Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-03-08
AMUSEM ENTS.

AcroRs FUND BENEFrr.-Morday at pm
A. N. Painters New York company will present
Aunt Jack" at Albaugh's for the benefit Of
the actors fund, with the same cast as will ap
pear the same evening at the Madison Square
theater. the trip from New York to Washing.
ton and return to be the fastest on record The
cast includes Mrs Agnes Booth, Miss Maude
Harrison, Miss Eugene Tabor. Mr.. Edward
Bell, Mr.. Charles Butler. Mr.. II. Millward Mr..
J. n. Stoddart Mr.. Frederic Robinson. Mr..
=. N. Holland, Mr.. Louis Massen, Mr.. Harry
| Holiday, Mr.. E. Emmons special train will
run over from Baltimore. The news partcu.
| lars of this remarkable matinee have already
been published and need no repetition. Tickets
are being sold rapidly and a fashionable
audience will attend. Seats 81, 81. so and ~, al
| Mlllers book store, 539 18th street.
ALBAuaH's-RHEA IN JOSEPHINE. The emf
| nent actress, Rhea, who was seen here early
| In October in her now widely celebrated
play of Josephine. Empress OF the French, "
plays return engagement at Albaugh's next
| week, beginning Monday. Since her last APP
pearance she has added fine special scenery and
light effects, and the performance has been
greatly improved in every way. Her success III
| the larger cities Of the country has been ex-
ceedingly gratifying. correspondent OF the
| New York Sun from Philadelphia thus wrote a
few weeks ago: "She captured Boston, en-
Unused Montreal, enchanted Chicago and won
| the heart OF Philadelphia. Her impersonation
30 pleased the staid descendants of William Penn
and others that by Thursday night standing
room only was to be had. Rhea has undoubt-
edly made a grand success as Josephine
! BOOTH -MopJEsKA.-Last night of the Booth
| Modjeska engagement in Baltimore. The play
will be ..RicheIieu." Trains leave Baltimore
and Ohio station at this evening. Tickets at
Miller's book store.
| Music HALL-CHoRAL SocIErY-The Choral
society will present for the first time in America
Ullin's Daughter" by Hamish McCann, and a
miscellaneous program. The soloists are Miss
Maud Powell, violinist; Mr.. Fred Elliott, tenor,
| of New York, and Miss Mary Howe soprano, of
| BrattlebOro, VT Tickets 80 cents, 81 and $3.50,
at Metzerott's. The program is as follows:
Cowen-A Song of Thanksgiving, mixed chorus;
| Meyer Helmund-Now Thou Art Mine, Mr.. Ell
liott Tartini-Larghetto Allegro, lie Trille
| du Diable) J, Miss Powell; Engelsberg-A Finland
Love Song. male chorus; Benedict, Carnival of
Venice. Miss Howe; MacCunn-Lord Uliin's
Daughter (first time in AmerIca), mixed chorus;
| Dance, Miss Powell; Vierling-Brier Rose,
| female chorus; Campbell-A Violet in Her
Lovely Hair; Molloy-The Postillion, Mr.. FL
| hott; Cowen--d. Thy Remembrance; b, Snow
Flakes; AliDieff-The Nightingale, Miss Howe;
| Faning-Song or the Viking, mixed chorus.
HARaIs'-DAN'L sULLY.-sDan'l Sully's Cor
| ner Grocery" will be open for business at Har-
ris Bijou theater next Monday night. This
quaint and pleasing comedy has amused thous-
| ands of people and il today one OF the most
|
before the public. The company has been
| carefully made up of competent people and a
| series Of hearty laughs is assured those who at
| tend. 1t is not broad in its points and situa-
| lions and leaves the very best impressions on
| an audience. .'Danl Sully's Corner Grocery
prices and matinees.
