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The times., 1898-01-16
IMPORTANT MUSICAL EVENT.
A Series of Concerts BY Prominent
Artists Arranged for February

Artists Arranged for February.
Washington is slowly but surely tax
ing it's place in the foremost rank Of
American artistic centers. Up to q few
years ago its political and social aspect
had been of overwhelming Importance,
and art and music were more or less
neglected or passed over Now, howey-
er, through the untiring efforts of
comparatively small band of interested
and enthusiastic workers, we have en-
Joyed grand opera; 1t is true, at rather
large prices, but that can only be rene
died by time, and a fair number OF de-
Nghtful concerts and recitals by the
greatest artists of the world. This leads
up quite naturally to q series of con-
certs announced to be given at Rausch-
ers in February under the direction of
that indefatigable. manager, Mrs. Ber-
man. of New York. These concerts viii
include such artists as Mr.. Walter
Damrosch, Mime. Gadski, Mr.. David
Bispham, Mr.. and Mrs. Henschel, Henri
Marteau, and Theodor Bjornsten, and it
is hoped the mere mention of these
names will be sufficient TO insure the
success of so deserving an effort.
The concerts are under the patronag ge
of the Cabinet ladies, ambassadresseS
and leading society women of Wash
ington. A list of the patronesses,
which follows, will give a fair indica-
ton of the magnitude of the enterprise.
Tickets of admission can be had from
the patronesses only.
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Academy of Music.

William Barry is an old favorite
among our comedians, and he will be at
the Academy tomorrow night and for
five succeeding nights, in "The Rising
Generation" Mr.. Barry's name in this
play is Martin McShane, and he is an
Irishman, with brogue and a dudeen.
The Irishman lives in and about New
York, where. after Ireland, his nation
is most at home, and during the course
OF the play he finds himself rich, and
the fun begins. His attempts to adapt
himself to his fortune are amusing, and
several people, notably Miss Eva Vim
cent as Johanna McShane; James III.
Manning, Samuel Forrest and Joseph
Davis help on the good work of making
the evening entertaining. The musical
numbers and specialties which Mr.. Gill,
the author. found he must have for the
proper development of his idea, are all
lively and up to date, and the
scenery. which represents. among other
things. Battery Park and Herald
Square. in New York. is realistic and
attractive.
The times., 1898-01-16
JULIA ARTHUR.

Julia Arthur is one of the most thor
oughly individual of American actress
es. She is not only a beautiful woman.
of an unusual, almost Oriental, type.
but she is a student and an artist. Her
dramatic career began when she was
hardly more than a child. and she has
never ceased, from that day To this. to
study. To observe. and to strive for alb
solute perfection in her art. Even
when she has made d decided success
in a role she does not rest on her laurelS,
as too many actresses are prone to do.
She is never satisfied until she has
brought out all the possibilities of that
role. She does not hesitate to employ
new methods in the place of the hack
neyed stage traditions. She viii Sacri-
fee, if necessary, theatrical effect to
dramatic effect, momentary applause
to true realism. She is entirely de-
voted TO her art.
Miss Arthur is Canadian by birth.
her native place being Hamilton,
ontario 1t is not generally
known that her real name is
Lewis, and that when she went
on the stage she took for her stage
name the given name of her brother,
Mr.. Arthur Lewis, who is now her
manager. She is of Welsh and Irish
parentage. and in her temperament
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THEATRICAL NOTES.

