Evening star., 1898-10-05

| liams & Walkers big Senegambian .Carni-
val will make its initial appearance in this
city. The company Is composed entirely
OF colored people and is headed by the
well-known comedians and song writer's,
Williams and Walker, who UP to the pres
ent season have been In the foremost ranks
OF vaudeville performers. Ip addition to
the stars. there are several other we'll
kho"n specially performers, among them
oeing Mallory Brothers and Brooks, who
present novel instrumental musical me-
iange, an which they utilize a number of
1nstruments aggregaEing in value $4,000.
inal act, consisting of yodiing, limitations
ana dancing, while the Arab tumb1ing OF
Goggin and Davis ds said to be one of the
pest acrobatic turns on the stage. Then
tnere is Magic Carl, the only black ma
gician and sleight 4of-hand performer in
America No mean feature of the various
speclalt1es is the dancing of Henry Will
ifams, who styles himself the champion
oliek ana wing dancer of the world. The
performance is in reality a two-act musical
COMEDY, in which the two stars of the or
ganizat1on play the parts of a southern
ieVee fouStabont and a smart up-to-date
c1nnaehce operator, and the names of the
characters they portray are respectively
silver King and Dollar Bill Messrs
Leoerer d Mcconnell are directing the tour
OF the company. Washington theater-goers
wail no DOUBT be more than usually inter-
ested, as two residents of this city Mr.
Paui Lawrence Dunbar and Mr. viii M
COOK, are the authors and composers of
several of the principal lyrics and musical
numbers of the piece
RENTZ-SANTLEY TROUPE,-As AN i'm
pressario In Eurletta and burlesque. Man
aser ape Leavitt has become a factor in
inc entertainment of the public and his
maine name is accepted as a voucher for the ex-
cellenca OF the entertainment Offered His
company. the famous Rentz-SantIey, will
,, pe Manaeer kernans s Offering for the COM
ing week of October 10 at Kernan's Ly-
ceum Theater. This company, which is the
pioneer in the burlesque field in this coun-
Try, mas always sustained its reputation as
me pest; and the show this season is ex-
GePtiohally bright and pleasing. The bur
letta and buresque is a. departure from
the ordinary. One of the strongest fes-
lures is the up-to-date burletta founded
en- en- the CUBAN war. and entitled yankee
DeWey Dandy" The burlesque "A Nights
trolc. Is replete with novel and seasa-
uonai features. The following is the com
pany: Lottie Elliott, Sisters Engstrom.
walker Sisters, Barth and Fleming, John
Gharles Robinson, Richard Ward May
Holly, Lilly Holly, Jessie Stewart frankie
inmann: Tessie La Mar. Minnie Sheldon,
hl.'y Cnarles, VIM. Johnson, Ed. oliver
THE WARGRAPH-The war is on at
the Wargr ,ph, Metzerott Hall, next to the
Columbia Theater Daily crowds cn+brse
over the thrilling and interesting views bv
moving pictures of the Spanish-America
war. The old, while ever new story Of
1aarchlng soldiers, victorious salutes. old
glory and martial music is graphically told
at the popular warSraph exhibitions. New
ana elaborate effects are being contin-
uousiy added The new pictures Gen
Smarter and staff leaving Baiquiri for San
uaso. Sports in camp and The granl
faVal parade and firing of military salutee
at the tomb of Grant on the Hudson" are
full of interest and thrilling effect "The
taking of Spanish outpoSts" The execu-
tlon OF Cuban prisoners by Spanish SOL
diers. The landing of our troops al Bal
quirf' and The making of military roa6s
at Santiago, that the siege guns may go to
the front are all calculated to arouse pa
trlotic enthusiasm to the highest pitch.