Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-11

veteran stage manager, Augustus Pitou,
are said to surpass anything that has been
done In the line Of melodrama for long
time The curtain rises upon a tropical
garden with the quaint but handsome
dwelling in the background. During this
act there Is reception to the viceroy by
Cherry P1ckers. The second act opens in
the magnificent bungalow Of Mrs. O'Don-
nell Duleep. a rich Irish widow, and is a
correct representation of the residences OF
the richer classes in India. The third act
has two scenes. Colonel Brough's Office
IN the fort of Candahar is the first and
the great gun room Of the fort the sec
ond 1t Is here that the Afghan spy, in
cited to murderous revenge by Brough.
turns the mouth Of the big machine gun
around till 1t touches the breast Of Nazare.
who Is pulled out Of the way just as the
savage fires the piece. 1t Is said that this
cannon scene is one Of the liveliest climaxes
since the saw mill scene in "Blue Jeans"
No expense has been spared in placing 1t
before the public in the very best man
ner, and the standard of the company Is
the very highest.
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
The Boston Symphony Orchestra will pre-
sent at the Lafayette Square Theater next
Tuesday afternoon one of the most attrac-
tive programs that it has ever been the
good fortune of Washingtonians to hear
from this most estimable musical organiz.l-
tlon The first number, Dvoraks latest
symphcny, From the New World" will
doubtless excite much comment and critf-
cism. 1t will be remembered that Dvoark
made a special trip to this country to see
II he could not find something to embody
IN mis- work and went back with the report
that outside of the southern negro mclo-
dies there was absolutely nothing he could
use. The symphony is, of course, based
principally on these negro themes, and
the DEMONSTRATION worked out from them is
Gaid to be most beautiful. At any rate one
fact is known. and that is that the Boston
symphony Orchestra will play the COM
position in the best Of STYLE and that those
VINO hear 1t will get in absolutely without
haw, so far as the orchestra ia concerned,
In contrast to the first number and coming
under the head of the Fighter sort Of
musical works, Grieg's suite peer Gynt,"
G @,ll doubtless oI1 make hit. The peer
IN one of Grieg's happiest veins. and is
especially adapted to contrast with a heay-
ISr symphony. Beethoven's overture, "Eg-
mont, will close the program. This is
well remembered by musicians as one of
the very best overtures written Mr.. Stau
dlg1 one OF the leading bassos of the Dam
rcsch.EllIs Opera Company. will be the
soioist OF the occasion. He will sing an
aria from "Acis and Galatea" and a second
aria from Spohr's Faust"
PRINCETON GLEE CLUB.-The annual
concert OF the Princeton University Glee
Sah5o ana Mandolin Clubs in this city is
event, and there Is every reason to expect
That this years visit Of the clubs will meet
WIN the same success that has character
lied former trips to the capital. The con-
cert will take place at National Rifles ar
mory thursday, December %. The GIee
Club Is composed of twenty-five voices. and
IS led by Raleigh c. Thomas of Baltimore
Mr.. Thomas has sung on the clubs since
MS second year in college. and, since his
election last spring to the leadership of the
club' mas proved himself equal in every
way to the arduous duties of this position
among the members of the Glee Club may
played end rusher on this years VARSITY
eleven; Mr.. w. H. Andrus last years man
ager of the Foot Ball Association, and this
year the university athletic treasurer: Mr.
r. F. Easton. pitcher and left fielder. and
Mr.. b. c. Guerin, substitute pitcher on the
Varsity base ball nine. The club sings
many of the distinctively Princeton songs
besides other selections including a medley
of the popular songs Of the year.
MAUD GONNE'S LECTURE.-There Is
every evidence that the lecture to be deliv-
cred tomorrow evening at the Columbia
ject of the trials and tribulations and dis
tress of the Irish race in Ireland and the
reception to the lecturer, which is sched-
uled to follow the address, will be success
1ul IN every sense of the word. They will
certainly attract representative Irish
Americans, not only from this city, but
from nearby points, and the demonstration
which it is expected will take place is
looked forward to with eagerness by all
who have any sympathy with the Irish
cause. Miss Come will be received by a
committee especially appointed for that
purpose when she arrives in the morning
and will be escorted to her hotel The
lecture will be the principal feature of the
demonstration at the Columbia in the even
ing, OF course, but there will be other ad-
dresses by welI-known men, and the af-
1air will be made as bright and as enter
tanning as 1t is possible for eloquence to
do. The meeting will be presided over by
Representative Champ Clark of Missouri
In addition to Miss Comes address there
will be an exhibition Of a splendid series
OF stereopticon pictures that will aid the
speaker IN the work OF putting before her
hearers the scenes of the distress and mis-
cry that are so plainly in evidence in the
Emerald Isle.
COL. r. G. INGERsOLL's NEW Lee
TURE.-In his new lecture "Why Am
an Agnostic," which he will deliver at the
new National Theater tomorrow Sunday
evening, Colonel 1ngersoll gives a descrip-
tion of the people among whom he was
raised and by whom he was educated. He
tells what he was taught and the argu-
ments used. He tells the story and tells 1t
without prejudice. without bitterness-tells
1t with clearness and candor, and gives his
reasons for the conclusions he has reached.
In this lecture he justif1es himself and paws
glowing tribute to the mental heroes of
the "orlu. II Is Iuu Oh VIII, patnOS, reason
and philosophy.
SOLDIERS HOME DRAMATIC CON-
PANY.-Thursday evening next, at Sol
diers' Home Theater, the curtain will rise
upon one Of the most elaborate and one of
the prettiest comedies that the Soldiers
Home Dramatic Company has yet pro-
duced. The play is "a Russian Honey
MOON" translated for the American STAGE
from the French of Eugene Scribe, by Mrs.
Burton Harrison. The version of the play
now in possession Of the company was CIV
en- its first production at the hands of
amateurs, and was such an unqualified sue
cess that 1t was soon after staged ut the
Madison Square Theater, where its popu-
larity was confirmed by large audiences
during a very successful run. In this play
Poleska, wife of Gustave Count WoroffsE
is set to sew and spin, and is tanned much
as Petruchio tanned Katharine. The pro-
duction Is under the stage direction Of Mr.
c. T. DAILY and the cast is as follows: Alex
is Petrovitch (Gustave, Count WoroffskD,
Robert w. Test; Poleska, his wife, Miss
Grace Ross; Baroness Vladimir. his sister,
Miss Edith Griffin; Ivan, q master shoe
maker, VIM. g. Hutchinson; Micheline, his
daughter, Miss Eichelberger; Koulikofr
Demetrovitch. intendant of the Chateau
Woroffski, Harry English; Osip, peasant
E. r. Conner. The Seville Mandolin and
Guitar Club has now been enrolled as q
part Of the Organization and will lend its
aid to help the production to success. The