Evening star., 1897-03-10

yidows and orphana Mrs. Hearst, Mrs.
Vance. Ser ator and M.sJ Cameron, senator
and Mrs. walthall, Mri and Mrs. Pellew.
President and Mrs Whitman Of Columbian
University, DR.. and Ms. Egan, Mr.. and
Mrs Carroll D.: Wright and many others
are patrons of the lecture. Over 100 rare
Illustrations will be used. ~. - -.-
The Land OF the LiSing-..The Land Of
the Living drama dby Mr.. Frank Har-
vey, will BE- the attrac.aen at the Academy
rext week. The scenes are laid in England
and the diamond fields of Africa. In 'coun-
tries so diverse and fam apart this dramatist
Is said to. have evolvellAn original. power
fui and deeply absorbf02 plot. Gerald Ark
wright prosperous oyotlng business man
in London, is deliberately ruined by bis
partner. Ruben Treead, who had loved
Geralds wife before her marriage. The
scoundrel goes to South Africa, where he
marries a good country girl. who knows
nothing of his true character. Arkwright
proceeds to the Cape Colony diamond mines
to try and get a new start in life. A find OF
gems rewards perseverance, but his luck is
discovered by band of bad miners. who
attempt to rob him. but he escapes through
the aid Of Meg, the wife of Tregold. I'm
Willingly the worthy woman tells her hus-'
band of the adventure, and he at once re-
solves to rob his former partner. To erect
his purpose he stabs and leaves him for
dead. Tregoid returns to England with the
booty while Meg nurses the wounded man
back to life. On the scene of his former
vil1anies, Tregold announces the death Of.
and then persuades the widow to marry
him. In the nick of time Meg exposes the
rascally career Of her husband. and re-
stores Gerald Arkwright to his family and
fortune.
''The Span of Lfe.'-The patrons of the
Grand Opera House will welcome the an
nouncement that Sutton Vahe's play. The
Span Of Life will be presented by Will
liam Calder's company next week. ihe
story deals primarily with the criminal
1oo htrlo tiot, nf f,v,i oal Al
who, in the course of his career poisons
his brother. robs the Coffin Rocks light
house on the Devonsllire coast and shoots
the lighthouse keeper: parsues the latter
and his wife TO the wiids of Africa, and
performs other acts of deviltry, which
are finally thwarted and he Is brought 10
justice The scenery and the stage settings
throughout the play are unique and gor-
geous. One CT the most daring and thrill
Ing scenes on the modern. stage Is seen IN
the third act when the elastic trlo
standing upon one anothers shoulders, Iall
across chasm linked together, and form
a natural bridge, over which the heroine
passes in safety when closely pursued by
Arab slave traders. The company is said
to be unusually strong this season and in
cludes the celebrated Donazetti trio
Irwin Brothers Burlesquers.-Manager
kernans attraction for next week Will be
the Irwin Brothers Burlesquers. This Or
ganization Is new to Washington. this be-
ing its first season, but from other large
cltleS come many 0atterlnS press Opln-
ions. The Irwin Brothers have contrived
to please the admirers of good, wholesome
burlesque and comedy, and they have ac-
cordingly spared no expense to make theirs
a success. The costumes are said to be
rich and elegant, the Specialties, refined
and high-class, the scenery, gorgeous and
artistic. and the first part and burlesque,
new and up-to-date. The olio, which is
regarded as an exceptionally good one, in
cludes reproduction of the Five Barrison
Sisters, VINO recently created a furore in
New York: Howard and Emerson, the de-
scriptive singers; Lillian Dunn and Lulu
Hahn. acrobatic dancers; Marshall and
Nelson, singers and dancers, and the Nam
haitian Comedy Four, said to be the high
est salaried quartet ON the American stage.
The concluding feature is an original bur-
leSQue, repiete With pretty girls, clever
comedians catchy music and lively dances.
Vassar Students Aid Society Lectures
The Washir gton branch of the Vassar Stu
dents Aid Society, 10 which the people
Of Washington are indebted for much
pleasure in the past, announces three lee
lures to be given at the Washington Club
171O 1 street. on the three following Fri
days CT this month: Miss Ida NJ. Tarbeli
whose contributions to historical literature
have made her high place In the literary
world, will give the initial lecture Fri
day, the 18th at 4 o'clock. For three years.
during the Napoieonic craze. which took
possession of the French capital a few
years ago, Miss Tarbeil was "a student of
her in contact with some of the most in
teresting ard brilliant of the literary set
and she learned during this period, not
only history, but Paris All the neoks and
corners of this great city became familiar
to her, and abundant opportunity was af-
forded her to study its social and intel
lectual life Her Paris is a different Paris
doubtless. from the Paris of The Three
MuskeetierS of the Brush different
Paris from Barty's Paris, but it still has
a claim Of its own, and to 1t and the peo-
pie she met there Miss Tarbell will devote
her talk at the Woman's Club. On Friday
the 10Th. Mr.. John Fox. jr., who is at pres
ent in town the guest of Mr.. and Mrs
Thomas Nelson Page, will read some Sc
lecticns from his books illustrative of life
in tie southern mountains, and on the fol-
lowing Friday Mr.. Bernard R. Green will
talk about art in the Congressional Library
building, illustrating his lecture with stere-
opticon views. The proceeds from these
lectures go to the scholarship fund of the
Washington branch Of the Vassar Students
Aid Society.
The Care of the Eyes.-Dr. Robert Rey-
burn will deliver the third lecture in the
course on the eyes, given by the Capital
Camera Club. at Carroll Institute Hall to-
night. His subject will be THE Care of