratiate them w: e pul ae Ss enunichteie same time getting the benefit of valuable | reach stardom that has been the lot of Mil: | they registered 152. The result was con-| lle, while thelr terpsichorean efforts are | Seats, etc., will be announced catly next had Booth's Package of Papers. criticism. Manager E. C. White does not | @red Holland. “I often wonder ff, after all, | Vineing to Dantels, but there was still skep- | unique in a great degree. Of the remainder | Week. rled h fore any head shoul- AEs ale ws regard his week in Washington as anything | CTCd Ho! hates 1g | ticism “in Schoeffel’s soul, and he insisted | of the support probably a just appreciation _—- ders clean and true had it the Rbent anweek before -Elnceln iy more than a series of dress rehearsais. He | !¢ Was worth while,” exclaimed the talented t that Sheehan must have gone out be- | of past achievements will place Lloyd Gibbs] THE BOSTONIA pearance carte assinated.” continued Mr. Donoho, “J. | pas entire faith in the play, although he { little lady, after the performance last even- | tween the acts and taken a drink, which | ot the head of the organization, “A. tenor | of the Bestonions tore weeks emacs itor and Printer. Wilkes Booth calted upon my father at | does not regard it as yet developed to its | ing. “The hard, terribly hard, work, the | Increased his weight. But he dismissed | voice of great power and sweetness, mel- | beginning Monday, Apes -r, He | best possibilities. And all who have seen the office of the ional Intelligen sckeming, the planning and the disappoint- | that thought immediately upon its being re- | lowed by a course of study with the best | the event of th spring season. where Annie ie ie es age securely | Miss Holland are contident of her ability as ¥ y the | called to him that Sheehan doesn’t drink. | of European masters and directed to the | ular regard in which this organiza: tarted a + carried under his arm a package securely | 25S He ments are hardly: egmpensated| Zor by the |'put he: insisted on another trial. eo|someil carest Gad ‘best of aoaesn aud classic | ‘held, the high slanieed ce performance, ted up and with written directions on the | ‘phe Lafayette Square will be dark next | returns attained. u may know a little | one else was selected the next night. with | Works could not fai! to attract attention in | dignity of endeavor and the « my paper covering. Weel kosch Opera Company con- | of my recent historyg but you do not know | the same result. Other experiments. re- music-loving Washington. Sam Lu of representation, all combine to cr ‘Major Donoho.’ said Booth, ‘T wish to | cluded its eng: gement a week earlier than | of the hard days in § dramatte school, with | Sulted in increases of weight ranging from | ang Walter Dixon are also well known for | terest in musical and fashiona make you the custodian of this package | was originally intended, as the patronage iawn s z ared | P2t0 Be pounds. eccentic Goniety. Bita. aa ace Bam king. | This season B Mane Shee and to reque you open It in a c not In any sense commensurate with | {8 {gis and Cabins geven nomen]. Which.” quoth Comedian Dantels, | Gorge Brown ond Samuel Cousins. ‘The | strongest list of sins cneas tain conti n rin which the op te be- | almost fearful of regealing the fact that 1] Proves that in actual weight “The Ameer" | raminine contingent is headed by a capable | the American light including canny | ing produced, ‘The Strakosch company goes | Almost fearful of d dramatic school | Produces about a ton and a half of flesh | trio, consisting of Molly Dill, Edna A not only the old favorites, but a coterie of rid not | to Annapolis and thence through Maryland | 2 ane OF Uae aac agement was to do | *,Performance, for we have about 1,500 peo- | ander and the Freeman sisters, while the | Young artists who have’ scored enduring 7 ; =e Pennsylvania. The Lafayette was to feaaing se einiema es aul Kauvar,’ and | Pie here every time the curtain goes up. ensemb’e ds large, shapely and capable. The and emphatic The names include ‘I would prefer not to do jooth,” | have Julia Arthur in a short Um Ri acaeon x Y arduous one. "Then, fAcsort! of “ineeretialii = usual matinees will be given on Wednes- ary Clay eo, W.H I Booth . andi finally: | rier husbands fe oe honey ce rienced [otter little teres shine, Mr. was formed | day and Saturday at reduced prices. Helen Bertram, Mareia Van Dt as to whether her health {n contin- | her to return to the stage. As Mr. Cheney a man of much wealth Miss Arthur need consult only consideraUions of art and per- al comfort. Miss Arthur closed her sea- i : | in this city on Thursday last between Man- anager, secur o Tattle Vagrants’ 3 suis : rth, J and sent me out in It. Really. our euecess | aeer P. B. Chase of the New Grand and| KERNAN’S LYCEUM THEATER—Rob- Dunsmure, J Bartlett. W. if, Bit was remarkable. AU the time were look- | B. F. Keith, owner of the Keith cireuit | by Manchester's “Cracker Jacks” company, 5 7 a, ce Cameron, Charles R. Hawle BA far ar, Oae Ms, Sum ae | € vaudeville hour. “Te wi be regariod | tn Ltsci™ DO any Sime cin ‘has | ed O'S bel Thy ‘ “Arla. ; ing entirely new ’ che ar eppianeebnererias geen east as of considerable Importance by the vau-| heen produced for years. “The Cracker | der the direction of 8 son in Philadelphia last Saturday night. a aisie would make you laugh, so T’il | deville world, in view of the great rivalry | Jacks” introduces a lot of clever come- | Pertoire will nc All the members of her company received | OOP confide them to you. Would I advise | among such managers and the rumors of | dians in a spectacular melange, entitled | successes as not confide them to y Frothingham, nk Rushworth, J. to hold the | goupt will do ed. us you w wr of the N. Gale Robin a ee eae Caled salary In advance. “The Three | oy» with ability to go on the stage? All in | combinations for the purpose of breaking | “The Sousa Girls.” This is followed by | Hood,” ductions of unusual RENTS inne ie, Beweren eso ne [aula t A for @ return en- | 00° Win May sneroouction dato thelpres ('icelthtal centre or cites Taree pega eS oe artes: anh Aatiee oan oper Gee it my father would not La fan's Bne- | {csslon I have many times been actually | posted gentleman stated to The Star that | ducing the Wuropean sensation, the Three | oy eee and. ite suet ee ae tent him, he went ups : Neal melo. | hungry and without means to satisfy *he | never before has Mr. Keith formed any | S#ranaes: See ay nt | tie tains ob theas wea acne eels ee ade the same request of ie tademy | demands of a weakened constitution. And] business alliances with other managers, ene Spee ay a warranty that a brilliant composition may iffered a rebuff. M1 resolutel ae yet people say Mildred Holland has been | owing to the sort of ulira-exclusive and | @ Plain singing comediat 3 n ay +k, but not in of the word. come to fill an be expected. dian of th tried to ir it ed to be Onc lueky! And I seldom contradict them, for] refined character of his houses and per-|™0narchs of Irish comedy; ze ndth nex emacs ; vs the price of dramatic success | formances. He sald that Me Keltt’s cy, | the wonder worker of trick bicycli : S r her “pera by an eno ee econ it oven ina par, | communces: He sald that Mr. Keith's at-| [02 ne” and the Gardner-MeGovern nent, | #ankin and Minkowsky, will also be heard if net the mos enteriainer h : : safes tee : aug n n some time ago to the :| during the week. In Annie Roy ed writin: he bEwalue. Be 1 place Jin Cheatricals, and be | tial degree.” Miss Holland has chosen xeri- | character of the New Grand, its bills, and |eund for round. The conciuding farce Is sd . averulo 1 over but any father |W Pe cer cn Bee ee a we cus roles for her work, and succeeded In J clicntele, and, learning that the same policy | “The Commercial Drummer,” giving a 2 ew Grand had a good wei centric geniuses of the | _SOUSA’S CONCERT.—Sous. Ps to the National Theater tomorrow ng with in a program quite an- the twen- ath sullenly at the s forced t them, {n spite of the fact that Augustin | will govern Mr. Chase’s Bellmore Lyceum | Potirayal of the e ee et ce Daly once expressed the opinion that she | Theater next season, Mr. Keith came on | toad away from home and friends at a E 3 ‘and songs used | bis band and solois would play comedy to advantage. here from New York. At the conference | Summer resort. The music and songs used - Kendall as the chief item of the po- jeville menu, Next week Cissie Lof- ze = Me S : veber and | like any he has yet given in this city. A ; 1bvo tus will doubiless cause ticket specu- both managers were pleased to find thet | With this production are from Weber and y hi 2 s é ; ; ae og | PO : : acne se ee 3 predominating feature is the newness of wis A on : is lator to gnash the pin impotent | May Irwin qulzzically relates her biog-| their interests and ambitions were similar, | Fields’ Music Hall, New: York city. much of the music, a matter that is of easy oe been able ‘ ee : bd by the theater and | T4bhy as follows: and it was agreed that while cach will own explanation. Seu: police had not “I was born—I had to submit to that— | and control his own circuit of houses, they | BIJOU THEATER.