Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-26

and Alice. The closing burlesque. "A Trip
| on an Ocean Wave" Is varied In Incident
| and abundant in cleverly conceived and
skillfully worked out situations. There are
the usual opportunities given for handsome
| costumfng and beautiful scenery, and OF
these every advantage has been taken to
make the burlesque a pleasure to the eye.
| Matinees will be given daily.
THE WALLACE CIRCUs.-The Wallace
| Circus, which is not new to this city, for
| 1t was here last season and created q very
| favorable impression by the splendid ring
| exhibition 1t gave, will again visit this city
| and give performances September and 8.
One of the chief attractions Is the great
Nelson family. Their work Is simply in
| describable. To convey to the laymen even
1.-THE Of It's manifold points of superiority
| and excellence, they are the acrobats Of
| the age Descended from acrobats through
generations of ancestors, who were each
| In turns kings and queens in their day.
| they have by process of evolution and
hereditary attribute attained a physique
which is acrobatique in every PORE and
renders it possible for them to perform
with ease feats that other artists can only
attain. The Nelson's are under contract
to the Great Wallace Shows and appear
only with this mammoth organization. The
salary paid them is stupendous-almost
past belief They receive $3.50 for every
week of service. This is due to the fact
that Mr.. Wallace wished to control them
exclusively.
CHEVY CHASE LAKE.-This is the
farewell week of the wonderful Meier fam
lily at Chevy Chase Lake, and those who
have not seen these children in their feats
OF swimming and diving should certainly
make the trip to this popular suburban
resort this evening. Miss Bessie Master
Tonmfe and tiny Baby Elma have won
all hearts by their skill and daring, and
they are assured a hearty welcome by the
thousands who saw them during their en-
gasement when they next appear here.
During next week the fairy lights will be
the center Of attraction, and Chevy Chase
Lake will figuratively speaking. put on a
new dress of red Every one of the thou
sands OF lights about the grounds and on
the lake will be red. The tiny lights along
legends In letters several feet high will
be of the uniform color, red. This should
make the lake more attractive than ever
for those who have noticed the huge red
cross glowing amid the trees on the hill
can imagine the effect which will be pro-
duced when all the lights are red. Dane
Ing never seems to lose it's charm at the
lake. The floor of the big pavilion is al
ways smooth and Prof. Donchs Band
plays all the popular waltzes and two
steps. Then there are the shooting and
bowling galleries, the merry-go-round and
other amusements to while away the time
between the dances. Tomorrow evening
there will be the usual Sunday concert by
the band, at which a very attractive musi-
Sdi pIOS Will De rendered.
TOURNAMENT AT GLEN SLIGO.-The
annual knightly tilt at Glen Sligo pleasure
park will take place Wednesday, Au-
gust 30. The management Will offer $50 adj
ded money to the regular entrance fees to
be divided pro rata. The event will be es-
pecially attractive to gentlemen riders for
after the regular tilt there will be a contest
between Knights that have won a place
during the present season in West Virginia
Virginia and Maryland The special prize
will be handsome saddle and Bride A
ball will follow the browning of the two
queens, which will be gala event, where
the young people from the adjoining coun-
ties and Washington will meet The entire
pleasure park will be brightly lighted by
electric light, and a band and orchestra
VIII be In attendance. The orator of the
day will be Mr.. Ashley NJ. Gould of Takoma
Park; the orator of the evening" Mr. James
G. Rogers of Hyattsville. The railroad SER
vice Will be special to meet the quick transit
that will be required to handle the large
crowds expected. Every day Glen Sligo
presents many pleasing attractions to pleas
ure seekers and a beautiful trysting place
Tor plcyclists and driving by road.
GLEN ECHO PARK.-The coming week
at Glen Echo is to see additional features
given IN connection with those now pro-
v1ded- Simmons and Slocum's Minstrels
last performances take place tonight, and
Will close an engagement which has been
successful in drawing crowds of thousands
of people to the park. This can be under
stood when the fact that theatrical man
ayers In town have declared, on seeing the
performances. that it was positively the
best show of the kind ever put on any
stage, considering the low price charged
for admission
well and favorably known Burnt Cork
Club In this company it is announced that
thirty artists will figure in the perform
ances. Black-face business is to be given
nau 1nnC md h
ideas brought out. In next weeks bill the
curtain raiser is a most amusing con-
ceit and is altogether different from the
usual Opening first part of minstrel
shows. In the vaudeville that follows the
clever speciality work of the various mem
bers of the company will be shown to ad-
vantage. Among those appearing may be
mentioned Milton Clark, one of the finest
whistlers in the country and additionally
giving an interesting series of limitations;
Byron Bond Illustrated songs: Howard and
Leigh, in their eccentric black-face turn,
and the Del Rays, in an acrobatic act
Haley's band concerts on the lawn at 7:15
every evening have by no means diminished
in popularity, and continuance of this
most excellent feature is assured. The fine
display Of fireworks given after the music
is always greeted with enthusiasm.
In the pavilion dancing continues every
evening from $40 to II, and the fact that
the largest dance orchestra in around
Washington furnishes the music may con-
tribute in a measure to the popularity of
the pavilion No admission fee is charged
to either the concerts, the fireworks or the
dancing.
GRAND OPERA HOUSE. - The New
Grand Opera House reopens on the 18th of
September with a matinee. Managers
Burke & Chase think the addition to the
name is warranted by the work that has
been done upon it. Certainly the house
stood in need of extensive renovation. and
undoubtedly it will admirably show the
brush of the artist and the skill of the car
penter. No other house is large or as
capable of receiving abundant coloring
without appearing garish. A feature of the
improvements hitherto not touched upon is
the rearranged lighting. Special care by
skilled electricians has been applied to the
stage-that part of the house of which the
audience little, but the illumination of
which either makes or mars the labor of
the scenic artist and the stage carpenter
The new switch board, from which all the
lights in the theater controlled, Is built
of three panels of black marble handsome
ly incased and trimmed in hard wood. On
the face are mounted thirty-five polished
copper switches of varied size and modern
construction together with eight f.