Evening star., 1896-12-08

ring. AS will be rennenbered, a great cot
ton compress Is q featme of the play, and
the rescue from thi09at a crucial moment
OF the hero by the heroine Is one of the
great things In all uselsdrama. The swing
by the heroine across q chasm is another
and there are others. Indeed, the play is
replete with strong situations and exciting
incidents. AS advertisement to this are
the songs and dancesfof the darkies on the
plantation, which areas natural as life
measure. In the cast are w. ]. Hurley. J.
Hooker Wright. Janas A. Num-. D. L.
Lacy, George Arvine,e Emmett Whitney,
Milt. g. Barlow. MrA Barlow, Misses Ma
bel Paige, Jean Delmar and Edith Ward.
Grand Opera House.-It was Grand Opera
audience, In point ofJnumbers, at least, at
the Grand last night, and it was a great
deal more than that IN point of enthusiastic
approval of what was presented. The up
per part OF the house was packed full, while
that. and nobody in the throng had left his
lungs nor the palms Of his hands at home.
The Black PATHS Troubadours were the
attraction and there Is no better show of
Its Kind before the present public. The
performance opens with AT Jolly Cooney
Island" by Bob Cole and Billy Johnson,
and while 1t enthused the audience enough
to have quite satisfied authors and actors
1t would scarcely have done as much for
an audience of critics. However, 1t Is not
the critics who fill the house and also the
little box in the box office. The singing
and dancing through this offertory were
well received and everything was encored
and re-encored. while Bob Cole as Willie
Wayside. the tramp, never showed himself
without Vociferous recognition. And the
acting was at times as vociferous as the
applause In the olio following were the
De Wolf sisters, Bob Cole and Miss Stella
Wiley, Billy johnson, a Spanish review,
Lloyd Gibbs and Goggin and Davis. the
whole concluding with the operate kalei-
doscope. presenting the star Of the evening,
Nine. Stssiretta Jones, the Black Patti. in
a number Of popular operatic selections, in
which she was most satisfactorily assisted
by Mile. Camille Casselle, Mr.. c. l.. Moore,
Mr.. Gibbs, Mr.. Billy Johnson and we'll
trained chorus. After selections from Cav
alleria" and the Bohemian Girl by Mr..
Moore and chorus. Mime: Jones appeared In
the Grand Aria from III Trovatore," which
should have been followed Immediately by
the Misere. with Mr.. Gibbs. but the audi
ence wanted "Suwanee River" and Mme
Jones responded, doing what was probably
the best Of her work; at least, most pleas
Ing to her audience. She has beautifully
melodious voice, finely trained. and is as
the bills say, the greatest singer Of her
race"
Bijou Theater.-It is old-time saying
that II James Macke can't make you
laugh, you are sorely IN need Of laughing
gas. His wholesome humor has made the
people Of this country laugh from Maine
to California. This week he Is at the Bijou
ment. and throws in couple of hours
hearty laughing. Grimes Cellar Door" Is
the play and Mackie IS the element of
laughter. From a dramatic standpoint the
play makes no pretenses, but rs 4 manu-
factory of laughs it is a big success. There
are several clever women in the East. and
there Is plenty of good singing and dane
Ing. Several new topical songs are rem
dered, and the Cellar Door Quartet was
good. OF course Mr.. Mackie Grimesy
Me Boy. was the central figure. and he kept
things lively. Sadie Clatin and Louise San
ford divided the honors of the evening with
Mackie. Both proved themselves soubrettes
Of ability, and won for themselves the
hearty applause of the audience.
Remnants Lyceum Theater.-The Rus
sell Brothers show entertained a large au-
dience at Kernan's last night. Few combi-
nations before the public present such
high-class array Of artists, and The per-
formance they gave last night was in
every respect first class. AS 4 curtain
raiser. those funny entertainers. Mszuz
and MaZette. gave their latest success, The
acrobats. Then came the musical black
smiths. Drummond. Staley and Belle Bir-
heck. Their contribution was of a high
order and pleasing. Johnny Carroll sang
with his old time force ana spirit AMI was
heartily received. The Russell I:rothers,
easily the best comedy team on the vaude-
Vile stage, had a new act and We're Let
ter than ever. The limitation Of Madame
Janauso HEX as Madame Rosenbaum in the
Great Diamond Robbery was especially
clever. Jennie Yeamans, who recently
sayed the vaudeville had no trouble in
stalling herself favorite. MeAyoy and
May crowded into the twenty minutes
corded their act the fun of the whole even
ing. Both are clever and each year present
an entirely new specially. The Rossi
Brothers were entsrtai aiming in their high
kicking specially, and Meyer Cohen closed
the performance with a number CT lantern
slides, illustrating new and popular songs.
rfl> lin
fornta baritone. His voice is ordinary,
but his pictures are clever and highly ap-
preoiated.
The Ice Palace-The attendance at the
Convention Hall Ice Palace last night was
probably larger than at any time since
it's opening. The ice was IN splendid shape.
and although It was skated over in all
probability thousands of times during the
session it retained its Sls:ening surface
and its hard, firm quality throughout the
whole evening and was IN 5ool shape
when the gong sounded to clear the ice al
1870 o'clock. The orchcstrion added a
great deal to the enjoyment of both skaters
and spectators at all the sessions ard
to the attractions at the ice palace.
word of praise. too, for the music al pro-
gram given by the excellent orchestra
would not go far wrong. The selections are
bright and catchy and are motto aaple for
the swing and attrac,iveness IF the move
ment. A new number was given last night.
that was up to the standard set by the
other selections, it being a new march by
Fred Gaisberg of this city, dedicated to
Mr. Emil Berlinger, the inventor CT the
gramaphone, and entitled, The Scarlet
Letter" Another noticeable feature in
connection with the ing IS the change in
costumes over last year. Last season the
golf and bicycle suit together with the
short skirt were looked upon as novelties
and but very few affected them, but this
year the long trousers and the skirt that
cleans up the ice are the exceptions, and
the natty bicycle golf suit and the short
skirt with legg1ns regarded as the
proper thing.
Rev. Mr.. Ennis Lecture.-"On the
Queens Threshold" will be the SUBJECT of
lecture to be given tomorrow evening at
Odd Fellows Hall, 7th street northwest, at
8 o'clock, by Rev. Howard Wilbur Ennis.
The lecture is to be given under the aus
pices of Eastern Lodge, No. I, l. o. o. F.,
and will be illustrated. The lecture will
deal with the scenery of the Canadian
Rockies and the finest portions of the land
north of the United States, and as Mr.. En-
mis- has just returned from a trip of over
nine thousand miles through that territory,
his talk will be the result of personal OBJ
servation and experience, and will be both
interesting and entertaining.
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