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

| Grand Opera House.-The many friends OF
Chauncey Olcott who will appear at the
Grand Opera House pext week. are pleased
to see that he has a product ton that so
we'll fits him, and Chauncey gets many
ovations for his work every night Ihe
Irish Artist Is great success Olcott s
singing comes in naturally and spontane-
ously and therefore, has much greater
effect The songs are part OF the play
and the times and places are enlnently APP
prcpriate. OF course his singing IS great
| feature and he is encored time ana time
again. Olcotts acting is very creditable
He has the very difficult part OF the gal
liant Irish hero the npul s We shnus ra,
markable skill. The play Is one with a
good plot and carries lively amount OF
interest throughout. One of the prettlest
scenes imaginable is saiu 10 oe tne oiie
where Olcott sings to the two children at
the end of the first act. The scenery is
said to be very fine and the costunihg per,
feet. While Mr.. Olcott made a splendid
showing in Glover ard other operas, the
step to comedy was a long one: MI OF
colt made it nicely, however, and his work
In 1.-The Irish Artist" shows evidence CT
how hard he has worked and how wonder
fully he has improved in his stage work
since his first appearance in "Mavour-
neen."
New National Theater.-1n Belasco and
Fyle's thrilling American drama, THE Girl
I Left Behind Me-" which Will be presented
at the New National Theater next "eek'
romance and realism are 1ntermingled IN
the telling of the love story. There is
rescue in which a score of horses are used
on the stage, making 1t one of the most
thrilling and realistic pieces or stage erait
that has ever been witnessed
The Stoddard Lectures.-The Stoddard
lectures which are to begin next week at
the Academy of Music are among the
most praiseworthy offerings of the season,
combining entertainment OF nigh char-
acter with valuable and well-imparted IN
formation Mr.. Stoddard will open the
season on Monday evening with the lee
tUre on Paris. To an intimate knowledge
of the city, derived from frequent visits.
Mr. Stoddard adds the fresh memories or
n visit there last summer. The gay life OF
the boulevards, the destinations of thea
tiers and gardens. the enjoyment OF the
art treasures with which its galleries are
crowded, all offer felcitous opportunities
for Mr. StoddaIds effective treatment.
| This lecture will also be given on Tuesday
| evening. On Wednesday and thursday
| evenings there will be the satisfactions of
| an imaginary tour through Switzerland
| which the lecturer succeeds in revealing
so wildly to create in the hearer the
| Illusion that he is really there. On Fri
| day evening the subject Will be Rome, a
| city perhaps more crowded with interest
| and thrilling history than any other on
| the globe Five houses have already been
| secured for these evenings, and the large
! numbers who are best served by matineeS
| will be glad to knew that there is to be
| q Stodlard matinee next Saturday. when
| will be given the superb lecture on Rome.
Buffers Bijou Theater.-Two hours and a
| half of solid laughter is the way Hi Hen
! rvs MINISTRIES put it. They commence q
| weeks engagement at Buffers Bijou Thea
| ter next Monday night Offering program
replete with fun and witticisnS by forty of
the best stars of minstresy, among whom
are Frank McNish, j. Marcus Doyle. Larry
Mack Matt Diamond. James Morton and
| Lon. Baker. They put on their own orig
| iral ideal Moorish palace, first part, follow
ed by d strong olio, Introducing Mack and
| Doyle, the only McNish," the ocrohats,
the Rexfords The Juvenile vocalist Mas
| ter Edward Percy, late of the D'Oyle Carte
| English OPERA Hugh McEey, champion
club swinser; the eight pckaninnies, in