NELLIE BLY.--Miss Nellie Bly, the New
| York Worlds world circumnavigatress who
did the equator in seventy-two days, will now
do Washington in one day, which is next Mon
| day at P. m. and at pm. at Music hall. She
Is under the management Of J. NJ. Hill. and
her lecture is as bright and interesting as are
| the well-known and popular articles which she
writes and has written. She tells all about
| what she saw on her famous trip, and she does
| it il an hour and half. Her talks in New
York, Boston and other eastern cities have been
| attended by crowds of people and she will do
no less here. She will be introduced in the
| afternoon by District Commissioner Douglass
| and at night by Senator Voorhees, Seats on
| sale at Droop's music store.
| kERNANs-HowARD Bio BURLEsQUE CON-
| PASY.-May Towards big buriesque company
will be the attraction at Kernan's next week
| and 1t is a corker. In the olio is Seton in
| comic songs, Harry Morris the Dutchman, May
Howard in her songs, Collins and Corners in
negro acts, Harrigan the cigar box wizard and
a lot more. The burlesque 'Social Pleasures
brings out an array OF beauty seldom seen.
Between each number classic subjects arc pre-
| sented by living models, including "Phyrne
Before the Tribunal" Cleopatra Before
| Cesar" Temptation of st. Anthony" and
others. 1t is big show indeed.
Music HALLrMIss AMELIA EDwARDs.-The
| National geographic society announces two il
| Illustrated lectures at Music hall by Miss Amelia
B. Edwards, the famous English traveller and
| Egyptologist The first FRIDAY evening March
| Saturday afternoon, 18th, on Buried cities OF
| ancient Egypt" Tickets at Droop's. Evening
lecture SO, rs cents and 81; afternoon 25, 50 and
| 10 cents.
UNIvERsALIsr CnURcH.-The second Wilhelm
| club concert. josef Kaspar conductor, will be
given at the Universalist church this evening.
Soloists-Miss Berdie Lucas violinist and Mrs.
Kaspar soprano. Tickets so cents, at Metzerott'a
| and at the door.
BosroN SYMPHONY CONCERT. - On Friday
| evening, March 81, the favorite Boston sym.
| phony orchestra will return to Washington to
give it its third concert at Music hall. 1t will
| be the last but one in the series and Mr.. Nj
| klsch proposes to make 1t q notable one. Its
principal number will be the immortal fifth
| symphony by Beethoven. Arrangements are
pending for valuable solo talent to be announced
later. The sale Of tickets begins Friday, 18th,
| at Ellis.
WILLARD HALL.-Another week of fun is
promised at this hall by Prof. Carpenter in his
mesmeric operations. His entertainments are
| always interesting. Tickets % and 80 cents.
i
change of bill next week. to wit: Ella Fay's
| buresque queens and Girards coterie of
| specially stars in o burlesque, entitled "A
| Polished Bandit" fine Olio will also be
presented. Usual prices.
NEwsBOYs BENEFIr.-An amateur perfor m
| ance OF Shakspeare's five-act tragedy. Hamlet "
| Will be presented at Music hall on the 18th of
next month for the benefit of the newsboys of
| the city. Tickets will be sold at 25 cents each
| and all who can do so should respond to the
/ call for this most worthy charity. The enter
| ,ainment will be an interesting one and il you
cannot attend yourselves give tickets to those
| who can. Further parti culars later.
| PIANO RECITAL--Carl Roeder, the young
| piano virtuoso of New York, gives q recital al
| Universalist church Monday evening at s
| o'clock. He will be assisted by Miss Emma
Guyton, soprano; Miss Daisy Hepburn, con.
| tralto; Miss Grace Fox. organist; Mss Emma
| Turner, accompanies; Rev. W. II. Young elo-
| cutionist; John A. Roeder, director, and a spe.
| cially selected chorus. Tickets so and IS cents
/ at Metzerott's.
| USIvERsALIsr CHURcH.-A grand concert will
| be given next Saturday evening at the Univer-
salist church. 18th and L streets, for the benef,
of Unity Presbyterian church. Artists: Miss
| Beals. reader; Mr.. Richter, whistler; Miss Alma
johnson, soprano; Prof. Iseman, pianist; Frau
! Nauman, contralto; Miss Rich, sccompanist.
| Tickets at MetZerotts
| The AMERICAN CoMPosERs CoNcERr-Mr
Frank Won der Stnken, the New York con.
| ductor il in charge OF the concert which will
| be given at Lincoln Music hall on March rs, al
| which only American compositions will be
| heard. An orchestra of sixty-five will be
brought from New York and several well-known