Mr.. Arthur Lewis, business manager
for Julia Arthur. yesterday signed con-
tracts whereby Miss Arthur will play
three months in New York next sea
son. 1t will be remembered that Miss
Arthur was forced to leave New York
this season on account of other con-
tracts which had been made for her
outside of that city. In April. at the
close of the present season. it is the IN
tention Of Miss Arthur to return TO
New York and take up the run of "A
Lady of Quality where its metropoli-
tan career had been cut short. II sue
cessful, this will be the first time on
record that a successful run has been
repeated in that city.
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and decides finally to reveal the con-
spiracy to her conpatriots. Then she
wishes she had not, and stands be-
tween him and their bayonets, and
[ that Is the end of 1t. The play is adapt
ed from the German. Frankly, 1t is not
one of the plays over which the public
is likely to go wild, even with Miss Mar
lowe as the Countess.
Somebody might feel inclined to ask
what earthly chance the Heart OF
Chicago" would have in the heart OF
New York, and at first thought it real
ly seems very much like the cardiac
organ of the Bruce carried into the
thick of the battle by that faithful
Scotchman of his. But the play really
had a crowded house, and though
it Is claimed that 1T is
full of heart interest"-that phrase
has been overworled-it has some ef-
fective scenery and is keeping five conl-
panies busy in this country and Eng
land.
During this month a new play by
Paul Kester. of Gypsy fame, is to be
produced. Mr.. Kester is a very young
man to have done so much successful
work as he has, and his book, Tales
of the Real Gypsy" gave the impress
sion of a good deal of reserved power
which would be likely to show itself at
some time. The play is called What
Dreams May Come" which is rather
piquant and interesting title. More will
be heard of it in course of time.
Next week grand opera begins in
New York, and it will be about equally
interesting to society people, who con-
slider it a season for social display, and
for musical people, who regard it as
feast of the gods. Melba and Nordica
will be upon the stage, and during the
fifteen evenings and five matinees of
the season nearly all the great operatic
compositions will be sung The operas
to be performed are: Faust" Romeo
ct Juiiette,' Les Huguenots," "Travi-
ata," "Cavalleria Rusticana." Ma
non, "Rigoletto.' Carmen ''Lo-
hengrin," 'Tannhaeuser' Die Meis-
tersinger." Tristan und Isolde" .tDas
Rheingold," "Siegfried' and Die Goet-
terdaemmeFung."
1t is a glorious program, and the big
Metropolitan Opera House will be
packed with beatified people. By the
way, there is little story floating
about town, concerning a member OF
the Vanderbilt family, who was asked
how much it cost him to take his wife
and daughters to grand opera. He said
he never had counted it up exactly, but
their gowns cost $4,000, and then he be-
lieyed there was a trifie for the box.
The times., 1898-01-16
Grand Opera House.

The Woman in Black by Fl. Grat-
tan Donnelly, is the attraction at the
Grand Opera House this week, and is
one of those New York melodramas
which are so realistic that they are
almost startling. One of the especially
interesting scenes is on Broadway. op-
posite the Hoffman House. on the night
of a big election, and will show election
returns thrown by steropticon up
on a screen. There have been hypnotic
plays, and there have been political
plays, but this one is combination of
the two. THE Woman in Black" sup
plies the hypnotic part of it, for the
benefit of the politician who supplies
the political part of it, and the combi-
nation is very exciting. The produc-
tion is by Jacob Lift whose plays are
always carefully staged, and acted with
spirit The scenic artist is John III.
Young, of the Broadway Theater, New
York
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ON THE STAGE IN
GOTHAM TOWN

New York. Jan. 15.-One of the things
over which this city has been excited
lately is the simultaneous appearance
of two Rosalinds during the same week.
Julia Marlowe played the part at one
| theater and Ada Rehan at another.
| The two representations are as differ
ent as any two things can be. They
are no more alike than big, sumptu-
Gus, red garden rose is like delicate
| ly tinted orchid, or the flavor of a
| Welsh rarebit like that of bunch of
hot-house grapes.
Miss Rehan's Rosalind was lauded to
the very clouds some years ago, and
until Julia Marlowe appeared on the
scene nobody else had any chance to
play the part. Miss Rehan's particu-
lar. pet, private success in the part is
the way in which she says Shakes
peare's funny things. They sound so
spontaneous that one stops to think
whether they are really in the original
text, or merely an Interpolation out of
the overtiowing, bubbling, buoyan1
good-nature of the player
Julia Marlowe's Rosalind is dainty.
sprite-li like. picturesque little maiden,
who has to trespass somewhat on the
declares that she is more than COM
mon tall''-it is so very evident that
she isn't The charm of her render
ing of the character lies in the airy
evenescent, poetic quality which she
gives to it. She is full of life and inno-
cent fun, yet always girlishly sweet and
simple and the boy Ganymede is, as
ushe imagines him. one of those mis-.
chievous youths who are privileged
characters, favorites with everybody.
rather than a young man of "a swash-
ing and a martial outside
In her scene with Orlando there is
never the least touch of consciousness.
Her maidenly feeling is instructive,
hardly acknowledged even to herself.
and when, in her talk with him, she
takes occasion to- wrap herself in her
mantel so as to conceal her boys dress,
it is done so unobtrusively that only
those in the audience who are on the
lookout for artistic effect would be
likely to notice it,. -
The ideal Rosaaind has hardly been
seen in this decade. The combination
of spirit, beauty and ,delicacy-and the
beauty must be of peculiar style
which are required for this part are
rare. But now and then-perhaps once
in two or three generations-the Rosa
lind of Shakespeare appears, the Rosa
lind whose bright image was his ia
vorite, tradition says, among all his
dreams of fair women.
Miss Marlowe's new play ''The Count
ess Valleska," has won some widely
different opinions. 1t seems to be one
of those plays which are liked or dis
liked according to the mood of the
critic He may have eaten a late sup
per the night before. when he goes to
criticise that play. and the play accord
ingly suffers. He may have had some
happy adventure with the lady of his
heart or the editor of his copy; in that
case everything is rose-colored. At
ans rate the play has to do with a
struggle between love and patriotism,
and it is one of those dramatic dramas
of which we have had several lately.
The Countess is of Polish birth. Her
lover is a Prussian officer. As the
French say, Behold all,'' The officer
is involved in a conspiracy to murder
Napoleon and the Countess finds this
out. She has a stormy scene with him,
The times., 1898-01-16
Biiou

