Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-14
ADJUSTMENTS,

hMCSEAMENIS.
Mr. Grossmith's Recftal-Mr George
Grossmith might have been better pleased
with the quantity Of his audience at Met
zerotts Hall last night. but he surely could
not have been better pleased with the
quality, for 1T was real quality, that kind
which observes Lent by such mild dissipa-
ton as Mr.. Grossmith presents 1t was an
audience ready to unbend from its Lenten
reserve and under the genial warmth Of
the entertainers manner and matter 1t did
unbend ard it had real jolly time. AS an
entertainer, he is sui geners, and the songs
that he sang and the talks that he talked
were to the point always, and with them
were the limitations in Instrumentation on
the pianoforte His recital was divided
IL to three parts, the first being on enter
tanning; the second. on how he discovered
America, and the third. humorous illustra-
tons and limitations. 1t is difficult to de-
| scribe just how Mr.. Grossmith reaches his
! audience. but he does, and enfolds 1t to his
bosom, as it were, and the audience seems
| to be willing to stay right there. His imi-
| tatfons, musical and otherwise, are ex-
| cellent, and some of the songs and pleas
| ant take-offs on America, abstract and
concrete, are unusually funny.
The art of entertaining, he said, was prac-
how to entertain. but wouldn't; and the
other, that didn't know how to entertain,
but would. The evening party, where the
hostess makes miserable everybody else by
asking somebody to recite, was pleasantly
done. In his talk on How 1 Discovered
America" he burlesQued the people who.
on shipboard, are always volunteering
prescriptions and advice to those who are
not sick. He did up the American hotels,
the American waiter, American drama, the
American girl and various other things
American. All this was done. however, so
| good-naturedly and SO excellently that the
audience was convulsed with laughter and
| really regretted when the entertainment
was over. He will be heard again tonight
| q week.
| Mrs. John Drew.-Next week will witness
the return to Washington of that distin-
guished artistic. Mrs. John Drew, who will
| appear on Monday and Saturday nights
and THURSDAY matinee CWashington,s birth,
Thursday nights and Saturday matinee in
| THE Road to Ruin" and on Wednesday
and Friday nights, in THE Jealous Wife"
John Drew, Mr.. and Mrs. sidney Drew. and
| such well-known players as Charles B.
| Hanford, Charles Erin Werner, George Os-
borne; Frank Mills. Mrs. Mckee Rankin
and Miss Ptxey Rankin. THE Road to
Ruin" has been described as Holcrofts
greatest dramatic production. 1t has lived
| for ages; outlived many old and more new
plays during the past and present genera
/
| to recount. If small fraction of modern
| plays were as successful as THE Road to
Ruin" has proved, the theatrical road would
not contain so many wrecks. The comedy
will be presented in a somewhat recon-
structed form. but will possess all Of its
| original interest and charm. Sale Of seats
| will open tomorrow morning.
| The Fast Mail.-Next week Lincoln ].
| Carriers Fast Mall will be presented at
Harris Bjou Theater. The play is famous
throughout the country for the complete
ness and magnitude of it's mechanical eff
| fects. The production is under the personal
supervision of the author, and special seem
cry is carried for the ten complete sets
used in the play. In the second act a steam
| boat boiler room is shown with the intricate
| machinery and glowing furnaces. The rail-
way scene is one which surpasses anything
of the kind previously attempted. freight
| train. with fourteen cars, is run across the
| stage with Illuminated caboose and prac-
teal locomotive. In the last act stupen-
| dous representation of Niagara Falls is
shown. real water being used.
| The South Before the War.-Whallen and
Martelrs big company of Ethiopian artists
in THE South Before the War will be the
attraction at the Lyceum next week. The
attractiveness of this organization is well
known to Westinghouse, the perform
ance being a faithful representation. IL
Illustrating plantation life before the war;
The scenes of the play are arranged. so as
J to give full scope to the eccentricities, fes-
tivities and follies of the original southern
darkey. Banjos are twanged in accompani-
| ment to weird plantation melodies, then
| there are those ludicrous break downs"
| hoe DOWNS" and sand dances. Besides q
large. well drilled chorus there are four ex-
| cellent Quartets and host Of sterling
speciality features thoroughly in keeping
with the plot Of the piece.
The c. c. Course.-The entertainment
| tonight at Metzerott's Hall in the c. c.
| Course will be the presentation for the first
| time in this city Of Mr.. George Riddle, who
now holds the foremost position before the
| public as a reader He has met with great
success in Boston and elsewhere, and his
| power of entertaining an audience is re-
| markable Although he is noted a
Shakespearean student. and is one Of the
| most Intellectual Interpreters from an elO-
| cutionary standpoint of the works of the
great dramatist, he will tonight present
| a miscellaneous program that cannot fail
| to satisfy every one. Mr.. Riddle should be
| greeted by a crowded house and 1t is safe
| to predict that he will furnish one Of the
most satisfactory and enjoyable evenings
| in the entire c. c. course.
Mr.. Bacon on Outlook and Insight"--Mr.
Geo. A. Bacon will deliver q free lecture on
Outlook and Insight this evening at 8
o'clock in the chapel of All Souls Church,
| corner Of 14th and L streets northwest, I'M
| der the auspices of the Parish Union.
Miss Jane Meade Welch's Lectures.-''The
Earliest Americans" "Was America Dis
| covered Before 1922" "Old Mexico and Its
Conquest" are some of the subjects of a
course of lectures on How They Found the
| New World" to be given by Jane Meade
| WEIGH Saturdays and Wednesdays in the
| Builders Exchange Hail. Miss WEIGH has
been heard before in Washington. where
| her enthusiasm, her self-devotiOn and
| audiences. The lecturer Is Of the opinion
| that America has history, and an en-
| chanting one, and that Americans should
devote as much time to it's study as they
| do to that Of foreign countries.