Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-11-07

Der and Miss Fannie -Quick were also
heard in vocal selectiom Miss Pryor is q
piause Tor her solosentitied Always" ike
specialties introduced during the third act
py the Iast-namedg sfxawere pleasing adj
juncts to the action Of the play. MIR. Nor
day were also much enjoyed, while John
L. kearney, who mades a very acceptable
servant in the Holme shousehold, sang a
new song, "Kleptmonia,' that made a hit
at once. Edward Craven also found favor
with MS new rag-tfme song entitled Wen
have NO More Coen Rag-Time Songs To-
night One Of theFmost enjoyable special
ties was the dancing tnrn of Miss Bonnie
Lottie, who also gave q remarkable bit VI
contortion work. The new songs and spe:
clalties that have BEEN. added to "A Con
tented woman since its last appearance
mere have brought the piece up-to-date
and 1t should be strong attraction during
the remainder of the week.
ACADEMY OF MUSIC-That old-time,
hgh-grade minstrelsy has lost none of Its
charm for the average theater-goer was
tuly demonstrated by the reception ao-
corded William III. Vests big minstrel
jubilee at the Academy last night. Such
hearty applause had not echoed through
the popular playhouse for long time. The
artists were ali in their best form and went
IN 1or their specialties with genuine min
opened With an overture Echoes From the
metropolitan Opera House. which gave
tommy Whalen and James Devlin oppor
tun1ty to show their cleyerness as baton
wielders, Charles G. Weber. who has a rich
baritone voice, followed with a solo, lover
.,ie sea, the company joining in the cho-
rus: fred Warren brought out storm of
applause with his song 1--WE Got Chicken
on the Brain" John p. Rodgers sang
Asleep in the Deep" In a deep, rich bass
voice and won well deserved plaudits from
aiie auuiehce: At this point in the perform
ahce MIR. West, accompanied by Carroll
Johnson and Tom Lewis were introduced
ana received a fattering ovation. Then
tlcnard Jose, whose remarkable voice never
s seems 10 pau as an interesting musical fea-
.1re, sang several sentimental songs which
p.easeo his hearers nightly. Tom Lewis
next captured the audience with MY Han
nan Lazy. Perhaps the feature which
gave the most genuine pleasure was the
lntermezzo from "Cavalleria Rusticana."
rendered by the entire chorus of vocalists
carroll johnson then introduced a novelty
90 90 -, i,iilstrei performance. After singing
some coon songs he came back and sang
an irish character song with wing dancing
a. az llipanlment in black-face makeup and
III !lIfle hight. He received most enthusi-
aauc encore. The first part closed with a
pretty transformation scene entitIad tba
Altar Boys Dream" Richard Jose render
ing the accompanying So with fine effect
IN thc second part the Luken brothers gave
d novel ana remarkable acrobatic perform-
ahce' forming a human trapeZe and doing
some astonishing tumbling in mid-air How
a. q! anu Mack III their eccentric comicali-
o toiiiilly hayes in his trick bone solos
On VINE glasses and Sharp and Flat in
tlleI musical nonsense all furnished enter
taLnlnent for the assemblage The per
.. 9I ,id 1i closes with a sketch entitled
ne Storning of San Juan Hill " in which
,he r eltre company takes part Tonight
me returns from the election will be an
hounced from the stage
GRAND OPERA HO1JsE.-Audfencas If
large size witnessed the opening bill of the
week al the New Grand yesterday afternoon
ana evening; CEvette, the Unknown jug
gler, is the best turn of the seven numbaTs
offered, although Lew Hawkins ran him a
ciose second for popular favor NJ G.
Lawrence opens the bill with a trick BIZ
CscIe act the closing portion of which was
OF starting character, as the rider I'M
DOTTED and took away the front wheel while
riclng on the rear. C. W. LittlefieId in i'm
ltatlons, offered little that was new his
lay4 OF lady and gentleman making
thelr morning toilet being the redeemine
feature Dixon, Bowers and Dixon, the
lnLee Iupes, nave been seen before in the
same act offered last night but 1t was
sGou enough to secure plenty of apnlause
Inc sketch Ties That. Bind internreted
by Cohdit and Morey, proved interesting
aItnough almost too sorroWful to nIeasa
q sduueVnIe audience. the work of Mr.
Condlt being very clever and conscientious
ChVette opened the second half Of the even
ing Oil, and owing to his exceedingly
cleNer work and elaborate stage setting
scored pronounced success the shadow
graph work being especially notewortbv
Lew hawkins followed in a mono, osue and
pieased everybody, as he used ONLY the hest
Oh ms WelEknoWn jokes and introduced sew
eIdl that We're new and catchy Parlipa
Moran and Turner's pickaninnies closed the
blil, the little colored babies CARRYING the
act 10 successful end. Miss Moran sings
arld Q e VEL but the turn lacks novelty,
ana Tor this reason alone the applause dne
ner efforts failed to materialize Managar
r: q. Cnase went home last night to cast
haya oa no beIore departing he arranged to
ie''e uie election returns read at his thea
ter tonight and after the regular narfara
di-Ce concert will be given to which the
audience VIII be invited to remain vftbomt
charge, to hear the -, etii WITHOUT
news. O 'e-SSi dpuic
hhhNAN.S LYCEUM THEATER-Tbe
p lnts buriesquers at Kernan's this
week make good every promise Of tbs LIS ..s
bills and altogether give an eniovahIe a saio"
ing entertainment. The bright nart;cu
lar feature of the program is the yer,,
Ilugha4le sketch presented by Billy Van.
we've Nobriga and Bobby North are on the
program as characters in INV Rusv n,r,
out II is left to the irresistible Billy to bring
out the fun. And he does it with tha old
Inc 1tNdcNy. other features of the olio
are kessler and Carrick, illustrated song
speclaities, three entirely new songs win
cHcellent pictures taking up the fifteen min
utes allotted them. Craig and Mcdonald
Ill little mixture of music and comedy
were acceptable, and the Esmeralda ST.
ters sang well enough and danced better
Fred Wyckoff was full Of funny stories.
ana flsher and Clark in their rag-time
acrobatic cakewalk pleased every ona
Mitchell and Cain warmed things up bit,
and the performance closed with a bnr
lesque, entitled "Beauty's Apple" in which
all members of the company particinsted
augmented by score of pretty and shane
~ girls. Billy Van as Patsy Bolliver the
King was irresistible.
AT the evening performance today Man
ager Herman has arranged to have the fuI1
election returns read from the stage. The
theater will remain open until every state
ts heard from, and those interested will be
entertained while the news is coming.
BIJOU THEATER.-There are several
very clever specialties at the Bitou this
week, and some that do not belong on a
at both the afternoon and evening perforrn-
ance went away pleased, and, after all. that