Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-05

of the heroine, there II a marvelousiy mar
row escape of the hero. who has been tied
to the mast of agburning ship by the vii
lain, there is murder and attempted murder
and lots and lots of other things. The play
graphically describes an arctic expedition
projected by Silas Hamilton and commanded
United States navy. Both these characters
are ably cared for by ]. H. Davies. The
first officer of the Polar Star, acted by
John ]. Pferson, is the villain, while the
surgeon, Interpreted by Uric r. Collins, is
the hero. OF course, the villain and the
nero are deadly eremies and are in love
with the same girl, the ward Of the pro-
1ector Of the expedition, Miss Stella Rees
part. The hero and heroine after many
vicissitudes are with small party of sur
vivors that drift across the north pole,
bearing the stars and stripes, and are res
cued by relief ship. George P. Webster,
as French scientist Jay Wilson, as an
enterprlslng newspaper reporter; Bert Tue
man, as an Esquimaux guide; William L.
Baker, as boatswain, and Miss BERTHE
Iucman all look well after their respective
parts and contribute to the success of the
performance. Miss Edith Randall and Mr..
Baker in songs and difficult clog dancing
are pleasing The entire company was COM
PEELED to appear before the curtain after
every act, in response to encores. The
production was somewhat marred by an
uncheckable disposition on the part of the
gallery to mistake pathos and death scenes
AOA SohCuy, dA0 u duSH anu dppiduu dC-
cordingly. The occupants of that section
made the life of special policeman very,
very unhappy.
MIR. VOORHEES, LECTuRE-MONO-
LOGUE.-Mr. James Paxton Voorhees, was
greeted by large audience at the Column
bia Theater Sunday night, when he male
his appearance to deliver his lecture-mon-
oiogue. The lecture portion fndica ted
thought and care in it's preparation and
was plea for liberty Of thought and free
dom OF action, unrestrained by sectarian
restrictions or religious dogmas. In Illus
trat1on OF this idea he gave several recita-
tfons all of which were well received, and
for some of them he was loudly applauded.
This was SO OF his Interpretation of Poes
Raven" which was given with much dra-
matte force. Mark Twain's cat story was
told In an easy natural manner that found
great favor with the audience. Mr.. Voor-
hees recited Owen. Meredith's AUX Ital-
lens" with fine effect, and sent his au-
dience away impressed with his ability as
speaker and a reciter of much versatility
and power.
PONIES AND DoGs.-The antics of the
ponies and the dogs, not to speak of the
monkeys and the goat, at Norris Brothers
dog and pony circus last night delighted a
large audience of little folks, and big folks,
too. The remarkable sagacity and intelli-
gence of the animals and the result Of
their careful training by their owners were
displayed in many interesting perform
dICSS L lie pOUleS uSeQ III the snow are
beautiful Shetlanders, and one of them is
pure white, a rare specimen of his kind.
The dogs are of all kinds from the little
spaniel to a big woolly white Newfound-
land, couple Of monkeys and goat that
walks tight rope. rides a pony and jumps
through hoops, complete the outfit The
trained pony Roseberry does everything
but talk. He counts with his forefoot, on
swerS questions with a nod of his head and
drinks out of a bottle. Then there is the
trick pony, of course, which refuses to let
the ambitious volunteers from the audience
ride him, and throws several boys into the
sawdust, to the delight of the other boys
on the benches. The military drill of the
ponies is an interesting spectacle. At word
of command they march in single file,
double-quick, wheel into fours, form COM
pany front, then right and left oblique, and
do many other things bearing witness to
their sagacity and ability to learn. The
dogs are in evidence all the time, from the
moment the show opens with dog min
strel performance including two funny lit
tie lend men, in the shape of a couple of
brown spaniels. Like the clowns at the
circus, these two dog clowns are always
playing tricks and 6 getting themselves
mixed up with the rest of the show in
comical manner. One of the dogs is to be
the judge of race, the prize being beef
steak, but the judge, being a better judge
of steak than of races, races off with the
steak himself and hides. He is appre
hended as a thief, wfereupon miniature
patrol wagon dashesi up, out jumps the
monkey as a policeman, with a club, and
loads Mr. Dog into the wagon to be hauled
away. The McGfnty family, three little
dogs, furnish amusement, which is turned
into tragedy when their house catches fire.
The family are rescued by means of lad
der and the monkey bravely rushes into
the flames with hose to put out the fire,
while a number of dogs climb the ladder
to the second story, disappearing into the
midst of the flames and coming out with
various pieces of furniture belonging to the
hn1
family. The show is located under canvas
at 14th and streets, and will remain here
all the week.
BIJOU FAMILY THEATER.-An entire
ly satisfactory bill was presented at .he
Eijou last night, and the cozy little theater
was comfortably filled at both perform
ances. Manager Grieves has wisely con-
cluded to cut out the abbreviated opera,
and in it's place has substituted a merry
farce that provokes hearty laughter, en-
titled, Our Married Men," In the olio Jo-
sephine Arthur made a decided hit. This
clever little lady shows undoubted merit
and her sweet soprano voice was well ham
died in the several songs she sang. The
Allynes, in their musical specially, were
eL joyed, and Mrs. Neidert executed a num-
Der of difficult moves on the bicycle. The
De Greaus contributed an acrobatic spe-
cialty that was feature of the show, and
Miss lambert, Eddie Melrose, Eugene Har-
Vey, Charles and Jennie WEIGH and Glib
bons and Barrett were all clever in their
respective specialties. The entertainment
closed with an exhibition of the Cinemato-
graphe, and the views presented were
highly entertaining and instructive. The
continuous performance has proved such
a success that 1t will be continued, and
shoppers in search of diversity may drop
in at the Bijou any time after 1 o'clock
and witness clean performance for a
small pittance.
KERNANs LYCEUM THEATER.-The
Black Crook Extravaganza Company
which opened at Kernan's last night for
weeks run, is individually and collect
lively the best performance of its kind that
has been seen in Washington. 1t is an all
star attraction, with Mureal, the gay Par
isienne, the guiding light of it all. This
DAINTY French lady makes her bow this
week to Washington audiences, and II the
ovation she received last night is to be ac-
cepted as a criterion she has been added
to the favorite list Both in the burlesques
and in her speciality she displayed charac-
teristics that called for the highest ap-
prevail. Her specially fashioned after
Fougere and Anna Held was easily SUPER
Tor to either, and her rendition of the lat
ter's song. Won't you come and play with
me- was finished piece Of work Both
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