At the Bijou Theater this week Fred
erick Hallen, late of the farce comedy
starring team, Hallen and Hart. and
Miss Mollie Fuller, the well-known
comedienne, viii present their new mu-
sical comedy sketch. "A Fair Ex-
chanSe- This is their first apnear
ance in vaudeville, and Manager
GrieVes has taken long step forward
IN securing such an attraction at the
regular prices of admission. Several
other high-claSs teams also appear in
the bill RamZa and Arno, two of Kos
ter d Bial's European importations.
with their burlesque donkey BIondin
VIII make their initial bow to Wash
ington audience. Mrs. Hattie Stewart
the champion feminine boxer of the
world, in conjunction with Tommy GIL
len, the well-known lightweight. in a
good comedy sketch, Will give a char
acteristic speciality. Charles and .Jen-
ME Walsh. a clever couple, will appear
In comedy of their own peculiar fun
making. Danny and Marti Collins
comic Vocalists and dancers. will be on
the bill, and Miss Alice Carn1elo and
several other people Of ability will fiII
out a program second to none that the
Bllou has given this season. The mat
iness viii be given daily, as usual
The times., 1898-01-16

she was the Rosamond of his Beckett. -
and during Ellen Terry'S illness she ap-
peared as lmogen in "Cymbeline. Z"
Seldom has a career of nine years
shown such a variety of work. and
creditable work as this.
During ali this time Mr.. Arthur
Lewis was quietly working toward his
own end, that end being to occupy
precisely the position which he now
does-his sisters manager and part
ner. His faith in her genius was un-
limited, and even in the early days of
her dramatic success. he was laying
plans for the time when he should be
able, as her manager, TO help her real
lze her ideals of dramatic art He has
been engaged in several theatrical ven
lures, but so quietly that his name
has not been familiar TO the theatri-
cal world. The companionship be
tween the brother and sister has been
close and delightful. in spite of the
eXlgencies of theatrical life. and Miss
Arthur has always been influenced By
her brothers advice in her work. Af-
ter her great success in THE Black
Masque. in New York. she received
many aattering offers from different
managers, but refused to undertake a
star role until the time when she
should appear under her brothers
direction 1t Was due 10 his advice
that she went to England. her object
being 10 perfect herself more fully in
her art.
Then Mr. Lewis quietly gained pos
session of the manuscript of "A Lady
of Quality" While some of the most in
fiuential managers in New York We're
trying to secure it. He went to Eng
land and secured the release of his SIS
ter from Irving's company. and the two
planned the drama, detail by detail
engaged actors. and made all the prep
arations for a production which should
be artistically perfect. Until the fire
in Detroit, however, the magnificence
of the scenery and costumes was not
generally known The play had not
been exploited as a twenty-thouSand
dollar affair, because the object of the
twenty thousand dollars was to form a
suitable background for the actors. 1t
is nevertheless true that Mr. Arthur
Lewis has spared no pains to have
every scene and every costume artis-
tic and beautiful.
The rest of Miss Arthur's career has
been told in the daily papers of the last
few months. "A Lady of Quality"
achieved an instant and brilliant New
York success, and the New York man
aSer was very reluctant to lose K ana
so were the company TO go BIT; ether
places refused to allow any change cf
contract, and so the New York en-
saSenient was terminated considerably
sooner than was in any way profita-
BILE.
The times., 1898-01-16
Lafayette Square Opera House.

