Evening star., 1899-03-04

tainable and no expense has been
spared to enhance its American pro-
five people and Mr.. Augustus. Cook as Jack
Ferrers has an excellent character
KERNANs LYCEI-M THEATER.-"A
laugh from start to finish" is what an ex
change says Of the Kuickerbocker Bur
lesquers. which comes to the Byceum Thea
ter commencing Monday matinee. They
carry thirty people who are carefully Sc
lected for their individual worth, from the
higher ranks of vaudeville. They bring
with them all their scenery used in their
Young of the Broadway Theater, New
York Their costumes are positively
gorgeous. and their general stage setting
equals the larger productions. The per-
f0rmance is divided into two parts. opening
with an Olio in which appear Raymond and
West, Mae Taylor. Grant and Durand, the
three Gardners, Vera Hart. Shayne and
Worden and NJ s. Whallen. ard closing
with a laughable burlesque in three scenes.
entitled Mixed Ale" The fun is fast and
furious. situations ludcrous in the extreme.
The music is catchy and the dancing clever.
In conjunction with the above. Jim JEFF
fries. the California boiler maker. now
matched to fight Bob Fitzsimmons for the
championship of the world. will appear at
every performance next week, commencing
Monday matinee. The Knickerbockers will
also present on an elaborate scale the New
York music hall sensation, The Affair OF
Honor"
BIJOU THEATER.-At the Bijou next
week Manager Grieves has secured Chas.
Wayne and Annie Caldwell, the noted farce
comedy stars, who will appear i'll George
Cohan'S latest sketch entitled. ITO Boston
on Business" Delmore and Lee, will
doubtless please here as they have done
elsewhere; Miss Gertrude Rutledge Will
render several selections: Campbell and
Beard will give an amusing bit in their
comedy musical act, Jack Burke and Eng
Esh- Scotty. boxers and bag punchers, will
give an exhibition. Joe Hardman. the
clever comedian and dancer. will doubtless
repeat past successes; George and Fanny
Graham will appear in The Soldiers
Sweetheart while the Bijou Stock Com
pany, brighter and better than ever, will
finish out the excellent program in a skit
which all the old favOrites. including Flora
Parker, Dot Davenport, Will Thornton and
Hiram Watson and many other old and
new friends viii appear.
BIJOU SUNDAY CONCERT.-!The Sun
day concert will be given at the Bijou to-
morrow evening. The principal acts of last
weeks bill will be retained, including the
Gypsy Quintet The performance will be a
thoroughly enjoyable one from curtain to
curtain.
THE LENTS' CONCERT.-An event of
importance will be the grand concert We'd
nesday evening, March s, given by Mr..
and Mrs. Ernest Lent, Mr. Emmanuel
Wad. the great Danish pianist: Mr. Van
Hulsteyn. violin virtuoso, and Mr.. Adrian
Freni. barytOne. Mrs. Lent, owing to an
accident TO her wrist, may perhaps he pre-
vented from taking part in the program,
but Mr. Emmanuel Wad. who has been heard
here in previous seasons and is well known
as a masterful player of most brilliant at
tainments, will take her place. Mr.. Lent
will give the cello several charm
ing selections not heard here before, and
Mr.. Henry Xander will act as accompanist
To comply with numerous requests num-
Der of desirable seats have been added to
the lower priced tickets on sale at Ellis
music store.
THE THREE DRAGOONS."-Th claim
of the Broadway Theater Opera Company
to pre-eninence among other light opera
organizations is worthy at least serious
consideration. Jerome W. Sykes and Rich
ard F. Carroll are its chief comedians;
Joseph OMara is the tenor, and more than
vocally efficient are W. H. Clark. the basso.
and R. S. Pigott, the baritone; Miss Mar
guerite Lemon is the youngest and prettiest
among prima donnas, and Linda da Costa
LeonOra Gnito and Fanny Briscoe complete
a list of names synonymous with artistic
merit That one and all will do justice to
both book and score of THE Three Dra-
goons' is foregone conclusion.
RICHARD MANSFIELD-seats for the
Mansfield engagement week after next go
on sale at the Columbia next Monday at
$50. Mr.. Mansfield will present at every
performance his celebrated creation of
'Cyrano de Bergerac'' ACCOMMODATING him
are nearly $50 people, who are actors and
hguranteS. The necessity of not disap-
pointing theatergoers of this and other ci-
ties is somewhat of a hardship to Mr.
Mansfield. inasmuch as it interrupted the
most remunerative run ever known in New
York city when all circumstances indicat-
ed that he might remain to packed houses
all season long. The curtain will rise ach
evening at 7:45 in this city as in New Yory,
iner Mr. Se.IA
sentations of Cyrano. This enables the au-
dience to depart shortly after II o'clock
and catch all trains and cars 10 points re-
mote from the theater. Mr.. Mansfield and
the company with all the accessories for
the enormous presentation. arrive by spe-
cial train Saturday evening
IAN MACLAREN.-There is no apthor
who is better beloved by the readers of his
works than Ian Maclaren. who has made
the little glen of Drumtochty famous
through his interesting and weH-written
stories, notably Beside the Bonnie Briar
Bush Aud Lang Syne" and After
ward Major Pont has secured DR..
Watson for another short tour of
this country and will present him for
a single lecture in WASHINGTON at the
New National Theater on next Thursday
afternoon at 4:15. when he will take for his
subject The Place of the Minister in
Scotch Life" with readings from Dr.
Davidson. parish minister OF Drumtocbrv
and some unpublished stories The sale of
seats Will be opened at the box office Mon
day morning al $50. The regular theater
prices will prevail.
'TRILBY SOUVENIR WEEK THE
popularity of the Ladies' Souvenir Week
has been so great that ii will he continued
another week, and each lady visiting Coop
er's great painting "Tri1by" at No. 1903
Pc nnsylvania avenue this week, will be
presented with one of those beautiful
'Tri!by Heart lace pins.
THE SAUER CONCERT.-It will be well
come news to the music lovers of Wash
inSton to know that Sauer will play in this
city on the 1Tth of this month On that
afternoon Sauer will give recital at the
National Theater at 4:15 o'clock Every
where he has met with success in this coun-
try The critics, who ought to know. are a
unit in saying that his playing has never
been surpassed, il really equaled PerhaDs
his greatest success in America has been i'm
music-lovinS Boston. He has appeared
there three times. and on the last occasion
IL was almost impossible to obtain standing
room. The sale of seats for Sauer's recital
Is progressing at the box office of the Ma
tioual Theater
THE THREE DRAGONS" - THE
Three Dragons by Smith and De Koyen
which has made such a brilliant run at the
Casino in New York comes to the Lafav-
ette Square the week nj March NTH ,ho