Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-28
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| posed of two popular operas, drew a large
audience to the Academy of Music last
| night. In the "Cavalleria Rusticana" Mime.
| Tavary gave an impassioned Interpretation
| of SantaZza, singing and acting with great
| fervency and effect. Not less worthy was
| the Turidda Of Mr.. Guile, who was in the
best of voice. and who thoroughly identified
| himself with the gay Lothario that he in
| terpreted. Mr.. Mertens made a good Alto,
| and the chorus did some splendid work.
The orchestra proved its worth. and gave
| the intermezzo with artistic effect. In Il
| Pagiaccr' Guile was the central figure,
and his impersonation of the clown was
| forceful and artistic. He was rewarded
| With enthusiastic applause, and also re-
ceived some handsome flowers. Mr.. Mer-
| tens was an effective Tonic. Tonight
Faust" will be given. with Tavary, Guile
Won Doenhoff and Mertens in the cast
Tomorrow night the opera will be Tam
| Martha and Saturday night 1.-THE Cav
| alleria Rusticana" will be repeated by re-
quest, and in addition Verdfs "Rigoletto"
will be given.
| The Burnt Cork Club.-The entertainment
| by the Burnt Cork Club this evening at
Odd Fellows Hall promises to be one of
| unusual merit. Two new sketches are to
| be presented by the club in black face
| while the rest Of the program will be made
| up of specialties and a dancing contest
| the city have entered this contest, and a
| gold medal is to be given for the best rem
dition of the Sailors Hornpipe. Among
| the speciality artists are the Graham
| Brothers, in their eccentric musical act;
the Del-Ray Brothers, in difficult acrobatic
feats; Howard and Leigh, contortionists;
Harry Shackelford, pathetic turn artist;
Steve Clements, the well-known banjoist.
and the famous country band, which has
of late attracted a great deal of notice
After the entertain ment, dancing will be
on, and will last until a late hour.
The Ice Carnival-The Ice Carnival has
proved such a success that the manage
| ment has decided to continue it for an
other week. The committee met in COM
paIy C's room while the dancing was 60
ing on last night, and it was voted unani-
| Clay and his staff visited the carnival
Tuesday evening, while last evening the
Morton Cadets. in full uniform, enjoyed
the hospitality of the Washington Light
| Infantry boys. Maj. Ross made nice lit
| tie speech of welcome, to which Capt
Schiliing responded in happy manner
This evening the Turn Verein, the first reg
| iment Uniform Rank knights of Pythias
| and the Potomac German-American Pleas
ure Society will be the guests of the w. L.
I. c. Tomorrow night the sixth battalion
D. c. N G., will be present, and a special
matinee will be given Saturday at 2 pm,
for the purpose of giving the school chill
dren and their parents a chance to see the
beautiful and unique sight.
The Seidl Concert-The concert tonight
by Mr.. Anton Seidls orchestra bids fair to
be as much Of a success socially as 1t is
sure to be unsteady. Mr.. Seidl and his
| orchestra arrived this afternoon from New
York city on special train, and say they
are prepared to render one of the most ar
| tistic concerts Of their career. The pro-
gram, which will include Bachs overture
"Divertimento," orchestrated by Mr.. Seidl
MoZarts Symphony in 2 minor in four
numbers; Dvorak's overture, Mature" for
the first time in Washington; Wagner's
Coed Friday Spell from "Parsifal;" Funeral
March, from the Gotterdammerung, and
the Vorspeil and Isolde's Death, from Iris
| tan and Isolde"
1t can readily be seen that the foregoing
menu of music is as diversified as could be
asked ny the most fastidious OF exacting.
An interesting feature will be the Dvorak
| overture, Mature" which has been heard
| In New York city on several occasions, and
met the approval of the critics, but it has
| never been given in this city. Dvorak's
compositions are always looked forward to
| with curiosity and pleasure. There are
| still some good seats to be had at Metze-
rott's music store.
1.-The Tournament Of Idylcourt"-The
Junior Christian Endeavor Society of the
Eastern Presbyterian Church will give an
pie tomorrow evening, entitled 1.-The Tour
| nament of Idylcourt." 1t will be pretty
combination Of allegory, tableaux, chorus
and dialogue. The entertainment is given
to raise funds to pay off $500 pledged by.
the society for the church debt.
Miss Hills Lecture.-Miss Julia B. Hill of
Buffalo, who intends giving her lecture,
Beyond the Sea, or Modern Athens and
Constantinople," at the home Of Miss Clara