Evening star., 1898-11-05

and rapid cross fire keep the house in a
roar all the time they are on the stage
saxon and Brooks are a team" new to
the VauoeViiie stage. having been recruit
eo from the ranks OF the legitimate: they
appear In refined operate comedy sketch.
MISS Brooks is a soprano Of rare ability.
and In Mr.; Saxon she has a good partner.
lsiah fisner ana Jansen appear In turn,
acrouatc eanantrieities by Fisher psiss ~c::.s .s
enc songs by Miss Jansen. myrtle Tressi-
der a dashing soubrette, beautifully Co.'S
TUNED, sings After Nine" "Just One
Girl ana other up-to-date songs. Tommy
Burnett closes the olio with songs illus
trated by the bioscope. The afterpiece is
a roaring one-act farce called "A Scram-
oled Egg, and 1t does not belle its name,
Tor 1t is a scramble of fun and laughter
from start to finish
Manager Herman has secured the best
service for the reception of election returns
tuesday night, and his patrons will be kept
promptly posted during the performance.
THE BELLE OF NEW YORK."-Many
and memorable have been the successes
scored at the New York Casino. especially
since the guiding hand of George w. Led
erer took the helm at this removed estab
llshment. But with the solitary exception
of Erminie' of years ago, nothing ema-
mating from this house has hit the popular
fancy so squarely as The Belle of New
York" by Messrs Hugh Morton and Gus
tave kerker. Running in a direction
slightly divergent from the conventional
comic operas, 1t covers a somewhat newer
HELD. Its strong local color and Its very
up-to-dateness quickened popular interest
in the scheme which Mr.. Morton elaborated
in lieu of a plot The characters are all
faml1ar types, cleverly sketched and en-
terta1nlngly enjoyable throughout the three
acts Mr.. Kerker's music found happy in
splration in the characters and incidents
OF the authors theme, and the book and
score combined to afford Managers Leder-
er and Mcclellan an opportunity to vital
ize and embellish the scene in a manner
that not only astonished and delighted the
natives OF Manhattan, but also excited
the frantic applause of the blase public
or London. 1t was owing to the fact that
London has refused to let go Its hold upon
THE Belle of New York" at the Shaftes-
bury Theater, that Messrs. Lederer and
Mcclellan found it necessary to supply a
new company, with a complete and costly
equipment, to fill the engagements made
for The Belle In this country during the
seson now at hand. This new organization
from the Casino will make its first appear
ance week from Monday at the Lafayette
At the head of this coming Belle COM
pany Is Mr.. Dan DAILY, who as gloom
dissipator needs no eulogium.
THE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE.-"The
Tree of Knowledge" which has been
booked at the National for the week of No
vember IA, has for its star James X. Hack
EFT. who is making his first annual tour un-
der Daniel Frohman's management. For
the past three years Mr.. Hackett has been
a member of Mr.. Frohman's Lyceum The
ater Company. having made his first sue
cess in the Home Secretary" and follow
ing this with substantial hit in the title
role of The Prisoner of Zepda.' Since
then he has appeared to advantage in THE
First Gentleman of Europe" THE Late
Mr.. Castello.' THE Maylower," "The
Courtship of Leonie'' and THE Princess
and the Butterfly" Last season he played
in The Tree of knowledge during most
of the regular season in New York.
EDISON NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. pictures
of the war with Spain, next Columbia
Theater are full of interest, and continue
to attract good crowds These pictures are
both instructive and entertaining, and we'll
repay visit to the1exhibtions. The views
give excellent reproductions of actual
scenes of the war.
Mr.. PRIESTS EECTURE.-Mr w. Ed
win Priest was introduced at the First Bap-
tist Church last night by DR.. l.. D. Lodge
of the Columbian University, who felictous-
ly and briefly reviewed the Spanish situa-
tion. The lecture. Spain and Her Lost
Colonies was most appreciatively and en-
Enthusiastically received, the beautiful set
ting of music provided by Prof. Percy S.
Foster. with Miss Ivy Herriott soloist,
adding very greatlylto the pleasure of the
occasion