Evening star., 1895-04-24
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| Grand opera HouSe.-Owmg to the illness
of Mr.. Stuart Robson there will be no per-
formance at the Grand Opera House to-
night, but his physician says that he will
| be able to resume his work tomorrow
night when he will reappear in Leap
| Year.
Ada Rehan in 'The Honeymoon. Miss
Ada Rehan appeared with her usual sue
| cess in THE Honeymoon " at the New Ma
| :ional Theater last night. She is one of the
| most satisfactory Of American actresses,
being sure to give her admirers a consci-
| entious and intelligent, as well as spirited,
| presentation of whatever role she essays.
She made pleasing Juliana. and we'll
| iilled theater attested the fact that the old
| comedy has rot lost it's attractions for the
| public. The charm of Miss Rehan's work
| is that she SO enters into the spirit OF the
part she assumes that one forgets the IN
| dividual in the character presented. Last
| night it was Julana, the naughty. imper-
| ious passionate woman. that held the at
tention of the audience, and the pro-
| cess Of her transformation to an obedient
and loving wife was Of the greatest inter-
est 1t was only when the curtain went
| down and there was an opportunity to di-
gest what had been seen and heard that
one began to think of Miss Rehan as the
person who had presented such remark
| ably vital impersonation. Mr.. Worthing.
while giving a careful Interpretation of the
| duke, was at a disadvantage with those
| who could remember the splendid work in
| the same part by the late Jas. w. Wallack,
| ir. Mr.. George Clarke was very effective
as Rolando. and Mr.. Owens Mock Duke
| was in a good comedy vein, although hard
| ly as unctuous as 1t might have been The
| dance on the village green was gracefully
done by Miss Rehan and number OF
| others. and had to be repeated. Mr.. Samp-
| son succeeded in making a minor character
| role stand out with remarkable prominence
| through his meritorious work. The play
was presented with the close attention to
detail which has SO long constituted the
great difference between the DAILY produc-
| ton and the average presentation of le-
gitimate comedy. Tonight the new play,
| Heart of Ruby" will be given.
| Frederic Bonds Comedy Company.-Fred-
| eric Bond and company begin their third
| comedy season in Washington, at the Grand
| Opera House, next Monday evening. The
| repertoire will embrace a round of comedy
and farce heretofore, with weekly
change of bill. For the opening week
| Henry J. Byron's three-act comedy, "Sir
| Simon Simple will be presented. This
| play had long and successful run in Lon
| don upon it's first presentation there, the
| title role being played by the author The
| company for the coming season will in
| clude Frederic Bond. Agnes Findlay and
| John Findlay, who are old favorites here,
| and added to their number will he Charles
| s. Abbe. w. r. Shirley, E. J. Lalor, Edwin
Wallace, Maud White, Ada Curry, Millie
James, Caroline Moore and Lloyd Curtis.
| Reserved seats for the comedy season, %.
| 30 and 10 cents. General admission, %
cents Seats now on sale at the box Office.
| Peter Majors company-Peter Maher's
Athletic and Vaudeville Company will be
Manager kernan's attraction for next
week. Peter Maher is the well-known
| heavyweight pugilst, who is looked upon
by many the coming champion. On
| May so he will meet Steve ODonnell, Cor
| hetts sparring partner. after which he in
tends to challenge the champion. Maher
will offer purse to any one who will stand
| before him four rounds. He will also be
| seen in scientific contest with Billy Hen
nessey of Boston. The vaudeville contin-
| gent is especially strong, and includes Camp
| bell and Beard. the novelty musical duo;
| the Mayos, authors and comedians; Miss
| May Rhea, vocalist; Conley and Madden,
| Irish comedians: Lew c. Mettler, in imita-
| tions; Price and Mack. the kings of black
| face comedy. and the Keegans. in a refined
comedy sketch.
Mrs. Olive Thorne Millers Lecture-The
many readers and admirers of Mrs. Miller's
| books will be glad to hear that tomorrow
afternoon, at the Washington Club, they
| will have the opportunity to hear her tell
| personally of her experiences with her
| friends the birds. Mrs. Miller has just
completed her courses of winter lectures in
New York and Brooklyn, and has come to
Washington for a few days before taking
up her spring talks in the suburbs of New
York. from which she will turn to her
usual summer study Of birds in the field.
For years it has been her custom to spend
| three months IN quiet country retreat
where she could devote herself to watching
| the birds at their nests. Her lecture here
will give account of one of these days
spent in the field, its title being "A Day
With the Birds"
Lecture for Ladies.-Mrs. f. c. Clafiin
OF Atlanta Will give an illustrated lecture
to ladies only in the par1ors of the Young
Mems Christian Association this evening
at O'Clock. Her subject will he taken frcm
the following: How TO become healthy
without a physician; how to keep happy:
gracefully, and how to retain youthful
appearance without cosmetics. 1t is very
probable that large crowd of ladies will
attend.
Church of Our Father.-The illustrated
lecture by Rev. Arthur &. Rogers, D. D.,
at the Church of Our Father this evening
promises to be very interesting. The SUBJ
ject of the talk is ITO Europe and Back
in One Hour" and it will be profusely
illustrated with a fine series of stereopticon
pictures. The lecture IS for the benefit of
| the charity fund OF Encampment No. 60,
Union Veteran Legion, and this, aside
from the well-known ability of the lee
turer. should induce a great number Of
people to go to hear it.
Trinity College Clubs.-The concert by
the Trinity College Glee, Banjo and Alando-
lin Clubs at National Rifles Armory this
evening promises to be an unqualified sue
cess. Although here for the first time. the
entire aggregation comes with the highest
of recommendations as to its musical abil-
tiles and with the prospect of making a
decided stir in the society circle. Many
prominent residents of Washington are
graduates of Trinity College. and their
efforts for the past few weeks to make
this event success have been marked and
full of energy and life. Musically, the
affair will be a success, judging from the
excellent program which has been prepar-
ed, ana which includes songs by the Glee
Club, numbers by the Banjo and Mandolin
Clubs and many novelties in all branches
of the musical line of the clubs. Tickets
have been selling rapidly and the result
financially is almost assured.
The Kneisel Quartet.-One of the musical
events of this part of the season will be
the chamber concert by the Kneisel Quar-
tet at the Builders Exchange Hall, 18th
street between G and H streets northwest,
Monday evening. April %. The program
rendered will be of the highest order, ard
will please even the most fastidious musi-
cal taste. Seats will be sale at Droop's
music store, sol Market space, on and
after tomorrow.
The Last Bischoff Concert.-The last con-
cert of the enjoyable Bischoff series
was given before a large gathering at
the Congregational Church last evening
and nearly every number on the program
was encored by the delighted friends of
the singers. The concert was a postponed
one, but interest had not lessened owing