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ment, composed for the purpose Of intro
ducing the fun strength OF the company.
An olio of exceptional features follows. In
which will appear Miss LettR Meridith, who
Is said to be the most perfectly formed wo-
man on the American stage; the Whitney
brothers. expert musical artists: the Hope
sisters, singers and dancers, and Miss Abbie
L.ameraux. the charming little soubrette.
The concluding featureiof the program will
be an up-to-date burlesques entitled THE
Greaser,' which abeunds In, witty dialogue
and humorous sayings. A prominent fea-
ture introduced In this part Of the program
VIII be the John Good dance, executed by
six pretty girls.
Castle Square Opera company.-The matt
nee to be given at the Lafayette Square
Opera HOUSE Thursday, April 8, for the
purpose of introducing the Castle Square
Opera Company to Washington theatergo-
ers. will be a most suspicious forerunner of
the fine season Of opera to be presented by
that aggregation in this city In the near
future. The performance will be given at
1880 O'Clock, and the company will make a
flying trip to this city from Philadelphia,
where 1t will be engaged at that time, re-
turning special train Immediately after
the performance. The opera to be given on
this occasion is Chassaigne's beautiful and
tuneful composition, "Falka," which will be
given with the same magnificent cast, grand
chorus and orchestra and superb stage set
tings presented at the Grand Opera
House in~the Quaker city all that week.
The prices for the matinee, as well as the
season of opera following have been placed
within reach of all. and are at an exceed.
ingly reasonable figure The box office will
open for the sale Of seats Friday morning
at o'clock.
Mr.. Clums Lecture Tonight.-'Califor-
mia and the Great Northwest is the sub
ject of the illustrated lecture to be de-
livered this evening by Mr.. John p. Clum
at the Hamline N. E. Church, in the Ep-
worth League course. No section of the
world affords grander scenic possibilities
To be able to visit Coronado, Death Val
ley, Yosemite, Del Monte, Alaska and 1el-
lowstone Park in evening is indeed,
a privilege. Mr.. Clum's collection OF slides
is made up of the most beautiful and ef-
fective views obtainable, richly coiored In
natural tints. and his descriptive address
is a happy combination of humor, romance,
pathos and eloquence.
Colored Y. NJ. c. A. Fair.-The fair for
the benefit of the athletic department OF
the the coiored Y , NJ c; A. An which mic NJ is tst being
opened its second week Monday evening
with an increased attendance. A feature
of the entertainment this evening provided
for the amusement of those who attcna
the fair will be gymnastc exhibition by
members OF the Y. NJ c. A.
The Bischoff Ccncert-The third concert
of the sixteenth season of DIR. Bischoffs
course which takes place tonight at the
congregational Church, promises to be one
of the most successful. musically speaking,
that has ever been given by this popular
musician. Dr. Bischoff has been identified
SO long with the musical interests of
Washington that any event that is con-
nected with his name is looked upon as an
assured success. and such is certainly the
case with the course given under his per-
sonal direction and supervision The pro-
numbers by well-known singers, as well as
recitations by Mr.. Guy V. Collins. DR..
Bischoff will be heard at the organ, of
course, and the program as made up pre-
sents an extremely well-balanced appear
ance.
The Bible and Archaeology.-A Lenten
lecture on THE Bible and Archaeology"
was delivered at St. Andrews Episcopal
Church last night by Rev. Angus Craw-
ford, DID, of the Virginia Theological
Seminary. The lecture was the regular
Tuesday night talk of the series given by
the Churchman'S League. and large au-
dience gave a warm welcome to the
speaker of the evening. According to the
view of the Bible student fifty years ago
everything prior to the time of David was
regarded as untrustworthy. Since that
time, however, the discoveries Of archaeol-
ogy have sustained the statements of the
Bible either confirming supplementing
them oriental archaeology had made 1t
necessary to revise the commentaries and
as whole the church was greatly in
debted to archaeology for its discoveries.
The Carreno Recital.-A coming musical
event of great interest is the Carreno re-
cltal on the afternoon of April 8, at the
Columbian Theatcr. Carreno is without
doubt the greatest woman pianist of the
century, and the only woman pianist class
ed with Rubinstein or Palerawsk She is
as much IF magnet as Paderewski for
she can do what her Sex has seldom ac-
compl1shed, draw back an audience after
1t started for home, with two encores. Car
reno has very charming way with her,
FOR. after she has covered her hearers with
ecstacy, she springs up from the piano and
smiles smile that accomplshes their
complete surrender. Time has not dimme1
the witchery of that expression, while he
has certainly added beautiful maturity
to her mastery gift. The sale of seats
opens at theater April 2.
Haley's Band Concert-Miss Bertha Lu-
cas-, one of the soloistS with Ealey's Band,
which comes to the National for concert
Sunday evening next, is very well and fa-
vorably known in this section of the coun-
try as an artistic of great merit. She
plays in Richmond and Baltimore several
times each year, beside other neighboring
cities, and the press and people of these
cities voice in her praise The
other soloists with the band are Miss Fan
ME At Lee, soprano, and Mr.. VIM. Gross
kuth correct virtuoso. 1t may be added
that Mr.. Haley and his talented artists
are working very hard on the program,
and there is no doubt that it will please
the large constituency of the band in this
city, who look forward to these concerts
with genuine pleasure.