The Critic and record. (Washington, D.C.) 1891-1896, 1891-05-13
ADJUSTMENTS.
Comic onern al Albanch,s.

NOnllC OpeTH HJ AlDhuEilSs
The Carleton Opera Company, whose
summer engagement has so far been
highly successful, both from an artistic
and financial standpoint, will give two
operas next week, seats beng now on sale
at the usual popular prices of twenty-five,
fifty and seventy-ilve cents. The week
will open with 1.-THE Queens Lace Hand
kerchief," which will be given on Mon
dav, Tuesday and Wednesday nights.
This opera is one of the most tuneful and
generally attractive in the Carleton roper
toire 1t is widely known and has admir-
ers everywhere. 1t deals with the tradi-
tons of the poet, Ceramics, who encour-
ages the King to throw off the yoke of the
present crowd of sycophants to return to
the love of the queen, In this opera Mr..
Carleton will sing the part of CtrVdj,teS,
which he created in the original New
York production. The music is in
Strauss most melodious vein and the
company throughout is capable of do
ing it justice. The cast will include
Vincent as the queen, Marion Langdon
as Hytne, Clara Wisdom as the Mar-
chioness, j. X. Murray as the Premier and
c. A. Bigelow as Sdncho, the tutor.
On Thursday night "Nanon" will be
produced, to remain the attraction for the
rest of the week. In this opera Mr..
Carleton will appear in his original char
acter, the Marquis DAitbigne. The cast
will be well-balanced one, Mr.. Bigelow,
of course, taking the part of the Marquis
dc MdrSildc, and the rich baritone of j. X.
Murray finding scope in the role of the
Able. Seats are now on sale.
The Author of "ShiIoh."
Mr.. Du Bots, the writer of the military
tsCh;1oI, Ia bn ,;t I, I, ;s
company, of which he says he is justly
| proud He was on the battlefield at "Shi
| lob, y not as newspaper correspondent
| or anything of that sort, but as the
| handler of a musket; and, to Judge from
his military bearing, he would prove nc
| mean antagonist On the battlefield or in 8
| hand-to-hand contest. His hair is now
| growing white, but he sees every perform
ance of the show, and says that its pro
| duction is positively correct reproduc
| ton of the scenes on the field.
The Marine Band.
This popular and brilliant organization
will give what the notices call "a second
and final closing grand concert at Lin
| coin Music Hall on Friday evening next
| The generous reception of this favoritt
band at its former concert will no doub
be repeated. The bands tour has been {
| great success artlStlcally ana financially
More than 100000 people have applaudet
Professor Sousa and his men. The prices
will be as usual, with no extra charge fo
| reserved seats. The sale of seats is nov
open at w. G.. Metzerott e. Co.'s musit
store at ITO + street.
The Creole Puzzle Solved.
The mathematical problem, for the so
luton of which Sam T. Jack promised
private box to any performance of hi
Creole Burlesque Company now at Ker
mans Theatre, was solved by younJ
clerk in Mr.. Ellis division, Census Office
This gentleman will receive the prize an(
has been duly notified of his success. TIL
problem is more difficult than 1t appear
and attracted the attention of quite
large number of arithmeticians, who
considering it mere trihe, submitted so
lutions without much elaboration. Th
result was vast number of answers tina
did not conform to the correct and origi
nal solution, published years ago by Her
bert A. Newton, professor Of mathemat
les and astronomy at Yale, and one of tn
special contributors to Webster's Interna
tional Dictionary.