Evening star., 1898-03-08

0dalne IarHa 70 o0AApartment In Paris, then
to the home ofxe1trice Bike, in the Thops-
and Islands, Eh8s scenary was especially
prepared.
GRAND OPRAEIOUSE.-wov around
q plot that Is t1ril11ng and highly emotional
''Tennessee.s Earaner," a comedy drama,
suggested by Bret Harte's romance, was
produced last 0v.afng at the Grand Opera
House to the satsfactfon Of an appreci-
ative audience.a The fact that the play was
suggested by Rrn Harte is sufficient ex-
cHse for layin8sths scenss In the mountains
ana mining canpMnear Carson City. There
or course, u Uynlain. who is continually
missed by the 00Mpants of the gallery; a
hero, who foilsi the villain at every turn,
and heroine whose acts are an sxcuse for
the operations. OF, the two first mentioned.
Ihe production b marked by. clever char
acter work, and, too. it Is clean and en-
tirely proper throughout. All In all it is
one of thu most pleasing plays seen this
season at the Grand Opera House, and the
lndlcatfoDs are that its run In this city VIII
be successful. Miss Jane Corcoran, as Ten
nessee Kent, insinuated herself into the
good gracss of the audience, her work be-
ing notfceably above the average. The
legitimate and high toned" was interpret
ed by Mr.. James M. Brophy, and his looks
vera In keeping with his acts. The re-
mainder of the company consists Of we'll
seasoned material, the members being Miss
Estha Williams and Miss Annie Mortimer
and Messrs. Percy Plunkett, Walter Ryder,
Frank NJ. Kelly, Theodore Westman, Mar
ian L. Bohannon, Leon Parmet and George
Mansfield. A pleasing feature of the even
ing was the work of the Golden Nugget
quartet. consisting of MessrS. Bohannon,
Westman, Ryder and Parmet. They sang a
number of new and popular selections. be-
ing forced to respond to several encores.
KERNANS LYCEUM THEATER.-Man-
ager kernan introduced an entirely new
VaudeV1lle company at his play house
last night 1t is Joe Oppenheimer's Miss
New York, Jr.,' and a better show has
not been seen at the Lyceum this season.
At both performances yesterday the house
was crowded, and the popularity Of the
Monday matine es was fully demonstrated.
Unlike the same class of attractions that
have preceded 1t, this entertainment is
str1ctly UP to date, with a score of pretty
girls with rich costumes and elaborate
scenery. In the opening burlesque the au-
dlenoe had good opportunity to judge the
company, and its verdict was one of entire
approval. The burlesque was laughable,
and brought into prominence number of
good vocalists and funny comedians One
OF OF the features of the closing burlesque
is the march of the White Squadron, exc
cuted by a number of pretty and shapely
maidenS, whose clock-lilxe precision in the
intricate evolutions of the march brought
lorth unstinted applause. The burlesque is
eniVeneu Dy the appearance of Harry LIE
Cla1r, whose female impersonations have
won for him a high reputation as a char
acter artist. His work is always good In
the oifo. which is above the average Flor
ence Edwards contributed beautiful but
Ierliy dance. with colored-light effects;
Harry LIE Clair did a specially peculiarly
mis- own, and Crawford and Manning had
new knock-about turn that was brutal
enough. The Morrellos did neat sketch
Win the assistance Of two well-trained
dogs. and wound up their performance with
dimcult slack-wire act. Ripley and WILL
Jams had good parody on all the latest
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gled a musket and drum-major's baton to
the surprise of all.
BIJOU THEATER.-At the Biiou last
night well-fined house welcomed a new
aggregation of vaudeville talent and went
away apparently well satisfied. The bill,
with the exception of burlesque given by
the BlJou stock company, is made up of
spec1alties all more or less enjoyable An
ME Hart, the Irish ballad singer of the
Maggie Cline nix. lis the leader this week.
ana she Is as good as. Of yore, when she
made her reputation She contributed
number OF new songs. highly entertain
ing sketch, "On the Stage" was given by
Belle Livingston and Frederick Fessler. 1t
was represensataon of stage managers
troubles and very funny, Miss Livingston
giving evidences of fine abilities. Horwitz
and Bowers were quite entertaining in a
new sketch, and Annie Whitney, with her
new songs and witticisms, was satisfac-
tory. Amann. the great character deIn-
Gator, made himself in quick time to rep
resent score of celebrities, Semm and
Monti executed novel sketch, THAT was
quite pleasing, and Amelia Glover danced
herself into popularity without much trou-
bic. The De Moras proved themselves first
class acrobats and tumbled from all sorts
of dangerous heights. Gracey and Burnett
had comedy turn of original proportions
and the Sisters Millar repeated their sue
cess of last week.
PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS CON-
l,y
teachers, for the benefit of the Teachers
Annuity and Aid Association, which will
be given at the Congregational Church
tonight. promises to be an unusually at
is given should and will have the effect of
drawing an audience Of generous proper
tions, while those who will engage in con-
tributIng numbers to the program are well
known in musical and literary circles of the
city. Those who will appear in various
numbers are Misses Roberta Allen Grace
L. Altschu, Fannie Y. Alice, Alys E. Bent
ley, Carlotta Brockett, Lena Carolyn Free
Eleanor Simonds, Clara Willenbucher and
Wilma Willenbucher and Messrs. Philip
Gerry and H. P. Hoover. The affair is un-
der the direction of Mrs. Clara Baker
ers in the city, and the soloists will be
assisted by chorus of ninety trained
voices, under Mrs. Smiths able direction.
Tickets for the affair are for sale by the
music store.
WILLARD HALL.-The Lumiere's cine
photographic, which is exhibiting at Willard
Hall fer limited engagement, will to-
night and during the entire week show
the newest and most popular views. The
addition of number of late views of
interesting occurrences will doubtless at
tract q great many persons who have new
er attended an exhibition Of this charac-
ter before, as well as the regular patrons.
A number of Spanish views have been
added to the already large collection of
notable events in "A Trip Around the
World" among which is view of the
wreck of the Maine. Exhibitions are CIV
en- daily at 2:30 and S:15 p.m.
MISS VOCKEYS RECITAL.-The dra-
matte recital by Miss Ellen Vockey to
be given at Carroll Institute tomor-
row evening will be an interesting
event. The program to be presented on
this occasion will comprise some unusually
interesting and entertaining selections
some of the numbers being: Punishment
scene, Juliets chamber: The Monastery,
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