Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-21
Glen observation-disclosures Still
Holds the Fort.
KERNAN'S THE ONLY THEATER Open
Other Houses to Open the Last of
This Month.
SOME COSBY CHAT

Glen Echo-Cn-the-Potomac still holds tie
fort for amusement seekers in this District,
and the crowds that nightly visit the am
phitheater at this popular resort attest
the excellence of the program offered. This
week there have been two notable crowds
one Tuesday when the Junior Order of
American Mechanics held it's gathering
there. and the other Thursday. when the
Morton Cadets had their benefit there.
The first occasion brought the biggest
number of people ever gathered within the
Glen Echo grounds, the number being es-
timated at between 1900 and 5000.
In this connection there is told good
story on Rauscher, the proprietor of the
cafe at Glen Echo. 1t appears that repre-
sensations were made to him to the
great number of people that would be
there Tuesday, that many of them would
come from out of towns and that he would
be required to feed at least 3dD ConSe-
quently he agreed to reduce the Price OF
the dinner to the members of that organ
ization to 80 cents, and ne made provision
for about 1910. In these arrangements.
besides the purchase of the extra quantity
of meats and provisions. he engaged the
services of 10 additional walters, so that
there should be no delay in the service.
How mary dinners do you suppose he
served?" said Tom Wilkinson, in telling the
story. guess was made at 1000. when
Mr.. Wilkinson replied. with look Of most
Just forty.
He says that Rauscher distributed the
supplies of provisions to the various char
liable institutions the next dag.
There have been all sorts of rumors
afloat as to the plans of John Philip SoUsa
and the splendid band which he controls
1t WAS first said that after a brief tour Mr.
Sousa would consolidate with the De Wolf
Hopper organization and tour the country
in Ell Captain in the manner that Mr.
Rivals That proposition. it is now I'M
derstood. Is now a thing of the past and
Ine De Mol1 Hopper troupe will go its own
way. making money in presenting Mr.. Sou
sas opera. MIR. Sousa will take his band
on tour. as usual. and will draw crowded
houses. as is his custom.
His route may not be as extensive as in
former seasons. for it is said that the
greatest bandmaster in this country has
MS eye upon making conquests abroad
and ii is probable that next spring he will
take his force to Europe and allow; the cit
liens of the capitals of the old world to
hear what an American military band can
do
When Mr. Sousa visited Eurone last rear
ne was warmly received wherever he went
and he was complimented by being invited
TO direct some of the most famous must
cal bodies. His fame as a bandmaster and
composer had preceded him, and he was
honored by all musicians. That visit con-
WINGED Mr. Sousa that there would be
good deal of interest taken in mis- band
II he should take il across the water and
1t Is probable that he will do so next year.
If he does this he will undoubtedly win as
great success abroad as he has achieved
IN this country.
All this. however. is q problem of the
future. just at present SOusa is deliphtinp
the people who visit Manhattan Beach
with his splendid concert work. Last Sat
Lrd2y and Sunday his soIoists were Miss
Mary Helen Howe and Mr. Eugene Cowles.
The latter was a well-knOwn favorite. for
he had sung there with the Bostonians.
and his rich bass voice was heard to ex-
cellant advantage in his selections. Miss
Howe was a stranger to the audiences
there but she made quite success. Sat
l4r'iay she sang Arditis .Ecstacy' waltz.
and for an encore gave II Dreamt That
/ Dwell in Marble Halls from the DO
hemian Girl" Sunday afternoon her num-
Der "Ah fors lui." from ''Traviata''
and. for an encore. Happy, My Love-" by
Mime. Murio-Celli. and Sunday night she
gave the grand aria from III Trovatore.'
receiving double encore in response, to
which she gave waltz song and ballad.
Mr. Sousa personally complimented her on
her excellent work.
During Eugene Blair's forthcoming en-
gasement here in September Camille will
he given for several performances, and
Washington will have chance TO form it's
judgment of Miss Blair's conception of the
part. This character has been Interpreted
by all Of the emotional actresses since its
first production. and it may perhaps be of
interest to the theaterSoing public to note
da Heron was the original in this country
end Camille was brought out at the old
Varieties Theater in New Orleans thirty
years ago under the management of w. H.
Crisp. who. by the way, was the father of
the late Speaker Crisp OF Georgia. Miss
Rlair's creation of Camille has been highly
spoken of, and the New Orleans critics
have placed her among those who have
best essayed the character. Her costunnng
or the part has never been excelled. the
wearing of five different white gowns being
decidedly novel. Every care and attention
will be given the production here at the
Academy next month
The Sunday Night Music Club met at
Miss Rebecca Behrend's. No. 4l2 II street
northwest. and devoted the evening to the
study of the Third Symphony in E b
(Eroica) of Beethoven. arranged for four
hands. piano and strings.
Digby Bell. the tavorire comedian. after
playing extended engagement of six
weeks last season at the Grand Opera
delightful domestic comedy, The Hoosier
Doctor" in which he scored g positive and
emphatic hit. playing TO immense audi
ences. reopened the regular season of that
theater last Monday night to the largest
and most fashionable audience ever seen
within its walls, repeating his former sue
cess. Mr.. Duncan Is. Harrison. Mr.. Bells
manager. has surrounded him with spe
ctally engaged company, which received the
highest measure OF praise from the entire
~ of the press for its individual and collec-
instances as the best supporting company
on the road this ses:on. Mr.. Harrison will
tour the organization through the principal
cities Of the west, playing St. Louis Mil
waukee. ST. Paul. Minneapolis and the
northwest into San Francisco. thence via
Denver. Kansas City and Omaha. and af-
ter brief engagements in Cincinnati, Pitts
burg. Philadelphia, Washington and Bos-
ton. an unlimited run will be made in New
York city at the Fourteenth Street Thea
ter. The supporting cast embraces the fol-
lowing ladies'
Bell. Mabel Strickland. Emma Butler Viola
Miles. Ethel Strickland. Margaret owen
Jeanette Wilder. Estelle Marbury and lit
lie Ethel Vance. and the Messrs. Arthur
Hoops. Frank Monroe. Herman Hirshberg
Gsge Clarke, Harry S. Robinson, Joseph
l.. Treacy. Bert Bayard. Harry Lytell, Ed
ward n. Franklin, Charles Edwards and
others.
The coming season does not promise a
sUperabundance of novelties but there Is a
wholesome tendency 10 get into substantial
lines of dramatic production. Even the
fimsy farces deluging the stage at pres