Evening star., 1897-05-29
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son with the Hollands and their clever
| support, the managers of the Coiumbia
| Stock are confident that they will come
out successfully. They claim that Wash
| ington has never had a stock company
| which contains such strong material as
the present one. Although up to date their
| successes have been in farcical and fan
tastic comedy, in "A SuperfluOuS HuS-
band many of the players will have the
style of parts best suited to them. Mr..
| A. s. Lipman, Tor instance. as the hus-
band, will have leading part exactly IN
line with his greatest successes for al
| though clever farceur. like Joseph Hol-
| land who played the part before, he is
also strong actor Of leading roles. Jas
| o. Barrows. who will appear as DR.. Wood
| the part originated by E. NJ Holland, Is
| perfectly at home in this style of quaint
| quiet comedy-in fact at his best In It,
! Miss Katherine Grey will be the ambitious
wife, and while her Niobe is admirable,
| there is no doubt that her emotional pow
els will appear to better advantage in this
stronger role. Henry Bergman will be that
distnrber of domestic peace, De Winton
| while feature of the performance will be
the first appearance with the company OF
the popular Washington actor. Mr.. William
| Boag, as o. De Puyster Bissell the part
| originated by Thomas Oberle. There are
| fourteen characters in the cast, utilizing
| the full strength of the stock company,
| with the exception of one member, all hav-
ing suitable parts. In Difference to the late
| dinner hour of most of its patrons, the
Columbia will ring up it's curtain at $50
| o'clock each evening, and as the sewer con-
| structioD now interferes with the approach
of carriages on the street side. there
viii be special doorkeeDer stationed at
| the 18th street entrance to accommodate
patrons who drive to the theater. There
will be one matinee, on Saturday.
THE GRAND-Commencing with the
| matinee next Monday, Messrs Herman &
Rife will present to the Washington public
| a high-class vaudeville entertainment, each
artist selected for special merit Having
COmDptad uyif Mr
| the well-known manager, for his company,
they announce the following well-known
artists: Mr.. John c. Rice and Miss Sallie
Conen, who VIII present their latest sketch,
| entitled THE Kiss. These artists were the
| favorites of Miss May Irwin's "Courted Into
| Court Company, and their sketch is de-
| lightfully rendered. Mr.. Geo. w. Monroe,
! the original Aunt Bridget" Miss Froto,
the queen of all high kickers In her terp-
| sichorean melange: Douglas and Ford, the
clever entertainers; Miss Edna Aug, the
| American Anna Held: AL. Stern, the versa
tile mimic, who will give limitations of
Richard Mansfield, De Wolf Hopper, Z. H.
Sothern, Stuart Robson. ETC., which are
| said to surpaSS any who have ever attempt
ed limitations of these popular stars; Miss
Anna Driver, the dainty little soubrette, in
her latest songs, late Of the Vim. Barry
| Company, and Mr.. Myer Cohen the Cali
| fcfnia baritone. who Is the originator of
electric Illustrated songs. Popular prices
will prevail.
H.
There will be a merry time at the Lyceum
Theater next week. when Ishams Octo-
rooms will appear in the most novel and in
| teresting entertainment offered this or past
seasons. Originality will predominant from
| beginning to end. Mr.. Isham has been Law
ish in expenditure on scenery and COS
tunes, everything being new, rich and
striking. The company embraces the very
pick of high-class colored stars, each Sc
lected for special excellence in some par
ticular act, and embraces such artists
Madame Flower, whose phenomenal voice
attracted general attention at Nantasket
| Beach, where critical Boston pronounced
her the vocal wonder of the century The
madame is ably seconded by Fred. ]. Pip
er, a baritone of rare ability. Mr.. and
Mrs. Tom Mcintosh, the inimitable comedy
pair, who will make their initial appear
ance in Washington this season. Tom Nc
Intosh is the peer of all American
comedians, and his abundant flow of orig
inal wit keeps his audience in continuous
| roar. The Hyer Sisters, Mr.. and Mrs. Irv-
ing Jones, the leading laugh producers;
Miss Belle King, another noted song bird;
Shorty May, mimic and character comedian.
and twenty-five other artists included
in the company. Besides the singing, there
will be dances and a number Of novel
features.
MANAGER KERNANS BENEFIT
A testimonial benefit will be rendered Man
ager Eugene Herman at the Lyceum next
Monday evening, and from present indi-
cations the occasion will be the most sue
cessful ever given the popular beneficiary.
All of the necessary details are completed,
and the Committee in charge is Justly proud
of the results of its efforts. The attraction
selected is a purely professional one, and
comes under the title of John w. Isham's
: | Octoroons, who have, with the permission
of Mr.. Isham, individually volunteered their
services for the occasion. Among the
prominent members of this excellent or
ganizatiOn is Nine. Flower, whose rare
voice has won for her the title of THE
! Bronze Melba-" Mime. Flower will be as
sisted by Fred. ]. Piper, the distinguished
baritone. Tom Mcintosh, the peer of Afro
American comedians. will make his first
, appearance this season, assisted by his
, wife. Others in the company are Madah
Hyar, Grundy and Murray, Matt Johnson,
: Edw. Harris and Maize Brooks.
Miss Maude Allen Of this city left Thurs
! day for Louisville, KY. to join Frederic
will play roles in "SnowbalP and School,
made popular by Mary Sanders last sum-
mer.
, LAST OF THE BIOGRAPH.-The exhi-
) Eitions of the Biograph this afternoon at
/ 4:30 and this evening at 8:15 o'clock will
; be the last this season. and Washington
amusement seekers will not have another
chance to wjtress the entertaining, inter-
esting and educational display again until
next fall. The Biograph has had a run of
nearly seven months, and its success has
been unprecedented. 1t has not only fur
nished the very highest class of an enter
tainment-one that educates and edifes
!. at the same time that 1t entertaIns and
E pleases the passing fancy-but 1t has by
its benefit exhibitions done a world of good
J in charity. Col Jay Durham has made
himself very popular as the manager of
{ the Biograph and has won for himself
thousands of friends and admirers.
S ''CINDERELLA' BY CHILDREN.-The
$ pretty operate play in four acts of Gin
o derella, or the Good Fairy and the Little
: Glass Slipper" was presented for charity
n last evening at the National Theater. and
e was repeated this afternoon. by the pupils
e of Prof. Sheldon. Large audiences were In
a | attendance at both performances. The lit
$ tie ones seemed to do even better work
d | than al the original presentation several
IL weeks ago. and all the features were vel
s received. particularly the arrival of the
e golden chariot drawn by little ponies Lit.
= tie Edna Danforth easily carried off the
IS honors- Others in the cast of characters
s were Lille Hughes, Pansy Wilson, Willie
l. Newton. Daisy Waring, Grace Kesmodel
d Viva Navifuese. Albert Coryell, Chester
J. Smith, Nellie Hunt, Joseph ireland, An
drav Dnrffv 7 1t.