Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-05-27
THIS WEEKS EVENTS
VARIED ATTRACTIONS OFFERED 70
TIE PEOPLE or RICHMOND.


During the next few months concerts
will be few and far between and concert
audiences win grow thinner and thinner,
and. 10 tell the truth. those that do take
piece are like oysters and horse-radish In
the months without an R-fast becoming
unpaiatable. A brilliant exception to this
ail-too-evident fact will be the concert
OF the wednesday Club at the Academy
next Tuesday evening. which win I'M
doubtedly prove the vent OF the season,
both from a social and artistic stand
point. The club. which Is nearly 20
strong, comprises the best local talent
and assisted by Mrs. Gerrit Smith, So
prano. and Mr.. Ericsson Bushnell. basso,
and a flrst-class orchestra, the whole
under the direction OF Mr.. Arthur SERVE
nor, will render the following programme
which will commend itself without fur
Their comment.
Part l. Overture and chorus, Praise
His Awful Name" last Jungment)
Spohr, Mrs. Gerrit Smith, Mr.. u. r. BUSH
NELL chorus and orchestra; bass solo, 20
Thou Sublime Sweet Evening star.
(Tannhauser,) Wagner. Mr.. 4. +. Bush
nell: orchestra, selected; soprano solo.
willamette Give Dell Acgua,) Mrs. Gerrit
Smith: bass solo and orchestra, Arm.
Arm. We Brave and We Come In Bright
Array" Judas MaccabaeusD Handel. Mr..
T. +. Bushnell, chorus, and orchestra
Part 2. Motett, Hear Ny Prayer" So
prano oblgato, chorus. ana orchestra,
(Mendelssohn.) Mrs. Gerrit Smith, chorus,
and orchestra; bass solo. a, Israel, Coli-
yer King) b. ssrenade, (Tschaikowsky1
Mr.. II. II. Bushnell; chorus, A Capslla,
a, Ave Verum, lGounodD b. God so Loved
the World, (Crucih0ion,) Striner; So
prano solo. Slumber Song, (Gerrit smith,
Mrs. Gerrit Smith; chorus, Damascus
Triumphal March, (NaamanD Certa, cho-
rus and orchestra.
The box-ofilce will be open Monday at
Q O'Clock when seats can be secured. To
prevent speculation. no individual will
be permitted to purchase more than ten
tickets.
Who dares say that modesty. the mo-
desty OF genius, which would fain
hide its light under a bushel, Is a thing
Of the past? Some would have us be
lieve that like Llushing. II has become
lost art. There are skeptics who smile
at the suggestion OF a rose that bushes
unseen, and hint that the nineteenth-cen-
fury rose knows It's own value 10 well
for that. These assure us that the viii
lage Milton who prefers his lowly state
and declines TO listen TO the voice OF the
interviewer, charm he never so wisely, Is
as extinct as the dodo. To these unbe-
lievers there will come with glad sur
prise the news that the virtue Is still
existent, and that very striking ex-
ample of II may be seen at the Theatre
next Tuesday night A local minstrel
combination known as the Shackelford
and Meyers Troupe will on that occa-
sion burst upon the public gaze, under
the management OF Thomas G. Leath.
No. Kiplingesque dredging OF the die
tionary could place AT command terms OF
eulogy more expressive than those law
ished on this aggregation by the enter
prlsing manager. Individual members OF
the troupe have from time to time vo-
lunteered their services at charitable en-
tertainments, and the success they have
achieved and the favorable impression
they have created presages thoroughly
up-to-date and enjoyable minstrel per-
Torrance next Tuesday.
"The tickle public" Is a cry OF which
actors and others who should know bet
ter never tire. The justice of IT will reg
ceive significant comment at the theatre
next Wednesday, when an old favorite-
Polk Miller-will appear TO see the house
packed from floor to ceiling, to the mani
fest desertlon of any novelty that may
be forthcoming on that memorable occa-
sion. Mr.. Miller will be assisted by the
entire Polk Miller Combination, the
Walker Light Guard, and the Old Guard
OF X. Z. Lee Camp. Confederate Vet9-
rams, In rendering most charming PROS
gramme which, to use Mr. Millsr's 90,