Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-03-19

delicious drollery and in that captivating
manner that is characteristic of every
thing Mr.. Daily does on his stage. 1t Is
comedy of love and Misunderstanding,
pride and human nature and up-to-date
interest. There is a mother-in-law in 1t
that Is full of objection to the doings Of
a young couple, but who does not make
herself Objectionable to the audience, and
the way Miss Gilbert plays it is the way
no one else could play it, 1t is presented
with the PRINCIPAL actors and all accesso-
ries precisely as it was produced at Days
Iheater. New York. In the company are
is, Miss Fairfax, Miss Perry. Miss Con-
we're, Wflfred Clarke, Tyrone Powers, Sid
ney Herbert and William Owen.
THE NoRDIcA coNCERr-on the af-
ternoon of Thursday, March 81 Madame
Lillian Nordica will appear in a concert at
the Lafayette Square Opera House. She
WIN De assisted by Mr.. H. Evan Williams,
tenor; Mr.. Frank Cell, barytone; Leo
Stern, 'celltst, and Mr.. E. Romayne Sim
mons. pianist. Washington people any
more than other people do not need to be
told what position Madame Nordica occu-
pies in the lyric world. She is unquestion-
ably the greatest vocal artist in the coun-
try of her birth, the United States. Eng
land, Germany and France. as well as her
own land, seem to be willing to concede
that she is the greatest dramatic soprano
in the world. One of Nordica's main char
acterlStics is her artistic breadth. She Is
not only a great singer of operas, but a
great singer of oratorios, and an excellent
Ieder' singer as well. The program will
be one of unusual interest. Madame Nor
IDEAS first number will consist of four
songs by American composers, Mrs. H. H.
A. Beach and Messrs. Mcdowell, ~DeKoven
and w. G. Chadwick. Her second number
will be the grand aria from Gounod's
Queen of Sheba,' the concert terminating
until %,So
Madame Nordica, Mr.. Williams and Mr..
Cell. The prices will be the same as the
concert of last year. The sale of seats will
open next Thursday. Orders will be re-
ceived by mail or telegraph up to that time.
sAENGERBUND coNcERT.-The Wash
fngton SaergerbInd will give it's second
concert tomorrow evening at the Column
tienal merit will be presented. The bund
will be assisted by Miss Amelia B. Fisher,
soprano; Mr.. F. H. Weber of Baltimore,
tenor: Mr.. Chas. E. Myers, baritone; Mr.
an orchestra of thirty performers. The
scioists are all of well-known ability, par
ticularly Mr.. FABIAN, who possesses a
high reputation pianist. He will play
Chopn's Etude in A fiat, Weber's Per
petuism Mobile" and LISTS arrangement
of Schubert's "Eriking." Miss Fisher will
sing LISTS 1.-THE Loreley" and Goring
Thomas "a Song of Sunshine and with
Praise Ye the Lord" Mr.. Weber will
sing wagners Am stillen Herd and
Wickede's Demonstrating" and the or
chestra will play LISTS Second Hungarian
Rhapsody, selections from Faust and
Berlioz's March Hongroise."' The Saen-
gerbund will give three choruses-Mal-
mines 20 Lieb, so lang du lieben Komnst,"
in which Mr.. Myers will sustain the bari
Kromers Grouse au die Heimath." The
whole concert will be under the efficient
direction OF Mr.. Henry xander, the musi-
cal director of the Saengerbund.
THE APOLLO QUARTET.-The we'll
known Apollo Quartet will give an even
ing of song at the Gunton Temple Memorial
Church Tuesday evening next. The Apollo
Quartet consists of Messrs. Mcfarland and
Turpin, tenors; Reside, baritone. and
Ryan, bass, and is one of the best known
male quartets in this vicinity. Its work
In the past has always been up to high
order of excellence, and as 1t has not ap-
peared in public for some time it will be
given warm welcome upon its reappear-
ance. The quartet will be assisted by Mrs.
Hattie Meads-Smith, soprano, and Mr. Ar
thur d. Mayo, pianist, both of whom are
also well known in musical circles at the
capital.
THE KNEISEL QUARTET.-It was
about ten years ago that Mr.. H. e. kreh-
bel uttered the prophecy, Look out for
the Muscovite; he is threatening the music
al supremacy of Germany" This was at
the beginning of the interest, since con-
stantly increasing. In the then new Russian
school of music. Today it holds full sway
Two symphonies of Tschaikowsky hold a
permanent and frequent place on the pro-
grams of the leading series of symphony
concerts. The Kneisel Quartet, at it's con-
cert next Wednesday afternoon, gives to it's
Washington hearers an opportunity tu
hear for the first time a quartet by Boro-
din, composer whose Russian vehemence
q cont writ ~
He will think of nothing but to capture
by force and arms" Perhaps the gentle
mood Of chamber music will soften his
Muscovite fierceness; but intelligent lovers
OF music In Washington will look forward
with much interest to hearing a character
fstic work of one of the leading apostles of
the new musical evangel. One of the
greatest of the Beethoven quartets will
conclude the program. Tickets are on sale
at Droop's
POLK MILLER-one of the most unique,
chaste and elegant entertainments that will
visit Washington this season is the Miller
sisson- Wallace company. They will appear
at Rifles Hall, Friday April /. The COM
pany includes the famous impersonator and
negro dialect delineator, Mr. Polk Miller.
Oscar P. Sisson, the well-known comedian,
and Miss Esther Wallace. All are artists
ard superb in their different parts Miss
Wallace has full. well-trained voice, and
her singing and acting soon wins her audi-
ences. Mr.. Sisson's comedy work is very
funny while Polk Miller's stories, songs
and banjo picking always bring down the
house.
BESIDE THE BONNIE BRIER BUSH"
The sale of seats will open on Monday
morning for the production of Ian Mac
laren's Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush"
which comes to the Lafayette Square Opera
House on Monday. March %, with J. H.
Stoddard and Marie Burroughs in the lead
ing parts. supported by carefully selected
cast, under the direction Of Messrs Frank
L. Perley and Fred M. Ranken
JOSEF HOFMANN.-The young pianist.
Hoffman,. is once more all right, and again
playing. His appearance yesterday in New
York with the Thomas orchestra won him
another ovation The house was crowded
from top to bottom, and the reception given
the young artist was tremendous. The
date for Hofmann's Washington recital has
been fixed for April IL. his engagements
with the Thomas orchestra making It Inn
possible for him to sooner appear here
Those who secured seats for the date first
announced are informed that they are good
for that date. A few seats remain, and
those who have not secured reservations
for this recital should do SO at once. Seats
a M OF