Evening star., 1896-12-15

thatsher considered Aacbeths1 the yresAsst
ol sn.kespeare's- piazs. and that It was the
Wrstta m1st. per!ect SSne.th tn great poet. had
passages Of the ewori iaRere fun OF Dramatic
force and IRE and Wnre nerhapS, the most
entertaining part or he ieture. He sought
70 snow tnat Macbeth wse victim Of CIR
comstances and anabitioR but despite the
awful crimes of wh3sh u was guilty, was
q good man at heart, led ON from the COM
mission Of one crime tos,enother until he
WA was ~ asseriy beyond rsdemRtion. After draw
ing seveFai striking. and f5nost forcible les
sons In morality fEam the character md
WORKS or Macbeth and aQuotfng the Scrip
tlrai text The wages ssf sin is DEATH
This Is the Teaniag e Macbeth. Mac
BETH Is the highest scxpnassioi, OF this law
IN the profane literature Of the world, and
tnat Is why 1t is so.,poWerful Macbeth
oattiea against tha law. but could not
change 1t. He and she, after the perform
ance of the deed, could find no peace. Com
science followed them everywhere Blood
was before ther1s The trees, the stones,
Inc El nient ana the day cry out 'MurderH
Every mans hand was against them, and
once more was vindicated the eternal, un-
changeabie law of God: The wages OF sin
Is DEATH"
Handel and His Oratorios-An illustrated
lecture on Handel and His Oratorios', was
given at Garfield Memorial Church last
evening. Ine lecture was delivered by Mrs.
terial and musical character, a large
audience enjoying the several entertaining
features Inose who contributed to the
musical part CT the evenings entertain
ment were: Sopranos, Mrs Kitty Thomp-
son-Bsrry and Mrs. F. D. Powers contralto,
Mrs Hempstone; accompanist, Miss Louise
vale; organist.l Miss Abigail Power; viola,
NJ. MI: Juilus ulke; piano and 'cellos, Miss
Florence King, Miss Pauline Iseman, Mr.
Ben lseman and Mr.. Howe
Metropolitan Concert Series.-It rs rarely
the case tnat such galaxy of stars in the
musical world are brought together as is
the case Of the Metropolitan concerts, the
nrst OF which is to be given tonight at the
Columbia Theater. The list of artists for
the series embraces the very best the world
can produce, and Washington musicians
VIII nave an exceptional chance to compare
their methods with those used by the fa-
nous ones who will appear here. The two
centra! nsures for tonight's concert are
Sieveking, the poet pianist, and Miss Maud
POWELL. the foremost American violinist of
the day. Besides these two there are Miss
Martina Miner, soprano; w. A. xanten, ten
Bassini, baritone of the Royal Italian Op-
era, Milan and Madrid. Sieveking has been
neard here before with the Boston Sym
phony Orchestra, and the criticisms which
MS work at that time called forth were of
the most hattering and favorable character.
He plays with rare expression and almost
fauitless technique and his Interpretation
OF the more famous works is such as to al
most silence unfavorable criticism. There
Is no need to introduce Miss Maud Powell
to Washington, where she has been heard
so many times. Her work does not suffer
by comparison with the leading violin virtu-
osos of the day and she is as great a favor
lite socially as she is musically.
Princeton G1ee Club.-The Princeton Glee
Club will be in this city December % and
Will give here one of the entertainments
Tor which the musicians of the famous col
lege are noted. This Is Princeton's great
year The recent sesqui-centennial has
brought Princeton to the fore among insti-
tutions of learning of the world; the foot
ball and base ball victories of the year
place Princeton at the very top of the
athletic phase of college life, and the vari-
Gus clubs of the college this year are fully
up In musical way to the standard set
by the foregoing features.