Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-03-02
ADJUSTMENTS.

The Howe-Lavin Concert tonight-Mary
Howe. or as she Is known in private Lie,
Mrs. VIM. LAWN, the young and charming
Vermont soprano, whose excellent singing
In this city is pleasantly remembered. has
just returned from two years study in
Europe and from a decided operate sue
cess in Berlin, perhaps the most critical
capital In Europe. She feels capable of
better work now than she has ever done
The instruction she had abroad brought
out her voice, SO that 1t is now fuller and
rounder than it was. She had a remarkable
success in opera in Berlin, as did also Mr..
LAWN, and they have an engagement at
the Royal Opera House there next year.
and also at st. Petersburg, which they will
probably accept. Propositions have already
been made to her to head an English opera
company in this country, but she Will
probably only sing the concert tour now
marked out for her and then go back to
Europe, returning after a years success
there, and then the English opera project
may materialize. She and her husbd I'D
have studied together and work in perfect
harmony. Although they are both re-
membered as excellent concert and oratorio
singers, they have developed dramatic
power which commanded the appreciation
of the press and public abroad. The con-
cert tonight at Metzerott Hall will be an
enjoyable one. The program will include
Mary Howe and Mr.. LAWN in solos and
duets. and will also introduce Sig. Campa-
mari, an excellent baritone; Mr.. Luckstone
pianist of ability. and Miss Leonora Van
Stosch, the young Washington violinist
whose success since her return from
Europe has been something phenomenal.
MetzerOtt Hall will undoubtedly be filled
tonight with a very distinguished audience.
Reserved seats may be obtained at Met
zerott's music store.
The Hooser Poets Readings.-James
Whitcomb Riley-the same intensely nat
ural and pleasing Riley-and Douglass Sber-
ley, who modestly introduced himself as
"a stout obscure person whom Mr.. Riley's
manager discovered in Kentucky" alter
mated in playing with the tender sympa-
thes and risible faculties of the people who
filled MetZerotts Music Hall yesterday
evening. There was n full half hour of
delay before the performance commenced.
but the Impotence of more than ordi-
narily cultivated crowd vanished when
Mr.. Sherley introduced his unwritten story
Perhaps" From that time until the Ak
tremely entertaing couple bowed an adeu
there was on the part of the audience
intense interest, laughter, tears and
applause. Mr.. Riley had, it is true, no
novelties to offer, but he charmed Just
as wonderfully as when he first delighted
the public with his Rotations. Mr.. Sher@y.
who is large and of pleasing presence.
turned out to be much more of a feature
than many who had never heard of him
supposed he would be; a past master in
the very difficult art of story telling. he
gave every evidence of being a clever
author His humor was fine. his sentiment
of the warm southern variety, his pathos
smooth and heart-reaching; his tragedy
intense. There was not an unsatisfactory
contribution on the entire program. and II
the energetic manner in which both Mr.
Riley and Mr.. Sherley were recalled again
and again Is worth anything as testimony
the listeners would willingly have staid an
hour longer.
,rhe Stein Arctic Expedition.-The arctic
70 a u-,l1 Va
topic discussed at the special meeting of
the National Geographic Society, which will
be held In Rifles Hall Monday evening.
The Secretary Of the Navy will preside and
the author of the plan of the expedition Mr.
Robert Stein. will make an address. There
will also be speeches by Gen. Greedy, Com
modore Melville and other well-known men,
One of the objects of the meeting Is to add
to the fund which is being raised by private
subscription to defray the cost of the ex-
petition. An admission fee of fifty cents
will be charged. Tickets can be obtained
at Brentano'S Frees, Ballantynes and at
the hall on the night.
America.-Perhaps the greatest speciality
introduced In the spectacle America"
which will be presented at AlbauGh's next
week by Messrs. Abbey. Schoeffe and
Grau. is the work of the Schaffer family.
company of acrobats whose performances
are simply marvellous. This is a genuine
family, sisters and brothers, and not num-
Der of professional people brought together
for personal interest They come from ac-
robatic ancestors, for their fathers and
forefathers were acrobats from time i'm
memorial. They have been trained to
gymnastic work from their earliest years,
and they keep in constant practice, so that
their performances are always perfect. The
grown up members of the family are all
famous equilibrists. Sylvester and Severus
standing at the head of all the juGglers in
the world. They have repeatedly been dec
GRATED by the crowned heads of Europe and
take pride in the fact that never in their
"a haS fhpra haar, e
kind to any member of the family. This of
course. is due to the extreme caution they
exercise when performing the stage
When they first appear the smallest mem
Der of the family is brought on the stage
in small travelling handbag, but this does
not in any way injure the child, who en-
joys the act and who, like all the rest of
the children, know no such word as fear
America" is the most elaborate of all the
spectacular productions designed by Imre
Kiralfy, and will undoubtedly meet with
the same success here that it has achieved
in Chicago and New York.
Ladies' of the G. A. Il.
L. S. Grant Circle, No. L. Ladies of the G.