Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-02-14
ADJUSTMENTS.

'Dorothy."-The players Of Columbian
University will repeat their performance
Of Dorothy" at the Grand Opera House
on the 10th Instant. Since these young
gentlemen made their first appearance be-
fore the public they have continued to re-
hearse and they have>now reached high
degree Of excellence. both In their singing
and acting. The ballet, too. has been prac-
ticing diligently, and some excellent terp-
sichorean work may be. expected Inc
players have resolved to devote all the
receipts over and above the actual ex-
penses to the relief Of the poor of the Dis
trict, through the medium of the citizens
relief committee This fact, aside from the
merit of the entertainment which will be
given, should serve to fill the oprea house
on the night of the performance.
cinderella. The fairy spectacular ballet
of cinderella, or the Good Fairy and the
Little Glass Slipper will be presented at
the Grand Opera House "Wednesday
next There will be two performances. one
In the afternoon and one at night. 1t Will
be presented by Prof. George Sheldon ana
his pupils. and for the production new
scenery has been especially painted, new
&C stumes have been made. There will be
a magic fountain, real ponies and golden
chariot, grand transformation scene, and
colored calcium lights. Little Edna Hurst
will be the Cinderella, Alice Norris and
Laura Laupp the two proud sisters; Ralph
Lee Calf, Pedro; Nellie Hurst, Felix; Chas.
Behrens, Dandim; Ethel Tucker, Aladora;
Arnie Pearle Evans. Baron Pompolin1;
Maude Sharpe. the Fairy GodInother; Mark
Lansburgh and Johnnie Campbell, Coach
men; Joseph Ireland and Eugene Walter,
and Arthur Benzler. Arthur Klotz, L. Stan
ford Hendricks and Harry Klotz, the
Trumpeters.
Lehigh GIee and Banjo Clubs.-Tomorrow
night at MetZerOtt Music Hall the Leh1gh
University Glee and Banjo clubs will give
a concert. These organizations have Wis
tied Washington before and their excellent
work is well remembered. Both clubs are
stronger now than ever, and 1t Is expected
that the program will be one Of the best
ever presented by a college organization.
The Lehigh men residing here intend 10
make this occasion quite social event
and it will be under the patronage OF a
large number of ladies prominent in So
cial circles.
Illustrated Lecture.-Dr. Ambrose j.
Faust delivered the last lecture of the win
ter course at St. Johns College tuesday
evening. The subject discussed was The
Contemporaries" The lecture was inter-
esting and instructive and showed the
earnest study which the distinguished lee
turer had bestowed upon his subject.
Mr.. Stoddard's Switzerland Lecture
Switzerland is the most interesting to the
traveller of the countries of Europe. With
the stereopticon and the camera as his
aids. Mr.. Stoddard, at the Academy OF
through the land of mountains. beginning
with lovely Interlaken and ending with a
view of the Matterhorn by moonlight. 1t
was as if one were making the trip In an
aerial car, surrounded by all comforts. safe
from wintry blasts. while the guide de-
tailed in we'll rounded sentences, reaching
eloquence at times, the glories OF the Alps.
The loftiest heights were climbed, the
viewed,
secrets of nature were disclosed, while he
who enjoyed these things had but to lie
Through the vale of Lauterbrunnen,
climbing the mountain at Murren to see
the sun rise, picking ones way over the
Grindelwald glacier, one in time reaches
lovely Lucerne. A sail is taken the
lake, a visit paid to Tells Chapel glance
given to the chalets and gardens along the
shore, then ride is taken over the Axen-
strasse, that triumph Of engineering skill.
The Devils bridge. the pass and monastery
of st. Bernard the vale of Chamounix.
the ascent of Mount Blanc, Geneva, with
its interesting associations; the Castle of
Chillon and Rousseau's island then on to
Zermatt, where the Matterhorn, 1.-The most
extraordinary feature Of the Alps" is seen
the tourist takes his way under Mr. Stod-
much like that American who wrote In the
mountain hotel register, Thank heaven,
We raise no such hills as these in New
other and a final representation tonight.
Tomorrow evening Mr.. Stoddard will give
his classic and absorbngly interesting
finest in his list. This lecture will also be
given at the matinee on Saturday after
noon, which will give welcome 'oppor-
tunity to many to whom evening attend
ance is 1nconvenient.
Mr.. Finney en- the Passion Play.-The
lecture by Mr.. Lewis Harvie Finney last
night at Metzerott's, on the famous Ober-
ammersau Passion Play was listened to
by large and appreciative audience. Mr..
Finney possesses a fine voice and a pleas
ant delivery, and told the story of the
greatest of dramas with simplicity that
well befitted the subject. He began by CIV
ing an account of the origin of the play,
showed the pictures of the principal actors
and told of the simple life of these Ba-
varian peasants and of their training from
the days of their childhood in the Passion
Play. His description of the play itself
took up the subject at the first act. the
entry into Jerusalem. and followed on
through the different scenes. portraying the
life of Christ from this point to the resur-
rection. The lecture is repete with scrip
tural quotations, or, perhaps. 1t would be
more proper to say with quotations from
the play, and the Illustrations are Won
derfully realistic and impressive. The
speaker was at times almost dramatic in
his delineltons of the wonderful drama,
and showed decided ability an elocu-
t:onist in pcrtraying the emotions of the
different actors in the play.
given at Metzerott's Music Hall tonight by
Mr. Bernard Stavenhagen and Jean Gerardy
promises to be one of the most interest
ing musical events of the season. Mr..
Stavenhagen is a pianist of great abi-
tiles, and has won general praise
wherever he has appeared in this coun-
try Tonight he will play Haydn's
variations in F minor, Beethoven's Moon
light Sonata" Chopin rocturne and waltz
in G fiat major. Memberships "Scherzo"
in e minor, Chopin-Liszt polonaise, the
Paganini-Liszt La Campanella, and
Lists Hungarian Rhapsody No. H. Mas
ter Gerardy. the wonderful boy violoncel-
list, who has astonished and delighted the
most critical audiences, will play Servais'
fantasia on Schubert's 'LDesir'' waltz,
an andante by Rdoux. spinnlied and tar
antella by Pepper and a Chopin nocturne.
With such a program, and it being the first
visit of these two artists to this city, the
hall should be crowded
Ysaye.-The great violinist. Ysaye, will
make his first public appearance in Wash