Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-24

| 10 killed in the first act by bandit whe
has been living unsuspected by his neigh
France. his wand who has had a fortune
| wilied her by her father, but who does not
| know 1t; an American naval officer In love
! with her: her dear friend, the blind wife OF
| the robber who murders the miser, and
| number or other characters who serve to
| NIL IN Special scenery Is carried by the
company and the settings were more con-
8roous than usuel. Robert Gaillard made
| manly presentation of Captain Hercules,
| the robber, and Miss Caroline Cooke was
patheue as his blind wife. Mr.. A. G.
| lrish professor of mesmerism. His scenes
| with the winsome Clarisse, daintily person
| ated by Miss Eva Wescott, were greeted
win repeated shouts of approval: Others
| VINO were In the cast were lone Matthews,
| LuciIe Allen Walker, Carrie Jackson, Hat
Tie hudson, John e. Hynes, Charles M.
Lane, Frank M. Allen, Walter G. Horton,
| ". 8. Evans, Albert Roccardi, Albert
Lang, ]. j: Kearney. E. c. Mason and ].
j. Lucey. Matinees will be given Wednes-
| day and Saturday.
GRAND OPERA HOUsE.-The bill at
| the Grand Opera House this week consists
Oh most entertaining high-class vaude
nann,a IN which number of very clever
| People appear. The character of all the
| Sketches is not only meritorious, but clean.
f IA Lessik opens the bill with wonder
aul eAniDltion of the manipulation Of fire
! arms with musically inclined canary bird
| as side partner. Then comes Bicknell
| with some decidedly clever work in light
nlng modelling in clay. Next is a laughable
IN comedy, entitled Before the Ball."
IN when Harry c. Stanley and Adele Jack
| s suh 10 some very clever work. Alice j.
| SnaW, VINO has charmed Washington au-
uienees before with her remarkable whist
| ing, comes back reinforced by her twin
| daughters, who seem to rival their mother
| as whlstlers, and are, besides decidedly
| eooa dancers Fleurette, the dancing
hiI en- is an attractive number on the
| Williams a tob
uo,..eolan, mas lost none of his cunning in
| poruayins Teutonic eccentricities in mono
t Log ana topical songs He made a great
| MT with the audience in his meeanhone
! announcements of news bulletins Miss
Lillian Burkhart and Mr.. James McCurdy
n paeseh u, pleasing Grammatical sketch,
! caieo RAISING Fancy" by Grant Stew
art In this Miss Burkhart won additional
| nohors as an actress in the legitimate
drama: The bill concludes with EIdora
a e,iin NoT r, In entertaining feats of Jug
| SSnns. me same bill will be presented
! curing the entire week, with the usual
| daily matinees. '
| THE BIJOU THEATER.-Tbere &c ,oos
variety Dill at the Bijou this week. and
| some OF the features are excellent Frank
! bush, mat king of fun makers is on hand
| as tile prlSht particular star, and as Frank
! - Always clever his performance was en-
| eital'iihs. lie gave several entirely new
| limitations and told some new stories which
| were ciever If a trifie broad. In the open
1 a
! lure singing was far above the average
| MISS Nina Collins received several en-
| cores ana was forced to bow her acknowl-
edsmehts time and again to the audience
| which was so much pleased with her sweet
| soprano voice. new sketch by Willard
| Hoicomb, entitled Wanted, AGENT" was
Glsae[!y ihl,erpoIated by Ruth Royal and
| ChafIes l. FLETCHER. The limitations of the
| latter We're especially good and his imita-
tlon OF Mansfield as Baron ChevriaI was
| remarkable work. Pearl Hight dainty
| he hoe i,,;ta
| ned seen for some time. Others who con-
| trlputed were Thomas and Quinn Paulo
ana I1lka, Collins and Collins, OBrien and
| Havel and the kenyons.
KERNAN's LYCEUM THEATER,-The
Iammany Tigers Burlesque and Vaude-
| VINE company is the attraction at Ker-
| nan $ Lyceum Theater this week and the
| successful beginning made yesterday after
| noon ana evening gave substantial indica-
| t1on OF good weeks business The novel;
| ty of the performance is the opening nun-
| Der, the Shadowscope, an o!d-tfme feature
| OF SHOWS dressed in a new garb 1t fur
nlshed unbounded laughter and amusement
| 10 the large audiences. The Chappelle
sisters followed with a neat song and dance
| turn, and c. w. Williams was the third
turn with clever ventriloquist speciality
| Mile flora, the tough girl on the slack
wire, has been seen here before but the
little lady has improved her work consd-
eTaniy ana IT was received with great APP
piause: The Tiler troupe in novel dancing
specialties; Carlin and Clark German
comedians; the Four Emperors of Music.
| howard, Russell, Edwards and Whiting,
and the clever acrobats, Silvern and Em-
erie, on the flying rings, closed the olio in
| the order named The burlesuue. Hotel
Ilfiey Glrley,' was strong in the number
OF characters, bat weak in novelty, the
Iun OF the piece being furnished by two
| Hebrews who looked alike as two peas.
and owing to this resemblance created un-
limited laughter through ludicrous compli-
| cations.
BURTON HOLMES INTO MOROCCO"
| The next lecture in the series by Mr. Bur
| ton Holmes will be on that most myste-
| rlous and quaint of all countries Morocco
| over the towering and treeless plains Of
| inns picturesque empire Mr. Holmes trav-
eled for many days with his own nrivata
caravan. escorted by an especial escort rep
| resenting the sultan, and surrounded by all
| tne picturesque trappings and parapherna-
ia and pomp belonging to the romantic
| land OF the MusSelman. Here in this
| strange land the years bring no change
| progression is looked upon as a crime and
hence over these sunlit plains no railroads
| mar the landscape, and even roadways for
| ordinary traffic are unknown IT is said
that there is only one wheeled vehicle in
! the entlre country, and it is about a. coun-
Try such as this that Mr.. Holmes will lee
| ture on tomorrow afternoon at the Column
! bia. The illustrations are said to be M
| usually beautiful. and the motion pictures
While not relating directly to the subject,
| are a collection of the most interesting nir
lures in his miscellaneous collection
TRILBY.-The present week will mark
| the close of the exhibition of Cooper's
famous painting, 'Trilby." at 1909 Penn
| sylvania avenue. The art work has at
tracted widespread attention while on ex-
hibition here and has been visited by a
! large number of students critics and low
| ers>of the beautiful For the last week
the admission fee has been reduced to 10
cents.
THE MUTOSCOPE.-The Mutoscope par
Tors at III pennsylvania avenue are at
| tractiVe as ever and the little machines in
which the lifelike views are presented are
continually IN operation. The pianophone
| concerts are features of the exhibitions
and enjoyable programs are rendered dur
| ing the day and evening. The scenes pre-
scented are widely varied and are of interest
to all.
PROF. CARPENTER.-Prof CARPENTER
| the hypnotist, opened the fourth week of
his engagement in this city to crowded
house last night at Willard Hall. Prof
| Carpenter is continually adding new fea-
! lures to his ntertainment number of