Most people know that Klaw & Err
langer's Jack and the Beanstalk' is a
potpourri of songs, dances, and pretty
girls. Some more definite information.
however, may be interesting. The
production is the apotheosis of the mod
ern extravaganza The plot is not it's
strong point, but that does not matter
The music, the ballets, and the cos
TUNES are enough. The melo-
dies are rhythmical and strongly
marked, and the first chorus, for mems
voices, Is especially so. 1t is sung by
the Forty Thieves, and is in six-eight
time, allegro. After this comes a topi-
cal song by Sindbad, in two-four time,
and then Jack appears with song
I've Sold the Cow" in siX-eight, with
waltz refrain. Little Miss Muffet and
Sindbad then sing duet which is a
fine example of melodiouS polka, and
another charming duet of the first act
is Loves Ecstacy," partly in three
four time, andante, with a good waltz
melody for refrain. There is a mixed
chorus and drinking song in act two,
and in the third act comes a dainty ga
Vote. Once There Lived a Pretty
Maid" sung by Mary. the Contrary.
Miss Maud Holiins.) A catchy
waltz melody, written for the words,
Mistress Mary, Quite Contrary" is
given first as a solo by Jack Miss
Lessing), and later taken up as
finale, with Obligato for Jack Two of
the ballets are especially taking and
pretty. One is the electrical ballet
The Birth of the Firehy." The stage
is at first in dense darkness. Then
numberless little lights appear, in all
possible colors. and develop gradually
till the exquisite outlines of a beYv OF
beautiful girls are revealed. moving to
the sound OF music. The development
continues till the dancers are a whirl-
ing maze of many-colored lights. daz-
zling, brilliant and exquisite in effect.
The other ballet is the blackbrd bal
let. which comes about after this
fashion; The forty thieves are the
henchmen of a giant, and the giant an
ticipates eating the four and twenty
blackbiTds which We're baked in the
pie. When the pie is opened, however.
four and twenty pretty girls, dressed to
resembled their feathered namesakes.
appear, and proceed to dance one of
the most picturesque, dainty and
stage. 1t is said, by the way. that be-
fore the youth and beauty of this or
ganiZation was gotten together, Messrs.
Klaw & Erlanger had gone through
more trials and tribulations than the
average manager ever dreamed of, for
they had set their standard high and it
was not easy of attainment. There had
to be over fifty young, pretty and slen-
The times., 1898-01-16
The Saengerhund.

The attention of the public is called
to the concert to be given tonight at
the Columbia Tbeater by the United
Singers of the Saengerbund and Arion
Clubs, for the benefit of the German
Orphan Asylum. A most attractive
program has been arranged, consisting
of choruses by the United Singers,
numbers by a picked orchestra of thirty
pieces, and vocal and instrumental So
los by well-known artists. This con-
cert is especially interesting from the
fact that it is the first occasion on
which the Saengerbund and the Arion
have Joined hands, and because of the
noble charity for which it is given it
should receive the cordial support of
everyone. The chorus will consist of
seventq-fiNe voices, and, with the or
chestra will be under the direction of
Mr.. Henry Xander leader of the Saen-
gerbund. The soloists for the occasion
are Mrs. Kittie Thompson Berry, So
prano; Mrs. Ernest Lent, pianist,
and Mr.. Frederick II. Weber, of Balti-
more. tenor. The advance sale of seats
has been a large one, and a house
packed to the doors should be present.
The times., 1898-01-16
A Freakish Fraud OF uncle sam.
(From the BaItjmore News


