Evening star., 1895-04-29
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very popular in the years that he has
headed comedy company during the
summer season in this city, and that he
| is highly regarded by the members of his
profession was evidenced by the strong
Endorsement given his abilities by Mr.. Rob-
| son in his speech before the curtain Sat
| urday night. The opening play will be
H. j. Byron's ''Sr Simon Simple" in which
| Mr.. Bond will be In the title role.
| which will give him an opportunity to
| be. seen to excellent advantage Popular
prices will prevail, and that will be big
| inducement for a great many.
The Mask and Wig Club.-"Kenilworth."
as produced by the University OF Pennsyl-
vania Mask and Wig Club. held the
evening. The audience was large and fash
ionable and enthusiastically demanded en-
core after encore until the performance
was strung out far beyond its usual length.
It was the most successful effort that has
been put forth by any college club Tor
many a day. the performance Justifying
all the expectations and hopes which had
been raised by its announcement. The
music is bright and catchy. with many
strains of real melody, while the book Is
extremely well written and full OF action.
The special features which were fnterpo-
lated during the progress OF the opera TINS
year were finer than any which the club
has seen fit to give In the past. almost
every organization of which the college
boasts being brought into requisition 1or
numbers to make the performance inter-
esting and entertaining. and everything
being in keeping with the rest OF the pro,
duction in the matter of costumes and
ste ge settings.
Samuel M Kendrick played the part of
Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester. and was
very satisfactory in his Interpretation OF
| the character. Richard Varney. the tool OF
Leicester, was portrayed by Carl N. Mar
tin, while the parts Of Michael Malevolent
and Mr. Tressillian were taken by William
Ernst and Albert r. Bartlett, respectively.
William H Bell was good as Tony Foster,
as were Howard Kaufman in the dual
| role of Giles Gosling. and the Duke of Es-
sex. and Frank ]. Baldwin as Master Gold
thread The center of attraction, however
was Mr.. Charles s. Morgan as Amy Rob-
sart. His work was clever. and his dane
ing as light and graceful as could be de-
sired. Queen Elizabeth was enacted by an
work Saturday night was. up to all his
previous efforts in this city. while another
favorite, in the person of Henry G.. Bar
thol, took the part of Janet. maid and ger
eral factotum to Amy Robsart. Among
the special features were golf dance,
participated in by maids and youths at
tired tired as as, goifists. and a. foot ball
| tertaining number on the program An
excellent team from the gymnasium of
the college gave a tumbling exhibition and
worked on the horizontal bar TO the great
delight of the audience. while the Univer-
sfty of Pennsylvania Banjo and Mandolin
Club, attired as Spanish torreadors, and
looking exceedingly picturesque in their
hne costumes, played with spirit and skill.
One of the noticeable effects of the. per-
formance was the intricate and beautiful
| marches which were introduced all through
the play while the chorus singing during
| spirit. Taken all in all, 1t was the most
successful and most enjoyable of any col
lege entertainment which has ever been
| put on the boards In this city.
The Dahomey Village--The Dahomey
village, which will be on exhibition on
Capitol Park the rest of this week. arrived
| in the city yesterday, from Tampa, Fla. 1t
consists Of forty men, women and chii-
dren, four donkeys and two carloads Of
| cars were besieged by the curious-m minded
but admittance was refused to every one,
as the people of Dahomey are not noted
CATION spent the day yesterday in their
cars, playing cards and indulging in COM
| ments, in their native language, on the
ways and sights of Washington. Eleven of
| the party are AmaZons, nut their warlike
valor has been somewhat taken out of
| them by the cold winds which they expert
enced at the worlds fair in the windy city.
Prince Koko Is the principal high chief Of
| the party, while the village is unGer the
| direction and charge of Mr.. X. Pene, the
| interpreter being Menser Otto.
Paper Bazaar.-A paper bazaar and
| feast of flowers will be given by the Ladies
Aid Society at the Eastern Presbyterian
Church, corner of 9Th street and Maryland
avenue northeast, tomorrow and Wednes-
| day evenings. The first evening a patriotic
program will be rendered, the Mt. Pleasant
Drum Corps assisting in the performance
The second evening will be given up to pic
| lures from life and statuary, with both in
strumental and vocal music, and represen-
| tations of the thirteen original states.
The Strollers.-"The Strollers'' will make
| their third public appearance at Odd Fell
lows "Wednesday in
dramatic entertainment, to be given under
| the auspices of Farragut Post and Relief
Corps. G. A. r. The bill for this occasion
will consist Of the three-act farcical play,
Uncle" by H. ]. Byron. preceded by THE
Three Furies." a comedietta in one act.
The characters in Uncle" will be assumed
Uncle Bootle; Mr.. William T. Kirby, Paul
Beaumont; Mr. Henry Ashby, Peter Fletch-
er; Mr.. S. Miles Bouton, Putin: Mr.. William
LeffingTell, Cabby; Miss Bessie Erly. Mrs.
Beaumont; Miss Shirley Potter, Emily Mon
trose; Miss Bertha Yoder. Sarah Jane. In
''rhe Three Furies'' the parts will be played
by Miss Laura Eichelberger, Miss Bertha
Yoder; Miss Agnes Flynn, Miss Annie
Raymond Riordon. During the intermis-
sicn between the two plays the new Farra-
gut Post March, a fancy drill, with a
number of entertaining specialties, will be
given by a squad of sixteen young ladies
from the Eastern High School, under the
leadership of Miss NJ. D. Swingle. Between
the second and third acts OF the comedy
Miss Laura Eichelberger will sing "Since
Eirdie Commenced Delsarte."
Y. NJ. c. A.-The exhibition at the Young
Mems Christian Association this evening
promises to be a highly interesting affair.
| the proceeds of which will go toward bene-
fitting the athletic fund of the association.
Among the attractions are the Amphion
Quartet in humorous songs, and Shackel-
ford and Graham of the Burnt Cork Club
in their peculiar novelty act, besides the
regular athletic exhibition. which the men,
hers of the association will give. Music by
the Y. NJ. c. A. Orchestra will also be one
of the features.
Anton Kaspar's Recital-Anton Kaspar,
the well-known violinist Of this city, will
give a farewell recital at the Universalist
Church next Saturday evening. He will
be assisted by Nine. Kaspar, Miss Leta
Stakely, Miss Mary Lockhart and the
Wilhelmj Club, which is under the direc-
ton of Mr.. Josef Kaspar. The program
will be one of unusual merit, as those TAX
rg part in it are all well-known musicians
in this city, and an evening Of musical en-
joyment is promised those who attend
the recital.
Prof. Morris "Telemach."-The first pro-
duction of "Telemach," Prof. Emile Morris
new opera comique, will be given at Metze-
rott Music Hall Wednesday evening. The
cornprises seventeen Singing partS and