The evening times., 1895-12-21
Matinees will-he- Riven on Christmas paY
and SnturflnY

and Saturday.
| Aside from being a singer of eStraordi-
I nary power. Miss Helene Mora possesses
the happy faculty ofiiscriminating between
what Is good in the line of song composition
and"what is not. A run over the names of
| the various lyric compositions show that
her public treatment was the cause OF their
! separate remarkable Success. and Illustrates
| her faculty to HiCety. The Maid of IN.
Mill" Comrades That is Love" L III
ertv Bell" and Say Au Revoir. But Not
! Good Bye. IN succession Were selected by
! her correct Judgment in public tastes
| and wants. aid Were each made the scnr
successes or the day.
| That this uncommon trait is still possessed
1 ny tins great fayorite VIII he strongly IA
evidence AT the performances at he Academy
! next week. for among the selections she
J ngton audience are Tie L ay Of the Whip
| poorwill,' 'NOreska." Mona Two
| Lives and ''Azayma.' All of these are of
/ the narrative style of composition.
Manager Kernan's Christmas attraction
] will bc Sam Devere's own COMPANY of
| select European and American vaudeville
| stars The organization Is headed by the
| lnimitable sam himself, who. by his clever
| parodics and wittioisms, has been made
| famous throughout the entire world. He
has budget of new and original songs
and sayings with which he will entertain
the patrons of the Lyceum next week.
| The aggregation OF artists who appear
with Mr. Deyeres company have been per-
sonally selected by him for the excellence
as Wen as tlle prominence OF tnelr InClVldil:Il
acts Among the names appearing on the
program are Ward and Curran. the oriai-
| nal comedy pair: Flynn and Walker. Amer
ca's representative sketch artists: Lille
| Western the greatest OF all Instruments lists:
! the Donovans. the Irish crystals, the origi-
natorS OF the dog story Conwell and
| Swan. premier wing and buch dancers OF
The, world: Richards, the wonderful double
voiced vocalist duplex: Price and Steele, the
eccentric comedy duo: the Great Rikart.
! hunorist and mimic. and Omene. who is the
| original OF the Turkish dance in America
| She is "a beautiful woman and her dances
\ are elevating and fascinating. made SO bv
the absence OF suggestive features Dur
ing the enga cement there will be- matinee
| every day.
A short season Of four performances of
Wagner opera, in German, Is to be given
| at Aliens Grand Opera House. beginning
| January 80. by the Damrosch Opera Com
| pany. under the direction of Mr.. Walter
! Damros.h.
| This magnificent organization. which
| had such wonderfui success last season IN
New York. Philadelphia, Boston. Chicago
| and several other cities. is now ma king a
| tour of the West and South. where il is
| drawing crowded houses and having the
| most enthusiastic reception
A subscription sale for the four perform
\ ances. Tannhauser Die Walkure. Sicgfrcd
| and Die MeiStcrsinger. will soon he opened
For this sale. which Will positively lie bv
mail only. reduction VIII lie made and u
\ special rate given of SIG and ST for seats
| i'll the orchestra and orchestra cirvie. and
SI25 and SITS for boxes flor the four per-
formanccs.p These orders will be filled
| in the order of reCelpt-Dositiveiv no spccu-
lation allowed nor favoritism shown. and
not over ten seats given on any one order.
| This plan has been successfully followed
| both Seasons i'll New York. Boston and Chr
| cago and subscribers Will be notified by
| mail when to CaH for seats.
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