The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-01-15

liant and melodious combination of the
best music which happened To be with
in hearing in New York at a certain
time The piece includes selections
from Paderewski at Carnegie Hall, 'El
Captain" at the Broadway Theater.
Lucia di LammermOoT' at the Metro
politan, The Belle of New York at
the Casino. The Girl from Paris" at
the Herald Square. III Trovatore" at
the Academy of Music. and SOusa's
Band at Manhattan Beach. Other stir
ring selections will be rendered by fifty
clicked musicians under Mr.. Scusa's di-
rection, and solos viii be gwen by Miss
Maude Reese Davies, soprano, anu Miss
Jennie HOyle. violiniste.
Another concert will be given by SOU
sa and his band at the Lafayette on
THURSDAY afternoon January 2g.
Ward and Voks will occupy the stage
of the Columbia next week with their
new musical farce, The Governors"
1t is something about gold mining in
the West, and about woman suffrage
and the two subjects keep the two stars
quite busy. Their last play, "A Run on
the Bank" was successful as a fun
maker, but this is said 10 be an i'm
proVement on its predecessor in that
respect. There are thirty-two people
in the company, all of them provided
With wardrobes which are some dis
lance in advance of anything which
the ordinary farce comedy company
has to show in that line. The ward
robe of this company is. in fact, ex-
tIemely artistic. Little Lucy Daily.
who has made hits periodically at the
New York Casino for four vars; Mar
garet Daily Vokes. the wife of Harry
Nokes; Johnny Page. clever acrobat
is comedian; Gus. c. Weinberg, who
has something of a reputation as q
writer of songs: John Keefe. Hal s.
Stephens. James Cherry, and the
1roubadOur Four, are some of the peo-
pie who create the laughter which has
heretofore greeted THE Governors"
A new melodrama by H. Grattan Dom
nelly appears at the Grand Opera House
next week. and is called "A Woman in
Black" The Woman in Black is a
hypnotist and clairvoyant, who forms
most unfortunately the acquaintance
of a noted political boss He uses her
to further his own ends and then there
is trouble. There are number of typ
ical New York characters in the play.
among them an English music hall
singer, a street waif. boy. and some
politicians who ardently desire to fly
at each others throats, but restrain
their ardor for reasons of a personal
nature. One big scene in the play
shows Madison Square on the night of
an important election. The production
is by Jacob Lift and is one of his best
Mr.. William Barry and his company
of un-makers come to the Academy
next week with the new play "A Ris-
ing Generation" A poor Irishman is
the rising person, and he rises from
poverty to wealth, amid many vicissi-
tudes, and much humor of incident and
dialogue. OF course he and his friends
indulge in more or less conversation of
the song and dance variety, and it is
said to be extremely amusing, so as to
make one wish that people in real life
carried on conversation in that wav
There is a poker game in the play
which is very surprising and very fun
ny to the audience, though some of the
people on the stage are more or less I'M
happy about it. Miss Eva Vincent Mr..
James Manning and Mr.. Samuel For
est are assisting Mr.. Barry to develop
his fun. The scene of the play is New
York.
At the Bijou Theater next week
there will be a comedy sketch called ~
Fair Exchange" which is presented by
Frederick Hallen, late of the farce
comedy starring team, Hallen and
Hart, and Miss Mollie Fuller. This is
their advent in vaudeville, and it will
be watched with considerable interest.
There will be a burlesque donkey. call
ed BlOndin, in charge of Ramza and
Arno, two of Roster and Balls Euro
pean importation; there will be lady
boxer, some comic songs and dances.
and a lot of other attractive things NJ
popular price.
At Kernan'S Lyceum Theater next
week Robes Bohemian Burlesquers
will be the attraction. This cOmbina-
ton is so we'll and favorably known
that little can be said in it's praise ex-