Evening star., 1896-03-30
ADJUSTMENTS.

Miss Loie Fuller at Metze1otts.-Society
turned out In force Saturday night to see
Miss Loie Fuller in her picturesque posings
at Metzerott Music Hall. Miss Fuller has
many imitators, but she is easily first in her
originality Of conception and grace Of exc
cuticn. She presented four pictures-Night,
Fire, the Firmament and the Lily Of the
Nile. Her representation OF herself engirt
with flame was one Of the most startling
pictures ever seen on the stage. BY skill
full movement of her light drapery, upon
which poured. electric lights through colored
glass, fercely darting flames were made to
seem as If winding about her body Her
Nile Lily was ingenious and beautiful, and
the spectators were 10th to leave PRECEDING
Miss Fullers appearance, Tagliapetra the
baritone, sang: Mr. willis p. sweatnam
gave one of his well-knoWn monologues;
MI Charles Kellogg gave some remarkable
limitations Of birds; Miss La Blanche rem
Oered some operatic selections, and Miss
Fannie Wentworth gave some remarkably
clever limitations. after the manner of Mr..
George Grossmith.
Metzerott Hall.-The Stoddard lectures be-
gin this evening with the first one of the
course A, the subject being Naples and
Pompeii. This course will take in March
20. April 2. 6. 0 and 13. There are three
courses, exactly alike, each course consist
Ing OF five lectures, the subjects being
Naples and Pompeii. Constantinople Napo-
leon Bonaparte, The Glories of India and
Tour Of Japan. The second course, or
course B, runs March 81, and April 3, I, 10
and IA, while course C runs through April
l, 4, 8, IL and 15. They are all finely illus
trated, as Stoddard's lectures always are,
and there Is at present no indication that
there will be any vacant seats at any of
the presentations. The lecture this evening
Is one Of the most enjoyable Of the course
and will give ample opportunity for Mr..
q r. fn y1o1y
tive talker. A few seats remain on sale at
Metzerotts, and the sale will continue a
short time for the disposal of the left over
season and single tickets.
For the Children's Hospital.-The enter
tainment for the benefit of the Children's s
Hospital, at the National Theater tomorrow
afternoon, promises to be very successful.
The advance sales have been very heavy,
and the boxes have all been taken. Among
those who will occupy them are Mrs. Brice,
day and Mrs. Horace White. Mr.. E. H.
Sothern will present the prologue of '"The
Prisoner of Zenda," preceded by "a Pair
Of Lunatics," contributed by Miss Mary
Sanders and Mr.. Lewis Creman, and num-
Der OF well-known actors and actresses will
appear in Sydney Grundy's one-act play,
I'm Honor Bound"
The Opera Season.-The sale Of seats for
the Hinrichs' French and Italian Grand
Opera Company commences at the box Of
ice OIL AIten 3 GranQ opera House tomorrow
morning at o'clock. The opera season
begins Easter Monday, April 6. and con-
tinues for two weeks, with Saturday mat
inees only. There will positively be no ad-
vance in prices for seats or boxes.
Col. Ingersolls Lecture.-Robert G. In
gclson spoke yesterday afternoon be-
fore the Secular League, and in
the evening lectured on ''The Lib
erty Of Man, Woman and Child" AS ever,
brilliant in diction, epigrammatic in style.
sententous in thought, he swung his audi
ences along with him spiritedly, and ap-
plause responded to every sally. The secu-
lar meeting opened with three cheers and g.
repeat for the speaker before he said q
word.
Rev. DR.. Stanord's Lecture Tour-Rev.
DR.. D. ]. Stafford will leave Easter Monday
for a lecture trip. He will give three lee
lures in Louisville, KY, and will go to
Cleveland and Massillon, Ohio: Detroit, and
return through Pennsylvania, lecturing at
Mauch Chunk and Shenandoah.