Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-30

being exhibited by workingmen generally In
the lecture which General Master Work
man James r. Sovereign of the knights of
Labor will deliver tonight at Metzerott's
Music Hall. The subject of the lecture will
be some one of the vital labor questions
which are agitatng great minds today. and
he will doubtless have large audience to
hear him express his views. The proceeds
of the lecture are for a most estimable
charity, the project being to use the money
obtained for the help and relief of those
drivers of the Anacostia street railway who
are now locked out
The Bischof Concerts.-The first concert
in the fifteenth season of Bischoff concerts
will be given at the First Congregational
Church Monday evening. December IS. EX-
ceptionally good talent has been secured for
this, the opening event of the season, and
tickets will be On sale at Ellis Music Store
from Monday morning next The season
ticket is placed at 81.
Authors Readings-Mr F. Hopkinson
Smith and Mr.. Thomas Nelson Page will
make a joint appearance at MetZerott Music
Hall Monday evening, December g.. They
Will give readings from their own works,
published and unpublished, and most en-
tertalnlng evening is assured those who at
tend. The proceeds of the entertainment
Will be used to swell the restoration fund of
the University of Virginia, and it is expected
that the hall will be crowded to the doors
when the object of the entertainment is
known. The sale of seats opens Monday
iiipiiiiiiS next at MetZerOtt S.
Trilby.-Mr. A. NJ. Palmers New York
Company, which has SO successfully pro-
duced the decentralization of Du Maurier's
story of 'Trilby,' will come to the Lafay-
cite Square Opera House week after next
This Will be the first opportunity afforded
aShlng tonianS of seeing this remarka BILE
play.
A Banjo Recital.-A: last the banio-loving
public of Washington will be given an OPP
portunity to hear Alfred A. Farian1, the
phenomenal banjoist. Through the efforts
of Messrs. Cullen and Collins and Mrs d.
A. Ambrose this gentleman has been Sc
cured to give a recital in this city, a. 1903
l street northwest, next Saturday evening
at ) O'Clock. As only 100 tickets will be
Sold it would be advisable for those de-
string to hear Mr.. Farland to secure their
seats Immediately. They can be obtained
at All 9th street, 1881 V street. 1903 T
street. and at Ellis.
A Social Highwayman.-E. NJ. Holland is
recalled as one of the ablest members of A
NJ. Pamer's Madison Square Stock Com
pany, though many have forgotten that
prior to his thirteen years service in that
organization he was almost long in the
support of Lester Wallack. Joseph his
brother, much younger man, got his
schooling chiefly with Augustine Daly's
comedians and under Mckee Rankin in the
famous California Theater Stock Company
OF san Francisco. He is best remembered
as having played opposite George Drew
barrymore in Charles Frohman's brightest
larC.ca comedy hit, Mr. Wilkinson's
Widows These two charming actors have
begun their career as stars under the ar
tlstlc management of Richard Mansfield
ard have achieved great success with his
play, entitled "A Social Highwayman"
They are announced for an early engage
ment here.
Church of Our Father-The next lecture
IN the series by Rev. A. G. Rogers will take
place at the Church of Our Father Monday
evening. The subject will be The Story of
Holland and the hardwood persistence
and progress of the people of that country
Will be graphically told. The lecture will
be illustrated by stereopticon views.