Evening star., 1896-12-23

valinntted means and unbounded. enterprise
can conmand =puhatc approval certzinly It
brains ana -caylfal Ss 'thxt furnished by
Managers Thomas a. Davis and William
T. Keogh. Their sufpassin0D dne spec
tacuiars pesduction OF ION thA 1Eiasisaippi." :"
prodsctiens aof southern Hfe during the
reconstruction era, With ell the concomi-
tansS OF Quaint river schaacters,, Tennessee
moonshiners NsrG Gras reyelers. the Ku
ers: and levee singin and dancing darkeys.
whife exciting sceHee Of danger. inter
spersed with amusin8 comedy. crowd each
Others IN ethe rapid seton Of q play as yet
Many new featuressffisve been introduced
In the specialties, while the drama proper
Will be seen In all It's ssoriginal magnincence
ana dramatic strength The. -lur1d doings
the Mafdi -Gras, the gtldeda gamhling pal
aces OF New Orleans. q floating theater on
the faver5 sithe moonshiners, OF, 1.-THE sTennes-
see mountains, and other novel scenes and
features are themes to interest and -amuse
Comedy Is given large place In the play,
and introduces q host Of unique characters,
only familiar on the Mississippi. A mann
moth company of fifty people hgure In the
band, Tennessee jubilee singers and Loufsi-
ana levee dancers. --s. :,
"The Sporting Craze"-"The Sporting
Craze" which opens a weeks engagement
next Monday at the Bijou Family Theater,
Is said to be one Of the best farce comedy
shows that has been on the road Tor many
YEARS. It is an up-to-date production, and
to see the funny doings Of Geo. H. Adams
and William Courtright is to get good
laugh during a whole evening. The dane
ing and singing are Of the best that could
be brought together. The bag punching OF
Mr.. Farley and the two Dutchmen were OF
the kind very seldom seen on the stage
The Sam Devere Company.-The Sam De-
we're Company, which will be the attraction
at Kernan'S next week, is not living on Its
reputation alone. The company this season
is the strongest ever seen under that name.
This would be matter OF opinion, but,
Judging from the list of high-salarted art
lists engaged by Mr.. Devere, 1t is safe to
say that all the promises made will be
verified. Manager Devere has secured
number of acts new to the theatergoers' OF
Washington. Neither trouble nor expense
has been spared in making this attraction
the leading one EN- route. Among the many
features special mention should be made
of Miss Florence Miller, known throughout
the country Princess Kuta Kuta. Miss
Miller is considered the most beautiful wo-
man on the American stage. and she Will
be remembered for the great sensation she
created In Chicago during the worlds fair,
where she introduced her sensational dance.
which was pronounced by press and public
to be the most artistic and finished dance
ever presented. This season she will be
seen in an entirely new dance. The ever
Sdu himself appears IL every per
formance with a budget of new songs and
sayings. Garfield and Carleton, Smith and
Champion, Flynn and Walker. Alf. Grant.
the Bagessens, Rosalie, Catheryn Rowe
Palmer and Ella Rentz, together with a
most laughable farce comedy, entitled
1.-Two New Wives" in which the entire
company will be seen in the cast, make up
this really wonderful show.
Tricks of Hindoo Jugglers.-When Ma
gician Kellar was in India few years ago,
he visited number Of the native Hindoo
magicians Of that country, and from them
obtained many of his weird and incompre-
hensible tricks. In one of the little towns
he visited, he saw a magician perform
feat which he termed THE mystery of
HASA" A young girl was mesmerized
and laid upon a piece, of board, perhaps six
feet in length. The board was supported
upon two trestles which were subsequently
removed, and the hoard, with the girl upon
It, left floating in the air. The mystery
seemed a profound one, as Mr.. Kellar had
fully satisfied himself that no such anna
teur subterfuge as wires had been resorted
to. He had to give it up, but finally pur-
chased the secret and the trick from the
conjUrer. He now Includes it in his enter
tafnment, and will present it in this city
during his forthcoming entertainments at
the Columbia Theater. the week commenc-
ing December 2S Matinees will be gwen a t
the Columbia Thursday and SATURDAY..
and also on NV Year day,