Evening star., 1898-12-17

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Holmes comes to the Columbia Theater to
| give five afternoon lectures on the follow
| ing subjects: "The Hawaiian Islands,"
| Into Morocco "Fez the Metropolis of
the Moors,' "Grecian journeys THE
| Grand Canon of Arizona" The series will
| begin on Wednesday afternoon, January
| ~, and will continue for five consecutive
Wednesday afternoons. Mr.. Holmes is
well known In the larger cities of the west
as lecturer, where for the past five sea-
sons he has been talking before some very
| large and cultured audiences. Last year,
| however, was his first season in the east,
| but Judging from the fact that he is re-
| engaged in Boston, New York and other
| important eastern cities it is self-evident
| that he has made a very decided hit with
| eastern audiences, and proved himself to
| be worthy successor to Mr.. John L. Stod-
| dard, who for SO many years has been the
| idol Of the eastern fecture-going public.
| This latter gentleman has now perma-
nently retired from the platform, and is
| himself one of Mr.. Holmes greatest
| friends and warTnest admirers, as the fol-
| lowing letter, dated December 16, 1897,
| signed by him, will prove: My Dear Mr..
| Holmes: I have just heard that you are
| going to Daly's Theater in Lent. 1 am
1
| gested to my managers when Mr. Daily
! kept urging them to get me to reconsider
| that they advise him to ask you to take
| my place. l have not any idea of returning
to the platform, as I am thoroughly
| toying my well-earned rest. l expect to
| be in Chicago soon, and shall be pleased to
see you. With best wishes
All of Mr.. Holmes lectures are beauti-
| fully illustrated in color, besides which
| this season he has added a series of mo-
ton pictures, also taken by himself and
Mr.. Oscar Bennett DePue his assistant,
who IS the inventor of the chronomato-
graphe, the instrument by which the mo-
ton pictures are projected
RUTGERS COLLEGE GLEE AND
| MANDOLIN CLUBS-The Christmas holi-
days always bring to US that form of enter
tainment that is enjoyed by mauy-the col
lege glee banjo and mandolin club. To
those who have gene through the pleasures
tolls and disappointments of college life the
musical clubs bring back old memories. The
Rutgers College Glee and Mandolin Clubs
announce a concert for Monday evening,
December %, at the UniversaIst Church.
18th and L streets northwest The Glee
Club consists of sixteen members, and is
said to be especially strong and well trained.
and sing the old college favorites with a
dash and vigor that is refreshing The
Mandolin Club is made up of eleven play
ers and comes with the Endorsement that
it is the best club that has represented the
college. The sale of seats opens Monday
morning at Gi4mans, in E. f. Droop &
Sons.
BALTIMORE STOCK COMPANY-The
management Of the Grand Opera House is
negotiating with Mr.. John w. Albaugh tr.,
of Baltimore to bring his Lyceum Theater
Stock Company to Washington for brief
engagement. If the pending negotiations
are successful, Washington theater-goers
may expect a rare dramatic treat. In Sep
tember, 1897, Mr.. Albaugh launched his
venture in Baltimore, and that city, noted
for its cultured conservatism, jumped i'm
mediately into ecStasies over the company,
and today, as the Lyceum stock is ap-
preaching its four hundredth performance,
it may be said to be the foremost institu-
tion in the city, fashionable fad sand a
worthy educator of those who admire real
dramatic art. The members Of the stock
company are rot only the idols of the Bal
timore populace as dramatic artists, but
are received into their homes and are
highly esteemed as fellow-citzens. In order
to get Mr., Albaugh to close his theater for
week and bring his company to Wash
ington the Opera House management have
offered liberal terms, and If they are sue
cessful the theater-goers of Washington
will respond to their generosity most lib
orally. The company includes Stephen
Grattan, John Flood, John w. Albaugh,
ir., Percy Winter, John T. Craven, Scott
Cooper. John T. Dwyer, Thomas Slater,
Alfred Smith, Jennie Remark, Beth Frank
lyn Grace Mae Lamktn, Leonora Bradley
and Jane Rivers.
THE NEvIN AND JUCH RECITAL
There seems to be widespread satisfaction
at the prospect of hearing Ethelbert Nevtn
in a piano recital. assisted by Emma Juch
singing his charming songs at the tniVer-
salist Church next Wednesday evening If
a popular vote could be taken Of the mn-
sical people of Washington to express their
say the choice would be ''Nevin playing his
own music" His Dragon Fly "Narcis-
sus'' and the others in the Water Scenes
collection have made friends and admirers
Nayin>S lajQty piano cOmpOGtiOnS all
over the world. His songs are even more
popular. for scarcely any singer of ability
nowadays but places her "Nevin' number
in the place of honor on her program. Be
fore Nevin had reached mans estate he
published his charming serenade, Good
Night Beloved and his Sketch Book"
containing that crystalline gem, 20, That |
We Two Were Maying" song of pathos
so tender that 1t never fails to appeal to |
the strongest emotions. 1t was this 'opus
Q" that early established it's authors posi-
ton as a creator of musical art His prog
ress in the field of composition has been so |
uniform, so consistent so steadily in an up
ward direction that today the announcements
of new work from his pen possesses ali |
the elements of asmusical a event Mr. New
ms new piano suite, "a Day in Venice"
will be played by him at this coming re-
cital for the first time in public
WARGRAPfI EXHIBITIONS Won
derful Edison moving pictures retain inter-
est at their exhibition hall next Columbia
Theater. The holidays attract people to all
scenes of amusement and entertainment
and daily at 2:3O, 4:3o and S:15 sees a share
of the recreation lowing public at the war
graph. The benefit to the Hamine Metho-
dist Church yesterday and today is being
well attended. The real nd genuine ex-
cellence of these animated records of the
Spanish-American war make them of great
value as well as interest.
THE PASSION PLAY-The most notable
and the most noble use to which the mar
yelonS invention of motion min tod
pictures have been put, is the reproduction
of the Passion Play. as given by the peas
ants of Horitz, in the Bohemian forest It
is an attraction of general interest and
profoundly so to Christians of all denomi-
nations. These pictures recently closed a
two weeks engagement In this city. They
return tomorrow for two presentations at
the Columbia Theater-one at Ais and one
at S:l5. The pictures are described
in an intensely interesting lecture by Mr.
James ]. Skeily. Appropriate solos are
rendered by Miss A. B. Yewell and Prof