Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-11-23

tainly formidable one, and is made up of
such sweet-voiced singers as Mr.. Charles
Whyte, Charles E. Foreman, the artist who
is responsible for that wonderful negro
melody, My Creole Sue John w. Early,
James Ray, Wonderford VAN Billy Lyon,
Gus Vernon, Ned Fitzgibbons. NJ. Haines,
and, last, but not least, Mr.. Joseph F. Nor
cross, who Is one of the greatest basso
singers. The Haverly orchestra of sixteen
pieces is under the leadership of Mr. Lewis
A. Miller. The first curtain will disclose
the company in the old mastodon style,
which made Haverly famous, but this sea-
son Col. Haverly, with patriotic motives.
mas produced a superb representation of
the decks of Admiral Dewey's batteship
olympia, and on this the company will cele-
pirate our great naval victory at Manila
bay, with all the humorous functions of an
oid-time minstrel entertainment. The Sec
end part will introduce the famous Nichols
Sisters, who are without equals as define
ators of the female darlkey. The next scene
is an unctuous bit, entitled THE Cotton
field Frclics,' in which Col. Haverly will
introduce his famous dancing comedians.
billy Rice will follow in original discus
sion OF the topics of the day. Bosart and
Q Brien, of whom Mr.. O'Brlen is the sue
cessor of Luke Schoolcraft in method, will
present a great musical creation. The per-
Torrance will conclude with original
operetta from the pen of the weil-known
minstrel producer, Mr.. James German, en-.
titled The Princess of Madagascar" The
entire company will participate This is
pretentous production, with music by Louis
Miller and Mr.. Waxmuth. The sale of
seats will begin tomorrow.
THE MACDOWELL-WA COMBINA-
TloN.-Melbourne Mcdowell, the beau
ideal of Dortrayers of heroic and manly
roles. and that talented young actress
blanche Walsh. will be seen in Fanny Day.
exports production of Sardou's La Tos-
ca, Fedola and Antony and Cleo
patra," at the Lafayette Square Opera
hao inc do
night. "Cleopatra's' spectacular effects
are claimed to be unsurpassed by any other
production now before the public while the
historical accuracy and its plots and ac-
cesSor1es in every detail are said to be
liberal education. The outlay invested in
cleopatra is said to be a capital of $780,
"S'. Among the realistic scenes intro
duced, forming group of tableaux of
beautliul rounded symmetry accompanying
the action of the play, are the bark of
venus sailing on the Cydnus river, the
faiace OF HARNESSES, the terrace of Memphis
me falace OF Actium. the Temple of Isis,
scene in the fifth act of the play which
represents the storm which has been con-
jared from the Nile by Cleopatra has been
pronounced one of the finest stage effects
ever seen La TOsca' is model of con-
structive excellence. La Tosca," for all
It's wit. for all it's light and tender touch
III gay passages, contains from it's opening
scene the germs of terrible tragedy, and
al its horror with flowers of romance and
Cellcate humor near it, like a garden on a
chasm's brink. 1t IS these sharp con-
trasts and the ire sistible logic of develop
mert ttat give La Tosca" the overwhelm-
ing force it possesses and makes an au-
dience feel the end was inevitable and the
tale is true. Fedora" may be theatrical in
its devices and effects, as are all of Sar-
Gtus works but it is truly and genuinely
dramatic In construction it is a master
piece. mere Is not q hardly a
word that is not essential to the working
out of the theme So deity and COM
plctely is the story told that the audience
is never puzzled as to the sequence Of
events, the cause and the effect alike of
the complications. The interest is alb
sorbing and the sympathy that Is aroused
is natural despite any resort to purely
theatrical devices. Monday night they
will appear in La Tosca" which will be
repeated at the Wednesday matinee An
thony and Cleopatra" will be presented
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Fri
day nights and Saturday matinee "Fe-
dora will receive a single performance
Saturday night.
ION LAND AND sEA."-Ths is the first
season of Davis and Kaogh's latest dra-
matte production, which carries the com
p' ehensiV4 title of ION Land and Sea" and
viii be presented for the first time at the
Academy of Music next week. 1t is
long flight from Charles ton. s. c.. hundreds
Of miles out 10 sea and then back to the
rural regions of one of the old plantations
but the dramatist, buoyed up by the big
canvas wings the scenic artist supplies
seems to make it with vigor lightness
ard dlrectness TO insure him against drown
ing in the ocean or breaking his neck by an
unsuccessful fall on solid ground. When
the action shifts from the deck of the
doomed mere hartman to a typical, old time
southern plantation, the color of wonderful
reality is additionally maintained by the in
deduction of a monster steam thresher in
operation. into whose crust hing machinery
the arch villain and veritabe sea shark Of
the drama seeks to fling a child to meet
with a most horrible death This fiendish
attempt and the rescue of the little one by
its frantic mother form a most powerfully
effective climax. Humorous love episodes
and rivaries in low life and charact ristic
musical, singing and dancing specialties by
an agricultural contingent of genuine Dixie
darkieS perfect the southern flavor ard add
greatly to the attractiveness of the play.
THE HULA GIRL'-Perhaps the most
important THANKSGIVING entertainment will
be the presentation of the bright and tune
full burlesque written by the Harris broth
ers, entitled The Hula Girl" at the Grand
Opera House tomorrow night. The book
which is by Mr. W. II. Harris. is founded
on the treatment of the Hawaiian question
by the Cleveland administration, has many
happy hits, and the music, by Arthur Percy
Harris, is tuneful and catchy, while some
of the solos and chOruses indicate the pos
sGS9ioh Oh hiSh abiiitS ne occasion Will
be 4 gala one, for the foot ball teams of
both the Georgetown and Columbian uni
versitics will be present, and, with that
knowledge a large number of their friends
have already secured seats. So it is ex-
rectcd that the theater will be crowded
This burlcSque is not unknown, for it was
presented with great success at the Column
bia Theater during the week of September
T. and the cast tomorrow night will con-
sist of those who were seen during that
series of performances. 1t will include Miss
Edna Scott Smith, Miss Marie Howe
Messrs. w. H. Harris, W. II. Conley, Fran
els r. Dooley. w. II. MorseIl, Melville Hen
Sey, James CatheH Karl Daniels. A. b.
Seibold, Norman Luchs w Hallam. f. c.
Shade. A. j. Cummings, Graham Nichols
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