Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-30
AMUsEMEN'rs.

absurdity. Coming Thro' the Rye" includ-
Ing x Ray Bixley, the musical tramp;
George Graham, the favorte monoiogue
comedian; the Brilliant Quartet, Terry and
Elmer, F. s. Hayes. VIM H. Conley, Dupont
and Middleton, Bellman and Moore and
others of less note. The excellent stock
company will present Tom Taylor's COM
edy, Still Waters Run Deep" with Messrs.
Joseph HaZelton, Edward N. Hoyt Fred.
Marburg, Harry Hunt John Hoffman,
VIM. Allen, VIM. Dupont. Edwin Baker,
George Buckler, Eleanore Newton, Margue-
rite Fealy, Mrs. Clarendon Smith and Mabel
Richardson in the cast Frederic Bond and
several CT the old favorites return June Is,
OF the stage and personally superintend
each production, not starring himself, but
making each first-class ensemble per-
Torrance. Until Mr.. Bond arrives Man
ager Buckler will play the leads, John Mild
way In Still Waters" and Pierre in 1.-The
Two Orphans" For the latter production
Mr.. Buckler's own adaptation Of the IA
nous old novel will be used.
Lafayette Square Opera House.-The sale
or seats for the attaches benefit, which
takes place at the Lafayette Square next
Wednesday evening, has far exceeded their
expectations The boys have all put their
shoulders to the wheel and their labor is
being well paid by the generosity of the
artists who have come forward to their
aid. These volunteers are all drawing cards
ana the mere announcement of their names
Is a guarantee of the selections they will
give on the night of the performance. A
better and more pleasing program could
not be gotten up in this city, and it will be
OF a quality and length SO as not to be
tiresome The public will be enabled to
enjoy pleasant evening seeing the entire
performance, and still be enabled to reach
their homes at a seasonable hour Th..re
will be no bitches and no disappointments.
Inc following is complete list of the
artists whose services were accepted out Of
the many who proffered their aid: Mr.. and
Mrs. Chas. b. Hanford, Kitty Thompson
Berry, Sol. Minister. Henry Xander, Mary
Archie Thomas. Jennie Glennan, Gdw.
Droop, Anita Cluss, Gertrude Raven
berg, Harry Shackelford, E. J. Walsh Miss
Blanche Riley, Messrs. Nathan Well, Jas.
A.keliher and Guy Collins of the Linthicum
institute; Apollo Quartet, Messrs. Reside
MacFarland, Turpin and Ryan; the Mad
rids Mandolin Quartet Messrs. Holmes,
Yundt Judson and Galleher; Victor II
Johnson and augmented orchestra; striking
or scene in full view of the audience The
whole under the personal supervision Of
Mr.. Morgan A. Sherwood.
Manager kernan's Benefit.-There will he
a variety of features in the entertainment
TO be given at kernan's Lyceum Theater
MONDAY night for the benefit of Manager
Eugene Herman. The program will be
made up Of purely professional performers
ara the entire performance will be given
by the Lyceum Burlesque and Vaudeville
direction of Mr.. John GriAves A verv
clever burlesque will be presented, in which
will appear a number of wel-known artists
and the Egyptian ballet festival, led by the
beautiful premiers. Mile. Dolien I.aferrin
and Lillian Sterling, will he a feature
The vaudeville portion of the program will
be exceptionally strong, and will include
many figh-class stars, who will come di-
rect from Proc tors Pleasure Palace New
York city.
summer RnrlnGnna Mar.n L ,',
summer season of spectacular burlesaues
will open Tuesday evening June 9 For
the comfort of the patrons of the Lyceum
Manager Herman has placed a number of
electric fans in the auditorium he has also
had the sliding roof placed in perfect or
der, and these advantages will insure an
atmosphere at least twenty degrees cooler
than the street. he garden, adjoining the
theater. has been made a tropical para
disc here, and an excellent vaudeville en-
tertainment Will be given after the regular
performance In the theater The first series
of burlesques to be presented is entitled
THE Bellies of Washington" In this will
appear Misses Elvira FranchiIl Dawn
Griffith, Kittie Rose. Ada b. Downie Leoni
Bland, Dollie LaFaire, Mabel Sterl, Mr..
Fred. Warren, Harry La Mar, VIM. Mitchell,
Chas. o. Marsh, Frank Mitchell and John
H. Rapp: also a chorus of thirty pretty
girls. arrayed in natty costumes. The
Egyptian ballet, the Dance De Ribonains
and Trilby groupings will be special fea-
lures and there will also be presented a
new and sensational series Of living pic
lures. The vaudeville aggregation includes
S. j: Holland. the intrepid aerialist; the
Brilliant Quartet, Frank Manning, the
German comedy star; Miss Flora Leonard,
the artistic high-wire balancer, Miss Leoni
Bland, character change artist, and Miss
Belle Cold the charming vocalist. There
will be matinees Tuesday, Thursday and
Saturday. Summer prices will prevail,
ranging from ten to fifty cents.
THE Sorcerer"-A second performance
of Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera, in
two acts THE SorceIer,' was given at Ma
tional Rifles armory last evening by the
pupils of Prof. Geo. W. Lawrence for the
benefit Of the Mount Pleasant Field Band.
A large audience was present and applause
was generous. The cast was the same as
that which appeared in the first perform
ance, including Mrs. Milton Odell, Miss
Cassie Mae Knight Miss Eva Whitford.
Charles E. Bell, George w. Lawrence, p.
H. Maxwell c. H. Cross and w. II. Con-
ley. The chorus showed excellent training,
while the leading parts were sung with
smoothness and precision. The Mount
Pleasant Band gave a concert in front of
the hall previous to the entertainment. An
exhibition of fancy dancing, that was re-
ceived with approval, given by Misses
Flora and Kate Daily during the second act
Columbia Musical Parors-The usually
large number Of good attractions at the
musical parlors of the Columbia Phono-
graph Company, 90 Pennsylvania avenue,
during the past week had the effect of in
creasng the attendance considerably. A
record on the graphophone. entitled Casey
in Bathing al Coney Island" has proved
very popular, and the machine is kept going
almost constantly. 1t is one Of the famous
Casey dialogues, and is uproariously funny
The Irish dialect, the comical sayings of
Casey, and his strangely unfortunate blum
ders never fail to produce long, hearty
laughter. Several other Casey records are
on exhibition, but Caseys Coney Island
experience beats them all for laugh-produc-
ing results. On the kaleidoscope is seen a
wonderful reproduction of Corbett in the
ring Every movement of the fighters Is
plainly shown, and no better opportunity to
see real, genuine prize fight could be de-
sired. So natural Is the scene that the OBJ
server looking through the slot in the
kaleidoscope can almost imagine himself at
the ringsde. An attractive program has
been prepared for next week The records
will be changed every day. No admission is
charged. and the parlors are kept cool by
immense electric fans.
Edward N. Hoyt, after playing a success
full season with Margaret Mather has re-
turned to his home in this city, and is now
engaged to play leading heavy business in
Buckler's Stock Company at Aliens Grand
Opera House. Mr.. Hoyt is cousin of John
l.. Stoddard, the well-known lecturer