Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-02
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who remember the merry king Pomery
Sec in the isle Of Champagne" will have
an opportunity next week of seeing him in
the role Of legitimate comedian. Thomas
@. Seabrooke will present at the Lafayette
Square Opera House next week the new
comedy by Harry and Edward Paulton. en-
titled "A World of Trouble" Mr.. Sea-
brooke is credited with having made dis
tinct success in what may be described as
a new venture This season he has
already played in Boston and Chicago,
where he was highly commended for his
artistic work. some critics going SO far as
to declare that he was perhaps the best
comedian in America. "a World Of Trou-
BILE is a farcial comedy with an ingenious
ten Sfmpkin, retired Englishman. who is
the victim Of mistaken identity. The play
Is said to abound in strange complications
and humorous surprises. and the fun arises
through series of cross purposes. Mr..
Seabrooke has d character in which his
peculiar gift Of humor is said to find ample
scope for its exhibition. Manager James
Jay Brady Is said to have good company
cast are Miss Ffolliott Paget, Miss Jean
cite Lowrie, Miss Matte Earle, Miss Daisy
lowering. Miss Isabel Haslam, and Messrs.
William Herbert, Thomas Oberle. Adolph
Jackson, Edwin Nalod. Roy Fairchild and
w. H. Mccormack. The Seabrooke season
terminates with the Friday night per-
formance, owing to the stars engagement
In st. Louis, an engagement which begins
the following Sunday. Matinees will be
given on Wednesday ard Friday.
Aliens Grand Opera House.-The coming
week at Aliens Marie Wainwright will
present an unusually varied and well
contrasted repertory. Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday nights and at the Wednesday
matinee Miss Wainwright will be seen in her
most recent success, His Puritan WIFE,, a
story Of life among fashionable people in
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said to tell a bold and passionate story.
Miss Wainwright has the character of
young, neglected wife, and has earned an
other triumph. Thursday the star will ap-
pear for the only time in Tom Taylor.s
brilliant comedy drama, IAN Unequal
Match in which she made such an extraor-
dinarily strong impression on the closing
night of her engagement last season. FRI
day and Saturday nights and the Saturday
matinee will be devoted to a gorgeously
costumed revival of Sheridan Knowles best
and most famous comedy, THE Love
Chase" 1t is only this season that Miss
Wainwright has added the character of the
impetuous and fascinating Constance to
her repertory, but her reception in New York
was most gratifying. Miss Wainwright
company she has ever had. 1t is headed
by Nathaniel Hartwig, Barton Hill and
Hattie Russell, and includes Gertrude Ell
Bromley. Joseph Zahner, Cecil Magnus,
Alfred Burnham, John Borden, Walter
Crane and a promising young Washington
ian, Godfrey Stein.
National Theater.-The Digby Bell Opera
Company will come to the National Theater
next week in Fred. Miller's latest nautical
operetta, Nancy Lee"
Academy of Music.-Miss Kate Claxton will
be seen at the Academy of Music next week
in D'Ennery's great work, The Two Or
phans."
Kernan's Lyceum Theater.-The attraction
at the Lyceum next week will be Gus Hills
Novelties. There has been gathered togeth-
err under the banner of Gus Hills familiar
name, group of the best finished perform
erS known in the vaudeville world, whose
acts introduce as great variety as 1t is
possible to crowd into one performance.
There is no sameness about the novelties.
Mile. Eugene PetreScu, who has aStoniShed
audiences in all of the great European cities
with her nexplicahle feats of hand balancing
and contorton, leads the array. Her salary
alone is $500 a week. She is the peer of all
others. and recognizes no rivals. The other
entertainers are: Lew Hawkins. the Chester
field of mimicking; Gardner Troupe, the
kings of musical comedy; Fred. H. Leslie,
with his $4,000 challenge troupe of perform
ing dogs; McCale and Daniels the Irish
tourists; Gray and Conway, character sketch
artists; Bonnie Lottie. the singing and dane
ing sunbeam; Fields and Salna, the eccen-
trio duo; Gus Hill, champion club swinger
of the world; Little Dick, the boy champion
baton juggler, and the farce-comedy tri-
umph, 1.-The Twentieth Century Barber"
Odd Fellows Hall.-Prof Markos will give
another spritualistic seance at odd Fellows
Hall, 7th street between d and E streets
northwest, Sunday evening at o'clock He
will duplicate at this seance all of the great
est miracles of the most celebrated medi-
ums, and will introduce some of the spirit
manifestations of the Mahatmas. Sealed
message reading will be one of the features
of the sitting.
Vaughn Glass Concert.-Calvary Baptist
Sunday school house was filled last evening
to the very doors by an appreciative and
fashionable audience the occasion being the
fifth annual concert of the Vaughn class
one of the largest and most successful
classes in the adult department of the Cal
vary Baptist Sunday school. The program
which was rendered was filled with good
things of all sorts, and every number was
given hearty reception and an enthusiastic
encore. The best received numbers were
Mrs. Thomas c. Noyes' solo, Mr.. Elphonzo
Youngs' cornet solo. and the musical selec-
tons by the Madrids, consisting of Messrs
Holmes, Yundt, Judson and Gallaher. Mrs
Noyes sang with great expression and clear
ness, and charmed the audience by her per-
sonal appearance. The playing of the Mad
rids was of the highest order, and they were
encored again and again. Miss Florence Nc
Nelly's contralto solo was also excellently
rendered. and Mr.. ]. ]. Fisher sang in his
usual forceful manner. Mr.. Percy S. Foster
rendered a couple of comic songs, and Mrs
Frank Bryan played Memberships "Rondo
SdpiiCClOSo very dCCepldDly OH the piano.
The National Trio, consisting of Messrs
Phil E. Baer, Elmo Jasper and John Baer
also sang. The literary part of the program
was looked after by Miss Ethel T. Camp, in
readings and Rotations and Mr. David c.
Bangs. Mr.. Bangs Is great favorte at
Calvary, and repeated his success Of former
years.
Palmer Cox's Brownies-Inez Mecusker.
Ida Mule, Lena Merville, George Denim.
Frank Deshon and Sol. Solomon are we'll
known principals in c. B. Jefferson, Klaw &
Erlanger's gorgeous spectacular production
of Palmer Cox's Brownies which begins
an engagement at the Lafayette Square
Theater on Monday, November IL.
Columbia Musical Parlors.-The improve
ments that are now being made to the
trent Of the building do not in any wise
interfere with the exhibition of the graph-
ophones, the microscopes and the kineto-
graphophones inside the beautiful parIors
Attendance this week has been much in
excess of last week, which is due to the
fact that the attractions are greater. the
Cyclone Dance by the famous Senorita
Lola Ybarre. which is making such a hit
in New York city. Is now to be seen on one
Of the microscopes.
illustrated Lectures.-Fr.day evening
next at the Western Presbyterian Church.
n or OH