Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-20
AMUsEMENTs.

New National Theater-Fred Bonds
Comedy Company will present Her First
Rehearsal and "Dr. Bilr' at the New Ma
ticnal Theater next week
kernan's Lyceum Theater-Manaeer
Kernan's fourth week of summer burlesque
productions will begin next Monday night
The Lyceum Stock Company includes in
its makeup many meritorious burleeQCe
and vaudeville artists The subject of bur-
lesQue for next week will be THE Mascot"
during the action OF which many new fea-
lures will be introduced. A new allegori-
cal march and the oriental ballet festival
will be presented for the first time Two
Baltimore society girls will make their
first appearance with the Lyceum Com
pany on Morday night The vaudeville
performance In the garden will be excep-
uonally strong next week Among the
names on the program are the Chappelle
Sisters singers and dancers: Mile. Rosina
contortionist the Courtlan nd Sisters char
acter change artists; Miss Clarce Vance
the charming vocalist: Melrose and Rice
the eccentric duo; T. w. Morris, the clever
comedian, and the Brilliant Quartet. There
will be matinees Tuesday. Thursday and
Saturday.
Columbia Musical Parlors.-The recent
rise of IL e mercury has bad a tendency TO
attract larger crowds to the parlors of the
Columbia Phonograph Company. 9l9 Penn
night by electric fans. Among the num-
berless new songs that have recently crop
cd out, Just Tell Them That You Saw
Me Is by far the most popular Other ia
vorites this week were THE Spider and the
Fly Faces We Miss From the Stage"
and whisper 1t Low" Casey in Court
is the latest addition to the excellent col
lection OF mirth-provoking recitations to
he heard on the graphophohes The rec
ords of Sousa's stirring marches are al
ways good attractions. The james J.
Corbett Fight" and the Egg ptian Dance"
are still the leading scenes on the kineto-
scopes.
Mr.. and Mrs. Giles Shire U.avfnia Shan
nom have returned to Washington for the
summer. Miss Shannon received a few
days ago an offer from a prominent New
York manager TO play the leading charac-
ter i'm a production early in August in New
York. She is now negotiating for the part.
Mr.. Shine was re-eI gagged by Charles
Frohman last April. HIS season will begin
In August at Hoyts Madison Square Thea
GER.
Drum Corps Reunio n.-The third annual
reunion of the John b. Henderson Drum
Corps will be given June %. - and - al
the Fourteenth Street Park. The John p.
Henderson Drum Corps organized
March IL, 1904 and named in honor of eN-
Senator John b. Henderson of Missouri.
Senator Henderson has at all times taken
a great deal of interest in the boys, and
has manifested fis desire to them pros
per in several material ways. The corps is
composed of bright young boys from eight
to eighteen years of age. who Joined the
organization solely from their love for
music. icy support the corps by means
of voluntary contributions and the annual
reunions and lawn fetes, which generally
raise the contingent fund Of the organize
ton very materially. The reunion this year
will he more complete than any affair of lis
kind given by the corps in the past. Ger.
Henderson has been invited, and II is ex
pecte1 that he will he present and deliver
the opening address. The committee has
also invited many organizations to attend.
including the Washington Light Infantry
Corps. the National Rifles, 9Th Battalion,
ID. c. y. c.: Union Veteran Legion. Grand
Army, Association of Confederate Neter-
ans. LIST Regiment. Uniformed Rank.
knights of Pythias, and a number OF other
military and civil organizat lions. who have
not yet signified their intention of at
tending. Refreshments will be served In
abundance. while music will be discoursed
by the corps every evening OF the fete. The
park is situated 18th street between y
and L streets. and is conTen!' Mt and well
fitted for an affair of this kind.