The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-02
ACTORS NEW YEARS DAY.

Resolved, That we resolve not TO re-
solve That is about the meat in the cocoa
nut of our New Years day action in CON
sidering the matter Of turning over ne"
leaf. at the beginning OF the year, SAID
Manager Dixon, of the Bostonians, last
night.
you see. New Years day, he con-
tinued. "comes and goes about like any
other day with us We are unable TO OBJ
serve much ,ifany difference inthistwenty-
four hours than in any other similar period
We have come TO regard ourselves as one
great bi family, and we made our gOodres-
oIuions eighteen years ago when we
started out. and have tried pretty hard TO
keep them.
s.Our program today, for most OF U.s.
was to arise between 10 and IL to break
fast, read the papers and go out for ilttle
stroll. A good many of our company went
lid ( O the White House and shook Grover
hand. and wished him and his pretty Wife
a happy new year, but 1 don't think they
made any further calls Then we gave
matinee in the afternoon, and ate glorious
Old dinner of turkey and delicacles at the
Riggs House, repeated our performance
and will return after light mnche ON,
only To arise tomorrow and go over the
same course"
The program of the BOstonians did not
differ materially yesterday from that
OF the large majority of Thespians In the
city this week With most of them IT was
a ouet day, unattended with any events
of sneciaI or unusual interest. To all
of them it meant an additional perform
ance, a New Years matinee. A con-
siderable number called at the White
House and paid their respects to the
Chief Executive.
Mr.. and Mrs Kellar watched the old
year out aud the new one in Thursday night,
with a party OF friends at Wizards, for
whom the ma ician performed some OF his
clever cIose-at-hand parlor tricks, ana
they would have watched his legerdeman
until the small hours of the morning, if he
had continued.
Mr.. KeIlar greatly deplores the death
OF his late rival, Hermann. True, the
departure of Hermann leaves kellar the
undisputed champion of sleight-Of-hand and
magic upon the stage, and because there
is no one to take his place, the magician
feels that the art has lost more than he
will gain by the monopoly of the profession
The same warm feeling existed between
the two men as between two comedians
OF tragedians inrival companies, and though
they sought to Guido each other, and
We'd for popularity, there was never any
friction.
Both Mr.. and Mrs. Kellar were up early
and after the magician had begun the New
Year by playing trick upon the obsequious
waiter, they went for a drive, and later
called upon the President.
The pretty girls of the Flying Jordans
Company ushered in 1897 at a lively pace.
ALFRED in their pretty bicycle costumes,
they took a spin about the capital on their
wheels just for anappetite for O'Clock
breakfast They nirted with the boys, and
had n Jolly good time. After their matt
nee performance, the bicycle fever was
still on, and they took in the races at Con-
vention Hail. and found no end of amuse-
ment, and all joined in pronouncing the six
the swiftest people going, save
and except the Flying Jordans.
1--WE all made a resolution today" said
Manager John j Burke, Ito save money
this year That's nothing new, though we
always do that, and it usually holds good
for from one to two weeks according to
our dispositions to have good lively
ime When we break it there is no mend
ng, and we also go broke, so there is
general smash up, and the pieces aren't |
worth saving.
"Why, would y gu believeit, some OF these |
actors are so foolish as to swear off !
drin king; you know, that is as unat- |
tainable as asking a duck not to swim, but /
forgive them. Like the remark of the
Did woman whose relations took the oath !
Of allegiance to the United States in S63, |
God knows they don't mean it, -
IRE Gay Parsians were modest in their |
celebration yesterday, but wound up the