Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-11-22
ADJUSTMENTS.

Maude PowelIs Concert.-The attendance
at Metzerott Hall last night, while it en-
braced a large proportion of the musical
people Of the District, was not near so
large as the merits of the entertainment
justified. The program embraced some of
the best chamber music that has been
heard in this city since the days of the
Mendelssohn Quintet and that 1t was APP
preciated by the audience was proved by
the liberal applause that greeted every
member of the string quartet, consisting OF
Miss Maude Powell, Messrs. Josef Koyarik,
Frank p. Kaltenborn and Paul Miersch.
Miss Powell and Mr.. Miersch being both
claimed as Washingtonians, the audience
familiar with their ability, and yet,
when they made their appearance in solos,
it was seen that both had advanced in
their art. Miss Powell is today at the very
head of female violinists, and can, without
asking any favor, stand abreast with many
OF those of the male persuasion who are
considered artists on the king of Instru-
mentS. She has a vigor of intellect, as well
as power OF execution, and at the same
time she preserves her feminine ideality so
that her playing is marked by a vrile
mechanical treatment, while the true spirit
of the author is manifested in the develop
ment of the composition she is playing.
This was illustrated last night in her play
ing of a polonaiSe by Johannes Miersch a
work OF much brilliancy, and in the lul-
laby, which she gave as an encore. Mr..
Miersch proved his mastery of the cello
in his rendition of the Souvenir de Spa,"
and in the cradle song, which he gave on
his recall. The soprano, Mrs. Wadsworth,
was handicapped by a cold, but there are
better singers in Washington.
Philharmonic Club.-Tonight the Philhar-
monte Club. consisting of Mr.. and Mrs
Ernest Lent and Mrs. Herman Rake
mann, will give its second concert this sea-
son at Metzerott Hall. The program has
been carefully arranged so as to give each
member of the club solo number, as we'll
as to present all in concerted work. The
assistants of the club will be Anton Schott.
the celebrated Wagnerian tenor, and Miss
Dora Valesca Becker, a violinist Of high
ability.
THE Span of Life."-Wiliam Calders
company, in Sutton Vane's realistic melo-
drama 1.-The Span of Life" will be given
at the New Bijou Theater next week. The
story is said to be intensely English, the
characters altogether racy of the soil and
sufficiently varied to give interest to the
play. 1t is constructed on melodramatic
lines. The principal scene is said to be the
predominating feature which made The
Span of Life" so potent a magnet for the
theater going public, who admire sensa-
tional dramas. 1t comes under the direc-
ton and proprietorship of Mr.. William Cal
der for many years a member Of McVick-
erS stock company.
A New England Dinner.-The New Eng
NJ. E. Church, under the banking house OF
Mayse & Co., 9th street, two doors north or
the census office, is being largely patronized
today. Crowded tables at lunch hour from
II to 2, evidence the desire of the patrons
to make this effort a success. All the good
things that go to make up an old-fashioned
New England dinner will be dispensed from
to today, and tomorrow, at the small
price of % cents.
ST. Joseph's Donation Party.-The an
nual donation party in aid of st. Josephs
Male Orphan Asylum will take place this
evening at the Light Infantry Armory.
The sisters in charge of this establishment
have over one hundred little boys under
their charge, and their dependence for
means with which to properly care for
these little fellows Is entirely upon the
generosity of the charitable 1t is hoped
there will be a large attendance.
National Lyceum Course.-The last day
for subscriptions to the National Lyceum
Course is Saturday of this week. There
will be no opportunity after Saturday to
obtain tickets to the ten entertainments at
81 .S0-in fact, the same tickets bought
sinGly will cost almost S1l. The first en-
tcrtainment in the course, the lecture by
Walter Damrosch, on Wagner and the
Musical Motives of His Music Dramas"
will be given December at Metzerotts
Music Hall.