Cash pa id for old postal cards uncan-
eelled, = sthe unique announcement through
which an enterprising firm is building up
a profita bIe, business I wo million Of these
sinEly Insignificant bits OF Uncle Sam
pasteboard have been reclaimed. Four
hundred thousand have been found ia
Phila delphia, and now out of-the-way cor
ners are being sea rched throughout RaIti-
more in the hopes OF bringing to light un-
expect ed assets of this sort which had been
written OF printed upon, whether one or
both sides are involved, provided they have
never been run through the postoffice.
About two months ago man in New
York discovered preparation which viii
remove ink without leaving behind the
slightest trace. The idea occurred to
the New York man to clean the nunibeTleSS
spoiled postal cards. He feared to patent
his preparation, and if anyone can fin,i
out its component parts it may be freely
used
SO great is the secrecy preserved that,
though now he has a factory employing
twenty five hands in cleaning the cards
that pour in, the work OF making the
Diutpu is uoHe entiIety DIT HlgHt. NO
eInploye is trust ed with the formula,
but the discoverer's two sons work W hen
the world sleeps to prepare tie liquid
necessary to keep the factory running
the next day.
company was formed to collect cards
over the country. It's agents buy Them.
ship them to New York, where 25 900 are
cleaned in one day, and shipped to head
quarters in Fhila delphia, where they are
printed or addressed for business houses
Printing is more easily removed than writ
ing because in writing the pen scratc he's.
allowing the ink to be absorbed. while
type but spreads the ink upon che surface.
Cleaning causes the card to swell some
what, and after the bath 1T is passed
between hot rollers, which reduce it to
Its original thickness and dry it at the
same time.
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der girls in the cast, and the hunting of
this game was an arduous and pains
taking business. But the thing was
done. Some idea Of the task may be
obtained from the fact that before the
eight pretty maids who accompany
Mistress Mary could be assembled for
business, over one hundred applica-
tions had been made Besides the
chorus and the leading characters,
there will be seen Jack and Jill, Jack
Horner. Red Riding Hood, and Mary
with her little lamb, Miss Muffet, and
nearly every other dear familiar friend
of ones childhood, walking about, as
Chimmie Fadden would say, ION top
er de stage
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full, painstaking work. the fire and
emotional power, which have marked
her later years.
During her girihood she PLAYED in
THE Two Orphans Woman Against
Woman" Captain Swift 'The Col
leen Bawn,' ARA -Pogue,'' "Jim.
the Penman." The Private Secretary"
and a good many other popular plays
Then, while she was still young girl,
she made her first great hit in THE
Black Masque." The leading dramatic
critic of New York at that time hap
pened to be in the house and before
the audience had finished their first
round of enthusiastic applause he de-
cided that he had discovered a new
star. The next morning there was
glowing tribute in his paper to the
beauty. magnetism. and dramatic gem
ius of the young actress. and it was not
many weeks after that that she re-
ceived tempting offer from A. NJ
Palmer, and played under him. the
parts of Jeanne. in "A Broken Seal"
Lofty Fletcher, in Saints and Sim
ners." and Lady Windermere. in
Lady Windermere's Fan Her next
triumph came in the title role of Thom-
as Bailey Aldrichs play. Mercedes"
In this brief tragedy she found char
acter peculiarly suited to her person
The times., 1898-01-16

the dreamy and intense Ideally and
fine sensitiVeness of the Celt are blend
ed with practical cleverness which
fully realizes an ideal once perceived.
Her dark and sumptuous beauty is
another heritage from her Celtic an
ceStors, and as now and then happens
among the people of Ireland and the
Highlands of Scotland. the raven hair.
deep, lustrous eyes, and rich voice sug-
gest the orange gardens of the South
and the soft sUn-heated winds of the
East, rather than Canadian snowbanks
or the green fields of Ireland. or any
other Northern land. Her talent de-
veloped early, her first public appear
ance being at the age Of eleven, in an
amateur performance of The Honey
moon in which she took the part
of Zamora. and in The Merchant of
Venice. as Portia. When she was
thirteen she decided to apply for a
fessional engagement. and recited be-
fore Bandman. who at once engaged
her for three years. She was given at
first small part but within four
months was leading lady of the COM
pany, TO the utter astonishment OF peo-
pie who did not know her. She played
some extraordinary roles for SO young
q girl. and showed even then the care
The times., 1898-01-16
COMING TO THE THEATERS.

The attraction which is promised at
the National one week from tomorrow
night is Frohman's Never Again.
The company is headed by E NJ Hol-
land, and Grace, Kimbail is the leading
lady. The play was adapted from a
French play, lie True de Seraphin. >
which Mr.. F'rohman saw in Paris. His
alert mind at once perceived its pos
sibilities; he secured it, had il render
ed into English by Henry Guy Carle-
ton. and the outcome was Never
Again" And never again. probably
will he make a better hit. The comedy
has had a run of two hundred nights
in the Garrick Theater, New York, and
has since been on the road.
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ality. and played it TO perfection. She
afterward played Rose Woodmere, in
The Prodigal Daughter" Drusilia Ives
in The Dancing Girl" Vera. in
Moths" and Constance Belmore, in
One Touch of Nature" Then came
her engagement in England, where, in
Sir Henry Irving. she found a master
in sympathy with all her ideals. and
under whom she won laurels in every
part which she undertook. She play
ed Sophia, in olivia and Queen
Anne to Sir Henry's Richard the III;