Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-11-17

son was very funny, = wSs also. the aero
batic dance OF Mr.. OGBrtdf. Miss Florence
sang two songs In an acceptable manner.
Academy OF Music-.srhe War Of Wealth. %
presented before an gentha,siastic audience
last evening at the Academy Of Music, is an
staged and well wortE seeding. AS the title
indicates, THE War 81 Waalth. deals with
money throughout, and infaddition to thrill
ing incidents ct sufictdnt dime novel tone to
amply satisfy the craving of the gallery
gods. it IL judiciousiy taterspersed with
high-ciass comedy and artistic lovemaking.
Charles F. Gotthold,t as the hero; Henry
Herman. as the villain; Thomas A. Wise.
as the "Majah:" Bea5Cotton. as his serv-
ant: George w. Dey6 Malcolm Bradley,
larry Webster, Fanny Mcintyre Gertrude
Wnitty, Daisy Lowering and Mrs. Ben
Cotton sustained thei principal characters
with ability and credit. =.
Bi1ou Theater-Pete Baker. the sweet
singing German comedian, entertained a
large audience at the Bijou last night in
ms reconstructed drama Chris and Lena"
Wnlie the play is of itself cad. there Is
ample opportunity for Mr.. Baker to display
MS versatility, and the audience was sad
ana merry IN turn. The play was written
especially for Mr.. Baker, but nevertheless
contains a well-constructed plot, with the
t,s quota OF villains, several funny come
Gians and a hero and heroine. Miss Brudie
par 1artram. as Lena, was quite clever, and
divided the honors of the evening with Mr.
6aker; Inc feature of the performance
several charming songs with lust a trace of
me accent that made Fritz Emmett such a
Iavorlte. " the songs that took especially
G Ge may ave De mentioned I'm Sorry You're
and the Song of Nations" Taken ali in
an the snow is one Of the cleverest seen at
.ne biJou this season. and every patron
shouid witness at least one performance.
hernan's Lyceum Thsater.-A score of
pretty and shapely women. together with
q .t LUMBER or hrst-class specialties, are the
attraction at kernan's this week, under
zee title The Rose Hill English Folly
company. This well-known aggregation is
no stranger to the patrons of Kernan's, al
enougn Few of the features this year have
ever been seen before. The curtain raises
on one-act burlesque entitled Cham
payne and Oyster" and gives the entire
company chance to show itself The
. .l are bright the girls pretty, the cos
TUNES handsome. ard the comedians fun
ny. With such combination any bur
iesque Is bound to be entertaining Then
. ..a,, snow ends with a burlesque. entitled
Mickea Paris and it proved to be well
named, FOR the girls danced and sang lust
as tney are supposed to do at the vaude-
Vliie houses In Paris. and stirred the audi
eHce 10 frequent applause. The specfalties
ia,roduced between the burlesque were en-
1cyable. Miss Blanche Newcomb made a
nit with her vivacious singing of several
popular songs, and Barton and Eckhoff
were entertaining In their musical sketch.
Hlnckley and Nelson did mixed-up spe-
claity and Ford and Lewis were quite fun
ny in their, sketch The Burt Sisters con-
trioIted dancing speciality that was a
winner and then came the burlesque.
Ian Maclaren.-"Ian Maclaren," the IA
nous Scotch author, will deliver two lee
lures Tomorrow, the. first in Il the Cnlum,s
Dia Fheater at 800 in the afternoon. and
the fS0cOm(t IN hsa liSf. ~ A.,
In the evening. DR.. Watson is pleasing
talker. on or OF the platform, nand uses
perfect English. While his pronunciation
OF certain words is different from that OF
New Englanders, it also differs from the
Highlander pronunciation. He Is strongly
Scotch in his accents however When he
SEES the Scotch dialect he Is simply ire
s1st:bfe. The sale 9of seats has been very
large and a. great many of Washington's
pre- minent personages will be present.
81 H Beerbohm ,Tree.AsTheI sale of seats for,
the engagement next week Of H. Beerbohm
Tree ard Her Majesty's Theater Company
or London Will commence on Thursday
morning at the Lafayette Square Opera
Horse. The repertoire for the week will
be as follows: Monday, Tuesday. Wednes-
giving matinee, THE Dancing Girl" FRI
day and Saturday evenings and Saturday
TatiEee,, ""rhe' Seats Of the Mighty. 's~This
will, be Mr.. Trees first appearance In
America after an absence Of two years.
Miss Richards Lecture.-Miss Janet Rich
erds will lecture thfs evening at ST. An
drew's Hall, corner Nth and Corcoran
streets northwest, on Paris, Modern and
Historic" Miss Richards has given this
lecture before in Washington, and has Sc
cured very favorable. comment on her
work in this field. The lecture is an inter-
esting ore and is we'll delivered by Miss
Richards, being illustrated by series of
very handsome pictures. - ''