—Commencing next | p.22n pres ns. There are many a has for a iong time ralice E ng new mus’c, which he pri erate its patr ee z Avil’ operate koneiher in the oe Y | Monday afternoon and for the week, Man- | Deen pm Tine. Which Re pro- ; In’x Hamor. would enjc ing th ‘ there is no royal road to Ife, any more | Oniinaey atractions and tee ee ager Wellington of the Bijou will present | Pore eg mt One = eg i oe ae 1 { Lincoln often | to the position it lost when Behmun | than there is to learning. I was born a] cites from now on. Jacob’s and Lowry’s aggregation, known a concerts at the Paris exposition and later during his concert tour through The latter tour will not conclude until la in the fall, the exact date being not yet fixed upon. It would be an easy thing, so it fs said, for Sousa to give any number of concerts at this time with programs com- posed altogether of music not presented by show took possession of the house. baby, a tiny, Uttle bit of a thing, only so : = ig ing of the stock company from | 000% me heart, said: Mr Theater invites to threnody. ‘The S sake of reli — —— as the “Merry Maidens.” The company ts uring off twelve Inches, “and so| | “BROWNIES IN FAIRYLAND."—A num-| one of the largest burlesque siractinns + “4, . | ber of local peopl are ia vn- | traveling, carrying a ros' a y com- = Donoho. “Ono night, during the war, T ss road company has supplanted it, | wide.” measuring off half a yard, “and— | 10% Ot [ok poopie appeared in “ihe Brown: | Vetent entertainers. ‘There ‘will, be two a Mr. Don- | ysppened to be one of a party assembled | as the electric motor has superseded the | don't be afraid to speak up,” as the hearer | faith Luckett Ar. William Newton Beslan | burlesques—one to open and another to 1 in, his on the rear portico of the White House. | horse ear. The bunch of comedians and | tried to control a smile, “I have stayed that | Suit, Nellle Le Cain, Medora Hunter, Vio. | Close the big program. ‘The opening come- ne recall Dixon H. Lewis of Alabama | Mr. Lincoln was there to review Gen. Blen- | the bevy of soubrettes no more will woo | chape ever since. I was not born singing, | let Mallet, Master Robert Harrington, Ruth | dietta will show the “Merry Maidens at the him.” kert’s d . Which was about to the audience to applause with the dulcet | 1+ 7 can produce the best of witnesses— | Towl, Rosalind Harrington, Katie Flegraff, | French Ball,” and the finale will portray | him before, or, for that matter, by any band listener was compelled to | for the L do not thudvor the slav-sHck No more: wil ae ee note tS prove that I sang duets, | Mildred Coons, Lucille Shilling, Carl Har- | “The Merry Maidens’ Seminary. or Fun én | organization. ‘It-is well known that Sousa aiaare| cxactis. socal th at night, 3 dy with the untamed ruffles kick one leg iy : "| baugh, William “Morsell, Claude Palker,|@ Young Ladies’ Boarding School.” ‘Tho | js a prodigious worker ae Ls dbmit exactly recs = ne, one of | coyly at the audience, at an angle of ninety | and sang them correctly. with my’ sister | Bernard Drew, Daniel Beach, Bailey Wind- | all-star olio will be headed by Jolly Nellie | arrangements, an indefatipabie teers a act tens i hc Ling | degrees. | There wae ee cunen flap-sticks | Pio betore I could talk. Where was Iborn? | ham, Oscar Harkness, Ernest Will, Albert | Hanly, a sweet singer, whd sings songs| through all the world's proluet ar coe passing of the thousands | and other ruffles. But they will not seem | On, | honored the town of Whitby, in On- | Rickenbacher, Lynden Helm, George Tra-| that “No Artist Can Paint;” Madden and| music for that whieh will he macct quickly Donoho. with | of soldiers with one of his arms flung | the same. tario, Canada, a little hamlet, not famous | vers, Edward Beach, Thomas Newyear, | Farnum, emperors of Celtic wit; the pretty | accepted by the public and most approved. of surprise. : couple of offi- | Kernan's Theater pursued the even tenor | even yet. Whitby is about thirty miles from | Walter Harrington, John Shilling, Robert.