Evening star., 1897-05-04
| the sale Of reserved seats IL now progress
ing at Sanders & Stayman's, No. 1927 F
street northwest

the sale Of reserved seats is now progress
ing at Sanders & Stayman's. No. 1927 F
street northwest.
HOWARD UNIVERSITY MANDOLIN
AND Gi.EE CLuBS.-A musicale for the
penent OF the Metropolitan A NJ. E. Church
VIII De given at the church. NJ street be-
tween 18th and 10th streets, by the How
ard University Mandolin, Guitar and Glee
CIubs this evening. The concert is given
under the auspices of the Bethel literary
ard Historical Society, and a large attenj-
ance is assured. The clubs will be assisted
ey o. .he IN new selika Female Quartet. Prof
M .. harris OF St. Louis and Messrs Eus-
us b. johnson and win Cook.
kERNANs LYcEUM THEATER.-Man-
ager herman presents this week the famous
white Crook BurlesQue Company of enter
tanners. Last night the regular first light
ers crowd was considerably augmented
a, ann wnen the curtain rose the house was
wen hiied- There is a spicy burlesque, en-
titied Columbus Reception" that opans
the performance. and another clever bur
iesque. entitled My Friend From Indiana"
tnat ends the show Both of them are re-
piete with up-to-date sayfngs and each ex-
,lioi. IN several ways a score of comely
maidens. Incidental to these are a number
Oh specialties. all of a high class William
ana Edwards are specially clever and dar-
ing on the trapeze- Munroe and Melrose
contribute faughable farce Agnes Reh
ier sings well. and is dainty little SOU
~AiAod Illustrated number of
clever and popular songs of the day All in
ail the performance is one of the hest of
the season. VI
CALVE AT THE COLUMBIA A-Tomor-
row afternoon Mile. Calve will make her
iareweil appearance in a grand operatic
ana sa concert program. and, Judging from
the already enormous sale there will NOT
be seat in the house when the curtain
rises: 1t Is safe to say that no singer since
ia1u mas gained such hold on the Ameri-
can pubic as has Calve. and at the closing
performance of the opera in New York
Chicago and Boston 1t amounted to an
ovation. such as has never before been
given to a singer in this country CaIve
go: Sreneh woman. although born i'm
Manr1d, and she was educated at the con-
vent IN AVeyron, where she frequently
goes TO sing in the little chapel where her
voice was first heard. CaIve is a living az
out the academic training of conserya-
tory. She had lessons only with a famous
tenor, Puget, and few with Nine Mar
tnesi: Al the age of seventeen she made
ner nrst appearance in Nice and in 1882
she appeared In Brussels as Marguerite in
Gounod's Faust going thence to Paris
she sang Bianci in an opera called "Aben-
Hamlet by Dubois, in which Victor
Maurel also took part. In 1885 she went to
ltaty. after which she sang again In Paris,
Russia, Spain and England, and her tri-
umphs In America are too familiar to
speak of. for nowhere Is she more appre-
ciated. In France she Is considered the
greatest woman singer Hving and especial
ly noted Is she for these chameIeon-like
opaiescent Qualities of voice. and for orig
inai interpretations, as the French express
II. she Is the most talked of today because
she will be talked of tomorrow The pro-
gram will include the Die Meistersineer'-
overture. the ballet music from Carmen"
Saint-Saen's symphonic poem lie Rouel
d'Omphale." and the March Heroigue'
by the same author. by the orchestra; the
prize song from Die Meistersnger'' by
IN X
liacci'' and the Toreador Song from Car
men" by Sig. Campanari: the bird song
from THE Pearl of BRAZIL and the entire
fourth act of Ambrose Thomas "IIamlet.'
by Mile. Calve. and the trio from the fifth,
act of Faust" by Mile Calve, Mr. McKin-
ley and Sig. Campanarf.
LAST DAYS OF POMPEu.
evening will witness the fifth production
in this city of the Last Days of Pompeii'
as recited by Rev. Howard Wilbur Ennis
elsewhere. coupled with the fact that new
views of graphic portrayal have been re-
Gently added, warrant expectation of
the most successful presentation of the
STIRRING tragedy yet witnessed. 1t will be
given In Nc tional Rifles Armory under the
auspices Of Almas Temple of the Mystic
Shrine.
BIJOU THEATER.-Contrast was
prominent element in the performance Of
fered the public at the Bijou Theater last
right. From the old-fashionei sentiment of
The Dear Irish Home" to the grotesoue
performance of the Cherry Sisters is a long
jump. and it nearly took away the breath
OF the good people who are wont to assem-
bic at this theater and applaud heroes in
short pantaloons and villains in sugar-loaf
hats. As they filed out many expressions
were heard. all pointing to sense of doubt
as TO what had happened. The Cherry Sis
ters are not for the eventfuI and sincere
They are fo- the jaded taste which turns
ssrfeited away from polished effort and
Ior gs for nature-no matter how rank and
weedy ii may be, so long as il Is nature
and not artifice. It is the hungerer for the
bizarre who will hail these pilgrims who
bring into the effete vaudeville atmosphere
OF the east the fresh. hay-scented artistic
spirit of Cedar Rapids. Iowa. There arises
single doubt of the genuineness of this
entertainment. 1t could not by any posst-
bility, always have been as bad as 1t Is
now Something of the ingenuity shown by
the Chinese in growing oak trees In tea
cups must have been exercised in prevent
Ing these young ladies from developing
some traces cf histrionic skill in their sew
eral months career behind the foot lights
But they refrain from spelling their per-
formance by doing anything well and the
ability with which they sing off the key
ard out of time. without single lapse into
harmony. represents something akin to
genius. No smile ever mars the gravity
with which they make their entrances and
their exits There is not a ray of sunshine
TN the thought that ''she is a merry little
drummer for one of the sisters who trans
forms herself into an ideal of manly beau
ty by means Of a male attire. which looks
very homemade and a mustache that re-
sembles the deuce Of spades held horizon
tally.
When the quintet first appeared, singing
Tara the audience looked
bewildered- Then. throughout the en-
tertainment the sisters were the only calm
people in the house. When the smallest
and, by the way. the best-looking-Cherry