Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-28
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| and will appear at the Lafayette Square
| Opera House in round of his most famous
| characters. 1t has been given out that this
| Is his last regular tour of this country. and
| that he will not again be seen over the reg
ular theatrical circuits. Next season he will
| play only special engagements. Richard
Mansfield has original genius. and he can
sink himself In his part in way truly mar
velous. Mr.. Mansfield will open his en-
| gagement on Monday night with his new
success, THE Story of Rodion the Student"
written for him by Charles Henry Mettzer
and founced on Dostoiewskis famous Rus
sian novel, Crime and Punishment" This
pay will also be presented again Friday
right. Tuesday evening" 1.-The Emperor Ma
poleon Will be given, and New Year after
Econ and evening Beau BrummelP' will lie
presented: Thursday evening "A Partisan
Romance will be presented, and THE Scar
let Letter" will be given at the Saturday
! matinee. The only performance of DIR.
Jekyl and Mr.. Hyde will be given on Sat
urday night. All these plays will be artisti-
caHy mounted with every attention to seem
cry and properties. and all the stage settings
will be fully up to Mr.. Mansfelds high stan
dard or excellence The supporting COM
pany is the Garrick Theater Stock Com
| pany of New York, which includes such
weli-known artists as Miss Beatrice Cam
eron (Mrs. Mansfield). Miss Jennie Eustice,
MISS tombstone Bennett. Miss Annie Aliis-
ton. and the Messrs. D. H. Harkins, Orrin
johnson, w. n. Griffith, Edmund d. Lyons,
A. G. Andrews. ]. NJ. Weaver, Louis Dutton
and others.
Aliens Grand Opera DEMONSTRATING
Monday evening, the attraction at the
Grand Opera House will be Hoyts greatest
comedy. "A Texas Steer with Tim Muir
ply In his very clever impersonation of
maverick Brander. the old Texas cattle
King, whom Author Charles H. Hoyt has
transplanted to Washington. d. c., and
placed In Congress for the Sake of showing
the workings of the political machine by
which official honors are turned out. al
most while you wait "A Texas Steer is
written in Hoyt's hapriest vein, and since
1t first burst forth on the public it has
Deen the unanimous opinion that it is by
far the eleverest thing this witty Ameri-
can author has ever compiled. Tim Muir
phy has rsc0red a lasting success in the
role of Maverick Brander He has played
the part upward of LOCO times, and very
naturally rounded out his impersoration
SO thoroughly that it would be a difficult
matter to suggest where it could be i'm
proved. Although young man in years,
Mr.. Murphy makes up to look wonderfully
ike the popular conception of an old Tex
an. and his voice, action and manner car
ries out the illusion in a most successful
manner. His art a comedian is well ex-
emplified by the readiness and smoothness
with which he transforms himself from the
gruff COW puncher into the smooth politi-
clan, who is alive to the situation at all
times. and particularly where a trio of his
constituents come on to investigate him.
an eficient company. the principal men,
hers of which are Dorothy Sherrod, Chas.
Hallock. James j. Manley, T. c. Adams,
Wallace Jackson Charles Allison Byron
H. Harlan. Olney Griffin, James II. Eden,
Miss Lizzie Du Roy, Miss Florence Myring
and Miss Charlotte Crane. Mr.. Murphy
will present the Steer with it's original
handsome scenic environment, and with
the established popularity of the play and
star. 1t ought to be sufficient to sustain the
great prosperity which has uniformly at
tended the production. this season.
National Theater.-Della Fox in "Fleur
de Lys' will be the attraction at the Ma
tloHal Theater next week
Academy of Music-.The Shadows of a
Great City will hold the boards next week
at the Academy of Music.
Keinan's Lyceum Theater.--Weber and
Fields Own Company of Vaudeville Celeb
rites will be Manager kernan's attraction
for New Year week. This organization Is
undoubtedly the most extravagant in exist
ence in the way of superior and meritorious
talent. Every name on the program is one
of prominence. and the amount of dollars
necessary to meet the aggregate salaries is
suf1cient to pay three companies of the or
binary class. The company is headed by
those opponents of dialect comedy, Weber
and Fields, the Napoleons of German wit,
introducing for the first time in this city
their latest creation, entitled THE German
Senators Schuetzenfest. Other names ap-
pearing on the program are: Lottie ellison,
Emerson, the only operate minstrel come
dian; James F. Hoey. Young Mule brother
to Old HoSs; Lavender and Tomson, the
character sketch artists; Drummond Staley
and Belle Birbeck, the original musical
blacksmths: the Acme Four. including Bob
and Dick Garnella and the charming Sisters
Harris The performance will conclude with
Marietta and Belloni's marvellous troupe
OF trained cockatoos. There will be a gala
matinee Wednesday, New Year day.
Vassar Students at Metzerott's.-One of
the most unique and novel entertainments
to be given this winter will be the only APP
pearance In Washipgton of the Nassar Stu
dents at Metzerott Music Hall Saturday
evening, January 4, in "A Russian Honey
moon" The cast, which is as follows. is
! made up entirely of seniors: Miss Adele
Luehrmann, who plays the part of Polesi;a,
the countess. is president of Out Vive. one
of the two large debating societies at Vas
sar; Miss Lucy Madeira, who has the part
of Alexis, tie count. is a Washington girl,
and is president of the Wake Robin Bird
Club: Miss Henrietta Scranton who has the
part of Ivan. the shoemaker, is the editor-ii-
chief of the Vassar Miscellany, the college
Magazine: Miss Jessie Belle Hart who is to
impeI senate Baroness Vladimir. is the pres
ident of Chapter Alpha, the oldest chapter
of the Dramatic Society; Miss Helena Hill,
who is TO play Koulakoff, the intendant of
the estate, is daughter of Congressman
Miss Harriet Richardson who is to play the
part of Michilene, is Washington GIRL and
is the vice president Of Chapter Alpha; Miss
Ida Kruse who is the manager. is editor
in-chief of the Vassarian, the college man
ual. The Dramatic Society at Nassar Col
lese numbers about 400. and is divided into
three chapters. Alpha, Beta and Omega.
Each chapter gives four short farces each
year, at which only the members of The
chapter are present; but four large plays
are given each year by the society as
whole At these plays the entire college is
present, and the best actors of the three
chapters are chosen to impersonate the
parts. Some of the parts have been remark
ably well taken, especially the parts of men,
which are very difficult for a girl to inter-
pref 1.-The Russian Honeymoon vas given
in the Dramatic Society Saturday Deem
Der Il. and was managed by Miss Rose Pal
mer, a Washington girl. and was one of the
lest plays ever given at Vassar.
The New Ice Palace-Ice skating this win
ter will not be as rare an article as former
ly Those of Washngtons population who
delight in putting on the elusive steel run
ners and skimming over the CLASSY surface
will be able to skate to their hearts con-
tent this winter. and. moreover, where it is
warm and comfortable. and where the
strains of inspiring music tend to make all
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