| Revere Sisters, rag-time singers and terp-| There 1s something for every taste in his man that ever f n the 1 of ius way with @ show which was nelther | Ontario, and I lived there. until I went on | Head, James Haynes, Hazel Smart, Lucin- | Sichorean artistes; Petite Josie Flynn, the | program, even for the austere sisssiuist. in the tone of | 4s good as the best nor as bad as the | the stage. From the time I was eight years | da O'Laughlin, Leona Raff, Alice Barrick, | chic soubrette; the Two Judges, marvelous | 4 glimpse of Wagner or Beethoven, Liszt, heard to exclaim: old until I left Whitby I sang in the choir | Earl Goodwina nd Mary Lawton. bats, and Sam Rice, Jim Lowry and] Brahms, Saint Saens or Rubinstein. mut? I never heard and song, with | of the Episcopal Church there. I was the ——— Ed. Brennan, a trio of laugh brewers. The Nl this here!” ns, Frank Dan-| only female soprano and the only child in COMING ATTRACTIONS. week of April 2-7 will bring May Howard played the buffoon for the a heavy sadness cn his aresnional Heayvy-Weight. coln watched the ed to name did ne rt. xt week brings in ga! » two eminent comedi noth ayy Startled, for the v and May Irwin, both in the fleld, with | the choir. Singing came naturally to me. aces and her company of burlesquers and vau- | aly atthe First Consent eal had come from Lincoln. w offerings which cover the entire musl- | My voice never had any cultivation. Ihar-| COLUMBIA THEATER.—Frank Daniels | deville stars. Monday evening is the cuncluding lec But ther . with his arm still flung | cal range from coon to classic. monized as naturally as I talked, my voice | will be at the Columbia next week in a — of the ¥. M. C. A. course. ota around the 1 and the expression of z — ve prin | W85 naturally placed, and I produced tones | new role—that of the ruler of Afghanistan,| LAFAYETTE COLLEGE CLUB.—The | onc of prose poputan ietnest ee nueseet gravity. alm: sadn still cn his orge W. Tyler, one of the active prin- | py the law breathing taught me, not by any | in a comle opera called “The Ameer." The | coming concert of the Lafayette College | N°‘ and m large house is expected’ Prot, featur cipals of the Liebler & Co. enterprises, was | other rule. All through my childhood I] opera ts described as having all the marks | Glee, Banjo and Mandolin Clubs at Riftes’ | Peckham is a betetan lentune gaan ae Men of Full Habits. in Washington this week. He talks inter- | sang in all the cantatas and such folly as | of success. But, for that matter, so long | Hall next Saturday evening, the 3ist, has | tine topics, having been on the platform re = = Tester estingly about the late Charles Coghlan, | !§ the part of going to school. I suppose it | as Daniels is not tempted to stray from his | commenced to create quite a talk among | for nents. th irty years. . The lite ex-Secretary ‘Dick’ Thompson, | €stingly @ , | Was my success in those affairs that sug-| well-beaten path of comedy into more seri-| the alumn! and their friends. The clubs | pot, DCat’Y thirty years. a h f . aye vhe erfe ance In ‘The Royal Box,” as ey “ ed a . = first public popular lecture in America upon with whom I studied law as a young man, | Whose performance 3 gested my mother ‘If ever these girls | ous lanes, it is doubtful if any production | combined number about thirty, and as aliquid air win xperimental demonstrat was a fa s smoker,"but he was excelled | well as in preceding dramas, is so admir-) have to do something for themselves, as} he undertakes will be called a failure. | musical organization ranks ‘among the ar ttemnindane Sears gcrescho aire in that respect by a Washington man of | ingly remembered. Coghlan had his faults. | all girls in this age are Hable to, T can put | Frank Daniels has a humor all his own; he | leaders, fully sustaining the high reputa- | 06 \{5 marvelous proverti woe ivs—a we wh jeweler he The friendship which would deny this would | them in the theater.’ The time came when | imitates nobody; it is equally true that no-| tion of student associations of the college. ay 7 ; aa he appeared in the great Aactieohe ‘ ; | it was necessary. Flo and I had sung all | body can imitate him. He has a humor | It has always been their ambition to turn ence of 5 Bey ott y hyp os ee eith RIS, faults | sorts of duets together, so mother took us | which goes out to you across the footlights, | Ot the best, and {t will be remembe an. audience Of 5,000 there came that genius which wins forgive- | one day the line to Buffalo. That | and makes you laugh, and laugh heartily, | that the foot ball team last fall establtehe raphim Mas brother, € Bess. Was the nearest place In the states, the | whether you will or ho. Daniels has ex-| @ Tecord second to no college or university |; WHAT TO SEE IN FRANCE AND § fe es Lae T have had my disappointments at the | Caslest to get to and the least expensive. I pressed himself as being highly pleased | !n the country, and lost but one game, and | FAND--“Bnelish Cathedral “Towns,” coin Pemety Stern utente hands of Charles Coghlan,” said Mr. Tyler, | W88 & tot In dresses to my knees, with fat his part in “The Ameer." Nothing, he | that by only a small score. The base ball | {hind of Miss Pitts’ “Travel Talks,” whic nicotine. The man who could take the | hands o! gybeleicte) iia peers ‘| legs bulging out over the tops of prunella | declares, has ever fitted him so well. He| team expects to be equally successful this | W@5 Postponed from last Monday on ac- gest drinks of raw liquor and yet stand | In a casual conversation which incidentally | gaiters—you. remember prunella gatters? | found it, brleaful of wuceeotmne: ve spring. Naturally enough the same spirit | Count of her illness, will be given at tt under them—nut alone stand up under | led up to the Euglish actor. “I have felt | Well, you just fancy me, I was several | has made use of to Rood advores we nice | existe in the musical clubs, Cad te aes: | lecture room of the Wimodiughsis 3 “m. 2. Dat omit wit and knowledge | myself ill-used as a manager, and perhaps | years on the side of my teens, hearty, | self, and that means to his audience. The| and friends of the marooh and white can |New York avenue, next Monday evefing. some of his auditor hted as a friend. Yet when the curtain | healthy and good-natured. Mother took us | support Daniels’ management has provided | depend on it that the coming concert will | The Subjects for the three rematning Mon- went up and I saw him act, all for | to @ hotel. Then she got a paper and looked | for him 1s larger and is reported even bet-| be up to the Lafayette’s standard. ‘The | da¥ evenings of the course will be, respec- eee ghee aay row en to creg te wanted | over the list of the theaters. She selected | ter than that which gave him great assist- | ‘lubs possess, perhaps more than any other | Svely, “London,” “Paris” and “Old French w at it was in ay Doren to ee His aa the, Adeipat, then rae by Dan Shelby, a| ance last year. Helen Redmond is his reenisstion Individual members who are j Cities. y was in the instinctive grace with | real varlety theater. “Phere was ja donna, she 4 capable and particularly well gifted. tful of the product of his native state, | which he handled himself. He had no need | swell thing as a muale hall in those dace | the puso earn: eee naTOUS eyes the | F Raymond Wood. violinist “they have a | , THE HEATHER FIFLD—Bawand Mar- Gp the oftener he repeated the operation | even to speak in order to fasten the atten- | and nothing like a vaudeville show. It was | contralto, is in the Company, as are Norms | Young performer who is far above the aver | t¥n’s “The Heather Field,” one of the most - more enter s he became. tt is {ion of ‘an audience. I have watched him | all plain variety busmess. She took us| Kopp, the natty little soubrette: Geo. De. | 48¢ and never falls to score. In L. Reese | S¥ccessful productions of the Irish Literary face that at teembelied to acknowledge the | In a scene in “Diplomacy,” In which he was | down to Shelby, told him what she wanted voll, the tenor; Will Danforth, bass; Owen | Alexander, a Georgetown boy, they have | Theater Society of Dublin, will be the fifth Pag ipe hep Gis zee. | fact t inclusion of somo of these | only an attentive listener to a conversa-| and asked him fo hear us. He just laughed | Westford and Wm. Corliss. ‘Tho music of | 81 6xPonent of “coon” songs who would do | 1" the course of modern plays at the Na a. T Relieve it ws ewis | bout friends an auditors would | ton between two other characters. Yet the | outright when he looked at us. Flo was | the opera is by Victor Herbert, whose es. | Cfedit to the best. In Bernard 3. Myers, | ticnal Theater, where it will be given on Saracter: qiite. eacuen: nal e removed from the scene by | gesture with which he raised his hand to | just as slight as I was broad, and we were | quisite «nelodies have made him admired | With his “scrub” quartet, they