Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-06-09
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Albaughs.-On Monday night the Stra-
kosch Comic Opera Company will present
Johann Strauss melodious composition, en-
titled The Gypsy Baron" This opera has
not been heard here for two years and it
Will be heartily welcomed. The manage
ment has had new scenery painted and new
costumes ordered from New York. The
cast is an unusually strong one and will
do justice to the noted German composers
beautiful music. 1t comprises Miss Laura
Willard as Safe. Miss Mamie Gilroy as
Ottakar Miss Louisa Moore as Arsena,
Miss Alice Hosmer as Czipra Madam
Moore as Mirabella, Charles Bigelow as
kalman Zsupan. Fred Huntley as
Sandar Barinkay. j.. X. Adams as
Peter Homonay, Maurice Hageman
as Count Carmero. Mr.. Fisher as JOSH
John Lawes as Pail. The argument of the
"Gipsy Baron" Is a pleasing one, with a
thread OF more than ordinary intelligence.
While 1t is easily followed, it affords bright
situations and gives opportunity for the
charming melody for which Strauss IL
noted. The action of the piece takes place
In the River Temes near Vienna. The story
IS simple in plot. Count Carnero has re-
turned with Sandar Barinkay a gypsy by
birth, and who is the rightful owner Of the
estates inhabited by a tribe of gipsies, con-
trolied principally by Czipra. Barinkay in
regainlng the estates. robs the pig dealer
deavors to wed Barinkay to his daughter
Arsena, SO as to keep the estate in the
family.
This is agreed to by the commissioner
or morals, but to the great distress of OF
takar, son of Mirabele. who is In love with
Arsena. Being informed of her intended
marriage an engagement made solely by
her father. she objects and demands that
when her father mar-ieS her 1t will be to
baron. Anything less she refuses to &C
cept. In the meantime Barinkay has met
the gypsy bag. Czipra, who. in reading his
hand, informs him of buried treasure in
the ruins of the castle on his own estate.
Barinkay, anxious to proceed at once In
search of the wealth. calls upon Safe to
escort him In the night to the place of hid
ing. The treasure is found. but then is in
troduced Strauss greatest number. the
Jewel Waltz Barinkay, overcome by the
beauty OF Safe, renounces his love for Ar
sena and bestows his heart upon Safe. In
the midst Of this, recruits are wanted for
war. Count Homonay succeeds in recruit
ing Ba-inkay, Zsupan, Ottakar and all the
peasants, gipsies, etc. In the service for
his country Barinkay receives the title OF
baron and has become fabulously wealthy,
and on his return marries Safe, the gypsy
girl. Arsena Is given her own choice. OF
takar. All are married happily and the
opera closes in a grand reunion.
New National Theater-"My Awful Dad"
which made such 4 big hit last season. will
be the attraction at the New National
Theater next week, which will be the third
week of the comedy season.
kernan's Lyceum Theater.-The opening
night of tie sparring tournament for the
colored championship OF the District was
very successful In point of attendance and
as an exhibition of the manly art of self
deferse." Kefnan's Theater was crowded
from pit to dome, and the audience were
KEPT in constant state of enthusiasm by
the clever work of the sparrers. A tele-
graph operator in the audience became so
excited during one of the bouts that he
undertook 10 clean out the house. He was
badly handled by the crowd in addition to
which he was hustled out by the police and
locked up in the first precinct station. He
gave his name as Breen. There were eleven
bouts on the stage in the different classes
and the victors viii meet tonight In the
finals. Tony Brown and Joe Banks opened
the exhibition with an exceedingly clever
bout. They are feather-weights. Banks had
shade the best of II and received the de-
cision Mason won easily from Small in the
same class. and Howard mddle-weight
beat Adams without much trouble Cole
man and Johnson middle-weights started a
bout, but were called off the stage for
taking" The best fight. of the evening
followed. between Holcomb and Robinson
middle-weight rivals of long standing They
were very evenly matched and fought for
KEEPS. The bouts were of three rounds
but 1T took five to tell which had the best of
this engagement. Referee Mccoy decided IN
favor of Holcomb and was loudly jeered by
the audience
The next bout did not last long. 1t was
weights. The former hit the latter on the
jaw and he curled up on the floor Robin
son took his place, but he was too tired
from his previous efforts to stand the fast
pace that Jayne cut out for him. JAYNE is
a very clever sparrer and will probably take
the prize In his class. There was but one
real bout In the heavyweight class that
between Jennings and Phillips, in which the
former was outclassed and permitted Phil
lips to pummel him unmercfully Jack son
got the decision in his bout with Smith In
the feather-weight class by the narrowest
kind of a margin. Then q white boy named
jackson undertook to fight colored boy
named johnson. and was so badly punished
In the first round that the police stopped
the fight. Woody, a tall negro. bested Hall
In the heavyweight class. simply because
the latter could not reach UP to his head
The entertainment closed with a vicious
fight between two white boys named Green
and Harris. They came together FOR Ave
rounds Harris having trifie the best Of It.
They were both pretty well banged up and
Green could hardly stand. The referee said
he could not pick the winner and ordered
another round Thereupon Police Lieuten-
ant Amss entered the ring and stopped the
fight. and the curtain fell. Tonight the
finals will take place, and Jack Dougherty
will spar with Billy Young. 90,