Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-02

men rlde ana drive with spirit OF rivalry
that starts your hair toward the top Of
your hat. and SO do the men when there are
no women in the race. for 1t is a canon Of
circus life that the lady charioteer must
always beat the gent"
OTIS sKINNER.-The Columbia will
throw open it's doors Monday, the 18th in
slant. announcing Otis Skinner and COM
pany in THE Liars" Mr.. Skinner has long
been considered one of our foremost actors
and in presenting Tho Liars he has a
play worthy of himself. 1t is from the pen
of Henry Arthur Jones, and is considered
successful run at the Empire Theater, New
York. last season. eclipsing even the phe-
nomenal stay of Rosemary at that house.
and its possibilities were not half exhausted
when the run came to an end. 1t deals
with the polished side of life telling a pref
ty love story, and seems to have been writ
ten especially to please the women, as the
matinees during the run of this piece were
record breakers. Mr.. Skinner has sur
rounded himself with a splendid company
including Nanette Comstock, Ethel Strick-
land. Helen Strickland, Clara Everett, EN-
ma Lfndburg. Frank Sylvester. Eugene Eb-
Edwards, Henry Hyde, Lewis Webster,
Walter Collier Frank Lewis and George
Butler.
THE CHILDREN OF THE GHETTO"
There is already very great demand for
seats for the opening performance of Israel
Zangwills new Hebrew play, Children
of the Ghetto which will receive its pre-
m!er at the National Theater Monday
evening, September 10. This will be the
opening attraction of the season. Orders
by mail only will be received from this time
till the formal opening of the sale. These
letters will be filed in their numerical or
der, according to the date and hour of their
receipt, and seats will be reserved 1t is
believed that THE Children of the Ghetto
VIII prove even "a greater success than
Viola Aliens appearance in 1.-The Chris
tan here last season under the same
management. 1t will be entirely new de-
parture in characters, theme and scenic
environment.
GLEN ECHO PARK.-The efforts of the
management to make Glen Echo the pre-
mier resort hereabouts Is meeting with sue
cess, II the large crowds assembling there
every evening are to be taken as evidence.
This week the Burnt Cork Club has enter
tanned the patrons of the amphitheater and
the excellent show given has resulted in
drawing audiences that ranged in number
from thousand to double that every night |
Their engagement terminates tonight and
their successors, the College Alumni String
and Glee Club. open up their weeks per-
formances Monday night This organza-
ton, composed as 1t is of Washington boys,
should prove one of the strongest drawing
cards the Glen Echo people have yet put
on. Mr. Theo. Friebus, jr. the leader of
the glee club; BILLY" Conley, Arthur
Y ndt the manager, and the host Of others
VINO make up the personnel Of the company
are all well known and popular The pro-
gram presented includes solo and quartet
singing, as well the lyric efforts put
forth by the glee club; mandolin and banjo
playing humorous monologue work and va
rfous other turns of musical nature Mon
day, being Labor day, Bandmaster Haley
has arranged as special thing an after
noon concert a PM on the lawn adjoining
the dancing pavilion and a pleasant outing
Is assured those who spend the afternoon
a Thn ynrfa,
lures on the grounds will be open to the !
public. good feature of Glen Echo is the |
absence OF any admission fees, excepting
the merely nominal one asked to go in the |
amphitheater. For tomorrow's open-atr |
concerts. in the afternoon at 4 and evening
at 3, Prof. Haley has arranged special |
programs, and music lovers are assured
that their visit to the park will be well re-
paid.
CHEVY CHASE LAKE.ZThose who
failed to visit Chevy Chase Lake last week !
certainly missed rare treat Every light |
about the lake. and there are thousands of |
them, was beautiful red. and the effect |
was superb. This color scheme was some
thing of a novelty. but on account of its |
success will doubtless be repeated This
popular suburban resort has enjoyed an
other prosperous week, even the cool even |
1ngS being unable to detract from its |
charms Something new and pleasing may |
be counted on for next week, for the man |
agement Is ever on the lookout for amuse- |
ments to suit the army of patrons, both !
young and old. One attraction that seems |
only to grow more and more popular as |
the season advances is the dancing in the |
big pavilion. The floor is smooth and even, |
and Prof. Donch and his clever musicians |
are on hand each evening to play all the |
newest and most popular waltZes and two
steps The bowling and shooting galleries |
are in active operation during the entire |
evening, while the merry-go-rOund is a con- |
slant source of pleasure to the little folks. |
The excellent service of the electric
has had much to do with the popularity of |
Chevy Chase Lake, for the cars run to and |
from the city every three minutes, thus |
giving every one opportunity to secure |
a good seat for the cool ride through the |
pretty country. The regular Sunday con-
cert by the band will be given tomorrow |
evening, at which an excellent program of |
music will be rendered
TOURNAMENT AND BALL AT GLEN |
SLlGO.-The great day of recreation that |
has been made a national holiday will be |
celebrated Monday next at Glen Sligo |
Pleasure Park by many additional features |
of amusements. Among them will be the |
National Guard Band, with Director Tansil. |
during the day and evening. The most i'm |
portant tournament and dress ball of the |
ason will be given, that promises to ex- |
Gel previous tournaments. The knights Will !
represent the states Of West Virginia, Vir- /
einia, Maryland and the District of Column
bia. At the conclusion there will be con- |
test at half-inch rings between the various |
champion riders for a costly saddle and |!
bride. In the evening the ball and the |
crcwnng of the queen will take place at |
o'clock in the mammoth banquet hall. |
The National Guard Band will furnish the |
nusic. Manager Grant Parish has engaged |
Paron Won Orendorff and the following Of |
ficers to officiate at the tourney: Chief mar |
shall, Dory Freeman; herald, w. w. Wa |
tiers; aid, George w. Ferguson; judges, ]. |
II. Buscher, w. T. Mullin, D. ]. Carney, ]. |
NJ. Beall and T. d. Gilman. and official |
timer, A. j. Boyer. Glen Sligo presents |
many features of amusements and pleas |
for family picnics. bicycists and driv- |
ing parties to spend their outings mid the |
beautiful trysting places at the Glen.
BROOKLAND LAWN PARTY.-A lawn !
party will be given the grounds of st. ,
Anthony's Catholic Church, Brookland. |
commencing with matinee on Labor day |
and continuing every afternoon and night |
up to Thursday. Rev. Father Hannah, the |
pastor, has been very energetic In his eff |
forts to make this surpass any previous |
affair Of the kind given in Brookland, and |
both the ladies and gentlemen of the con-
gregation will ably second his work. The
booths will be well stocked with every
thing desirable, and the attendants will |
be stately matrons and pretty girls. There |
will be good orchestra. and dancing will |
be INDUCED in at night. The ride to Brook
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