The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-03-22


Square Theatre, New York, for the week of
April 20 in repertoire made up of ''Saints and
Sinners" IA Pair of Spectacles,n "Captain
Swift" 'Sunlight and Shadow" and ''The
Pharisee." These admirable plays, which in
clude all the notable successes of the Madi-
son Square for the last two seasons, will be
given here with the original caste. Among
j. H. Stoddart, E. M. Holland, Charles Har-
ris, Frederic Robinson, Herbert Millard, Maud
Harrison, Mrs. E. j.. Phillip, Mamie Grad
DOCK, Maurice Barrymore, Edward Bell, Wal
den Ramsay, Harry Woodruff, r. Fax, May
Brookya, Agnes Miller, and Emily Seward.
The Georgetown Orchestra.
The last concert of the season of this popu-
lar organization will be given at the Academy
of Music next Tuesday evening" March a.
and promises to excel all previous efforts The
programme will include the civilian Tell''
overture, second suite "Hungarian Scenes,''
Massenet; "Morning Journalds Waltz
Strauss. The orchestra will be assisted by
Miss Birdie Lucas, violinist, who will play
two movements from Mendelssohn's violin
concerto with orchestra. Miss Elizabeth Ham
lin, soprano, of Boston, will make her first
appearance in Washington. The organization
will present strong orchestra of seventy five
and grand orchestra of seventy performers.
1t will also be assisted by the Wilhelmi Club
and Miss Anita Cluss, harpist.
The Boston House Male Octette.
The concert rendered to Sgnor Mama by
his pupils and friends at Lincoln Music Hall
last Monday evening was instrumental in in
PRODUCING to the musical public of the city
new attraction, the Boston House Male Oc-
tette, which, judging from the success of their
initial appearance, will be valuable addition
to the musical organizations of the city. The
octette is composed OF gentlemen who are in
the employ of Messrs. Woodward & Lothrop,
and Monday evening last was their first ap-
pearance. Their number, ''The Drinking
Chorus" from "Ermani," opened the pro
gramme and was sung with much spirit, force
expression, and delicate phrasing. The nerv
business which usually accompanies the debut
OF new musical organization when called
upon for the first time to face critical audi
ence was entirely absent, and the applause
which marked the close of this number was
hearty and long sustained. Among the mem
bers of the octette are two singers who have
gained considerable reputation in the city and
of whom Signor Mama feels Justly proud
They are Messrs. Treanor and Devereaux. The
former is connected with the choir of st.
Matthew's Church and the latter with that of
St. Peters. They possess voices of great
sweetness and purity and are accomplished
musicians. The following compose the oc-
tette: c. E. Davis, f. E. Kibbey first tenors;
John Davies, William Sylyestre, second tenors;
r. w. DevereauX, Oden Shaw, first bass, and
?. G. j. Treanor and Edward Lothrop, second
bass.
A Kiss Behind the Scenes.
A tender and pretty little story is told of
the wonderful Vaidis sisters, the daring ira
peze performers. They are twins and are de-
votedly attached to each other. never having
been parted but for short periods since birth.
Every night before they trip on to the stage,
smiling, graceful, and self-possessed, they kiss
each other tenderly behind the scenes They
know that each time they perform their daring
act they are risking their lives 1t is not stage
kiss; it is warm kiss of sisterly love that even
the unsentimental stage hands respect Then
out they come with composure that inspires
confidence. No one would suspect that these
beautiful sisters, calm and self-possessed,
feared that they might never meet again.
They separate and take their places high up in
mid-air. Not till the audience has seen these
twins perform daring feats that seemed al
most impossible, Goes 1t realize that they are
risking their lives and that one misstep
means instant death. The first feat, SO quickly
and gracefully done, ainazes the whole house;
the second takes its breath completely away.
Strengthening up, the audience watches and
waits for the next feat with an interest that is
intense No wonder that the Vaidis twin
sisters part affectonately before they 90 out
to perform their act. That kiss behind the
scenes may be their last
The Yale Glee and Banjo Club.
The Yale Glee and Banjo Club will give
another of their delightful concerts at the
Academy of Music Easter Monday night.
This club is perhaps the best exponent of col
lege music in the land and the high apprecia-
tion in which it is held in Washington is at
tested by the large and fashionable audiences
that always greets 1t. The rollicking college
songs, SO dear to the old-time graduates, and
the higher class glees are rendered In an ex-
cellent manner by the club. The club en-
braces eighteen voices, and the Banjo Club
eleven banjos and four guitars
An Amusing Performance.
highly-amusing and entertaining operetta,
entitled "The Seven Old Ladies of Lavender
Town." was given Tuesday evening last at the
Church of Our Father, by the Young Peoples
Union of that church. Among the partic-
pants were Misses Baylly, Becker, Curry, Case,
Newton, Tchenor, and Curry; Messrs. Terry,
Randolph, Bond, Busbee Matthews, Harries,
and Melville Hensey,
Notes of the Stage