Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-04-24

| will produce at the Columbia Theater Mon
Frances Hodgson Burnett to be offered in
| America, her Little Lord Fauntleroy
| having been en- adaptation Of her own
novel. In THE First Gentleman of Eu-
| rope she has taken an episode in the life
| of George ". when he was the young, gay
and dashing Prince of Wales, and sur
| rounded by 4 brilliant court of admirers
| and fatterers. Though his life was one OF
! extravaganza, Mrs. Burnett has found a
moment in it when his better nature became
| superior to the temptations which sur
rounded him. 1t is of this incident that
| Mrs. Burnett treats in the play. The first
act introduces Oldfied goldsmith, who
has been ruined because he spent all his
| fortune in making and engraving a golden
| bowl, and on its completion his patron died
| His family consists of his wife, Mrs. Old
| field, and Daphne his daughter They have
| an humble ledger whose name is George
\ Carteret, young man who though well
| born, has ambition in the direction of lit
4 erature and art. His rich father. Sir Chris
| topher, has cut him off from his home be-
| cause he refused to accept the woman his
| father desired him to marry, and when the
play opens he is living in the house of the
| goldsmith's family. The Prince of Wales
| was wont TO travel about disguised as one
| of his own soldiers in quest of adventure,
| and Daphne, the goldsmith's daughter, at
tracted his attention. The prince. through
| pretext, finds mis- way into the house and
! offers to rent one of the rooms. BY this
| means he is enabled to be near the woman
! who has attracted him. In act two is seen
| the boudoir of Lady Sark a character whom
| the author has modelled upon the cele-
! brated Countess of Jersey, who was so
| brilliant, cunning and subtle. Her spies
| have learned of the princes escapades
with the goldsmith's daughter. and she
| seeks to fuStrate his purpose. Act three
| presents the terrace of the Carleton House,
where the young prince lives and where
We see him surrounded by his ladies' and
! gentlemen. In this act the strongest scene
n fTlV aYir In not fn1rr he
development is brought about cleverIy.
The characters in the play are follows:
| James K. Hackett has the double role of
the Prince of Wales and Col Ffolliot
Charles Walcot will be seen as Sir Chris
TOPPER Carteret and E. ]. Morgan as his
son George. Felix Morris will play Old
| field. the goldsmith. and Frank r. Mills
will enact the role of Carisbrook. Miss
and Marie d. Shotwell Lady Sark
Mrs. Oldfield will be played by Mrs. Thomas
Whffen. There are other parts for Messrs
Tabor, Lloyd, Dupont. Miss Root and
signed by Mr.. UNFIT, will be used. BY spe-
cial request the "Mayfiower," by the au-
thor of Rosemary will be given at the
Thursday matinee.
Calve Coming to the Columbia.-Perhaps
nc singer has excited SO much interest in
late years as Calve, the talented French
woman. who will appear at a matinee
Wednesday. May 5. Gifted with beauti-
acting, 1T is easy to see whence comes this
wonderful drawing power. that increases
season after season. "Calve' is the magic
name that has sufficed to fill the great
Metropolitan Opera House, New York
People have seemed never to tire of hel
wonderful character study of Carmen,
and her portrayal of the part goes beyond
mere acting. Her assumption of SantuzZa
in "Cavalleria" shows the same faithful
| ideal. In both of these characters the most
subtle touches of the gypsy and of the
| Italian peasant girl are reproduced with a
| fidelity that makes one shudder, even
| though it is acting. There is no singer so
much demanded Emma Calve, and we
have succeeded in catering to that de-
mand, although at price far beyond
what any singer except Patti has ever
received in concert. This means, of course
an extraordinary demand for tickets at
very high prices. The remarkable furore
which this wonderful singer has created is
responsible for this state of affairs. Per-
| sonally, to those few who have met her,
Calve is indescribably fascinating; her
charm and graciousness of manner arc
perfectly Irresistible, and create in people
| a wild desire to hear and see her again at
| any cost. She will be supported by Mr.. j.
| H. Mckinley, tenor; Sig. Giuseppe Cam
| panari, baritone, and the Boston Festival
| Orchestra, fifty performers; Mr.. Emil Mol
| lenhauer, conductor.
| Academy of Music.-For % 30 and 75c
the Washington public will have an oppor-
| tunity next week to see Hoyt's "A Trip to
! NHlnatOWn, by the company winch played
| in Chicago during the worlds fair. Laura
| Biggar and Burt Haverly appear as the
| widow and as Welland Strong. respectively.
/ The skit will be played fully up to date.
sung. including She Always Dressed in
| Black Put Me Off at Buffalo,, Lucky
Jim.'' Her Waltz THE Bells "The
Swell of the Day." ''Jusque-La.' Move Up,
Chevalier." sung by Miss Biggar and Mr.
| Haverly. OF course, the ever popular
| '.Bowery" will not be forgotten. The cast
of characters. besides Miss B.ggar and Mr..
| Haverly, includes Ernest Elton, Richard
| Karl. Gus P. Thomas, John r. Drawn, Ben
| jamin Letter, Jeanette Lilford Belle Cham
| beriain. Miss Maud Bagley and Rose
! Sutherland.
| New National TAeater.-People who have
| never visited the southwest section through
| which flows the father o. waters, when
| they see Mark Twain's '.Pudd nhead Will
\ son." when they hear the interesting story
| that these Missouri people tell, may. doubt
| whether or not the characters are over
! drawn. But those who ere familiar with
| that section of the country, both before
| and since the war. will tell you that Judge
YORK Driscoil, with his fine sense Of honor.
| and his hasty temper. still lives upon the
| banks Of the Mississippi river, though he
| may be known by another name They
| will recall Howard Pembrokes who were
the prototype of the impreSSionable, chiv-
| alrous lawyer, who holds supreme con-
| tempt for all whom he considers his racial
| OF mental interiors. He still practices law
| in dingy little office up in the second
| story of some age-scarred building located
| on a street that struggles back from the
| river into the COW pastures. Sheriff Blake
| still pursues criminals, and he possibly
| wears Overalls, and cowhide boots Just as
| he did in the good old days when he bus
| tied around full of business looking after
| that thar jury That same jury, who
! were unwillingly convinced that 'Pudd'n-
| heads" thumb-marks really did amount
| to something, are still summoned from
\ their whiting, their tobacco chewing
| their splitting and their gossip, beneath the
| awnings in front of the drug sto', the gro
| Gerry sto. the shoe shop and the barber
| shop to decide cases, dog cases. COW cases,
| lawsuits arising from division fences scan
| GALS. stealings, etc, just as they were in
| the old days when they were wont to dis
cuss that all absorbing question, What
did the dern foil want to do with the other
| half OF that dOg? But Roxy no longer
i lives as in the old days. The enancipa ion
proclamation has waited her into freedom
| and she now roams where she pleases. and
| at last the 1915 part white blood and the
| l-l6 part black blood have been lawfully
| acknowledged to constitute an American
| citizen, free and equal and entitled to AN
| the privileges Of this great and glorious
| government. The second visit this season
| Of the play to this city will begin at the
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