have | the afternoon of Wednesday, April I8. The intellect, im truth—and he had the | face" Servants. and the brilliant Ken- | hs eyeglass was sufficient to make him the | both so little. But he was Willing enough. | by every music lover in the lava, eet | mimic that some of the professionals seula | DIa¥ Was one of the first fruits of the young | and affection of the eminent: men | eayca” Myuld find tmselt addressing va- | Center of interest. The entire audience |The orchestra man wes not there, and ao | himself says that he has weiren cetan | easily imitate to an advantage, “The pro | izish renaissance movement in literattire parties who were his contemporaries | hae heed {unk Daniel Webster's drinking | Watched him eagerly even when he was not } one could be found about to play our ac. | which will, prove so” ponding ac wie | Sram has been carefully arranged to cyter | Of Which so much has been written of late. ties who were his contemporaries weg Qumembat overdsown. T saw him | tilking, but only listening. | Everything he | companiments; so Sister Flo, who played | Ameer.” ‘The libretto is by Bred Mf. Rave | to the taste of all, the most critical-as well | That the play possesses distinct merit Is ral. for 1 remendous boy every day for years, and only ones | Undertook was carried through with abso- | beautifully. was. perciied Up at the parce | ken and Kirke La oholie. Tere peri | 88 those who delight in catchs and aaric. | attested by the fact that it has alreads patted ¥ | dil Tcver observe him unde> the Influence. | lute fase. Most actors find themselves | and we did our little act’ “Mr. ghommane: | Ken and Kirke La Shelle. | Thi have there- | (ate music. The combined clubs are under | been translated into German. and is to be _Grinkex: ta Teen MS es walking along 1 strect be- | breathing | hard after a heavy emotional | gaged us on the spot, an@ we made our | by afforded excellent change ror ment ce. | the management of Robert G. Leetch, son | Produced this season in Berlin and Vicana tween 7th and Sth—a splendid tigure, in-|SCene, I have often seen them come out | debut at the princely salary of $30 a ween | fect, ‘There will be only one matinee, ana | Of Mr. John Leetch of Georgetown. Tick- | 2t two of the regular theaters. arely ab! man t tatesman. Pren cky. 1 ha en Prentiss toss off tumblerful after tum. glimpse of an. The three men lived in <«m+ boarding house on 414 street—Mrs. vei wrable eater. deed, in his brave coat of blue broadecth | ito the wings, panting and puffing, after | for the two of us, ‘This was 1 2 ets on sale at Guzman's, in Droop’s, Mach for One Carriage. and brass buttons. He was decidedly Pe Gait minutes of exertion on the stage. | 1875. and the first thing we eee ae eee = irae i ELBERT HUBBARD—The man who is morning Mr. Lewts was walking | valine 2 Virginia fence, as we used to Coghlan had @ scene in “The Royal Box" | public was ‘Sweet Geneviev NEW NATIONAL THEATER—May | _THE TRUE SAPPHO.—In his poetic rev- | the talk of the hour among many is Elbert 4 I remem- age mee = lternating, | Which lasted far beyond the limits of the | ber it as if it were yesterday.©1 Irwin will be at th erle, which Mr. Willis Arden Is to giv Hubbard, the editor of the Philistine, and NitOl. Phe cthncte wens ection | but fully aware of his hearings, und he | inary emotional episode. He did not | 88 You please, much cooler than Peco | a weeks commencins Magna! Theater for | fhe’ columbia, Theater on waset Monasy | author of a number of books that have sur= apitol. The ts Mere deep in| reached his lodgings without ‘trouble. 1 | S@em te spare himself in any way. Yet | now. But poor Flo, who was always dein | eds. “Sister Mary,” which lg new’ to ins | afternoon for the benefit of the Watipnal § Severn ae seeanen the sisrary pera. Ot end he decided to call a carriage, | heard Webster deliver his reply to Hayne, | When he walked off the stage there was not | cate, fainted away ‘after the first number, | city. Miss Irwin has long been an especial | Homeopathic Hospital, he desires tt to be | Mr. Hubbard it has been sald he “us ini- Was not far away at the moment. | | have heard all of our gevat orators, and ey Sah pone or a heave of the chest to] and I had to’ go on and sing an encore | favorite here. She has a new play by a| Understood that the subject is purely poct- | Mitable, unique, unapproachable. Tt is not qmoruue te cbeerve tow the Leck ny of the famous