Evening star., 1897-05-17
ADJUSTMENTS.

sOUSAs CONCERT.-The last Sousa
concert Of the season attracted an i'm
mense audience to the Lafayette Square
Opera House last night. Sousa, Of course,
always draws = crowded house, but when
new composition from his versatile and
graceful pen is announced the result is
packed auditorium, and this was the case
last evening. The new number, a march,
entitled 1.-The Stars and Stripes" took at
once, and at its first presentation secured
an enthusiastic recall; the second time 1t
was given an ovation, and on its third
presentation received more applause than
any OF Sousas works have for many day.
The new march is catchy in the extreme
1t would not be a Sousa march If it were
hot-and is of that variety that makes feet
and umbrellas and fingers keep time in
voluntarily. Aside from its pleasing quali-
ties in this respect the trio is probably the
hnest piece of work the popular bandmas-
ter has ever done in the march line, there
being three distinct themes worked together
in the incest way imaginable. The way in
which it was given, of course, had much to
DO with Its attractiveness and Sousa 8
band should be able to and can play his
productions just as be wants them given.
Aside from the march the program was a
pleasing one in the extreme, and every
number received warm and enthusiastic ap-
plause OF course, Sousa's marches that
have made him famous in the past were
wanted, and he gave them to the satisfac-
ton of every one. All the old favorites
were played, and sometimes two and three
encores to number were given. The pro-
gram included Orth's Fantasie. I'm Bird
Store, the Ride of the Valkyrie'' and the
Fire Charm from Die Walkure,' the
bard showing in the two latter numbers
that 1t can play heavier music just as well
as 1t can the lighter music that comes
from Sousa's inventive brain. The soloists
OF the evening were Miss Fora Gladys Hor-
locker. who sang the aria from Samson
ana Deiilah, and an encore, and Miss
Leontine Gartner, violoncellist, who gave
Souvenir de Spa," and responded to
double encore. The latter increased the
favorable impression she made when she
played with the Maud Powell trio last
week.
THE MIKADO.-An audience that filed
nearly every part of the house witnessed
the performance of the "Mikado" by the
Jonnie Juniors Saturday evening at the CO.
lumbia Theater. The club has visited sew
eral other cities since its first performance
of the opera here, and its friends were out
In force to welcome 1t back to it's home.
The opera was handsomely staged and cos
TUNED, and the production was carried on
with the steadiuess of professional per-
formance. w. H. Conley carried off the
honors OF the evening as ko-ko and intro
duced much new business and many clever
sayings that kept his audience in con-
unued state of merriment. Next to Conley,
Fred Supplee surprised even his most inti-
mate friends by the way in which he sang
the part of Nanki Poo while Arthur Ear
nests splendid baritone showed well in the
part of Poo Bah. Geo. P. Robinson as the
Mikado was good. NJ. Leroy Cough Paul
w. Evans and Sidney Ingles made trio of
good-looking little maids, while w. II. Har-
ris as Katisha did one of the most artistic
pieces of work in the opera. The chorus
was strong and evinced much careful train
ing. The feature of the performance was
the singing of the quartet in the second
act consisting of Earnest Evans, Cough
and Supplee. Two pictures Of Col. A. G.
Dickinson and one of MIR C.. Broadway
Rouse were prominently displayed, these
being the gentlemen who made the recent
trip to New York possible. The Jonnies
have a high regard for both, and want to
impress this fact upon all. They only re-
gret that the New Workers. could not be
here in the flesh to witness the perform
ance Saturday night.