Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-02-02
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pduys presenting an lNtcIcStlH6 IcpSA tOA0 Va
new and popular plays They will open on
Monday night in Charlotte Corday." their
latest success, which is said to be one CT
the strongest plays produced this season.
This will be continued on Wednesday and
Friday nights and at the Saturday matinee.
"Francillon,' comedy by Alexander Du-
mas fills, will be given on Tuesday and
Thursday nights, and, by special request.
on Saturday night Zolas famous work,
'"Therese," will be presented. Charlotte
Corday" is said to be exceedingly roman
tic in story, dramatic in situation and in
tense in interest, and in the hands Of such
competent people should prove a rare
treat. Kyrle Bellew plays Marat, char
acter which he is said to invest with all
the beastliness of the notorious horse
leach. Mrs. Potter in the character OF
Charlotte Corday Is seen at her best and
makes an ideal picture Of the young and
beautiful heroine.
New National Theater.-Mrs. Julia Mar
lowe Taber will come to the New National
Theater next week, appearing In the fol
lowing repertoire, Monday, School for
Scandal" Tuesday. Twelfth Night" We'd
nesday. LAS You Like It," Thursday, I'm
gomar;" Friday, 1.-The Love Chase Satur-
day matinee, School for Scandal" and
night, Romeo and Juliet"
Academy of Music.-Sandow, the strong
man, and his Trocadefo Vaudeville Com
pany will be the attraction at the Academy
of Music next week
Kernan's Lyceum Theater.-Manager Ker-
mans attraction for next week will en-
brace several novel features, chief among
which will be the Sansoni Sisters. the
strongest women in the world. They lift
number Of weights. ranging from 100 10
1,jW pounds with remarkable grace and
ease. fitzpatrick. the one-leg bicycle Won
der, will make his first appearance in this
city next week. A sensational series
Of Living Pictures will also be feature
Manager Herman has secured nine profess
sional models, who will come direct from
New York Saharet, the wonderful dia-
mantine dancer. will also be seen in con-
junction with the Night Owls, which in
cludes such well-known people as McCloud
and Melville. J. X. Mullen and Annie
Dunn. Topack and Steele. and Odell and
Page. The performance will conclude with
the original burletta, entitled, 1.-THE Devil
Among the Girls
Nine. Paur's Recital-Next Monday
afternoon at 2:3O Nine. Emil Paur. the
wife of the conductor of the Boston Sym
phony Orchestra, will give her first piano
recital in this city at the Universalist
Church. Nine. Paur comes with the repu-
taticn of being a performer who wins her
audience not by the display of remarkable
virtuOsity, but by her earnest and intellf-
gent Interpretation and perfect technique.
She has won great success in Boston and
elsewhere, and 1t is confidently predicted
that she will be received here with marked
favor Her program will be arranged to
please different shades of musical taste.
and 1t is hoped that she will be greeted by
large attendance. Mrs. Pat . wu.h
ought to interest the many students OF
the piano in this city, as well as those
lovers of music who attend recitals simply
fer qualification of their fondness for the
art.
Boston Symphony Orchestra.-The fourth
concert this season by the Boston Sym
phony Orchestra will take place at Met
zerott Music Hall on Tuesday evening next.
This splendid organization is always re-
ceived here with great favor, and the mere
announcement of it's coming is sufficient to
insure crowded house. The coming con-
cert has an additional interest In the fact
that the solost is to be local musician,
who has attained great popularity by her
sterling and conscientious work. Mrs
Ernest Lent as one of the members of the
Philharmonic Club has gratified her friends
ard the public. who will be glad to hear
her in a larger field. She will play the
Rubenstein concerto in d minor The rest
of the program will include Beethoven's
Symphony, in F; LachEer's Suite, in d
minor, and Dvoraks 'Carnivar' overture,
for the first time in this city. A few seats
may be obtained at Metzerotts.
Buffers Bijou Theater-NeXt week the
attraction at Buffers Bijou Theater will
be THE Prodigal Father" The piece has
been changed in some respects from last
year to allow the introduction of special
ties Billy Jerome is funny in his paro-
dies; Frederick V. Bowers has good
voice; Harry Cottrell makes an acceptable
stage minister and Thomas H. Sedgwick
as "Dcdge's man Smith is good. MIR. Sedg-
wick gets all there is in the character out
of it. Miss Nellie Sennett as Dollie Bond
is full of fun and frolic; Miss Fair as
Kate Dodge has an excellent part and
looks decidedly pretty. Miss Jeanne Graves
as Tacy Dodge fills her post acceptably
ard sings sWeetiy. Miss Lora ThOrne as
Beadle ought to make reputation on
that solitary presentation CT the "Bowery
Girl" Elsie Lever as the child Brdikins
makes a big hit.
John L. Stoddard.-Washington visitors
to Paris during last summer might have
seen the familiar form of John l.. Stoddard
in its streets and parks, as he, like they,
spent wel-filled days in studying it's insti-
tutions. enjoying its life and storing the
mind with memories of it's art treasures.
The lecture on Paris will inaugurate, the
series which Mr.. Stoddard has prepared for
his fifteenth season. which will begin on
Monday, February II, at the Academy Of
Music The series will continue during the
ensuing two weeks, with lectures on Switz-
erland, Rome, Norway-land of the mid
night sun-and, last, but not least, the re-
markable lecture on the equally remark
able dramatic occurrence, the Passion Play
of Ober Ammergau. For the Illustrations,
always so important matter with MIR.
Stoddard, he has succeeded in getting to-
gether new and large collection thor
oughly representative of his subjects. The
undated popularity OF Mr.. Stoddard was
never more manifest than at the advance
sale which began yesterday, and for which
long line of buyers stood out all night.
1t should be remembered, however that as
the course is duplicated. the good seats are
by no means exhausted. but may yet be
obtained by prompt buyers.
Ysaye.-Mr. Ed. F. Guzman announces the
first public appearance of Ysaye. the
worlds greatest vioinist, which will be at
Metzerott Hall on the 10th instant. Mr..
Ysaye, having obtained the consent Of
King Leopold of Belgium, his native coun-
try, to visit America for series of forty
concerts, has embraced this city in his tour,
and a rare treat is in store for the lovers
of violin music. Mr.. Ysaye will be as
sisted by the eminent French pianist, Mr..
Anne Lachaume, who was heard here last
season in connection with Henri Marteau.
Seats will go on sale Monday morning at
9 o'clock. February 4.
Miss Jennie O'Neiu Potter.-This versatile
actress will be seen here at Metzerott
Music Hall in series OF three entertain
ments, commencing Thursday, February Z.
ON that date she will present for the first
time Chas. Barnards comedy monologue,
entitled ''Which?' On Saturday matinee.
February o, she will give "a Letter from
Home" and "Orenge Blossoms" concluding
Monday, February II, in her ever popular
mopOIopue "FliftS and Matrons." Miss