Evening star., 1898-03-12

Bros, expert musical artists; the Brown
ings. refined travesty stars; Miss Emma
Carus, the vocal phenomenon; Maud Deity
and Edith Murray, in their new creation,
Two Swell Members From Coontown;'
Begiey and Lee singing and dancing come
dlans; the Great Harmody, champion club
juggler of the world John l.. Sullivan's s
company will form the attraction at the
Iyceum next week, opening with a special
Monday matinee.
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
The fifth and last concert in the series by
the Boston Symphony Orchestra, at the
Lafayette Square Opera House, is announc-
ed for Tuesday afternoon, March %, when
a program devoted to the works of Rich
ard Wagner, with the exception of the
opening number. will be presented. The
first selection will be Beethoven's Sympho-
ny No. 3, better known as the Heroic
This symphony was begun in 1902 and fin
ished In August, 1904. The full title is:
Heroic Symphony; composed to celebrate
the memory of a great man." The first
MS. copy of the score, prepared for the
French legation at Vienna, was inscribed
to Napoleon Bonaparte, whose career Beet
hoven had watched with the greatest in
terest and admiration. But when the COM
poser heard of the coup d'etat, he tore off
the title page in disgust and dedicated the
symphony to Prince Won Lobkowitz. The
work was first performed in private, at
Prince Won LobkowitZ's house In Vienna, in
December, 1904; its first public performance
was at a concert given by Clement at the
Theater an der Wien, on Sunday evening,
April Z, 1905, when it was conducted by
Beethoven himself. On this occasion Beet
hoven played the joke upon critics and
public of having it set down on the pro-
gram as Symphony in D sharp major" A
very essential feature of a Wagner pro-
gram in an orchestral concert is the selec-
ton of excerpts from this great composers
rES uhi f.
fectivepe<s from the absence of the stage
setting. Wagner's music dramas, for the
most part, depend so largely upon the ac-
cessories of scenery, costumes and stage
setting that it is easy task to find an
entire program of such excerpts. Conduc-
tor Paur has shown much skill in the make
up of his program, which includes: the
overture to "Rienzi," the "Siegfried' 1dyll,
prelude to act III of "Lohergrin,' prelude
and Isolde's Love Death from Tristan and
Isolde" and the "Tannhauser' overture.
AUGUsTIN DALY'S COMPANY-"Num-
her Nine" or 1.-The Lady of Ostend," is the
name of play that Mr. DAILY has recently
produced at his New York theater, and it
ing entertainments that the metropolis has
had in several seasons. 1t is acted by
ten more of the best artists in Mr.
Days employ and all of them, under Mr..
Dalys personal direction, will present
Number Nine" here during the week COM
mencing March %, just as it is being
done in New York Mr. Daily has always
so faithfully carried out his promises with
us that we can rest assured that in the
presentation of this comedy here we are to
tc afforded delightful evening. He is the
most important factor today ir the honest
upholiing of theatrical art and has accom-
plished so much in furnishing us with high
class stage work that this reason alone
should always guarantee him an ovation
when his company appears here One need
not be too inquisitive in advance concerning
the details of the DlaS, ANYTHING that Mr
DAILY does is worth the seeing, but in this
case, Number Nine is decided novelty,
and the spirit of drollery and fun that per-
vades it is as fresh and as grateful as the
meadow-blown breeZes. 1t is all about the
MISUNDERSTANDING of a young married cou-
pie, which are entered into by the parents
of the wife, who in turn have similar mis-
understanding born out of the happy chum-
ship between the young husband and his
father-in-law. 1t is delicious bit from
the German, done into attractive English
by the famous humorist, Mr.. Burnand, edi-
tor Of the London Punch
JOSEF HOFMANN.-There is no doubt
ing the fact that Josef Hofmann is as
great sensation as ever came to this
country to make bid for public favor.
The critics seemed to have We'd with one
another as to who could be most demon
strative in praise of the young man. In
Hofmann musicians have found vrtuoso
whom they call perfection. the ladies have
discovered another pianistic idol to wor-
ship and the enthusiasts another excuse
for shouting Bravo" He has the Rubin
stein dash, the Rubinstein bravora and
the Rubinstein andactiy. His sense of
rhythm is remarkable and his control of
tempo and command of dynamcs permits
him to produce the most stirring effects.
He is a much greater artist today. all
things considered, than he was when q
boy. AS child he was the most remarka-
bic pianist who ever came to this country,
and he takes that same honor as man.
HOfm1nD'S is follows: Prelude
and Fugue Cd MAJOR. s. Bach; Senate, OF.
101, Beethoven; Three Songs Without
Words, Mendelssohn. "a minor, F major,
c major): Variations and Fugue (on origi-
nal thence, Josef Hoffman,; Nocturne (E
major), Three Preludes C major, B major,
E-fiat majoD, Folonaise (A-fat major),
Chopin; Margaret at the Spinning Wheel,
Erl-King Schubert-LisZt; Barcarole "a
minor), Rubinstein; Rhapsode No. 6. Liszt.
The recital occurs next Tuesday afternoon
at the Columbia. Seats selling at Guz-
mans ticket office, at Droops.
WHAT HAPPENED TO JONES'
What Happened to JONES' which comes
to the National Theater Monday, March q,
is a most humorously suggestive name for
a farce, yet it is wholly inadequate to in
Sinuate the numerous and varied things
that occur to the fellow whose homely ap-
pellation figures in the title. George II.
Broadhurst, the author, is a farceur of i'm
aginative and inventive resources, and has
departed most creditably and successfully
from the beaten path of his predecessors.
1t would be hopeless task to tell all that
happened to Jones, but the title may be
supplemented by few remarks for the
berefit of those who want their imagtna-
tion quickened The situations are ex-
trcmely amusing and the lines are excep-
tionally clever, the whole being one of the
most delightful farce-comedies brought out
in years, it's continuous merriment and evil
dent popularity being striking demonstra-
ton of the fact that light comedy may
be a big money-maker and yet be wholly
decent.
COL. r. G. INGERSOLL.-Col. Robert G.
Irgersoll will make his appearance in this
city tomorrow evening at the National
Theater for the last time in many months,
owing to the fact that he will in all prob
ability make an extended lecture tour
through Great Britain beginning next fall.
After numerous requests from people of all
denominations he has decided to give his
fan Gus discourse on the Genius of
Shakespeare" which has made his name
known from one hemisphere to another.
There is nothing in this lecture that
touches in the slightest way upon the ques-
tion Of religion, and those who hold views
differing from the colonel on that subject
need have no fear of being offended. In
nn hot ha eyfx,