Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-11
Three More Theaters to Open Their
Doors Monday.
MAUD ADAMS At THE LAFAYETTE
The Castle Square Opera Company
Comes to the Columbia.
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Monday night all the theaters except the
Fijou will be open for business. If tonight
should wind up the hot weather and Mon
day should be reasonably comfortable,
there is reason why each place of
amusement should not be well filled The
attractions presented are all such as should
command attention and there is sufficient
variety to satisfy every cne's taste. At
the Lafayette Miss Maud Adams makes
her initial bow as a star and presents for
the first time on any stage dramatization
of j. VI. Barrie's novel, THE Little Minis
ter" The Columbia will present the Cas-
tie Square Opera Company in Millockers
charming "BeSSar Student The Ma
tiCnal will start preliminary season with
veriscope pictures of the Fitzsimmons-Cor-
bett night. At the Academysa new play.
1.-The Indian will be presented. with Mr..
1Apman. who made many friends here
while he was leading man of the Columbia
Stock Company, as the chief performer.
The Grand will offer new piece by Chas
f. Blaney entitled THE Electrician" and
at kernan's there will be 4 good burlesque
and vaudeville company.
The Sunday Night Music Club played at
Miss Elsa Ulke's. on s street, devoting the
most OF the evening to studying Beet
hoyens Eroica symphony op. %. giving
the rest of the time TO the second number
of the entracte music from SchubertS
"Rosamund and a group of Moszkowski
waltzes-
TIE musical season promises to be one of
the most attractive we have had for many
years. Among the great stars. instrument
tai and vocal, who have already made ar
engagements to appear here during the com
ing season are: Rosenthal the little giant
pianist. Isaye. Menri Marteau. Mile An
toinette TreDelli. the young soprano: Mr..
and Mrs. George Henschel, who will give
series of song recitals in the larger cities
M Then Silnti ia "a
pupil of List, considered one of the best
pianists of the present day, will also be
here in the spring. as well as Leo Stern.
the young cellist, who played successfully
last year in the New York Philharmonic
Ellen Vockey has been making quite n
reputation both in England and Germany.
She recently gave three recitals at Caris-
bad. under the patronage of some dstin
guished personages and met with decided
success. Among her patrons We're King
Alexander Of Servis. Princess Louise OF
CobUrg and Senator Wolcott. She has an
engagement in Bremen on the 18th ins tant
and will shortly after return to America
All the German papers praised her work
in strong terms. and they followed in the
line of the English press. Miss Vockey's
friends in this city Will be glad to know of
her success abroad
Change Alley" Mr.. Sothern's new play
has no; awakened the critics of New York
To unanimous enthusiasm. The title of the
piece was misleading. The first suggestion
il conveyed Is that IT is pathetic. sketchy
production in which ash barrels and peo-
pie who talk like Cnimmy Fadden figured.
But it nothing or the kind. 1t was a
drama with lavish costumes. ii big cast and
and early English environment The chief
objection to il is immensely complimentary
to Mr. Sothern. II is that that graceful
gentleman has not enough to do. The fact
that II is by the authors of Rosemary is
calculated to inspire interest," in Change
Alley, for. although Rosemary" was lit
tie more than a literary ilannerism IL
showed a degree of cleverness and promise
that cannot fail to exert favorable in
fuence in behalf of work that follows 1t
from the same source.
There is apparently limit to the ap-
petite for European conquest among man
ayers Augustin DAILY and the Frohmans
are not alone in their desires to claim the
plaudiis of the city where Shakespeare
nourish@d- Barnum and Baileys circus
VIII test the potency of their attrac-
tons before British audIenees 1t will be
loss Two big circus organizations are