Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-06

of colored performers uon the stage. They
entered into the theatrical business nine
years ago, appearing with Lou Johnsop's
Ministries, touring all California, becoming
prime features as end men. Subsequently
they We're members of the Seiigs European
American Minstreis, the stock company at
the Midway, at Frisco Nelson's Aerial
Ballet, and then returned to vaudeville, 60
ing to New York and making their first
metropolitan appearance with the Casino
forces in the Gold Bug followed by q
run at Roster & Biars for thirty weeks.
AT the expiration of this engagement they
made trip to Europe and returned to kos
ter & Balls for a six weeks engagement,
after which they toured the continent as
features of Hyde's Comedians. They stand
unsurpassed by any negro team in the pro-
fesslon, both being equally popular, MIR.
Walker being the business manager of the
firm. Mr.. Williams has written great
many songs and is among the best must
clans. Messrs. Williams and Walker are
now under the management of Hurtig &
Seamon, with their own company in A
Lucky Coon" They have engaged some of
the best talent obtainable, including Furber
ana LAWS, Hodges and Lauchmere, Nal
Tory brothers and Brooks, Black Carl,
Overton and Halliday, Henry Williams and
Charles Moore. George Walker is twenty
six years of age and Bert A. Williams is
twenty-five years old. The musical farce
comedy, which is produced by Williams and
Walkers own big company will be seen at
the Academy Monday night, and has been
ton of the season. 1t is full of new and
original ideas, and is above the average.
Ihe company is the strongest organization
OF its Kind on the road and numbers forty
nVe people. 1t includes among its many
members Williams and Walker, the two
real coons, who have been the rage for the
past three or four years in both Europe
ana America, and are conceded to be two
OIL the cleNereSt comedians on the stage.
GRAND OPERA HOUSE.-Messrs. Burke
nd no,
biggest and best vaudeville bill of the sea-
son in this city for the week of the peace
jubilee. During the week of festivities
planned the house will be run for the first
time in continuous performance from noon
to midnight So far the bookings include
O'Kabe's Original japanese Troupe of ten
people, Edwin Browne and company In one
OF their comedy sketches; Dorothy Drew,
Dawson; Duffy, Sawtele and Duffy; Carrie
Behr, Leroy and Morris, Foy and Clark,
Mcmahon and King, Charlie Case, May
Wentworth, with still a number OF other
acts to place. The week will be a gala one
indeed al the Grand. The jubilee week will
mark the close of the Grand season. Dur
ing the summer the house will be repainted
and redecorated, a new stage put IN, with
q wealth of new scenery and all theatrical
appliances of an up-to-date character. The
lighting apparatus will be made as near
perfect as possible. The house VIII open
for the season of '99-19OO September IL
next.
KERNAN'S LYCEUM THEATER.-An
other of those great shows for Whch the
Lyceum is acquiring new popularity inns
season will be offered next week. in the Dig
sensation double show under the enterprls-
ing management of Matt. j. FLYNN. The
company is composed of twenty whites ana
twenty creoles. Ztella, the queen OF our-
lesquers, heads the white aggregation, ana
is followed by such clever artists as Har-
mum and Seymore, in an acrobatc novelty;
Bryce and 1nman, character comeoiahs;
Baker and Lynn, in German comedy;
Gilmore and Clark, song and dance artists,
and host of other talent.
MR. KERNAN'S Observation-Disclosures
Eugene Herman has during the season re-
ceyed many offers from volunteers who
desire to participate in his benefit perform
ance, June ., and among these have been
members of the most successful attrac-
tons that have played the Lyceum, includ-
ing the Dainty Duchess, Clark Brothers
Royal Rurlesquers Hartig and Seamans
BOwery Burlesquers Offers from volun-
teers that are pouring in now can hardly
be accepted, as in addition to those whose
offers were accepted some time ago there
will be an entire performance by one Of
the leading burlesque shows. Manager
Herman regrets his inability to accept many
of the offers he has received, but the supply
THE ROsSINI lCIRCLE.-The concert
which is to be given at the Luther Memo
rial Church. 14th and streets and YER
o'clock by the Rossini Circle. promises to
be a very eujoyable' affair. The circle is
composed Of Miss A. C. d. Murray,
prano; Miss K. l.. Grady pianist and or
ganist: Mr.. H NJ. HoskinS, Violinist, and
Mr.. w. j. Oates 'celist, and will present
on this occasion program made up from
the standard composers that should Please
the most fastidious musical tastes. The
mr. ~ n how
and will include three quartets, for piano.
violin, cello and voice, HOwes Summer
Song" In the Garden of Roses and THE
Maiden by the Brook by Miss Helen NJ
Campbell, and Mascag nfs Ave Maria" a
piano solo. Chopin's Third Ballade, an or
gan solo, the Flotow-Buck arrangement of
the 'Stradela" overture, variations on a
theme by Rubinstein for the violin; La
Cinquantaine," for cello two tros for vio-
lin, cello and piano; Weber's "Oberon' and
Donizetti's Il Elisir dAmore" and three
vocal solos. Bartletts Loves Rhapsody"
with cello obligato Handels Il Know That
My Redeemer Liveth' and Godard's "Iul-
laby' with violin obligato. The members
of the Rossni Circle have given a number
of concerts in Washington and have al
ways received the highest praise for their
work p ,G IN solos and in concerted num-
bers. The concert to he given Monday
evening will probably be the last one of
the season given by this organization.
GLEN SLIGO PARK.-The preliminary
opening of the season at Glen Sligo Park
will take place today, on which occasion
Prof. CaldWells orchestra will furnish con-
cert and dancing music from until II n m
There Will be music and dancing every
evening thereafter from I until IL Glen
Sligo is one of the exquisite gems that de-
light those that love to ranpble and enjoy
the charms of natures loneliness An IS 900
cafe and dancing pavilion has recently been
built. Free transfers on all city RAILWAYS
to nth and Boundary convey passengers to
the BrightwOod cars. The president of the
Sligo Glen railroad, T. William Harris, will
inaugurate many novel Out-of-door amuse-
ments at Glen Sligo the coming summer
that Will doubtless make this new pleasure
park another popular resort for the people
of Washington. One of the picturesque
spots at the Glen is colonial log cabin
railway station, which crowns the crest
overlooking the falls of the Sligo The
woods are now in bloom with wild flowers
and are especially attractive to the de-
voices of nature, and church and Sunday
school picncs. New palace cars will run
for the first time today.