Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-05-11
ADJUSTMENTS.

AAcf SOuSut COMPANY. Ia the part OIL
Patrick O'Plenipo in the Irish Ambassa-
dor" Mr.. Bond will have a part which fur
nishes excellent opportunities for the dis
play Of his abilities. The play is full of
funny situations, with the characters In
one long, continuous muddle, and will prove
a strong bill to introduce the company in
a round OF excellent characters. The cur
tain-raiser. Loves Alarms" is highly
amusing farce. and will be presented with
the following cast: Titus Tiverton, Mr..
Able: Worzel Mangold, Mr.. Shirley; Alicia
Perigord, Miss Curry; Ida Down, Miss
James; Nancy. Mrs Findlay. Place, Alicia
PeriSord's apartment, London.
Foster Big Burlesque Company will be the
attraction at the Lyceum next week. One
of the features of the organization will be
the first appearance in this city Of Omeaga,
Trilby and harem dances. The curtain
rises on the laughable skit entitled 1.-The
Electric Hotel" This is followed by an ex-
cepttonally good olio, in which will appear
Miss Fannie st. Clair, the up-to-date SOU
brette; the Brothers Lemoyne, the hori-
zontal bar experts; Howard and Williams,
the original Get Together Boys" Maimo,
in her dance la Phantasamagoria; Barton
and Cameron, the clever musical artists:
Nelsonia, the wonder Of the nineteenth
century, and Hodges and Launchmere, the
most finished coiored artists extant. The
performance will conclude with the entirely
which will appear bevy of pretty girls
in natty costumes. and coterie of funny
comedians. There will be matinees Tues
day, Thursday and Saturday.
Manager Kernan's Testimonial.-Monday
evening. May q, is the date decided upon
for Manager Kernans benefit. The man
ager Of The Lyceum has arrived at that
stage OF experience which gives him high
rank as Snowman and commands that
respect from public and profession which
the veteran in every calling or service re-
ceives. Mr. Herman is a manager Of
twenty-eight years standing, with an ex-
quaintance which includes representativ
of every walk of life from the Atlantic to
the Pacific. He has been identified sue
cessfully with road attractions we'll as
evidence of executive ability. sagscity,
judgment and energy which form the man
agerial makeup Not only his friends in
and out Of the profession. but patrons who
variety house, will eagerly grasp the OPP
portunity to pay him that homage to which.
his distinguished career as a manager and
admirable qualities as man entitle him.
New National Theater.-Next week Mr.
Nat. c. Goodwin, one Of the most popular
New National Theater In the following re-
pertoire: Monday and Tuesday evenings.
"A Gold Nine" Wednesday. Thursday and
Five shilhngs," Friday and Saturday evens,
ings, "A Glded FOOL .,a ms
Next Weeks Opera.-The repertoire for
next week at the Academy of Music will be
as follows; Monday, "Rigoletto," with Mime,
Van Cauteren, Miss Fleming Sig Del Papa,
Sig. Campanari, Sig. Viviani and Richard
Karl; Tuesday, The Masked Ball." with
Nine. Kronold. Miss French, Miss Fleming,
Sig: Del Papa. Sig. Campanari. Mr.. Karl
and Sig. Cernusco; Wednesday, Romeo
and Juliet with the same cast as hereto
fore given; Thursday. "Mignon,' including
Nine. Van Cauteren, Miss French, Miss
Fleming. Sig. Michelena, Mr.. Ganor, Mr.
Karl, &C.; Friday. The Pearl Fishers
with Van Cauteren. Del Papa, Campauari
Fivani. &C.; Saturday matinee, Faust
and Saturday night, The Barber of Sc
vile"
THE Strollers.'-The Strollers, the famous
oil amatlc organization OF New York. gave
q most delightful performance yesterday
afternoon at the Grand Opera House in
the presence of small audience. That the
crowd present was not larger was alto
gether too bad, for the rendition Of the
capital comedy, "Mother-in-Law was far
above the average of amateur work. and
marked the Strolers as a band of players
of very considerable dramatic ability. On
the artistic merits of the performance
alone success was abundantly earned nut
the fact that the performance was given
for the benefit of such worthy charity as
the Emergency Hospital was an added rea-
son why there should he general turnout
" hen the second performance of this adj
mirahle company is given.on Monday even
Ing next at the National Rifles Armory for
I he same deserving object. The play will
be followed by ali amusing character
sketch in one act, entitled Raspberry
Shrub Sec" The play was admirably pre-
scented by cast which included Joseph G..
Lamb, john Frederick Cook, John p
Nicholas, Darwin Rudd, Frank Lea Short
Duncan b. Harris, Miss Ina Hammer. Miss
Josephine A. Shaw, Miss Charlotte Lam
bert. Miss Louise Closer, Miss Sara Con-
verse. Elijah Woodward, Miss Gertrude
Shipman.
Among those present yesterday afternoon
were Mr.. and Mrs. Archibald Hopkins Mrs
Bryan Lathrop, Mrs. Allan Mclean, the
Misses Mendonca. Miss Mullen, Lady
Pauncefote, the Misses Paunc efote, Mrs.
Thomas, Mrs. F. b. MCGUIRE Mrs Carroll.
Mrs. Thomas Wilson, Mrs. McKim. Miss
Waite, DIR. Griffith, Mrs. and Miss Hitch
cock, Miss Patterson and Miss Worthing-
ton.
The Barnum & Bailey Circus. The Bar
mum & Bailey show has twenty-four ele-
plants, more than all other shows in, the
world combined This season it has a
grand water carnival, exhibition of
aquatic sports in lake forty feet across
and seven feet deep in the arena. The
grand chronological congress, with all the
country before, is retained The exhibition
of trained animals in steel barred arena
is also given, with a larger number OF ami
mails than formerly. The three-ringed cir
Gus and the two platforms are given in
addition to the big water show. This year
there are two big aerial acts, instead of
one. There are twenty equestrians instead
of the sixteen of last year. And the riders
do Few feats, pretty, novel, graceful and
da ring. There Is skirt dance on horse
back Tril5y on horseback, and an eaues-
trian exhibition by a young woman clad in
full street costume. Then there is
man clown and a woman ringmaster. in
addition to the many clowns and whip
cracking geniuses of the ring of former
years. Altogether the show is bigger and
better, and has & bigger number Of strange
and novel sights than ever before. and the
entire marvellous aggregation. undiminished
and undivided, is coming to Washington
next Friday and Saturday. when the tents
will be located at Sd and P streets north
west, when two exhibitions will be given
each day, the at = o'clock and the
other at o'clock n the evening.
The parade will leave the grounds at Sd
and streets at g o'clock Friday morning,
and proceed down 2 street to 10th street,
to K street, to Washington Circle, to Penn
sylvania avenue, to 18th street. to o street,
to grounds.
The Short Story Cuban entertainment
will be given Friday evening, May II, at
the hall of the Legion of Loyal Women, 419
10th street northwest, by the Short Story
Club, for the purpose of gaining means to
secure a permanent meeting place next
season, Some very good talent has been