Evening star., 1897-02-16

ruary -, has ately been brought into new
prominence by the republication Of an I'm
mense edition BY ". T. Stead, the noted
most powerful work Of the century in Its
oehneation OF the workings of conscience.
Inc ep1tome Of the story recited by DR..
rogers Is replete with tragic situations,
received with intense interest by the audi
ence Reserved seats for the course at
Metzerott's.
Prof. Rolfe ons Shakespeare.-Prof. w. J.
Roife OF Harvard University gave the first
of a series of aectures on Shakespeare at
the Martyna Colleges of Oratory last night.
HIS subject waE Shakespeare, the Man.,
and large and fashionable audience lis
tened to his Interesting discourse on the
great poet. Prof. Rolfe went thoroughly
into the character habits, eccentricities
and aims of Shakespeare and his writings.
during the course of which he took occa-
sion to hit the Baconian theory hard
bloW. he CALLED it heresy, and said that
one had but to scan Bacons writings and
he could plainly see that that writer was
mentally and physically unable to perform
the task. He said Shakespeare's ability to
portray human nature came from the full
ness of his knowledge and his sympathy.
Prof. Ro!fe pointed out that Shakespeare
delighted to show the good side of bad
characters, but to bring to the surface the
hidden bad points in otherwise good char
acters. Prof. Rolfe's next lecture in the
course will be given tomorrow evening,
and his subject will De The Home and
Haunts of Shakespeare
Jonnie Juniors-The sale of seats for the
initial performance of Jonnie Juniors
opened yesterday, and as predicted, the
southern people of the city are showing
warm interest in the financial success Of
the new mask and wig club. The first
work to be given by the boys being the
''Mikado,' the public can we'll believe
treat is in store for them. As this is one
of the most tuneful operas, Prof Cloward,
the director, claims he has In charge the
best company he has ever directed, either
male or female. Mr.. Fred. Supplee will
play the role of Nankipoo in the first opera,
and has greatly enthuSed the entire COM
pany by his excellent singing and his bright,
happy presence the stage. The club.
realizing they have but little time between
this and next Friday. the day OF the mat,
fnee performance, are working nlgnt ana
day to perfect themselves In their roles.
The club are receiving new names for their
subscribing patroness list daily
Lecture on the Library Building.-Mr:
Bernard r. Green, the superintendent OF
construction of the new library of Congress
building, will deliver a lecture on The
Construction of the Building for the LII
brary of Congress" at All Souls Church
tomorrow evening at O'Clock me
lecture will be handsomely Illustrated and
should be attended by all who have never
seen the inside of this wonderfully beauti-
full structure The proceeds OF the lecture
will be devoted to the Sunday school work
of the church and to the parish library.
Mr.. Green is an able speaker and Is thor
oEghly cOnversant with his subject, so that
the lecture ought not only to be instruc-
tive to a high degree but entertaining as
well.
great deal OF interest is being taken In the
lecture of Charlotte Perkins Stetson at the
Church of Our Father tonight on the SUP.
ject Our Brains and What Ais Them.
Do. yiY,C &c. ly,,n q 1lH q
highest degree of ability, and her subject
should give ample scope to her powers as
a public speaker. The Woman's Suffrage
Association, for whose benefit the lecture
is given, has not been idle in disposing of
tickets. and there is every indication that
Mrs. Perkins will be greeted tonight by an
audience that will completely fill the church.
Mrs. Bucker on Greek Tragedy."-Mrs.
William Buckler will give a talk on some
distinctive features iof Greek Tragedy" al
the Washington Club tomorrow morning at
II o'clock. Mrs. Ruckler is well known as
a deep student and an able taiker and
should be able to give some decidedly in
teresting as we'll as instructive facts about
this subject. The lecture Is to be given
under the patronage of Lady Pauncefote,
Mrs. Harriet Lane Mrs. Hawley, Mrs. Nc
MILAN, Mrs. Jos. E. Washington, Mrs.
Curry, Madame Paaenotre, Mrs. Justice
Field Mrs. Gray, Mrs. Gibson, Mrs Buck
ipgham and Mrs. Riggs.
''Ben Hur."-Rev., DR.. Rogers will give
his fifty-second presentation of the illustra-
ted lecture on Ben Hur" at the Baptist
Church, corner Maryland avenue and 14th
street northeast, tomorrow evening at 730
o'clock There is nothing that may be said
Of this lecture that can add to its popu-
1arity. 1t has become one of the recognized
successes iii the lecture world of this vicin-
ity.
Grand Opera House.-A very large audi
cree greeted "Trilbys" second appearance
in Washington last evening at the Grand
rper ha cpt,ftr th.a
play being under the joint management of
Messrs. Palmer and Brady. While not
possessing the all-around strength of the
company that presented Trilby" in this
city last season, the names of Reuben Fax,
Richard Ganthony, Edith Crane and Jen-
ME Reiffarth are a guarantee that the
presentation cannot help but be far above
the average. Du Mauriers hynotic play
has been burlesqued SO persistently of late
that 1T has become a hard matter to take
it seriously. The gallery boys were evident
ly of this way Of thinking. as they refused
to take Mr.. Fax's exceedingly clever i'm
personation of ''Svengalf' seriously. and
only at the tragic death scene could they
be brought to proper realization of what
was transpiring Oh the stage. With the
exception of this little by-play of the peo-
pie above. the evenings performance was
enjoyable one. Miss Edith Crane pre-
sented an idealized ''Trilby.' looking and
acting the par; with much pathos and
drama tic finish. The Three Musketeers,"
Taffy, the Laird and Little Billie. were
given 4 life-like presentation, Messrs. Gan
thony and Garfield being especially good.
Little Billie" is a thankless role at the
best, and although Mr.. Webster strove
hard to appear heroic, his acting was un-
convincing. The Madame WIZARD" Of
Miss Jennie Reffarth was an exceptionally
fine piece of character acting and no com
parison can dim its life-like coloring The
remainder of the cast acted with consider
able spirit and dash, and contributed very
materially to strong performance. In
parentfesis. 1t might be said that the solo
singing Of ben Bolt by Miss Lillian Cole
man was very enjoyable. her strong corr
tralto voice adding considerable to the IL
lusion of the spirited scene.
The Crystal Maze.-The Crystal Maze,
which has had a most successful run of
eighteen months in New York, sixteen
months in Boston and eight months in
Philadelphia, is now coming for a shor:
stay to Washington, DC. The store AT
9TH street northwest has been rented and
a large force OF workmen will at once be
employed in setting up the Maze as speed
lily as possible. The Crystal Maze is a puz-
zle of puzzles; 1t is made up of many ave-
nues in which are many turnings. the
walls of which are lined with polished mir
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