Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-04
when she will make her first bow to a
Washington audience

when she will make her first bow to q
| Washington audience.
ACADEMY OF MUSIC-Merry Katie
Emmett. who will be the attraction at the
Academy next week in her ever popular
comedy drama, The Waits of New York"
could not have achieved the remarkable
degree of success that has crowned her
efforts, had she not already been an estab-
lished fdvorIte with the public. None of
the many female stars of the present day
las longer list of warm admirers than
Miss Emmett, and these have been gained
by dint of perseverance, conscientious hard
work and her charming personnel. No
matter in what character she is seen, she
invests 1t with charm of personal attract
iVeness, draws her Characterization with
delicate shading and infuses into the part
a thorough spirit of comprehension of the
authorS Intention. so that her performance
stands out not only as filling character,
cut crea ting one. Her success in THE
Waits of New York has already stamped
her as most versatile comed:enne and
an artist in the highest acceptance of the
term, and this will be demonstrated by
those who will see her as Willie Rufus in
the coming engagement of The WATTS"
This season particular attention has been
given the vaudeville features and the con-
cert hall scene in the second act has been
ma de a special feature, affording oppor-
tunity for the Introduction of a number
CT entertaining specialties. Among the
tiStS ehSdSeu LOT tHlS feature oil the per-
formance are Harry West, who. as a Ger
man dialect comedian, has few equals.
Jennie Engel IS one of Tony Pastors
strongest cards. Elsie Eastman. late of the
Aihambra, London, and Little Oracle Sheri-
dan. one of the youngest children on the
American stage doing specialties. Miss
Emmett will also introduce her bud
get of songs selected from the latest popu-
lar successes.
COLUMBIA THEATER.-The Columbia
Iheater will open the new season Monday
night. September 13, with the favorite
operate organization the Castle Square
Opera Company. in a spectacular produce
ton of Mlloeker's charming opera comiaue,
The Reggar Student" The pleasing i'm
preston made by this admirable company
curing Its ten weeks engagement at one
OF our local play houses last spring Is
doubtless fresh in the memories of the
lnuslc-loV1ng public of Washington Such
excellent productions were never before
seen I'm this city, and the unusual atten-
ton the company received proved conclu-
sIvely that their efforts were appreciated
The forthcoming engagement will be most
pretent1ous the company being larger the
cast of principals while practically the
same as before, embracing several new art
lists, and the large chorus mere thoroughly
le zen, in Its work. Special attention
will be given to the mountings of each
opera, as well as the light effects and cos
tuning. The opening bill, 1.-The Beggar
Student. is happy selection. 1t is tune
Aui anu pilSHl anu SHOWS the ent1fe
strength of the company. There is in the
work excellent opportunity for extravagant
costuming. The Beggar Student will run
the first half of the opening week, with
Tuesday matinee, to be followed on Thurs
day by P1anquette'S romantic and pic
turesGue composition, THE Chimes of Nor
mandy The cast of principals embraces
Miss Grace Golden, Miss Carla Highlander.
Gertrude Rutledge, Bessie Fairbairn Jos.
Sheehan. Melville Stewart. William Wolff,
Arthur Wooley, Reginald Roberts. William
Marriott and others of equal prominence.
The prices decided on for the Columbia
opera season will be the same as We're In
vogue during the Castle Square Company's
stay at the Lafayette, viz: Every night,
lower floor, 20 and 30 cents; balcony, so
and % cents, and the gallery, % cents. At
the Tuesday and Saturday matinees the
entire lower floor will be 30 cents and the
two galleries % cents. Every seat in the
theater will be couponed. The sale of sea-
son tickets, boxes and seats will begin at
the box office of the Columbia Theater
Thursday morning, September 0.
KERNAN'S LYCEUM THEATER.-The
trademark of Bryant and Watson's Amer
lean BurleSquers, recently registered at
the patent office, will take it's place among
those that have stood the test of time. 1t
will make an annual appearance upon the
walls of every large city, and will mark
the presentation of a thoroughly meritori-
Gus entertainment. Bryant and Watsons
American Burlesquers will he Manager
kernan's attraction at the Lyceum next
week. This organization has been recent
ly launched but 1t has made an extraor-
binary bid for public approval. It's sue
cess has bean made more and more promi-
nent with every subsequent performance,
until now it ranks at the head, being the
most pronounced vaudeville and burlesque
achievement of the present season. The
curtain rises on cleverly composed farce.
entitled THE Hebrew Charity Ball." which
is said to present an excellent scope for
good comedy, made dOubly humorous by
the clever work of the comedians. The
scene is brilliant one, embellished with
many artistic electric effects. The olio,
which is made an especial feature by this
company, is, perhaps. the best that will
be seen here this season. 1t will include
Harry c. Bryant. well known the ex-
allied ruler of comedians, assisted by Miss
Mollie Phelps, petite singer and dancer;
Watson and Dupree, the ideal comedy
sketch stars, appearing i'll mrth-
provoking farce; Mitchell and Love, re-
fined travesty stars; Wilson and MaSSo-
ney, singers of catchy songs; Josie Gregory,
perfect sample of the modern heart
breaker; ORourke and Burnett, the ex-
traordinary dancing duo. The concluding
feature on the program will be satirical
burlesque the two Migrants, produced
under the title of the Two Big Frag
rants introducing several novelties, in
Guiding the original Red Soubrettes, the
BaZzerette Sisters and, finally, the entire
company In a grand ensemble of harmony.
There Will be an extra matinee Monday
I-dDbT udSD, anu tne regular matlneeS
Tuesday. Thursday and Saturday.
THE INCONSISTENCIES and love,
jealousy and hate heroics and cowardice,
untamed Indians and modish folk-both
grave and gay-are admirably blended in
The Indian" romantic melodrama, on
which Mr.. Lewis Morrison mas put the
stamp of his artistic approval. The scope
Of this piece Is grand, and withal so
throbbing with humanity, that it delights
every kind of theater goer. And he who
negiects to witness it misses one of the
most perfect ail-arOund meiodramatic pro-
auctions ever seen. That splendid actor
A 5. Lipman, is at the head of the organ
ization:
THE FITZSIMMONS-CORB FIGHT.
The greatest sensation of the past ten
years in amusement circles has been the
Nerisccpe pictures of the Corbett-FitZsim-
mons glove contest, which took place at
Carson City. Nevada, March II. They tell
the story of this great contest in manner
that leaves nothing to be desired by the
spectator. Every little action of the prin-
cipals and seconds is faithfully recorded.
and many little incidents that were hardly
noticed in the excitement at the ringside
Pare clearly shown. No production of any
kind has had so much newspaper notorety