The evening times., 1896-03-25

| it as those who are continually IN touch
| with these matters. IL has been many
| years SINCE such an entire and pIienomcnai
! success has been achieved in New YORK
| city by any production, and II Is ac-
knowledgcd that TINS is Tar ahead OF any
| thing wnlch Mr. sothern has presented.
| The widespread popularity OF Anthony
| Hopes popular mover on which the pay
| is Iounued certainly did much TO prepare
| the people 10 receive the pay III irieiiuiy
| manner.
"A Woman of war"Gen. Felix Agnus'
charming story and Miss Louisa Maiiaoy's
be the bill at the Grand Opera House
next week. This play Is SAID 10 depict
trying scenes that came under Gen. ghus
personal supervision during The tumuiiuos
times In amt around Port Hudson, when
every cndeavor was made to induce A lice
Bariheiey, a true daughter of the South,
VINO was supposed TO bc Eiring information
against the enemies oil the cause she es-
poused, TO betray her friends. Finally,
being arrested and tried before n niii-
tary tribunal, she determined 10 sacrifice
her very life rather than betray the prin-
ciples SO dear TO her.
interest will naturally center in this
character, and Its delineation 10y Miss Viz
ginia Stuart is said 10 WIN Tor her the
fact, SO intense, so earnest are her en-
deavors that prominent writers are said
10 nave declared that her enactment OF the
loving, heroic Southern woman "borders on
the confines or greatness" The other char
acters will be inteliigently portrayed by
a selected company and the production VIII
be staged with military splendor. The
comedy element in tie play Is Claimed to
be unusually strong and is said TO contain
many laughable situations, so on the
whole very pleasant evenings enjoyment
is promised all who witness this interesting
drama.
Manager kernan's attraction for next
weeS will be the famous Rentz Sant,ey
Burlesgue Company. A satire on the pop
ular ''Trilby,' entitled Twill Be Cub"
will serve to Introduce the full strength OF
the company IN their several speCialties,
intermixeI with witty dialogue.
A new burlesque from the pen OF Charles
Lovcnburg. entitled Robin Hood. jr., - Will
conclude one OF the cIevcrest and up to-
date programs ever presented on q vaude
Vile stage. An entire new series Of liv.
ing pictures, culled from the finest works
OF art, will also be feature. Mr.. Abe
Leavitt, the able manager of the organiza-
ton, only engages young and handsome, as
well as artistic, performers.
Among the names appearing on the
Leslie and Tcnley, Lottie Elliott, Van
Leer and Barton, Winnie Mitchell and
Georgia Blake. A novel dance executed by
six pretty girls, entitled Its Something
You Don't See Every Day." Will be one
OF the features.
One of the notable events OF next week
viii be the opening OF the Stoddard lee
ture season at Metzerott Hall. The large
advance already secured indicates that
Mr.. Stoddard Will be welcomed by his old
will continue but a few days, and on Satur-
day the tickets for single evenings will be
placed on sale. Days Theater, New York,
Is being crowded this week as never before
by Mr.. Stoddard's friends.
Henry WattersOn, the well known edi-
tor and statesman, will lecture at the La
fayette Square Opera House on Sunday
evening. March 23. He has chosen Tor his
subject the Life, Career and Death OF
Abraham Lincoln" Mr.. Watterson re-
everywhere large and appreciative audi
ences greeted him. The Chicago Evening
Post. in speaking of this lecture, says:
The debt OF gratitude which this cOun-
try owes TO Henry Watterson is almost in
calculabie. No man, North or South, has
done rs much as the editor and statesman
ship and charity. The fact that Northern
money has poured into Southern trade,
wmiie Southern men settling in the big
cities OF the North have been received with
open arms and advanced to post ions Of
great honor. must be credited largely to the
continued, the generous. the eloquent mes
sages which Mr.- Watterson has carried to
and fro across Mason and Dixon's line.
He added another to his distinguished sery-
ices OF patriotism last night by his Grafton
on Lincoln. or all the panegyrics pro-
nOunced here or else sewhere his was easily
the most eloquent. sympathetic and Just.
1t deserves a place among the best things
Iiiat have been said about Lincoln. 1t was the
last stone on the arch which has inner.
isha bly, bridged over the chasm of the war.
to whose construction Mr.. Watterson has
devoted thirty untiring years.
Academy patrons are to have a chance
10 SIT III Judgment next Monday evening on
play to be produced there for the first
time on any stage. 1t Is .'The Absent Bow"
a new comedy, and it ia said to rehearse
Well and promises to make a success for its
author and manager next MOnda night.
A. NJ. Palmer is the manager of the com
pany presenting the piece, and he is giving
picked talent which made his pla yers such
a success in .Trilby.''
washingtoD's favorite light comedian,
Frederick Bond, left THE Great Diamond
to rehearse for the new coined Y, and he will
be seen in the leading role. Isabel Coe, who
starred in ''Niobe;;' Cathare Grey, original
leading. woman with ''Sbore Acres:'' Lii
liam Eldridge, and charming Isabel Bouton
are four OF the prominent ladies OF the cast
NJ. A: Kennedy, who starred in THE Sports
man and has been Identified with most
or the Frohman comedy successes, is also
in the notable east. II is seldom the Acad-
edv is treated to such fine array of come
dans.
Robert g Ingersoll, who is to appear upon
the lecture platform at the New National
Theater on next Sunday evening, never
spoke more eloquently than he did at the
Illinois Cavalry, at Elmwood. Ill. The col
Onel closed his three hours address with
this beautiful peroration:
ITO you who barred your bOsoms to the
storm OF war; to you who left loved ones to |
die IL need be, for the sacred cause; todayI
say to you, may you live long in the land |
you helped to save; may the winter of your |
age be as green as spring. as full Of blossoms
as summer. as generous g autumn and NAV
you, surrounded by plenty, with your wife |
at your side. and your grandchildren on your |
knee, live long. |
And when at st the fires Of life beginto
burn low; when You enter the deepening dusk |
OF the last OF many, many happy days; when
your brave hearts beat weak and slow.
may the memory of your splendid deeds
deeds that freed your felIdw-nien, deeds that |
kept your country ON the maps OF the world, |
deeds that kept the flags of the republic i'm |
the air-may the memory of those deeds |
fill your souls with peace and perfect Joy. |
Let it console you to know that you are not |
forgotten. Centuries hence your story will
be told in art and song. upon your honored
graves flowers will-be lovingly laid by |
millions OF men and women now unborn"
'.Oh. Promise Me" was written by Regi-
nald De KOyen for Flora Finla yson when |
:" Robin Hood" was first produced and sung
by her two seasons with great success There
have been number OF requests received at |
Aliens Grand Opera House where she is