Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-31

PERTAINING and won On encore; Farrell and
Taylor, styled on the bill as musical
study in Brown and Black" won the gal
lery from the moment Of their appearance,
lott were acceptable in their well chosen
speciality, and Loney Haskell made good
with his funny monologue and new jokes;
the Review Comedy Four, consisting Of
Messrs. Brown, Stanley, Crawford and
F'urey, won several encores, and were clever
In their Offering: James J. Morton and
Miss Marie Richmond contributed material
~ to the enjoyment of the evening with a
first-rate specially; Mr.. Morton, who is the
originator of rag time words, sung several
songs to the amusement Of all. Then came
the burlesque, satire on the latest New
York craze, entitled stunning. The
scene Is laid in the tougher quarter of the
great metropolis, and introduces Chin Yung
Dong. the real Chinese actor.
BIJOU THEATER.-It is seldom one has
TO complain of the length of a vaudeville
DILL yet the program at the Bijou this week
Is altogether too long, and several special
ties might be omitted to the profit of the
management and the relief of the audience.
But the entertainment is real good in spots,
although some of them well worn and
familiar to the theater-goers of other days.
OF the ten numbers the Tanakas were Sc
lected to open the bill, and, although their
act was the same seen for the past three
seasons, 1t made good. The Sisters Tyson,
new faces to the vaudeville stage made a
winning with their clever character work,
and won merted applause in their German
specfalties. Lillian Green and William
Friend presented a sketch that was long
drawn oIt. Miss Green gave evidences of
an actress. Gibbons and Barrett met with
an icy reception until they resorted to
shady jokes, and left with the gallery ap-
the best speciality on the bill, and. In fact,
the funniest sketch seen this season. Their
work was clean and original and their fun
was of the wholesome kind. The La Velles,
n1 fhn dn1l do,
proved entirely satisfactory. Flora Parker
who graduated from the Bijou stock COM
pany last year, showed the results of her
schooling. She proved a thoroughly con-
scientious artist and justly merited the
ovation her friends gave her. Flora has a
bad practice of singing to some particular
person IN the audience and while this al
ways meets with the approval of the crowd
II should not be tolerated 1t is hard on the
man in front. and a questionable means of
winning favor Charles r. Sweet, the tramp
pianist, repeated his enjoyable speciality, as
did the Russell brothers 1t is passing
strange that such clever artists have such
limited repertoire. The Magnleys on the
nigh trapeze closed the entertainment.
THE SECOND OF MISS PITTS LEG
TURES. Miss Eva NJ. Pitts gave last
night, at the Washington College of Law,
to an audience which again filled the lee
ture hall, her richly illustrated lecture on
Roman Britain, preceding her account of
the roman period by superb views of Stone
.sNiSS' iiiS tNoittth OcCupdtlOn britain
mas left vast remains, many of which have
been preserved by never having been found.
stu remaining buried and unknown beneath
the SOIL which,, during the centuries. has
accumulated above them. Could some of
these sites be unearthed we should have
more than one English Herculaneum The
Roman baths AT Bath are but an Instance
OF what still awaits the work of the exca-
Vator. The ruins of Roman villas show to
what extent Italian luxury was introduced
into England. The Roman lord built his
residence with all the taste and lavish dec
alton which he would have used in Italy
Itself. He heated his house with hot air
the heating apparatu s being ideally perfect
he LAID out sumptuous gardens and parks
he built castles and forts. In many names
OF English towns the Latin castra, for mill
tary camp, is still to be traced, as in Lam