Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-01-21
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC.


She has just concluded most successful engage
ment in Philadelphia, She is supported by an
excellent eompany-Miss Anna Warren Story
of this city being member of it.
The EorId to be produced on Monday night
at the National is about the most acceptable of
all of the nelO-dramas on the stage. 1t is rull
of exciting interest from the beginning to the
end and cannot fail to fill the house every night
1t was played for a year in London and
over six months in New York.
"A wel-known Washington Journalist is en-
gagged in writing farce for the yokes family
entitled higgins as Sdred 1t is travesty upon
cups and downs" of official life at the capital
illustrating more of the downs than the ups
The farce of Al tie RrJe, will be ught
back to New York. and presented at Haveriys
Theater. on the Esd inst.
- The second Cincinnati opera festival begins
February 13. The tickets were sold at auction
on Thursday and brought good prices. Eight
operas will be given for sli seat to which
must be added the price they will bring at auc-
ton. Patti appears in Aiia and IrOratore.
Minnie Hank appears in CGrne1a with Cam
panini. The chorus and orchestra will be very
large. and the festival promises to exceed any
thing of the kind ever seen in this country.
- Janauschek, as the Countess Mother"
Thursday evening. in the play of Mother and
Son. at Fords, in Baltimore, surpassed even her
former self in acting brilliantly effective as to
rouse the audience into an enthusiasm so fervid
that it found expression in vehement recalls and
other evidences of approval The costumes
worn were of unusual splendUr and were adorned
by gems said tn be valued at $40 600. They were
1ustrOusiy bright under the effect of the electric
light, the diamonds sparkling in dazzling splen-
dor.
- Miss Anna E. Dickinson opened her season
on Friday night at Rochester n. Y. in Hamlet
supported, the New York Tribune says by a
reasonably fair dramatic company. The same
authority adds that her assumption of the char
acter of Hamlet .'proyed to be a great nnoya-
tion," for she eliminates Hamlet instructions to
the players and reinstates the full dialogue with
the grave diggers, which has been dropped from
modern versions. The general tenor of other
criticism is that she is lure This afternoon
she played Claude MeiaOtte.
A building of thoroughly Moorish architec-
ture is now in course of erection on Broadway,
corner 39th street. New York which is to COM
bine European cafe. reading-ro and restau-
rant. fitted up i'm style dOrient. A beautiful
theater. to accommodate 1 800 people. the deco
ration To be in old gold light blue and white of
the Alhambra design will OCCUPY the first story
in connection with the grand ball room. The
root over the the tneater. covering 20 900 square
feet, is to be laid out as perfect summer garden,
and will be magnificently illuminated with vari-
colored lamps of eastern fashion. and with its
flowers. rare eyOtics. fountains &C.. &C. will
resemble not a little the famous ..Jardin de
Piantes.' Paris, and here during summer Mr.
Rud. AronsOn's orchestra OF fifty musicians will
interpret light and pleasing programs of the
latest European successes.
Everything points to Miss KeIlogg's farewell
concert on the 30th as the fashionable as well as
artistic event of the season. Monday has been
especially chosen on account of interfering less
than any other evening with social events. and
this. in conjunction with KellOgg's great popu-
larty. fine company and superb program will
doubtless make the event memorable in Wash
1ngton- kelogss company. Independent OF the
dtrd herself would furnish fine program.
Tagliapietra. Brignola. Clara POoIe-King Lieb-
ling and Adamowski are all brilliant artists and
nothing but great deal of nerve and money
could suffice for bringing them together. Brig
noli viii! sing ..QaestO c SeTe." by Verdi his ia
nous Dsdpp1ri e. How SO Fair'O from Martha;
TaGliapietra will render the magnificent aria
"The Tempest of the Heart from the Trooa-
oors, and Kellogg will sing as solos the POLO
naise, y ii ON Nignson, and - Eiaasi isroIanai.'
The New Orleans Pjcoyme denies the
widely circulated story that Lolita sent a large
sum of money to the newsbOys of that city ON
New Years day.
The Colonel was produced Monday night
ut the Park Theater. New York to a crowded
house with Lester Wallack as the Colonel" Mr..
Bayley taking the character of Forester"
The critics say that the play was superbly
mounted and acted. but that little is known
OF the aesthetic craze in this country that the
audience did not appreciate the rdcule thrown
upon il. but rather looked on the play as a wild
exaggeration- One journal says: The Colonel
Is a reyamped version of The Serious Family
with asthetcism-that is to say the sentimental
upholstery and lackadaisical sensuality of the
Oscar Wilde tribe of Miss Nancys-substitute
Tor the cant and hypocrisy of 'Aminadab Sleek"
With the exception of Mr.. Wallack the cast is
the same that was at FOrd's here in December
and the most unstnted praise is lavished upon
1t by the New York Journals.
The Chicago Inter- Ocean Of January 10Th
says of Miss Emma Abbott's vaccination on one
Of her legs: IL has been learned from authentic
sources of information that Miss Emma Abbott
h suffering severely from the effects of a vacci-
nation made when she was last here The doc
tor who performed the operation at the Grand
Pacific Hotel is said to be responsible for placing
the virus too near the tendonS of the lower part
OF the leg: When the prirna donna reached st.
Paul an ulcer had formed over the sensitive ten
dOns. and the yaccinated limb had become swol-
len and infiamed, and So lame that she could
with difficulty appear in her parts on the stage.
Two St Paul physicians were consulted. and
they Informed Mss Abbott that she would be a
cripple for life. and probably would be CON-
PEELED to have her leg amputated. When she
reached Burlington. Iowa. the difficulty had be-
come so serious that she had To relinquish her
Saturday night engagement at that place and
eminent surgeons Were called into re1uisition.
Under careful treatment the troublesome
hmb was put into less painful and
announcement Seondition. and Miss Abbott
concluded TO go on to Louisville and try
to I'LL her engagement there. 1t is quite pos
sible that Miss Abbott may have to cancel en-
gagements for several weeks. and place herself
under the care of competent physicians until
the difficulty be overcome.
- In New York:-Mss Anderson, at Booths
Theater, repeated THE Daughter Of Roland"
on Monday and Tuesday, and on the next three
evening enacted the Countess" i'm Sheridan
KNOWLES play of Lore. Pygnnlion and Goioteq
was presented again st the Saturday matinee
and HO'.,eo aad faijet Tonight. One of the best
successes OF Miss AndersOns career has
been gained in ''Galatea.' It is be-
yond question, q lovely piece of work.
The Tourists in the Pullman Pala ce Car ,
have attracted and pleased the public AT Haver-
ly's Fourteentll-street Thcater, where they will
remain for the present.--MessrS. Barry and
Fay. in hul.S0on's Picffic, have given a Imaginable
Irish farce and variety entertainment during
the week past at Nbo's Theater-Mr Harri-