ones abroad in my | S20W that he had undergone unusual exer- | alone.” successful author and a good company in | !cal, and wholly divorced from any ‘sug. |® lecture, but a feast. Those who have someplace at's | LQBEREF days, but none of them is to be | Hen. dle was wholly tranquil. He saldChar- —— support. May Irwin gives an evening's en- | Sestion of the name of the “‘Sappio” se, | heard him are enthusiastic. It isn’t entirely Nn Alsbama giant's | mentioned in the came breath with Deniel | ie Cushman taught him how to breathe | Cissle Loftus seems to be a genuinely | tertainment which is as distinct and as in- | ently applied to @ certain unsavory stage | the lecture either. but the man and the ab ay ‘ebste oO o1 He had, too, the facult yi any-side 1 5 ye a y Ww: aril (ateelate eaten attention with his morda, and cae many-sided genius. And this assertion is | #lvidual as anything seen on the stage. | exhibition, and also that the language of | Manner-”" Mr. Hubbard's only Washington u 8 made, too, wii Those who go. to see her once always re-| the story, far from being abo. lecture will be given on Wednesday even- eof |. : : ‘ont of the 0 have | cess so far, on Irwin’ understand it: e 5 ee Blant ites - a Drees. stage Just before an exit at the back. How | deluded themselves with the belief that | been voted’ to be unquestionably ins, Test the romantie aennee inthe ie ores ira eg heh Riga rhaps the he Indy— ye don't sou Buy drink | Vited attention to. what he was saving? lig | (Mey Would Be greater sti ing | Production, from every point of view, she | the most talented and author and lecturer, Seaton-Thompson, wili were guch that he | wit ae vited attention to what he w: still in something 3 a clear end tte, ure OF one ot | author and let nines ila idatea ne euceee made the audience forget what Ie ae, {pa | entirely opposite that for which they were | R&S ©¥eF given. In a nutshell the story of | the world’s history-Sappho. the Tmesert | Sve two of his illustrated lectures Monday f Alabama regarded it denis ‘ and Tuesday afternoon at 4:15 at the Rifles’ No, indeed, mum, thank ing. No master of legerdemain was more renowned. There was erick Lemaitre, Pee eee | eee eens ee Sea Deaton | ae ae os ‘ erer— y : : Fred , | has written a book, “For Better or Worse”. | who was th i ‘i ee peso aed ye, mum, This will just about SF, expert in this kind of deceptive art. the great French actor, who gave = ‘orse, ie sweetheart of Phaon, boatman | first lecture will rs dubines, | new manicure set.” pay for me | tnvaddition to all this knowledge of tert: | Bal French play from which ine Tet | with rather decided views on the relations | of Mitylene. of Wild. Animals," his second, “Wig ee, ss * . a cs of husband and wife and the best Second, “Wild Ani- —<e-—___ nique, he was instinctively @ true actors” | Vagabonds” and “Erminie” were sates methods | A remarkable people were the Lesbians, | mals I Have Known.” Mr. Ys leo- i “I shall make no apology for speaking} . later, as a tragedy, but it so convuleed the | play hinges or aneleeubIal felicity. ‘The | and Sappho was their leader. She was the | tures have been atvendeg be et ee “weight | to you thus at length,” said Senator | 7Ms talk about being in the theatrical | audiences with laughter that it henceforth | identity as the ausher of the Leow ree net | Gauehter of Scamandroumus and Cleis, and | ings of children. In Basten thes aos own upon the vel which prompt- vis profession for the sake of art may be all | ¥@5 Played as a comedy and go remained othaw a?amatis pe ay = the | the sister of Charaxus, he who carricd the | came to the entire series. Not that all Mr ewe a gan the wheels, a sorry wreck. | “Well, why not?" demanded one of the | right, but I doubt the sincerity of most of ue in later years, Burton, the-Ph@adel- | tempts to live up to the teachings thereis repugnan of Lesbos into’ Egypt, where he | audience were young, in years, or small in ois Sepped back fo She Gish and | opposition Philadelphia North American. | it," sald Theodore Babcock, In the com-4 sri cieemedian, essaved to play tragedy. | net forth. It is ripe with opsortentie ee | fel, tn Jove with and ransomed the beautiful | stature, but big and Little they all Drowsht Egyptian slave, Rhod ‘Rosy Cheek), 's heart, child's ssed and overflowing laugh- comedy bits, such as have made May Irwin whom a great king, Peammitch, made bis venture and © Stsry, Godt meet ae al eee