Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-04-11
ADJUSTMENTS.


ALRAuaH's-"THE L. :. MuI."-'fThe O. &
Mail" an uproarious satire the L. T. postal
service. is the attraction for next week at Al
baughs. Unusual interest attaches 90 the
local production, as the enterprise H. largely
local one and the subject is one which the
Washington public can appreciate. it IL Q
melange of mirth. melody and monkeying,
and IL has made a hilarious hit wherever e has
been presented, which includes nearly every
city in the land. lts musical 'interrup-
tions' are catchy catch can. and little
Hurry OI.ynn's I'm Not Baby Mckee" is a
jewel In tire cast are odell Williams as Jola
Momeyvnaie1, the village postmaster and the
HI Hand, printer; Dan Packard. Walter Jones.
Ed. Heron, Vim. Frances. Miss Georgia
Parker as Jack, the postmaster daughter,
a most versatile dancer; Miss Maggie
Fielding, Miss Lydia Pierce. the soprano,
and the usual ''bevy of beauty" consisting
of Belle o. flynn. Evelyn Temple, Lucy Mitchell
and Emily Beaumont W. j. Caulheld, for
merly tenor OF St. Matthews choir. IL also in
the cast The play, besides funny plot, has q
number Of interesting specialties which add 60
its attractiveness. number Of Washington
correspondents will attend the performance in
q body Monday night.
Miss COLUMBIA. The Mask and Wig Club
Of the University Of Pennsylvania will present
tonight at Academy Of Music its spectacular
musical burlesque. ''Miss Columbia and all
society is on the qui viye. for il is a
social as well as dramafic-very dramatic
production. With lite galety dancers.
its grand march, it's sand dance, its
typewriters. it's country dances. its 900 new Coz
tunes its chorus Of fifty. its orchestra OF
twenty-five and its multiple other features. d
IL the greatest amateur performance ever
hurled with Titanic force at a helpless and
paid-up audience. liz goes, though, and you
miss it you ''Miss Columbia" Seeg Tickets at
Metzerotts, and the box office tonight at regu-
lar prices.
The SANTLEY CoNCERr.-For thirty wears
Santiey has been the most prominent baritone
IN England. His visit 10 this country in 1871
will be remembered by most. lie appears
somewhat stouter now, and his hair and mus
tache gray, but when he sings &c is the
same Santley that charmed all twenty years
ago. The old English songs are rarely
heard now on the concert platform.
He sings here "Ruddier Than the Cherry"
Father OFlynn' and Nazareth" which u
one of his greatest songs.
The supporting company Ii excellent and
each one mas come in for a share Of praise
Mrs. Ida Bond Young. the soprano. has u voice
of beautiful quality and wide range, extending
to q in alt, aud has cultivated lt with the best
teachers Miss Moylon. contralto, and Mr..
Impett, tenor, are both artists, and Mr.. Franz
Wilczek is a violin virtuoso of the first rank
Tickets at Metzerotts.
WASHINGTON MUSICAL CLuB.-This popular
organization Will give Its third and last concert
of the season at Universalist Church wednes-
day evening. April Is. The weII-known
prano, Mrs. Gerrit Smith Of New York, and Mr..
herndon Morsell. the popular tenor. have been
engaged az vocalists for tins musical event A
program of unusual excellence has been ar
ranged, which will no doubt prove 20 be VI
great interest 20 the musical public.
KERsAN's-CITY GLIB yAuDEvIILE.-TheC City
Club Vaudeville and Burlesgpe Company, las
good as any, perhaps better, will he the draw
at Herman next week. The list is headed by
u grand spectacle presenting AN army OF beau
tiful girls in bewitching costumes, and tins 10
followed by Matt Morgan's Partisan art
reproductions, the last work Of that
great artist including Millct's great painting,
.,Phryne Before the Tribunal Persian
Nautch Dancers" 1.-The Abbe's Tribulations'
and The Destruction Of Pompeii." Then there
is the novel East India feature, the Rip hap
dance. and as a winder that very funny bur
lesqe hit. 1.-The % Homestead" comprising
pretty dudes, lovely tennis players, bewitchlng
girls and full array Of burlesque talent, dra-
matte and physical.
HARRIs'-THE FAST MAu--The railway has
often been used by the dramatist, but never be-
fore TO such an extent as in Carter's famous
play The Fast Mail" which comes on at the
Biiou next week. A freight train with fourteen
cars. lighted caboose and full-slZed loco
motive, with engineer and fireman, crosses the
stage in the most realistic and noisy manner.
while later in the play great
Mississippi river steamboat, with bells and
whistles and engines in full operation. moyesin
and explodes with terrific force. A great scene
is also given of Niagara IN real tumbling water.
The company is a most efficient one. and there
is a great deal of fun 10 go with the sensational
effects. A special car for the scenery is used.
aud every detail is carefully looked ~ in the
stage production Of the play.
NAsHTsGToS SESGERBUSD--1be Washington
Sangerbund will give a sacred concert at the
Academy of Music Sunday night. with Miss
Alice Williams of New York, soprano; Mr..
Richard Burmeister OF Baltimore, pianist; Mr.
VIM. waldecker. director. and a grand orches-
ira These artists are all well known, Mis
Williams being the granddaughter Of Hon
William Williams, member Of Congress from
Indiana for many years and minister 10 South
America by President Garfields appointment
She has brilliant and flexible voice and In
New York and Leipzig she has won great praiss
from the critics as well as from audiences
RUSSIAN ISroLERANcE.-Rev. J. Mushr. O ma
tive of St. Petersburg, will deliver lecture
Monday evening at Willard Hall on ''Bussian
Intolerance" presenting . solution Of this
problem. The proceeds go 20 Emmanuel
Church. Tickets. 80 cents, at Droops.
GREESLAND.-Civil Engineer IL. Z. Pesry,
L. =. n, the arctic explorer, will deliver .
lecture ON Peary's North Greenland expedition
OF ls9l-'92 at the Academy Of Music, Friday
evening, April IL, under the auspices Of the
National Geographic Society. The lecturer.
will he introduced by Engineer-in-Chief q. W
Melville, U. 4. navy. The lecture will be fully
illustrated with lantern slides llckeH ~
Metzerott's on and after Monday, 18th
THEATRIcAL MECHANICS BESETIr.-1he ffth
annual benefit Of the theatrical mechanics 1t
Albaugh's Thursday afternoon was credit 20
the volunteer artists, the audience and the
management, and its material results will be
particularly gratifying TO those who shall en-
pend il for the needy and the suffering. IL
was a success all around and everybody cen
nected with it feels better for it.
Three Sick Judges.