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

open for the fall SeaSOn-the Academy OF
Music and the Bijou. Both have been reno
waited during the summer, and each will
present attractive interior At the Acad-
envy the opening attraction will be Fritz in
a Man House" with j. *. Emmett and
L0ttie Gibson supported by a good COM
pany. and the Bijou will present a good ar
ray of star vaudeville artists. The Lyceum,
which has had it all to itself up to now.
will present good bunch of talent next
week. Glen Echo Park has been pulling up
In its attendance recently, and this week
the number has run into the thousands
every night. The attraction in the amp.i-
theater is a local one and has proved very
successful. Next week local people will also
furnish the performance and the friends Of
the College Alumni will undoubtedl turn
out in force.
Stuart Robson. who has made more
human beings laugh than any other Ameri-
can comedian, has forsaken humor for
tragedy. This is not one of Mr.. Robson's
Jokes, but the solemn truth, for he will ap-
pear in a tragic play this season, THE
Gadfy." founded on the book of that name
Mr.. Robson has always been known as
comedian, pure and simple, therefore his
conversion to the most serious phase of
dramatic literature is the more remark
able. He has always had an ambition to
appear before the public in a play worthy
of his talents. This 1audable ambition will
how be gratified, for in THE Gadfy' Mr.
Robson has one of the most remarkable
plays ever written. This may sound eX-
travagant, but there is little doubt that on
September Is the theater- going public will
support this assertion
The part played by Mr.. Robson is that of
an illegitimate son of church dignitary
who had turned atheist through the knowl-
edge of his mothers frailty and the be-
tfayal OF the secret of the confessional AS
can be easily imagined from this brief out
line or the character. it is a tremendously
powerful one, running the gamut of human
emotion from the tenderest love to the wild
est rawlings of the half-sane conspira tor and
outlaw.
The part Is a most trying one. and is
calculated to put to test the utmost his
trionic abilities of the actor. Beginning in
q lullaby of religion it ends in a hurricane
of atheism, akin to blasphemy. 1t must not
be assumed from this that the play is re-
puisfve or calculated to offend. 1t is mere
ly a tremendously powerful and original
Play, having as it's theme the destruction of
human soul. That 1t will cause endless
discussion is certain, for it is the kind of
dramatic literature that will sway theater-
goers as few plays of recent times have
swayed the followers of the drama.
Mr.. Robson will be supported by a strong
cast. Miss Marie Burroughs will play
Gemma-the strong, womanly woman of
blood and passion. The role will permit
her 10 do full justice to her power as an
dinal, whose frailties lead his offspring to
destruction and himself to madness In
power and Importance 1t Is second only to
the Gadf1y. Taken all in all. 1.-The Gadfy"
will prove to be one of the seasons most
remarka BILE dramatic offerings. Its advent
at Wallack's Theater will be interesting for
the dual reason of the play and the aston
ishing change In the style OF characters es-
sayed by Mr.. Robson.
Mr.. Burton Holmes. the lecturer, is
pected to land in Vancouver on the Both in
slant his return from the Philippines,
mountains of Japan, where he has spent
the last four months, obtaining material
for lectures to be given in this city during
the coming season. The other subjects
upon which Mr.. Holmes will lecture this
season are the Grand Canyon Arizona"
which was the most successful of the
rfes last winter; Moki land, relating to In
dian life in the southwest, and odd Paris"
Some women in marrying demand all
and give all. With good men they are
happy; with base men they are the broken
hearted. Some demand everything and give
little With weak men they tyrants;
with strong men they are the divorced.
Some demand little and give all. With con-
genial souls they are soon in their graves.
Some give little and demand little; they are
the heartless. and they bring neither the
JOY of life nor the peace Of death.
This mirrors the spirit of The Choir In
visible the romantic drama to be pre-
scented this season by Henry Jewett The
company opens the season early In October
in Washington.
Miss Ellen Vockey has been giving a
number of dramatic recitals at Saratoga
Springs with decided success Her inner
sonations have been highly praised by the
local press, and she is also commended for
her versatility.
Messrs. Walter Alien, with his brother,
Harry Allen of the Murray Hill Theater
New York city. and Morgan A Sherwood
OF the National Theater of this city are en-
JoS.hS themselves at the Three Owls
club house, Four-mie Run Va They have
had excellent luck the past few DAYS gun
hinS Tor reed birds and ortolan.
Any one that has seen n prize drill hy
skilled zouaves will admit that there is no
pretler series of military evolutions There
Is dash and brillancy about it, heightened
pS the snowy uniforms. that makes 1t not
only picturesque. but exhilarating. Seek
ing Tor novelty, shrewd vaudeville MAN.
aSer secured the Streator Zouaves as one
man to give their remarkable exhibition In
mgh-class theaters like the New Grand
mere Ihere are eighteen of them and for
some time past they have been the most at
tractlVe feature OF the amusement offerings
al the Toronto fair. Managers Burke e
chase OF the New Grand fortunately have
seculeo then as one of the four bright par
tcuiar events of their opening week re-
ginning September H. and they will make
the long jump direct from Toronto here
Among the many remarkable acrobatIc mil
ltary feats they perform is that of scaling
IWenty-foot fence without ladder or other
AID than their own persons. 1t is a thrill
ing spectacle, but not of the chilling sort
.hat makes trapeZe performances detract
from the pleasures of a circus There IS
no danger to life or limb hut when rho
audltor sees. and thinks that the Zouayes
couId go over Philippine fort wall as cas-
ny as they can a stage fence then is the
'ihc Tor spontaneous outburst of emf hu-
siasm and patriotism.
ACADEMY OF MUSIC.-When n NAV
mas stood the test of wear and tear for a
half OF score of years II argues conrIus-
lVely that such a theatrical Offering nos
sesses infinitely more power and exercises
wider reaching influence than the aver
age play. which after one or two seasons
is sheived. and frequently for all time
Fritz in Madhouse' was fortunate In
striking out in a novel direction as n laupb
fnducer. and through its altogether usefnl-
ness has served long and faithfully. with
the fullest prospects of a long continuance
or deserving popularity. ]. K. Emmett. A
comedian of the old school was selected
to further the interests of Fritz in a Mad
mouse and 1t was in no small measure due
TO MS personality that its success was
reached This season the company is
much stronger than It has ever been he
fore Mr.. Emmett having Joined hands with