Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-02-09

wing and buck dancing: the Premium
Quintet-Lambson, Salcombe, Winters, La
Londe and Michaeis-in new roper
toire of college and jubilee songs, and their
specially, Dot Leetle German Band" Hi.
Henry, with his gold cornet and full mill
tary band the marching gladiators. termi-
mating with a grand spectacular, entitled
Classic Living Art Pictures" The COM
pany will make a street parade at noon
Monday, starting from the Pennsylvania
station.
Kernan's Lyceum Theater-The attrac-
ton at the Lyceum next week will be Rice
and Barton's Rose Hill English Folly Com
pany, presenting the elaborate spectacular
burlesque entitled THE Fakir's Daughter"
which abounds in magnificent tableauX,
catchy music. lively dances, beautiful
marches, dazzling costumes and number
of pretty girls. who form stock of FEM
mime attractiveness. The olio includes the
Washburn Sisters. in a series Of topical
songs and happy hits of the day; Craw-
ford ard Manning, comedians, punsters
and dancers; Morton and Eckhof, the up
to-date musical artists; J. Herbert Mack,
scrptve songs; Miss Clara Lawrence, the
charming cornet virtuoSo, and Frank En-
erson. the clever bone manipulation, in inn
itations and juggling. A number of French
Quadrille dancers will also be a feature.
There will be matinees Tuesday, Thursday
and Saturday.
Ysaye, the Violinist-All who love that
most beautiful of Instruments, the violin,
are assured a rare treat on Saturday eve,
February Is. at Metzerott Music Hall. the
occasion being the first public Washington
appearance of Ysaye, the great Belgian
virtuosC. Ysaye has been named the Pad
erewski of the violin. and we'll named he
is, for he possesses the peculiar power and
magnetism that attracts all who may see
or hear him. Ysaye's playing has every
good quality that endears it to the listener.
He has silvery, pure tone. that in har-
monies becomes like a spark of light in
brilliancy and transparency. For his
Washington concert he will play the Raft
Sonata. Saint-Sdens Concerto; Siciliah;
and Presto. from the c. minor Bach and
Paraphcase; Parsifal; WaSner-WilhelmJ,
and Faust Fantasia. Wieniawski. The
pianist and accompanist will be NJ Anne
Lachaume. who it will be remembered was
heard last season with Henri Marteau.
Seats are now ON sale al Metzerotts.
Stavenhagen and Gerardy.-It is fact
that the concerts given in New York, Bos-
hagen and Jean Gerardy have created a
sensation among musical people and, the
general public. In Boston these artists
fairly astounded their audiences. Never
has pianist received such thoroughly sin
cere and almost eulogistic praise at the
hands of the critics. Mr.. Ben. Woolf of
the Boston Herald leads the writer's by say
ing: Nothing could be more perfect and
more beautiful than his touch, more cleo
trio than his style and more sympathetic
than his Interpretation" OF Gerardy the
same brilliant writer has this to say
How such mere lad should be gifted
with such maturity of taste and of senti-
ment is inexplicable." Gerardy, who is
only sixteen, plays his instrument in a
manner that simply carries away his hear
erS. 1t is not infrequent to have the ladies
OF the audience rise in their seats. wave
their handkerchiefs in approval and in the
enthusiasm of the moment call for the boy
over and over again with tears streaming
from their eyes Indeed, no musician ever
has awakened the emotional qualities of
his public as Gerardy is doing. These art
lists will be heard in concert February Il,
at Metzerott Music Hall. Seats now on sale.
The Opera midas. The opera Midas, "
which will be given Monday, February Is.
at the Grand Opera House by the Rouge ct
Blanc Club of Baltimore for the benefit of
the Home for 1ncurables, is founded on a
story far back in Grecian mythology.
Midas" was the first umpire and, like
others since who have had the same posi-
ton. he got the worst of it. He had in
execrable taste, anyway, for in contest
for musical honorS between Apollo with
his Tyre and Pan, the river god, on his
rude pipes. he declared the latter the vic
tor. Apollo. in rage. gave Midas pair of
asses ears and on these undesirable ap-
pendages the opera has been built. Pan
dion. King of Attica, having betrothed his
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cure him Of b;s deformitv Tho situation
is complicated by Antincus and Doris falling
in love- and Daphne an elderly female
who has few charms but many ducats,
wants the gay Antinous for herself. BY
a strategic movement the latter turns her
attention to marrying the king. which she
does. How these matrimonial bargains
were arranged makes a chance for the
most comical situations. Mrs. Hearst has
taken a box at the performance. Mrs.
Rughar Mrs. Mcmillan. Mrs. Townsend.
Nrs Letter and Mrs Rcardman have taken
otbars
Miss Jennie O'Nelll Potter-Al1ss Jennie
O'Neill Potter inaugurated her series of
monologue entertainments at today's matt
nee at MctZerott's Music Hall. There was
large and appreciative audience present
TO welcome this charming little lady, her
many friends and admirers in this city
continued bliZzardy weather. She present
ed two very interesting comedy-dramas by
Chas. Townsend, entitled Orange Bios
comS'' and "a Letter from Home either