Evening star., 1897-04-07

commence q weeks 8nRagemGnt at tnS
Bi1ou Family Theaternext Monday in her
original comedy, "A,Eoldier's Sweetheart"
The play has just enough heart interest
and viliainy and such~things as so 10 make
up drama to give II an interesting )lot.
For the rest, comedy make the piece one
never to be forgotten. The specislties
which are introduced during the action of
the piece are new and novel; Miss StaBi-
ford is talented, versatile actress, and
she has surrounded herself with a strong
and carefully selectedbcompany of talented
players The performances of this COM
pany have been accepted all over the
south as being among the best ever given
at popular prices.
The RentZ-Santley yCompany.--The at
traction at the LycaIn next week will be
the famous Rentz- -Sahtley Company. Mr..
performance, replete with up-to-date spc-
cialties and sensational features. Charles
Lovenberg has written a new first part,
entitled Paris AMI Pleasure also an
original buresque, entitled Cay Life in
New York" presenting all the characters
made famous by the New York Casino
Company. 1t is promised that the cos
TUNES will excel anything heretofore seen
with this company, and that only young
and handsome ladies'. well as artistic
performers will appear. The olio which
follows includes J. j. Sullivan, Americas
greatest Irisf character imitator: Lottie
Elliott the charming queen OF burlesquc:
Dawley and Waldron, Fisher and Crowell,
Sisters Engstrom, El;nore Sisters and Cur
tbs and Gordon. The performance con-
cludeS with Gay Life in New York.
which Is in three scenes. The first repre-
sents the stage of the Lyceum during a
rehearsal: second, a representation of the
stage entrance at the same theater, and a
third, a scene in the banquet hall at
Sherry's. AS an extra attraction, grand
reproduction of the Hamous Seeley dinner
will be given. introducing; Tyrene and Eve,
lire, Partisan dancers. ... =-.-e-
Sousa's Band.-Sousa will give one con-
cert at the Lafayette mex. Sunday evening.
Sousa during his career has written sixty
marches and seven operas, and 1t IS only
fair to add that these marches have been
sold ali the world. They are full of
melody, replete with life and vivacity, they
brfstle with surprises and never descend 10
the low or commonplace. His modulations.
though abrupt in places, are ever pleas
ing. but above all he is never proliX; he
may exhaust theme. he never attenuates;
he may redress melody, but the costume
never OffendS. Should he ever essay the
task of writing for mixed voices he would
without question become illustriouS His
rev king Cotton leaped into popularity
in twenty-four hours after publication. and
as far as his latest excursion into the field
of opera is concerned, "El Captain speaks
for itself in manner that is clear. con-
else and emphatic. The sale of seats will
open tomorrow morning ct the box office
The Vitascope.-The Vitascope is show
ing some extremely interesting views this
week, all of them realistic. SO trdr to
life and motion that it is nar'l to believe
the real object is not before tie spectator
instead of mere representation. TIE
VitaScope has been well attended all this
week, and the new views are receiving Inc
most favorable comment.
The Prisoner of Zenda."-"The Prisoner
of Zenda" a dramatiZation by Edward
Rose of Anthony Hopes novel OF the same
name. will be seen for the first time at the
Columbia Theater next Monday evening.
presented by an exceptionally line anl
talented company, under the mara cement
of Daniel Frohman of the LycerIn Thea
ter New York. Absurd as the text and
the embodied situations may seem to the
rational sense, the story is so told that
the interested mind, swept into childish
eredulity by the simple graces and COM
plete seriousness of the narrative, never
stops to question whether it to be be-
lieved or not. 1t is all romance and tic-
ton that lives wheres romance should-n
the airy, beautiful castles of the air. In
the opening scene, the1 prologue, the mind
is whisked back the better part of two
centuries into the twilight land Of wissed
and sworded ancestors. This is a stirring
and beautiful Scene- and one which. being
essential to the proper understanding of
the plot should not he missed by tardy
arrival at the theater. During the four
acts which follow the story is gradually
developed in all it's bewildering complca-
tionS of humor, gravity, love- fun, treach
ery heroism and vfllainy. The story treats
of similar and confounded identities.
The Biograrh-The attendance a the
Biograrh at Willard Hall is equally as
large as it has been in the past. and the
new views which were added to the list on
Monday have proven to be of as fine merit
and, popularity as any that have been on
exhibition. Forty views are being shown
at each of the three entertainments daily.
There has been for some time demand
for Sunday night exhibitions and on next
Sunday evening a special entertainment
will be given at the usual hour of SD.
Entertainment at the Cairo.-Mr. William
de Ford has arranged an artistic entertain
nent, which will be given in the ball room
of the Cairo tomorrow evening to intro
dCce Miss Eva Whitford OF this city as
dramatic reader and elocu:ionist She will
be assisted by Mr.. Eduard Lovy, vioIinst:
Miss BERTHE Thompson, soprano, and Prof.
II. E. SALESMAN, accompanist.
The Carreno Recital.-The musical event
of the week is the recital of Madame
Teresa Carreno. the great pianist, on Fri
day afternoon at the Columbia Theater
show that Nine. Carreno has achieved the
greatest success of the generation among
the women pianists that have visited this
country. Out west the enthusiastic press
men nave been setting up claims for Carre-
no superior to Paderewski; but as Mrs.
Bloomfed-Zeisler said in recent inter-
view such comparisons between artists are
irrelevant and nearly always unjust Ii
| should suffice that America has confirmed
| the testimony of Europe to Madame Car
reno's being in the front rank of modern
pianists. Madame Carreno has Il warm
heart for America, and recently said: Il
think this is Gods country" with wide