Evening star., 1896-12-26

Sousa and His Band-Sousa the peerless
| composer Of American marches, conductor
OF the unrivaled band, whose playing has
aroused music-lovers Of every community
| IN the United States, Is again embarked on
q grand concert tour. and before its COM
pletion the strains of his virile marches and
the harmonies Of his splendid organization
| VIII have resounded over 21 600 miles of ter
ritory traversed by the March King and
his forces. The coming concert Of the
pand Will be given in, this city Sunday,
January g. 1897. at the Lafayette Square
Opera House. Sousa's influence over every
| manner and kind Of humanity which loves
| music is out of the common Sousa' 9
marenes are played by all the famous
Germany and Russia. As for the band. Ii
| is universally and unhesitatingly admitted
the finest In this country, If not in the
| world, today, and without rival that In
any manner approaches its magnificent
| paying or military and concert music The
band comes to this city flushed with the
51 new Woo otriumphs 1t is winning on the present
| - Nce Unliie tour, which extends from ocean
ihhg IN superb form. The critical public,
as Wen as that larger and more catholic
10. nooy Which loves and appreciates music of
| Ine hghter vein, will both be amply satis-
| ned with the programs offered at the Sonsa
| concerts. The artistic balance of the or
gahization Is admirably maintained by Mr..
SUusa S;. soioists They have always done
| MIN credit, and the promise of their an
pearance here is fraught with the assur-
ance OF satisfaction. In his soprano. Eliz-
aoeah Northrop. Sousa has a voice and per
| sonal1ty that commands success She sings
| with beautifully finished style. and her
voice Is simply refreshing. Martina John
stone, the violiniste. is one of the eentler
,1a sex VINO mas distinguished the violin by her
arthur Pryor, trombone, the announcement
| OF whose name Is sufficient and Franz
Hell, huegel-horn soloist, complete the ad-
| mlraple quartet of Sousa's virtuosos.
1 10 rfn'a
| doubtless has cause to conr-at,,Iate hir,,i
seii on the fact that Bret Hartes Sue is
under his direction, for he saws the nra;se
anu anu prosperity 1t has received in New ork.
pos'on anu On tour indicates that ii is the
pest American play since iIa.el KirLe.
| sue sue IS to come to the Laeaycrte SQUARE
theater, opening Monday evening, January
| ihon roi d week. ana Washngtonians will
lnen nave an opportunity to sit in iude-
ment on 1t themselves. Some one saws II
would be difficult to tell just what elements
m nat,o ene production predomiaate as rag
neue Qualities, but that 1t is easily evil
dent the piece has many charactrr;st.cs
ana qualities that appeal TO theatergoers-
III .ne nrst place novelty and diversity Of
sao, si,o,ueht, ana In the second place humorous
scenes OF remarkable dramatic value Miss
annie Husselrs performance Of the ,itIe
part mas been classed as a triumph stand
ing on plane with her other pre-eminent
Kirnu nncees-Esmeralda, Elaine and Hazel
hfhe. Ihere has been much comment
| upon the extraordinary strength of the
cast Mr.. Joseph Haworth's Ira Beaslev
@ .me Wen-meaning but clumsy ranchman,
VINO becomes Sues husband without nj
nrst winning her love- is one of the hast
pieces of acting this popular actor has
presented In several years. Not less worthy
oi houce Is the buoyant acrobat played by
MI. Guy Standing, and the roistering
sheriff played by Theodore Roberts. Mr
Samuel Reed as Judge Lynch. and Horace
Lewis as Sues father, also play leading
characters.
Another Bargain Matinee at the Lafay-
ette.-The success of the bargain matinee
last Wednesday was so great that to salts
~ the popular demand, Manager Albaueh
mas arranged to give another one this COM
ing wednesday for THE Gay Parisians"
The prices will be as follows: Orchestra
parquette and seats in mezzanine boxes
0O cents, and entire balcony, 25 cents. Seats
can Do reserved at these prices, and the
performance will be tdentically the same
In every particular as the evenings
A Sacred Concert at the Lyceum.-Man-
aser herman has completed arrangements
by which the famous Octoroons will appear
| in grand sacred concert at the Lyceum
tomorrow night. These who have heard
Ihe INDIVIDUAL voices Of the members of
this orga anization can well lima gipe to what
excellent advantage they will appear In a
sacred concert. The following program
has been carefully arranged and will be
closely adhered to: Grand opening chorus,
| entire company; song, Broken Hearts,
Thomas Carter; duet, When Life is Bright
est" King Sisters, song, THE Interfering
Parrot Frank Mallory; song, VIII They
song. Fly, Little Bird, Fly Alexander
May; song, Mona" Edward T. Harris: /:
song, Don't Send Her Away, john" Miss
Maize Brooks. assisted by the Octoroon
Irving Jones; song. "old Kentucky Home"
Miss Madah Hyer. Part 2-Miss Madah
Hyer, operate selections; Mallory Brothers,
Frank and Ed. instrumentalists; Fred ].
piT~nr Oo1
Nearer. My God, to Thee (by request);
Irving Jones. eccentric comedian; conclud-
ing with grand selections; soloists Nine
Flower, Fred J. Piper, Madah Hyer. Belle
King, Mamie Emerson, Maize Brooks, Geo.
Hammond and grand chorus by entire COM
pany.
Miss Irene Vanbrugh the sister of Violet
Vanbrugh, is described as one of the
brightest of the popular favorites of the
English stage. She comes to us with Mr.
Arthur Bourc hier and his London Royalty
Theater Company to the Columbia Theater
on JANUARY 4. This is her first visit in this
country and during the engagement she
viii! be seen In the one-act comedy, ent:-
tied kitty Give, Actress" In which she
Will impersonate titular role Mr. Arthur
Bourchier is considered England's first
comedian. Mr.. BOurchier is student a
scholar man of the world, In the best
sense of the term. and an artist for arts
sake. 1t would be impossible to imagine
an actor so finely strurg SO conscientious
as Mr.. Bourchier, ever doing anythinp IN.
artistic Mr.. Bourchier never disappointed
| even the most fastidious audience
Ben Hur-Most timely and appropriate to
the Christmas season is the announcement
or another representation of this thrilling
religious drama, which is second only to the
Passion Play In its vivid protrayaI of
crucial scenes in the life of Christ and in
the interest which 1t has aroused among
the Christian public of this city. The RE
cital of the epitome of Gen. Lew Wallaces
wonderful story by Rev. DR.. Rogers is al
ways listened to with rapt attention cul-
minating in the most intense interest at
the description of the renowned chariot
race and the healing of the lepers The
story Is magnifcently illustrated by I5O
richly colored lantern slides, under the di-
rection of Prof. b. p. Murray, who has
spared TO pains nor expense in completing
the collection, which he regards as his
masterpiece in the way of Illustration. An
rropriate hymns effectively rendered ada
greatly to the effect. The representation is
to be given at the Church of Our Father.
18th and L streets, on Tuesday evening
December %. A reduction In the price OF
admission is made to children of the pub
lie schools Reserved seats at Metzerott's.
A Loving Cup for Keene.-Thos. Keene
who is playing an engagement at the Wal
nut Street Theater, Cincinnati, was pre-
i tod Irnr L..